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London Met wins review in Visa row

Jasmine Rapsondeputy Head of news

Following the recent dispute about visas for international students, London Metropolitan University has won a judicial re-view on the matter.

The UK Border Agency re-voked the university's licence to sponsor students from outside the European Economic area back in August.

Mr Justice Irwin at the high court stated that the university had an arguable case, however refused to grant an injunction restoring the position "pro tem" which would have required him to suspend the revocation pend-ing the outcome of the review. This was due to the fact that the matter was planned to be resolved before fresh students were invited to commit them-selves to study.

The position of those still studying in the UK was protect-ed as the Judge applied full im-migration status.

The matter is said to be a strong case that the UKBA's deci-sion was unlawful. The Universi-ty's counsellor stated that: "The financial impact on the univer-sity, and on its reputation and good will, are enormous. The

impact on students' education, financial position and the dis-ruption to their lives is extreme-ly significant."

The University's licence was cancelled as UKBA findings showed that out of 101 sample cases, 26 students were studying between last December and May even though they had no leave to remain in the UK. There was also no monitoring to prove that students were turning up to lec-tures in 57% of sampled records.

Files were also checked for evidence of compulsory English language testing and academic qualifications showed poor as-sessment. This will leave 2000 students in an ambiguous posi-tion, giving those affected three months to find an alternative course.

In his ruling, the judge said:

"It seems to me that the balance of convenience in this case does not favour a restoration which may well be temporary, as that will involve new populations of students being brought into the university and engaging in courses of study which may not then be able to be completed."

He wished to protect those in the UK with full immigra-tion status, currently studying at LMU or about to start, who wished to transfer to other insti-tutions of learning.

Professor Eric Thomas, presi-dent of Universities UK, said: "This decision should allow some students to be able to fin-ish their courses prior to the main legal proceedings, which is good news.

A London Metropolitan Uni-versity spokeswoman said: "This

is the start of the legal process and not the actual judicial re-view.

"London Met is delighted to announce that the outcome of today's hearing is in favour of the university and it has re-ceived permission that the case be judicially reviewed."

Liam Burns, NUS President, said: "We are delighted that as a result of our third party in-tervention, interim relief has been granted by the High Court to current international stu-dents who have been unfairly affected by UKBA's decision.

"These students came to Lon-don in good faith and had al-ready spent tens of thousands of pounds on their education, be-fore having the rug pulled from under their feet."

However, he added: "The fu-ture for international students at London Met after July 2013 is still uncertain and we need clar-ity as soon as possible.

"This whole ugly episode has also thrown up wider questions about the treatment of interna-tional students in this country. Unless these questions are ur-gently addressed, the UK's glob-al reputation for higher educa-tion remains tarnished."

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Dan ChestertonEditor

Student groups at the Students' Union have criticised the Un-ion's new membership system as a catalogue of errors has seen signups down by up to 60%.

The Union introduced a new online membership system this summer to eliminate the need for students to handle large sums of money at Freshers' Fay-re and to centralise all member-ships in one database. All pay-ments and signups took place in a centralised membership tent with student groups not allowed to take money on stalls. In pre-vious years groups could sign members up on their stalls.

A lack of clear information to students about the new system, and the time from visiting a soci-eties stall to actually signing up at the membership tent meant many students did not sign up to student groups this year.

Across the societies there

were 2,500 memberships last year, the official figures for this year are yet to be released but current estimates from socie-ties place the number at around 1,000, a 60% fall on last year.

With 60 societies that num-ber will not be enough to cover the minimum of 20 members for some societies.

Societies Exec Chair Alex Vince said: "Large changes in how societies were run were pushed through the Union over the summer without any consul-tation from societies presidents or societies council. There are clear failures in communication between the Union and those who have to actually follow the new rules."

Additionally, a £1 adminis-tration fee was added to every group's membership fee, except for free societies. The fee does not go to society or sport club funds but instead goes directly to the Students' Union.

The fee was described by the

Union as "a one off charge with your membership which goes into covering transaction fees for the rest of the year".

Societies did not find out about the new membership sys-tem or the £1 administration fee until the week before Freshers' Fayre, with many groups having already paid to print leaflets and promotional material featuring the old price.

It is understood that a crisis meeting took place on Friday 28th September with senior UPSU staff to resolve the issues.

The Students' Union sent an email to all student groups on Saturday 29th September, with an explanation of the problems and an apology.

The Union said: "We know that a lot of information was shared very late leading up to Freshers' Fayre which was never our intention and we are sorry time got the better of us.

"We are striving to improve our services whilst continuing to provide value to students. The oversights of Freshers' Fay-re have been of concern to all members of staff and sabbati-cal officers and we are working as a team to ensure issues are

not only rectified but improved upon for the future.

"We have made several plans to improve internal and external comms for the future and hope this and future messages will go some way to making up for the lack of info."

VP Activities Grant Clarke said: "I am currently not happy with the situation; I believe it has let some of our most in-volved students down. I am working with the rest of the Stu-dents' Union to make sure that the situation is rectified, and I thoroughly believe that when properly working the system will make it smoother for new members and groups to sign up and contact their members."

Student groups have also crit-icised the new UPSU.net web-site, with many groups member-ship prices displayed wrongly in the week after Freshers' Fayre.

The website showed alumni pricing – £5-£30 more than nor-mal membership – unless the student was logged in, causing further confusion for students wishing to sign up, many who thought the price displayed was for current students.

The Union have since fixed

the issue and said: "As far as staff have been made aware all groups and prices are now cor-rect."

Multiple power failures at Freshers' Fayre also caused is-sues, with the Union having to take payments offline and rec-oncile them after, causing de-lays.

The Union said: "To achieve this we required a fair amount of custom development to our software and ultimately time – we apologise for this, it was cer-tainly unexpected and predomi-nantly out of our control."

Additionally, students wish-ing to sign up to the four me-dia groups: UPSU TV, Pugwash Magazine, Pure FM and The Gal-leon; were unable to at Freshers' Fayre with the membership tent not offering the option, despite the groups being informed be-forehand that students would be able to.

At the time of publication, students can still not sign up for the student media groups through the UPSU.net website and the groups are taking stu-dents details manually – some-thing the new system was de-signed to avoid.

Chanice Henry

Nick Clegg has apologised on YouTube for making a pledge to scrap tuition fees before the last general election.

However, Clegg's recent apol-ogetic broadcast concerning tui-tion fees seems to have reopened the wound rather than healing it with an NUS study showing a drop in student support for the Liberal Democrats.

The National Union of Stu-dents surveyed 3,028 students and revealed that, as a result of the apology video, 47% are less likely to vote for the Lib Dems in the next general election.

President of the NUS, Liam Burns, posted a video response to Clegg's apology. The response placed emphasis on the pain felt by students when Nick Clegg broke his vow to abolish tuition

fees if in power.Nick Clegg stands by his deci-

sion of breaking the cap that was on tuition fees. The footage that was broadcast for the recent Lib Dem conference contained his apology for opposing rising tui-tion fees.

Liam Burns stated: "Nick Clegg should be apologising to voters for breaking his pledge, not for making it in the first place."

The NUS pointed out that the abolition of tuition fees is a pol-icy the Lib Dems have stuck to for years. It was also a dominant motivation behind the votes they gained.

In 2010, Lib Dems approved proposals to authorise university tuition fees to almost triple, de-spite more than 27 members of the party being opposed to this policy prior to the general elec-

tion.Burns feels that the political

video should give students fuel to partake in the NUS demon-stration in London on 21st No-vember.

The video has been dubbed by some as a risky move to tack-le the problem head on. A com-ment piece in The Independ-ent reminded readers that Nick

Clegg didn't have to apologise and instead of spreading the blame at least he took owner-ship.

UPSU President Godfrey Atu-ahene Jnr believes Nick Clegg's admission of error is too late to repair the hurt caused but "the apology was 100% needed, he lied to many students and for that he has lost a generation of

votes."VP Education and Democracy

Enzo Rossi also thinks that this video isn't enough to repair the main point of damage, the be-trayal. He said: "to call this video an 'apology video' is an insult to apologies. If he expects students to take him or his party seriously he is utterly delusional."

An array of spoofs of the party broadcast has blossomed on You-Tube, with the auto-tuned remix I'm Sorry attracting around 1.5 million views just five days after being uploaded by The Poke.

I'm Sorry is now available for purchase on iTunes after Clegg authorised it on the condition that the profits were given to a Children's Hospital in Sheffield.

Nick Clegg watched the I'm Sorry song on the BBC's Andrew Marr's show and commented on how catchy it was.

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Luke Baynes and Dan Chestertonnews Editor and Editor

Students and staff were evacu-ated the morning of Wednesday September the 26th as a small fire was reported on the fourth floor of Park Building.

The fire was caused by heavy rain getting into the electrical systems of a computer room.

Five fire engines attended the scene and the fire was extin-guished within an hour.

All staff and students were evacuated safely and no injuries were reported.

Anne Stanford, Head of Press & Public Relations at the Uni-versity, said: "Today (26 Sep-tember) there was a small elec-trical fire in Park Building. The building was evacuated and the fire service attended the scene. Staff and students returned to the building shortly afterwards when the fire service declared it was safe to do so. Some offices are still out of use but students are unaffected."

Park Building also experi-enced flooding issues earlier in the week.

Kelsey Diggins, a student who witnessed the incident said: "It all seemed quite calm, most people didn't think that there was anything serious going on. There was a lot of waiting around and no one was really told what was going on, people were still waiting for their les-

sons thinking they'd be going back in soon. Having said that it was all cleared up very quickly, within half an hour the building was open."

Fire engines were spotted parked outside the building again on Friday the 28th of Sep-tember however their are no re-ports of another fire in the build-ing.

Park evacuated after electrical fi rePark Building FireUni gap increases

Ryan Wedlock

Studies show that there is an increasing gap between the gross incomes of univer-sities in the UK. In 2010-11, gross income per student ranged from £65,840 at Cam-bridge down to Edge Hill in Lancashire where the aver-age income per student was £14,710.

Each university's ranking on the income table also cor-related with its respective po-sition in the national table.

The total wealth of UK universities is very unevenly distributed, with the 24 uni-versities in the Russell Group holding 52% of all net assets.

With new government poli-cies in place reducing funding for any research not deemed to be "world-leading" or "in-ternationally excellent", the universities receiving the bulk of the funding will be those who can charge the maxi-mum possible for tuition.

Coupled with new policies allowing universities to ad-mit as many AAB+ students, there is an ever increasing cli-mate of elitism surrounding the "top universities."

Conflicting views, however, state that it's not the amount of funding and resources available, but how they are managed in promoting good education practices.

Better-resourced universi-ties tend to admit students from more affluent back-grounds, generally with pri-vate education. Therefore, those who have had the most spent on them up to the age of 18 continue in the same fashion, conversely those who have had the least opportuni-ties continue to have less. Of course this is a general pic-ture and does not thoroughly examine individual or excep-tional cases.

A short term solution would be for those universi-ties receiving more govern-ment funding to be required to produce evidence justify-ing how additional and fur-ther research does benefit student learning.

Any university which raised their tuition significantly, should be held accountable for how the additional rev-enue is being used to improve education standards.

Best Practice award for Dental Academy

Fire caused by heavy rain getting into the electrical systems of a computer room

Emma Leahy

A recent survey conducted by NUS suggested that students across all levels of higher educa-tion are expecting more.

NUS, who undertook the sur-vey on behalf of CourseSmart, the UK's largest digital textbook provider, questioned 1,652 stu-dents and found that 81% of the individuals surveyed felt that it would be far more beneficial if course-essential equipment, such as textbooks, were includ-ed in their tuition fees.

The questions also investi-gated the relationship between

technology and a student's edu-cation.

99% of the students ques-tioned claimed to own an elec-tronic device, whether it is a smartphone, a laptop, or a type of e-reader. A further 95% said they used these devices for course-related reading; al-though this does not represent the entire student population, the general consensus is that most of our core reading mate-rial should be made available to us through electronic equip-ment.

