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Editor
Editorial
HOME & DRY
Andy Blair
(su-comms@surrey.ac.uk)

Deputy Editor
Vacant ast weekend saw the beginning of

Arts Editor
L a new era in the history of The
University of Surrey as nearly 2000
Vacant new students arrived from across the
globe and settled into their new lives
on the Surrey Campus. Waiting to
News Editor
greet them should have been over
Vacant 100 students to help them move in.but
the weather meant that most of them
Features Editor decided to stay in bed!

The day started at 10am with the first

students arriving on campus. The rain
started at 10.01! By 10.30 things
started to go wrong, our largest trans-
port van decided that it wouldn’t go
into 1st gear and became stuck by
University Court, some quick phone
Honey Barter
calls and another van was found. It
Godfey Boxes begin to pile up at Cathedral Court Reception was still raining! A run down to B&Q
for plastic sheeting to save everyones
Music Editor luggage from getting soaked was made by Ben Davis. Several of the parents started
to question why they couldn’t drive straight to the courts and unload, we pointed out
that with nearly 2000 students arriving you would end up being stuck outside the court
all day as others arrived. It was still raining! More minibus drivers where found and we
began to operate the shuttle service to the courts so that people didn’t get so wet. It
rained harder! Then it stopped!.

Lunchtime and the rain finally eased off and all of the afternoon helpers arrived. From
then on things began to get better, with more helpers and the man with the van, a new
Kevin Marston
students parent, who began to help us move luggage. Things began to move to courts
(sc81km@surrey.ac.uk) more quickly. A few more showers and a thousand more freshers later and the moving
in part of the day was over.
Sports Editor
Vacant The evening at the Union was equally as busy. With over 1500 students in the main
Union and Chancellors and a good night was had by all, shame it finished at 10.30pm.
(barefacts@surrey.ac.uk)

Thanks must go out to the man with the van (hope you enjoy the Oakenfold ticket).
Commercial Manager Senate Security, all the Intro Week Helpers and Stage Crew for coming to the rescue.
Vacant Apologies to the girl with the broken tv, hope we’ve sorted it out OK.

Comment of the day: “Couldn’t you pick a day when it wasn’t raining to move our
children in?”
Applications for Average Luggage waiting time: 1 hour
1999-2000 to the Number of tags used: 10000
Editor Number of Vans Broken: 1
Number of hours spent in the rain: 7
Number of Trollies used: 26

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NEWS REVIEW:
collected by James Buller
Russia Warned of
Retaliation
A Chechen warlord has threatened
Russia with suicide attacks if it does
not stop air raids on the breakaway
republic. Shamil Basayev claimed he
has a 400 strong battalion of volun-
teers "ready to die for their faith" after
Russia launched around 100 air
attacks on rebel bases in Chechnya.
Russia holds Basayev responsible for
insurgencies into its state of
Dagestan. Islamic militants and the
Russians army have been fighting in
Dagestan since August. While
Chechen's mobilised a senior Russian
general refused to rule out using
ground troops against the rebels.
Russia believes that external regimes
are using Chechnya as a tool for
destabilising the region for their own
ends. The rebels have also been
blamed for the wave of recent bomb
attacks on Moscow apartment blocks,
which have killed more than 300 peo-
ple. Moscow police are carrying out
stringent security checks on all Islamic
residents but the Chechen's deny they
are involved.
President Reminisces Years Gone By......
Davis gets out his pipe and slippers and looks back on fond mammaries memories.
On Monday night,
as nearly 1,000
first year students
sampled Union
life for the first
time, the Union
attained one of its
greatest atmos-
pheres ever. This
atmosphere had
Boy D (USSU President) been carried over
from the previous day, when the weath-
er had certainly tried to dampen every-
one’s spirits, as new students were
shown to their rooms by our friendly
intro week helpers.
It made me start to think back to when
I was a fresher four years ago. Moving
all your worldly goods into a cramped
space, a teary farewell to Mum and Dad
and that all important first trip to the
Union. I’m sure the same questions
were being asked on Monday night as
they were four years ago: Where are
you from? What A-levels did you do?
What are you studying? and a few oth-
ers which can’t really be printed! It’s
quite a hard thing to do, arriving in a for-
eign place under the curtain of educa-
tion and not knowing a soul. Yet, on
Monday night (and indeed all week)
people were behaving as if they were
old friends. True, there were a few hud-
dles in Hari’s bar, but mostly people
were experiencing the social side of
University.
A lot has changed since I was a fresh-
er, new buildings have sprung up, facil-
ities have been improved and my waist-
line has grown with all of them! All in all
I think that the University has devel-
oped itself well and the Students’ Union
has certainly moved forward. I’ve
always found the Union to be a good
meeting place, have a friendly atmos-
phere and be safe. All three of these
points were most definitely in force on
Monday night as the Freshers took the
Union by storm!
Alan “Disco” Roy was back behind the
wheels of steel, the camera on the
dancefloor
proved to
be popular
and people
3
Lord of the Dance: Alan ‘D’ Roy leads the
freshers disco crowds via the medium of sound
were having a laugh. It felt much like a
FNO from my first year (although in
those days Hari’s bar didn’t exist and
the dancefloor was about a third of the
size it is now), only I was no longer a
student! It’s been commented to me
that at the moment, the atmosphere in
the building is vibrant and sociable. It
certainly was on Monday night and I
see no sign of it stopping over the next
couple of weeks!
I look back on my first year with fondness,
being away from home I learnt a lot, some
beneficial, some detrimental (especially to
my bank account!), but the social aspect of
University life has always been very strong
here, the Union has always played a major
role, and from what little we’ve seen of this
academic year, it seems the Union’s role is
set to continue.

Train Crash Driver

Had ‘Feet Up’
On Monday the inquiry into the
Southall rail crash that killed 7, heard
that the train driver had been seen
with his "feet up" on the dashboard.
Furthermore, two safety devices,
which could have prevented the acci-
dent, had been switched off.

