The Leopard (November 2010)

“To completely lift the cap on tuition fees equates to introducing the market into Higher Education; utterly dismantling any sense of equal access to universities in England.”

It seems the union believes that a ‘two-tiered’ university system would be established which would not benefit the

Goldsmiths Phone Cam-paign To Start This Month

The Goldsmiths students’ union has been hotly protest-ing against the finding of the Brown report, warming up for what is to be a long strug-gle against cuts made by the Coalition government.

On 21st October a flash mob took place outside the Ru-therford Information Servic-es Building that proclaimed the death of Goldsmiths Col-

lege as an educational in-stitution. The mob staged a funeral procession and held a memorial service to high-light the cuts in funding to humanities and arts that uni-versities are to receive.

After Lord Browne’s review was released, the Goldsmiths Students’ Union issued a statement rejecting the find-ings. They said;

smart and willing but would only fuel a greater class divide.

The union later issued a joint statement alongside the UCU [University and College Union] and Unison which highlighted that Gold-smiths could lose ‘£15m a year’ from teaching budgets in the next few years.

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Cuts In Funding CauseDeath of Goldsmiths

What started last year as an attempt to raise money for projects that would benefit the students and community, has turned into a real success with over £22.000 raised from the last year’s Gold-smiths phone campaign.

With a team of 30 callers, in no more than four weeks, 28 projects (including library, music, cheerleading and stu-dent support) were brought to life with the funds raised through the campaign.

This year the Goldsmiths 2010 campaign is due to start on the 14th of November, and although it will only last for a period of three weeks, more money is expected to be raised and therefore more projects will be able to be sponsored.

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A fledgling Goldsmiths band are set to play their first gig over the Halloween period.

The band consists of three Goldsmith students and two friends who don’t attend the college. Niagara Balls’ mem-bers are- ‘Alanarama’ (Alan-ah Smith), ‘Rosie Balls’ (Ro-sie Pinder), ‘Wowee Zowee’ (Zoe Smith),‘The Milkman’ (Gareth Ellis)...and the mys-terious Pharoah (who’s real name has not been declared to us...very mysterious).On the eve of their first per-formance, ‘The Milkman’ told The Leopard that “Re-hearsals have been sparse and short, but we got into the studio and now things are sounding good...the first gig should be very interesting. We have plenty of crazy stuff lined up, it will definately be more than us playing songs”With their first gig play-ing out on the ghostliest of nights, lets hope that the ex-perience is not too much of a terror for Niagara Balls.

dents. “You would ben-efit from it; library, student support…everything” said Annette Bullen, Senior De-velopment Manager, when asked about the importance of raising awareness of the campaign amongst students. Expectations are high, while the preparations for the 2010 Goldsmiths fund raising campaign continue, hoping that people will be able to say, like last year, that ‘The Annual Fund enabled us to set up a new funding scheme that would otherwise never have existed” Shanaz Begum, Bursaries and Schol-

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Starting mid-November, students will be receiving e-mails about the possibility of applying for project funding and assistance for financial hardship, with over 100 ap-plications being received last year. At the end of the campaign there will be a period of re-porting back to the donors, explaining how their money helped towards a better uni-versity, but also how more money could be crucial to some departments and stu-

Election results held on 28th November showed a positive increase in participation.

The election, held to elect Departmental Coordinators, had over a 300% increase in voters from last year.

This is the first year that on-line voting was made avail-able, and so the dramatic increase can perhaps be ex-plained by the much easier and more accessible form of voting.

The Student’s Union are hoping to continue this boost in participation through to elections that will be held later on in the academic year.

As exact results are not avail-able at time of going to press, we can only say that no Re-Open Nominations options recieved the most votes so all candidates were successful.

According to the current Activities and Services officer, Manoj Kerai, the position he holds is to be abolished before the next election.

Instead a new sabbatical position; the Diversity and Engagements officer will be formed. While incorporating all functions of the A&S officer, the position will have a broader role within the union.

There have also been suggestions that the role of President could be axed. This would be made possible by splitting the Welfare and Education officer role into two parts.

The Education officer would then become the prime sabbatical position and would attend external events such as the NUS conference.

News in BriefStories for the breakfast table.Sabbatical Positions to be Abolished

Online Voting Boosts Partici-pation

New Band Set To Play First Gig

Culture Editor:Kate Walters

Quizmaster Editor:Scott Stevens

Sports Desk:Steve Howe

Contributors:

Nindyani AtmodipoeroMike DonnellyJoanna JacksonGaynor TutaniSeb WheelerAlice Yehia

We thought we would kick off the second issue of The Leopard with a little explanation- mainly, why we have this name.

Quite a few people have asked us where the name came from and so we thought we should explain.

If you have ever noticed the Goldsmiths crest- it is printed on some of

Although this creature looks quite a bit like a lion- which is what we have always thought- it is actually a leopard. You’ll have to trust us on this one!

So, welcome to Novem-ber’s issue! In this issue you will find news, com-ment, columns, sport results and much more!

If you feel you want to contribute in future issues in any way at all, please don’t hesitate to contact:[email protected]

the signs to the college buildings and we have included a little picture of it to the right- then you may have noticed the Big Cat-like creature in the centre.

Why ‘The Leopard’?*The reason why we are called what we are*

Manning the phones

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The Coalition government said, after the report was released, that they were not aiming to follow the Browne review’s opinion that there should be no cap on fees. However, it was likely that a £7,000 cap would be im-posed after next year.

Nick Clegg stated “I am uneasy about the idea that you have unlimited fees. So we are looking at something more restrained.” Business Secretary Vince Cable has also said there is ‘no pros-pect’ of unlimited degree tui-tion fees.

NUS Demonstration

As part of mounting pro-tests against the cuts Gold-smiths Student’s Union are urging all students and sup-porters of our educational system to attend the NUS march taking place at Horse Guards Avenue [Whitehall] on Wednesday 10th Novem-ber at 11:30am.

