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NEWS

Transport: Safety threatenedon the Tube whilst Guildfordoads get help up by a horse ee pages 3 & 4...

FEATURES

Gems of Guildford: How tomake the most of this historicalown page 9...

SOCIETIES

Societies Development Week,7th-21st October 2011 Find

out more about what you want

o do! Page 14...

SCIENCE AND TECH

Scam alert! Conmen trying touse Steve Jobs death to hackyour details out of you. See

page 13...

DANCE & THEATRE

New Talent: How to survivedance as a fresher andGuildfords newest theatricaloutlet page 19...

SPORT

RUGBY WORLD CUP: Theonny Wilkinson vs. Toby Flood

debate and shock results page 30...

8,000 DOWN

Students in the UK this year face an 8,037

hole in their personal nances, according toresearch just completed by the National Unionof Students (NUS). The average cost of livingoutside London will be 16,279 but the averageincome from Government funding only 8,242.

Liam Burns, NUS President said: Therehas been a shocking leap in the gap betweenGovernment funding and the cost of being

a student. The kinds of wages available to young people at the moment mean that manystudents without family support would have

to work virtually full-time jobs or take on hugecommercial debt whilst they study.

The gures rise for students living in London,where one can apply for around 2,000 extra inGovernment support. The disparity in incomeand outgoings here is still a whopping 7,548.

While the University of Surrey is outsidethe extra London payment system, Guildford is

renowned for its massive cost of livinis only partly offset by bursaries availthe University. Several other unive

the London commuter belt suffer same problem. NUS Vice PresidenDevelopment) Ed Marsh recently toldYou should get together with the uReading, Kent and Canterbury Chrisuniversities to put a case together.

NUS research shows non-London students have 8,037 average funding shortfall per Cost of living for average student rises to 16,279

By Jack White, Editor

The NUS is taking on the Higher Education funding agenda of the current Government. Pictured are NUS President Liam Burns and Universities Minister Dav

Continued on page 2...

LITERATURE

Graphic Novels: A much-maligned artform gets a boostas Alexandra Wilks readsaround the Holocaust in thePulitzer Prize-winning Maus.Page 22...


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EDITORIAL2 The Stag | 11th October 2011 editor@thestagsur

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Letter from the Editor

Jack White [email protected]

B y now everyone shouldbe beginning to settleinto their courses (again)and even freshers will havegot past the point where the

lecturers afe about thehistory of their subject for a few hours.

With this sense of oiled gears however, will come theproblems familiar to all old hands, like the pesky coins inour pockets, or rather the coins that were there but arenow in the pockets of Guildfords shopkeepers.

The struggle to maintain a decent quality of life isone that almost all students make, throughout theirtime at University. Many years ago it was true thatHigher Education was a place where the older generationinvested their money by giving the young a leg up highlysubsidised campus food and sport were quite normal. Asevidenced by this issues leading article, that is no longer

the case and you are now being expected to much-increased burden.

However it is encouraging that the Natioof Students is not sitting idly by and is pushinwelfare both by engaging with direct-action-

campaign groups for our futures and by congoing research into theproblems we are facing

As I said in my last editorial, while macollective problems are caused by other peoplnot putting in the funding they could), it is veour responsibilit to x them, so I hope ou ilof the opportunities presented in the cominghave your say and supported others, like ourwhen they want to have theirs.

Otherwise, will we have anyone to blame buhen e reach 50 and nd that our children a27,000 a year in fees and must take out commeto cover their day-to-day living costs?

Notices

The Issue 34 article Read More!should have been attributed to CRitchie, but this was not done. Not only that, we spelled Ritchie incortoo. Sorry Candice please forgive us!

Police ofcers from Guildford and Redhill came to the Students U6th October with their dogs for a drug search training session. A strainer told The Stag, We use all the live training areas we can. Thetraining day once a month, and you cant get anywhere more live thaUniversity Union.


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NEWThe Stag | 11th October 2011

Tube drivers announced on the7th October that they are toallot for industrial action overafety concerns. If passed, thection will not go as far as a strike,ut may include tactics like workingo contract.

Over the last week no line haspared delays, whether it is fromignal failures, faulty trains or theack of staff. And now, tube drivers

have announce they are to ballotor industrial action.

The news comes only three days

after they won a four-year 50,000salary deal. London Underground(LU) management claimed thatby signing the deal offered thepossibility of no industrial actionover wages until 2015.

However in its ballotannouncement, the Rail Maritimeand Transport union (RMT) has putforward a list of safety issues thatneed to be considered, includingthe consequences of the massnumber of staff reductions, the newprocedure for reversing and faults

in platform cameras.RMT has also claimed that the

London Underground managementwants to remove the built-infunction that stops a train fromproceeding if an object is obstructingthe doors, despite a potentially fatalincident that occurred in whicha passenger jumped from movingtrain and another was caught in itsopen door.

Bob Crow, RMTs GeneralSecretary said: It is our

members who have to deal withthe consequences of theses ill-conceived policies. We tried to getLondon Underground to see sense,but they have continued to put cashand job cuts ahead of passengersafety and we now have no choicebut to ballot for action to put a stopto these dangerous proposals beingimposed without agreement.

Meanwhile, Labour told ofhow millions of Londoners had toendure a total of 33 separate delays,line closures and suspensions.

The District Line was one of theworst, experiencing nine severedelays, closures and suspensions.The Circle Line also caused

inconvenience for its passenger,with four line suspensions, whilstthe Victoria, Hammersmith &City and Northern Line were part-suspended at least once.

Labour pointed out that thechaos on the underground occurredduring the week when MayorBoris Johnson boasted about thetubes performance at the annualConservative Party conference inManchester.

The results of the ballot are dueat the end of this month.

The NUS is now launching a special task forcen students nances, the Student Financial Support

Committee. The Committee will look at costs faced by

tudents and the support measures available.Following last years student protests over the

tate of University funding, the NUS has endorsed anational demonstration on 9th November, organised byhe National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC) aroad student campaigning group. NUS President Liam

Burns has stated his support for continued action bytudents to reverse the Governments Higher Educationunding policy on several occasions and reached out tother student organisations at Aprils NUS Conference.

On the 30th November, the trade union of universitycademics, UCU will be taking part in a major dayf striking called by the Trades Union Congress ingreement with the large unions, Unison, Unite, the

GMB and the Fire Brigades Union. Unison has somemembers at the University of Surrey among thenon-academic staff. Although ofciall called overpensions, the strikes are part of a wave of opposition

o Government polic, hich seeks to transfer nancialurdens from the Treasury to the individual.

Students suffer 8,000 average personal fundingshortfall; NUS launches fact-finding campaign

..Continued from front page

Opposition slated fo

regressive fees pol

Labour Party leader Ed Milibandhas announced he would cap

student fees at 6,000 a year if hewon an election right now. Hesaid, We cant build a successfuleconomy if our young peoplecome out of university burdeneddown by 50,000 of debt.

While less than the incoming9,000 fees, the plans have beendescribed as being regressiveby right-wing think-tankCentreForum. This is due to thecurrent way in which the studentloan payback system works, andas a result, virtually no-one in thebottom half of the wage bracketsor under the age of 35 would

stand to benet from thBusiness Secretary

Cable has argued that thill not benet oung and claims that it mathat the polic onl wealthier, older graduat

Universities MinistWilletts also commentetimely analysis highlias in Labours propodont help students adont help the economy

Social liberals Coalso attacked Milibandit becomes clear that treally a pledge to lowermerely a proposal tothem by less.