The public inquiry re-opened two
years and a day after the smash
between a high-speed passenger
train and a freight train. 147 people
were also injured when the passenger
train ignored warning signals and
careered into the goods wagons.
Witnesses said they had seen the
passenger train's driver Larry
Harrison, 52 with his feet up earlier on
the day of the crash. Evidence also
shows that systems that would have
warned of the danger and ultimately
stopped the train in time were dis-
abled or not functioning.
Counsel to the inquiry Ian Burnett QC
said "In addition to giving a very casu-
al impression to undertaking an
important job it raises the interesting
question of how he was managing to
operate the driver's safety device (the
dead-man's handle) with both feet on
the dashboard." He suggested that a
bag might have been used to keep the
safety pedal depressed.
In July manslaughter charges against
Great Western Trains and Mr Harrison
were dropped. Great Western was still
fined a record £1.5million for a breach
of the Health and Safety Act however.
The inquiry's chairman Professor Uff
will help the Health and Safety
Commission write a report in the New
Year. The case continues
The Car Park 4 Crew get wet for the camera
New faces in the Union on Monday
Taking The Piss
Finnish police have slashed the incidents of public urinat-
ing after setting up a crack squad to tackle the long run- SKILLS DROP-IN
ning, number 1 problem. In the capital Helsinki, public Wednesdays 2pm - 5pm
drinking is also to be outlawed and officials have pledged Skills Office, Library
to clear the streets of prostitutes.
Have you been dropped in it?
Molam Held To Account
You’ve been given a report to write, but
A Northern Ireland woman is Mrs Williamson's parents were you’ve never done one before. Or maybe
challenging the British govern- among 9 people killed in a terror- that essay just won’t come together...
ment's ruling that the IRA cease- ist attack on the Shankill Road in The Skills Project runs informal ‘drop-in’
fire is a reality. Michelle Belfast six years ago. Talking
Williamson, whose parents were about the judge's decision she
sessions for students, to help you out.
killed by an IRA bomb, went to said: "I am delighted that finally I These do not have a fixed schedule, but
court on Monday to apply for a might be given the chance of jus- are there to support anyone who may
judicial review. tice for my mother and father and wish to ask for advice on a particular
all the innocent victims."
area.
Northern Ireland Secretary Mo
Moslem recently concluded that The Ulster Unionist Party is sup-
the cease-fire was intact, despite porting Mrs Williamson's cause. The Skills Project Team will be available
a number of paramilitary inci- Party leader David Trimble on Wednesday afternoons from 2pm to
dents in the province. Mr Justice accompanied her to court. He 5pm.
Kerr granted the request for a stated that: "this is merely the first Call to the Skills Office, 2nd Floor,
legal review of that decision: "It's step of what will be a fairly
clear to me that the applicant has lengthy and complex process…I
George Edwards Library - please ask at
an arguable case. The applicant see it as a matter of upholding the Information Desk if you need to find
at this stage need only satisfy the the (Good Friday) Agreement." us.
modest test of showing she has a
case which requires further The Northern Ireland Office http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Skills
inquiry." defended Mo Mowlam's ruling
saying it was lawful and that it
would fight the legal action.
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We've heard all the soundbites about
going on placement: "it's great", "you
learn so much", "it changes you com-
pletely", "it's hard work". "it's interesting",
"it's not as profitable as you'd think". The
chance spend a year in industry was
probably a big factor behind you choosing
the University Of Surrey. The question
remains however; what is it really like?
How were these opinions formed and how
great / hard / interesting / profitable is it?
This is the beginning of a brand new
Barefacts series about the industrial year.
I shall be writing regular reports on my
experiences, focusing on the feelings I
have and situations I encounter. I'll bring
you the stories of my successes and the
traumas of my troubles. I hope you'll fol-
low my chronicles and gain an insight into
life on placement and of working in gener-
al.
For the sake of corporate and personal
confidentiality I must change the names of
my company my colleagues and myself:
For my placement I am working for a
multinational company called "Heartland"
in central London. I knew little about what
I was doing before I arrived. I did know
however that I would be using my com-
puting skills to develop websites for
Heartland's important customers.
Day 1
I Arrived at Heartland's London office and
asked for Shawn, the existing Industrial
Trainee (IT). Shawn greeted me saying
"what on earth are you doing here?!" He
and my manager, Mike Roberts were not
expecting me for another 3 weeks!
Upstairs I just watched while Shawn
worked. He was using software that was
still under development to create a new
type of website. As such the process was
extremely slow and involved long periods
of waiting followed by a few mouse clicks
and then another wait.
Shawn gave me a book about computer
programming: "Javascript For Dummies".
I had never heard of Javascript before but
dived in. I was pleased to find my univer-
sity programming experience stood me in
good stead. Before I knew it I was a third
of the way through the 200 page book and
feeling pretty much at home with the new
language.
Shawn decided that I needed a desk and
computer of my own. Picking a desk that
was definitely vacant was tricky. We
scraped together computer from about 3
different sources and switched on. The
computer proved to be ancient and
caused many problems over the next few
weeks. I could not access the Internet or
email for a start. Shawn gave me a
spreadsheet for me to work on. However
my computer couldn't load it. I also had to
use a program called Lotus Notes. I tried
but was completely baffled. Frustrated I
return to Shawn's desk.
Becky, my manager's (Mike) secretary
was great by sending off various requests
for me. I needed a security badge, heath
& safety briefing, User Name, Telephone
ID and a Personnel Number. As these
trickled back over the week, and I worked
out with they were for, life became pro-
gressively easier. Shawn also kept men-
tioning other things I needed to get and
do, in order to take over his job. The list
seemed unending and totally bewildering.
We went to lunch at the in-house canteen
with Nicola, another Industrial Trainee.
Nicola, like Shawn was also in the middle
of a Business degree. Everyone seemed
to be sales people. I began to wonder if I
was in the right place considering my
technical background and aspirations.
At the end of the day Mike sat me down in
his office. He ran through a few do's and
don'ts, and outlined what I would be
doing. He also gave me a list of objectives
for the next few weeks and wished me
good luck. I smiled and nodded but was
not much wiser.
So I left Heartland after a busy, yet frus-
trating and rather unproductive first day. I
knew that the confusion would pass with
time but I couldn't help feeling a tad
uneasy about the type of job I had gotten
into.
WEEK 1
The rest of the week was spent trying to
remember names, places and zillions of
other details. I got lost in the bowels of the
office block and became very familiar with
the Computing Support Helpline. I had no
time to make myself at home with my
computer. Every new initiative we
attempted to enable me to do real work
failed at the feet of technology. Shawn
was cross because I couldn't do what was
necessary. I was annoyed because I was
not getting a chance to settle down. At the
same time various demands and ques-
tions were being thrown at me that I
couldn't respond to.
Shawn gave me a piece of Javascript
together with the instruction: "fix it and
improve it." he said. To my consternation
he added, "I don't understand it. Oh and I
need it before the end of July."
The first week had been a catalogue of
problems, delays and dead ends. I had
been told a lot but was still unclear about
what my job really entailed. Things were
getting better slowly, but what I really
needed to some time alone to sit down
and sort myself out.
-------------
The story will continue with Week 2 in the
next issue of Barefacts. In the meantime,
spare a thought for absent friends and
have at least one Silly Night drink for
those of us who can't.
Cheers
Ian Travis (IT)
FEATURES & LETTERS
BOOMING
BUSINESS?
Your article “Business Booms in list to the “Chertsey Arms Fair”
Surrey” (16 September) presented tells us more about Al’s profligate
a slightly one-dimensional use of the term than the nature of
approach to the questions raised the attendees. This is especially
by the locally held “Chertsey Arms interesting since none of the coun-
Fair.” In the last twenty years, tries your article named appeared
Britain itself has imported various in the recent report to the 55” ses-
arms, mostly from America; every- sion of the UN Commission on
thing from AIM-9 Sidewinder mis- Human Rights in Geneva. In this
siles to the Trident Integrated report, both Iraq and Kosova were
Nuclear Weapons System. We among the 15 states identified. Is it
have used some of these weapons not strange that the very people
in war, and they have caused tut-tutting about Surrey suburbs
death to those at whom they were being “deluged by international
aimed. Yet there is no feeling of human rights violators” are those
outrage that we still import them- why urged military action (or a
why not? Because, the argument ‘peacekeeping force’) during the
goes, Britain is not an oppressive perversely named ‘humanitarian
regime; we are democratic and do war’ in Kosova. I am sure that the
not kill our own people. In other bombarded people of Belgrade
words, because we use our would have welcomed the Liberal
weapons on the people of other concern now being directed
natioi~s rather than our own, we towards the East Timorese during
are deemed acceptable to export April and May. Calls to block the
arms to. sale of British weapons have a cer-
tain ingrained arrogance; ‘we, the
By this logic, the idea of arms deal- British, are perfectly entitled to use
ing is objectionable only if it is imported weapons to kill Serbs in
clear that the exported arms will be the name of human rights, but God
used. But it puzzles me as to what forbid that any British weapons
else you are supposed to do with should be used by others to kill
them. Weapons are designed to people.’ Blocking sales of our arms
kill, even British ones, irrespective would not save a single life. Whilst
of the country to whom they are we pontificate on international
sold, or the nature of its regime. ethics, other nations would fall
Furthermore, modern ethics over themselves filling any market
denote a moral difference between gap.
killing civilians and soldiers. I have
no idea why; Argentinian pilots But for us to blow up Iraqis with our
have as much an absolute right to imported Paveway III laser-guid-
life as East Timorese farmers. Why ance kits, and then preachily
is it acceptable to sell arms for use refuse other nations weapons on
against one but not the other? The the basis that they might, on the
double standards continue. When off-chance, be used to kill people
Labour sanctioned the swamping is both hypocritical and an ethical
of Sierra Leone with British rifles, sham. To preserve the moral equi-
the recipients did not intend to use librium, therefore, we should, on
them as tent-pegs. Yet the govern- preventing the sale of our own
ment’s popularity was unaffected, weapons, have to undertake not to
and the affair brushed off. When a purchase arms ourselves there-
private arms firm, however, invites after. Thus our own Armed Forces
another African country embroiled would be depleted, and when the
in a civil war, Angola, to its demon- next Kosova crisis occurs, those
strations, it suddenly becomes who supported the withdrawal of
morally reprehensible. Can some- our arms from sale would be the
one please explain the difference? first to complain that we were
neglecting our international obliga-
The issue of “oppressive regimes” tions.
is a smokescreen. The fact that
Amnesty International have identi- Simon Ashall
fied 30 of these on the invitation
Meningitis
For all the new first year students you should have been sent a letter
before you arrive at University advising you to visit your GP for a vac-
cination against meningitis. For those of you who haven’t done this
we strongly advise you to go to the health centre on campus and ask
for this vaccination. This is very important as halls of residence are
high-risk areas for the deadly disease. Further information should be
given out when you register and look out for campaign posters and
leaflets around the Union from Monday 27th September until Friday
1st October.
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YOUR LETTERS
Dear Brian
I take the points you make and, of course, on the
face of it, it is true. BUT Bare Facts can only print
articles etc which have been submitted! It is
therefore up to international students and soci-
eties to submit material to the Editor for inclusion
(I know for a certainty it would get equal cover-
age.) Could I make a suggestion - that in the
next issue the Editor asks specifically for articles
from the international body. Also, if USSU would
think it a good idea, the International Office could
submit material - probably not every week - but
from time to time. Another point, do you actually
know that international students have not been
asked to be 'profiled' but declined? I would be
grateful for your views.
Maureen Hunt
International Office
Ms Hunt,
Thanks for making the effort to reply.
I am pretty sure if Bare Facts made the same
effort that is made to organise all those "Foam
Partys" and all things alien to some of us, then
they would get submissions. But it should be
noted that relying on contributions for a paper,
even a student paper is wishful thinking nowa-
days. I know because I ran one at my old univer-
sity. You just have to have other sources of info
for particularly feature articles - and thanks to the
internet, this is now very easy. You also need to
have some sort of part time reporter for your
campus news and other current affairs whom you
can retain in return for maybe free access to the
union or something like that. To think that people
will send you stories when they have assignment
deadlines to beat on top of that all important part
time job somewhere in Guildford is asking for too
much.
Last week saw the first letter to Barfacts of the academic year and prompted many questions over
the way that Barefacts reports on the events and stories surrounding the multinational campus at
UniS. Here are some of the responses and continuations prompted by this letter.(ed)
Letter to the editor
Dear Sir,
In response to Mr. Yuyi’s letter in last
week’s edition of Barefacts
(16/9/99). Whilst I appreciate that he
presented a reasonable argument, I
have concerns about some of his
assertions. He asked why he should
“contribute my money to print
[Barefacts]”. Unless Mr. Yuyi was
working in Britain and paying income
tax on his earnings before 1997
(when the funding rules changed),
I’m sure he hasn’t paid towards the
production of Barefacts. The Union
and the NUS are free to join, but not
obligatory. The fees that you may
have to pay for tuition go to the uni-
versity itself, a separate and
independent facet of the campus,
and certainly none of them go to the
production of Barefacts.
Mr. Yuri’s assumes that the
Barefacts staff have complete free-
dom of material to submit, and in
theory there is no reason why more
international news and culture
shouldn’t be included. But the music
and arts section relies on major
entertainments companies sending
them promotional material to place
for review or bands to see live. The
element of choice is greatly dimin-
ished by the commercial motives of
these companies, without whom
there would be much less diversity
than there is now. The same can be
said of the GCR playlist. Similarly in
reference to the stories covered in
the main section of the paper. The
articles are written voluntarily by stu-
dents of the university, with a fairly
free choice, but they write on what
they feel is appropriate not what the
editor instructs them to write. I feel
this an important part of the role of
the paper – if any student believes
something needs to be published by
Barefacts, then they are at liberty to
write and submit it, without the prior
agreement with the editor.
I can fully understand Mr. Yuyi’s dis-
like of FNO and his concern that it
centres on one group of students at
the expense of others, but, he
seems to have missed that the HRB
has societies dj-ing every Friday
night to provide different music and
an alternative to upstairs. If Mr. Yuyi
5
particularly wants a certain sort of
music then I suggest he seeks out
the relevant society and try one of
their nights. If he thinks that every-
one in the union on a Friday night is
the same, or like the same music, he
is very much mistaken.
Mr. Yuyi does not define what the
“one type” of people were that he
feels are over represented, but
maybe he is looking at it in reverse.
The union output reflects the minori-
ty of students who give up their time
and energy and devote it to the
Union, without renumeration or
reward. It is understandable that
they promote and create entertain-
ment that they can appreciate them-
selves. If the Union caters for only
one type of student then maybe only
one type of student is bothering to
get involved. If you feel underrepre-
sented then it is your responsibility to
get involved and help put it right, the
union will only ever be as good as
the people involved are.
H. Barter Godfrey

Your ideas though are a good start and Bare

Facts better make a note. It is up to them to go
out and embrace the student populace. I speak
for many students when I say what I have said
but many prefer to keep quiet for various reasons
but mainly because when one is a guest its best
to shut up, if you know what I am saying. But then
this is a University, not a private home. The Union
must do more to encourage cross pollination of
cultures.

As for refusing to be profiled, I am not sure about

that one, but If I was approached I would have
jumped at the idea. I am a former student union
President back home and I have been in all sorts
of things one can think of but then I am no longer
a student technically so I cant go for the chance
now. But maybe in the minds of the Bare Facts
crew, I wouldnt make too an interesting story
enough for the average student, so they prefer to
Profile people they have easy access to and
these turn out to be there friends and voila! you
have a paper full of British faces as if UniS is full
of them only. That is not journalism at all.
Journalism requires one to look for the unexpect-
ed. One has to seek their "quarry" so to speak. I
could go on forever, but I wont. I just hope
BareFacts and the Union are listening.

Thanks for caring Maureen. At least you make

the difference for us "outsiders"

Cheers.

Brian
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GM FOODS:
Why we’re missing the point
New Union
by Honey Barter Godfey, Features Editor
Two weeks ago the red top tabloids supporters, she has stated that her Monsanto’s lawyers stepped in again

Constitution
Over the summer the sabbaticals have been
beavering away at the document that controls
how the Union is run, “The Constitution”. This
covers everything from how our members (you)
are represented, how we are answerable to you,
to how you can complain about us. The consti-
tution needs to be re-written every five years,
otherwise we as a Union cease to be recog-
nised, and the year 2000 is when the document
needs to be re-written by. The document,
although long is now available to be picked up at
the front desk (Reception), from the President,
Union Office, or VP Finance & Societies (all in
the Union). We are hoping to get some feed
back on what you think about it and if their are
any amendments you would like put in.
The Consitition also includes a list of all the
committees which exist, and all of the Union
Officers who are here to help you. So if you are
unsure of how to set up a sports club, or want to
see what you could do, for your personal benifit,
or to go on your Ciriculmn Vitiae take a look at
the Consitition. The process needed to approve
the consitition involves going to Student Council
twice (the ruling body of the Student’ Union
where every student has the right to vote and be
heard). You can make a difference to how your
Union is run. So if legal documents are your
thing, or you just want to change how your
Union runs why not pick up a copy from the
Union.
were full of stories of Britain being
seen as anti- GM development after
the withdrawal of the Wellcome Trust
from using British research institu-
tions for genomic development and
research. Since then the GM debate
has taken several tangents, most of
which move away from the actual
health, scientific and economic impli-
cations of the expanding and some-
what unlegislated growth of genetic
modifications and technologies.
Some laws are being hurried through
and are leaving gaping loopholes,
such as the vague product labelling
laws and the inability of the govern-
ment to legally allow more crop trials,
by not adhering to their own guide-
lines. Trials already underway and
those planned are now in the hands
of the courts, rather than the legisla-
tors and supermarkets are re-
labelling their products, whilst small-
er manufacturers are having to make
large expenses to alter their product
labels, creating huge waste and
financial difficulty for the smallest
companies.
The GM industries are responding,
like the Wellcome Trust, by looking to
countries with clearer GM policies. At
the British Festival of Science the
chairman of Glaxo Wellcome,
Richard Sykes, held that “the present
anti GM food campaign will be detri-
mental to this country. It will lead to a
failure to develop new UK companies
[whilst] the technology will continue
elsewhere”. It would seem that the
GM development companies are
starting to respond to public opinion,
and maybe business is not as influ-
ential on the government, nor as
powerful as conspiracy theorists
would believe. Instead it would seem
that the official line is cynicism about
the industry, balancing reluctance (to
satisfy the public) and reason (to sat-
isfy the businesses).
It would also see that anyone wanti-
ng to gain popularity amongst the
public can become an anti GM cam-
paigner and gain instant public cred-
ibility. Joan Ruddock, (Labour MP)
has launched her “Women say no to
GMOs” campaign and aims to pre-
sent a 50, 000 petition of women’s
signatures by Christmas. Although
she won’t exclude men from signing,
indeed Paul Mc Cartney is one of her
campaign is aimed at women
because “we want the government
to be made aware of women’s con-
cerns”. Why women’s concerns are
different from men’s is not clear but
she seemed to have an issue with
the “men in grey suits and white
coats” at the centre of GM develop-
ment companies. It appears that the
prominent female scientists in the
field are to be completely ignored.
Maybe the Labour party should learn
from the disaster of all female short-
lists and realise that women such as
Ruddock, formally of the defunkt
Ministry for Women, go against so
much of previous equality manifestos
and do more harm than good for “the
cause”. What feminism has to do
with the GM debate isn’t quiet clear
either, but her desire not be “labelled
as hysterical and ill informed” may
not come to fruition as she dilutes the
scientific debate into possibly a more
personal one.
Finally, and on a more sinister note,
the GM debate has turned into a right
to free speech debate in the US.
Jane Akre and Steve Wilson, former
Fox 13 employees are now suing
their previous employees. They are
suing under the Whistleblower Act, in
Florida, claiming that they were dis-
missed for refusing to broadcast
items that they held as untrue about
a biological product made by
Monsanto. Monsanto are leaders in
the GM development, are known as
the ‘Microsoft of microbiology’ and
are a major source of advertising for
Fox. Akre and Wilson were investi-
gating the use of Bovine Growth
Hormone, sold under the brand
name Posilac. Posilac is banned
through Canada and most of Europe
after evidence that links it to cancer.
Monsanto have strongly contested
the findings. The reporters, however,
found that Florida grocers were buy-
ing milk from BGH injected herds, in
spite of a trade pledge not to, and
had photographs of cows being
injected at all of the dairies in Florida
that they chose to observe. The pair
put together an impressive docu-
mentary to show their findings.
Before the programme could air,
however, Monsanto brought in it’s
lawyers and it was pulled “for further
review”. Fox 13 supported their staff
and rescheduled the showing.
and the show was pulled completely.
Shortly after the General Manager
and the News Manager of the Tampa
Bay department of Fox 13 were both
fired and Akre and Wilson were
offered in excess of $150 000 to
resign and not to publish either their
findings or to discuss the nature of
Fox’s handling of the Monsanto
affair. They refused. Within months
the pair had been fired for “insubor-
dination”, after allegedly being
threatened with the sack if they did
not re write the programme contain-
ing Monsanto approved scripts. Fox,
and Monsanto, deny the events
depicted here, but Akre and Wilson
have integrity and most importantly
public support. The original story
would have blown over but the court
case will drag on and is highlighting
the way in which major businesses
can place economic concerns over
their own truthfulness. It provides
sharp contrast to the opening aspect
of this article where Britain is coming
down against GM development and
big business is coming second to the
public, compared to the Florida case
where it may be proved to be the
other way around.
The GM debate needs to be public
and the GM companies need to be
accountable. Recently the scientific
debate has become blurred by the
politics of the way in which public
support has been measured and
attempts made to manipulate it.
Some may be concerned about the
Florida case and those willing to
believe a conspiracy theory may be
particularly cynical about the GM
debate. However, it provides some
assurance that even with the shift of
power away from “the people” public
opinion still has great power in itself.
If those in positions of influence did
not worry so much about the way the
public thinks of them then that would
be a greater measure of the little
man finally losing out to the corpora-
tions. If we could get back to the long
term health implications and set up
controlled trials then the ethics of the
industry could be intelligently dis-
cussed. However, the nature of
soundbite politics in this country is
preventing any seroius genetic and
genome development debate to
occur, and no-one is currently bene-
fiting nor being protected from the
technology. HBG