The march is planned to be the first large student led rally against the government, presenting a unified front from all universities.

As to how affective this march will be is unknown, keeping the interest and mo-mentum going beyond the

In response to the article in the last issue about the ac-commodation shortage, I’d like to say a little about my contrasting experience. I’m a 27 year-old PGCE student and I originally applied for a place in the halls during the summer because I’m an international student; I don’t know London and I thought it would be the cheapest and most convenient option.

I was happy to be given an offer in Raymont Hall. How-ever, there was no possibil-ity of viewing the place be-forehand, so due to the small time frame I quickly replied. When I arrived at the place my heart sank. I was assigned a dank and dingy room in a small flat, converted from a rickety old Victorian house.

There was no sitting room, the huge boiler (trust me) in the kitchen for the entire flat made it too hot to stay in there for 5 minutes, let alone cook a meal, and the absence of a sitting room en-sured you remained in your dim room if you didn’t go out. And the front door often wouldn’t shut properly (and still doesn’t according to my ex-flatmates!)

Possibly worst of all, in 2010, this College (part of University of London) did not provide any internet fa-cility in the rooms - for a post-graduate student in a college working towards be-ing a “paperless university” and making constant use of the Virtual Learning Envi-ronment, I found this to be a bit of a shock.

Instead, one had to go into the adjacent building to use the common rooms there (where we also had the wash-

ing facilities!). Not the end of the world, of course, but a bit ridiculous considering I was paying £460 per month- money I had worked for and saved for the last 5 years.

I made complaints and after seeing little progress, I had a discussion with a helpful and understanding accom-modation welfare officer and she agreed to “let me out the contract.” I immediately be-gan looking for private ac-commodation and found a room in a comfortable shared house (with internet :) for £290. So, I was quite happy to leave my room in the halls (after just one week) for a student badly in need of it.

On this note, I MUST STRESS that all the while when I was dealing with staff from the accommoda-tion office, they were cour-teous, friendly and seemed genuinely concerned - nota-bly Sally Grimley - but they seemed restricted by an in-stitutional operation focused on returning the least amount of service for the biggest fee possible. So my dissatisfac-tion is NOT with the staff (who work hard, believe me!), more so the system.

Why am I writing this? Mainly because I’m still in touch with the decent stu-dents there in the halls, the one good thing about the place; they ask me how I managed to get out, and complain about the state of the place, but it seems noth-ing changes. It’s a pity.

Mike Donnelly is currently studying for his PGCE at Goldsmiths.

NOVEMBER 2010 THE LEOPARD 3

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COMMENTThe Real Housing Crisis?

Mike Donelly

Each year, to support their end of year degree show, Third year Design students operate a Cafe. The Cafe situated in the lobby of the Lockwood building is a key fund-raising element for the degree show as less and less money can be found from sponsors.

The Design Cafe, which is running from Tuesday 26th October through to Spring 2011 is open for business on Tuesdays and Friday morn-ings and lunchtimes.

It will be serving the stand-ard cups of tea and coffee [around 80p to £1.00] and a selection of snacks and baked goods for everyone to enjoy.

While situated in the Design building, students from all departments can go and sam-ple the delights they have to offer.

Are you organising any degree related events?e-mail us! [email protected]

first happenings will be the true key to success.

Read the full GSU statement on page 9.

The Leopard will be covering the Demo with the London Student Journalism Support Network (LSJSN), as a roll-ing news feed online. The LSJSN is made up of the edi-tors of Student publications in London and together we will be maximising coverage of the event.

Videos, interviews, tweets and blogs will be used to cover the demo as it happens, from the different colleges around London. For more information on the coverage, check the London Student website closer to the date www.london-student.net

Photos: Joanna Jackson

Last month’s front cover story about Goldsmiths Hous-ing.

Students take the coffin of ‘Goldsmiths’ to college.

Design CafeOpensRaising money for Degree show

Time does fly. It still feels as if it were yesterday that I moved into my so-called ‘compact’ room in Dean House and met my four amazing flatmates. From there it carried on to enrolment, Freshers’ Fayre, Freshers’ Ball, and before I knew it: THE first ever lecture!

And it’s been a month already!

Oh my God, I still find it hard to believe that I’m a university student now! If all goes well, I will get my BA in 3 years. Then after that, I’m probably going to travel for a year before continuing on to do my masters. After that, I’m going to work as a music journalist in the Rolling Stone Magazine. And who knows, in 10 years time, I might be living my dream as a feature columnist just like Carrie Bradshaw – with all those fabulous things in my closet too, I suppose. Welcome, perfect life!

Uhm. Right. I think I’m getting way ahead of myself.

Anyway, the past four weeks have been remarkable yet somewhat overwhelming. I don’t have any problems in my classes, oh well, even though I’ve found some lectures quite challenging to follow and most often I don’t understand anything from my reading…But it hasn’t become an issue so far. I have joined so many (if not too many) societies, ranging from History Society to Photography Society. Plus, I’m doing some student volunteering and internships here and there. Fortunately, until this moment, I’ve managed to juggle the hectic life of a university student quite well, even though sometimes it means that I have to run all across the campus to get from one meeting to another (but I’ve convinced myself that this is my workout routine).

What actually came as a surprise was the social scene

of university. I’ve always imagined–from movies–that the only way to have fun and have a good social life in university, especially during the freshmen year, is through partying. And to be honest, I find it rather intimidating since I’m more the type of girl who prefers watching How I Met Your Mother marathons in my PJs whilst drinking a glass of hot chocolate. Ah yes, I’m such a dork, I guess. However, I was wrong because I have met quite a lot of people throughout classes, societies, or simply from lining up in the long-long queue for NatWest and Student Records offices. I have to admit that I’ve forgotten some of the names (gosh, I’m just bad with names- Thank God, I remember faces!) but at least I’ve made friends and socialize.