By Sophie Howard, News Team

Commuters faced severe disrupion as government cuts impact on staff and facilities.Colin

Gray

Business Secretary Vince Cable argues that the new system wont benstudents but only the wealthier, older graduates

Tube anarchy passengersclaim worst week yet Surrey Satellite Technolo

receives blockbuster back

Originally designed as a meansto control space satellites,new technology IKinema,

developed under the helm ofSurrey Universitys Dr AlexandrePechev, has found an earth bounduse with the backing of visualeffects and computer animationstudio Framestone.

The revolutionary IKinematechnology has the abilityto convert virtually anycomputerised skeleton model tofull feature rig while generatinguid and life like bod movement.

Head of rigging at Framestone,Nicolas Scapel said: The IKinema

solver is a fantastic soluwider range of skeletonissues.

By using IKinemas solver settings and its e

exible constraint sshave been able to itimprove our solving and accuracy. With the easily reproduce this sascript on many shots, wshaving days and weekproduction time.

Framestone is possknown for their involvthe visual effects on bloThe Dark Knight as welOscar and Bafta winibears in The Golden Com

By David Williams, News Team

As London Underground users suffer fromsevere delays and closers, London Mayor BorisJohnson boasts about Londons Tube system atTory Party conference in Manchester

y Jyoti Rambhai, News Editor


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NEWS4 The Stag | 11th October 2011 news@thestagsur

The police are searching fortwo men who are believedto be connected with a serioussexual assault on a young woman.

The incident took place inGuildford Town Centre, in theCharlotteville area between12:30am and 1am on Saturday

(October 1) morning.The men have been described

as dark-skinned, with one agedbetween 18 and 19 and wearinga dark jacket and blue jeans. Itis also possible that one does notspeak good English.

The police are asking tospeak to anyone who may haveseen the two men matching thisdescription between midnightand 2am, around the areas ofUpper Higher Street, Jenner Road,Harvey Road or Sydenham Road.

Since the assault, police haveincreased their patrols within thearea.

Anyone who does haveinformation can call Surrey Policeon 101, quoting crime referenceGD/11/9667 or can contactCrimestoppers anonymously on0800 555 111.

By Jyoti Rambhai, News Editor

Dr Stephen Carr-Bains wassuspended last year for

breaching the doctor-patient trust;however, following a case review bythe General Medical Council (GMC),he has been allowed to practisemedicine again as of this month.

The GMC found Dr Carr-Bains,who worked at the GuildownsGroup Practice at the Universityof Surrey, to have entered into asexual relationship with two of hispatients, between the years 1995and 2003.

Both the women were knownto be suffering from mental healthissues at the time.

It was learnt that one of thepatients became pregnant and Dr

Carr-Bains then helped her arrangean abortion. Following this, thedoctor failed to put a letter from theBritish Pregnancy Advisory Servicein the womans record. He alsoensured that there was no record ofthe abortion and did not refer herfor post-termination counselling.

In 2005 and 2006, several yearslater, Dr Carr-Bains is thought tohave put pressure on the womannot to reveal their relationship toher counsellor.

Dr Carr-Bains began a secondrelationship with one of his patientsin June 2003. The GMC panel heardevidence from the woman, who said

that the doctor had stat her university acco

It was concludedthat Dr Carr-Bainswould expire on However, the report that GMC membBrassington thoughdoctors tness to praremained in question his evidence were of implying that there iof repetition.

Despite this, the that the evidence putCarr-Bains was honeand he had shown repast behaviour.

Police search for two menover serious sex offence

Doctor allowed to practin spite of breach of truBy Jyoti Rambhai, News Editor

Experts in medical research areto be based at a new institutelaunched at the University ofSurrey. The main objective of thene research centre is to nd neways to help patients with illnessessuch as cancer, sleep disorders and

cardiovascular disease.Academics with specialist

knowledge at the Institute ofBiosciences and Medicine willbe involved in a range of clinicaland research areas. It is designedto encourage multi-disciplinaryresearch across biosciences,medicine, physical sciences,business and engineering.

This new medical institutehas been launched after the re-organisation of the Post-GraduateMedical School (PGMS) at theUniversity and will see the staff

transfer over into the new centre.The institute has been designedspecially to improve research,reinforce the Universitys medicalstrategy and make way for a MedicalSchool at the University.

Staff at the University haveworked closely with colleagues inthe NHS in previous years and they

hope to continue to work together,building on existing relationshipsand forging new ones.

The Surrey Clinical ResearchCentre, which has an internationallyrenowned reputation for itsresearch on sleep, alongside otherareas, will also become part of thenew institute of Biosciences andMedicine.

Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity, Professor ChristopherSnowden said: The new Institutewill provide a vehicle for theUniversitys medical ambitions,

including working eventual aim of a School...

The Institute wilwith the local NHS, boand research. FormInstitute will enhanbeteen scientic research in the medica

to translate advances improvements for pat

Alongside the launInstitute, the Universtarted to recruit 60 nacross all disciplinesboost their research.

The University waa larger research bapeople working inresearch and in doingto get greater fundingto better outcomes.

The changes are place in January next y


University launches new medical inst

On October 3rd a horse who

had ran aa from its eld,caused some delays to Motoristson Woking Road, Guildford.

The pale grey horse was seenby drivers around 8:30am walkingup the A320 in Jacobs Well, nearthe junction with Saltbox Road.

The horse, walked along theroad with the vehicles on tow,before it stopped brie to lookat another horse that was tied upon Stingers Common and then didnot move at all.

Long queues of trafc began

to form as the animal stood itsground. A woman not too longafter led the horse away and back

to its eld.Although the police were

called, the woman had led thehorse away before they arrived atthe scene.

The police have not yetconrmed here the horseescaped from but commentedthat it may have been the samehorse they dealt with the daybefore, where once again it hadmade run for it and was spottedon Barnet Road.


Runaway horse holdsup motorist on A320

Chris

The existing Clinical Research Centre will become part of the Universitys new Institude of Biosc iences and Med


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NEWThe Stag | 11th October 2011

The new Learning Centre,which opened last month, hasransformed the library facilities,

providing a social way to learn in ahi-tech environment.

The plans for the new librarywere devised in 2007 and were

ased on data that had beenollected over the past years fromtudents and the manner in whichhey use the library.

Director of Library andearning Support Services, Janeavidge commented: When we

rst developed SPLASH, it asvery different and we watched how

tudents used it and from it wewere able to develop the building toeect the a it is being used.

The Learning Centre is a multi-million pound building that has

een put together from severaldifferent areas of funding. Themart modernist glass interiornd the gold exterior has been

designed by architects RMJM

and has increased the learningspace available to students from acapacity of 880 to 1240.

The new centre has threeoors; the rst to oors consistof different zones of study space,including silent study spaces andare linked to the existing library.The third oor is the ne Englishand Language Learning Facilities.The centre also now houses theUniversity Book Shop and Amigos.

The rst oor also has a guestarea to the left of the securitybarriers, where people who havevisited the university and needaccess to a computer, can do so.

Jane Savidge also said: We

wanted to move away from havinga lending desk, and hence thenumerous number of new selfservice machines. The Universityhas also invested in a system whichsorts out returned books accordingto hich oor the should go on.This is to provide a service whichenables books to be shelved asquickl and efcientl as possible.

Furthermore, as there are nowtwo entrances, you have to swipe

yourself both in and out of thebuilding. This security measurehas also been put to account forthe number of students in thelibrary at any particular time. Thisis important mostly as from nextweek (10th October) the library willbe open all night. However, the oldentrance will close at 5pm.

