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Are SU societies failing us?It’s time for students to get stuck into theirstudies, start writing essays and bucklingdown. However it’s not all work and no playfor students at the University of Lincoln, as awealth of societies gives students the chanceto explore hobbies, make more friends and lettheir hair down with those of similar inter-ests. The Linc’s News editor Cal Purdon, investigates the student’s frustration withsome of the most popular societies.
Ranging from Alternative Music to
Ultimate Frisbee, usually there is a
society for every one. Meanwhile,
if your particular interest isn’t al-
ready covered, the AU encourages
the formation of new societies
offering financial support and
administrative advice to anyone
keen to build their own society.
New members were encour-
aged to sign up to societies
during Freshers’ Week and the
Societies Fayre. After hoards of
emails and Facebook messages,
almost all new members have
been inducted and they can
proudly wear their society’s
colours. Yet not all members
have been inducted, or even
emailed from their societies.
These events have led to criti-
cisms from students, with one
new member, Angela Lopes
describing the societies as “inac-
tive or with no events for some
time.” Meanwhile, there have
been whisperings of discontent
amongst numerous students, all
feeling a similar distain for their
own societies. (More on Page 3)
thelinc*Man dies afterEngine Shednight out
Trolley thievescould facelegal action
William Pleasants died on Octo-ber 7 at the Lincoln CountyHospital (LCH), following anight out at the Engine Shed onOctober 3. William was in acritical condition in the Inten-sive Care department of LCHfor three days before he died.(More on Page 3)
Supermarket giant Morrisonsrevealed plans to prosecute anybody who takes a trolley fromtheir store without permission.
The Tritton Road store has recently put up signs in their carpark stating that it is an offenceto remove the trolleys and offenders will be prosecuted. This new measure stands to affect hundreds of students inthe Lincoln area who use this supermarket. (More on Page 4)
FOALS InterviewPage 9
Jazz & L incoln Mr. Scru! Album ReviewPage 8
Credit Crunch ExplainedPage 7
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The NYC Work ExperiencePage 6
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Telling the truthis the best way of exercising the freedom of media.
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“”Brian Winston
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JOHN PILGER EXCLUSIVESEPTEMBER 2008
I agree with Mr. Pilger about Amer-ica provoking Russia by basingAmerican missiles in Poland, onRussia's western border.However, it is beyond my under-standing why Russia has not yet re-treated all their troops fromGeorgia, almost two months afterthe cease-fire and over a monthsince European forces should havemonitored that.Maybe the US is afraid of actuallyinterfering and doing something tohelp the poor people in Georgia,who don’t deserve such an invasionin the 21st century, in front of theeyes of all the world.I still wish that powerful countrieswould come together to solve thisproblem. Adam Parsons
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CONTRIBUTORS:Brian WinstonGina DaviesKrystin DeanScott DeanCecilia MwendaDave MetholdAngela Lopes
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EDITORIALWe all tend to get in trouble,and here at The Linc we makeno exception.
The whole team went togreat lengths this month tobring you this new issue. Andas you can see, many thingshave changed.
We tried (and believe wemanaged) to bring you freshand interesting stories, that af-fect both us as students butalso the community around us.
And when I said “trouble”and “great lengths” I meantdeadlines, legal issues, policiesand also stressful situations.
In this October issue, Profes-sor Brian Winston talks in hisguest column about the free-dom of the press.
Nevertheless, people tend toforget that newspapers andmedia in general are commer-cial entities, all of which haveeither owners or shareholders.
One would think that edito-rial independence, a thing thatwe try to hold on very tightly,is a given.
Even behind the stage of asmall publication, like TheLinc, policy and games of in-fluence are generally present.
Also, newsrooms (includingours) are most of the times inpossession of information that
we cannot make public, usu-ally because of the legal impli-cations that would have uponour publication and us.
With this said, I want to re-assure you, our reader, thatour small but mighty team, isdoing its best to reveal to youas much valuable informationas legal standpoints allow us,with every article we publish.
Meanwhile, I hope that youwill enjoy our slightly re-vamped design cues, all in thebenefit of making it easier foryou to read our paper.
Also, I encourage you to visitour newly redesigned website,of which we are very proud of,especially when it comes tothe way we bring you the latest information.
Daniel IonescuEditor
want to join our team ?We are always on the lookout fornew people to join our team. Ifyou have stories ideas and youcan deliver on time, you mightjust be the one we were lookingfor. It doesn’t matter what youare studying or how good yourmarks are. Currently, we have
two open positions for a FeaturesEditor and an Online Editor to joinour team. Also, contributors arealways welcome. If you are inter-ested, send an email [email protected] with anyideas you have and your CV. Justremember, you have to be fast!
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FRESHER’S FAYRE EVERYONE?SEPTEMBER 2008
Just to make it clear, people who
flyer and stand outside the uni-
versity grounds are no PR people,
far from it. It’s one form of pro-
motion, not PR. James Johnson
But surely, James, promotion is
part of PR, is it not? Bar owners
promoting their nights out and
aiming to get people inside… it’s
all about improving their relation-
ship with the public. Ergo sum,
it’s PR. Dave Lee
I would say is Advertising, not PR.
PR is a lot more creative than ad-
vertising. However, they do have
mixed areas. James Johnson
FEARS OVER THE FUTURE OF
THE SHED SEPTEMBER 2008
It’s a fair counter-argument that
the Tower Bar prices aren’t “stu-
pidly high” in relation to other
places, but considering the fact
that it’s near-impossible to get a
drink at times, they hardly offer
value for money.
Closing down the Shed would be
a very good way to annoy a lot of
people and lose the trust of much
of the student body. I would seri-
ously hope that someone at the
Uni has a bit more common sense
than that. Jon R
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When shown the criticisms of
an unwelcoming nature, she
added “It was its first year and
there were no guidelines as to
how it should be run. Dance is
such a varied activity and it is
difficult to accommodate every-
one. This was evident in last
year’s competition when time
limits restricted availability to
participate.”
Ms Turner went on to wel-
come any new members and en-
courage those to participate; “In
this year’s competitions we
hope to involve everyone who
wishes to take part. I’m chuffed
to see there are so many stu-
dents who love dancing and we
are still welcoming newcomers
to our society.”
Meanwhile, University of
Lincoln Co-operation of Intra
Mural Sports and Social society
President Shane Croucher has
turned the criticisms of soci-
eties on the Athletic Union;
placing most of the blame with
them. In another Linc exclusive,
the ULC co-founder accused the
AU of poor communication,
poor organisation and even
costing his society new mem-
bers. He said “We have had a lot
of problem with regards to our
society and setting it up. For
one, the tills took a long time to
set up in the SOAP centre. We
didn’t realise there was a prob-
lem as we had established our
membership price and asked
them to set us up. It wasn’t
until the first batch of new re-
cruits came back to us com-
plaining they couldn’t sign up,
that we knew something wasn’t
right. We had to go back, only
to be told we had to email the
established price plan to them.
They never told us that initially
and turned out to be a massive
set back. We felt it would affect
our membership numbers.” Mr
Croucher, (20) went on to be-
moan the “lack of or lateness of
reply” and how “questions were
often not answered.”
The biggest problem the Ath-
letic Union and societies may
have are financial obsticles, as
the ULC president felt they
were not getting the support
they need; “We are not getting
funding, so we feel like we are
paying into something that we
are getting absolutely no bene-
fit from. If anything, it has been
a set back, signing up for the
AU and becoming an official so-
ciety. We appreciate they have
problems, but they just seem to
have been an obstacle to our
society moving forward.”
In response to these allega-
tions, Dan Windross, Communi-
cations Officer of the University
of Lincoln Students’ Union made
a statement saying that “At the
end of each academic year when
the Sports teams and Societies
have held their AGM and had an
election, the new committee is
asked to fill in a RAP pack (Re-
source Assessment Pack) as a
way of telling the Athletic
Union what they require from
the new academic year, for ex-
ample, membership fees, cloth-
ing provision, entrance fees etc.
These packs are greatly received
by the AU and help in creating
budgets. The packs were re-
quired this year by the 30th
May to confirm that the re-
sources a sports team or society
requires are catered for as best
the Athletic Union can offer.”
Windross also responded to
the ULCs complaints saying that
they “sent in their RAP pack a
couple of weeks ago, hence not
initially receiving funds. The
ULC did not advise the AU of
their pricing structure until 2
weeks ago and they have more
than one price compared to
other clubs and societies.”
To aid societies, Windross
said that the SU “recently in-
stalled a new till system and
database which over time will
dramatically improve our serv-
ices and communications to
members of sports teams and
societies. As with any new sys-
tem there have been a number
of teething problems, however
none of these are related to the
situation highlighted by the
ULC. The Union has procedures
to act upon complaints received
by its members and as of yet we
have not received any such
complaints from the ULC.”
However, with society lead-
ers being forced to defend their
societies, whilst others being let
down repeatedly by the Athletic
Union, one has to wonder why
anybody would bother to start
their own society, or turn up
for existing ones. Yet more and
more people are continuing to
run societies and social events,
trying to encourage people to
make new friends, develop
bonds and follow interests.
But in the wake of such crit-
icism, will these much com-
plained upon societies continue
to exist?
SU societies face student backlashFollowing heavy criticism, the new VicePresident of the Dance Society, LauraTurner, felt the need to defend her society.In an exclusive statement made to theLinc, she told us “I am very sorry to hearthere have been criticisms of the dance so-ciety, as my experience of last year waspleasant and enjoyable.”
Man dies after Engine Shed night outThe circumstances of William Pleasants' (23) death are unknown.A Home Oce pathologist carriedout a post mortem on October 8but the results were inconclusive.William was involved in an alterca-tion inside the Engine Shed beforebeing restrained by door staff out-side the venue. It is know that theAmbulance picked up William in theearly hours of October 4 from theoutside of the Engine Shed, one ofLincoln's most popular gig venues.
Following incidents that night,the scene at the Engine Shed wascordoned off and forensically exam-ined. An eyewitness recalls that peo-ple “were kept in the Engine Shed,with the bar still open and live
music being played until roughly3.30am. We were then escorted outby police, who took our names andtelephone numbers individually.There were no bouncers in sight aswe left Engine Shed and the bridgewas cordoned off with police tape,forcing us to walk home past theArchitecture Building”.
Police are still investigatingWilliam's death. On October 4, fivemen and one woman, who weredoor staff on the night, were ar-rested and questioned regardingthis case, but they were later re-leased on bail, pending further enquiries.
William Pleasants was originallyfrom Barrington, near Royston,
Cambridgeshire. He was visiting hisyounger sister, a student at the Uni-versity of Lincoln. After the incident,floral tributes and messages of con-dolence were left outside the EngineShed by close friends from the family’s hometown.
William's sisterpaid tribute toher brother saying: "Will was mybest friend as well as my brotherand we had so many brilliant timestogether. I will miss him more thananything." William’s girlfriend said:"Will was so full of life. There isgoing to be such a big gap in my lifewithout him."