UNPLUGGED past year to broaden our musical range to include

Unplugged is amongst the longest running of all
Surrey University societies. We try to promote new
musical outfits and small acts, ranging from floor
singers to full bands, with the emphasis on University
talent, but we do get in acts from other sources (local
and even countrywide). Our nights happen generally
every odd week of term on a Tuesday, normally with
a £1 door fee.
Normally, the format is a DJ and floor singers to warm
up, followed by the main act. We have tried over the
indie, pop and folk, hence don’t necessarily expect
MTV acoustic sessions! This all leads up to the ubiq-
uitous University Talent Competition, which is held
around March next year on the main stage. Last
year’s winners were Rubber Soul, who you should be
hearing with us in the near future. We hope to hear
plenty of tapes of new entrants in the coming months.
As for our plans in Freshers’ Week, listen out for us
on the main Union stage on Tuesday 21st
September. We also have a stall (with live Djing) in
Helyn Rose Bar, in Freshers’ Fair on the 24th
September. Following this, our first proper night is
Tuesday of Week 5, which will be preceded by our
AGM – come along if you’d like to get involved in any
of our activities. Alternatively, you could e-mail us if
you have any other questions.
Cheers,
Riz Khan (r.khan@ee.surrey.ac.uk)
Michael Pilling (m.pilling@surrey.ac.uk)
Unplugged Committee
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 10 News 23rd September 1999

SHAKEN ‘N’ BROKEN

Following rumors late last week
it was finally confirmed on tuesday that Kula Shaker....
Kula Shaker had split, after less than
stellar sales of their recent ‘Peasants,
Pigs and Astronauts’ album. The actual
confirmation on the band split came
from a statement posted on the Kula
Shaker web page.
Crispian Mills announced that he is
leaving Kula Shaker to start a solo
career.
“I have loved my time with Kula Shaker
and have experienced more than I
could ever have imagined. We’ve had
an excellent time and a very tight
band, but there comes a time when
you want to do your own thing”.
Needless to say Crispian has been
writing new songs since the release of
‘Peasants, Pigs and Astonauts’. So,
undoublty there will be a solo album
reaching us in the not to far future
Kula Shaker played their last shows at
the V99 festivals in August where they
replaced Placebo, who had cancelled
at the last minute. So for most of the
fans the last time they would of saw
Kula Shaker was on their last tour in
the spring. Kevin Marston

Kula Shaker - A Potted History

ula Shaker emerged from Surrey in the Helyn Rose Bar at a “No Drakoulias to start recording their sec-
K London’s suburbs in late 1995
after changing their name from The
Wave” night on February 15th 1996. ond album.

Kays.
Singer/guitarist Crispian Mills, the son
of actress Hayley, bassist Alonza
Bevan, drummer Paul Winterhart and
organist Jay Darlington had spent
their early days performing at their
own club, The Mantra Shack in
Richmond.
After success at the ‘In The City’
music-biz showcase event, Kula
Shaker signed to Columbia in
November 1995. The band built a fan-
base by touring rigourously, including
performing here at the University Of
By the end of that year their four sin-
gles ‘Grateful When You’re Dead’,
‘Tattva’, ‘Hey Dude’ and ‘Govinda’ had
all been UK hits, they’d been selected
as the Brit Awards’ Best Newcomers,
their ‘K’ album had hit number one
and they’d supported Oasis at the
band’s historic Knebworth shows.
In 1997 Kula Shaker had their biggest
hit with their reworking of the Joe
South tune ‘Hush’ reaching number 2.
After holidaying in India Kula Shaker
went back into the studio in LA with
producers Rick Rubin and George
In March 1998 ‘Sound Of Drums’ was
released supported by a club tour.
Later that year they collaborated on
the Prodigy’s ‘Fat Of The Land’ album
and continued work on their second
album, ‘Peasants, Pigs and
Astronauts’ with Peter Gabriel, Alice
Cooper and Pink Floyd producer Bob
Ezrin.
‘Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts’ was
Kula Shakers debut album
released in the spring of this year when the ‘K’ featured ‘Hey Dude’ and
band performed what turned out to be their ‘Govinda’, the two songs
final series of shows, including a perfor- that took them to stardom.
mance at Guildford Civic Hall. Rob Winder

want one). The Film is Scream 2

Oscar Film Unit
FRESHER’S READ THIS!
The Oscar Film Unit (OFU) provides
you, the student population, with the
chance to view recent cinematic
releases at a vastly reduced rate.
This autumn we have one of our best
seasons ever with hits like Austin
Powers 2 and The Matrix whilst also
maintaining a selection of alternative
films inconjunction with the Arts Office,
highlights of these inlcude Citizen
Kane and Pulp Fiction.
To be able to watch all nineteen films
could not be easier, the cost is only
Eight Pounds*, that is less than 50
pence per film. To buy a season ticket
you can come to the fresher’s fair on
Friday. You can also buy them at the
free film on Sunday, or at any of our
films this season.
The film this Sunday (26/9) is a
Fresher’s Only affair and will cost you
absolutely nothing (although still bring
money to buy a season ticket if you
which is a superb sequel with a great
cast including Neve Campbell,
Courtney Cox and Sarah Michelle
Gellar, along with some blokes. We
are showing this film not once, not
twice but three times, yes three times,
5pm / 8pm / 11pm. The feature will
also include trailers of future attrac-
tions and a cartoon.
The Art’s films for this week is The
Thin Red Line, the WWII film directed
by Terence Malick his first film for 20
years. This films shows war present-
ed at its ultimate brutal worst. It con-
tinually tries to pursue the bigger pic-
ture of war and is more emotional
because of this. It is a film with many
great moments rather than just one,
an overall overwhelming experience,
do not miss this movie Wednesday
8pm LTG.
If you are interested in watching, pro-
jecting or making films then you
should come to the OFU meeting
every Tuesday in LTH at 6pm. We will
be looking forward to hearing your
views and ideas at next weeks meet-
ing.
To buy tickets for just one film is also Death In Vegas Competition
quite simple, but financially foolish. Win a signed copy of the new album
Single tickets cost 2.50 for OFU films ‘The Contino Sessions’
and 2.00 for Arts films. They can be
purchased from the union or by puting By filling in the name of this famous movie starring
a reserve ticket in the box in the Nicholas Cage
union post room, you then pay at the
film. Remember to Reserve a ticket.
H----m--n in Las Vegas
*After 3/10/99 Season ticket price will Send your answers to barefacts@surrey.ac.uk by the
increase to ten pounds 27/9/99
SCREAM 2 Sun 26/9 5pm/8pm/11pm
LTG
THE THIN RED LINE Wed 29/9 8pm
LTG Stefano Predieri
for winning the new Gomez Album
Editorial
Welcome to the second issue of Barefacts with the new
Arts and Entertainments pullout. Hopefully you will all
enjoy the read and if you want to contribute to this excit-
ing section then just email barefacts@
surrey.ac.uk or pop into the office.
I woulkd like to say thank you to all of the music and arts
team for all their contribution this week and keep it com-
ing.
Not much else to say except Hello Freshers!
 23rd September 1999
FUNGUS: THE INTERVIEW
Fungus are a four piece Swedish rock
band, based in north London, building up a
reputation for giving enthusiastic and some-
times dangerous live performances through
almost continual gigging on Britains mid-
size circuit. They have supported
Symposium, Idlewild and the Backyard
Babies and fit that mould well. Johan
Lundgren, the songwriter, gave up some
time to talk to Barefacts.
BF: So, Johan, what do you do in Fungus?
JL: I’m the songwriter, I’m the lead singer
and I play lead guitar.
BF: Could you explain what Fungus sound
like?
JL: Umm… rock with pop, catchy melodies,
I think. Punk rock. Yeah, definitely punk
rock with catchy melodies.
BF: For those who haven’t seen you live,
please explain what you look like and what
you do on stage.
JL: Jump around, synchronised jumps. You
know there’s a lot of energy, but with style.
BF: Of the songs you perform on stage,
which one song best portrays what Fungus
are about?
JL: Pause… of our songs? Over My Head.
It’s very energetic, and people seem to like
that - they jump around a lot.
BF: Is that your favourite song from the
album?
JL: Kind of, live, yeah… but from the c.d.?
Astronaut.
BF: You’re from Sweden, but you live in
London. Why move to London?
JL: Well, because of Food records. We’re
signed to them. We did a gig in Stockholm,
one and a half years ago. We did a gig sup-
porting Grass Show, who are signed to
Food at the moment. Andrew Rawson
from Food records was
over there, and he really
liked us and blah, blah,
blah, he wanted us to be
on his label. And we
moved over to England,
because it’s the easiest
place to be when you
have an English label! It’s
very complicated living in
Sweden with a contract
with a record company in
England – you can’t really
do that, so you got to live
here. But it’s better as
well, I think.
BF: So you like living in
London?
JL: Oh, yeah! (chuckles)
BF: “Fungus” is an
English word, did you have it before you
came across?
JL: Mmm yeah. We sing in English and we
have an English name… (for commercial
reasons?) oh, yeah a lot of bands do in
Sweden.
BF: Sweden doesn’t have the greatest
music reputation in Britain. Name three
Swedish bands that we should be listening
to, to rectify this.
JL: (Immediately) Bobhund, they’re really
good, it’s sort of underground indie pop.
(Long pause) I haven’t be to Sweden in
ages, this is hard!
Fungus, as my second one!… The Teddy
Bears. They’re from Stockholm and they’re
really good too.
BF: Have you kept in touch with the music
scene in Sweden?
JL: We didn’t do much gigging in Sweden,
we haven’t released anything there. We
have a small indie label for the whole of
Scandinavia, and we hope to put out the
album and a couple of singles next year.
Interview
BF: At the moment the Vengaboys are at
number one and the charts are full of cover
versions and evil boy bands. What are
Fungus doing to help Britain save it from
itself?
JL: We want to change that. We will! We’re
releasing a single now in October, it’s called
Rebel and our album is coming out early
next year, and another single as well, so
hopefully we can change that!
BF: Do you care about the charts?
JL: (Sighs) Only so that people come to our
gigs. If no one comes to the gigs we don’t
get to play the gigs either. Ah, we want as
much people as possible to listen to our
music. To come to our gigs and have a
f**king good time.
BF: You’re a mixed gender group, you have
a female drummer. How does that work
when you’re on tour?
JL: She’s really tough, sometimes she has
a hard time with it, but she’s very tough and
very determined. We go home every
11
Christmas and every summer for one or
two weeks, so it’s not that hard.
BF: Most predictable question of the year;
what will you be doing for the millennium?
JL: I don’t know. Probably we’ll end up in a
rehearsal room, jamming all night. Drink
beers, get totally pissed, (laughs) yeah
cool.
BF: And finally, what is the answer to the
question you wish you could give in an
interview, but never get the chance to
because the questions aren’t right?
More rock and roll for people, because it’s
good for people! And it’s better than that
f**king digital s**t.
Fungus commence their tour at the end of
this month, supporting A. Catch them at the
London LA2, October 7, or at the
Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms, October
12 and 13. ‘Rebel’ is out October 4th.
Honey Barter Godfrey