Professor ChristopherSnowden, Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity said: Here at Surrey, weunderstand that Universities andtheir libraries operate as a focusfor the community with a strongemphasis on learning and teaching.

Both support the generation ofnew knowledge in an environmentwhich encourages creative andindependent thinking.

This new building reinforcesour ethos, extending the librarysrole as a hub of learning and study,and with the clear goal of puttingthe needs and wishes of studentsrst in a calm... atmosphere.

Learning ResourceCentre opens doors

y Jyoti Rambhai, News Editor

Two university graduatesattempt to crack the currentjob climate by selling advertisingspace on their faces.

The current situation forgraduate employment has notbeen looking good for a while.

This year in particular,according to the BBC NationalStatistics Data, graduateunemployment reached itshighest for over a decade (since1995). One in ve UK universitleavers has failed to nd a job inthe last year.

Two of Cambridge Universitysrecent graduates, Ed Moyse andRoss Harper, were faced with oneof the most difcult graduate jobmarkets and are now taking a lessconventional approach to earninga living.

Armed only with a massivestudent debt and a good graspof the principals of viral

advertising, both Ed and Ross

are attempting to survivbased on the income gby transforming themswalking advertisements

From October 1, Ed will be painting their fnumerous logos and them all day long for evsee.

Through www.Bucom, any individual, or group can purchasetime, upload an image apainted on the pairs facwhole world to see. Howaction doesnt stop thewill also be using sociand featuring of the Wr(Channel 5) in the next weeks.

Moreover, they travelling across the to festivals, protest, recordings or whereverto get to get their faces o

In six days they ha750 yes its bizarre, bu

just work.

Buy my face: face it, its brilli


Bouncer avoids jain Dusk assault tri

The University of Surrey has opened the new Learning Rescource Centre after years of planning

A28 year old male has beencleared of a jail term afteran assault in the popular studentnightclub Dusk, in GuildfordTown Centre. The incidentoccurred in the early hours ofFebruary 26th 2011, and the victim

is still currently receiving dentaltreatment after suffering froma fractured cheek and a crackedtooth during the incident thattook place earlier this year.

The male, who has been namedas Szeman, is currently employedas a guard for department storeHouse of Fraser situated on theHigh Street. This was used asevidence against him in courtas the judge argued that due tohis line of work, he should haveknown not to have used violence.

One witness stated that he

grabbed his victim aggthroing him to the ostriking a punch at himis thought to be an unattack. The victim has sthe no longer feels safnightclubs in Guildford aof this violent attack.

Szeman has been s

to six months imprwhich has been suspea further 12 months, also been ordered to c200 hours of unpaid cowork. He is very willincompensation, and it that he will lose his securlicense in light of this incidefendant has also beento pay 750 in compenthe victim, plus 500 prosecution costs totalliHe has been given six mpay this penalty.

By Sophie Howard, News Team


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FEATURThe Stag | 11th October 2011

Are you looking for somethingnew to get involved in?Something a bit different? Unique?Then why not get involved involunteering? The Students Unionhas hundreds of opportunities toget involved in, and the likelihood

is that you havent heard aboutmany of these.

The obvious places to start whendiscussing volunteering are RAGand Do>More. This year, both havegone through a revamp, with newopportunities, new experiences,and new initiatives to get involvedin. RAG (Raising and Giving) arecurrently looking for dedicatedpeople to become RAG Reps thepeople on the ground who makeRAG a success. If you want to apply,visit www.surreyrag.co.uk for moreinformation. Do>More also have

exciting projects to get invall rewarding, and these at www.surreydomore.co.

However, you may bfor something a bit morto get involved in. In why not pick up a VolOpportunities Handboothe Students Union, or vussu.co.uk for informatioto nd opportunities tai

you. Clem, our VolunteTraining Coordinator, is

make sure that a wide vopportunities on offer, anthing is that you can getas much or as little as Experiences range fromScout Leader, to being a for the National Trust. Algive you invaluable experiskills to compliment youand contribute to the com

I cant recommendinvolved in volunteeringIts a great chance to do sdifferent, make lifelongand, most importantly, he

Dont worry if youve neverplayed a sport before; mostclubs are open to all or have

some kind of beginner route toaccommodate all abilities.A common excuse to not join a

club is... I dont have time to dosport. Naturally you are here fora degree and some courses havemany contact hours but try risingup to the challenge in managing

your time. Having a degree doesnot necessarily guarantee you a jobas even degrees are common acrossthe country, its other skills thancan enhance your employability.

Time management is one ofthe many skills you can gain out

of clubs. If you can actuthat you have time manskills especially when you going on, you will be mifrom the job applicant neSo if you think you haventtry making time.

Okay so if youve triedcannot manage to nd tim

regularly with a club, sodont require you to go training session whereclubs host one-off events which you can get involveas the Surf & Wakeboard why not look around diffeto see what they offer.

Finally what if there isclub which interests you?try another sport, I can heup a new club at Surrey onot possible then I can helan external local club wh

your sport.

After being at Universit for ve ears, I can sathat this years Freshers Week has been theest so far. For those of ou ho are rst-ears ou

have a lot to look forward to and I hope you havenjoyed Freshers Week. This week would not have

gone as smoothly if it wasnt for the dedication ofhe full-time staff, Executive Ofcers, part-time staff,reshers Angels and all the other volunteers so if youee anone ho helped ou throughout the rst das,

walk up to them and thank them.It has been absolutely fabulous seeing a lot of

people enjoying the lovely campus and enjoying theunseasonably brilliant sunshine. During a long day ofpresentations and meetings I decided to have lunch

y the lake and the atmosphere was lively. The Courtife mentors had a social organised and had two

arbeques out and a number of games organised forll their mentees, they were kind enough to offer meburger which was exactly what I needed after that

ong day! What I am trying to say, as I have mentionedn my welcome speech for the live guide presentationss: Get involved in anything and everything, make the

most of every opportunity and ride the rollercoasterf student life. That way, you will leave Surrey withsmile on your face, a photograph album full of

memories and an address book full of numbers.Now if you are thinking you would like to get

nvolved in leading your Students Union, there cante a better way than running for one of the threeemaining part-time executive ofcer positions. Thevailable posts are:

Community Ofcer

The Communit Ofcer is responsible for initiatingdebate and action on issues affecting students in thelocal community, with an aim to providing cohesionbetween the Students Union and those living in localprivate accommodation.

Postgraduate Development Ofcer

The Postgraduate Development Ofcer facilitatesthe development of activities to support thepostgraduate community. This post is also chargedwith ensuring the Students Union is aware of issueseffecting students studying at postgraduate level andrepresenting the collective views of postgraduatestudents in conjunction with the Union SabbaticalOfcers both internall and externall.

Ethics and Environment Ofcer

The Ethics and Environment Ofcer is charged

with facilitating debate and action on ethics andenvironmental issues affecting both the campus andthe wider world. They also ensure that the StudentsUnion is aware of environmental and ethical issues ona world scale and that the organisation forms policyon major topics that require a portrayal of a collectiveopinion, of the membership.

Nominations closing date: 14th October 2011Question time: 24th October 2011Voting opens: 25th October 2011Voting closes: 28th October 2011

www.ussu.co.uk/yourvoice/Pages/Elections2011.aspx

Sabbaticals Say...

How you can have maximumimpact on the Students Union

Osama Salihnion President

Looking to get involved something a bit differe

TrungUnion VP Sports

Sports are not just fuimprove your CV too

Jake WillisUnion VP Societies

The Court Life Mentors enjoy the unusual October s unshine down by the lake.