William was a keen motorcy-clist, interested in art, particularlysculpture, and enjoyed fishing.
After the incident, floral tributes and messages of condolence by close friendsfrom the family’s hometown have been left outside the Engine Shed.
As Morrisons revealed plans toprosecute anybody who takes atrolley from their store withoutpermission, some questions mightneed answering.
Why do you pay a £1 deposit oneach trolley if you can only use itin store?
Will the store just target stu-dents or will members of the pub-lic be targeted as well?
Morrisons Deputy store man-ager Dan Turner said in a state-ment to the Lincolnshire Echo that"Around 40 trolleys went missingon the Saturday before Freshers'Week.
"We had to bring in extra staffon the Sunday to guard the cross-ing between the store and thepetrol station.
"Around 30 customers had to bestopped and asked to return theirtrolley.
"They used to cost £88 each 12years ago, so I'd hate to imaginehow much they cost now.
"We notified our head oce anda sign arrived the followingWednesday. We haven't had anytrolleys stolen since."
Matt Bemment, a student livingin Pavilions, is unhappy at the de-cision and believes Morrisonsshould do more to accommodatestudents.
“If you put the £1 in, you shouldbe allowed to transport your shop-ping home, especially at Mor-risons, where they don’t offer afree home delivery service. I candefinitely see why
students steal trolleys.”Other supermarkets such as
Asda and Sainsbury’s have notseen an increase in the rise of trol-leys disappearing. Tesco has alsosaid that there has been no in-crease due to hi-tech securitymeasures being introduced lastAugust.
Morrisons claim that, 12 yearsago, each trolley cost £88 to makeand this is why it’s such an impor-tant issue as costs have risen sig-nificantly since then.
Some will wonder whether thepunishment is too big andwhether Morrisons could come tosome kinds of compromise withstudents.
Surely if Morrisons charged a lit-tle more for certain trolleys andallowed students to borrow themhome, then everybody wins. Thiswould obviously be on the condi-tion that students bring themback within a certain time period.
One student, who wished to re-main anonymous, thinks that thisidea would work well. “I think ifMorrisons are getting more profitout of it and the students don’thave to carry their shopping
home, everybody is happy. I dothink Morrisons are makingslightly too big a deal out of thisas it happened all the time lastyear and nothing was done. I’lladmit to taking a trolley on anumber of occasions.”
Student Mel Rudd also thinksthat a compromise could bereached. “I think maybe a smallfine to stop people doing it shouldbe the extreme measure.
They could maybe use some sortof numbering system where allthe trolleys have individual num-bers, then provide student ID ormaybe even a £10 deposit. Thatway, Morrisons would know whohas each trolley. I don’t think stu-dents would keep the trolleyknowing that they would certainlylose £10.”
Just before this article went toprint, Morrisons gave a statementto The Linc saying that "There hasbeen a short-term problem withtrolleys being taken from our Lin-coln store but we are pleased tosee that this has significantly improved."
Mezzino did not respond in timefor the publication of The Linc.
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SOCIETYSPOTLIGHT
THE AFRICAN CARRIBEAN SOCIETY
Black History Month is amonth to celebrate the cul-tural contributions that theblack community has made toBritish society, and to raise theknowledge, confidence and im-portance of black heritage toblack people.
The University of Lincolnare holding events all throughthe month to promote this im-portant subject. During Octo-ber, throughout the Universitycampus, pamphlets aboutprominent black people of thiscentury and last, such as Mar-tin Luther King and NaomiCampbell, will be handed out.Details explaining how eachindividual helped to shape theworld and create more oppor-tunities for black people willbe given on the handouts.
Gloria Dei, one of the threeco-presidents of the AfricanCaribbean society (ACS), saidone of the purposes is to “cre-ate cultural awareness be-cause, in fact, black history iseveryone’s history. It is a wayof integrating people from dif-ferent backgrounds, and also away of showing how far we’vecome along”.
During this month the ACSis holding some importantevents, like their first meeting,held on 1st of October, wherethey showed some of the as-pects of black history, spark-ing a debate. They also hadwelcome packs about the ACS,and an open mic with music,art and poetry.
The biggest event will beon the 30th of October werethey will hold a closing showfor the month in the TowerBars of the Engine Shed. Anevent where you can integrate,socialise and promote BlackHistory Month.
Natasha Herman, a formerFrench student at the Univer-sity of Lincoln, says that forher “it is very important to re-member black history, becauseslavery and the apartheid mustnot be forgotten. Too often,the past is forgotten.
I don't know a lot of thingsabout the history of black peo-ple, but I'm sure that Euro-peans and African people haveto communicate about thishistory”.
They are also organising anend of year event, where allthe profits will go to charity.In the mean time, if you wantto contribute then you can goto the SOAP Centre in the En-gine Shed and donate somemoney to charity.
For more information, youcan contact Gloria Dei on the07957359037 (text preferable)or any of the Members of ACSon: [email protected].
BY ANGELA LOPES
Trolley drama could hit studentsStudent prosecution worries as trolleydash turns sour. For some students trolleytransportantion saves many an achingarm, but could that be about to change?Dave Methold explains the consequences oftaking trolleys from supermarkets.
Signs at supermarket trolley collection points are not very e!ective againststudents with no other transport means.
Supermarket giant Morrisons has said it will prosecute anyone who removes atrolley from its Lincoln store car park.
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Union rally as Nottingham Trentderecognises UCUUniversity and College Union (UCU) held arally on 6th October in central Nottingham tospeak out against a change in circumstancesregarding negotiating with Nottingham TrentUniversity management. By Shane Croucher
One of British broadcasting’s most influentialfigures has donated a collection of books fromhis personal library to the University of Lincoln.
The event was well attended, withdelegates from various branchesof UCU travelling to show theirsupport.
The rally comes after an 11,000strong petition against NTU’s newunion recognition policy andplans to cut facility time for unionrepresentatives was handed togovernors at the university. It ishoped that the governors willpressure NTU management into au-turn.
A recent ballot by NTU UCUmembers resulted in 77% in favourof taking industrial action on 21stOctober, should the situation nothave changed by then.
Mark Weinstein, branch secre-tary for the UCU at NottinghamTrent, said “they want to signifi-cantly change the terms underwhich we meet, which we thinkare far to their benefit and to our
detriment, and they want to cutthe time that we have to carryout trade union duties by some-where in the region of 80%”.
UCU also believes that NTUmanagement view them as athreat to what Mr Weinstein callstheir “clear vision of change”. Hewent on to say “our view of it iswhat they’re trying to do is to sig-nificantly alter the balance ofpower between the trade unionand the management. Like lots oforganisations they’ve got a clearprogramme for how they see theplace to be run. They said theywanted to introduce more cul-tural change, like introducing pri-vate sector ways of working intoa public sector organisation, andthey see us as an obstacle. Ratherthan negotiate with us on an indi-vidual basis, as and when thingshappen, they decided the easiest
thing to do is to put us into somesort of straight jacket where wefind it very dicult to respond”.
Mr Weinstein also claimedthat on several occasions NTUmanagement had been offered thechance to engage in public debatewith UCU, but all offers were de-clined. He said that it left UCUasking “what have you got to hide?”.
Lindsay Wheatcroft, a repre-sentative of NTU Socialist Stu-
dents, was angered by the lack ofinput from NTU Student’s Union.He said “They have been taking noaction to defend student’s inter-ests or to defend the lecturers.They need to get off the fence andsupport the lecturers to force themanagement to stop attacking ac-ademic staff, because this is notgoing to improve the students ex-perience at university at all...youhave to wonder that if they’re at-tacking lecturers and staff, how
long will it be till they attack theStudent’s Union too?”.
Dan Windross, Communica-tions Ocer for ULSU says “Fortu-nately, relationships between theStudents’ Union at Lincoln and theUniversity are very close. I can’tsee a similar occurence happeninghere in Lincoln.”
Nottingham Trent University’spress oce has not responded toour e-mail before publication ofthis article.
The rally comes after an 11,000 strong petition against NTU’s new union recognition policy and plans to cut facility timefor union representatives was handed to governors at the university.
Broadcasting legend donatesbooks to University library
Sir Jeremy Isaacs produced theacclaimed World War II docu-mentary series The World atWar and was the founding chiefexecutive of Channel 4.
During a television careerspanning almost 50 years, hecollected a vast array of booksabout television, current affairsand the media in general.
Sir Jeremy decided to donatemore 150 volumes from this col-lection to the University of Lin-coln after a conversation withhis friend, the University’s Pro-fessor Brian Winston, the Lin-coln Chair.
Sir Jeremy discussed his lifeand career with Prof Winston at
a talk to launch the sixth seasonof the Lincoln Academy - AnEvening with Sir Jeremy Isaacs.
He admitted that althoughtoday’s television industry wasradically different from whenhis career began, he still feltthere were common valueswhich were just as relevant tothe new generation of journal-ists and producers as they wereto his generation.
Sir Jeremy said: “My advicewould always be to enjoy whatyou see on the box but be highlycritical of it. If you think some-thing is rubbish, say so. Youhave to try to learn from whatother people are doing.”
Sir Jeremy Isaacs’ (center) donatiion ceremony was hosted by was ProfessorBrian Winston (right) and Senior Pro Vice Chancellor Mike Saks (left).
The second phase of Holbeach’sdevelopment is now well under-way with the creation of a £3.5mfood processing factory for edu-cation and training.
The building, which will beknown as the National Centrefor Food Manufacturing, isbacked by employers’ organisa-tion the Process and PackagingMachinery Association (PPMA). Itis co-funded by employers, PPMAmembers, Lincolnshire CountyCouncil, Lincolnshire Enterpriseand the East Midlands Develop-ment Agency (EMDA).
Initial construction work iscomplete and the facility isbeing fitted with state-of-the-artfood manufacturing technolo-gies. It is expected to open inearly 2009.
The campus is located in anarea of southern Lincolnshirethat is a major hub of the UKfood manufacturing industry.
One in four people in the areaare employed in the sector andthe leading companies generatewell over £2 billion GDP eachyear for the local economy.
The University’s redevelopedHolbeach campus opened in2004. It has grown from its rootsas a vocational training centreinto an internationally-recog-nised provider of undergraduateand postgraduate education, re-search and technical businesssupport for the food industry, aswell as continuing to expand vocational provision.
This expansion has beendriven by the needs of busi-nesses in the food manufactur-ing sector. Around 2,000 stafffrom 200 different employersstudy at Holbeach each year.They include employees of majorinternational companies such asMoy Park and Bakkavör.
Courses are taught by aca-
demic staff with experience insenior positions in industry.They are designed to be flexibleto meet the demands of employ-ers with many courses deliveredthrough day release, part-timemodes or distance learning.
Dean of Faculty with respon-sibility for Holbeach, Val Bray-brooks, said: “What is innovativeabout Holbeach is that the provi-sion has been shaped and dic-tated by the employers whosebusinesses the campus supports.This partnership has created ar-guably the best resource of itskind in the UK. It will be a valu-able asset in ensuring the sec-tor’s future in a highlycompetitive global market.”