“I only went with he’s so beautiful”

The Lyrics Test your mother cos “You know that I’ve
So the crossword “I know not every she’s dirty” been drunk a thou-
isn’t back from body’s got a body sand times and
vacation yet, so like me” “She sells heart, these should be the
here’s a quizette to she sells meat” best day of our
keep you busy for a “Ooooh place your lives”
few moments. hands on my hole” “Your tongue is far
Simply work out the too long, I don’t like “You never should
song these lines are “I’m so horny, that’s the way it sucks be lonely when time
from or see how ok my will is strong” and slurps upon my is on your side”
many you can work every word”
into conversations “‘Cos I’m a slut and “I haven’t been the
this week. you just suck” “If you took my same since my
hand would it still teenage lobotomy”
“Excuse me, could I “I only went with her be mine?”
please talk to you a because she looks “I’m just too stupid
while?” like you” “He’s drunk, he to care”
tastes like candy,

GIGS THIS WEEK: 23rd - 29th

September 1999

THURSDAY 23rd: Arab Strap@ Union Chapel islington London

Ozzfest@ Earls Court London
FRIDAY 24th: Steve Lamacq & Scott Mills@Surrey’s Student
Union
SATURDAY 25th: Mish Mash@ Guildford Civic
Kid Rock@ LA2 London
SUNDAY 26th: Deep purple@ Royal Albert Hall London
My Life Story/YY28s@ Surrey’s Students Union
MONDAY 27th: Melt Banana@ The Garage London
TUESDAY 28th: Whistler@ The Complex London
WEDNESDAY 29th: Idlewild@ Astoria London
Cyclefly@ The Garage London
12 Music Reviews 23rd September 1999
‘Omar’. Jazz and blues to the attempt to replicate the Prodigy or

SINGLES flesh; perhaps talent in the mak-

RACHEL STAMP – Spank
(Cruisin’ Records)
A nice mix of heavy metal guitar
work, electric twiddly bits and a
sneering voice that sounds
strained in places. ‘Spank’ sounds
a lot like recent Offspring releas-
es, but more pornographic. This
track needs to be played loud to
get the full effect. Good fun. 7/10
M. W.
GAMEPLAN - Me-One (Island)
The delivery lies somewhere
between ‘Erykah Badu’ and
ing. I eagerly await the album.
6/10 I.U.
LCD - Zorba’s Dance (Virgin)
Traditional Greek sounds sampled
over drum beats with a four fat
cartoon fellows linedancing in the
video. You have probably heard it
over the summer, or last year as
this is a reissue, and it is still crap.
3/10 K.M.
ECOLOGIST - She Loves You
(Moksha)
Recipe: Create a sampled drum
beat with shoddy equipment and
explosion continues to churn out
Chemical Brothers . Next, toss in
the kind of chant usually reserved
for those awful songs that promote
Single of the Week
DAVID BOWIE
football events. Finally, garnish
Thursday’s child
with inane repetition and hope
(Virgin)
some poor fool actually buys it. An
Slinky and subtly melod-
autistic chimpanzee could do bet-
ic, with a meandering
ter. 3/10. O.M.S.
vocal line full of muted
sadness. The simplicity
CYCLEFLY - Violet High (MCA)
of the song compliments
If Placebo had grown up listening
his distinctive voice and
to metal they would sound just like
creates the feeling of
this. Drab, limp wannabe art rock
being snugly curled up
that fails to entertain in any way
whilst it rains outside.
whatsoever. 2/10 R.W.
7/10 H.B.G.