Rachel Wenstone, the Vice President of NUS, shares the

view of many students as she stated: "We need to change how courses are taught to meet the needs of the 21st century stu-dent."

She went on to say that, in order for a high-quality learning experience, we need to receive the "traditional delivery" of ma-terial, but with full access to all the benefits technology can bring.

Although universities do pro-vide their students with lots of good online resources, there is always a demand for more and with the increase in fees this year the expectation is higher than ever.

Fionnuala Duggan of Cours-eSmart suggested that online

reading material should reflect the demands of students and their "online habits".

As we become more en-grossed in technology, electronic devices, the internet and educa-tion should become more inter-linked. She continued by say-ing: "We found 98% of students would be happy to do some course-related reading on a de-vice. Perhaps this signals where education is going."

The sheer response to this online survey displays how in-volved we are with technology. Our love for all things electrical is only set to grow as 60% of the participants plan on buying some kind of device in the next 12 months.

NUS survey: students want more

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Luke BaynesHead of news

On 20th September, University of Portsmouth students voted yes to attending this November's demo in London.

The vote was held in Ravelin Park and was attended by many students from the university and local college students. All five sabbatical officers were present on the panel and were joined by the meeting's Chair, Union Trustee Richard Anderson, and NUS VP for Union Development, Vicky Baars.

The meeting was hosted outside using a stage set up by the University's resident Radio station Pure FM. The meeting began with short speeches by UPSU President Godfrey Atua-hene Jnr and VP Activities Grant Clarke, about many of the local issues, including The Galleon's campaign to increase and im-prove student housing in Ports-mouth.

This was followed by a speech from NUS VP for Union Devel-opment, Vicky Baars. She gave various reasons for students to vote yes to join the demonstra-tion. She proclaimed that: "We have a right to be angry for so many reasons", adding, "this demonstration is about agenda setting."

The University of Ports-mouth's Students' Union sent 250 students to the previous national demonstration in 2010. Vicky Baars commented on the successes and failures of the last protest, saying: "Although we didn't win the vote on the fees, we were absolutely close, but

what we did do is we divided parties better than we had be-fore. We were also properly able to hold politicians to account for the actions."

When asked about the specific aims of the London Demo, Vicky Baars said: "We don't have a fin-ished demand product. What we are looking to do is consult with people across the course of this year to talk about how they think the education system could be better."

In response to further ques-tioning, Vicky listed many of the current issues with higher edu-cation, such as student housing, loss of funding to arts and hu-manities and graduate employ-ment. In response, she stated: "What we've got is a difficult year where lots of people are very angry about lots of differ-

ent things. One massive dem-onstration is better than having many little ones."

Following the questions put forward to Ms Baars and the other Sabbatical officers, the voting took place. The question being as to whether or not the University of Portsmouth's Stu-dents' Union should be organis-

ing transport and mobilising stu-dents to attend the demo.

However, the Union issued rules that all voting had to be done by people raising their stu-dent ID cards. As there was no prior advertisement of this rule, many students that did not carry their ID cards at the time could not vote.

Despite this, the vote went ahead with 71 people voting yes to the demo, 3 people vot-ing no and 6 people choosing to abstain. This means that our lo-cal Union will be affiliating itself with the national demo, entitled '#2012demo: educate, employ and empower' on Wednesday 21st November.

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Park evacuated after electrical fi reHuge majority votes to support demo at General Meeting

Racheal Brimstone

University of Portsmouth's Den-tal Academy has won Dental Practice of the Year as voted by readers of Portsmouth's local

newspaper, The News. It went one step better than last year, when it came run-ner up, to win out of a group of five.

It was short list-ed with four others at The News Best of Health Awards, which is an annual event run by the newspaper to recognise and praise employees in the

health industry.The Dental Acad-emy was nomi-nated by its own patients for the award due to their exceptional customer service

and friendly atmos-phere. Reception staff

were especially highlighted as being warm, friendly, effi-

cient, polite and helpful.Representing the Dental

Academy were School Admin-istrator Amy Fullick, Senior Course Administrator Gemma Potts, and Senior Finance Of-ficer Emma Mason, who picked up the award at the ceremony on Friday night.

Sara Holmes, Head of School, said: "It means a lot to receive an award for which we were

nominated by our patients. The Dental Academy is at the heart of the Portsmouth community and I'm thrilled that we have been recognised and that our staff have received such warm commendation."

The Practice is open to mem-bers of the public, although at the moment it is not accepting any new customers, unless they are children under the age of 16.

Best Practice award for Dental Academy

one step better than last

The crowd listens to speeches

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NUS’s Vicki Baars speaks

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reading material should reflect the demands of students and their "online habits".

As we become more en-grossed in technology, electronic devices, the internet and educa-tion should become more inter-linked. She continued by say-ing: "We found 98% of students would be happy to do some course-related reading on a de-vice. Perhaps this signals where education is going."

The sheer response to this online survey displays how in-volved we are with technology. Our love for all things electrical is only set to grow as 60% of the participants plan on buying some kind of device in the next 12 months.


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Part-time work a ‘necessity’ for many students

George McCann

The UK's number one stu-dent insurance provider, End-sleigh, has recently joined up with the National Union of Students to conduct an analy-sis into the sources of student income. The results claimed that more than half of stu-dents have to work to afford University.

Of the 2000 students, 50% choose to work part time alongside their studies. How-ever, it would seem that it was "no longer a choice but a necessity." Part time jobs are ideal for students as they can gain enough money to help them cope with little interfer-ence into their final stages of education.

Although working part time is a very popular prac-tice in student living, the ma-jority of those surveyed cited an array of other means as their main sources of income. Almost three quarters (73%) rely on their student loans with over half (51%) continu-ing to depend on money from their parents or guardians, and almost a quarter (22%) admitting that they exploit the common student benefit of an interest free overdraft. A lucky one in ten receive some support from either a company or a business to help fund their education.

More often than not, the choice to work part time is to have a disposable income, whilst other means of income support the bigger expenses such as rent, tuition, bills and food. Therefore, the extra money made can be spent on what students would consid-er essentials; sports, societies and, of course, nights out.

Of males and females it would seem that more fe-males choose to work for that bit of extra money opposed to men. 52% of females work during term time and the holidays whilst only 42% of males do the same.

Endsleigh's Student Market Manager, Sara Newell, recog-nises that "there is clearly a lot of pressure on students to think about finances."

Danielle Butler

The results of the National Stu-dent Survey 2012 have been revealed and with them come good news for the University of Portsmouth.

The results show that student satisfaction at the University has risen this year to 87 percent, placing Portsmouth joint top of the post-92 universities and within the top 25 English main-stream universities.

The University has also beat-en its 2011 scores in every cat-egory and 2012 marks the sixth year running that Portsmouth students have rated their Uni-versity above the English na-tional average, which currently stands at 84%.

The National Student Survey is an independent survey con-ducted each year, which allows students throughout the UK to give their feedback on a range of areas including teaching, assess-ment and feedback, academic support, organisation and man-agement, learning resources and personal development.

At a time when people are becoming increasingly cautious about going to university due to the rising fees, it seems that student satisfaction is nationally the highest it has been since the survey began eight years ago.

Other areas of the University

which have been rated highly by students are the University Li-brary, the staff and the Students' Union, all of which have exceed-ed the national average in their sector. The staff have been rated by 92 percent of students as be-ing good at explaining things while 88 per cent said that the staff are enthusiastic about their subject, and 87 percent said that they were able to contact staff when needed.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Re-becca Bunting said she was ex-tremely pleased with the results

and commented: "Maintaining a consistently high level of overall student satisfaction is a tremen-dous achievement and reflects the high quality of teaching and support we give our students.

"The results also highlight areas for improvement and we will continue to listen and make adjustments to ensure our stu-dents' concerns are addressed."

VP for Democracy and Edu-cation Enzo Rossi said: "I think that it is important to celebrate the increase in student satisfac-tion shown in the NSS, espe-

cially when compared to the na-tional average.

“However, it is important to remember that the NSS has sev-eral other categories, and data shows that while overall satis-faction may be quite high, some-times it does not reflect the rest of the responses.

"So while it is important to celebrate the overall satisfac-tion, it is even more important to look at the rest of the data, in-cluding the student comments, and identify the areas that need to be improved."

Student satisfaction on the rise at University of Portsmouth

National Student Survey

The Students’ Union exceeded the national average in this year’s NSS Rhianna Dawes

Jasmine Rapson

deputy Head of news

King's College LondonKing's College recently scored top in a survey investigating drug use by students.

The survey conducted by London student newspaper The Angle used 500 London stu-dents researching drug use both at home and university. 70% of King's students admitted to tak-ing drugs at home, and two thirds confessed to taking them on campus.

Queen Mary, University of London and University College London came second and third.Source: www.thenationalstudent.com

University of BathCar manufacturer Ford is to fund bursaries to students stud-ying sciences and engineering at the University of Bath.

Ten bursaries will be avail-able paying the students up to £10,000 over the course of three years.

Vice Chancellor Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell said: "We have developed a reputa-tion within the company for training excellent engineers and scientists, with the appropriate employability skills to contrib-ute positively to UK industry as soon as they graduate."Source: www.studenttimes.org

University of OxfordThe University of Oxford’s aca-demic dress code, has been changed to accommodate transgender students.

The decision came into force for the new term and saw sub-fusc becoming gender neutral.

The alterations will allow transgender students to wear what they wish to examinations without consulting university officials first.

Sudents will also be allowed to make their own decisions as to what to wear to formals and will be free to choose whether they wear a bow tie or ribbon, and skirt or suit.Source: www.cherwell.org

University of CambridgeThe amount of state school pu-pils admitted by the University of Cambridge has hit a 30 year high as a result of the incentive to increase the amount of state school pupils accepted due to the fee rise.

Two thirds of students with places at Cambridge are not from privately funded schools and colleges up from 58% the previous year.

Cambridge hailed the figures today as proof that the univer-sity was seeking out students with the greatest "potential" to succeed, irrespective of school or social background.Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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The Students’ Union exceeded the national average in this year’s NSS Rhianna Dawes

Student Officers

Candidates announced for Student Officer electionsDan ChestertonEditor

20 students have put themselves forward for this year's Students' Union Student Officer elections.

The Student Officers help rep-resent the views of all students at the University of Portsmouth. There are 10 positions available and each has a place on Stu-dent Council – a public monthly meeting where decisions are made on Union policy.

The positions being contest-ed this year are BAME (Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic) Stu-dents Officer, Disabled Students Officer, Ethical & Environmen-tal Officer, European Students' Officer, International Students Officer, LGBT (Lesbian, gay, Bi-sexual & Transgendered) Stu-dents Officer, Mature Students Officer, Part Time Students Of-ficer, Postgraduate Students Of-ficer and Womens' Students Of-ficer.

International Students Of-ficer is the most hotly contested with five candidates running for

the position: Ziming Guo, Ateh Dieudonne Nkemotoh, Yuzuru Kamei, Karen Kristiane Henrik-sen and Lauren Ashley Lotter.

Three students are compet-ing for the position of Mature Students Officer: Paul Hazel-by, Mariano Ospina and Gareth Russell.

The BAME Students Of-ficer position sees Afsana Nila and Mohammad Hassan Ghafor going head-to-head.

Andrea Nastase and Povilas Lengvinas face off for the Euro-pean Students Officer position.

In the last contested position, Gemma Kilby and Rebecca Man-

son are running for Women's Student Officer.

There are five positions with only one candidate, they are Thomas Dryland for Disa-bled Students Officer, Jay Mur-phy for Ethics and Environment Students Officer, Clare Dussek for LGBT Students Officer, for-

mer VP Sports Dan Black for Part Time Students Officer and Kon-stantina Karra for Postgraduate Students Officer.

Also being elected are the Course Rep Exec Chair and Fac-ulty Reps.

Thomas Pearce and Stephen Vallance are running for the po-sition of Course Rep Exec Chair.

Donia Weli is running for Business Faculty Rep, Gregor Engelmann for Humanities Fac-ulty Rep and Daniel Thomson hopes to be CCI faculty rep.