The University’s Holbeachcampus has also been shortlistedin the Times Higher Education(THE) Awards 2008 in the cate-gory of Outstanding EmployerEngagement Initiative.
Holbeachcampus toget new£3.5mbuilding The building, which will be known as the National Centre for Food
Manufacturing, is backed by employers’ organisation the PPMA.
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The New York Work ExperienceThe looming prospect of finding a job upon graduation may seem adaunting task considering the current state of the economy. But asKrystin Dean explains, gaining work placement experience within theUnited Kingdom or in other countries can aid in this process. During my undergraduate studiesat Coastal Carolina University (CCU)in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Icompleted three summer arts-basedinternships to supplement my de-grees in English and dramatic artsafter joining the Wall Fellows Pro-gramme, an organization designedto prepare students for careers inmajor US and international compa-
nies.
As a Wall Fellow, I learned valu-able interpersonal, interviewing,and social etiquette skills while re-ceiving guidance from the pro-gramme’s coordinator, Mr NedCohen, who has spent over 30 yearsin recruiting and training develop-ment. While the Wall Fellows Pro-gramme is unique to CCU, most USuniversities have coordinators whoassist students with finding intern-ships, as partaking in these place-ments is constantly recommendedin order to gain experience and be-come more marketable.
“US employers who worryabout how they will run their busi-nesses in the future know they con-stantly have to feed the pipelinewith new employees to overcometurnover and churn in their organi-zations,” said Mr Cohen. “Intern-ships are seen as long-term jobinterviews where the student canperform in the environment of theorganisation and both sides see ifthere is a fit in regards to workethic, performance, and not last,psychology.”
UK graduates have the opportu-nity to spend a year working inNew York City through the Mount-batten Programme. During thishighly organized and structuredyearlong work placement, graduates receive payment and ac-commodation while gaining experi-ence in a variety of multinationalcompanies.
“Something like the Mountbat-ten is great to do straight after yourcourse and tends to be consideredlike a gap year experience. We’ve
had quite a few students who havegone on to do that and it’s reallygiven them an edge later when itcomes to looking for work,” saidMrs Jones.
Many US students completefull-time six-month internships,while others participate in part-time local placement while attend-ing university or summerinternships which are particularlypopular for unpaid positions.
“As many US universities re-quire at least one internship to earna degree, depending on disciplineand major, the amount of studentsin the US taking part in internshipsmay skew to up to as much as 50percent,” said Mr Cohen.
While work placements in theUK traditionally last a full year andoccur between a student’s secondand final year, the trend of complet-ing shorter internships throughoutthe duration of study is becomingmore common.
“Because traditional placementsare becoming more dicult to ob-tain and they need to be part of astructured learning program, weare also trying to look at shorterplacement options. It would be verydicult for students to supportthemselves for 12 months withoutfunding, which is why we encour-age summer placements as well asthe opportunity to make the mostof the work students do whilstthey’re studying and try to think of
ways to use that as a placement op-portunity,” said Mrs Mandy Jones,Head of Opportunities@Lincoln.
I benefited from summer in-ternships at the Atlanta SymphonyOrchestra in Atlanta, Grand StrandMagazine in Myrtle Beach, and Nat-ural History Magazine in New YorkCity. While each experience wasunique, they were similar in that Igained valuable on-the-job experi-ence and learned to adapt to newpeople, places, and situations.
Working and living in New YorkCity was particularly rewarding asit solidified for me that I want towork in a fast-paced and culturallydiverse city. A weekend did not goby that I wasn’t exploring a mu-seum, seeing a play, or watching aconcert in Central Park. I gained anewfound sense of independenceand also a heightened drive to ac-complish my goals while complet-ing that internship.
Opportunities@Lincoln adver-tises current employment opportu-nities on their Prospects website,where students can also look intocompleting international intern-ships. Students can also find re-cruiter information and receiveadvice about to approach findingparticular placements at the Oppor-tunities@Lincoln oces located inthe Main Administrative Building.
“We are now in the process atthis university of appointing an em-ployer engagement manager foreach faculty, and one of their roleswill be trying to source more place-ment opportunities. We’re hopingthat the employer engagementmanagers will give this processmore of a boost and provide moresupport for students,” Mrs Jonesadded.
While these managers are ssetto be in place by the end of 2008,students are still encouraged toseek out placements on their own.Taking the initiative to gain workexperience at home and abroad notonly benefits your job prospects butalso stimulates personal growth.
The Chrysler Building towers over Manhattan and the stone front of New YorkGrand Central Station. PHOTO: Scott Dean
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US employerswho worry abouthow they will runtheir businesses inthe future know theyconstantly have tofeed the pipeline withnew employees toovercome turnoverand churn in their or-ganizations.
Helpful hints to get a US placementSome helpful hints to guide you in this process provided by experi-enced job recruiter Mr. Ned Cohen.
For more info on this, check out www.thelinc.co.uk/usinternships
Be aware of deadlinesFor major Fortune 500 US-basedcompanies, summer internshipsare applied for in early Septem-ber prior to that summer and de-cisions are usually made by theend of November. Other compa-nies start looking for interns inJanuary and make decisions byMarch.
Utilise networking Aside from searching internshipwebsites and utilizing the serv-ices of university career oces,the traditional methods of net-working with friend, family, andalumni contacts still provide themajority of leads.
“Americanize” your CVTranslate your CV information, in-cluding educational informationabout “O levels” and “A levels,” toAmerican terms that demonstrateexactly what you have been study-ing and what you have achieved.Shorten CVs to suit the Americanway of reviewing CVs very quicklylooking for key words and skills.
Know what paysAbout 95 percent of internships indisciplines in the business schoolsin the US are paid. In other disci-plines, such as humanities or sci-ence, many internships are unpaideven though students are ex-pected to work the same hours.
With technology at our finger tipsit does seem a little unreasonablethat most students still sit in lec-tures scribbling away until pensbreak, paper runs out or finger
cramp sets in.
Imagine six weeks later whenyou come to write that crucialessay (2 days before hand in nodoubt) and carefully pick yourway through illegible scrawls fora brilliant quote. Not only do badnotes leave you at risk of plagia-rism, but transcribing into a docu-ment can take up essential hourswhich could be put to better uses,such as cleaning or drinking.
Fear not though – a Saviour isborn in the trusty DaneElec Z-pen.A handy little device that you canclip to your notepad and voila! Itlogs every key stroke you makewith the included battery oper-ated pen. So whether your page isfull of handwritten notes, spiderdiagrams or just hilarious doodles,all you need to do is stick the Z-pen like a USB stick into yourcomputer and the notes are in-stantly transferred on to your PCor laptop.
The software even recogniseskeywords so you can easily findthe section you want. And if you
find your own handwriting toomuch or you want to lend yournotes to a mate, you can convertthe documents into a more com-puter friendly typography.
If this seems like the kind ofinvention that could save your lifethen make sure you log on tosites such as Amazon orfirefox.com where it is freely avail-able from around £63.95 to £99.95for various models. The one I triedheld up to 2G and can be used asa traditional USB pen. A very gooduse of the old student loan or per-haps the ideal Christmas present?BY GINA DAVIES
Tech Talk: The Mighty Pen
For those afraid of new technology it's amazingly simple, you turn the Z-penon and if it lights up when you're writing then it works, as it often does.
Dr Gerry Strange, Reader in Po-litical Economy at the Univer-sity of Lincoln, believes that theproblems we currently facehave been triggered by a lack ofcontrols over the financial mar-kets; “The current economiccrisis is rooted in the compre-hensive deregulation of capitaland other markets which hasbeen pursued as ideologicallyinformed pol-icy by neolib-eralgovernmentsthroughout theworld over thepast 30 years.Apart fromother issues,this deregula-tion made pos-sible anenormous ex-pansion of pri-vate credit.
The stabilityof capitalist economies is de-pendent on the capacity to ex-pand the market for goods andservices as a means to prof-itability. Credit is a way of pro-viding people on limitedincome with the means to buythe goods and services or otherresources on which profit de-pends.”
Basically, everyone needs tobe spending money for us tosustain a healthy economy. Theonly problem is, not everyonecould afford to continuouslyspend. So, the banks offercredit. This stimulates spendingamongst the public in a ‘buynow, pay later’ style. Anotherissue with this is the offering ofcredit to those who can’t affordto pay back. This is particularlytrue to the U.S housing market.‘Sub-prime mortgages’ (highrisk lending) were popularamongst U.S banks as, initially,house prices increased.
They believed that this rise
would continue. The banks thenborrowed to lend. The risedidn’t continue and as inflationworsened, interest rates in-creased. The high-risk borrow-ers were unable to meetpayments hurling them in to fi-nancial chaos. The banks wholent out to these people madehuge losses, so became increas-ingly unwilling to offer credit.
Limited credit,limited spending,suffering econ-omy. This lack ofcredit is how theterm ‘creditcrunch’ wascoined.
Dr Strangealso predicts thatwe will all feelthe slump;“Some will feelthe crisis moredramatically andimmediately
than others, but in the endeveryone, bar the bankers whohave withdrawn their moneyinto private hoards of gold,property,cheap real es-tate, luxuryspending, etcrather thanrisk invest-ment, will beaffected. Forexample, thecollapse of themortgage mar-ket affects thehomeless,home-owners,estate agents,surveyors, building contractors,builders, etc. It also affects re-tailers who will see the demandfor expensive domestic goods -kitchens, furnishing, etc, dra-matically fall. Ultimately,everyone is affected becauseeveryone's employment is de-pendent on the income of
somebody else.And the crisismeans that in-come is falling.”
So what aboutthe future? It’sbecoming in-creasingly obvi-ous toeconomists thatwe will enter arecession - if wearen’t already inthe grasp of one.The question now
is how bad will it be? And whatcan we do to dampen the ef-fects? The government just an-nounced plans to re-capitalisebanks in a deal costing the tax-payer £50billion.
This is aimed at freeing upsome lending capacity, in thehope that more credit will be
available, thusincreasingspending withinthe economy.
Dr Strangehighlights theknock on effectsof a governmentbail-out; “Thehuge govern-ment bail-outsof the private fi-nancial sector isthe start, notthe end, of the crisis. If the gov-ernment is to avoid the realpossibility of an inflationarycrisis, i.e. if it simply printsmore money to spend its wayout of crisis, then it must fundthis bail-out through increasingtaxes, diverting existing expen-diture or, paradoxically, bor-rowing from the same markets
it is currentlyservicing aslender of lastresort. As gov-ernment bor-rowing and thenational debtincreases, gov-ernment spend-ing will have tobe cut, taxes onJoe-public willhave to increaseand interest
rates will have to rise.Without a fundamental shift
in the system the future islooking bleak. The Great De-pression, which followed theWall Street Crash in 1929 led toa collapse in employment, out-put and income, which in thecase of the United States tookalmost 30 years to reverse.”