ALBUMS more of the same magical, crazy,

outrageously funky tunes they’ve
always produced....’Wait A
STEREOLAB - Cobra and Phases Group play voltage in the Milky Night (Duophonic)
If you’re looking for something a bit different then this offering from
Stereolab is definitely worth a listen. There is a fantastic variety of
SUPERGRASS – Supergrass sound on this album ranging from pure percussion to modern syn-
Minute’, ‘Bacon’, ‘Right Place,
(Parlopone) thetic instrumentation. They have explored Jazz arrangements and
Wrong Time’....Bloody awesome.
Supergrass return with yet again a more commercial styles which make up some of the many influ-
9/10 C.H.
different sound, ‘I should coco’ ences present here, creating a musical experiment that shouldn’t
was undeniably spoofy with its be under rated. Nice. I particularly like track three ‘The Free
THE WEDDING PRESENT -
jingly jangly pop tunes while ‘In it Design’ (recently released) and track five ‘Italian Shoes
Singles 1995-97 (Cooking Vinyl)
for the money’ was dark and Continuum’ which is very ambient. They’ve excelled themselves.
Strange time to release a singles
ambiguous. Therefore what is I’m quite impressed. 8/10 L.T.
compilation, after all its not like
‘Supergrass’?, well its kinda of they’ve sudden have become give, and it does not disappoint. readily associate with Jazz. The FAZE ACTION Moving Cities
funky with an underlying poppy massively popular. The Wedding The sound is of an industrial trip- album does get progressively bet- (Nuphonic)
feel demonstrated within ‘Pumping Present are the kind of band that hop nature with an extra empha- ter but doesn’t stand out with the Faze Action is a bit of a family
on your stereo’. Although ‘What has the majority of its exposure on sis on vocals. The voice has many likes of ‘Reprezant’ which will affair. Consisting of brothers,
Went Wrong(In Your Head)’ and John Peel. First thing that instant- different aspects, and throughout reflect in its commercial success. Simon and Robin Lee, this is their
‘Your Love’ are very Beatlesque in ly hits you is that this is what indie the album the vocals could sound 7/10 D.M.C. follow up to their debut, ‘Plans
style and manner that has been had a tendency sound like in the like Bowie through to Tricky, which and Designs’. The idea behind the
revamped for that nineties feel. early nineties. For the most part gives it an extra dimension with its VAST – Visual Audio Sensory music is to blend disco, with a
Even Queen seems to get a men- sounds rather like Teenage diversity, as most albums of this Theater (Mushroom) variety of influences, including
tion in the form of ‘Eon’, with its Fanclub but actually quite a bit genre tend to be slightly monoto- VAST is a one man band. That African, Jazz, and classical. The
‘Bohemian rhapsody’ sound but it better and not half as boring. nous. Rico has many messages man is Jon Crosby, a 21 years old principle behind this is sound,
still won’t stop you moving to the Probably the best track on the to bring across to the listeners Californian with a vision to make after all, there is nothing wrong
volume control and pumping it up. album is ‘Jet Girl’ which had all and does this in an amicable fash- music on the scale of Pink Floyd with good old fashioned disco,
Talking about ‘Moving’, it is easily the makings of an hit. The other ion through impressive, powerful and U2. With ‘Visual Audio many contemporary forms of
the best rack on the album with its point of interest is ‘Where lyrics and mood-inducing music. Sensory Theater’ he has pro- music owe their roots to the beat
upbeat noise. Altogether a laid- Everybody Knows Your Name Overall a refreshing change for an duced an interesting and challeng- of the disco drum. But, blending
back album that will be pumping (Theme From “Cheers”)’ which album of this genre of music. 8/10 ing album. This is post-industrial them together, unfortunately has
on your stereo all day.( sorry isn’t really that great but its nice M.S. rock music mixing Benedictine the effect of creating music that is
about that..ha.ha) 9/10 K.M. for it to be included anyway. 8/10 chants with hard sheets of metal- neither one thing or another.
I.P. LOWCRAFT - Manticore (Disco lic noise. Musically diverse VAST Beautifully orchestrated, but
THE JON SPENCER BLUES Volante) is, fortunately, far from being yet devoid of direction, songs such as
EXPLOSION - Acme-Plus (Mute) RICO - Sanctuary Medicines Instantly comforting music, the another run-of-the-mill NIN copy- ‘Got A Find A Way’ and ‘Space
What can I say about the JSBX (Chrysalis Records) sound of autumn and cups of hot ist. While NIN is the obvious influ- Disco’ start off with much promise.
that hasn’t been said before? That The artist who has wetted chocolate. ‘Divine’ is a building ence, there are other things at Obviously influenced by classic
they’re fucking cool? That they’re appetites by sending his music in epic. ‘Angel In The Snow’ is best work here. VAST draw a great disco tracks, the intro is striking,
the most original, talented and an ambiguous format to a select compared to the most emotive deal of influence from late eighties but then it all goes horribly wrong.
fucked up band on the planet? On few has finally released an album. swirl of Rialto: Nathan Khyber’s gothic sounds like Bauhaus and Instead of making you want to get
this 19 track follow up to last The album provides the whole pic- vocals floating on a widescreen Dead Can Dance as well as incor- up and boogie, it just makes you
year’s awe-inspiring Acme, the ture that the little samples did not alpine peak built somehow from porating more ambient sounds want to fade into the background.
shimmering guitars balanced on that would be equally at home on 4/10 L.B.
swirling synths. ‘Avalon’ is another an Enigma album. The timing of
Album of the Week gem, beginning innocuously and
subtly and grabbing you some-
the release of this album is unfor-
tunate. ‘Visual Audio Sensory
KOJAK - Crime In The City
(Polydor)
how, dragging you in with a wish- Theater’ was released late last Funk, they should have called this
ful chorus and cuddly refrain. year in America, however the UK album, it hasn’t got much else. Do
Lowcraft are a clean, refreshing label have chosen to release the you remember the background
band, the soaring riffs dunking record one week before the new music from the tyre screeching
you in a cold bath, towelling you Nine Inch Nails album. A bad mis- car chases of 70’s cop show like
dry and puttting you to bed, all at take, since this is a good album. Starsky and Hutch? Well two
once. 7/10 D.J. 7/10 R.W. French plonkers have nabbed the
vibe and are now attempting to
PESHAY – ‘Miles From Home’ EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL – take Europe by storm with this
(Island Records) Temperamental (Virgin) strange mix of jazzy house, hip
As a long-standing Drum n’ Bass After the successful of their last hop and soul. By the sound of the
DJ, for those that know, Peshay is album ‘Walking Wounded’, press quotes they are doing quite
nearly as much a household Everything But The Girl had a well, the continentals love ‘em.
name as Fabio, Grooverider, hard act to follow. They have yet to release a single
Adam F, and Roni Size. To me the ‘Temperamental’ is the result of a in the UK, that is until ‘You cant
title ‘Miles From Home’ insinuates three year break which has stop it’ hits the shelves in October.
THE ALL SEEING I - Pickled Eggs And Sherbert (London Records) a change of style for the man’s allowed their sound to develop They are also planning a small
In case nobody knows The All Seeing I come from Sheffield and exist taste in soulful/Jazzy Drum n’ and achieve a much more con- tour of London and The Midlands.
as 3 blokes with a bunch of synthesisers. They have collaborated with Bass, on the contrary all this is, is temporary edge. Combined You won’t see me at the gigs
some of Sheffield’s finest to record this LP. The album starts off with Jazz in various guises. Classical Influences from drum n’ bass and though, I got sick of them after
‘Walk Like A Panther’. Everybody will recognise this as the single Jazz, Soulful Jazz, Party Jazz, fatter beats define this new sound. just one play. There is just no vari-
released earlier this year, with the sublime vocals of Tony Christie. The Cheesy- Retro Jazz, Dark elec- Tracks such as ‘Blame’ and ation, it just seems like one long,
album continues with further collaborations with Jarvis Cocker, tronic Jazz. For his debut, the ‘Compression’ have the potential long, long fifty minute track. They
Babybird’s Steve Jones and Phil Oakey from Human League. It is the album lacks real diligence with the of becoming club hits, where as probably squeezed the production
collaboration with Phil Oakey ‘1st Man In Space’, which is my favourite vocal tracks sounding as though other tracks seem to wash over of this disc in-between lunch and
track. You also get ‘Beat Goes On’ another previously released single, they were sung without any pre- you. A lack of variety and melodic- tea, so little thought seems to
which is much better than the version found on Brittney Spears album. meditation and there being an ness separate this album from the have been put in. If you like Air
Apparently The All Seeing I only produced a version for her as they “overdose of notes” (M.S.) in each quality of ‘Walking Wounded’. 6/10 and Daft Punk then you might
needed the money. On the whole album there is no single bad track eight-barred beat making it sound A.J.T. appreciate this. I didn’t. 2/10 M.B.
and it is well worth checking out. 9/10 A.S. to busy, characteristics I wouldn’t
 23rd September 1999
THE REAL THING
MASTERS OF REALITY and WE
London Borderline
11th September 1999
Masters Of Reality first came to our attention
back in 1988 with the release of their classic
‘Blue Garden’ album. Since then appearances
have been few and far between. A cult follow-
ing developed over the years, desperate for
the latest word. Suddenly, out of nowhere, last
year saw their first UK show and this summer
the release of their third studio album,
‘Welcome To The Western Lodge’. Appetites
duly whetted people have travelled from all
over the country, and Europe, for their second
UK show.
First up are the evenings support band, WE,
from Norway. WE deal in stoner influenced
seventies style rock, recalling at times Deep
Purple at their heaviest. Certainly interesting
and mildly entertaining, but the crowd was real-
ly only waiting for one thing.
Through the years the only constant factor in
Masters Of Reality is frontman, guitarist and
songwriter Chris Goss, who is probably best
known for his production work with Kyuss,
Scott Weiland and others. Many people wrong-
ly lump Masters Of Reality in with the “Desert
SOMATIC PEOPLE
Somatic
The Union
19th September 1999
After making a late start to this the first of the
Sunday night of live bands, Somatic came on
to entertain the large crowd (for a Sunday
night anyway!) It soon came apparent that the
lead singer Fleur was the starlet of the
band, as her succulent voice drifted
across. They launched into their first
song ‘Throwing For Six’, which immedi-
ately suggested a trip-hop influence, as
they reminded me of Portishead and
Sneaker Pimps. The next two songs
‘Green’ and ‘Go Between’ by passed
me. While they were technically good
the songs seemed to lack passion. As
Fleur took a break the instrumental ‘La
Chicca’ gave the chance for the rest of
the band to show that they were not
there to make up the numbers. This
they did by picking up the pace, while
This week’s reviews by;
Oliver Melville-Smith,Al Mooney, Adam Saxty, Andrew Smith, Daniel Jones, Ian Purvey, Honey
Barter Godfrey, Rob Winder, Kevin Marston, Daniel Cremin, Ikaraam Ullah, Lisa Thornhill, Amanda
J Taylor, Oliver Chamero, Andrew Deegan, Matt Ward, Andrew Thomas, Laura Browning & Matt
Anderson.
Live Reviews 13
PURRFECT MOMENT
Rock”
Angelica/Rosita R n’ B (Rubbish n’ Bland) girl group to
bands such
Camden Barfly shame. For a band usually lumped
as Kyuss,
16th September 1999 with the style over content wastage of
but the
bratpop, tonight suggests they are
vision of
The venue is packed as Angelica, well beyond that. Headliners for the
this band is
them of “Why Did You Let My Kitten night are Rosita, famous for contain-
far
Die” fame, take to the stage. “Hi, we ing two ex-members of Kenickie. The
removed
sound really shit” are the first words to sound and style of their previous band
from that.
drop from the singers mouth, a leggy is certainly there, a keen mixture of
Think Syd
blonde with frazzled Courtney Love indie and classic pop. However, many
Barrett-era
(before her glam make-over) hair. The of the rough edges that gave songs
Pink Floyd,
skate punkas flanking either side of like “Come out Tonight” a certain lo-fi
The Kinks,
her beat their guitars as a thunderous appeal have been smoothed away for
Cream
drum roll comes in. Is this really the the next generation. Sounding not
(Ginger
same band who did the twee hit of unlike a classic fifties band in places
Baker
‘97, “Teenage Girl Crush”? Angelica they sha-la-la their way through half
played
have gone rawk, like Cay but with an hour of pleasant tunes. Retaining
drums on
more variation. The crowd duly pogo, their charisma and charm Rosita’s
the second
but usually fail to clap on cue as the only weakness is their lack of spike
Masters Of
songs have so many false endings which made their previous adventure
Reality
you never know quite when they have so much more immediate. However,
album
finished. Towards the end they go Marie and Emmy-Kate are born pop-
‘Sunrise On The Sufferbus’) and The Beatles
reflective and quiet with an amazing stars, expect to see them in Smash
circa ‘The Beatles’, thoughtful, intelligent, pro-
three part harmony to put any plastic Hits again soon. Andrew Thomas
gressive hard pop music. Goss dedicated the
evenings set to Jennifer of the Two Fat Ladies
tv show, before playing a sublime show. His
voice sounded sweet, the band relaxed. Each
song was received with huge applause, some
A Royal Scrape
people have waited 11 years to see the band. TRAYSCRAPE/ROYAL NOISE/THE
The first half of the set consisted of new songs, GEMS
which go down well, but when the band kicked CLUB EGO
into ‘Kill The King’ from the debut album, the Upstairs at the Garage
crowd went wild, the intensity never dropping
through the rest of the set. The blues rock of The Gems look like they’ve just
‘Alder Smoke Blues’, the psychedelic passage escaped from school via a glitter facto-
of ‘Doraldina’s Prophecies’ and the almost spir- ry. With their Manics-gone-wrong
itual reverence which greeted ‘Blue Garden’ charm appearance and their aural
are the evenings highlights, of what was an assault that follows, it is expectedly
evening of highlights. The set ended with raucous. Guitars are battered as one
‘Domino’ running into a classic take on ‘She member crashes to the floor wielding
Got Me (When She Got Her Dress On)’, the his weapon like he was trying to swat
crowd called loudly for more and were reward- flies with it. The female singer smiles
ed with a swirling run through ‘Ants In the and keeps the lyrics coming, all glam
Kitchen’. The band didn’t return again, but I trash and frantic nights. It’s a sight
doubt anybody left unhappy, even if their and sound to be believed. Royal
favourite song was not played. People will Noise would probably beat up the
remember this for years to come, it was just Gems if they weren’t sharing equip-
one of those nights. Rob Winder ment, for Royal Noise are proper 1977 Trayscrape take to the stage. Half an
punks, except for the addition of girls hour later and they’re still there stomp-
and a height restriction of 5ft. Anthems ing around to tracks like the dischor-
like the recently released “Royal dent “Herbal Desire” and Backstreet
Noise” get a handful of the audience Boys in a blender rendition of
attempting a mosh, but the band “Backstreet’s Back”. Even going so far
introducing a tinge of a Latin feel to the track.
themselves are usually too concerned as to cover Pantera’s “Walk” the band
The improved pace continued as the band
with playing the right powerchords to don’t make the crucial mistake of out-
rocked a bit more on the final two songs
classing their own songwriting with
‘Idaho’ and the new single ‘No. 9’. This is a notice. After announcing that they’d
like the crowd to start throwing things covers. The sound goes from hard-
band that shows promise but their brief set
at them they seem annoyed at the core to dancefloor, from hip hop to
and lack of encore suggested that they were
lack of response and tramp off the hard rock, always metal yet always
not 100% committed to the cause tonight.
stage in a proper bratpop huff. The inventive and dangerous. Certainly
Adam Saxty
hard blokes in white vests and combat one to watch.
trousers surge to the front as Andrew Thomas
Bronze Medallists
MEDAL / GOLDMAN grotesque faces: they have been
Bedford Esquires mocked and tortured most of their
Saturday 11th September 1999 adolescent years, laughed at for their
disgusting faces, and driven to
Goldman are a young band, all skinny despair, scarring them emotionally.
and contorted, retching out their From the ashes of their woe has risen
Longpig come Radiohead rock pop. a forceful, erratic, belligerent sound.
‘We are the way’ is a feisty number: The opener, a shuddering battalion of
the heavy philandering phonics, the white noise and bright lights leads
cascading chorus and the ridiculously into an epic, terrifying instrumental,
assured vocals suggest a band of fortified with mooted mumblings.
greater stature; and not a local sup- Mumblings aside, the sound of Medal
port offering. ‘This is all we are’ is is most startling for the vocals: emo-
almost edible, the nervy guitars tion oozing from every despondent
smoulder alongside the unfathomably word, voices fighting the jittery
Christian Hunt (Longpigs) -esque, Armageddon of guitar noise, and
melody laden vocals. It’s really quite vocals nothing but beautiful on ‘Porno
delicious, and whilst not all here is a Song’. Medal are good, if nothing
delight, some of it is. special, but few bands really are, and
The irretrievably ugly Medal take the they’ll fill a gap ‘till say Radiohead
stage, the singer trying to look like return with their far more impressive
Richard Ashcroft, but of course even woe. Not gold medallists, not even sil-
uglier. The impending pain and des- ver, but perhaps a bronze Medal.
peration of Medal seem easier to Daniel Jones.
explain when faced with their
 14 Club Nights
Club Guide
RESURGENCE
Sunday 13th September 1999
Scandals, Hampshire Terrace, Portsmouth
Guildford has a problem. Whilst this not life
threatening it is annoying. It has a lack of
clubs, with only three in town and the
union, no one can say we were over
loaded. This means that to get to a decent
club its an out of town job.
To go to a decent Goth night at a club will
either involve a trip to London, complete
with a couple of hours of freezing after the
club shuts until the first train. Or the cheap
option of going to Portsmouth. So it was
off on the train, well stocked with beer for
the journey. After a ten minute walk to the
club you realise that it was worth walking
past the horde of insulting 11 year-olds
flicking matches.
Scandals is one of the easier clubs to miss
even with its large sign, it sits under a row
of solicitors and accountants. The first thing
that must be remembered is that if you’re
over six foot you’re going to have to duck
the beams. The first good thing about the
club is the clientele, most make an effort
and give the club a bit of atmosphere. The
club itself being subterranean has four sep-
arate small areas, separated by the sup-
porting arches and pillars which makes
23rd September 1999
the club seem quite small.
The same DJ played for the whole night.
However the pace kept up all night with no
daft slow songs sneaking in. The dance
floor stayed full for the entire time. The club
itself was full without being too packed.
You could easily get served at one of the
two bars. Whilst the music is loud due to
the shape of the club, you can still hold a
conversation in parts of the club.
The clubs mix of Goth, old & new, eighties
and industrial is very good and mainly root-
ed in Goth. Entry is very reasonable at two
pounds and there is no dress code (some-
one came in white tracksuit bottoms the
other month). The club has two bars, and is
also reasonably priced at 1.80 a pint of
Carlsberg. It also manages to maintain a
comfortable temperature despite it being
underground. It is about a ten minute, quar-
ter of an hour walk from the station and the
last train leaves at 10:40 meaning to get
back to Guildford is possible if you miss the
last five minutes.
The main problems with Resurgence is that
it only happens once a month and as it is a
Sunday it has to shut at ten thirty. However
these are only minor problems with such a
great night.
Ian Purvey
 23rd September 1999
VIDEOS & FILMS
THE BEATLES: YELLOW SUBMARINE Apple Corp LTD/International Artists £13.99
30 years after its original release, the
Beatles’ cartoon feature returns to the
shops after being digitally restored and
is available on video, DVD and CD
(soundtrack). The film itself is the story
of The Beatles attempts to save the
music of Pepperland from the attack of
‘the Blue Meanies’. Based on the
Lennon/McCartney song of the same
name, the film also includes an array
of famous tunes (and several not so
memorable ones including ‘All
Together Now’ and ‘Hey Bulldog’).
On the other hand the inclusion of
‘All You Need Is Love’, ‘Sgt Peppers
Lonely Hearts Club Band’ and
‘Nowhere Man’ are all good rea-
sons to invest in this bizarre exam-
ple of late sixties art culture.
Although the voices of the cartoon
characters aren’t those of the
actual Beatles, the characterisa-
tion is amusing at times and the
best complement to the film is
that it is an all together interest-
ing experience. The main down-
sides are the lack of real plot
and the fact that the film hasn’t
aged as well as other Beatles’ cinema
outings (namely Dick Lester’s ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ and ‘Help’).
All in all, its worth having - but only if you don’t mind the hippy things in life. AB
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THE TRUMAN SHOW (PG)
Paramount Pictures
Almost a year after
its release, Jim
Carrey’s long await-
ed ‘film-with-actual-
substance’ comes
to video to buy this
week. The story is
based around
Truman Burbank
(Carrey), a man
who since birth
has been locked
inside a huge pur-
pose built studio
that doubles up as
Truman’s world.
Inside this studio,
actors are paid to
play the roles of
friends, family
and passers by.
The film itself is
actually very
good, Carrey
putting in prob-
ably his best
performance to
date, however Ed Harris does himself no credit
and doesn’t live up to his reputation (ie ‘The Rock’, ‘The Abyss’ or
‘Apollo 13’).
The General’s Daughter (18)
Now on ‘general’ release.
John Travolta teams up
with Director Simon West
(Con Air) to play the role of
a military investigator
charged with uncovering
the riddle of who murdered
the Generals daughter
(Leslie Stefanson). The
film basically rides on a
wave of action, sex and
murder mystery but does-
n’t quite deliver the same
thrill as Travolta’s last great
action number Face Off.
Heat Magazine said of the
film ‘ The main problem
with The General’s
Daughter is its general
tastelessness: graphic
scenes of rape, S&M and a
moulding corpse don’t real-
ly contribute to the plot,
John Travolta returns to the action they’ve just been inserted
thriller scene in The General’s to make sure the audience
Daughter are paying attention. A bet-
ter script might have done
If you enjoy going to the the trick.’ But even the trail-
cinema and want to review a ers that have been in the
film for Barefacts and go for cinema for several weeks
free, then contact the now to hint at that element
Barefacts office for more of cool the Travolta has
recindled since the return
information. of his career as a top flight
movie star and with co-
The Odeon Cinema listings for stars like James Woods,
this week are again supplied via James Cromwell, Timothy
Hutton and Madeleine
fax from the Odeon, Bedford Stone - the films popularity
Rd, Guildford. with british audiences is still
an unknown qauntity.
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UNION ENTS PLANNER W E E K 4