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FEATURES8 The Stag | 11th October 2011 features@thestagsur

Twitter, I love you. You had @me at #hello. You link me tobrilliant news and amazing like-minded people, helped me tofollow events, like the studentprotests and phone hackingscandal, and you are one of myall time favourite expressions ofnarcissism. But Twitter, you can bereally, really sexist.

Now, my dear students, Imjust going to go ahead and assumethat you know what Twitter is,but some of you may not be sofamiliar with the concept of atrending topic. A trending topicis a way to group certain termson Twitter, often preceded bya hash (#) to make them moreeasily searchable. If enough people

are discussing something, thesehashtags will trend. It can be apretty cool feature Doctor Whocommentary usually trends, JustinBieber never trends anymore,thank God, and it sometimes alerts

you as to which celebrities areabout to appear on talk shows (orwhich ones have just died). Butthe cool thing about these hashtagsis also the problem: they are themost popular conversations on thesocial networking site. And as onetweeter put it, Sometimes when

you try to peer into a hive mind,

you end up stung by hundreds ofmisogynist bees.

There have been literallythousands, but examples of someof the offensive trending topics ofthe past include #stopthatthatsgayand #rulesforgirls. By far the worstI ever noticed was last years#ItAintRape, which I think trendedfor days. Not cool, Internet!

Its true that the site forcesyou to condense information into140 characters, but its somewhatdifcult to defend these iththe oh-but-theres-a-lack-of-contextualisation excuse. I dont

think that Twitters trendingtopics are reective of a universaland perpetual hatred towardswomen, but rather an effect ofsocietys tired old belief that thetwo binary genders are separate,unequal and cannot be reconciled.Ill buy that. However, trying to usethe social networking platform topromote any sort of understandingthrough dialogue usually endsin a #ragequit, for me at least, aspeople are inherently defensive of

what they have been conditionedto believe. Not to mention the factthat it is close to impossible to haveany kind of productive debate in140-characters or less.

Bad Reputation, a blog run bysome smart ladies, has a prettydecent theory that explainswhy Twitters sexist (-racist-homophobic-ageist-etc.-etc.)trending topics feel out of placenext to your Twitter stream. Itsmuch easier to craft your ownmedia bubble online than ofine,but its basically the same thing. If

you read the Guardian, and hang

out with Guardian-readers, thenGuardianesque opinions are goingto appear to be the norm. Whereasthe norm, in circulation gures isactually The Sun. And then theDaily Mail.

Twitter is the way it is becausethe anonymous nature of the webencourages people to be idiots. Thatpeople are bigoted or misogynisticwhen they have the safety oftheir monitor to hide behind is noground-breaking story. Its easier

to be an a**hole to words than topeople, as webcomic XKCD asserts.But in regards to Twitter, use of thehashtag itself may also encourage

cheap shots at minorities. As BadRep says; Its a joke, and theres anage-old link between cheap gagsand crude gender stereotypes.Through comedy, people oftenvoice more controversial opinionsthan they might otherwise. WhenI was featured on the front pageof Twitter, it was not for myleft-leaning tweets it was fora joke about hipsters, and onewhich in some lights belittled theexperience of the Chilean miners.(A miner faux pas, you mightsay Sorry!) Its also importantto remember that people are nomore ignorant on Twitter thanthey are on any other social media

platform, or high street, or traincarriage. Flaming everyone whoposts a derogatory tweet is a wasteof time. Misogyny wasnt inventedby Twitter. It may be perpetuatedin that forum, but the real problemis much bigger than that. Sexism isa global problem, not just connedto the Twittersphere. As well asundermining omen, it reectsunfairly on men, it divides us, andsadly its not going to go awaysoon.

Just remember: you are whatyou tweet!

Features

Debates rage over the inappropriate and outright offensive hashtags that trend on Twitter and equally over Twitters moral and practical ability to censor them.

Dont hate on the hashtag

examples of some of the offensivetrending topics of the past include#stopthatthatsgay and #rulesforgirls.

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FEATURThe Stag | 11th October 2011

Splash the plas

So, a new academic year hasbegun and freshers antics arein full swing. No doubt most of

you will have gratefully received our student nance pamentsfor this semester and whether its

our rst ear enjoing loans andgrants or your third, chances arethe balance is burning a hole in

your pocket.Well, I have some good news

and some bad. First up: you mostcertainly should spend a bit ofthat money to make the most of

our rst fe eeks. Not onl isit well worth being out and aboutwithout worrying too much aboutmoney, every bit of spending in ahard-racked recession economyhelps oil the wheels and keepthe wolves from the Eurozonedoor. But in all seriousness, abit of blowing your cash is a riteof passage that I wouldnt expectany student to forego, so go enjoy

yourself.The problem will come in

around Week 8: bank balancesshrink and Tesco Value beansbecome that little bit moreappealing. The way in whichstudent nance structure theirpayments is always a bit disjointedfrom student spending patterns,so a good way to even things upa little is to get a part-time job tokeep you out of the red.

Luckily our campus is rife with

employment in a wide range ofapplications; you just have to askin the right places. From campus

tours to pulling pints, have to be all work aneither (as if there was an

of that). The majority campus pay weekly andused to handling studmight be a bit transiencan be a big help towmoney every Friday.

The global receapplying pressure acemployment market, kind of entry-level rhospitality jobs which have typically rolled University towns ahotly contested by noworkers who may hasqueezed from other secmeans you might havefast to get the role youon, particularly if you wworking in town.

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By Peter Bailey, Business Columnist

BUSINES

Guildford is a lovely place. It's where Ford Prefect(in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) claimed to berom, and it'd be cool for that reason alone. But here areome of the things you should go out and explore beforehe cycle of assessment/drink/assessment leads you toorget that there might be a whole world outside theittle bubble that is the University.

There's a freaking castleAnd it's located on Castle Street opposite the

Tunsgate Centre. Entry to the castle grounds is free, andwhile the structure itself is nothing to be excited about,he landscaping is some kind of thing that can only be

described as 'ridicuprettilous.' Depending on the timef ear, oull be greeted ith either a mriad of oersr several mounds of pleasing dirt. There is a visitor

platform which offers a panoramic view of Guildfordnd the surrounding area, and the estate also holds atatue of Alice peering through her looking glass.

Eat noodles and listen to ear music

The Guildford Boiler Room has the best noodlesyou will ever taste. Ever. Really. It also has great livemusic. Guildford's sexiest band The Charming Thieves

play there quite a lot, and one time Patrick Wolf stoodn my foot. That was awesome. The Music Section willusually review some amazing gigs, so keep an eye out,

ut there's nothing to stop you going and enjoying themusic yourself!

Drink a coffee and buy a recordCute little cafe Glutton & Glee is located on Tunsgate

t, right next to Ben's Collectors Records. G&G isdorable and does amazing jacket potatoes. See Glutton

& Glee? No hard feelings. Right next door is Ben's,which specialises in the sale of a wide range of second-hand vinyl records and CDs. It's pretty much Aladdin'sCave in there -- be prepared to spend at least an hourgoing through the stock.

Marvel at the Bearded LadyMany visitors to Guildford are more shocked at

the publics non-reaction to Brenda than by her actualappearance. For some of us, her sporadic manifestationson high street benches are oddly comforting, and webarely bat an eye. The Bearded Lady of Guildford is easilyrecognised by her shock of white hair and leopard-printcoat or, you know, the bloody great beard. Brenda hasbeen dubbed "erce" b Perez Hilton.