7OCTOBER 2008 www.thelinc.co.uk thelinc*features
With technology at our finger tipsit does seem a little unreasonablethat most students still sit in lec-tures scribbling away until pensbreak, paper runs out or finger
cramp sets in.
Imagine six weeks later whenyou come to write that crucialessay (2 days before hand in nodoubt) and carefully pick yourway through illegible scrawls fora brilliant quote. Not only do badnotes leave you at risk of plagia-rism, but transcribing into a docu-ment can take up essential hourswhich could be put to better uses,such as cleaning or drinking.
Fear not though – a Saviour isborn in the trusty DaneElec Z-pen.A handy little device that you canclip to your notepad and voila! Itlogs every key stroke you makewith the included battery oper-ated pen. So whether your page isfull of handwritten notes, spiderdiagrams or just hilarious doodles,all you need to do is stick the Z-pen like a USB stick into yourcomputer and the notes are in-stantly transferred on to your PCor laptop.
The software even recogniseskeywords so you can easily findthe section you want. And if you
find your own handwriting toomuch or you want to lend yournotes to a mate, you can convertthe documents into a more com-puter friendly typography.
If this seems like the kind ofinvention that could save your lifethen make sure you log on tosites such as Amazon orfirefox.com where it is freely avail-able from around £63.95 to £99.95for various models. The one I triedheld up to 2G and can be used asa traditional USB pen. A very gooduse of the old student loan or per-haps the ideal Christmas present?BY GINA DAVIES
Tech Talk: The Mighty Pen
So we're in a"credit crunch"...But what doesthat really mean?We are bombarded by daily reports of weakening markets, probablerecession and ominous forecasts of the future economic climate,and many of us feel drowned in jargon and confusion. What onearth does it mean, how did it all start, and most importantly, howdoes it affect me? Shane Croucher reports.
Dr Gerry Strange, Reader in Political Economy at the University of Lincoln, in his office, keeping a close eye on the credit crunch taking over the world.
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The high-riskborrowers were un-able to meet pay-ments hurling themin to financial chaos.The banks who lentout to these peoplemade huge losses, sobecame increasinglyunwilling to o!ercredit.
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Ultimately,everyone is a!ectedbecause everyone'semployment is de-pendent on the in-come of somebodyelse. And the crisismeans that income isfalling.
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As governmentborrowing and thenational debt in-creases, governmentspending will have tobe cut, taxes on Joe-public will have to in-crease and interestrates will have torise.
&8 thelinc*entertainment OCTOBER 2008
When associating alternative types of musicwith Lincoln, what kind of music instantlysprings to mind? If you automatically think ofjazz, where can you listen to it? What kind ofjazz bands do we have in Lincoln? Where dowe have quality music played in the city at areasonable price? Angela Lopes reports.
JAZZLINCOLN
In the past seven years the jazz
scene has had an enormous
growth in this city. Before, any
jazz gig wouldn’t be attended
by any more than 18 to 30 peo-
ple; but this has all changed.
Now, jazz lovers have more
venues to chose from along
with great bands coming to
Lincoln to play on a regular
basis. The jazz lovers, or even
anyone with a love for music,
can now go to the Lincoln Drill
Hall, Terry O’Toole Theatre and
the Hub in Sleaford.
This autumn, Lincoln Drill
Hall has a good selection of al-
most weekly concerts with a
vast range of different types of
jazz, like Alec Dankworth’s
Spanish accents with Latino
flavour, the Two Martins (a duo
of guitarists with a mix of jazz
and folk), and Dave Stapleton
Quintet.
Dave Stapleton Quintet is one
of the bands to have played in
Lincoln most recently, having
gigged at the Lincoln Drill Hall
on October 4th. Jazzwise re-
cently said that the band leader
“is a real find for British jazz…a
young musician of real matu-
rity and vision…it’s the breadth
of his talent that’s most en-
couraging”. The Linc met the
band between sound checks for
a cup of tea when they told us
about their story and what they
think the local government can
do to help the jazz scene.
The band hails mostly from
Cardiff. They got together back
in 2004, and started to play.
They found there was an in-
stant chemistry between them,
and decided to form a group re-
sulting in two albums.
The first, called When Life
Was in Black & White (2005),
features the jazz legend Paul
Dunmall on the track Lazy
Blinker.
The second album, just re-
leased on October 6th, is called
The House Always Wins and
won much praise from the
national music press.
Their music is a mix of folk,
classical and jazz. The band
says it is influenced by Keith
Tippet, with Dave Stapleton
Joshua Redman (saxophone)
taking inspiration from his
music. Dave says “He was the
first guy that I have ever lis-
tened to”.
Elliot Bennett (drums) thinks
that “It’s part of the Govern-
ment’s job to promote, educate
and to teach them what jazz is
all about”.
During their concert at Lin-
coln Drill Hall they played a
blend of music from their two
albums. Tracks like ‘Images’,
‘Dedication Song’ and ‘The
House Always Wins’ were well
received by the audience.
Graham Maylan, the treasury
manager of New Jazz 5 and one
of the founders, said “The audi-
ence is growing. Lincoln is a
more vibrant city since the
University started, and will
only get better.
Jazz can be a strange genre of
music, but is extremely accessi-
ble for everyone. You just need
to approach it with an open
mind and you will be hooked
from the first note.
C A L E N D A R24th October, 7.30 pmAcoustic Triangle Lincoln Drill Hall Tickets: £15, Students £5
8th November, 8.00pmJTQ-The James Taylor Quartet Lincoln Drill Hall Tickets: £12, Students £6
12th December, 8.00pm The Two Martins The Hub SleafordTickets: £12, Concession £10
13th December, 8.00pmRay Gelato’s Giants Lincoln Drill Hall Tickets £12, Students £6
19th December, 7.30pmTipitina “A night in New Orleans” Terry O’Toole Theatre Tickets: £12, Concession £10
Tickling you with its funk-filledsoundscape, this album is in aleague of its own. Ever since Mr.Scruff’s massive hit ‘Get a MoveOn’, his career has gone fromstrength to strength; the songeven being used in commercialsfor France Telecom, Lincoln andVolvo cars.
Musically, the sound he getsfrom Moog synthesizers and pro-gramming is unreal; sublimechord progressions the likes ofMonk and even Hancock wouldbe proud of. He samples realsound like rhythmic footsteps andfurther overuse of percussive tim-bre mimicking the world aroundyou and your iPod. It relates to
real life and the sounds you mighthear everyday walking down thestreet; you won’t be able to putyour finger on it though, in termsof genre. One time you’ll think, ‘al-right, this is definitely hip-hop ofsome sort’ and then all of a sud-den this South American rhythmhits you hard, like in Kalimba. Itwill catch you off guard since allof the tracks seem to merge intoone another.
The sleeve of the record is madeof recycled material; a cardboardhand drawn cover. It just goes toshow that he does not have to bigup upon himself to be heard. Yousee this across Scruff’s style, evenin his music; reusing a few sam-ples from past records. A few Fox-fire records and even excerptsfrom Dancin’ Fever. I can’t helpbut think that the independenceof this record, creatively and fromthe label’s point of view, is a plus.
You certainly wouldn’t think thelikes of EMI or Sony BMG wouldpick up on this, Thank God! ‘Nocreative control mate sorry, themasses won’t want to hear this.We want 4/4 time with a bit of abluesy feel thrown in...’ Niche…
I played this to my Dad theother night, sneakily playing itafter a vinyl-stint of Head Huntersand he couldn’t relate; ‘Is this Dr.John, with a turntable… and aHammond?!’ It’s so subjective, Ihonestly don’t think that anyonewill dislike all the songs on here,it’s a safe bet. Even in an enter-tainment sense; ‘Pop on DaveBrubeck Harry…’ ‘How aboutNinja Tuna instead?!’
It’s so varied, easy going but atthe same time giving your neigh-bours a headache with your tap-ping foot coming through theirceiling. There isn’t a bad song onthis album. BY HARRY LINCOLN
Album Review
9www.thelinc.co.uk thelinc*entertainment
FOALS Oxford uni dropout bandplay at the Engine Shed
Foals Lead Singer Yannis Philippakis at the Engine Shed
Hayley Cook: How’s your tourgoing so far?The Foals: It’s our biggest tour to
date and its going really well.
We’re a week in and all the
shows have been fun, the crowds
have been awesome.
HC: You played in Lincoln agesago at the Bivouac, and this isyour first major tour. Does thisstill seem a bit surreal to you?TF: It feels a bit surreal when
you stop and think about it but
it’s not been that instantaneous.
We’ve been on tour for like a
year and a half non- stop, but I
think when we stop the tour and
look back on what we’ve done
over the past year, it will seem
surreal.
Things are pretty different
than it was a year ago, both as a
band and as individuals, for us
now, but it’s good. We had no
real ambition for the band when
it started; we just never thought
any of this would happen.
HC: So, what are your plans?TF: We want to make a great
record. We think Antidotes is a
good record, but we want to
make a better one. We just want
to make music.
HC: It’s not unknown that youguys quit university, especiallyyourself an Edwin who quit Ox-ford University. Despite knowingit was a good decision now, wasit a bit of a risk at the time?TF: Obviously it was a risk. But I
like risks and I think risks pay
off. I’ve always taken risks.
The decision was almost already
pre-determined as well because
from the age of 13/14, me and
Jack skived school all the time
and played music; I stopped play-
ing sports and started smoking
pot. We would never have got in-
volved in music if we weren’t
going to take it to the next level.
HC: So, why did you decide to goto university? TF: I like reading and I do like
learning. I didn’t have anything
against uni but it’s a rare privi-
lege to be able to make music
every day. We had s**t jobs, I
used to wash dishes. I wanted to
either study or make music but
the choice between the two was
quite an easy one.
HC: You were thinking aboutrecording your new album inHawaii. Have you had any morethought about that?TF: Not really. We’ve got some
ideas about who we want to
work with and what kind of
sound we want the record to
have and some of it fits with
going to Hawaii.
HC: Do you class yourselves asan ‘indie’ band?TF: I see that as someone else’s
job, not in a rude way. We make
music and it’s not up to us to tag
it. It’s obviously guitar music so I
can see why people call it indie; I
don’t have a problem with that.
We’re just a band at the end
of the day; a band that was
formed out of friendship and a
love of music. Because of that,
we’re probably not always going
to have commercial success be-
cause we might put out music
that others might not.
I think we’re a band that’s
going to evolve and change.
HC: You did a London gig lastSeptember where it was re-ported that you trashed some ofthe equipment at the end. Re-gardless of what was happeningat the time, do you think doingthings like that makes you thestereotypical lead singer of aband, and is that a good thing?TF: I do like shows that are
chaotic. I think because alterna-
tive music is becoming more
mainstream, you lose a lot of the
ferocity and the raw frustration;
everything becomes plastic and
scripted. I don’t like that.
If that comes out in an act of
destruction then so be it.