So, after a month of being a university student, I have to say that in my opinion, university is just like high school…without anything written on the white board! Quite often I’ve been asking myself what’s the point then, putting up that giant piece of board? And most likely, I’d answer myself: every room deserves to be decorated. Moreover, Goldsmiths’ RHB’s hallway really reminds me more of high school. Without Zac Efron dancing of course, because that would be High School Musical.

Lastly, I’m wishing everyone a very nice reading week. I’m also wishing my fellow freshers’ to have a great year ahead, if not already. But just in case you haven’t adjusted in this frantic university life, hang on there, Pal! Christmas holiday is only 5 weeks away!

Nindy is a Media-Communications student who is currently thinking hard to find an essay topic.

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Column:Fresher’s Diary5 Weeks To Go!By Nindyani

Column:Dear Doreen

The Student Union’s very own agony aunt is here to help!

Dear Doreen,

I have been subsisting on pesto and pasta (+ imperial vodka). My doctor says I am malnourished and am risking a serious case of pesto poisoning but I don’t know how to cook anything else.

What should I do?

Yours,

Carb Boy

Doreen Says:

Make some beans and toast, surely everyone knows how to make that? And leave out the vodka. Also get some cheap cookbooks off the Internet- I like Jamie Oliver’s 30 minutes.

Dear Doreen,

I enjoyed myself a bit too much over Freshers’ Fortnight and slept with a few different people. Now I’m itchy, do I really need to tell all of them?

Yours, Ants-in-her -Pants.

Doreen Says:

Yes, get medical help to start and if you can remember the people you had a good time with tell them. Put a penny over your ha-penny, my chastity belt didn’t come off till very late and I wasn’t allowed to drink so perhaps you should say no more often to both drink and happy times.

Dear Doreen,

I’m very unhappy with my body and the way I look and am considering spending my student loan on breast implants- Is this wrong?

Jordan-Wannabe

Doreen Says:

YES, you should be happy with the body you have been given, if you change your body that will not necessarily make you happy by spending your loan on changing yourself. You will not be able to help yourself in the future and will be unable to get on in life and that is more important than changing your body. You should be happy within yourself.

The month formerly known as November...By Hannah Wright

For many, November is like any other month...but for those special few, November becomes ‘Movember’.

It’s simple- if you are a man (or a lady with a very spe-cial talent) then get yourself sponsored to grow a tash for the month of November. By doing so, not only will you be setting a style trend in New Cross, but you will also be raising money for the Prostate Cancer Charity (TPCC), the UK’s leading prostate cancer charity.

Movember began in 2003 in a bar in Australia- prov-ing that great ideas can come to you when you’re having a pint- and although that year no money was raised, it was from the act of grow-ing a moustache for a month that the now global event stemmed from.

In 2009, global participa-tion of Mo Bros and Mo Sistas climbed to 255,755, with over one million donors raising £26 Million for Mo-vember’s global beneficiary partners.

The money raised goes di-rectly towards mens health support, education, research and awareness programmes.

As the Movember website puts it- “A little bit of hair can say so much.”

Here we have included some style ideas to get you ready for a month of manly tash-ery.

Get Growing!

For more information, visit:http://uk.movember.com

The ever nifty Goldsmiths website will tell you that out of its impressive grand total of 8,995 students, a whopping great 2,019 of those are “other EU” or “international” students - and that’s excluding all the weird and wonderful cases where passports and home addresses don’t reflect where you’re really from. All in all the statistics are bold … but in truth quite bland. What does it all mean?

The university has recently been in the throws of its activity-packed Fresher’s Fortnight. New blood is pumping through the corridors and hallways. It’s a time of excitement, new beginnings and quirky fun. For a considerable few (as the statistics demonstrate quite elegantly) it also means having to wrestle with the trials and tribulations of a radical change of address.

As a member of the foreign fleet, I think it’s safe to say that all Freshers coming from afar will suffer in some way, shape or form from culture shock.

So, London… The Big Smoke! First impressions? EXHAUSTING. Something about this city leaves me utterly depleted by the end of the day. During my moving-in-week I’d collapse on the couch each evening to frazzle and fume about how my Day Pass (in all its limitless glory) boiled down to me doing one piddling trip because I simply couldn’t handle doing much more. It got me to wondering what on earth was making me feel so overwhelmed …

Culture shock. Surely I’m not suffering from an overload of Culture with a big C!? Far from being hard to handle, things like the Saatchi


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museum and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre were the invigorating parts of my first week in London. So the culprit must be culture… with a little c.

However, I still couldn’t quite put my finger on how culture-with-a-little-c was actually disrupting my life. What was this seemingly invisible force? My epiphany came as I was sitting on a train towards New Cross Gate: culture is everything!

It’s the way there are Sainsbury’s adverts everywhere and real live double-decker buses on the roads, it’s the way everything’s built with bricks and the chimney tops look like they’re out of The Yellow Submarine (the bit where they sing Eleanor Rigby), it’s the way everything’s in English and friendly builders lean over

Culture Shock: Fresher in The Big SmokeJoanna Jackson explains the difference between getting used to ‘Culture’ and

‘culture’...

the railings to say “Origh’ da’lin’?”, it’s the way it rains all the time and you almost get run over everyday because you look left instead of right …it’s everything. It might not sound like a big deal but all the newness, whether you’re aware of it or not, is a constant assault on the senses.

I imagine the corridors of Goldsmiths are full of tenderfoots in similar situations, although naturally each individual experiences it in their own way. Personally I have found the adjustment rather challenging.

However, many of the international students I’ve spoken to show signs of being in the middle of what is commonly known as “the honeymoon phase”, during which one literally falls in love with the new culture. For example, students from developing countries, where cities are all about new growth, might find the streets of London full of historical allure.

Others have travelled from afar to revel in the English language. And then there are those for whom coming to the UK marks the beginning of an epic love affair with baked beans on toast (“Where have you been all my life!?”).