There are no candidates for Science Faculty Rep but Jeffrey Pusey is in the running for Tech-nology Faculty Rep.

The candidates will be taking part in a Question Time event similar to the Sabbatical elec-tions on Wednesday 3rd October at 5pm, where students will get the chance to ask questions of the new officers.

Voting is open from 5th Octo-ber until 12th October. All vot-ing will take place on UPSU.net. The results will be announced at 4pm on 12th October.

Candidates will take part in a Question Time event similar to the Sabb elections Dan Chesterton


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Molly O'Sheaopinion Editor

Nick Clegg: the bearer of phony promises, the man that bought students' votes in the 2010 gen-eral elections by boldly pro-claiming the now infamous promise of eradicating tuition fees.

It sounded amazing, a dream that could become reality, but like most things that generally sound too good to be true, it was. And now, two years on, the false prophet himself has come forward, this time to basically put out one key word: sorry.

As a nation do we forgive and forget? Or do we continue to loathe the man that sent ripples, no, tidal waves, of anger and disappointment through the stu-dent community and beyond? It surely cannot be overlooked after all that not only did he go

back on his promise, but during his reign as deputy Prime Minis-ter, the fees for university educa-tion have actually tripled.

Yet as he stood on tape look-ing remorseful, his eyes begging for forgiveness as he announced that he and the Liberal Demo-crats as a whole have learned from their mistakes, only one question appears in my mind: why choose to say sorry now?

It is not pre-election propa-ganda time, nor is it post-term attempts to amend his legacy Tony Blair style, so why bother? I can only imagine it is so that he can try to scrape some digni-ty from the bottom of the barrel, or to win back some lost votes to utilise in the coming years. Perhaps he thought the timing would allow him to come across more sincere, less contrived or out to gain, especially when combined with his ordinary guy

image with the video shot in a homely setting.

But how has the clip been re-ceived? Unsuccessfully it would seem, with spoof videos appear-ing all over the internet and re-mixes being produced with his words, and even making it into the charts. It was an error to even arouse in people's memo-ries their resentful feelings, re-minding them of his actions and provoking nothing but bitter-ness once more.

The sheer fact that he is now a pop star in the making shows surely that no one takes the man that plays such an important role in running the country seri-ously. And it's no wonder.

I personally have no time for Clegg, his fake promises, his fake apologies and his heavily auto-tuned voice. Roll on the next elections when we too can have our say and oust this clown.

Nick Clegg apology: too little, too late

What’s the deal with... queues?

Tuition Fees

Clegg speaks at last month’s Lib Dem conference, but how much longer will he survive in offi ce? Dave Radcliffe

Sam Edwards

People are always saying that queuing is a terribly British thing, so it comes as no surprise that the very people telling you this are in fact British themselves (and all neatly lined-up in a queue).

Queuing is the physical equivalent of being put on hold; you never choose to participate in it and the other fifteen people in front of you seem to irritate the hell out of you, despite not know-ing a single thing about them. There's a simple reason for this: those people in front of you aren't people anymore; they don't even per-tain to our species. They're now a super-evolved life form collec-tively known as a queue.

Queues come in all shapes and sizes, but their preferred habitat has been ob-served as being indoors, generally in shops, and their diet suggests they feed on time and patience.

It appears that, despite the sole inten-tion of creating order, fairness and equal-ity, a queue can be one of the most stress-ful places to be (namely because they ensure that everyone is equally frustrat-ed). This may explain why you never feel

like you're in the queue yourself. Rather, the queue is in your way: an obstacle that you must overcome or defeat (depending on how heroic you're feeling when pay-ing for your weekly shop).

So, why do so many of us get so agitat-ed, annoyed and frustrated when queu-ing? It's like we suddenly feel the need to rush, even when we have nowhere to rush to. Some people, on the other hand,

have found queuing to be a rather relaxing, therapeutic process

and take on an almost medi-tative state when all hell appears to be breaking loose around them. They use this pocket of time to reach for deep, inquisitive subjects (the universe, its

creation, our existence, our creation) when all the

people around them insist on thinking about one thing and

one thing only: queuing.Next time you're in a queue, no matter

how close you are to the end of your teth-er, remember that for every queue there is a poor shop assistant trying desperate-ly to dissipate it as quickly as possible.

Stay calm. Breathe. And bear in mind that any rash decisions could cost you the valuable time you've invested. Never for-get also that us Brits are famed for being extremely tolerant; so you wouldn't want to step out of line now, would you?

people in front of you seem

you, despite not know-ing a single thing

have found queuing to be a rather relaxing, therapeutic process

and take on an almost medi-

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Since the start of the Eurozone crisis there have been consist-ent attempts by the people most affected to fight against auster-ity. Last week again saw mass protests in Spain and Greece as their governments released budgets which contained ex-treme austerity measures.

Athens saw 200,000 people take to the streets in the first mass demonstration against the coalition government. The coali-tion government released their first budget, which contained an £11.5bn Austerity Package designed to secure the latest round of bailout money from the EU, the European Central Bank (ECB), and the IMF.

Without the money, Greece faces the threat of bankruptcy in the near future, but the Greek people have seen no attempt at re-negotiation of the loans, a key argument of the parties in the June elections. The pro-tests, which contained sporadic violence, are an indication of the anger and desperation of people who have seen their spending power dramatically reduced and have watched as economic decisions directly affecting their lives were taken in Berlin and Brussels.

The systematic reduction of living standards and the loss of economic and political auton-omy have left Greece a divided nation, despite the appearance of unity in opposition to the gov-ernment and austerity.

The most alarming effect of Greece's polarisation has been the rise of the Fascist party Golden Dawn. Golden Dawn, a violent Neo-Nazi party that links Greece's economic problems to immigration, is being used by some Greek police as a protec-tion service for the victims of crime. This replacement of state

services by a dangerous, vola-tile and racist organisation is a shocking example of the threat that austerity has on the liveli-hood of ordinary people.

As Athens was engulfed in protest, Madrid too was seeing a mass expression of discontent. The Spanish government was preparing to release a budget intended to avoid the need for an EU bailout through the intro-duction of its own severe auster-ity package. Despite being the fourth largest economy in the Eurozone, Spain has seen a mas-sive contraction in its economy

and is suffering from chronic un-employment, around 25%.

As people took to the streets amid the tensions and fears of exasperation and hopelessness, violence broke out between pro-testers and heavy handed riot police. The reports of Spanish riot police violently harassing protesters, some of them col-leagues in the police force, has only added to the fury of the Spanish people.

The issue of economic auton-omy is also a key feature in the debates on austerity in Spain. The shrinking economy and

public service cuts are reigniting regional conflicts. On 11th Sep-tember, 1.5 million people took to the streets of Barcelona for an independence rally, fighting for what they see as the injustice of Madrid making financial deci-sions for the Catalan region.

As the Spanish government pushes austerity, the Catalan people and government seek to increase their financial autono-my, taking financial decisions af-fecting Catalans away from Ma-drid and bringing them to the Catalan parliament.

The regional separatism issue is far more complex than an ar-gument over financial control, however, the natural polarisa-tion caused by crisis could lead to an increase in separatist senti-ment in the regions of Spain.

It is clear from the events in Greece and Spain that this eco-nomic crisis, and the capitalist methods of rectifying it, namely austerity, are destroying lives and threatening Europe's stabil-ity. Imposed asceticism has no romance, only toil and sadness.

What is happening in Europe is slowly happening here in Brit-ain as capitalism desperately clings on, making us suffer in the process. We must be shaken from our apathy. We can start by joining the TUC Demo on 20th October.

Eurozone

Austerity and protest in Athens and Madrid, now London?

Karl Bhuyan

Respected party MP, author and anti-war activist George Gallo-way was recently banned by the NUS – meaning he is unable to appear on platforms with NUS speakers or attend their events – because of his views on Julian Assange's rape accusations.

The NUS motion reads in part: "The NUS shall not offer a platform to speakers who are rape deniers, and blame and un-dermine rape victims, nor shall it officially support any event that does."

Rape is always a difficult is-sue. Discussing it at length proves hard given the unwill-ingness of many to voice their true opinions; how can you discuss a rape in detail without being emotional rather than in-

tellectual? Will overly cautious language make a meaningful discussion impossible as peo-ple struggle to avoid the social stigma that comes with arguing against an apparent rape victim?

Despite these concerns, Gal-loway spoke his views boldly. Prefacing his words with cau-tionary buffers such as "Some-one has to say this" and "What I'm going to say will be contro-versial", the comments he made in his Podcast, Good Night with George Galloway, Episode 5 (available on YouTube) have in-deed exploded into controversy and brought him under criticism from many – a price he knew he'd pay.

He explains: "Let's take wom-an A. Woman A met Julian As-sange, invited him back to her flat, gave him dinner, went to

bed with him, had consensual sex with him. Claims that she woke up to him hav-ing sex with her again. This is something which can happen.

" N o t e v e r y -b o d y n e e d s to be a s k e d p r i o r to each inser t ion" and "It might be really bad manners not to have tapped her on the shoulder and said 'Do you mind if I do it again?'

"It might be really sordid and

bad sexual etiquette, but what-ever else it is, it is not rape or

you bankrupt the term rape of all meaning. I don't

believe either of those women, I

don't believe either of these stories."

His views are crystal clear. As an intel l igent man, he is

sceptical and critical rather

than dismissive, yet the sensible

(although difficult) questions raised have not

been addressed by the NUS.When does sex turn into

rape? Does one need permission before each insertion? And even

whether or not the rape accusa-tions are legitimate. The NUS simply interpreted his speech as "rape denial" and issued the ban.

It has also neglected to ad-dress the possibility that the rape accusations have been cooked up at the behest of the Swedish government who are doing all they can to deliver As-sange to the US on a plate.

This is a view widely held by those on the political left, ac-cording to a member of Gallo-way's office (who also comments that no one from the NUS both-ered to contact him or George to gain clarity on his views).

Perhaps the NUS' rather hasty ban on Galloway, someone who has been known for campaign-ing alongside students, was mo-tivated by that same fear and social stigma.

George Galloway, Julian Assange and the semantics of rapeNUS

ing sex with her again. This is something

of all meaning. I don't believe either of

those women, I don't believe

Protestors in Madrid last monthYuri Numerov

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FEATURES @GalleonFeatures

Elizabeth Ryan and Hannah Delaney

Food is culture. In Spain, you can't order a drink without re-ceiving a little plate of olives and chorizo or a little bowl of crisps. It represents the Span-ish attitude to food; to celebrate with and enjoy. Even when cook-ing for one, Spaniards will take their time, lay the table and set out their napkins to enjoy their food. It's wonderful to make such an occasion of eating, es-pecially when you're eating such great food!

Of the well-known dishes in Spain, one of the most diverse is tapas. ‘Tapa' means lid, and sup-posedly came from using a piece of ham or meat to cover your glass of wine to stop sand or dirt going in, and this is where the concept of food with drink came from.

Tapas come in all shapes and sizes; in some bars you can go along a whole row of different plates and ask for ‘a bit of this, a bit of that' and they'll heat up several dishes of food. You can eat a whole meal like this (not that you're supposed to; I think that's an English thing, or maybe just a student thing), of plates of thinly sliced potato with mayon-naise and bacon, or something thicker like a mushroom and beef stew. Tapas can also be fish and cheese or sauce on top of a slice of bread, presented very grandly (and more costly too).

If you want something bigger, you can't go to Spain without enjoying some paella. The large dishes are advertised as serving

‘x many people', but personally I've found that one per person will do just nicely (that might be the student frame of mind kicking in again). You can get it with just vegetables, chicken, only the ‘safe' seafood or with just ALL the seafood they have on offer; prawns (still in their shell), calamari, muscles, and lots of other kinds that I'm not sure I can name.

There's something for every-one on a Spanish menu, and it's misleading to think that trying to cook any of it at home is far too complicated. You don't have to buy a plane ticket to try some

great food, so if you've got some spare time and a few willing friends, give Liz Ryan's Spanish Chorizo Frittata a try and bring a sizzle of Spanish cuisine into your kitchen.