We play physical shows. We
come from a generation of music
that isn’t supposed to be on TV; I
didn’t use to read NME and like
the music in the charts. We
come from a background where
you put on shows in your
kitchen to your friends and trash
things.
It’s not all groomed where
people have nose jobs and really
straight hair, that isn’t the kind
of guitar music I grew up with
and want to be associated with.
So if having mosh pits and
trashing things gets us away
from that manicured element of
rock music, then long may it live.
It’s not unknown that Foals were formedwhen all of their members dropped out ofuniversity to pursue their dreams. But whatdoes this 5-piece band from Oxford think oftheir recent success? Hayley Cook spoke tolead singer Yannis Philippakis about smokingpot and that fiery temper of his.
In the past seven years the jazz
scene has had an enormous
growth in this city. Before, any
jazz gig wouldn’t be attended
by any more than 18 to 30 peo-
ple; but this has all changed.
Now, jazz lovers have more
venues to chose from along
with great bands coming to
Lincoln to play on a regular
basis. The jazz lovers, or even
anyone with a love for music,
can now go to the Lincoln Drill
Hall, Terry O’Toole Theatre and
the Hub in Sleaford.
This autumn, Lincoln Drill
Hall has a good selection of al-
most weekly concerts with a
vast range of different types of
jazz, like Alec Dankworth’s
Spanish accents with Latino
flavour, the Two Martins (a duo
of guitarists with a mix of jazz
and folk), and Dave Stapleton
Quintet.
Dave Stapleton Quintet is one
of the bands to have played in
Lincoln most recently, having
gigged at the Lincoln Drill Hall
on October 4th. Jazzwise re-
cently said that the band leader
“is a real find for British jazz…a
young musician of real matu-
rity and vision…it’s the breadth
of his talent that’s most en-
couraging”. The Linc met the
band between sound checks for
a cup of tea when they told us
about their story and what they
think the local government can
do to help the jazz scene.
The band hails mostly from
Cardiff. They got together back
in 2004, and started to play.
They found there was an in-
stant chemistry between them,
and decided to form a group re-
sulting in two albums.
The first, called When Life
Was in Black & White (2005),
features the jazz legend Paul
Dunmall on the track Lazy
Blinker.
The second album, just re-
leased on October 6th, is called
The House Always Wins and
won much praise from the
national music press.
Their music is a mix of folk,
classical and jazz. The band
says it is influenced by Keith
Tippet, with Dave Stapleton
Joshua Redman (saxophone)
taking inspiration from his
music. Dave says “He was the
first guy that I have ever lis-
tened to”.
Elliot Bennett (drums) thinks
that “It’s part of the Govern-
ment’s job to promote, educate
and to teach them what jazz is
all about”.
During their concert at Lin-
coln Drill Hall they played a
blend of music from their two
albums. Tracks like ‘Images’,
‘Dedication Song’ and ‘The
House Always Wins’ were well
received by the audience.
Graham Maylan, the treasury
manager of New Jazz 5 and one
of the founders, said “The audi-
ence is growing. Lincoln is a
more vibrant city since the
University started, and will
only get better.
Jazz can be a strange genre of
music, but is extremely accessi-
ble for everyone. You just need
to approach it with an open
mind and you will be hooked
from the first note.
10 thelinc*features OCTOBER 2008
Krystin Dean: You are a play-wright, composer, author… anda pioneer in the field of mediaethics. How did this topic be-come an important field of pursuit?Tom Cooper: I’ve always had a
great concern about the human
conscience and about survival of
humanity and
of all species,
and a very
deep love of
philosophy. All
of that put to-
gether typi-
cally leads a
person to the
consideration
of the study of
moral reason—
how you make
moral decisions, especially those
that are confusing or complex
or shades of gray.
As an undergraduate, I put
together the first undergraduate
degree at Harvard in communi-
cation and so I was studying
philosophy at the same time
and the natural way to combine
philosophy with communication
is to consider the ethics of
communication.
KD: You are currently a profes-sor of Visual and Media Arts atEmerson College in Boston,Massachusetts, and you have
taught at various US universi-ties including Harvard. Whatmade you decide to teach?TC: I had extremely inspiring
teachers. Even when I was a
young man and a teenager, I
was fortunate to always have at
least one or two great teachers,
so I always saw that not as a
demeaning or a
low-paying field
the way some
people do, but as
a source of future
leadership and
identifying future
leaders.
KD: Why do stu-dents need tolearn aboutmedia ethics?TC: It’s a much
deeper responsibility that they
have. Never before in human
history have we faced the elimi-
nation of all life. Just as the
economy is crumbling at this
time, all life is crumbling.
Should a journalist be only
covering celebrities, or should
they be talking about serious is-
sues and helping people under-
stand them? The media certainly
has a major role to play in the
seriousness of this time.
But above and beyond all
that, I think there’s something
deeper most people feel that be-
yond sports and entertainment
and so forth, they have a pur-
pose. And so the question is can
that purpose lend to the hu-
manitarian and humane effort
of other human beings, or will
that purpose be strictly self-cen-
tred which will lead to the de-
cline of the species. I personally
want to, as best I can, add to
the inspiration and quality of
human life and other life de-
spite the downward trend.
KD: You have served as the co-publisher or editor of MediaEthics for the last 15 years.Could you tell me more aboutthis successful journal?TC: The first S.U.M.M.I.T confer-
ence we had brought together
leaders in media ethics who
were academics and profession-
als who felt that ethics should
be talking to each other and
minimising each other’s work
and avoiding duplication, and so
by working together they would
all have a great deal of time to
begin to coordinate their
activities.
And one of the first necessi-
ties in coordinating those activi-
ties was some kind of service
that would allow us to know
who was doing what and to
publicise and support each
other rather than being compet-
itive. So the point of the
newsletter was to be more col-
laborative, inspirational, cooper-
ative, and to make sure the
good name of ethics was broad-
cast far and near.
KD: What was it like being co-nominated for a Nobel PeacePrize in 1988 after founding theAssociation for ResponsibleCommunication?
TC: It was very humbling. I was
only 30 years old at the time, so
I was quite surprised and de-
lighted. It’s often about being in
the right place at the right time.
Fortunately, there was a large
team of people involved, so we
could kind of buffer each other
from the shock of it all and
enjoy it.
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But above andbeyond all that, Ithink there’s some-thing deeper mostpeople feel that beyond sports andentertainment andso forth, they have apurpose.
Tom Cooper InterviewDr Tom Cooper presented an overview of 25 years of research ofethical universals and concerns called “Media Ethics from Soup toNuts: Research International, Indigenous, and American” on Octo-ber 8 in the Cargill Lecture Theatre. This well-known media ethi-cist recently met with Krystin Dean to discuss the importance ofmorals in the media, the benefits of teaching, and being nomi-nated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
HOW TO: Avoid exhaustion when commutingWith today’s hectic lifestyles,commuting is part of manypeople’s daily routine, includ-ing myself. Sitting throughlong early morning journeys incrowded trains, buses andtra"c just to get to work ex-hausted and sleepy.
So, wouldn’t it be great to getto your destination withoutbeing so exhausted after suchas long journey?Well, here are a few simpletips on how to avoid gettingtired when commuting.
By Cecilia Nyamizi Mwenda
Sleep Experts say that the average adultshould have at least 7 hours of sleepa day. So make sure you haveenough sleep before beginning yourjourney.Hot drinks Make sure you drink at least hotdrinks a day. Have a cup of tea orcoffee before or during your tripand when you get to your destina-tion. They will help to keep youawake.Entertainment Listening to music, reading a maga-zine, newspaper or book will helpyou to take your mind of the jour-ney. Doing two at a time will dis-tract you from what is happeningaround you and pass time.
State of mindAvoid thinking about how longthe journey will take. Countingseconds will only make it seemlike time is standing still. Try notto look at your watch till you ar-rive at your destination and it willseem like the journey has takenless time than usual.
Day dreaming is the easiest wayof distracting you from your tripand passing time.
Remember to do anything thatwill distract you and keep youawake. Also make sure you keepan eye on where you are going.You wouldn’t want to miss yourdestination now would you?
It’s a worrying reflection onAmerican society if a “pitbull withlipstick” masquerading as thevoice of the average mother canget within reach of the mostpowerful job in the world.
That’s right, it’s Sarah Palin.The woman with a welcomingsmile, but a demonic twinkle inher eyes. A ‘pro-life’ candidate,Palin takes her anti-abortion mes-sage to the extreme. Even in thecase of incest or rape, Palin viewsabortion as an “atrocity”. A some-what sickening viewpoint, yet ap-parently this resonates with manypeople across middle America.
It’s interesting how someoneclaiming to be ‘pro-life’ is a com-
petent moose hunter and a sup-porter of capital punishment.She’s a devout Christian. Correctme if I’m wrong, but I thoughtthe fundamental principle ofChristianity was forgiveness?Quite where capital punishmentfits this ideology, I don’t know.
Interestingly, perhaps herChristian ethics weren’t heardloudly enough at home. Well,daughter Bristol might havemissed her message, but her sonTrack certainly didn’t. He’s aboutto go and fight in Iraq, in a warSarah Palin described as “a taskfrom God” – a line more suited to11th century crusades.
In one sense, I actually admirethis woman. She has managed toget close to a powerful job with atotal lack of experience and un-derstanding. Aside from her citycouncillor role, she has had justunder two years in state govern-ment. She got her first passport in2006, so diplomacy on an interna-tional level goes out the window.She is a creationist, and believes itshould be taught alongside evolu-
tion in schools – need I say more? Well I will...I don’t know if you’ve ever
watched her speaking publiclybut she’s good. It’s easy to see, forthose who want to, that she isreciting memorised script, care-fully crafted word by word, withlittle understanding of the mean-ing behind what she is saying.
But, her delivery is good;sometimes that’s all it takes.
This despicable woman meanswar. With a concoction of reli-gious fanaticism and politicalnaivety floating around her brain,Sarah Palin being one step awayfrom huge military and politicalpower would probably mean aless safe world.
OCTOBER 2008 11www.thelinc.co.uk thelinc*columnsGUEST COLUMN
The Linc made a fine debut lastyear – it got into hot water ormore than one occasion which isexactly what the press is sup-
posed to do. Great.
Of course, I am not condoningsloppy reporting or unethical be-haviour. Tons of bricks should fallon the The Linc’s head if it doesn’tperform to high professional stan-dards: but it is the job of the press‘to afflict the comfortable andcomfort the afflicted’. Doing thatoften requires that authority willnot be best pleased with it.
In 1720, as the legal basis of theessential liberty of a free expres-sion was emerging, two Londonjournalists, John Trenchard andThomas Gordon writing under thenom de plume ‘Cato’, laid downthe essence of the principle: 'Free-dom of speech.... is the right ofeveryman, as far as by it he {sic}does not hurt or control the rightof another; and this is the onlycheck which it ought to suffer, theonly bounds it ought to know….'Note: this does not include the no-tion that somebody can prohibit,or seek to prohibit, expressionmerely because they are offended,or even distressed, by it.