Get some culture in ya' James Price, the last alchemist in England,

committed suicide in his laboratory on Guildford'sUpper High Street in 1783 when he failed to demonstratehis magical process to scientists. To this day, manyplaces in Guildford continue to charge exorbitant pricesin an effort to turn their cheap wares into gold (TheLegion, anyone?). One building that is worth its weight,however, is the Guildford House Gallery, perfectlysituated at the middle of the cobbled High Street. TheHouse Gallery shows selections from the GuildfordBorough Council's collection, and varying exhibitionsthroughout the year. It does have a costly gift shop(Price would be proud) but the tea room is more thanreasonably priced, and offers a delicious brie and grapesandwich that must be sampled to be believed.

Guildford also has a tiny Museum, which only

has a few rooms and a not-so-worth it screening of adocumentary. But they have a dress up box. Have I soldit to you yet?

Due to Leis Carroll's local inuence, the giftshops in both the House Gallery and the Museum sellAlice merchandise. Which brings me to my next localattraction...

Lewis Carroll's Grave

This one might not be for everyone, as you mightnd something a bit disturbing about making apilgrimage to see where somebody is buried. But forfan girls and boys who would like to make the hike, youcan nd him at The Mount Cemeter, situated on a hilloverlooking the town centre.

y Stephanie Davies, Features Team

Hidden gems of Guildford

Clockwise from left: Guildford castle and its lovely grounds; the famous Bearded Lady of Guildford, Brenda; the crowd laps it all

p at a Dreadzone gig in favourite town nightspot, the Boileroom.

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DONT IGNORE THE SIGNS!

MeningitisThe very mention of Meningitis strikes fear into the

heart of most people. This is understandable becauseMeningitis is an inammation of the lining of the brainand spinal cord, and, can be very serious. It is causedby bacteria. Teenagers and students in particular areat increased risk of Meningitis and MeningococcalSepticaemia (blood poisoning).

Most people in the UK have had the Meningitis Cvaccination but if you havent or cant remember gettingvaccinated, now is a good way to protect yourself. Youcan get the vaccine at Guildowns GP Practice if you areregistered there, or at your own Doctors surgery.

Vaccines cant prevent all forms of Meningitisthough, so its very important to be aware of the signsand symptoms, so you can get medical help urgently if

you become ill. The disease can develop rapidly, in amatter of hours, so seek help if you are concerned.

How is meningitis spread?

The bacteria is spread by coughing, sneezing andintimate kissing especially when people live closelytogether such as in University halls.

Main Signs and Symptoms

Fever Ver bad headache Vomiting Stiff neck Dislike of bright lights Pale or mottled skin Red / purple spots or rash that does NOT disappear

/ fade when a clear glass is pressed over them (seemain picture)

Diarrhoea / stomach cramps Pain in joints Confusion or delirium Severe sleepiness or losing consciousness Possible u-like smptoms 24 hours earlier for

example sore throat

Measles, Mumps and Rubella

Measles, Mumps and Rubella are infectious viruseswhich can also be very serious. Adults are more likely tobe ill than children and have more serious complications,including death. Measles is highly infectious a coughor a sneeze can spread the virus over a large area. Youare at greater risk if you have not had two doses or theMMR vaccine. If you have missed one or both, pleasecontact your GP surgery as soon as you can, as this is thebest way of protecting yourself.

Prevention of Meningitis and MMR

Get vaccinated Regular hand ashing and use of anti-bacterial hand

gel Cover mouth and use tissues hen coughing or

sneezing, dispose of them afterwards and clean yourhands

For further information and advice:

Pick up a leaet from The Student Health Centre orfrom our Fit for Life stands

.nhs.uk/pages .meningitis-trust.org

A trademark of meningitis is a rash of spots that does not fade when a glass is pressed over them. If this happens to you then getmedical help IMMEDIATELY.

By Student Health Care

Infectious diseases regularly hit students and can lead to death. Withcare however, you can minimise the risk for yourself and other students.

If you suspect Meningitis

GET MEDICAL HELP IMMEDIATELY!

Go to your nearest A&E Contact your GP or Call 999 or NHS direct

It could happen to anyone: itcould happen to YOU!

Should I stayor should I g

Freshers, in a few months you

will have to start thinkingabout where you will live next

year. So, if you live commutabledistance from Surrey, is livingat home an option you shouldconsider or should you stay inGuildford?

Money matters

Generally speaking, if yourcommute to university wouldbe a reasonable distance, livingat home is likely to cost you lessthan living at university. Youcan now get great deals on trainfares, with season tickets andrailcards offering great discounts.

Alternatively, if you live nearenough to get a bus to Guildfordthen most bus services offerweekly or monthly tickets thatalso save you money. As you mayknow, parking on Surrey campuscan be a bit of a challenge butmany do drive in which can workout even cheaper than travellingby train.

If you live with your parentsand commute, you may have theoption of living rent free, or atleast cheap rent! Also you maybe able to work out a deal with

your parents and contribute tothe food shopping which may becheaper than buying everything

yourself.Lastly, as you tend to save

money by living at home, youreceive a smaller loan, whichequals less debt! For example, I

am commuting thishave 1,000 less deevery little helps!

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By Becky Powell, Features Team

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGThe Stag | 11th October 2011

Science & Technology

M82: Cigar GalaxyThe Cigar Galaxy is what is know asa starburst galaxy, where a largenumber of stars are forming at once.Ten times the number of stars arecoming into being than in the MilkyWay.

M82 is 15 million light-years awayfrom us.

BT back in court overInternet policing law

Telephony bosom-buddies BTand TalkTalk have been grantedeave to appeal a failed previoushallenge to parts of the Digitialconomy Act (DEA).

The DEAs most loved andoathed sections dealt with onlineopyright infringement and

delegated some of the policingf that crime to Internet service

providers (ISPs).Many ISPs have expressed

hagrin at the law, saying that thebligations forced on them are

unfair and unworkable.The requirements of the DEA

mean that ISPs are forced to keepabs on customers at the requestf copyright holders and sendut letters to customers pointingut that they have been spottedreaking the law.

Introduced by Lord Mandelson,he DEA was passed by Parliament

during the last months of Gordon

Browns government.In April of this year, BT and

TalkTalk made a series of verebuttals of the DEA at the HighCourt, but all apart from one werethrown out. The remaining pointwas over who should shoulder thecost of dealing with customers whoare accused of infringement. Thetwo ISPs won their argument thatthe copyright-holders should bearsome of the cost.

y Jack White, Editor

Scammers steal StevA group of scammers has seized on the death of tech marketingSteve Jobs to con Facebook users into giving away their perdetails.

In keeping with a multitude of similar scams, the conmen are sthey have a load of free iPads to give away in honour of MrWhen users click on the provided link, they are taken to a anwebpage where their details are taken for delivery.


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SOCIETIES14 The Stag | 11th October 2011 societies@thestagsur

Societies

Without using my so-calledcreative writing skills to turnthis into a piece of meta-something(seeing as its not meta-ctionbecause of its apparent factualcondition) and excusing the punof meta-gaming, I will try and putforward the argument for joining,or at least going along to nd outwhat is Gamesoc.

Yes, the society for games! Ithink it was C.S. Lewis who said

that when he became a man hewould put away childish things.I am accordingly, a man-childand I refuse to grow up. I wouldlike to believe that university isa place, an open forum, wheredifference is a good thing and

that the universitycan help us shape aidentity and selfhoodsomething to be shthe case, this commucommon ground andfacilitates the fosterinof it as such. The grouThursday in 39MS0other Sunday (startin9th October).