The international scene doesn’t begin and end with Goldsmiths. The whole of London is a composite of people from diverse backgrounds and far off places. Not only is there a little slice of home here for everyone, there’s also the chance to encounter not just one, but hundreds of new cultures. The cosmopolitan nature of the city can be both a remedy to those who are struggling and a stimulant for those who can’t get enough.

Perhaps immersing ourselves in an abundance of cultures will help us all feel a bit more at home.

Joanna Jackson travelled from Zimbabwe to attend Goldsmiths.

Goldsmiths GraffitiWords by Hannah Wright,Photography by Kate Walters and Scott Stevens

Goldsmiths is known as a hub of creative energy. Our Art courses are renowned, our alumni impressive and we are known in general to always speak our minds. Taking a look at the graffiti on the walls of the college, it seems that our outspoken nature and artistic flare are as present as ever.

Here, we have documented some of the best Graffiti to have graced the toilet walls. We are including it in The Leopard as an insight into the creative (and sometimes cra-zy) minds of the Goldsmiths student body. This does not mean we condone the graffiti of Goldsmiths property...

“Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade...”

This is the line that stands out for me when first reading Ita-lo Calvino’s If on a winter’s night a traveller. I would be lying to say I have read the book but the reviews I read have somewhat moved me to borrow it from the college library and yes, I am in the process of reading it now. I enjoy reading and find words powerful. Personally, writing is a form of art that gives me great pleasure. This is why when I heard that a group of eight MFA Fine Art students will be exhibiting some of their work in New York based on Calvino’s book, I jumped to the challenge of finding out more, not only because I love writing, but

also because I would be ex-ploring how art and writing can be combined.

Inspiration- this is the key, what motivates me is people in general; everyday life, re-lationships and how we inter-twine with our environment or society. I cannot paint a story of it, I cannot interpret life as an artists per say but by taking the information that is out there and what others have done, I try and put it into words and share it. Luckily for me, I was able to do this as I managed to have an interview with one of the artists, Daniel Lichtman and his involvement with the project.

Gaynor: Why this theme, what is it about Italo Calvi-no’s work that made you use

it as a cue for your exhibi-tion?

Daniel: I thought it would be interesting to do some-thing with New York and be able to showcase some of our work. The idea formulated from discussions with a fel-low student Rehana Zaman who is also involved in the exhibition. The theme from Calvino is Erin Sickler’s idea- she is the curator of the exhibition which is entitled “Of Many, One”.

Gaynor: What can we ex-pect to see in the exhibition?

Daniel: There are a couple of videos and a bunch of sculptures and some paint-ings that are individual in themselves but they all relate to the theme of narrative , this is why I think Erin chose this book as a starting point to look at the art work itself. The structure of the book is

made up of different narra-tives the same with the di-verse work we produced.

Gaynor: While working on your particular art piece what were your motivations?

Daniel: My piece relates to the history of technology and the various ways technology has been represented in art over the past century.

Gaynor: Did you have a particular objective or you worked entirely from inspi-ration?

Daniel: No, I never know what I want to produce in the end. My work develops and changes so I see new possi-bilities as I work.

Gaynor: What would you like people to think or know when viewing your piece?

Daniel: My work is open, some maybe provoked but it is pretty much open to inter-pretation.

Daniel is only one of the eight students exhibiting and the combination of both Rehana and Erin maybe the driving force behind this ex-hibition but please note that the showcase is of many art-ists work and their explora-tions.

The exhibition will be run-ning from 7th November to the 2nd of January at the Sacramouche gallery Man-hattan, New York. I have had a glimpse of the work and would advise everyone to try and explore it. I guess this is my way of saying, “Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade”.

REVIEWS6 THE LEOPARD NOVEMBER 2010

Out Of Many, OneGaynor Tutani investigates the merging of literature and art in a new exhibition by eight MFA Fine Art students.

In October, the SU held a Ju-rassic Park film session over two different nights. Jurassic Park came from the mind of writer Michael Crichton who was also involved in writing Twister and TV series E.R.

Here, Kate Walters and Scott Stevens take a look at anoth-er of Crichton’s films.

Sphere (1998) rating: (15)

Director: Barry Levinson

Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Sha-ron Stone & Samuel L. Jack-son

Plot:

1000ft below the Ocean’s surface lies an alien space-craft believed to have crash

landed sometime in the 1600s. A crack team of Mathematicians, Marine Bi-ologists, Astrophysicists & Psychiatrists are sent down to interact with it and dis-cover its origin, only to find out that their own worst fears and nightmares are being manifested before their eyes.

Can they make it out alive?

Critique:

Granted, Sphere may be a late 90’s film with Sharon Stone in it, but that shouldn’t stop you from watching it.

Sphere is a great psycho-logical thriller with as many twists and turns along the way as a New York pretzel. The CGI has stood the test of time as none of the 90’s graphics look dated and the

soundtrack creates a tense atmosphere throughout the film.

The script work is good, no cheesy one-liners forcing you to throw whatever you have on your person at the screen and the storyline pro-gresses at an excellent pace.

All in all, it’s a stunning mo-tion picture, thoroughly un-der-rated and worth a watch.

Enjoy!

LEOPARD RATING: 4.4/5

The Student’s Union holds regular film nights in The Stretch. Check out the list-ings on Page 10 for the films that were scheduled as we went to print or check online at www.goldsmithssu.org/barandents/the_stretch

Film ReviewFollowing in the footsteps of the film nights in the SU, we will be reviewing lesser known films- or films you may have forgotten- every month.


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Can you spot the fringe from the false? Do you know the difference between a hidden gem and a bogus stone? The following four reviews are personally written by our dedicated music team to let you know about (relative-ly) unheard of albums from some of the most enjoyable genres of all time, but one of them is a complete figment of our musical imagination...can you spot the ruse among our rare album selections?

MAGIC SAM – BLACK MAGIC (1968)

This album was released in 1968, just after Magic Sam’s untimely death at 32. It may not be his most unique, im-aginative or original record, but it stands as a good final

statement, a selection of what Sam did best.