We have been very careful inour development of restrictions onthis right. We have held, since the18th century, that freedom re-quires, normally, publication oc-curs and consequential damagehas then to be demonstrated:'there shall be no prior constraint.'Beyond this, we have restrictedspeech for a variety of reasons -state security, protection of iden-tity of minors, obscenity and soon. Publication of facts and opin-ion, nevertheless, are not in anysense generally limited unless in-citement to illegal acts can beproved -- and that, as numerouscourt cases have shown, is still farfrom easy. Above all, what ispublished must be, almost but notalways, undamaging. Telling thetruth is the best way of exercisingthis freedom, of course.
It is entirely to be expectedthat The Linc will occasionally em-barrass, offend even. It is, unfortu-nately, also the case that it willsometimes get things wrong. That,though, is the price we pay for afree press. As Churchill once saidof democracy in general, it’s not avery good system; it’s just betterthan any other. The same is trueof the principle of free speech. Theparadox is you only know thisfreedom really exists when offen-sive expression is freely published.
PROFESSOR BRIAN WINSTONChair of CommunicationsUniversity of Lincoln
SHANE CROUCHERSub-Editor I The Linc
Krystin Dean: You are a play-wright, composer, author… anda pioneer in the field of mediaethics. How did this topic be-come an important field of pursuit?Tom Cooper: I’ve always had a
great concern about the human
conscience and about survival of
humanity and
of all species,
and a very
deep love of
philosophy. All
of that put to-
gether typi-
cally leads a
person to the
consideration
of the study of
moral reason—
how you make
moral decisions, especially those
that are confusing or complex
or shades of gray.
As an undergraduate, I put
together the first undergraduate
degree at Harvard in communi-
cation and so I was studying
philosophy at the same time
and the natural way to combine
philosophy with communication
is to consider the ethics of
communication.
KD: You are currently a profes-sor of Visual and Media Arts atEmerson College in Boston,Massachusetts, and you have
taught at various US universi-ties including Harvard. Whatmade you decide to teach?TC: I had extremely inspiring
teachers. Even when I was a
young man and a teenager, I
was fortunate to always have at
least one or two great teachers,
so I always saw that not as a
demeaning or a
low-paying field
the way some
people do, but as
a source of future
leadership and
identifying future
leaders.
KD: Why do stu-dents need tolearn aboutmedia ethics?TC: It’s a much
deeper responsibility that they
have. Never before in human
history have we faced the elimi-
nation of all life. Just as the
economy is crumbling at this
time, all life is crumbling.
Should a journalist be only
covering celebrities, or should
they be talking about serious is-
sues and helping people under-
stand them? The media certainly
has a major role to play in the
seriousness of this time.
But above and beyond all
that, I think there’s something
deeper most people feel that be-
yond sports and entertainment
and so forth, they have a pur-
pose. And so the question is can
that purpose lend to the hu-
manitarian and humane effort
of other human beings, or will
that purpose be strictly self-cen-
tred which will lead to the de-
cline of the species. I personally
want to, as best I can, add to
the inspiration and quality of
human life and other life de-
spite the downward trend.
KD: You have served as the co-publisher or editor of MediaEthics for the last 15 years.Could you tell me more aboutthis successful journal?TC: The first S.U.M.M.I.T confer-
ence we had brought together
leaders in media ethics who
were academics and profession-
als who felt that ethics should
be talking to each other and
minimising each other’s work
and avoiding duplication, and so
by working together they would
all have a great deal of time to
begin to coordinate their
activities.
And one of the first necessi-
ties in coordinating those activi-
ties was some kind of service
that would allow us to know
who was doing what and to
publicise and support each
other rather than being compet-
itive. So the point of the
newsletter was to be more col-
laborative, inspirational, cooper-
ative, and to make sure the
good name of ethics was broad-
cast far and near.
KD: What was it like being co-nominated for a Nobel PeacePrize in 1988 after founding theAssociation for ResponsibleCommunication?
TC: It was very humbling. I was
only 30 years old at the time, so
I was quite surprised and de-
lighted. It’s often about being in
the right place at the right time.
Fortunately, there was a large
team of people involved, so we
could kind of buffer each other
from the shock of it all and
enjoy it.
Sarah Palin while visiting soldiers in Kuwait PHOTO: Giancarlo Casem
Sarah Palin: The War Creationist ?
East Midlands trains, the Bane of our livesImagine, it’s a cold late October morning. You’re already in a badmood because you know that the minute you step out the door, returning after a weekend away from uni, everything stops being free.
So you steal - they’re your par-ents, it doesn’t count - you takefood from the fridge beforeleaving so that you’ll havesomething to eat for the jour-ney but nothing, nothing canprepare you for a day of travelon trains in the East Midlands.
Knowing full well that Iwould have a mammoth book-ridden load slowing my alreadysullen pace down between the3-4 connections I had to lookforward to that day. I came to
realise that there’s no point inhoping, most of all in England,for a good day on the trains.
My old-man pessimismspoke to me; I missed my firstconnection from Ipswich to Pe-terborough because the traintaking me there was 30 overminutes late. ‘East Midlands issorry to inform you that therehas been an unexpected…..’ ohjoy. When getting into IpswichI was astonished that we hadto stop outside the station tolet my train going to Peterborough pass!
‘Tickets please….’ I had toask him whether the train hada plug socket I could use tosend an important email. I sawone on the way in saying ‘Notfor public use.’ It posed thequestion ‘What is it for then?!’Vacuuming?! I doubted it bythe look of the floor… I waited
until the station. Paying £30 toget home (railcard discount)and back is mad-ness. I paid£170ish last yeartravelling roundFrance Spain Italyand Switzerlandfor one month onone ticket. Youcan’t help butthink ‘Where isthis moneygoing?’ Theprices, speed, cleanliness effi-ciency are all pathetic com-pared to rail travel on thecontinent.
Decorum on trains is alaughable matter too. In Japanit is frowned upon to have aloud conversation or answeryour phone. I had a guy shout-ing to his mate, in my ear, whyhe wouldn’t go over and talk to
his mate the other end of thecarriage (which was only a sin-
gle and conse-quentlyheaving). If itweren’t forthe immensestrain in myback luggingbooks plat-form to plat-form I swear Iwould flattenhim.
However, when I got intoLincoln my mood was lifted as Idiscovered that the music blar-ing out the earphones of thegirl sitting next to me was BenHarper. ‘Fantastic,’ I thought,‘Escapism doesn’t just apply tomy UK psyche when I’m on atrain!’ Then she answered thephone ‘Cou Cou! Qu’es ce tufais ce soir?’ Oh…
HARRY LINCOLNDeputy Editor I The Linc
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I missed my firstconnection from Ip-swich to Peterbor-ough because thetrain taking me therewas over 30 minuteslate.
With today’s hectic lifestyles,commuting is part of manypeople’s daily routine, includ-ing myself. Sitting throughlong early morning journeys incrowded trains, buses andtra"c just to get to work ex-hausted and sleepy.
So, wouldn’t it be great to getto your destination withoutbeing so exhausted after suchas long journey?Well, here are a few simpletips on how to avoid gettingtired when commuting.
By Cecilia Nyamizi Mwenda
Sleep Experts say that the average adultshould have at least 7 hours of sleepa day. So make sure you haveenough sleep before beginning yourjourney.Hot drinks Make sure you drink at least hotdrinks a day. Have a cup of tea orcoffee before or during your tripand when you get to your destina-tion. They will help to keep youawake.Entertainment Listening to music, reading a maga-zine, newspaper or book will helpyou to take your mind of the jour-ney. Doing two at a time will dis-tract you from what is happeningaround you and pass time.
State of mindAvoid thinking about how longthe journey will take. Countingseconds will only make it seemlike time is standing still. Try notto look at your watch till you ar-rive at your destination and it willseem like the journey has takenless time than usual.
Day dreaming is the easiest wayof distracting you from your tripand passing time.
Remember to do anything thatwill distract you and keep youawake. Also make sure you keepan eye on where you are going.You wouldn’t want to miss yourdestination now would you?
President Glen Wilson is settingup an intra-mural league in re-sponse to the already popularmen’s Viva Futbol league on aWednesday afternoon.“I believe there must be girls
out there who want to play net-ball regularly,” said Wilson.“Out of 4,000 female stu-
dents, there must be more thanthe 30 in the netball club whowould like to be playing thesports regularly and socially.”Despite the initial taster net-
ball tournament not going sowell at the beginning of themonth, Wilson refuses to give upon the idea of a weekly netballleague.The league is open to any
women at the university, of allabilities and he encourages any-one to get involved.“It’s a chance for female stu-
dents to get involved in compet-itive yet social sport at theuniversity. It’s a chance to playsport with your friends and havefun whilst keeping fit.”And you don’t even have to
be part of a team. Wilson is en-couraging girls to email himwith their favoured position,and he will get them into ateam.The league starts on Sunday
26th October and will run everySunday.Wilson said: “Each competing
team will play one match perweek (lasting between 30 and 40minutes depending on the num-ber of teams) between 1.30pm
and 4.30pm, at the universitysports centre. It will cost £1.50per player, per game to play.”To find out any more infor-
mation about joining the FinalThird netball league, visitwww.final-third.com or contactGlen Wilson on [email protected] HAYLEY COOK
The first full day of British Universities and Colleges Sportresults are in. Lincoln did well on the opening day of theseason with eight wins, 11 losses and three draws. Eyecatching results include the Men's Football 1st XI, Women's
Football and Women's Hockey.Keep checking each issue to keep up to date on how our sports teamsare doing. Come on Lincoln!
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SU O!cers in Great Eastern RunTeams and Societies officerYesufu decided to do the run toraise money for the NationalAutistic Society and support theRaise and Give (RAG) societyalso.“I found it extremely diffi-
cult,” said Yesufu. “I have al-ways wanted to do it and Traceyhas a good background in run-ning, but with the craziness offresher’s week and work, wehadn’t been able to train much!”Despite this, both finished
the race in good times withYesufu finishing in 2hrs 13minsand Reville completing the racein an impressive time of 2hrs1min.The pair have also raised £281
for their chosen charities andexpect to collect a further £150from their sponsorship forms.They are still collecting, so visittheir website at http://www.just-
giving.com/traceyandmaria.The Great Eastern Run Race
Director, Neil Levine, from thePeterborough City Council ex-plained why the event organis-ers chose not to have oneofficial charity and instead, en-courage runners to donate totheir own charities.“We wanted to focus on the
runner’s experience,” said Levine.“All the other ‘Great Runs’ aredelivered by large companies,where as ours has been organ-ised purely by the city council.“We didn’t want to organise
it for profit, but to put themoney back into the community,so we wanted the runner tochoose their own charity.”With over 3,500 runners in
the half marathon, and 1000 par-ticipants in the fun run, the cityof Peterborough was extremelybusy, and Yesufu was delighted
at the response.She said: “I didn’t know why
everyone kept shouting myname but then realised I had itwritten on my vest!“It was really cool to have
the people of Peterborough outsupporting you.”And Levine explained that in-
volving the people of Peterbor-ough in the race was animportant part of the Great East-ern Run.“We wanted to create a sense
of ownership and partnershipwithin the city.“When the run is on and
roads have to be closed it cre-ates disturbance around the city,but we wanted people to put inrather than opt out.“The numbers were good and
I know lots of people had a bril-liant time.”BY HAYLEY COOK
Student’s Union o!cers Maria Yesufu and Tracey Reville have taken part in the Great Eastern Run in Peterborough.