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DANCE & THEATRE18 The Stag | 11th October 2011 dancetheatre@thestagsur

Dance & Theatre

As some of you may well know, Guildford has gotitself a brand new theatre. This summer, the1700 capacity Glive opened, situated at the top of thetown centre and bringing a diverse array of shows,performances and concerts to our town.

Costing a staggering 26 million in total tocomplete, the theatre is spreading the diversity ofthe Arts through our county, creating great buzz andexcitement amongst the locals.

Being situated so close to London, we often dontget to experience big-name acts so close to home.However, with the opening of this contemporaryvenue, the likes of Jimmy Carr, Stephen Merchant,Adam Ant and International Orchestras among a

long list of other famous faces, will be right on ourdoorstep!

Contributing to the world of dance and theatre,several musicals are being displayed in the coming

months, including Blood Brothers, the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcocontroversial Vagina Monologues. Alonperformances of both The NutcrackLake will be performed by the Russian December.

Glives varied display of performanto make performing arts, like dancecomedy, more accessible to the peopleand is obviously great for all of yenthusiasts out there!

It could be said that the large, modis an eyesore in our fairly traditional centre, but in my opinion, it is bringing the 21st Centur Arts orld, benetingfanatics but the general public. We are

such a great venue bought to our towtruly outstanding performances lined uone, cannot wait to go and see. Im sure I

you some reviews in the very near futur

GLIVE GUILDFORDBy Hannah Jelliman, Dance and Theatre Editor

Your fortnightly guide to the Arts at Surrey

When: Wednesday 9th November, 7:30 pm

What: James Wilton Dance

Where: Ivy Arts Centre

How much? 5 students (10 full)

Winner of the Sadlers Wells Global Dance Contest, rising star JamesWilton and his dance company presents a programme of dynamic anddaring dance work where performers are pushed to their physicallimits.

Draing inuence from martial arts, break dancing and capoeira,the works Cave, an exploration of our perceptions of reality, and FallingUnknon, a duet exploring self-sacrice, ill leave audiences on theedge of their seats with such breath-taking athleticism and stunningimagery.

Check out his amazing work on video at: jameswiltondance.org.uk

JamieHarbor

Jellimans Gems: TOP

5 CHOREOGRAPHERS1. Akram Khan - It has to be said that he is by far my favourite

choreographer, at the moment anyway, with a solid career behindhim and still creating new, exciting works, he really is an inspiration!

2. Matthew Bourne - Ok, so hes probably in a very large majority ofdance-lovers top 10, and quite rightly in my opinion. He made ballet

accessible to all, creating impressive (and often controversial) retakeson all the great classics.3. Hofesh Shechter - Having recently seen Shechters newest work, and

leaving feeling somehat overhelmed, he is denitel higher thanhe would have been a few months ago.

4. Merce Cunningham - One of the biggest pioneers of contemporarydance, Cunningham went against the boundaries, choreographingfantastic work for decades and inspiring many great dancers andchoreographers along the way.

5. Bob Fosse - Possibly the biggest name in Jazz dance, Fosse tookthe dance world by storm in his time with quirky movements andimpressive group numbers.

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DANCE & THEATThe Stag | 11th October 2011

Today, we live in a verymixed and generally acceptingsociety, with discrimination

constantly decreasing. Whetherit is race, sexual preference,social background or disability,we are all increasingly being seenas equals. This is clearly verypositive, but my question is this:Why has it taken longer in thedance world for certain people tobecome accepted as performers?Disabled dancers are very rarelyseen in a professional context,but companies like Candocoand (my new-found obsession)StopGap, are ghting to changethis. StopGap work with bothable-bodied and disabled dancersto create some truly inspiringand diverse work, pushing not

only their dancers physicalabilities, but also the audiencesopinions of what dance can beand who can perform it. Witha wide range of abilities, fromdancers in wheelchairs to thoseith severe learning difculties,StopGap encourages theiraudience to realise that anybodycan dance. They want audiencesto believe that contemporarydance is so adaptable that itgives opportunities to those thata large majority of the publicwould assume could never dance.

Their work is incrediblyand some of the most eIve ever seen, with eveshowing true passion they are doing. They

prove to the audienpossibly also themselv

you are capable of a you put your mind to least clichd way possirecently attending a wwith the companies yougroup, I became overat their work and the desire of the workshop lmake dance more accesonly are they allowingand everyone to dance, rof medical conditions, are also building aspiringcondence and self-appYes, not everyone has tto move in the same way

should not mean that thperform beautifully inadaptations of movemehave created some of breath-taking work I hseen. It is companies likethat are transforming tof not only contemporabut the Arts in geneattempt to make it

yet to still produce wohighest standard. It is thdecade of the 21st Cencontemporary dance is whirlwind of societal ch

By Hannah Jelliman, Dance and Theatre Editor

Photographer: Hugo Glendinning; Dancers: Laura Jones and DaChoreographer: Filip Van Huffel

StopGap

This summer, there are three performances which Ihave seen that stood out to me. Three completelydifferent casts: one by a youth theatre, one by an amateurdramatics society and one at a world renowned outdoorheatre. There were three completely different budgets,ut all three were amazing in their own right. However,

what is even more astonishing is that all three were, onhe whole, sold out by completely different audiences.

At the youth theatre I must have been one of the oldesthere, at the amateur dramatics one I must have beenhe youngest and at the outdoor theatre, I think perhapsne of only a few British audience members.

Although the performing in the rst to shoswas not Oscar worthy, I dont think that is what the

udience expected, nor did they want it. The fun lovingmusical of the youth production was hilarious and

the audience joined into the fun of the performance,with sing alongs and cast members coming into thecrowd. The whodunit performance from the amateurdramatics society kept the audience in suspense, but, at

the same time it was funny and relatable. However, thelast performance I saw, at the outdoor theatre, was alsoby a London based amateur dramatics society (thoughsome cast members did attend drama schools like RADAand Guildhall so on the whole I wouldnt really countthem as amateur). The acting was incredible, the stagingand direction was immaculate and the performance wasso graceful.

I saw amazing productions over the summer, threestood out, with three completely different audiences.There is a performance out there to suit every taste, ageand budget: please, if you get an opportunity, go to thetheatre.

y Lexi Sutton, Dance and Theatre Team

Abig welcome to all of youfreshers! We are third yeartudents who have experienced the

ups and downs of university life,

nd would like to share with you ourxpertise on how to survive your

rst ear.Healthy EatingFirst things rst, a health diet

s key to any dancers life, as foods essential in preventing illnessnd keeping up high energy levels.

Before our rst big Tesco shop,make a list including as much freshruit and vegetables as possible.oods with high protein are also

key, and dont forget balancing yourarbs for maximum energy release.

Never go shopping on an empty

stomach; this could result in yourtrolley being full of chocolate andcrisps! Buy enough to last a week,as this will prevent annoying dailytrips to Amigos!

Sleep

On the rare nights that you arenot out in Rubix, try to get an earlynight to catch up on the many hourslost from drunken antics!

Nights outWe know its pointless telling

you to stay in when you havelectures the next morning, sohere's some good tips to make that9am African lesson that bit morebearable. Try to limit your drinks(opt for singles instead of thoseenticing doubles), down two pints ofwater before you stumble into bed(food also helps soak up the alcohol

at this stage too), and nall, makesure your dance clothes are easyto nd in that mad 5 minute rushto leave (it's also handy to haveparacetamol in easy reach!)