Referencing some of Sam’s own influences and includ-ing covers of Freddie King, Rosco Gordon and Otis Rush, it is also a good sum-mary for someone wanting to see what Magic Sam was all about. Some of the songs are stretched out for a cho-rus too long where one feels that Sam isn’t really stretch-ing himself artistically at all, but for all that, this is a very good and enjoyable listen.

WALLY FAWKES – FIDGETY FEET (1992)

Wally Fawkes is best known for playing in other people’s bands, most famously his stint in Humphrey Lyttle-

ton’s big band of the 50’s and 60’s. However, as he has got-ten older, he has been more willing to step into the lime-light himself, and this album is probably the best example of what a Wally Fawkes led band can do.

Filled with traditional New Orleans Jazz and swing, per-haps the only criticism is that the apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree, and there isn’t much reason to choose this band over some of the more classic bands that Fawkes has played in. With that to one side however, one can sit back and enjoy the lively, fun music and the clean, full sound.

DARKENED STAR – OBLIVION OF ONE (1977)

Darkened Star are one of the most interesting bands

of their decade, creating a very compelling fusion of melodic heavy rock and jazz sounds. This sprung up largely from lead guitarist Simon Scholensa’s obses-sion with Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, crossed with the other band member’s in-terest in Weather Report and The Mahavishnu Orchestra.

This album is much heavier than their first, reflecting both their, and their audi-ence’s, increasing response to the heavy rock of their time. This is probably their defining moment as a band and is a great, if dark, and sometimes unsettling listen.

GOATSNAKE – FLOW-ER OF DISEASE (2000)

Doom metal veterans Goat-snake’s trademark is slick, thick and smooth guitars with dropped tunings, heavy

drumming and weird instru-ments- and Flower of Dis-ease ticks all of these boxes.

Full of slow to medium tem-po melodic heaviness, rich in vocalists Pete Stahl’s dy-namic and refreshing sing-ing, this album is a wonderful marriage of great production technique, excellent riffs and grooving ambience. The use of a harmonica along with a slow, heavy groove gives the album an easy and slightly bluesy feel.

It is, however, still doom metal, and despite it’s mel-low feel, it is still a morose record. Morose, but enjoy-able and is classic melodic doom.

There is an unofficial prize pint for the first stranger to address us and disclose our [email protected]

Rare or Ruse?Words by Kate Walters and Scott Stevens

The study of human beings – ethnographic research of individual actions and mo-tivations in a specific con-text used to create ideas of universal similarities, and shed light on distinct differ-ences, between people who live alternative lives across the globe.

Goldsmiths has been offer-ing BA and MA Anthropol-ogy courses for nearly 3 decades, since the depart-ment was founded in the mid eighties, thanks largely to the influence of Pat Kaplan and Brian Morris, who still continue to make invaluable contributions to anthropol-ogy in London and across the world.

The department was one of the first in the country to take an alternative approach to the interpretation of cultures both remote and familiar, and since then it has grown

steadily in size and recogni-tion. The Guardian this year ranked Goldsmiths the third best place to study Anthro-pology in the entire country, just behind Oxbridge.

Elements of anthropological investigation can be found everywhere - the study of hu-mans is about as general as you can get!

In particular, Bruce Parry’s Tribe seasons have a nice parallel with the traditional anthropological fixation with so-called primitive (or at least pre-industrial) socie-ties. This mandate has since been critiqued, dismantled and pretty much abandoned in the light of newer under-standings of how people be-have.

Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends are a good exam-ple of some of the situations anthropologists find them-

selves in, and with his quirky awkward questioning style and personal convictions and contentions about those he attempts to converse with, I feel that he, while still obvi-ously being a media figure, demonstrates the insatiable curiosity of the anthropolo-gist approach in an endearing fashion

Although anthropology is a small academic world in the grand scale of things, it’s ideas and concepts perme-ate a lot of other disciplines (politics, psychology and so-ciology to name but a few) and this uniquely acquired knowledge can help to bring about meaningful under-standings of the people we know as ‘other’.

I urge you to take the oppor-tunity to explore it further, possibly as an optional mod-ule of your degree or perhaps by attending one of the open and varied research lectures, Anthropology Society meet-ings or other events on the

Goldsmiths calendar and in London at large.Come get involved!

Key Term

Ethnography – Both the longitudinal study of a spe-cific cultural context ex-ecuted by an anthropologist, and the published product of that research, a book, ar-ticle or film.[for example the study of Azande witchcraft in the northern central African Zulu tribe - Witchcraft, Ora-cles and Magic Among the Azande by Evans-Pritchard (1937), or workers relations in a steel factory in Shef-field – Steel lives by Dr Mao Mollona (2000)]

Anthropology’s People

Head of the Department - Frances PinePresident of the Anthropol-ogy Society – Lizzie Hennessey Jones The society meets for ‘Sav-

age Monday’ film screenings and discussion every week in the Department building, see the Goldsmiths SU website for further information.

Most Notorious Tutor – Probably the renowned activ-ist/anarchist Dr David Grae-ber, who’s work on direct ac-tion, the theory of value and Madagascan society are just a few elements of his career renowned worldwide.

Anthropology At A Glance

* The Anthropology Depart-ment is located just behind Lewisham Way next to the Richard Hoggart building, two doors down from the Nursery. It’s got its own gar-den and everything * The Department has 16 full time teaching staff as well as a strong cohort of Visiting Tutors and 3 essential ad-ministrative staff.

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Benjamin Tumwabeze, volunteer staff member of St Mungo’s, explains the effect of B/L/D FNB on the residents’ diet, “they go down to the market. That’s where they buy their food. Or chicken and chips. But on Monday, everyone saves their money because people are coming to cook, which is very good.” The group’s effort seems to make a difference, “we don’t provide dinner for them, we do only breakfast. So they’ve enjoyed the contribution.”