‘Open to everybody’ refers to members only or registered guests of the University of Surrey Students’ Union
23/9/99
11:15 a.m. in Guildford Cathedral Lady Chapel (no music)
6:30 p.m. in the Quiet Centre (with instruments)
There will be an Academic Mass of the Holy Spirit on Sunday
26th September at 6:30 p.m. in the Quiet Centre. All welcome.
A representative from the Catholic Society will be waiting at the
Library steps at 6:20 p.m. on Sunday 26th September to take
the new students over to the Quiet Centre. Hope to see you
there.
For More details please contact:
Fr Sean Finnegan at S.Finnegan@surrey.ac.uk
Tel. 01483 571091
Noel Pereira at pereira_noel@hotmail.com
Nightliners Tell It
How It Is
Have you ever wondered what it is that Nightline
does, or perhaps you weren’t aware of its exis-
tence. As Nightliners’, one of the most common
questions that we get asked is “so, what’s it all
about then?”. Our immediate and all too well prac-
tised response is “Nightline is a confidential listen-
ing/support, information and supplies service, run
for students by students”. This may be true, but
there is far more to Nightline than just this state-
ment. Here’s an insight into our personal experi-
ence…
Our involvement with the society began this time
last year at the Freshers’ Trade Fair where our
enthusiasm was sky high, encouraging us to sign
up for anything and everything. A couple of weeks
later reality set in and it was time to decide where
our interests really lay. Nightline appealed, as it
gave us the opportunity to be actively involved in
helping students as well as improving the interper-
sonal skills much needed in life.
Our training started by attending a general
Listening Skills workshop and a week later we
spent a day with The Samaritans. Training taught
us that Nightline was about more than we had ini-
tially expected. It was about listening to what the
callers had to say and not being able to produce
magic solutions, because at the end of the day we
are just fellow students like you.
Our first duty was quite daunting. We have to
admit, when the phone first rang, there was some
debating over who should take the call. However
fellow Nightliners popping round and the endless
supply of biscuits (well not quite so endless) made
it an enjoyable experience.
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Having completed our first year at Surrey, we can
safely say that being involved in Nightline has real-
ly contributed to our view of student life. We are not
just referring to Nightline socials and television
access, but the sense of achievement embedded
in the knowledge that you’ve made a difference.
Following our advertising campaign last semester,
where we handed out free condoms in the Union
(approximately 600 in total….there’s a lot of hope-
ful students out there!), it already seemed that
Nightline had made an impact and raised aware-
ness. This year we aim to be ‘bigger and better’,
with plans for more recruits, longer opening hours
and an all round improved service (oh, and there
will probably be some more social events too).
So don’t forget to give us a call on Internal: 6999 or
External (01483) 876999 if you ever want to talk,
need some information or just free condoms. We
also sell personal attack alarms for £1. Drop in
callers are welcome, the office in situated in Surrey
Court between Wey and Wandle. If you want to e-
mail us, our address is
surrey_nightline@yahoo.com or check out our
website on
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Societies/nightline/
If reading this has motivated you to join Nightline,
then we hold weekly meetings on Thursdays at
6:00pm in TB12a, feel free to drop by. Otherwise
we will be recruiting new members in the Union at
the Freshers’ Trade Fair on Friday, we look forward
to seeing you!
K & B.
 23/9/99 19
Animal Action Week Green Soc
3rd-10th October If anyone still does not know what Greensoc is, we are a
growing society concerned with the environmental impact that
by Lucy Andrews humans are having on our Earth.

IFAW ANIMAL ACTION WEEK 3-10 OCT
This year the International Fund for
Animal Welfare (IFAW) are raising aware-
ness about endangered species through
‘Animal Action Week’ which is taking place
between October 3-10 1999.
In particular IFAW is focusing upon work-
ing and campaigning via CITES (the
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species), which next meets in
Nairobi in April 2000. CITES was original-
ly started by ten countries in 1973 but now
has more than 140 member countries.
Despite this, the illegal trade in endan-
gered species is still very much an issue to
be dealt with in today’s environmental
thought. The species being discussed at
the next CITES meeting are whales, bask-
ing sharks, elephants, bears and sea-tur-
tles.
It is commonly acknowledged that our
environment is constantly under threat due
to pollution, hunting and man’s destruction
of natural habitats such as rainforests.
What few people know is that over 100
species have become extinct over the last
300 years - that’s one species disappear-
ing forever every three years. In fact since
humans appeared on Earth animal have become
extinct 1000 timers faster.
By encouraging people to show their concern at
statistics like these through means such as letter-
writing campaigns and petitions, IFAW aim to
maintain the pressure on CITES to maintain and
tighten existing restrictions on the treatment and
illegal trade of animals.
This year’s IFAW projects include a youth animal
survey asking children and teenagers to voice
their opinions on important issues, a poster
design competition, ‘Salt’s Whale Family’ project
for youth groups, the Animal Action Awards
rewarding outstanding work and the Elephant
Petition.
IFAW are campaigning for an end to elephant
poaching which has reduced the number of
Those present last year will remember that we were aiming to
make people aware of our existence. Activities included a
Fair Trade Food evening in Chancellors, a Green Silly Night
in the Union to encourage recycling and a ‘Green’ issue of
Barefacts. One of our members, John, played a main part in
organising the trial recycling scheme in University Court. A
large number of students supported the scheme and so we
are hoping to focus more on this that this term.
Recycling is only one of so many ways that we could improve
our university’s waste consumption. We held a People and
Planet Workshop and one idea generated was to calculate the
university’s Ecological Footprint (or its effect on the environ-
ment) and then work to improve it. We are hoping to start this,
monitor it and keep you informed of any progress made,
which is one of the reasons that this weekly column has been
started.
But that is not the only thing. Each week, you will find tips on
reducing your energy consumption, information on environ-
mental issues and details of events being organised by
Greensoc. Look out for dates of a fox hunting debate and a
talk on the environmental impact of aeroplanes on the world.
If you would like to join Greensoc, or have any comments or
ideas, please e-mail Vicky on ph71vb@surrey.ac.uk, or come
along to our stall at the Fresher’s Fayre this Friday.
African elephants from over 1.3 million in 1979 to
just 600,000 today. At the end of the 1980’s a
world wide ban on the trade in ivory was imple-
mented which helped herds numbers recover.
Now, due to pressure from some countries, trade
has partially resumed. It is feared that a small
number of these countries may lobby CITES for
further trade in ivory for expensive ornaments
and jewellery to be restarted which could again
lead to illegal hunting.
To protest against elephant poaching please sign
the IFAW Elephant Petition Form at Union recep-
tion, or if you would like to get involved e-mail
mu71la @surrey.ac.uk for further details of how
to set up a sponsored event for Animal Action
Week, or speak to national organisers Kathy
Chesters and Diana Morris on 01634 830888.
LA