Getting Involved

Youll be told so many times toget involved in many out of lecturesopportunities - this is a greatway to meet people with a similarpassion, and a chance to performmore often. For those of you whoare dancers youll be welcomed withopen arms to CDI, which are weeklycontemporary classes taught byoutside dance practitioners. Forthose of you who are not dancers,there are plenty of opportunitiesto join one of the several societiesaround campus, as well as the danceclasses held by Surrey Sports Park.

Survival of the fittesty Sarah McDowell and Beth Hedges, Contributors

Three Productions

The smiling faces of Surreys dancers.


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FILM20 The Stag | 11th October 2011 lm@thestagsur

Film

Never did I expect to becometired and bored of the conceptof cheating death. However,with the new release of FinalDestination 5 I was simply tiredof the repetitive story line whichhad failed to grip me since thethird lm in the series - even tothe point where I was consideringsuicide myself.

However, I forced myselfinto atching the lm ith anopen and optimistic mind; afterall, I enjoed the rst three FinalDestination lms immensel. M

general analysis now, however, isthat its best to leave horror lmsto trilogies and not exhaust thesame idea over and over again.

The lm, directed b StevenQuale, begins with the traditionalFinal Destination clich. I wasintrigued to see what the iconicinitial event of mass deathwould be. However, it was fairlyreminiscent of the beginningof the 2nd lm here there isthe grand car pile-up, the onlydifference being the addition ofa collapsing bridge. There is thestandard main character thatforesees the accident and warnseveryone around him of theimpending tragic event whichhe feels will occur, and true toform, it does. Without giving toomuch away, (which, if youve seenan of the previous lms, oucould probably guess yourselvesana) the lm continues iththe lucky survivors being killedoff one by one in the order inwhich they would have died at thebeginning of the lm.

This part of the lm is one ofthe only parts of Final Destination

which remains exciting. The waysin which characters die are insome sense adventurous and attimes (probably not intended)very funny. They consist of alarge Buddha impaling a manshead, laser eye surgery which goesterribly wrong and a young girlwhose gymnastic routine leavesher twisted up. They are madea little more horric b the 3Deffects intended to add excitementand scares, and hile I did inch afew times, it was hardly anythingto have viewers screaming in theirseats.

The ending of thonly part which straythe typical conventideath coming back tlast luck survivocleverly manages tothe rst lm and rouneatly.

Overall, its noththe cinemas to watif youre just lookinentertainment and complex then this i

you.

By Tiffany Tucker, Film Editor

Itpicall strongl dislike a lmin which I know everythingthat will happen from the traileralone, sadly, this was the case forAbduction, but it didnt stop meenjoying it regardless. Its the typeof lm hich takes me back to mlove of suburban American teenthriller-dramas like Disturbia andNever back down.

The breakdown is that the maincharacter, twilight star TaylorLautner, nds his perfect famillife is shattered to pieces after he

discovers a baby picture of himselfon a missing persons website. Withhis adopted parents out of thepicture, its up to Lautner and hisleading lady to save themselvesfrom the bad gus, and nd out thetruth about his birth parents.

As the lm dre to an end, Irealised that the story line wasnothing original, and I couldpredict the ending without ashadow of a doubt. However,this lack of originality in plot bydirector John Singleton was oddlysatisfying and somewhat relaxing.

If oure looking for a lm ithsome top eye-candy in the formof Lautner and the Guildford bornbeauty that is Collins, and arent toofussed about a hardcore convincingghting scene, then this lm ticksall the boxes.

With these things in check, Ias able to appreciate the lm forwhat it was: a perfect, girly, teenageick, ith enough action thatsome teenage boys may even enjoyit aswell. Its nothing amazing,spectacular, or Oscar-winningworthy, but Abduction is worth the

watch if you simply want to escapereality for an hour and 46 minutes.On the other hand, it also works if

you want to be taken back to whenwe bought into the teenage kick-ass story lines where the handsomeboy gets the beautiful girl.

Abduction, overall, is nicelyentertaining, exactly what I neededat the time when I watched it. Itis unsurprisingly predictable butin a good, comforting way, and Iactually enjoyed knowing whatwould happen and how it would allend.

Final Destination 5The scene is set in ironicallynamed, ctional dead-end tonEndora, and the focus is on theGrape famil, specicall Gilbert(Depp) and his mentally challenged

younger brother Arnie (DiCaprio).With two sisters, a brother who

has managed to escape the systemand leave home, no father and amorbidly obese mother, Gilberthas to help support the family byworking in a local conveniencestore that has lost the majority ofits customers to Foodland, theevil supermarket a few miles downthe road. Then along comes Becky(Juliette Leis) ho is brie stuck

in Endora with her grandmother,and something new starts to eatGilbert Grape. This tragicallyworking-class tale of self-discoverybrings a new element to a lovestory, a story of the challenges realpeople have to face, capturing themundane lives of Gilbert and Arnie,with Arnie not knowing any better.

A long three years before hisheart-throb career takes off inRomeo and Juliet, and at just 19

years old, DiCaprio shows the truecolours of his acting skills, seizingthe characters traits and makingthem his on. A trul magnicentlm, ith a heart-rending nish tostop you in your tracks.

Whats Eating Gilbert Grape?

By Tiffany Tucker, Film Editor

By Megan Barnacle, Copy Editor

Abduction


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UK cinemas have begun to feara drop in sales in 2012, as theyprepare to face competition fromhe Olympics. Over 65 million tickets

were sold in the UK this summer, a

taggering rise from 2010, whichnly managed to hit 62.03m. This

was largely thanks to the success ofBritish lms such as Harr Potter

nd the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - theiggest selling lm of the ear - and

The Inbetweeners Movie, claimedhe Film Distributors AssociationFDA). Overall box ofce earningsor 2011 are expected to beat the

gure for 2010, ith the currentotal at 872m (a 4% increaseompared to this time last year).

However, 2012 looks set to be tough:not only are the cinemas faced withhe Olmpics, but signicant eventsuch as Euro 2012, the Queens

Diamond Jubilee, the British Grand

Prix and the Paralympics will allontribute to the competition. TheDAs chief executive, Mark Batey,n an interview for the BBC Newslaimed that there will be plenty ofpportunities for big screen escapeor people who arent so interestedn sport Ill denitel be going,hen!

UK cinemas faced a similarituation in 2010, when Sex and the

City 2 was scheduled for releaset the time of the World Cup.

Distributors aimed to target femaleswho may want to escape from theootball. The lm made a surprising21m at the box ofce - a positive

hope for 2012, perhaps - however,s of et there are no lms in lineor release next year that look seto match this gure. The biggest

lms are expected to be superheromovie sequels such as The DarkKnight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Bourne Legacy. Familymovies such as Madagascar 3 and

Ice Age: Continental Drift are alsodue for release, however, MarkBatey claims that the release datesfor next year are still uncertain. UKCinemas might be looking worried,but with a modern adaptation of

Emily Brontes Wuthering Heightson the cards, theyll certainly bemaintaining my loyalty! Lets hopeCathy and Heathcliff can bring theratings back!