Final Third’s Netball Tournament inpreperation for the new league.
Participants in the Great Eastern Run 2008
New Netball LeagueFinal Third are introducing a weekly netballleague at the University of Lincoln.
AS: How delighted were you tofinally get permission to playfootball in England for the Impsand why was there such a furorewith your old club FC PetrolulPloesti in Romania about lettingyou leave?
AP: Everything about the game inEngland is perfect and I hope thisis a new beginning in my life. Ithought that coming to play foot-ball here would be a good oppor-tunity for me, because in Englandthey play good football and theyalso have an excellent mentality.My brother lives in Lincolnshireand told me about the club andwhen I spoke to Peter Jacksonand Iffy Onuora I saw they arevery professional and that’s whatI’m looking for.It was a big risk to leave Ro-
mania as not many players canrisk putting their career on holdfor four months in order to waitfor a work permit to be cleared.There were a lot of complicationswith my transfer and I triedtelling my club in Romania that Iwould like to be released frommy contract, but they do notwant me to sign for Lincoln with-out wanting some money in re-turn. It seems to me that thechairmen in Romania only careabout business and not about mycareer. I even contemplated ap-plying for a bank loan at onestage because I was so desperate.
AS: Peter Jackson said that onemorning he spotted you runningaround the training ground withyour wife on your back just to
catch his eye which shows youreagerness to play for Lincoln.Now you’ve cemented your placein the side, what do you make ofyour team-mates and the Impsstart to the season?
AP: I think we have started toturn the corner after a poor start.The lads here realise how goodwe are and we know some goodresults can push us up the tableand get us into League One. Ithink every team we play is a lit-tle bit afraid of us as they realiseour potential and know we are ateam who should be up amongteams like Wycombe and Bury atthe top of the table. There is agood team spirit here and wenow need to pull together andplay as a team to get the right re-sults.
Now the gaffer has startedme in a few games, I realise myqualities fit into the English styleof football. Against Morecambethe other week I missed two bigchances which would have se-cured the three points. But I havethe confidence, from the fightingspirit that the manager and Iffyhave installed in the team, that Iwill score goals in the future.
AS: The Imps fans have certainlytaken you to as a player. Howdoes it feel to finally be playing
in-front of the Lincoln faithful;at one time you must havethought you would never get thechance to pull on the red andwhite shirt?
AP: I sat in the stands afterwatching the home defeat to Da-genham and Redbridge and sawhow upset and frustrated thefans were and I said to myself atthat moment if I get the chanceto play in this team I would doanything in my power to makethem happy. The fans are veryspecial to me as back home theyare not like this and it is extraor-dinary. I love them singing myname and when I don’t score itfeels as if my weekend is a failureas I have let down the fans.My career highlight so far has
to be the goal against Barnet, asit was my first goal at home anddefinitely one for the fans. Thecelebration was a bit crazy and Iwas covered by all ten bodies ofmy team-mates, which in myopinion shows the passion of theplayers at this club.
AS: There are already a few ru-mours flying around of interestfrom several Championshipclubs. Do you harbour any inter-ests of playing at a higher leveland do you dream of mixing itwith stars like Cristiano Ronaldoin the Premiership?
AP: I realise the premiership is avery high standard of footballand teams like ManchesterUnited, Chelsea and Arsenal havegreat players like Rooney andRonaldo. I know my qualities aregood but I want to take thingsstep-by-step and what is impor-tant at the moment is scoringgoals for Lincoln. I am not set-ting a goal-target for the seasonas what is important is for theteam to win the games and thenif I score a goal to help get thethree points that’s great. If some-thing comes along in the futurethen maybe I will take thatchance as you have to say by theperformances of the English clubsin Europe that England is the bestcountry in the world to play foot-ball in.
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Lincoln City Expert EyeLincoln City’s new cult-herostriker Adrian Patulea speaks to Aaron Scott about walking out on his club in Romania,becoming the new fans-favourite at Sincil Bank and why his goals can help the Imps promotion push.
Player Profile - Adrian PatuleaDate of Birth: 10 November 1984 (age 23)Place of Birth: Targoviste, RomaniaPosition: StrikerClubs: Rapid Bucharest, Astra Ploistei, Petrolul Ploistei, Boston(trial), Lincoln.Statistics: Lincoln - 8 appearances, 4 goals
Lincoln City Reserves UpdateLincoln City’s student night at Sincil Banktook place against Rochdale, where stu-dents could get into the League Two matchfor £5 including a free pint.A spectacular volley from Danny Hone
four minutes from time to rescued a pointfor the Imps against Dale who had goneahead thanks to a superb strike from AdamRundle with their first shot of the game,which looped over City keeper Rob Burch.The game was packed with incidents,
centring on referee Chris Sarginson aftersome questionable decisions for bothteams. This led to Imps boss Peter Jacksonbeing dismissed from the touchline by thereferee for his exuberant behaviour. Theclub are waiting to hear the referee’smatch report to see whether the managerwill have to serve a touchline ban.
The game summed up the Imps seasonwith them dominating possession but notfinding the killer touch in front of goal.Saturday saw the Imps entertain
Chesterfield with boss Peter Jackson need-ing a win to boost City’s faltering promo-tion push.Stefan Oakes’ free-kick put the Imps
ahead after returning from injury, withAdrian Patulea adding to his goal tally tomake it 2-0. Danny Hone was shown astraight red-card in the second half, butChesterfield headed home an own-goal toput the Imps 3-0 up.The Spireites did gain a concelation
goal in the 73rd minute, but Lincoln ex-tended their unbeaten run to five gamesnow and Jackson picked up three points.BY ADRIAN BELL
Frank Sinclair and Stefan Oakes en-joyed a much needed 90 minutes asLincoln City Reserves beat SheffieldWednesday Reserves last week.The pair were both returning
from injury and proved to be in fineform when the reserves string edgedin front thanks to a fantastic StefanOakes 35 yard free kick.Out of form City striker Kevin
Gall increased the Imps lead andthey could have been three up was itnot for the cross bar denying formerWednesday striker David Graham.Sheffield Wednesday did get back
into the game through Rocky Lejaj,but the Imps held firm.Imps boss Peter Jackson will be
delighted to see Stefan Oakes and
former Chelsea man Frank Sinclairget through 90 minutes as for thefirst time this season the Imps bosscould have a fully fit squad tochoose from for Saturday’s gameagainst Chesterfield at Sincil Bank.Jackson will also be relieved to
see Kevin Gall grab a goal. Gall whois on loan from Carlisle United hasstruggled with form in the early partof the season and City will be hop-ing he can find his goalscoringtouch. Kevin Gall has meanwhile dis-missed speculation with Blue SquarePremier outfit Crawley Town whohave expressed an interest in takinghim after his loan has expired withthe Imps.BY ADRIAN BELL
”“The lads hererealise how goodwe are.
”“I know myqualities are good.
Lincoln City First Team Update
Lincoln City’s Romanian striker Adrian Patulea. CREDIT: Lincoln City FC
Stefan Oakes.CREDIT: LCFC
Zoe Powell, Personal Assistant tothe Director of Student Services,and former student has joinedthe all-female LincolnshireBombers Roller Girls.The sport, which started
humbly in the 1930’s has grownin numbers and status, and nowproves to be a fast paced sportwhich Zoe is thrilled to be partof.“We’re furiously training
hard and preparing ourselves formatches against our derby sis-ters from all over the country inearly 2009”, she said.“We look forward to repre-
senting Lincolnshire and thelocal community in this fantasti-cally intriguing and excitingsport.”Roller Derby is becoming
hugely popular and Zoe ex-plained that many major citiesincluding Birmingham, Manches-ter and Sheffield boast teams ofincredibly talented skaters.She said: “The sport is gain-
ing in popularity more and morein the UK with around 16leagues based all over the coun-try.”Despite the team working ex-
tremely hard to become Lin-colnshire’s first Roller Derbyteam, it’s clear to see that the
girls are equally looking to havefun.“It’s not for the faint
hearted; it takes a lot of guts toburst your way through a packof feisty ladies.”And skaters are encouraged
to choose an alternative nameon the track such as Missy Mali-cious, Bette Lynched and Zoe’spseudonym – Minx a’matosis.The Lincolnshire Bombers are
always looking for new recruitsand you don’t necessarily haveto have any experience skating.“It doesn’t matter if you
can’t skate or haven’t skatedsince bombing around to Whamat your local roller disco whenyou were 8...we still want tohear from you!”The girls train every Sunday
between 10am and 1pm at theYarborough Leisure Centre andthey regularly hold fundraisersto support local charities andraise money for safety equip-ment.Their next event is on 31st
October at the Turks Head inNewport called “Hallowheels”with zombie themed fun withbands and burlesque.For more information, visit
their Myspace at www.my-space.com/lincolnshirebombers.
University sta! in county’sfirst Roller Derby team
Sports Editor Hayley Cook spoke to amember ofsta! at the University of Lincoln who has joinedLincolnshire’s first Roller Derby team.
What are the rules of Roller Derby?Roller Derby is based on an oval track, with skaters on quad skates, split into two teams.
Within these teams, 4 members from each form the ‘blockers’, the main pack that begin to skate in closecontact around the oval track.
A ‘jammer’ from each team, is essentially the point scorer and it is her aim to speed skate through thepack, gaining points for each member of the opposite team she passes.
The ‘blockers’ must stop the opposing jammer getting through, whilst also assisting their own skater toburst her way through the pack.
Racism has returned to theforefront of footballing debatein recent weeks after EmileHeskey was subjected to abusefrom Croatian fans during Eng-land’s 4-1 over them in theWorld Cup Qualifiers and SolCampbell was the victim ofabuse from sections of Totten-ham support duringPortsmouth’s visit to WhiteHart Lane last month.The Week of Action, which
coincides with the BUSA seasonbeginning in earnest this week,begins on the 16th October andBUCS has asked all universityfootball teams and players topledge their support for theBUCS 500 Pledge Card as partof the campaign. Jenni Ander-son, a BUCS representative, saidshe hopes the programme willtackle discrimination, “be it ha-rassment, abuse or exclusion.”The Pledge Card is part of
Kick It Out’s greater ‘OneGame, One Community’ cam-paign, aimed at bringing thesport’s big names together withgrassroots clubs and local com-munities across the UK.Supported and funded by
the FA, Professional Footballer’sAssociation and PremierLeague, the campaign is look-ing to build upon the successof last year, where more than1000 events took place during
the weeks of action, includinga match day activity at all 92professional clubs in Englandand Wales.Any teams wishing to be-
come involved with the cam-paign can download a BUCS500 pledge card viawww.bucs.org.uk/football. Formore information on the KickIt Out campaign, please visitwww.kickitout.org.BY ANDREW BOYERS
Kick It Out: BUCS Racism CampaignThe British Universities & College Sport football programme has this week pledged its supportfor Kick It Out’s Week of Action which aims to tackle racism in football.