The residents seem to share Benjamin’s sentiments. Jackie Sheehy agrees, “fair play for the volunteers who are doing it, they are diamond people. They work from 9-5 and they still come here.” Raymond Terzel says that for some, the meal is integral, “I see a lot of people out on the road and they go ‘are those

A community’s heart might just be found through its belly, “we’ve met farmers, grocers, bakers. People from different homeless services. People at the hostel have really got used to us. We’ve heard their stories. I think they enjoy coming and chatting to us.”

Although exhausting, the group are buoyed by their work because, as Martin points out, “food and poverty is hugely inter-related. These schemes are both very simple, very cheap and have huge positive effects for the environment and for people.”

Bexley/Lewisham/Dartford Food Not Bombs meets every Monay in New Cross and Saturday in Kennington For more info call Martin on 07816088210 or visitb e x l e y f o o d n o t b o m b s @googlemail.com

Martin Bowman signs emails with the catchphrase ‘Peace and Potatoes’, which makes sense, because he’s totally obsessed with food. Or rather, he’s obsessed with the amount of edible food that is deemed to be waste product and thrown away in the U.K every day.

The facts are easily unearthed on the internet: 8.3 million tonnes of in-date food is dumped annually at a cost of £12 billion, which produces 20 million tonnes of carbon monoxide - staggering for a sentence made up of statistics from just one source, the Waste & Resources Action Programme report of November 2009.

But these are things that Martin could tell you given the simplest prompt, “the food that we’re throwing away in the UK has two effects: buying double the food we need is putting pressure on the global food supply so that there’s not enough left and that’s driving prices up. Second, all of this food which we have could be used to great effect.” Pro-active idealism and a wide-eyed enthusiasm have propelled him into forming Bexley/Lewisham/Dartford Food Not Bombs,

an autonomous branch of a global movement. He started a local offshoot earlier this year.

B/L/D FNB plates up in New Cross every Monday at St Mungo’s, a hostel housing homeless people enrolled on a programme of social rehabilitation. The group have access to a large kitchen which goes unused most of the week. It’s the perfect space for creating plentiful servings made from whatever has been donated that afternoon.

Ingredients come straight from the grocery shops that line New Cross road and Deptford high street. Some give more than others but every offering is appreciated in equal measure. Apart from a set of essential, pre-bought ingredients, the group never know what will be working with.

Once the food run is complete the haul is evaluated by Jakki Gillet, a mass cooking veteran and surrogate head chef. A menu is decided and preparations begin. The kitchen falls into a relaxed communal rhythm that runs on shared responsibility rather than hierarchy. Everyone does what they can to get dinner ready.

people coming in on Monday because I’m looking forward to that meal.’” He also airs the chief complaint, “the smell of it is nice, until I get down there and see just vegetables. I’m not going to lie, I’m not vegetarian. I’d like to see a bit of meat there.” He states he won’t be eating, though once the canteen hatch is lifted, the feeling is unanimous. Raymond comes back for seconds and most fill tupperware to the brim to save for later. Martin can explain the policy “the reason why we serve vegan food is simply because meat and dairy, when it’s got to the stage where a shop is throwing is throwing it away, is usually dangerous.”

Everyone involved in Food Not Bombs shares an honest belief that excess food must be reclaimed and put to use.

Food Not BombsA group in Lewisham are a meal out of throwaway foodSeb Wheeler

LOCAL AND UNION NEWS8 THE LEOPARD NOVEMBER 2010

Jackie Sheehy col-lecting dinner.

Photo:Seb Wheeler

GSU Statement on Browne Review

Goldsmiths Students’ Union stands united in rejecting Lord Browne’s review, the findings of which have been released today.

To completely lift the cap on tui-tion fees equates to introducing the market into Higher Education; utterly dismantling any sense of equal access to universities in England. It is nothing but com-mon sense to point out that the inevitable consequences of such

a move by the Coalition Govern-ment will mean that the best and most well-resourced universities will charge the highest fees, and the weakest, most under-resourced universities the cheapest; a two tiered university system estab-lished.Do we really wish to turn back a hundred years into a Victorian-style society? Which sectors of the population will feel most com-fortable with a debt of £30,000 plus for three years at a univer-sity? And which sectors will be completely turned off by such a

thought?

The Browne Review is yet another victory for the rich in Britain, and another hammer blow to the hard working people who are being made to suffer for the 2007 economic crisis triggered by the wealthy’s greed and speculation in the finance industry.

For the critics who will say that universities must find money from somewhere, we ask: what are universities for? Are they for edu-cating a rich elite? Or for offering

intellectual, personal and cultural development to all members of society? If it is the former then raising the fees is the obvious solution. If it is the latter, then money should be found elsewhere from the fourth largest economy in the world. And while City bankers are getting million pound bonuses, and the top five rich-est people in Britain own wealth worth more than several countries’ GDPs, we will not accept the “lack of funds” argument.

Our message is very simple: the

higher the fees go up, the more lower-income students will be deterred from applying to univer-sity. Those who want a Higher Education system in England that is open to all, should join us in de-nouncing the Browne Review and calling on the Coalition Govern-ment to reject its findings.

from Goldsmiths Students’ Union website - www.goldsmithssu.org


Sunday 7th November

12.00- 18.00: Alternative Vegan FestivalLocation: rAtstar Autonomous Social Centre, 298 Camberwell Rd, Camberwell

19.30: Sunday Special Comedy at Up The CreekLocation: Up The Creek, 302 Creek Road, GreenwichCost: £6/£4 Concessions

Tuesday 9th November

22.30- 03.00: White Heat at Madame Jojo’sLocation: Madame Jojo’s, near the corner of Brewer Street and Wardour Street- about five minutes from Piccadilly CircusCost: £5

Wednesday 10th November

10.00: Fund Our Future: Stop The CutsLocation: Assemble outside RHBInfo: National Demo

Thursday 11th November

19.00- 21.00: Post Grad and Mature Students Society: ‘Haunted London’ Ghost WalkLocation: Meet at Monument StationInfo: A 2 hour tour led by the lovely people at London Walks for a reduced price of £4.50 a ticket! Only 25 tickets available to keep an eye on the facebook group...