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20
National Postgraduate Committee
(NPC) Annual Conference 1999
he Annual NPC conference got off
T to a great start this year. Two post-
graduate delegates from Surrey were
sent off to the University of East Anglia,
in Norwich, for four days of lectures,
seminars, guest speakers, debating
(and drinking) aimed at university post-
graduate associations. The conference
was attended by delegates from across
Great Britain and also included a small
delegation from Limerick in Ireland.
The lecturers and seminars revolved
around the general theme of postgrad-
uate policy and practice, encompassing
themes such as the PhD experience,
postgraduate teaching skills, and train-
ing for postgraduates. The Quality
Assurance Agency for Higher
Education’s Code of Practice for
Postgraduate Research Programmes
(www.qaa.ac.uk) was discussed at
length over the 4 days and included
guest speakers from the QAAHE such
as Peter Williams, Director of
Institutional Review and Prof. Nick
Harris, Assistant Director in the
Development Directorate. For those of
you who don’t know, the QAA has just
issued a series of guidelines for a code
of practice for doctoral research stu-
dents. It gives guidelines for what the
Universities should provide for research
students in terms of supervision and
training, induction, handbooks, thesis
and examinations; and, very important-
ly complaints and grievance proce-
dures. The guidelines also state what is
expected of the students.
Other topics of discussion included
postgraduate teaching and training in
their subject area. Postgraduate
Training for students on taught courses
is very easy to identify, but for research
postgraduates training differs widely
from student to student. Most training
will be identifiable in the form of lectures
and colloquia (those interesting lectures
you have to attend once a week),
although some forms of training are not
so obvious, like laboratory skills, com-
munication and written skills and all
those ‘bits of information’ passed on to
you from other members of your
research group. Skills training course
can also be done through funding coun-
cils, as Dr. Cameron, from EPSRC
(Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council) informed us in one
seminar. These normally last one week
and are definitely worth getting a place
on, if you are funded via a research
council.
Research postgraduates are often
relied upon by departments to do
demonstrating duties and tutorial work
during their studies. This is normally
done on a voluntary basis but some
departments require students to do
more work when there are fewer post-
graduate students within the depart-
ment. Several times during the confer-
ence the issue of postgraduate training
by Jayne Elliot
with respect to demonstrating and
teaching was brought up. At present
training for research postgraduates is
not very consistent from one institution
to another and even from department to
department. The subject of postgradu-
ate training was introduced by a lectur-
er at UEA, who has piloted, at
University level, a training and develop-
ment programme for postgraduate
‘teaching assistants’. The scheme
involved a course of 10 modules,
totalling about 30 hours worth of tutorial
time, including areas such as an intro-
duction to learning and teaching; devel-
oping presentation skills, the teaching
assistant in the laboratory and support
learning in small groups. The scheme
was so successful at UEA that, after tri-
als at other Universities, the teaching
package has been taken up by other
universities to aid students who have
some form of teaching or demonstrating
commitments.
The future of postgraduate teaching
and training was discussed and debat-
ed with a brief overview being given
from Prof. Robert Burgess, Vice-
Chancellor (Designate), University of
Leicester. It was an interesting debate
with comments coming from the floor
and chair, such as ‘postgraduates are
the future of higher education. Therefor
they should receive adequate training,
as some of them will ultimately become
the lecturers of the future’. The general
impression that this lecture created was
that postgraduate training was a rele-
vant issue within today’s higher educa-
tional institutions and institutes will over
a period of time have to incorporate
some type of postgraduate training and
skills development into students work.
The evening events were almost as well
organised as the daytime lectures, with
a private viewing of the Lord
Sainsbury’s Art gallery designed by the
great Sir Norman Foster himself. The
annual dinner was held within the
Sainsbury’s gallery with free flowing
wine to aid conversation (and there
wasn’t a shopping trolley or bar code in
sight!).
UEA’s Graduate Student Association
were excellent hosts during our stay,
encouraging us to make the most of
their graduate facilities, including the
graduate bar. We were really
impressed; not only did they have their
own bar for postgraduates, run by vol-
unteers (perks of being a volunteer
included free drinks when working
behind the bar, as long as you remain
sober enough to collect the glasses at
the end of the evening!). Any profits that
the bar makes go to a scholarship fund
to pay for graduate students’ tuition
fees for one year! The chatty postgrad
behind the bar also informed me that
they had made enough money this year
in profits to pay the tuition fees for 4 stu-
dents! That was impressive, since the
bar prices were really cheap (soft drinks
80p pint, hot drinks 40/45p, pints from
£1.20 (Carling) – £1.70 (Guinness), and
bottles £1.50!) and lets just say that we
made the most of them! They had even
done a deal with the local taxi firms for
a flat rate into the centre of Norwich, as
I discovered when I got a taxi from the
town.
One important issue flowing throughout
the conference was the issue of post-
graduate representation not just at a
national level, but with the University
and Union structure. National represen-
tation of postgraduate issues is normal-
ly channelled through the NPC or via
the NUS who often delegate the issue
in hand to the NPC.
At a University level it was clear that
some universities have little postgradu-
ate representation within the structure
of the University or within their
Student’s Unions. The message being
given throughout the weekend was that
postgraduates need representation
throughout the University, at both
departmental levels and at Senate.
Postgraduate issues can be very differ-
ent from undergraduate issues and they
can come into conflict if not treated
carefully. It became very clear through-
out the conference that at Surrey we do
have a good, clear structure in place for
postgraduate representation. Most
departments have positions for post-
graduate representation on some of
their committees and should have also
a postgraduate researchers committee
(or equivalent) to air academic and
departmental problems. If you don’t
know whether you have a postgraduate
representation within your department,
ask your supervisor or the postgraduate
secretary as they should know who is
who and what your departmental com-
mittees are. (If not, e-mail us at
pga@surrey.ac.uk)
At University level we have a position
for postgraduate representation on all
committees which are related to post-
graduate issues. The general rule
seems to be that if there is a Sabbatical
on a committee it is highly likely that
you will find a space for a postgraduate
representative there as well. We are
also represented within the Union struc-
ture attending all the meetings that the
other Amenities and Societies also
attend; Student Council, Societies
Standing, Union Executive etc.
The future of postgraduate representa-
tion was highlighted in a lecture entitled
‘Postgraduate Representation and
Sabbatical Positions’, presented by two
Graduate Sabbaticals from the
Universities of Oxford and Leeds. They
illustrated why Graduate Sabbaticals
are needed within the community of a
University, not only to represent post-
graduates at university level, municipal
level and in an advisory role to interest
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groups, but also to help institute gradu-
ate policies across the university and to
increase input into the Students Union.
A Graduate Sabbatical (who should
have been a postgraduate student) can
act as a focal point for the postgraduate
community and they can also draw
upon their own personal experiences as
a postgraduate, when understanding
into complex postgraduate issues is
required. Graduate Sabbaticals can
also represent postgraduates on
University committees without creating
a conflict of interests between studies
and postgraduate representation as
they should have already finished their
degrees.
The number of Graduate Sabbaticals
around the country is steadily increas-
ing. Last year there were full time
Graduate Sabbaticals at Oxford,
Cambridge, Leeds and Cranfield (part
time). During this year that number will
be increased by another two. It was
very obvious at the conference that
some delegates were at conference,
with their University’s backing, to find
out more about setting up graduate
Sabbatical posts. As the role of post-
graduates becomes greater and greater
within the structure of higher education,
more Universities are employing
Graduate Sabbaticals not just for the
welfare of the students but to use them
as an attractive marketing tool for
attracting new postgraduate students to
the university. I do not think it will be a
case of IF Surrey gets a Postgraduate
Sabbatical, but WHEN Surrey gets a
postgraduate Sabbatical. Will we get
ahead of the pack and follow in the likes
of the ‘top’ Universities, Oxford,
Cambridge, Leeds, etc. or will we wait
ten years and be one of the last
Universities to offer this facility to our
increasing postgraduate student popu-
lation.
This years conference was very enjoy-
able, social and many useful ideas
were exchanged. Hopefully some off
the points raised will highlight some of
the things postgraduates encounter
during their degrees which are often not
thought about. We had great time (even
if we did have to dash off to Great
Yarmouth so that Mark could have an
icecream by the beach! Who said that
postgrads. are mature?) and hopefully
we will see some of the work done by
the NPC improving life at a University
level whether through input into codes
of practice or ideas for Postgraduate
Associations
Jayne Elliott, Treasurer
Postgraduate Association,
Delegate NPC Annual
Conference.
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LUNAR LISA & MYSTIC MOONDA
VIRGO
August 24 - September 23
Your flexible friend isn't so flexible at the moment. Yes
we're talking about your credit card (what did you think
we meant...Hmmm). Cut down on your bills. A pair of
scissors should do the job.
Unlucky object of the week: Today's freshest trout
LIBRA
September 24 - October 23
I want to go home, but I haven't got one anymore....And
heaven knows I'm miserable now. Ah, cheer up,
strange Bob down the corridor lives you. Just keep out
of Moody Mauds way though (shes' got a peculiar
twitch....)
Unlucky object of the week: Lunar's brain (its' dark in
there, with a little voice shouting "Help me, Help me, I'm
lonely)
SCORPIO
October 24 - November 22
Two pints of lager and a packet of crisp of please. I
said..... (Time ladies and gentlemen) dam it! Its not your
lucky week all these annoying things keep happening to
you. The hamster incident was particularly bad (I bet
you're dreading the day those photos get developed!)
Any problems?
Unlucky object of the week: Two parallel lines, running
in opposite directions (weird)
SAGITTARIUS
November 23 - December 21
Humpty dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty dumpty had a
great fall. All the kings horses and all the Kings men,
couldn't put Humpty together again. Watch your feet,
don't lean too far to the left, and wear a puffa jacket
(thats Lunars idea, NOT mine - Moonda) (bouncy! -
Lunar) - clumsy fool.
Unlucky object of the week: Jack and Jill
CAPRICORN
December 22 - January 21
"My my Miss American pie, what a big hairy mole you
have sitting on top of your neck" said Goldie Locks. I
think its trying to communicate (its blinking at me...)
Sorry, our mistake that was your brain full of brown goo.
Give it a good wash with plenty of soap and you'll be
fine.
Unlucky object of the week: A shoe merchant
AQUARIUS
January 21 - February 19
That joke isn't funny anymore...You are not the first per-
son to invent the elephant impression...(besides your
pockets aren't big enough, elephants have huge hears,
you know). Nevertheless keep being silly, you're the life
and the soul of the party this week.
Unlucky object of the week: The giraffe neck impression
Send your personals to barefacts@surrey.ac.uk or
post them in the BF Post Box outside the Union Offices.
Chips- stop trying to pull peter pans girlfriend.
Emma says: THANK YOU to all the intro week
helpers & Senate Security!
Davis - breaking tv’s isn’t the way to a girls heart.
We came - we saw - we got drunk
Dear Wendy and Clare..I was feeling very tyred (!!)
on Friday morning!
Thanks for a fun night, love Chaz
A toucan flies east. 2,500 miles isn't bad for such a
compact bird.
Orrr, Nursey !! I like 'em big ! Gives me more to grab
hold of !!"[Lord Flashheart, BLACKADDER II]
PISCES
February 20 - March 20
Can't cook, cant' possibly cook. Oh dear, even simple
tasks like cheese on toast are challenging. Never fear,
McDonalds is near (and for you veggies out there,
theres plenty of luscious grass to chew on - I also know
a fantastic recipe for nettle soup).
Unlucky object of the week: A tempermental pot nod-
dle, it ran away....
ARIES
March 21 - April 20
Professor Plum, in the drawing room with a candle
stick? Not yet. Peoples careless words have wiped a
smile off your face. This is not good. You'll just have to
hope that they like a sexy boy and see the air of their
ways. Failing that wear purple, invite them to a big
house and look menacing. Game of Cluedo anyone?
Unlucky object of the week: A drunk person
TAURUS
April 21 - May 21
The pace of life is fast for you at the moment. Your brief
encounters are a little too brief. buy bigger pants in the
future (more room for your... brain). I've just come...to
tell you I'm very, very drunk, don't you know. No you
don't.
Unlucky object of the week: viagra (what a mess)
GEMINI
May 22 - June 21
You have experienced a strange encounter but not of
the third kind. Do not worry, theres no anal probes
heading in your direction this week, but be warned the
situation may change. Invest in some Vaseline before
its too late. At the moment all you need to worry about
is the free mugs at the freshers fair.
Unlucky object of the week: An electric shock (a simple
shocking experience)
CANCER
June 21 - July 23
Prepare for the unexpected. Something weird and won-
derful is about to enter... your life (smut). Also an evil
wizard posing as a cleaner will try and steal your magi-
cal powers (Ok Moonda, thats enough of that mush-
room pizza....)
Unlucky object of the week: A persistent pea
LEO
July 24 - August 23
Is that a clingon attached to your leg, or is a just a
strange looking fresher, who has a rather green com-
plexion? Look out for the militant wing of the FAF. They
can't help being so sad. They just miss mummy and
daddy sometimes.
Unlucky object of the week: An evil baked bean seek-
ing revenge
"How do I set my laser printer on stun"
[Capt Kirk, allegedly]
To everyone who was invloved in the Friday night
incident- I just can't thank you all enough. It is so
amazing to know that I have friends like you and the
support,concern and understanding you have all
expressed has been overwhelming, words can not
express my gratitude to you all and all I have left to
say is that people like you make the World a better
place.Thank you again Vicki S xxxxxxx
News Flash! Two students couldn't handle first FNO,
of ‘humourous phys-
went home at midnight!!!
Al, I wonder if Rich has managed has encountered
Gillingham in your house yet. Slim Boy Fat.
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Dear Russ
Dr Russ
I’m one of those people who has plenty of ideas for
careers buzzing through my head, but I can’t seem to
narrow them down. What should I do?
Dear Lee
I’ll run a few suggestions past you which might help.
First of all, there is nothing stopping you from apply-
ing for several different things at the same time. For
example, you could apply for, say, accountancy and
IT or research and production. The important thing
is to make sure that you justify your choice on the
application form and give a good account of yourself
at the interview. After all, if you’re someone with a
range of interests and skills, why shouldn’t you be
suited to more than one type of work? If you’re
asked in an interview why you’ve applied for other
things, all you have to say is that you’d be equally
good at those!
Secondly, you might find it helpful to prioritise your
applications into three groups: idealistic, realistic
and materialistic. If your ‘favourite’ job happens to
be something like journalism, PR, advertising or pub-
lishing, then you can expect a huge amount of com-
petition from other applicants. These all fall into the
idealistic category. You can still give it your best
shot, and I would strongly advise you to do so, but
you might like to keep something up your sleeve
which is a bit more realistic.
Realistic jobs on the other hand, are those which
you’d be reasonably happy doing and which are usu-
ally easier to get into. Even if they’re not your first
choice, they may turn out to be satisfying in other
ways and, who knows, could provide a stepping
stone into your ideal job in due course.
You can probably ignore the materialistic at this
stage since it is really only a fall-back position for
dealing with the possibility of having nothing at all
lined up by the time you graduate. You might, for
example, need to do something just to earn some
money after the financial stress of being a student!
By the way, there is nothing stopping you applying for
both jobs and postgraduate study. They needn’t
interfere with each other until you get offers from
both! It’s another way to keep your options open.
Finally, if you’d like some idea of just how competi-
tive certain jobs are, try using the Job Descriptions
file in the Careers Office. This information is provid-
ed for several hundred occupations.
I do hope this helps. Keep in touch.
Russ Clark
PS The Careers Fair on 7th October in the
Austin Pearce Building between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
may help you to narrow things down. Obtaining reli-
able information usually leads to better career
choice.
This weeks ‘Caught
on Camera’ is
submitted by the
2nd Tonmeisters
who noticed an act
ical and sexual tor-
ment’ being carried
out in our very own
Union!.
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Notices:
Archery Club EGM to vote in an
Armourer
1.15pm Saturday 2nd October at
Campusport Main Hall
RAG AGM:
AGM 1/10/99, 6pm Hari’s Bar
Contact: Jon 574776
International Societies
Standing Committee
Monday 27th September 1999
6pm LT. H
There are blind and
partially sighted
students on campus. If you
have to bring a trolley onto
campus please only leave
them at the trolley collection
points. Please show a bit of
consideration!
STUDENT FREE
INTRODUCTORY TRIP
ON BUS SERVICE 100
Arriva buses have
confirmed that they will be provid-
ing a single free
journey from the University to the
town for each fresher student
using the Union temporary mem-
bership card system.
The offer period runs
from 19th September to
the 4th October.
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At the end of last semester you may
remember the airspace over Guildford
(which we did actually have to apply for!)
was temporarily violated by the launch-
ing of 448 balloons in aid of the Royal
Surrey County Hospital, Rett Syndrome,
and the RNLI.
The furthest destination from which a
balloon was sent back was Finland, the
winner being Mrs C. Carvill from Sussex.
CONGRATULATIONS! Many thanks to
all of you who took part, helping togeth-
er to raise £264. Last week a street col-
lection was held in Guildford which
raised a further £354.06 - a great
achievement.
The next event in the hectic schedule of
the Charity Dinner Dance Committee is
the ‘Back to School’ Cocktails and
Karaoke which will take place on
Tuesday, week 4 (28th) at 7:30pm in the
Lower Bar. Schoolgirls and boys are
encouraged to attend - but there aren’t
any guarantees you won’t be spanked!
Tickets are on sale on the ground floor of
AZ between 11am and 1pm every day...
it should definitely be a night to remember!
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Activities
We have been working hard all summer
to bring you a wide ranging programme
of activities for the autumn term.
Aerobics and Body Conditioning Classes
Beginning the 6th September, there are
aerobics or body conditioning classes for
every day of the week. Why not try out
our classes and have fun while you
improve your fitness levels. As well as
your old favourites we have several
exciting new classes for you to try!
New for Autumn 99 - Total Body Blitz
Conditioning, Reebok Flexible Strength,
High Energy Aerobics, Absolutely
Abdominals, and Reebok City Jam
Aerobics. There is also Circuit Training,
Breakfast Fitness, Legs, Bums and
Tums, Tone to the Bone, Step, and
Aerobics for All.
Due to popular demand we have extend-
ed the Programme to include some level
II classes and extra sessions of some of
the most popular classes. See our
leaflet for more details.
Sports Courses
We have several courses to choose
from. Learn to relax with Tai Chi or
Yoga, improve your skills with Squash
Coaching or Golf with Professionals.
Plus BODYMAX – a workout with steel
suitable for men and women.
site www.surrey.ac.uk/campusport/
Dance
Campusdance has again this year put
together an exciting programme of dance
activities from around the world as well
as the classic dance styles.
There are classes in Irish Folk Dance,
Ballet, Middle Eastern or Belly Dancing
and Capoeira. Plus 10 week courses in
Contemporary, Breakdance, Jazz, Salsa,
Streetdance, Tap, Ballet and much more.
See our leaflet for further details.
Come and join the fun under the expert
tuition of our top quality dance teachers
from all corners of the globe.
REMEMBER
FREE WEEK –27th September to 3rd
October
All classes and courses are free to
everyone for this week only. Take the
opportunity to try any of our fantastic aer-
obic, dance, sport or fitness activities for
free.
Other Information
Telephone Cards
Call home for less with Communication
2000 phone cards. Sold from the sports
centre reception in £5, £10 and £20
denominations. Take advantage of
cheaper phone calls to all parts of the
world!
ance and harmony. Treatments cost £10
for students and £15 for staff. To book a
treatment or for more information contact
Mark White on (87) 9975 or pick up a
leaflet at the sports centre.
Campusport Memberships
Now is the time to renew your member-
ship. Membership prices will remain the
same as last year.
Sports and Classes Card - £30
Fitness Club Card - £30
Campusport Card - £40
At this price – lunacy!!!
Golf Academy
The Campusport Golf Academy is now
open at the Sports Centre. 2 indoor golf
practice bays available for individual
bookings. Free with a Campusport Card
or £1.50 for students and £2.50 for staff.
Please contact the sports centre for fur-
ther details. Club hire available.
Coaching and Video Analysis sessions
with Geoff Wheeler Golf Administrator
are available. Cost: £14 for 1hr or £8 for
½ hr. Please call Geoff for more infor-
mation or to book a session ext. 9201.
Sports Therapy
Sports Therapy and Sports Massage are
available at the sports centre. For more
information or to make an appointment
with our fully qualified Sports Therapist
call the Campusport Reception on (25)
9201.
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GYM INDUCTIONS AT
CAMPUSPORT
Any student taking advantage of the excel-
lent facilities at Campusport will have to
comply with our insurance policy and high
professional standards and undergo a short
introduction to the use of fitness training
equipment.
To make this easier, I have spent all summer
re-writing the programme to ensure that the
session is as fun as it is informative. It only
takes 40 minutes and comprises of a short
video and then hands on the equipment, so
come in training kit please.
We fully recommend that you then stay on
afterwards and complete your first training
session whilst the knowledge is fresh.
This is a legal requirement and whilst I do
have sympathies with those of you who have
trained in other gyms all your life, we have
performed inductions to Olympic medallists
such as Roger Black, who said that even he
learnt something, so please spare us the
begging and sign up to one of the inductions.
I promise you a memorable experience....
I look forward to seeing you all soon
Paul Hobrough (aka Hobie)
Head of Health and Fitness