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Robertslookingforwardto BUCSseason
Last week Rugby Unionkicked it off but this weekwe have the majority of ourteams in action. After pop-ping down and taking asneaky peek at some of theteams training I am quietlyoptimistic about our chancesthis season.I was particularly im-
pressed by the BasketballClub; all three teams lookedstrong and impressive. I hopeto be writing next time con-gratulating our teams on ourfirst few week’s worth of re-sults.
It has been a busy fewweeks inside the SOAP cen-tre; I dread to think of ourdaily footfall. We have peoplepaying for membership andeven more impressive peo-ple, looking to start up newclubs and societies. It isshaping up to be anotheryear of expansion within theAthletic Union and it lookslike more and more peopleare getting involved.As said I am looking for-
ward to Wednesday withgreat anticipation and wisheveryone good luck. I shallleave you with the immortalwords of a previous AU Offi-cer and reiterate this com-ment through out the year‘Come on Lincoln’!
Cheers,Chris Roberts
I am sat writingthis as the first fullweek of BUCS fix-tures is finallyupon us and I can-not wait forWednesday.
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“I was particu-larly impressedwith the basketballteam; all threeteams lookedstrong and impres-sive.
”“Come on
Lincoln!
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Lincolnshire Bombers Roller Girls in training. CREDIT: LBRG
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REYNOLDS VIEWEngland boo boyshave a fair pointBoth Rio Ferdinand and DavidBeckham condemned the Eng-land boo boys , who gaveAshley Cole a hard time aftera mistake that allowed Kaza-khstan a route back into theSouth African 2010 World Cupqualifier.And they have a point.After all, another sell outWembley crowd were treatedto one of thepoorest firsthalf perform-ances in Eng-lish history.And ofcourse thethousands ofhard up fanswho paid £30 and traveledcountless miles to see theircountry play, did let theircountry down... again.Its time Rio and ’Sir’ Davidwere told some home truths.The crowd were not booingAsley Cole’s mistake, theywere booing Ashley Cole.The man has behaved insuch a way that some believehe is one of the most hatedplayers in English football atthe moment.His move from Arsenal toChelsea, for many, epitomisedwhat is wrong in football. Weno longer see the solid devo-tion to one club that oncerallied around stadiums whena new youngster started forhis local football club.
What’s more, I really don’tsee what gives Ferdinand theright to question how thepeople that pay his wages be-
have. It’s high time that Eng-lish footballers realised justhow lucky in life they havebeen. This supreme gift haslanded them a five starlifestyle, not having to worryabout the things that every-day people have to worryabout.So when an England fanshells out a quarter of their
weekly wagesto watch hiscountry turn inanother sub-standard per-formance, it iswell withintheir rights tomake their
feelings known.The gulf between everydayfan and professional foot-baller has become too great,leaving footballers living in abubble detached from thereal world.Lets face it, if they didn’tget the break to become foot-ballers many would be occu-pying less than glamorousjobs, and have less than glam-orous wives.But as it is, we won 5-1, andour blushes were spared.Certain performances wereencouraging, Rooney finishedwell and Walcott looked exit-ing at times.But it’s fair to say thatsomething in England’s mid-field just doesn’t quite click.Maybe it’s the over use ofthe long ball, or the lack ofpatience that our midfielderspossess, but looking at ourcontinental counterpartsthere is certainly somethingmissing.And with bookmakers giv-ing Belarus odds of 9/1 forWednesday’s fixture, I may beone of many punters fancyingthe upset.
BY ADAM REYNOLDS
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...one of thepoorest first halfperformances inEnglish history.
”“He is one ofthe most hatedplayers in Englishfootball at theminute.
I think England fans are a disgrace.
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After England’s decent start to the South African 2010 World CupQualifiers, our sports writers voice their views on whether or notEngland deserve to be in the World Cup at all.
Hayley CookEditor“Let’s face it; England games aren’t the most entertaining. Our back four were uselessagainst Kazakhstan, our midfield was nothing to shout about and Cole’s slip-up let themback in the game. But at least we’re getting results; and that’s more than we could say afew years ago. Regardless of whether we deserve it or not, it’s about time we were in-volved in a major tournament again; I miss the patriotism that comes with football..”
David MetholdWriter“At this moment in time, England deserves to be in the World Cup as they’ve completelydominated the group so far. It is early days though, and anything can still happen but theway we’ve started, I don’t think qualification will be too hard. Any team that goes toCroatia and win, considering they had never been beaten at home before, deserves allthey get, and for me, that’s qualifying for the World Cup. ”
Daniel ColesWriter“It goes without saying that England have started the qualifying campaign brilliantly, it'sthe best start we've ever had. I think Capello is finally starting to stamp his authority onthe side and it's great to see him getting the best out of players like Rooney. The midfielddebate could go on forever, but if we keep winning our games, including the onesagainst the bigger sides, then it's not a burning issue. Come on England!"
Adrian BellWriter“I absolutely hate watching England play. They are just boring, side ways football whichisn’t pretty on our eyes let alone the rest of the world. Personally I’d rather have a teamlike Trinidad & Tobago or even Papua New Guinea in the World Cup ahead of England. Atleast the players show fight and their fans aren’t a disgrace to their nation and actuallyenjoy the occasion rather than looking for a fight.”
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THE MARATHON MANFor those of you who have always wanted to run a marathon buthaven’t got round to training, student Andrew Boyers is taking usthrough our paces as he trains for the London Marathon 2009.“CONGRATULATIONS! YOU aregoing to be running the LondonMarathon in 2009!”This was the alarming message
that came through my letterboxover the weekend; I’m alreadyhaving nightmares about ‘THEWALL’ and being overtaken byJimmy Saville - he certainly hasn’tfixed it for me this time.Whether I like it or not now,
come next April, I should be afinely tuned, super-fit athleteready to run the LondonMarathon. In reality, I’ll probablyspend the next months shirkingaway from training, eating theodd chocolate bar to store energyfor a run that I probably won’t goon and recovering from alcohol-in-duced-injuries rather than pulledcalf muscles. It’s going to be somuch fun!
It seemed like such a good ideawhen I applied months ago; I’d al-ready applied twice before and
not got in, so I wasn’t worryingmyself about the prospect thisyear either. Now that I am in, it’ssuddenly dawned on me that I’vegot to run 26 miles. I run around3-4 miles usually, so it’s 8times what I’m used to. It’s thedistance from my house toGrimsby, which would take overhalf an hour in a car. It’s a bloodylong way!
According to the LondonMarathon website, I have sixmonths, 18 days, nine hours and 47minutes until I set off on my madexpedition through the streets ofLondon, which will never beenough time to prepare. In termsof aims, I’d love to see myselfbeating Paula Radcliffe in a sprintfinish in The Mall, becoming a na-tional hero and booking myself onthe next tube to London 2012.Honestly though, I think three anda half hours is a slightly more real-istic target, but anywhere be-tween Haile Gabrselassie and thebloke in the deep-sea diving suit
will do me fine.So, come wind, rain, ice, snow,
I’ll be clocking off the miles thiswinter - which sounds like a greatway for anyone to spend theirspare time. Let’s look on the brightside though - it gives me thechance to eat plenty of Jaffa Cakes(the confectionery du jour for allathletes) and listen to Led Zeppe-lin as I pummel the road. All in all,though, that’s a couple of prettypoor positives against a massivelist of negatives.It’s going to be a challenge, but
I’m sure it’ll be fun in the end. Forthe time being, if you see a lankyrunner in ridiculous thermals anda wooly hat wheezing around Lin-colnshire in the next few months,be sure to give him a wave - hecould do with the support!
”“Come nextApril, I should be afinely tuned, superfit althlete
”“It’s a bloody
long way!
thelinc*sportI found the Great
Eastern Run extremelydi!cult.
What is important atthe minute, is scoringgoals for Lincoln.
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Societies including the dance soci-ety and the university footballteams congregated outside the En-gine Shed in preparation for aunited march through campus.The rally was spearheaded by
Societies and Activities OfficerMaria Yesufu alongside Sports andTeams Officer Chris Roberts. Bothof whom were keen to voice thatthe rally was a time to welcomenew members to Lincoln’s varioussocieties as well as bring everyonetogether on the eve of anothersporting season.“It’s a celebration of all the
new members that we have now,”
Yesufu explained.“It’s an AU launch so it’s for all
the societies. They all come to-gether and get to know eachother, so they don’t feel likethey’re just the Rugby Society, orjust the Dance Society for exam-ple.”This ethos appeared to work
wonders among the societies, asthey bonded over the free pizzathat was provided by event spon-sors Domino’s.The party moved further into
the university campus as thedancers performed at the SportsCentre and the societies were in-
troduced to Director of SportRobin Wright.Lincoln Lakers President
‘Switchy’ Omar Cofie thought therally was a great event for all thesocieties to be a part of.“The Pep Rally is definitely a
good event. It just gives people achance to mix with each otherand see what some of the soci-eties are really like,” said Switchy.“It wouldn’t surprise me to see
some of the Rugby boys in thecrowd at the Lakers’ games thisyear, and likewise there will be afew Lakers watching the Rugbyand Football teams this season
too, so the event was definitelybeneficial.”The Pep Rally will serve as a
great launch for the Lakers asthey head into the start of thebasketball season with a cupgame against arch-rivals Derby.“Everyone is excited because it
is the first game, but for all the re-turning first team boys it’s differ-ent because we all know what theDerby game means.“Not just to us but to all of
the University of Lincoln sportsplayers and supporters”, said theLakers President.BY DANIEL COLES
Athletic Union Pep Rally brings teams together
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The annual Pep Rally took place on the first Friday of October to celebrate the start of the sports season.
Athletic Union Pep Rally 2008
Newseasonkickso"The university’s 2008/09 sportsseason has kicked off on campus.The first week of the season
has seen an impressive score linewith eight of the university teamscollecting wins. Triumphs includethe Women’s Football team whowon 7-1 away at Coventry and theMen’s Hockey 2nd team who trav-elled to Leicester and won 7-0.Athletic Union Teams and Soc-
ities Officer Chris Roberts com-mented pre-season that he waslooking forward to seeing the bas-ketball team in action.He said: “I was particularly
impressed by the Basketball Club;all three teams looked strong andimpressive.”The team kicked off the sea-
son against rivals Derby, watchedby an impressive crowd onWednesday evening, and the twonetball teams collected two winsagainst Staffordshire and AngliaRuskin universties.See page 14 for all results from
Lincoln’s first week in action.Lincoln Lakers v Derby in the opening game of the season.