20.30: Frog Morris presents...Superhero NightLocation: Montague Arms, 289 Queens RoadCost: £3Info: Frog Morris hosts this evening of sketch comedy and live music featuring Beta Males Picnic, Tessellators, The Wogans, The Paul Wady Experience, Ben Target and Daniel

Location: The Stretch

Friday 19th November

22.00 till late: Whip It!!! at The AmershamLocation: Amersham Arms, 388 New Cross RoadCost: Free Before 11, £3 after

Sunday 21st November



21.00- 01.00: Club SandwichLocation: The StretchCost: Free before 10 / £2 before 11 / £4 after 11pm


17.00- 19.00: International End Violence Against Women DayLocation: Common RoomInfo: Film Screening and Discussion



Saturday 27th November

18.00 till late: Reclaim The Night MarchInfo: Assemble 6pm central London for women-only march followed by mixed rally and party at the Camden Centre, Euston till late. All welcome.


St Andrews Day! Patron Saint of ScotlandInfo: Drink Whisky and Eat Shortbread.

Monday 1st November

Dyslexia Awareness Week BeginsLocation: Events across Uni

17.00- 18.30: Film Screening- Occupation 101Info: Re-arranged from Freshers Fayre, this award winning film looks at the history and roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict.Location: RHB 308

Tuesday 2nd November

16.00- 19.00: Japan Society- Japanese LessonsInfo: Contact [email protected] for details

18.00- 19.30: ShakeSoc AuditionsLocation: tbc - join our FB group to receive updatesInfo: Open auditions for the next production

18.00- 20.00: Art Society- Life Drawing ClassesLocation: RHB 142Cost: ?Info: Held every Tuesday during term time

18.00- 21.00: Story Telling Night: The Story of Rama and SitaLocation: The Common RoomInfo: Join us to celebrate Diwali in the Common Room as we narrate the Story of Rama and Sita...

18.30- 20.30: Psychology Society SocialLocation: Marquis of GranbyInfo: Join the Psychology Society for the first social of 10/11 termWednesday 3rd November

21.00- 01.00: Club

SandwichLocation: The StretchCost: Free before 10 / £2 before 11 / £4 after 11pm


16.00- 18.00: Savage EveningLocation: RHB 137Info: Anthropology society Week 7 essay discussion

19.30- 01.00: Mish MashLocation: The StretchCost: £4 NUS/ £5 on the doorInfo: 5 live bands + 1 house DJ

Friday 5th November

BONFIRE NIGHT!



09.40- 14.00: Psychology Society- Down House Trip (Home of Charles Darwin)Location: Meet at London Bridge Station at 09.40 or Down House at 11.00Info: Trip to the home of Charles Darwin with talk and tour.

Socialism 2010 BeginsLocation: University of London building (ULU), Malet Street.Info: Until Sunday 7th

21.00- 02.00: Event FluxLocation: The StretchCost: £10 early bird tickets, £12 on the doorInfo: Techno, Chart and Trance as well as Chart music.

Lehan.


22.00 till late: Whip It!!! at The AmershamLocation: Amersham Arms, 388 New Cross RoadCost: £3, Free Before 11


18.00: Outdoor CinemaLocation: 121-123 Deptford High StreetCost: £8 Inc. Soup in Bread

Sunday 14th November

Harry Potter Week Begins! Until Thursday 18thInfo: A week of events leading up to the release of the first half of the final film

19.00: Harry Potter 1 & 2 Film ScreeningsLocation: The Stretch



19.00: Harry Potter 3 & 4 Film ScreeningsLocation: The Stretch

22.30- 03.00: White Heat at Madame Jojo’sLocation: Madame Jojo’s, near the corner of Brewer Street and Wardour Street- about five minutes from Piccadilly CircusCost: £5


21.00- 01.00: Harry Potter Club SandwichLocation: The StretchCost: Free before 10, £4 after


19.00: Harry Potter 5 & 6 Film Screenings

LISTINGS10 THE LEOPARD NOVEMBER 2010

November Listings:Everything here for Goldsmiths and the local area that is happening during November. But remember this month contains Bonfire night [and thanksgiving for you Americans] so have a good one!


FOOD & PUZZLES

- One large saucepan for cooking pasta- One measuring jug- Four Plates & Four Forks

THE PLAN

- Cook the macaroni pasta. Put it in a saucepan and fill the pan with water until the pasta is completely covered. Add a bit of salt to stop the pasta getting sticky and cook for about 15 minutes, until the pasta is soft but still a little chewy. Drain the pasta and put it to one side.

- Then we get a saucepan and melt the butter in the bottom. Don’t have it too hot or you will burn (and waste) the butter.

- Once it has melted, add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon until the flour and but-ter have completely mixed together into sticky lumps.

- Then add about a quarter

Chef Scott lays down the law on proper ways to dine and recline as a student in your local kitchenette. The ingredients shouldn’t be too pricey, especially considering how much you spent at the pub last night, so treat your-self and your nearest and dearest to his meal of the month....

Macaroni CheeseMacaroni Cheese is great, simple food. Just a few af-fordable ingredients can be combined to make that pasta you’ve been eating every day for the last month just a bit more interesting.

THE INGREDIENTS: To serve four people (be-cause a chef always has friends!) you will need:

- 25g of butter- 25g of plain flour- 500ml of milk- 400g of macaroni pasta- 250g of cheese (Parmesan and/or cheddar).

THE STUFF: You’ve prob-ably got all of these around somewhere, and if not, in-clude those who do own them in the meal and then you don’t have to buy any-thing!

- One fairly large ovenproof dish (enough for 4 portions)- One wooden spoon

of the milk and stir it until the sticky lumps have disap-peared.