Spanish Chorizo FrittataFrittata is a tremendously easy and versatile one-pan dinner. It makes a nice change from a nor-mal omelette and is a great way to use up leftover vegetables. The chorizo gives this dish a del-icate spicy flavour but you can easily swap it for some cooked chicken or ham. Serve this with a big leafy salad.

Method1. In a deep sided frying pan

heat the oil on a medium heat. Fry the onion for 2-3 minutes, then add all the vegetables and potato. Cook until the potatoes feel ten-der.

2. Add the paprika and chorizo and fry for 2 minutes.

3. In a small bowl, lightly beat the egg and milk together and season with salt and pepper.

4. Pour the egg over the veg-etables and turn the heat down low. Cook for 10-12 minutes until the bottom is

golden brown. Carefully flip the frittata over and cook the top for 2 minutes. Cut into wedges and serve.

Chorizo Frittata: A taste of SpainFood and Travel

Ingredients (serves two)• 1 tbsp olive oil• 4 eggs, lightly beaten• 1 tbsp milk• 1 tsp paprika• 50g chorizo, chopped• 2 medium potatoes, sliced• 1 onion, finely chopped• 2 handfuls of vegetables

(eg: spinach, tomatoes, peppers) sliced

Thomas Pearce

With the winter weather making its way back to Britain in force, you'll no doubt be sitting in lec-tures, staring out of the window, daydreaming about being some-where warm and sunny.

And if you're looking for an eclectic, cultured and best of all warm fantasy holiday destina-tion, why not consider Spain's capital?

Barcelona offers something for everyone – it has an award winning beach, world renowned architecture and great nightlife.

Barcelona is the perfect cul-tural break. Boasting nine world heritage sites, with the intricate mosaic designs of Casa Batlló and Park Guell; colossal struc-tures such as Sagrada Familia and Palau de la Música Cata-lana; and naturalistic casa mila, there is a diverse range to see

(don't feel obliged to go inside and pay!)

Barri Gothic, the ancient cen-tre of Barcelona, is a labyrinth of small streets and alleys, with authentic Catalan shops and rustic restaurants, as well as some street markets. Here you can also experience great value Flamenco at Los Tarantos.

If you want to see a great view of Barcelona with some in-teresting history, visit Montjuic castle. It is located on a hill, not far from the 1992 Olympic park. There is a great cable car (novel and saves climbing, albeit at a price.)

If boutique stores, a great nightlife or stunning beaches are more your cup of tea, Barce-lona still has plenty to offer. La Rambla is the world famous cen-tral street in Barcelona, which is always packed. With colourful food markets and designer, high-street and charity clothes shop-ping nearby, it's a great base.

Passeig de Gracia is designer shopaholic heaven. There are also many flea markets which are definitely worth looking at.

Barcelona beach has previ-ously won 'best urban beach', so there is no need to venture elsewhere. There is also a zoo,

casino and harbour nearby, with novel Segway tours (abeit ex-pensive.) If you want more qui-et, then take a train a couple of miles up the coastline.

The nightlife is varied, from quiet Irish bars in Barri Gotic to huge raves in Raval. The clubs are known as 'discotecas' and stay open until dawn (with out-side dancing not uncommon in the summer months.)

Plus, you can make your way to Barcelona cheaply on the ef-ficient underground network. It costs about 10 Euros for a 10 journey saver option.

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casino and harbour nearby, with novel Segway tours (abeit ex-pensive.) If you want more qui-et, then take a train a couple of miles up the coastline.

The nightlife is varied, from quiet Irish bars in Barri Gotic to huge raves in Raval. The clubs are known as 'discotecas' and stay open until dawn (with out-side dancing not uncommon in the summer months.)

Plus, you can make your way to Barcelona cheaply on the ef-ficient underground network. It costs about 10 Euros for a 10 journey saver option.

Felices Fiestas!

Lisa Jenkins and Sam Fry

For most people, autumn win-ter fashion can be a bit like marmite. You either love it or hate it. Gone are the days of be-ing able to wear what you like, you now have to think: "Will I catch frostbite in this if I leave the house?" But, with the change in weather comes the change of the fashion season, so here is a rundown of key looks for the la-dies to keep you looking stylish and cosy, plus a look at one of the key trends for guys to look out for this season:

Geek ChicThink American prep school meets Ugly Betty. But in a good way. This trend is one for those that always found their school uniform was something they loved to wear but hated to ad-mit it. All the clothes your mum tried to get you to wear when you were little are the things to dig out and dust down. With the A line skirt leading the trend, geek chic flatters all body shapes as it's all about clean lines and a pair of brogues. Comfort and style, for once the trends are on our side.

90s GrungeThe grunge trend is for those that want to rebel and be a bit different. Based on the 90s Nir-vana era, its embellishment, black and shoes with chunky soles. Creepers, studs and dip dyed hair all help the trend but if you want to go full out then dungarees are your best option. If not, try studding a plain t-shirt you already own and making something more personal plus cheaper. Alternatively, a baggy band t-shirt will be just as good.

LadylikeIf you have always wished you were a Chanel muse, then the ladylike trend is going to be the one for you. The typical Chanel jacket is the go to and paired with a plain t-shirt, jeans and pearls, it's a combination de-signed for the more elegant side of you. If you want to go all out match the jacket with a pencil skirt, kitten heels and sunglasses and really dress to impress.

Military

The military look is accessible to everyone and it's easy to add just a small element into your eve-ryday outfit. For this trend the go-to item is the military jacket. Being this season's 'it' jacket, the military green jacket with leath-er sleeves is easy to throw on and practical. Ladies, find per-fect pieces on the high street in River Island and Topshop, and gents follow Sam Fry's guide to getting military just right:

Military influenced styles have been a dominant force in fashion for several decades now, with the classic trench coat and recently the military boot being popular choices. Lately the cam-ouflage pattern has come out of hiding and is making its way back into mainstream fashion, with the style featuring heav-ily at the recent Milan Fashion Week. Camo is appearing in many brands' autumn/winter collections with the iconic pat-tern coming in the form of camo shirts, blazers, bomber jackets and even bowties, so there's

something camo styled for liter-ally everyone.

Unlike its use in the military, to hide soldiers, camo was of-ten used in fashion to make a bold statement in the past and although this used to be cool, camo is now taking on a sub-tler dynamic. The likes of über-brands Marc Jacobs and Vans have been using the style to accent other items of clothing, with subtle burst of the pattern complimenting complete out-fits. Vans has launched an entire range of shoes called "Brushed Camo" in honour of the design, with the collection incorporat-ing everything from hi-tops to boat shoes.

Camo carries a lot of stigma with it, but worn in the right way it can be a cool way to spice up your wardrobe, finely accom-panying camo with neutrals is a great way to get the look to work without going overboard. Think Pharrell Williams, Frank Ocean, Enrique Iglesias when donning camouflage and not so

much Rambo. Graphic tees are always a winner and brands like Billionaire Boys Club and Bape are the undisputed kings when it comes to understated and original camo infused t-shirt de-signs, with the Japanese brands worn by a plethora of rappers, designers and actors.

If camo inspired clothing still hasn't won you round then accessories are the way to go.

A camo iPod case, iPad sleeve or even the classic camo back-pack are all subtle ways to inject a bit of camouflage into your life. Keep a lookout for camo around Christmas because the big brands are really starting to push it to the fore of their win-ter collections and high-street stores like Urban Outfitters and ASOS are starting to flood their collections with the pattern.


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A fresher's guide to dealing with homesicknessFreshers Tips

Lucy Cook

So you've said a tearful goodbye to your partner, parents, friends. You've helped your flatmates un-pack and accidently picked up their fluffy handcuffs and con-doms.

You went to register at the doctors at the same time as one of your flatmates and had to awkwardly sit next to each other in the waiting room while hold-ing a cup of your own pee.

You've gone out, turned around and found your friend pressed up against a wall with someone random and been forced to make your own way home, getting lost twice on the way.

And now that you've started settling into your course and the excitement (and madness) of Freshers' Week has subsided; chances are you're beginning to long for home-cooked dinners and quiet catch-ups with friends in your local.

If it's all getting to you though, just bear in mind every-one will go through it at some point. Some will have sat in their dressing gown, tearfully begging their Mum to come and bring them home. Some will have been out drinking every night so that they don't have a moment to miss home. And the number one piece of advice that will

help you survive: persevere. Dig in your heels, and while you'll still be missing the comforts of home, you'll begin to forge a ‘uni life', that believe it or not you'll be missing by the end of the first week of the Christmas break!

But in the meantime, here are some tips and tricks for getting through that initial, tearful stage and adjusting to your ‘new life':

Join the gymAt £140 for the year, that's just over £10 a month, which is a bargain. But also, exercise re-

leases endorphins, even bet-ter than chocolate does! So if you're feeling a little mopey, get on the treadmill or go to one of the many classes available. You'll find it'll take your mind off home and keep the alcohol calories off.

Go exploringYes, you miss home. But how will you ever start to call Portsmouth home if you don't even know the city yet? Staying cooped up in your room will only make things worse. Go for a walk, hop on

the bus – just head out and find things to do. Try Albert Road or Commercial Road if you fancy some shopping, or maybe spend an afternoon at the Historic Dockyard or the Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum, if history is your thing.

Go out for lunch with your flatmates/course friendsMost of the Freshers' events were nights out drinking, and as fun as they were, it's a bit hard to get to know people properly like that. Find a decent restaurant,

maybe have a drink, but make sure you come away feeling like you know a bit more about the people you'll be spending at least a year with.

Do some extra reading/re-search into your courseYou moved away from everyone you love for an important rea-son – getting a good degree.

If, like me, Freshers' started to make you feel like you'd left home just to go out and drink with strangers, spend some time reminding yourself why you're here – the course you love.

Cook your favourite home dinnerIf you don't know how, phone your Mum and write down the recipe. Make it for yourself, cud-dle up in bed and munch on it while watching your favourite film or TV programme.

Getting over homesick-ness isn't just about making new friends and new habits; you need to give yourself time to ad-just. So indulge yourself every now and then. Just beware – your cooking won't be as good as your Mum's.

If you ever find yourself feel-ing particularly down, or are worried about a friend who seems depressed, contact the University Counselling Services for advice.

Rachael Grosberg

The beginning of October is that time of year when students start to feel the after-effects of Fresh-ers' Fortnight and coupled with the recent bad weather, you might be starting to feel, well, a little under the weather.

After too many late nights and Jägerbombs you may be starting to notice the tell-tale signs of an oncoming cold; sniffles, a sore throat, a temperature, aches and pains and general fatigue. Colds are caused by viruses, of which there are more than 200 differ-ent types, and can be spread by direct contact with someone or by sneezing into the air, allow-ing hundreds of droplets con-

taining the virus to penetrate the air which are then breathed in by someone else. (Next time you see someone sneeze without using their hand, run.)

Unfortunately, there are no

quick fixes to rid yourself of a cold, but here are some top Freshers' Flu tips to help get you on the mend:

1. Fluids. Drink plenty of them. And definitely not of the al-

coholic variety. Hot drinks are recommended.

2. Rest. This doesn't mean you should skip lectures. But a few early nights will help your body repair itself.

3. Carry tissues. Lots of them.4. Wash your hands! It sounds

simple but some people don't do this as often as they should. Simply washing your hands can reduce the spread of viruses.

5. Eat healthily. Swap your crisps for a piece of fruit.

6. Gargling salt water. This can help ease a sore throat. (But be careful not to swallow it – this can make you more ill).

7. Vapour rubs. Apply these to your chest and pillow to help you get a good night's sleep.

8. Try taking some menthol sweets. They will help to re-lieve your sore throat.

9. Steam inhalation. Drape a towel over your head and place your head over a bowl of hot water. The steam will help to loosen any mucus in your nose and throat.

10. Stay away from other people with colds. This doesn't mean you need to be antisocial. But it is pos-sible to catch another cold after you have just got rid of one, so be extra careful!