WE’RE ON THE BALL -

Check the Autumn programme for more Racket restringing
details. Please book at the sports cen- We also offer a comprehensive racket re Fitness Club Update

ARE YOU?
tre. stringing service for badminton, squash During the summer, Quantum fitness
and tennis rackets. Please pick up a instructors gained the acclaimed Premier
Sports Workshops leaflet at the sports centre for more Fitness Instructor Award and are now WOMENS FOOTBALL is this country’s
Introductory workshops in a wide range details. pleased to offer you the following ser-
fastest growing sport and with this summers
of sports open to all. Sports include vices:
Badminton, Climbing, Trampolining, Reiki Healing Personal Programmes World Cup a lot of interest has been generat-
Canoeing and Volleyball. Check the Reiki is a system of natural healing which Fitness Assessments ed. FIFA estimates that there are now 30m
Autumn Programme for start dates and restores balance and harmony to all lev- Personal Training female players world-wide. Do you want to be
times. els – physical, mental, emotional and Plus general fitness and nutritional part of the action?
spiritual. It can be of benefit to all and advice.
For more information pick up a leaflet at offers relief for a wide variety of health All offered at a special rate for students Surrey’s Women’s football club is an active,
the sports centre or check out our web- problems because it restores natural bal- and staff. fun and very social club that was set up in
1993. At the moment we are looking for new
Have you ever thought of members. It doesn’t matter if you’ve only
ARCHERY?? played with friends or even if you’ve never
kicked a ball before, everyone is welcome
(They took me!). We compete in BUSA,
Here at Surrey we have a thriving Archery Club that SESSA and a few friendly matches against
not only meets twice a week for ARCHERY but also local teams. We enjoy having a good time
once a week for a social event. We are always look- and go out celebrating after matches,
ing for new members and all are welcome on a whether we win or lose. There are several
Saturday morning at 1.00pm when coaching will be dinners throughout the year that are joint with
given for the absolute beginner and all the equip- the men’s club and the highlight of the year is
ment that you need to start shooting is provided by the Colours Ball.
the club. All you need to bring along to the
Campusport Hall is a clean pair of non-marking If you are interested in joining then come
trainers. The first session if free and subsequent along and see us at the Sports Fayre on
sessions are only £1. Friday 24th September, or come along to a
Surrey Women’s Football Club playing last season training session. We train at the Varsity
The club attends as many competitions as is possi- Centre on Thursday evenings (7-8pm) and
ble. Over the past years we have been to every Sunday afternoons (2-3.30pm). You can also
BUSA shoot and visited other Universities for friend- contact me if you need anymore information
ly matches, as well as hosting one ourselves. The on 01483 457107.
club not only offers you the opportunity to shoot on a
competitive basis but allows you to pursue archery Charlotte Dawson
just for relaxation or fun.

If you are interested in taking up this ancient sport

then pop along to one of our training sessions, drop
a note into the archery pigeon hole, email us or say
‘Hello’ to us at the Freshers Sports Fayre where we’ll
be running sample sessions.

Contacts:-
Carol Armes (President)
ma81ca@ee.surrey.ac.uk
Michelle Ikwue (Secretary)
ma81mi@ee.surrey.ac.uk
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MENS FOOTBALL
University 1st XI 5 : 1 Surrey Police
First game of the season ends in victory. Well tomorrow (Friday) is Sports Fayre! The time
where all you new freshers get to meet all the Student
The first game of the new campaign for the first eleven turned out to be an
Sport clubs and get to finally get your sporting (and
emphatic victory. In less than ideal conditions the team took the field in confident
social) life finally sorted out. At the time of writing this
mood. Playing in the continental 3:5:2 formation the team started solidly giving
note I'm not quite sure where we are going to hold the
nothing away at the back and settling into our passing game. An early goal from
Fayre. There is only one reason for this, RAIN! If it's
captain Richard Bedford settled any nerves, it came from a John Fagan shot
raining we'll be holding it indoors at Campusport, oth-
which came back of the post and Bedford slid in to score.
erwise it will be at Fortress Varsity.
By this time the midfield were finding themselves in acres of space as the oppo-
The venue will be confirmed and you'll see the posters
sition concentrated on marking pacey wing back duo Andy Kinsey and Richard
around campus as soon as I know for sure. We cater
Butler. This space enabled us to dictate the pace of the game and hold a lot of
for every sport you can think of (and a few you can't)
possession. The second goal came before half time after good work from Sam
so come down to the Fayre and sign up for 20 differ-
Nourizadeh, his shot was only parried and captain Bedford was on the spot to
ent clubs and you will only probably go to one of them.
make it 2.
Sports Fayre is a manic but fun day. It is your chance
Ben ’Yeah’ Mac to become Part of the Pride that is Surrey Sport
It remained at 2:0 until the second half, a lapse in concentration allowed the Vice President Sports
Police to pull one back and gave them some hope. This hope was short lived as
Big Daddy Mac! xtn.9981
soon after Matthew Miller was chopped down in the box and John Fagan con-
verted the penalty. The forth goal was another penalty as Matthew Miller was
once again sent sprawling in the box, this time converted by Sam Nourizadeh.
The fifth goal was the icing on the cake and came as Dom Walker laid on Sam
SURREY SPORTS PROFILE
Nourazedeh for an open goal. All in all a very assured performance, well done Ajay Patel Golfing Hero
lads.
Name/Age:
John Fagan Ajay Patel/21

All first years interested in playing football please attend the
Freshers Fayre/Sports Fayre at Varsity on Friday/Saturday
Surrey Stingers American Football
If you were asked what you knew
about American football what would
you say?
Probably that it’s a game with compli-
cated rules, that takes ages to play
because they’re always stopping and
starting and all the players wear loads
of pads, which real men wouldn’t
need. You would think of
Cheerleaders, the Superbowl and you
might even be able to name a couple
of NFL teams.
This seems to be the view most peo-
ple have of the sport anyway. In reali-
ty the game is pretty simple – there
are a lot of rules, but they aren’t really
that complicated. Sit down with some-
one who knows the game, watch it,
ask questions. You may surprise your-
self and find yourself enjoying what is
a very exciting and tactical game.
Quick summary: you get four attempts
– downs – to get ten yards up the
pitch. To get there you either run with
or throw the ball. You get the ten
yards, then you get another four tries,
until you’ve got to the end zone and
scored. If you fail to get the ten yards
the other team get the ball. The rest of
the rules are really just technicalities,
and they make the offside rule look
like a piece of cake.
You’d probably be further surprised if
told you that there is a thriving student
American football league in Britain. As
you read this, hundreds of students
from Dundee to Southampton are
preparing for a new season, including
UniS’ own team, the Surrey Stingers.
Contrary to the images you may have
of American football players, we are
not all huge sentient bags of steroids.
We’re normal students, just like you,
who are in it because it’s a good
laugh, it’s a good way to meet people.
Last year the Stingers enjoyed their
most successful year in their short his-
tory, losing only three games, two of
which were to the eventual league
champions.
So, do you want to be part of a team
with a big future? Come and try some-
thing new. We’ll be at freshers’ sports
fayre, so talk to one of us there or ask
one of us around campus…we’re the
ones in the black jackets with the
wasp on the back or black shirts with
big yellow numbers. Alternatively, go
look at our website at http://mem-
bers.tripod.com/surreystingers.
The Surrey Stingers
Dept:
Management Studies (H and C)
Nicknames:
Aj, De Niro, Patters, The Money.
Measurements:
5’11 (Fully Erect)
Sporting Interests:
Golf, Rugby, Cricket, Motoracing +
Beating Ford Escorts away from the
lights.
Worst injury:
Torn ligaments in my left ankle and a
Marital Status:
kink in my spine.
Single.
Worst STD:
Fav Feature:
Love.
My car!
Sporting Superstitions:
What do you go for in a woman?
Play with you coller up. Always win.
Long legs & a beautiful smile.
Does Surrey Sport affect your social/pri-
vate life:
Favourite Food:
Most of my closest friends are involved
Lobster Thermadore and a 1985 Dom
in Surrey Sport so I guess they are one
Perignon
and the same.
Most recent music purchase:
Sporting role model:
Tu Pac’s greatest hits.
Seve Ballesteros. The greatest golfer
ever. He is the Maestro. A great player
What does Surrey Sport give to you?
with a great desire to win.
Lots of great friends, nights out and vic-
tories.
Sum yourself up in 3 words:
Charasmatic, Dedicated, Playboy.
Most memorable moment:
Beating St Andrews 7-2 in the BUSA
Last Words:
finals last year. The are supposedly the
Thankyou to all of my friends at Surrey,
best Golfing University in Great Britain.
and good luck to Jamie ‘Brains’
O’Docherty, our new captain of the Golf
Most embarassing moment:
Team. To the freshers - if someone asks
Throwing up in the middle of play off at
you for some hot lovin! say yes, it will
the BUSA Individuals. Still made it
clense your soul.
through though.

As the new season fixtures get underway, sports results for all
clubs will hopefully become available in Barefacts. If your club
wish to include fixture information, team news, results etc. please
get all information (typed) to the Barefacts Office by Monday at
12pm or post it in the red BF Post Box outside the Union Offices if
no one is available. Surrey Sport - Be Part of the Pride.

who knows - could be any thing!