- Now add the rest of the milk gradually, making sure it’s still not so hot that the milk splits. When this is done, add about 3 quarters of the cheese and stir it in until it has melted into the mix and you have a nice, thick cheesy sauce.

- Add the cheesy sauce to the pasta, season with salt and pepper and mix it all to-gether.

- Then pour it all into an ov-enproof dish, cover with the rest of the cheese and put into the oven at about 200°C, for about 15 minutes, until the cheese on the top has melted.

Your macaroni cheese is ready to serve and enjoy, with the full knowledge that you’re definitely not doing the washing up!

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made clear that the altered classes may have to reappear in less-popular time periods: “classes will have to be re-scheduled and we will there-fore have to make more use of the early morning and late afternoon slots on the timeta-ble during other days of the week.”

Opposition to rescheduling include some lecturers, who would like to use Monday mornings and Friday after-noons to engage in research. Some students, too, are con-cerned about the hassle of timetable changes solely for a minority of those playing sports. Manoj Kerai replied: “I think it is important for all students to invest in extra-curricular activities. It is not just for sports, but for socie-ties, campaigning and volun-teering as well.”

Sports Desk:Wednesday Afternoons

STONKING STUDENT RECIPE

First sports results are in, some good results for the Football, Rugby and Netball teams with all posting strong wins. No luck as of yet for the Hockey team but the season has just started. We’re looking forward to a successful winter.

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are all group activities”. She went on to identify a “music versus sport time slot war that is happening every-where.”

Deejay Armistead, student and Club Secretary for Gold-smiths Greyhounds Rugby, is also affected by the Music department’s schedul-ing. With a lecture ending at 1pm, he lacks the time needed to travel to the match venues. “It is unacceptable for lectures to take place on a Wednesday afternoon as it is so avoidable,” he said.

He noted that many students meet close friends and house-mates outside of the lecture hall, adding: “As students we are encouraged to devel-op not just intellectually but socially as well. In not al-lowing students Wednesday afternoons to get involved in activities, the University is limiting the social opportu-nities of students.”

Sabbatical officers from the Student Union have already gone some way to represent disappointed students to the University administrators.

In a recent statement, a spokesperson for Goldsmiths admitted the existence of some compulsory classes on Wednesday afternoons, but stressed that progress has already been made: “The College is working with aca-demic departments to reduce these still further in order to leave the timetable free on Wednesday afternoons.” However, the College also

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Basketball27/10/10 (BUCS)

Football13/10/10 (Friendly)16/10/10 (ULU)

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Hockey20/10/10 (ULU)27/10/10 (ULU)

Netball18/10/10 (ULU)

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Rugby13/10/10 (ULU)20/10/10 (ULU)27/10/10 (ULU)

Volleyball17/10/10 (ULU)

Students who miss out on extra-curricular activities, in-cluding sports, due to course commitments on Wednesday afternoons may have their schedule cleared from Janu-ary 2011, the Student Union has said.

In a first term that has seen many members of the rugby team unable to play on Wednesdays, some Univer-sity departments have ig-nored guidelines to keep the afternoon free from lectures, seminars and other course-related sessions.

“In the current climate where there are so many job appli-cations for a single graduate job, it is important to dedi-cate an afternoon for people to engage in extra-curricular activities,” Manoj Kerai, the Student Activities and Ser-vices Officer, said.

Departments that are guilty of timetabling classes on Wednesday afternoons in-clude the Music Department, who have rehearsals from 2pm until 9pm. Jacqueline Yu, in her second year study-ing BMus music, is unable to attend volleyball practice because of the clash. “Of course being a music student I’d like to engage in as many music activities as possi-ble, but I’d also like to do something sporty- all music, music, music could be a bit boring,” she said. However, she also conceded that it is difficult to accommodate everyone: “Being the year rep I know how frustrating administration can be, plus orchestras, choirs and operas

University of Essex Men’s 1st 98 – 34 Goldsmiths Men’s 1st

Goldsmiths Men’s 1st 4 – 2 University of Greenwich Men’s 3rdGoldsmiths Men’s 2nd 1 – 3 Royal Vetinary College Men’s 1stGoldsmiths Men’s 3rd 1 – 1 London School of Economics Men’s 7sGoldsmiths Women’s 1st 2 – 2 City University London Women’s 1st

Goldsmiths Men’s 1st 2 – 2 City University London Men’s 1stGoldsmiths Men’s 2nd 2 – 0 Queen Mary Men’s 4sGoldsmiths Men’s 3rd 0 – 5 King’s College London Men’s 5sGoldsmiths Men’s 1st 1 – 1 University College London 4sGoldsmiths Men’s 2nd 1 – 4 London School of Economics Men’s 6sG’smiths Women’s 1st 2 – 4 Royal Holloway 2nd

Queen Mary Men’s 2nd 2 – 3 Goldsmiths Men’s 1stGoldsmiths Men’s 3rd 3 – 0 Imperial Medics Men’s 3s

Mid’x Uni Women’s 1st 8 – 0 Goldsmiths Women’s 1stG’smiths Women’s 1st 1 – 3 University College London Women’s 2nd

G’smiths Women’s 1st 30 – 20 St Barts & the Royal London Women’s 2ndRoyal Vetinary College Women’s 2nd 29 – 8 Goldsmiths Women’s 2nd

Imperial Medicals Women’s 3s 8 – 34 Goldsmiths Women’s 1stGoldsmiths Women’s 2nd 24 – 18 Queen Mary Women’s 2nd

Royal Vetinary College Men’s 1st 10 – 10 Goldsmiths Men’s 1stGoldsmiths Men’s 1st 5 – 45 University of Greenwich Men’s 1stGoldsmiths Men’s 1st 42 – 16 University of Essex Men’s 2nd

Imperial College Mixed 1st 3 – 1 Goldsmiths Mixed 1st

Union call for period to be free for extra-curricular useFor January 2011

Steve Howe Sports Editor

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