As a cold is caused by a virus, it cannot be treated by antibiot-ics. However, if your cold per-sists after more than two weeks, it is recommended that you go and see a doctor. Make sure you are registered to a doctor on the University campus: http://www.port.ac.uk/lookup/generalinfor-mation/health/doctorsandden-tists/getregistered/

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Work and your degree: the balancing actNicola Green

As well as getting a degree, one of the biggest parts of being a student is the lifestyle. Not nec-essarily out clubbing every night during Freshers' but the simple things like going to a pub quiz, the cinema or maybe even a stroll with friends along South-sea beach.

For a substantial amount of students who only get the main-tenance loan, it doesn't cover the rent – let alone anything else. And so, an important lesson we learn whilst at university is the balancing act. How can we fund that lifestyle? The simplest, and in turn most difficult, answer is to find part time work.

As a student town, Ports-mouth has two main places of employment: retail and bar work. Retail is the most popular as flexible part time workers are needed, without the late nights of bar work. There are several different channels where you can find employment in Ports-mouth. Your first port of call should be the Purple Door jobs boards as well as the vacancies sections of the Cascades and Gunwharf Quays websites.

However, in the current eco-nomic climate, it's not always easy to find part-time jobs to

suit the student lifestyle. Many establishments will be looking to hire one full-time member of staff over two part-time mem-bers to cover the hours.

Perhaps then you could con-sider branching out into small time self-employment, offering babysitting services or even tu-toring (that way you're earning and using the knowledge from your course.) Companies like Avon are always looking for people to deliver catalogues to

customers. The advantage with this kind of work is that it is fully flexible, however it's not always the most secure method of in-come.

Once you have that all impor-tant part time job you have to fit it in around your university work, not the other way around! Even if you don't miss lectures, suffering from sleeping prob-lems or stress would greatly af-fect your learning.

Students who go to extremely

prestigious universities such as Oxford or Cambridge are of-ten advised not to have a part time job as it would take away time spent towards your degree. As tempting as money can be, don't put yourself up for extra shifts and work yourself into the ground.

If you work whilst studying you should make sure that your employers meet their legal obli-gation to you. There are those agreed between employer and

employee (which do not have to be in writing, although they often are.) Usual terms that are agreed include salary and ben-efit levels, holiday rights, job du-ties and notice provisions.

To help keep the balance be-tween paid work and uni work you have to be very strict with yourself to ensure that you keep on top of everything. That ir-ritating phrase that has been quoted against us since GCSEs? Time management – unfortu-nately the powers that be are correct, managing your time wisely helps for a happy life.

There are never enough hours in the day to do what you ‘need' to do, so prioritising is impor-tant. For example during the Freshers' Fortnight it could be argued that, as uni hasn't start-ed back yet, it would be wise to work as much as possible so that later on in the year (such as dur-ing exam time) you can afford to take some time off.

As well as making money, part time work has other advan-tages – you can learn skills that could help you in your career as a graduate as well as making new friends, meeting new peo-ple and networking. The balanc-ing act, although difficult, is by all means worth it.

University Life

Rachael Grosberg

The UK is famous for being a nation of animal lovers, with over 50% of families owning a pet. This Thursday 4th October marks World Animal Day, an an-nual event celebrating animal life in all its forms.

The event was founded in Italy in 1931 at a convention of ecologists and the date was cho-sen in tribute to the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment. It was originally established to bring attention to endangered or threatened species but has now expanded to a full celebra-tion of the animal kingdom.

Churches notably hold cere-monies blessing animals, whilst

animal shelters hold fundraisers and appeal for donations to help shelter animals.

The day is significant in cel-ebrating our much loved ani-mals but also in highlighting their plight. It is estimated that around half the world's mam-mals are declining in population and that more than a third are being threatened with extinc-tion. World Animal Day hopes to get the public involved and show the animals that we care.

The event has been endorsed by royalty and celebrities includ-ing HRH the Duke of York, Twig-gy and Mel C, who suggest that the general public can help sup-port the cause through a simple donation, sending animal treats to your local shelter or by spon-

soring an animal.The nearest animal shelter

to the University of Portsmouth is the Stubbington Ark Animal Shelter, run by the RSPCA's So-lent branch. They rely on the generosity of their supporters to upkeep their £3,000 per day running costs.

To find out more about World Animal Day visit: http://www.worldanimalday.co.uk/ or fol-low them on twitter at: @world-animalday.

If you would like to make a donation or get involved with animal welfare then take a look at the RSPCA website: http://www.rspca.org.uk/donate.

You can also follow the RSP-CA on Twitter at: @RSPCA_of-ficial.

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Picking Bones with Young GunsWhat’s NotAshore

What’s fl oating our boat this fortnight....

SkyfallIn cinemas 26th October

Bond is back with more than a bang. Expect Oscar win-ning director Sam Mendes to deliver inconceivably intense action scenes, completely chaotic car chases, a plethora of puns, breakneck fight se-quences, and much more.

Calvin Harris - 18 monthsOut 29th October

The Scot superstar DJ returns in October with his highly an-ticipated third album. After re-leasing basically half of the LP throughout 2011-12, are we still in for a few more surprise hits?

Adrift

The Script - #3Out now

How inven-tive for an album title by a band easily described by the word bland. With collaborations featur-ing the likes of Will.i.am, you know it’s going to sell by the bucketload, but it’s never go-ing to be anything but droll.

On The RoadOut 12th October

Please, someone has tried to make a Hollywood version of a Kerouac cult classic? This has disaster and cliché writ-ten all over it. If you have any common sense, avoid this wannabe coming of age yarn.

Kathryn Blackmusic Editor

With their latest release Bones achieving a top 20 position in the UK charts – an impressive feat for most alternative bands in 2012 – Young Guns have gained a huge following in the past year. We caught up with the band's guitarist John Taylor to find out what it feels like to live a life that most musicians can only dream of.

You might recognise Young Guns from their appearances at Olympic Torch events up and down the country, something the guys "jumped at the chance" to be a part of, citing the games as "something so historical and special" to be a part of. Consid-ering the other act of choice was

Rizzle Kicks, Young Guns must be doing something right to get such an opportunity.

Even though winter's poking its head around the corner, af-ter a successful summer of fes-tival performances, Young Guns are still thriving on the past few months.

"Playing Reading Festival was definitely my highlight. We opened the mainstage in 2010 but we always wanted to play in a tent. You can create more of an atmosphere. It was incredible to have so many people singing the words to our songs."

When the band weren't busy playing, soaking up the festival atmosphere was the order of the day. "I got to see Gaslight for the first time at Pukklepop and I love their latest album so that

was pretty cool. They killed it."Surprisingly, guitarist John

might have revealed an embar-rassing secret as he admits "I can't help myself from watch-ing [The X Factor] sometimes" although he's not its biggest fan, sharing an opinion that the majority of music fans probably agree with.

"There are plenty of great singers on that show that are just looking for a shortcut to fame. I don't really have any respect for that. Obviously there are a few exceptions but I feel like if more of those singers took the time to develop their careers, they'd have better prospects."

With an upcoming October tour, including a show at the Wedgewood Rooms right here in Portsmouth, it looks like Young

Guns have no intention of slow-ing down any time soon, espe-cially when John speaks of the touring experience so fondly.

"I can't wait for this tour to start. It sounds trite but the best thing about being on tour is the fact that I'm doing what I always dreamed of. No matter how you judge our success, I feel like I've made it. I enjoy what I do and I wouldn't change it for anything. I guess the only down-sides are the fact that I'm always tired and unhealthy."

And with that, it's time to let John and the rest of Young Guns head off on the Vans "Off The Wall" Music Night tour. If you're into no-frills, pure talent and fancy a night with one of the best British rock bands around, make sure you grab a ticket.

Friday 5th OctoberAl Murray - Portsmouth Guildhall

Saturday 6th OctoberFlux Pavillion - Portsmouth PyramidsRay Davies - Southampton Guildhall

Sunday 7th OctoberDan Le Sac & Friends - S. JoinersDragonForce - Portsmouth Pyramids

Monday 8th OctoberKyla La Grange - Southampton JoinersVans Off The Wall Tour - Wedgewood Rooms

Tuesday 9th OctoberKevin Bloody Wilson - Portsmouth Guildhall

Wednesday 10th OctoberLevel 42 - Portsmouth Guildhall

Thursday 11th OctoberDan Le Sac & Friends - Wedgewood RoomsThe Midnight Beast - Southampton Guild-hall

Friday 12th OctoberDara O Briain - The Kings Theatre

Saturday 13th OctoberTotally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Ports-mouth Pyramids

Sunday 14th OctoberLiar - Wedgewood Rooms

Monday 15th OctoberRen Harvieu - Wedgewood RoomsScissor Sisters - Portsmouth Guildhall

Tuesday 16th OctoberHot Chip - Southampton Guildhall

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JamnestyThe Fat Fox, 27th September

Sam Ward

The University of Portsmouth's Amnesty International soci-ety put on its biannual gig on Thursday 27th September. The seventh Jamnesty mixed local, student, and established talent to deliver an evening of enter-tainment with all proceeds go-ing to Amnesty International.

The Fat Fox, recently an in-tegral venue in Southsea Fest, boasts a cosy stage and and an excellent sound engineer ensur-ing the bands get the best sound possible. This was the fifth time the Fat Fox has hosted Jamnesty and it's easy to see why.

First to perform was local artist Jimmy Stuart. Jimmy is lead singer of Portsmouth band Is Bliss who performed two ex-plosive sets at Southsea Fest and are signed to local record label Strong Island Recordings.

For Jamnesty it was Jimmy Stuart in his solo guise with his unique brand of dream pop. With just a guitar, his voice and an effects pedal Jimmy creates

music rich in sonorous echoes that create a sound much fuller and richer than would be expect-ed from one man and one guitar. Jimmy's solo shows are a depar-ture from the heavy sounds of Is Bliss but retain their phantasma-goric beauty, a true testament to his musical dexterity.

The second band of the night was Veto. Less than a year old,

Veto are already a tight unit with a clear sound. Having spent the summer travelling, the band is currently working on original tracks and so treated the audi-ence to a mix of polished cov-ers, originals, and experimental jams.

Bassist Alex has learned to play so fast it's almost an insult to the rest of us. Lead guitarist

Louis' guitar sound is as natu-ral as any blues sound likely to be heard today, and drummer Jack's mix of traditional kit and djembe provides extra variety. Veto somewhat stole the show, with two rocky Beatles covers and original track Door Step Blues pleasing the crowd.

The highlight of the show was undoubtedly rhythm guitarist

Connor's crowd requested ren-dition of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air set to one of the bands in-strumentals.

The third act was Tim Somer-field. Tim was a singer-song-writer with a big stage pres-ence to match his big hair. His set of mainly covers with one original showcased his talent. With funky guitar and a power-ful voice with an accomplished range, Tim Somerfield brought a new energy to the singer-song-writer genre.

The last band of the night was Kent band Where's Billy. Where's Billy were a great success at Jamnesty 6 and returned with their own brand of boisterous rock. Despite losing a guitarist to illness they put on a rousing set.

Thumping guitar and angry vocals drive the songs forward and the sprinkling of slower songs in the set showed off the bands rhythmic abilities. For fans of Biffy Clyro, Reuben and the Foo Fighters these are a band to watch. Their sound cer-tainly seems tailored for larger venues.

Jamnesty 7 was a great suc-cess, raising over £200 and put-ting on an entertaining show-case of musical talent.

Seventh Jamnesty showcases local talentGig Review

Recently formed band Veto perform during Jamnesty Adam Bright

Preview

Flynn MasseyArts and Entertainment Editor

1. DisclosureThey have made it. From seem-ingly out of nowhere to sudden-ly being A-list Radio 1 status, the Laurence brothers from London are well known for their fantas-tic collaborations with the likes of Sinead Harnett, Sam Smith and 2012's answer to UK soul, Jessie Ware.

Disclosure have had no prob-lem producing a plethora of sick beats and tunes which can only be described as the second com-ing of garage. And as bad as that sounds, with their ability to constantly yield an intense live show (as seen at Bestival), to be able to sell out Heaven in two minutes (yes, TWO minutes), they are nothing but the two of the best and youngest produc-

ers to have emerged from 2012. Expect nothing but even bigger things in 2013.

2. Jessie Ware (below)The South London journalist turned overnight soul songstress truly has hit the ground run-ning. Working with the likes of SBTRKT, Sampha and Disclo-sure, Ware's journey from back-up singer to soul diva is only one we should all embrace.

Her album ‘Wild-est Moments' is merely a glimpse into the vocal capabilities she could produce. If anything, the smash remix of her song Running (courtesy of those Disclo-

sure boys) was this year's sleep-er hit of both the summer and the year. 2013 will truly be a year where Ware gives us more than just a few wildest moments to remember her by.

3. Jake BuggYou might not know this guy, but trust me, by next year, you definitely will. Bugg's summer song ‘Lightning Bolt' is meant for much better things than some boorish TV advert, and you surely will have the chance this October to experience more of

his sweet soulful folkish tunes when his de-

but album drops.In my opin-

ion, Bugg could most

likely be the next Ben Howard.

4. Lianne La HavasIt seems that London's starting some form of a revival of soulful pop. No doubt this comes across as La Havas' vocals are incompa-rable, her guitar work exquisite, her songwriting finely tuned and infectious to say the least.

With such songs as ‘Is Your Love big Enough?' and her abil-ity to produce great live shows, you can't help but want to have another helping of her. 2013 should be a big one for Lianne.

5. Django Django (above)Now Mercury Prize nominat-ed, they could easily well be amongst the best. As frantically energetic as Hot Chip, as smart-ly dressed as Franz Ferdinand, as quirky and esoterically catchy as Everything Everything, this band could well be seen as more than just a sleeper hit waiting to emerge from the musical mires of 2012.

Expect big things for this band sooner, rather than later.

Our pick: fi ve artists to look out for

Her album ‘Wild-

capabilities she could produce.

surely will have the chance this October to experience more of

his sweet soulful folkish tunes when his de-

but album drops.

ion, Bugg could most

likely be the next Ben Howard.NRK P3

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Motion City SoundtrackWedgewood Rooms, 22/09/2012

Rachel Hughes

Think back to being fifteen, go-ing to your first gig, everyone wearing hoodies, checkered Vans and studded belts and the thrill of seeing your favourite band walk onto the stage.

If you can imagine that, you still only have a fraction of an idea of the pure delight on the slightly more mature, die-hard fans that came out to the Wedgewood Rooms to see the leading pop-punk band, Motion City Soundtrack.

The fifteen year old American band, having recently released their fifth album, performed a spectacularly tight, feel good gig

in the intimate venue. Original band member and front man Justin Pierre, recognised by his inexplicably tall hair, was hi-

larious as he told anecdotes and chatted to the crowd, as well as filling us in on the sitcoms he watches, explaining why he kept

saying "thank you" like it was one really high pitched word.

The group had an impressive set list, playing a few tracks from each album. Songs ‘Timeless' and ‘True Romance' from their latest album Go released in June this year got a great response from the crowd as the come-to-be-expected combination of catchy riffs and lyrics, alongside the elated performance, made it impossible not to be carried away with the childish euphoria circling around the Wedgewood Rooms.

Most of this vibe was created by keyboardist Jesse Johnson who sung every word through-out the show without a micro-phone and could be heard over the crowd, having the time of his life head banging.

It was truly enchanting to watch a band that was so in

sync. Tony Thaxton on drums and percussion was impressive and every member was incred-ibly talented, which isn't some-thing you can always say about a band.

Although the new songs were enjoyed, the real crowd pleasers came from tracks on the older albums such as ‘This is for Real' and ‘Everything is Alright,' peak-ing with ‘The Future Freaks Me Out' from the band's debut al-bum. These songs were met with screams of happiness and not one person in the crowd could stop themselves from singing and dancing along.

The only criticism you could have for what was an incredible night is that it ended too early! Everyone left with a smile on their face, but there was an air of disappointment as they exited the Wedge at 11pm.

Gig Review

Fitting soundtrack for the Wedge

Motion City Soundtrack play the Wedge Jake Ratcliffe

The XX - CoexistOut now


To follow such a mammoth al-bum as their debut, XX, there would always be certain cries and calls of ‘difficult second al-bum' by cynics and critics alike. The expectation was enormous, the hype was huge. But to be completely honest, The xx them-selves are by standards not a band of many words, they are a band who (if you'll excuse, and step aside from the cliché for just a moment) let their music do the talking for them.

Whilst people could easily dis-miss their sophomore attempt as merely more of the same old same old, Coexist is a vast step forward, in terms of structure, pace, and overall direction, one whose minimalistic dynamics that meet melodic structures take you to places you've been to before and beyond. New di-rections come courtesy of Jamie xx's sharp production and mix-ing, which is felt, heard and found throughout the duration of the album.

Again, with Coexist, The xx

speak in volumes of space and silence, pauses as powerfully potent as dubstep aficionados would as likely turn up a sub-woofer to the tens. The much refined works of Coexist means only one thing. The band are hardly inventing a new genre with their second serving, yet with each song, you can begin to sense the four year gap has made a major difference. It has allowed them all to undergo the chance to refine, and not try to reinvent themselves.

Dealing with the eminent themes of anxiety, heartbreak, loss, and intimacy, they seem to tiptoe across each other's lyr-ics, almost purposefully trying to avoid each other, and then eventually finding each other. With Chained, such strong duet vocals immerse themselves into an immense soundscape, and you can't help but move along to its two step beat, immediately

humming along to its infectious chorus. Fiction feels very much niched in-between a firm, mov-ing beat, a hauntingly beautiful guitar sway by Romy and sure, clear vocal direction by Sim.

The major influence that Jamie xx's sharp production and mixing provides is evident throughout, evidently seen with the scatterings of sampled Jamaican steel pans and 4/4 beats heard on Reunion, Sun-set, and Swept Away, while the eerie, whining synthesizers of Try stays close and melds itself to their exquisite yet simplis-tic style of their former works. Missing, a song complete with an intriguing mid-song swap of vocal leads, certainly places both Romy and Oliver's voices in early Tracey Thorn and Every-thing But The Girl territory.

Overall, the experiences you'll get from Coexist are best described as unique to each per-son. The xx need only return with as many words as they said before on their debut, and once again you would not be disap-pointed by the band. An album that's not made to be regarded as vastly different from their former efforts, yet one that re-mains both easily accessible to newcomers of their work or die-hard fans. Either way, everyone is surely in for more than a treat with Coexist.

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Coming back from a sold-out UK tour, this October marks the re-turn of the critically acclaimed Hot Chip and much lauded Django Django to Southampton Guildhall.

Once again the venue is set to witness both a unique and stunning alliance of two bands that define the current experimental in-die scene. Whilst both are at re-spectable ends of the chart spectrum, the actual combina-tion still remains a must see show for anyone.

Representing a strong and true sense of dance and rock whilst having more than a re-mainder of originality attached to their music, Mercury Prize nominated newcomers Django Django are now making more than waves across the coun-try, with such songs as the in-fectiously catchy ‘Default' and ‘Hail Bop', they have been firm favourites for this summer's fes-tivals across both the UK and

Europe, and are surely designed for bigger things.

With the recent addition of New Young Pony Club's fierce drummer Sarah Jones, and their critically acclaimed Top 15 al-bum In Our Heads (out now on Domino Records), electro veterans Hot Chip are set for a riveting return, fresh off their

sold-out UK and European tours. Ready to illumi-

nate, captivate and motivate us once more, Alexis and company (as seen earlier this year with their performance at

Bestival) have already proven that the band is

better than ever, so expect no less but a show chock full of classics, hits, crazy and moving covers.

This show and tour will quite possibly be seen as a further sonic step in the right direction for both bands, who remain renowned for their live perfor-mances across the world.

Hot Chip play Southampton Guildhall on

16th October supported by Django Django.

Tickets are on sale at Southampton Guild-

hall, LiveNation & Ticketmaster

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Hot Chip visit Soton Guildhall

to witness both a unique and stunning alliance

sold-out UK and European tours. Ready to illumi-

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Mumford & Sons - BabelOut now

Kathryn Blackmusic Editor

Uh oh. It's the dreaded second album. Generally, all of the best songs have been used up on the debut record and we can only hope that the second attempt at greatness ends with another collection of tracks that's just as brilliant.

Mumford & Sons especially have been stuck in the cross-fire for nearly three years as the band has faced criticism from

all angles, suggesting Babel wouldn't come anywhere near close to the success of 2009 re-lease Sigh No More.

Finally, we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief. De-spite the cynics trampling all over their efforts in the run up to this long-awaited release, Babel doesn't disappoint. Sure enough, while performing at their very own The Gentlemen of The Road festival and marry-ing famous actresses, the Wim-bledon warblers haven't taken any chances with their style of music, but each song is pleasant enough.

Take first single ‘I Will Wait' for example, sounding exactly

the same as radio favourite ‘Roll Away Your Stone'. Opening track ‘Babel' is made up of the same frantic, twanging strings plus the softer, emotional vo-cals that Mumford & Sons have based their career on.

Babel does, however, have its slower moments. Providing a short break from the barrage of banjos that seems to sneak its way into every song, ‘Lover of the Light' and ‘Lovers' Eyes' play right into the hands of those that secretly enjoy wallowing at home to the sound of Mar-cus Mumford crooning away. ‘Ghosts That We Knew' is prob-ably the most gut-wrenching track in the melancholic malaise but, while sad in subject matter, is one of the better songs on the record by keeping it simple with a stripped back combination of guitars and harmonising vocals.

‘Below My Feet' is much of the same with a lot of ooh's and

ahh's thrown in for good meas-ure and as soon as the banjo picks up it's hard not to dance along.

Saying that, it's not all bad. Mumford & Sons are seasoned pros at festival sing-alongs and no doubt each of the twelve al-bum (and three bonus) tracks will be making their appearanc-es at festivals all over the world next summer. It's hard to resist the Sons' blend of old-school country musicianship and emo-tionally saturated lyricism and, whatever you might currently think about the band, they're clearly doing something right as their fan base remains as loyal as ever.

Movie Reviews

The ImposterIn cinemas now

Joshua Searle

In the summer of 1556, Arnaud du Tilh strolled into a village in Artigat, France, and loudly pro-claimed to be Martin Guerre, one of the town's citizens who'd disappeared eight years previ-ously.

Unbelievably, they believed him, and Arnaud was accepted into society for three years by the whole of Guerre's family, in-cluding his wife.

Eventually, however, someone spotted that all was not right with the town's new resident and the French imposter was tried and executed. A remark-able story and, some might say, one that's unique to its era.

Then it happened again. In 1997 the Frenchman Frédéric Bourdin walked into a Spanish Children's Hospice and success-fully convinced the world, in-cluding the victim's family, that he was Nicholas Barclay, a Tex-an child that had gone missing three years earlier.

Tellingly, filmmakers have been unable to leave the two stories alone. In 1982 Daniel Vigne dramatised the 16th cen-tury oddity. Vigne, though, had to tell a story about something that happened over 400 years ago, a documentary that in-cluded talking-head interviews and video recordings of Martin wasn't really on the cards; it had to be dramatised.

British director Bart Layton has no such problems with his

debut feature. The year was 1997; almost everyone is still alive and willing to speak. Lay-ton even has video footage of the family meeting the fake Nicholas – in case you're inter-ested, it's awkward.

Still, bringing Nicholas' (or is that Frédéric Bourdin's?) story to film can have been no easy task and in lesser hands this could have been a disaster des-tined to populate late night TV channels. Most documenters lack the, dare we say it, honesty that Layton shows in conclud-ing that he simply doesn't know who to believe.

That's not to say his style isn't bold and comprehensive; he presents interviews with all the major players and bravely decides to re-create key scenes, normally a technique that would be cause for concern given that this is a rumination on the na-ture of the truth, but the details are kept fuzzy. This is not Crime Watch and Layton does well to use his re-creations to highlight the air of disorientation that sur-

rounds the case.Like the Guerre story, The

Imposter is a lesson on the im-possibility of trying to define the word ‘fact'. You see, there are always two sides to every story and everyone interviewed has a clear reason to argue their case.

Unfortunately for those seek-ing a neat resolution, all in-volved rise to the occasion; from the obsessed Private Eye who first notices that Nicholas has different ears, to the distanced, on-edge mother of the real miss-ing boy, they're all compelling.

With the help of some care-ful editing from Andrew Hulme, Layton offers up all the details; conclusions are to be drawn for homework.

The real star of the show, if it's appropriate to describe him as such, is the imposter himself Frédéric Bourdin. The man's an engaging, charismatic cha-meleon, who invites sympathy and almost gains it despite the nature of his crimes. Arnaud du Tilh would be proud and also, we suspect, a tiny bit jealous.

Anna KareninaIn cinemas now

Amy Westscreen Editor

The trailer boasted a kind of Baz Luhrrmann type epic, but the movie unfortunately did not quite live up to these stand-ards, as a storyline that probably could have been acted out in 30 minutes became over 2 hours of dragged-out sexual tension, leading to an unbeliev-ably predictable ending.

Based on the clas-sic Tolstoy novel, the plot centres around the young wife of a powerful Russian who endeavours on a life-changing affair with a young Count. Set in the 19th Century, the style of the piece is unusual. Playing out much like a theatre production with many scenes framed with a stage or random dance num-bers mid-drama. Despite being aesthetically pleasing and cer-tainly different in its stylistics, this added to the confusion that the plotline had already upon the viewers.

The pacing and timing seemed to be the biggest issue within this film. Parts are te-diously slow, with barely any dialogue passing between any of the characters. The best the audience gets is a few "intense" passing glances, which really just look like the actors are play-

ing a game of ‘Who Can Open Their Eyes The Widest And Make Small Gasps?' For a story that is meant to be a grand clas-sic, there doesn't seem to be any story whatsoever.

“ The fur hats impress but little

else does

Knightley really doesn't ap-pear to be broadening her

acting talents in this, as many films of hers

have seen her play the wealthy fe-male, tortured by love before. Kick-Ass' Aaron Johnson barely says a word, and

Jude Law doesn't seem to be allowed

enough screen-time to recover the faults

made by the others.What does save this movie

considerably though is the cos-tuming. Particularly as a female viewer, I was in awe of the style created by the Oscar-nominat-ed designer behind the clothes worn in Pride & Prejudice and Atonement. It's evident she had an elaborate budget for this piece, really capturing the afflu-ent Aristocratic fashion of Rus-sia in the 1800’s. Cue lots of fur and lavish head wear.

In all, Anna Karenina prom-ised everything, but gave very little and is not really worth the ticket price. But if you're into decadence and outrageously beautiful clothing then you may enjoy it a bit more.

leading to an unbeliev-ably predictable

pear to be broadening her acting talents in this, as

many films of hers have seen her play the wealthy fe-

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University Life: Making It Work For YouLauren Lucien

Corrie Pitfi eldCulture Editor

Just like any other student sur-vival book that you find on a shelf, Lauren Lucien's version of the classic guide is sadly just another one to add to the pile. Although filled with humorous quotes direct from students' mouths, this book is no different to anything else I've seen before.

It talks you through student finance, the library and the ever looming freshers' week, but it just seems a bit to "simple" for my liking. Lucien tries too hard to relate to students by using colloquial language as though she were actually talking to them rather than producing a book that they could read. Al-though this sounds like a recipe

for success, it definitely is not.After the first few chapters I

grew bored of what Lucien had to say and just felt as though I'd wasted my time. In spite of that though, the points that I did pay attention to were pretty valid.

She brings up issues of sex, drugs and rock and roll but once again, it's the same thing over and over. Students have heard it all before. "Don't drink too much", "always be careful", and as much as it is very important, when it's being thrown at them left, right and centre students will lose interest.

Lucien has tried to produce a guide fit for each year of higher education but by doing so she has only hindered how success-ful the book could have been. It would be improved if produced in a series for each year.

For her first book, Lucien has done an okay job of producing something that some students may find great, but if she were to play to what students want to hear rather than telling them the same ole same ole, I'm sure it would have been much better.

Borderlands 2PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

Jay Hampshire

In a genre as full of hackneyed clichés as first person shoot-ing games, it's difficult to cre-ate something entirely new and fresh. Although Borderlands 2 doesn't do anything to totally reinvent the FPS wheel, it sure as hell reminds you what makes shooters the kings of gaming.

After the somewhat surprising success of the first Borderlands, those returning to the danger-ous planet of Pandora will find that developers have listened to feedback, having ironed out the niggles from the original. Gone are the repetition, the slightly aimless storyline and the medio-cre AI. What's left is the centre of what made the experience so much fun in the first place: shootin' and lootin'.

Yes, unlike your 'Call of Duty's or your 'Medal of Honor's, you don't get stuck with the same roster of weapons throughout the entirety of Borderlands 2. Guns are 'procedurally gener-ated' throughout the game, ap-pearing in treasure chests or dropped by slain enemies.

This means the game be-comes at times a careful jug-gling act with your inventory space, prioritising what to keep and what to sell on. Sure, your ten round fully automatic sniper rifle is pretty good, but do you keep it when the bandit you just offed dropped a shotgun that sets enemies on fire?

Choice is very much the name of Borderlands 2's game. Right from the off you have four characters to choose from; the machine gunning Commando, the mysterious Siren, the lethal Assassin and the tank-on-legs 'Gunzerker. Each character can be customised with different colour schemes and accessories, but you make it your own game with the RPG elements.

Experience is gained from

completing missions and killing bad guys, and every time you gain enough you can spend your 'talent points' on different skills that will improve your character in specific areas. Each character class also gets a unique 'action skill' like deploying a turret to attack foes or turning invisible, which can save your bacon if used in the nick of time.

The writing on offer, both storyline wise and in terms of dialogue, is excellent. The 'race to stop the evil corporate mas-termind' theme may seem a lit-tle old hat, but it's given enough twists to keep it compelling. The Borderlands series is well known for its tongue in cheek wit, and this raises some genuine laughs with some hilarious weapon names and some outstanding voice acting, with the screams of elation from the Badass Psychos whenever you wound them be-ing a personal highlight.

Sure, it's not perfect but with the beautiful world of Pandora to explore and co-op play to en-joy, Borderlands 2 will have you coming back for more.

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Movie Review

Taken 2In cinemas 4th October

Joshua Searle

It's interesting to ask the ques-tion: at what point does total rubbish become acceptable be-cause of the performance of a star? The answer it seems, given the film's enormous fan base, is Taken, surprise hit of 2008 in which Liam Neeson plays a re-tired CIA agent whose daughter is kidnapped in Europe.

It had problems a-plenty, yet Neeson managed to turn Taken into functional fun, and all with a few sinisterly whispered lines into a telephone.

But that's in the past, and to-day's latest action movies (The Expendables 2, anything Nicho-las Cage does) require us to in-vert the question: at what point is a film so uniformly bad that even the performance of a star fails to make it worthwhile? Well, despite the wastefulness of The Expendables 2, you'll never find a more complete answer than Taken 2, the unimagina-tively named follow up to said

smash hit in which Neeson re-prises his role as Bryan Mills.

This time it's Mills and his wife (Famke Janssen) that get kidnapped and daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) has to help free them. A change, you might say, but Mills isn't captive for long and after some grenade throw-

ing from Kim – in the films only entertaining sequence – he's free and has to continue to hunt down his wife's abductors.

Yes, we're looking at an al-most identical plot, that was to be expected and should also just be accepted, but what can't be tolerated is a step-up of the

constant, ridiculous and un-necessary xenophobia. The set-ting this time is Istanbul, for no other reason than it's different to middle class America and so therefore must be a barbaric place; watch as Maggie Grace cowers at the gaze of veiled, for-eign women just because they're

veiled, foreign women.Could this be overlooked if

the action was as furious as the original? Maybe, but the real problem – and the one sure to damage the series beyond re-pair – is the fact that the original Taken was an 18 certificate, and a strong one at that. Taken 2 is 12a that looks for all the world like it's been shot as an 18 and given to Liam Neeson to stab. Most of the action sequences are so badly edited that they become hard to follow let alone enjoy.

And then there's Neeson, be-reft of any big speech he's left to say ridiculous things like "we've been taken" and do weird stuff like insist on wiping down his car himself even though it's in-cluded in the car-washing ser-vice. There's very little demon-stration of his "particular set of skills". He looks tired, his char-acter says as much by the close, maybe he's grown disillusioned with appearing in a film that has clearly betrayed its audience's expectations and is instead hell-bent on cashing in on the origi-nal's fan base. If that's the case, whoever's responsible can ex-pect a phone call.

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that we’re interested in. Closing date 20/10/12. For more infor-mation or to apply, visit http://sainsburys.jobs and search for the Portsmouth vacancies.

Christmas Temp Restau-rant Assistant at Deben-hams PortsmouthDo you have a passion for work-ing with Food? Can you provide the exceptional service our cus-tomers deserve? Then you could be the right person for our team. Christmas is a busy and exciting time for Debenhams and in or-der to provide our customers the best possible service we need some extra help in the coming

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hours per week. These tempo-rary roles offer you the chance to experience the buzz and vari-ety that working in retail at our busiest time of year offers. Our Restaurant Teams are motivat-ed, enthusiastic and passionate about creating the exceptional eating experience, delivering a first rate customer service that Debenhams is proud of.

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Wednesday 3rd OctoberStudent Officer Question Time

This is your opportunity to ask the Student Officer candidates questions about themselves and the role they’re running for.

Taking place in the Students’ Union at 3pm, stu-dents will face questions from the floor, Sabbatical officers and Twitter.

Wednesday 10th OctoberBeach Clean

Help clean up one of Portsmouth’s beaches. Stu-dents will be meeting at Langstone Student Village between 1pm and 1:30pm and heading down to the beach to clean til about 3pm.

Litter pickers, bin bags and gloves will be pro-vided but you must wear clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty and wear sensible shoes.

If you’re interested, sign up here: http://upsub-eachclean.eventbrite.com/

Thursday 11th OctoberKilimanjaro Information Evening

Have you ever wanted to climb Mount Kilimanja-ro? Well now is your chance!

On Thursday the 11th of October, RAG will be holding an info meeting for the Kilimanjaro Climb in the summer. Go along to Room 4 in the Students’ Union at 5pm for all the information you will need.

Friday 12th October - 14th OctoberGive it a GO! Trip to Durham and York

Take the weekend to explore two stunning cities – Durham and York.

Brimming with history and heritage, both cit-ies boast a wealth of visitor attractions. Visit Dur-ham Castle and Cathedral, World Heritage Sites or browse one of the many museums that York has to offer.

The trip includes return coach travel, and 2 night’s bed and breakfast accommodation.

Coaches depart Portsmouth on Friday morning and return on the Sunday evening.

The price of the trip is £121. Visit www.upsu.net/giveitago to book your place or email [email protected] for more information

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Since my last point of writing, a time in which Portsmouth Foot-ball Club appeared to be teeter-ing on the brink of self-implo-sion, a great deal has changed.

Quite remarkably after a roll-er-coaster summer, the club is still alive. The break between seasons saw the entire squad transformed. High earners and fans' favourites such as Liam Lawrence, Tal Ben Haim, David Norris and Kanu were allowed to leave, yet somehow Portsmouth are still coping with the rigorous demands of being a League One side, even with a precarious fi-nancial position.

Much of this ‘never say die' attitude is credit to young man-ager Michael Appleton, who has shown determination beyond his years and experience in man-agement. When he took over the hot-seat as Steve Cotterill left to fill the manager's role at Not-tingham Forest, Appleton had only previously been a youth coach at West Bromwich Albion.

Yet it appears that he has coped tremendously well in helping to stabilise the club through a traumatic time and the demands on his shoulders

cannot be understated.Talk of financial issues and

attempts to save the club have been firmly placed in the pe-riphery. Appleton has continued to galvanise his players, whilst being forced to gel together a squad that contains a multitude

of new faces interspersed with youngsters making their early steps in the game.

Appleton has been forced to lose key players this summer; players who would undoubt-edly have forced Pompey into contention for the League One

title, yet the need for rebuilding is abundantly clear. But, despite losing such crucial members of his squad, Appleton has brought in an array of players with ex-perience in English League foot-ball, something vital in the club's quest for steadiness.

The likes of Jon Harley, a former Chelsea prodigy, Steve Howard, Darrell Russell and recent signings Joseph Ertl and Gabor Gyepes have helped to steady the ship, leaving the transformation far more seam-less than many would have ex-pected. With Appleton at the helm, Portsmouth Football Club is clearly rising out of the fire of adversity.

At the time of publica-tion, Pompey currently occupy 17th spot in the table, just two points above the relegation zone, following a late win over fellow strugglers Scunthorpe.

The Blues will be looking to build on that positive result away at Yeovil, before a tricky test at the Milton Keynes Dons at the weekend.And, after fail-ing to win a double header of home games, the pressure is re-ally on the Blues to start picking up points in order to prevent a descent down the table into the danger zone.

Relegation to League Two would undoubtedly be a crush-ing blow come the end of the season, but let's hope that Ap-pleton can continue to steer the ship to safety.

Portsmouth football club: the resurrection?

Michael Appleton has led Pompey through tough times this year, but can he keep them up?

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Roller Derby

Hannah Buttsport Editor

The entire nation were undoubt-edly shocked at the news that England centre back John Terry will retire from international football.

The news came as Terry was informed that the FA will be pur-suing charges against the Chel-sea player following the contin-ued allegations of racial abuse against Anton Ferdinand.

Terry, who has been cleared of the charges at Westminster Mag-istrates court, will have to con-tinue to clear his name with the Football Association, something which Terry believes will make his place in the England squad untenable.

The uncertainty of Terry's place in the England squad has been questionable since he was removed of the captaincy. When the racial allegations against the

Queen's Park Rangers player were discovered, Terry was im-mediately stripped of the cap-taincy.

However, the defender was still included in the England squad and played in all four of England's Euro fixtures this summer.

With England losing their number 1 centre back, the fu-ture of other players is starting to become doubtful.

It is alleged that Rio Ferdi-nand has been advised to retire from international football and concentrate on his Manchester United career. Whether he will agree with the 'advice' is another matter, however it appears that the older members of England could soon be advised to step down.

Lets hope the youngsters are ready to step up to the mark and fill the boots of our current skill-ful and talented players.

John Terry's FA frustrationTry your hand at something differentDan ChestertonEditor

Ladies, looking for something new to get involved in this fresh-er’s? Why not give Roller Derby a go?

Whilst the AU offers a wide range of sports from Netball to Touckball, it does not have a roller derby team, however, local club Portsmouth Roller Wenches are taking on new members.

Roller derby is a fast, full con-tact, extreme sport played on quad skates and involves two teams of five skaters skating counterclockwise around a cir-cular track.

The Portsmouth based roller derby team founded in June 2010 has attracted nearly 40 members coming from all dif-ferent backgrounds, including teachers, students and nurses. After successfully hosting, and

winning, their first two open home bouts, the Wenches are training hard for their third and final home match of 2012, and invite everyone to come along and experience the action from the stands.

With the success of film Whip It starring Ellen Page many wom-en are coming to the sport in search of the fast paced extreme sport exclusively for women. Modern roller derby however is nothing like the film and moves

such as close lining, tripping and ‘whips’ off offensive Blockers not being allowed in the sport.

Club secretary Tilly Newton said: ““It sparks an interest in women from all walks of life. I think word of mouth, and the internet has had a part to play as well”

For more information on join-ing visit www.portsmouthroller-wenches.com or see them in ac-tion at Havant Leisure Centre on 21st October 2012 at 2:30pm.


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Dream debut earns crucial three points

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Portsmouth finally got their first home league win of the season thanks to a last minute goal from debutant Wes Thomas. The striker who had only signed for the club 2 days before scored the winning goal in the 89th minute after Portsmouth had missed a flurry of good chances through-out the game.

Scunthorpe started the first half the better of the two sides, and their early pressure paid off when after 6 minutes Leon Clarke latched onto a pass from Jimmy Ryan; the striker took a touch before stabbing the ball into the bottom corner to get his 5th goal in as many games for the Iron.

Scunthorpe’s goal served as a wakeup call to Portsmouth with the home side winning two corners in quick succession. From the 2nd of those corners Pompey hit back. Captain Brian Howard’s cross found its way to the feet of Izale McLeod who completely missed the ball. De-fender Gabor Gyepes latched onto the loose ball and made no mistake in smashing into the net to level the scores.

After 18 minutes, Pompey almost took the lead, Lee Wil-liamson picked out Darel Rus-

sell with a magnificent cross field pass; the midfielder con-trolled the ball before looping it over the cross bar. Shortly after, Portsmouth had another chance to go ahead, full back Adam Webster picked out McLeod on the edge of the box, the striker cut in from the left hand side be-fore rifling a shot onto the cross

bar. Midway through the first

half, Portsmouth were awarded a penalty

when Izale McLeod was brought down just inside the box by a rash challenge. Bri-an Howard took the spot kick with a low, hard shot, however

goalkeeper James Severn who had come on earlier for the in-jured Sam Slocombe saved bril-liantly.

In the second half it was again Scunthorpe on the front foot. Christian Ribeiro mis-hit a cross onto Mikkel Anderson’s cross bar before Leon Clarke shot just wide for the visitors.

Portsmouth then started to create chances. First, substitute Ashley Harris went on a mazy run before shooting just wide; then fellow substitute Johnny Ertl had an effort well saved by Severn in the Scunthorpe goal.

The Pompey fans were in good voice throughout and in

the 89th minute their encour-agement paid off. Lee William-son passed the ball out to Brian Howard on the right hand side, the Portsmouth captain sent an inswinging cross into the box and new loan signing Wes Thomas headed in. The goal sparked wild celebrations in-side Fratton Park before Thomas was substituted off to a standing ovation.

There was time for just one more chance as McLeod rifled the ball against the post in the dying seconds of the game but that didn’t dampen the spirits of Portsmouth who have picked up their first home win of the sea-

son.Pompey manager Michael

Appleton was delighted with the result but stressed that this result is just the beginning, he said: “Winning has to become a habit; you’ve got to want it and for me this is a start.” Appleton went on to praise the Ports-mouth fans, particularly those behind the goal: “We knew we had to keep a clean sheet in the second half and we would win the game. We knew we’d get opportunities, especially at the Fratton end where the fans suck the ball into the back of the net and that’s what it felt like when it went in.”

Late winner by debutant Wes Thomas seals fi rst league win of the season

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mances from the cheerleaders, dance squad and Pure FM have showcased this.

"This year we chose to raise money for The Schools for Africa Project 2012, who helped fund the whole event. We also chose to support Help For Heroes due to the naval influences of liv-ing in Portsmouth.

"I hope everybody enjoyed the event and that Jack will be proud of what we have achieved this evening."

Will Carpenter, third year journalism student and Solent Barbar-ians player, commented on the event: "I

thought it was a great event. I was un-fortunate not to know Jack personally, but it looks like he was a fantastic per-

son. The amount of people that turned out today is a real tes-

tament to the guy."The Barbarians have

only been playing for a little while so it's nice to play together. We had a wide range of abilities. The result was irrelevant

but it was probably a fit-ting end to the event for the

Portsmouth side."

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Jack Segust: your memories"Jack was one of the nicest guys you would ever meet. He was one of the lads that would be out till 4 o'clock in the morn-ing, but still be at the library at 9 o'clock!

"He was a very clever and fun loving guy, never had a bad word to say about anybody and would always put everyone else first.

"I wrote on his Facebook ac-count tonight saying I hope you're looking tonight because it's pretty special. There were a lot of people who could not make it to the funeral which is why today is so special for eve-ryone, and is something Jack would have really enjoyed."

Steven Cox, Civil Engineering

"There are not enough words to describe Jack, however, one word that comes to mind is leg-end. The guy was an asset to the club and the University. He was the life and soul of the party, was

always the first to have a beer and the first to sing and dance.

"This is a great event to sum up who he was, he was a fan-tastic person and will be greatly missed."

James Baber, University of Ports-mouth Rugby Club Social Secre-tary

"The turn out tonight was in-credible, we are so proud as we know that Jack is watching us. Thank you to everyone that was involved and helped with the event because we know he would have loved it."

Becky Isitt, University of Ports-mouth student

"I think the event was a very fit-ting event for Jack. Some of the boys could not make it to the fu-neral so its nice for us all to get together and give him a good send off. Jack was one of a kind and will be missed by all the

people that attended the game."

Christopher Edwards, Business Admin

"Great send off for Jack, eve-ryone came together as a team and it was a great result for us too. I remember the first night I met him, let's just say he made my night! He is definitely a lad that no one will forget."

Ted Keely, Product Design

"His legacy will always be here in the club as he was an amaz-

ing guy. Everyone could trust him, including me. The turn out alone shows what a popular per-son he was and he would have liked us to enjoyed our night to-night.

"One memory that will stay with me forever was the first night of tour. Jack ended up in a different hotel, in the room with the same room number he was supposed to be in, and removed

from the hotel by the security guard in the morning.

"Then on the last day of tour Jack bumped into the security guard in a bar and made friends with him. Jack was an amaz-ing guy and he will be greatly missed by everyone, but he will never be forgotten.

Paul McManus, University of Portsmouth student

“ Jack was an amazing

guy and he will be

greatly missed by everyone, but

he will never be forgotten

The Schools for Africa Project 2012, who helped fund

son. The amount of people that turned out today is a real tes-

tament to the guy.

Pompey in action Jake Ratcliffe BELow Cheerleaders perform Dan Chesterton

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Late winner earns Pompey first win

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Hannah Buttsport Editor

At the beginning of every new University year, the Portsmouth rugby team starts the season by playing a charity fixture. How-ever this year, the event was to remember the former rugby player and University of Ports-mouth student Jack Segust.

Jack passed away in August after a tragic accident in a golf buggy. The 21 year old student had just completed his second year of Civil Engineering, a pas-sion that he continued through making a steam train in his spare time. Alongside his stud-ies, Jack had a huge interest in sport and was a member of the University's rugby team, which makes the charity fixture a fit-ting tribute.

With just over 1000 people attending the event, both teams understood that there would be pressure to perform.

The first half saw both the University of Portsmouth and the Solent Barbarians perform at an equal level. Portsmouth

opened the score line and the side portrayed an array of tal-ent that will aid the team in this year's BUCS fixtures. However, even with Portsmouth's strong defensive line, Solent man-aged to break the boundary and scored a try and conversion to put them slightly ahead, 7-6, go-ing into the half time.

An entertaining performance from the dance squad kept the spectators in high spirits, de-spite the traditional rainy Eng-lish weather.

The second half got underway and the University side got off to a quick start. The boys accumu-lated a large sum of points in quick concession and the score quickly jumped to 20-7.

Sid Hiremutt played with par-ticular finesse as he produced a number of crucial tackles that enabled Portsmouth to extend their lead. When the final whis-tle approached, University of Portsmouth's 1st rugby team were deservedly victorious, win-ning 32-7.

Although the end result was of unimportance to the event,

it was a fitting tribute to Jack's memory. Both teams respected the nature of the event and car-ried Jack's memory with pride, something that he no doubt would have been proud to be a part of.

Event organiser and Univer-sity of Portsmouth student Tom Hankey said: "We played a char-ity game last year in aid of Nao-mi House Hospice and Christ Church Earthquake Appeal and it was a huge success. We were always going to try and make it an annual event, but due to the

unforeseen circumstances, I felt it was only right to make the game a tribute to Jack.

"Jack was a hero and a legend and he will never be forgotten. He was a great lad, who enjoyed getting involved in university life. The amount of people turn-ing up to the event shows the unity and support to one an-other.

"Aside for Jack, the event is a great way to integrate university students, and fantastic perfor-

‘Legends never die’

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Rugby club remember Jack Segust with convincing victory against Solent Barbarians

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