2012 TO HIT CINEMAS HARDy Candice Ritchie, Copy Editor

If you are a lover of a good oldrom-com then you will loveDan Fogelmans Crazy StupidLove. In fact, even if you arenot such a fan then you maystill want to have a peek at thisnot-so-serious lm. I ent inexpecting the usual and came outpleasantly surprised, with thisfunny collection of interlinkedcharacters which all follow thesame story but appeal to differentages and relationships. Now, thatmay sound like a Love Actually orValentines Day repeat, but, insteadof copying it seems to almost bemocking those kinds of stories.At each point that two charactersconnect, it doesnt seem witty orclever; its just some ridiculoussituation that creates a load of

laughs for the audience.The general gist

is centred on Stevecharacter Cal whose him she wants a divorceinto a short term of dbefore meeting Ryan character Jacob, whohim how to be more oman, and the two become good friends. of the characters develof different love dilemthey all end up crossingthe end. Not onl doesinvolve clich narrattypical Steve Carell mit also includes some ostuff about the hardlove and divorce as wellovely shots of the beauGosling. Give it a go; make your day.

Crazy Stupid LoBy Megan Barnacle, Copy Editor

Not satised ith revampingpsychological horror with the

critically acclaimed Let the RightOne In, Swedish director TomasAlfredson has turned his attentionto shattering the clichs of theBritish spy movie in his minimalistreworking of John le Carrs TinkerTailor Soldier Spy.

Alfredsons adaptation of leCarrs classic thriller is the anti-Bond, a labyrinthine spiral into thegrim reality of Cold War espionage.Here, the spotless, moral certitudeof Flemings world is replaced

with paranoia, cynicism and self-preservation; London is a murky

playground for dirty little men withdirty little secrets.Gary Oldman gives an absorbing

performance as the remote anti-hero George Smiley - a disgracedveteran tasked with exposing aSoviet mole at the top of the Circus.Elsewhere, Colin Firth, BenedictCumberbatch, Toby Jones and MarkStrong are among a troupe of A-listBritish actors who endeavour tomake the secret service their own.

Alfredsons London is archaic,sexless and in decline, yet thisenvironment allows the cast

to ourish. At 127 milength, the lm expertl

from veering down the trajectories of the novmanaging to illustrate thdepths of its characters;tear, a look and a slight inin voice convey all the infthe audience needs.

As a result, Alfredcreated a well-paced, ithriller that trades sensafor subtlety. Both caand viscerally stunningis a bittersweet tale of treachery and shabby wall

By Tom Goulding, Deputy Editor (Marketing)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Sp

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Favourite Book

NAME: Liam ConroyAGE: 20

AVOURITE BOOK: The Outsidersy S.E. Hinton

WHY: I read this a while ago andhe story has stuck with me everince. It was so memorable andompelling. I think The Outsiders isperfect coming of age novel, with

oss of innocence as one of the majorhemes. I would highly recommendhis book as it is beautifully writtennd an interesting story.

NAME: TOM KITSONAGE: 20FAVOURITE BOOK: 1984 by GeorgeOrwellWHY: For risk of sounding likea pretentious you-know-what, Iwould state that 1984 is my absolutefavourite book. Every time I readit I notice something different, itis just so impressive and such awonderful, yet terrifying novel. If

you havent read it, I would imploreyou to, as it is thoroughly excellent.

Here is the chance to see what someof our readers love, not just ourwonderful editor and writers!

Phyllis Dorothy James, or P.D James, is best known for hernovels of the crime and thrillergenre, particularly her seriesof mysteries starring poet andinvestigator Adam Dalgleish.However, this time shes adding atwist 91-year-old James is set topublish Death Comes to Pemberley,a novel that integrates crimeand death into Jane AustensPride and Prejudice. The novelis set in 1803, six years afterDarcy and Elizabeths marriage,and the couple have two youngsons. Elizabeth is content in hermarriage, and her sister Jane andhusband Bingley live within 17miles. It is the eve of the autumn

annual ball and the Darcys areplanning to retire for the nightwhen a chaise appears, and outgets Lydia Wickham (Elizabethssister), uninvited, screaming thather husband has been murdered.Enticing!

Hoever, James is not the rstauthor to explore and expand JaneAustens imaginary worlds, withmore than 40 Austen-based novelspublished in 2010 single-handedly.Similar works include Darcys Storyby Janet Aylmer, which retells thenovel from the antagonists pointof view, along with Seth Grahame-Smiths instant bestseller Pride andPrejudice and Zombies. Likewise,

Joanna Trollope only recentlyannounced that she was writing acontemporary Sense and Sensibility,

due for publication in 20Sarah Crown, of the

said that Death Comes to is politer than varioin that its a sequel raa rewriting, and I agrall, if you were one of thauthors of all-time, wouhappy with your plot beiand re-worked? Even Pstated that the novel wouan emulation, but a tribwent on to apologise to Ainvolving her beloved in a murder investigation

Its safe to say, Imforward to hearing whatnext to the Darcys, ratwhat happened insteadout on November 3rd.

P.D. James transformsPride and PrejudBy Candice R icthie, Literature Team

The Secret History Donna TarttThe Secret History was

critically acclaimed on its release

in 1992 and is a truly fantasticread. It follos the stor of mistRichard Papen in his rst ear ofuniversity. Richard is seduced byve Greek scholars and becomesengulfed in their decadent world,which is not all that it seems. Theplot turns will leave you reelingand keep you gripped throughoutall 500 pages. Tartts writing isextremely romantic (the boyseven wear cravats), and hercharacters are wonderfully drawnand somehow believable despitetheir actions and eccentricities.

The Accidental Ali Smith

This one may be cheatinga bit, as Michael Smart is anEnglish professor and not

actually a student, but, he likesto play naughty with his pupils,which might entertain you for awhile. Some might argue it is notSmiths best novel, as it seems abit contrived in moments when it

tries to be too clever. However, itis an interesting story of a familysworld turned upside down by thearrival of a stranger.

Norweigan Wood Haruki

Murakami

Set in Japan in the 1960s,the protagonists experience ofuniversity might seem a worldaway from our own. Nonetheless,he still experiences drunkenness,makes mistakes and falls in love.This is a magical tale, and I dontwant to give too much away forfear of spoiling it. Dont be putoff by the fact its written in

translation, it reads beautifully.

Engleby Sebastian Fau

Engleby, set in thfollows the life of an inintelligent, yet socialCambridge student. The

is xated ith the deafemale friend. As the novethe circumstances surher death become incsinister, and a massive twend reveals the shocking

Prep Curtis Sittenfeld

Set in the USA, Pthe engulng stor of LAlthough not at universexperience is much theshe attends the prestigSchool in Massachusefeels out of place suby her sophisticated plongs for home. Prep is f

heartbreaking; the perfto read if youve ever felodd one out.

By Stephanie Davies, Literature Team &

Alexandra Wilks, Literature Editor

Five books on student li

Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in Joe Wrights 2005 remake of Pride and Prejudice


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LITERATURE24 The Stag | 11th October 2011 literature@thestagsur

For ninety years, English PEN hasbeen ghting for the freedomto write and the freedom to readat home and abroad. The eventis a spoken word celebration inwhich today's authors draw on thewords of those who have led PEN'sght for freedom of speech overthe last century, from H.G. Wells

to Monica Ali. How do the freespeech battles of the past affectwriters and readers today? PEN atthe University of Surrey is a uniquecollaboration between English PEN,the Department of English, and thestudents and staff of the University.Participants include: CaroleSeymour-Jones, Deputy President,English PEN; Moris Farhi, FormerPresident of the PEN InternationalWriters in Prison and ShaunKeaveny, author of Toast the Nationand presenter on BBC Six Music.

This will be an exciting eventand is not to be missed! If you wishto know more about this event or

buy a ticket (they can be boughton the door) visit http://www.guildfordbookfestival.co.uk/11-writing-freedom.

PEN Roadshow will take on the15th October in Lecture TheatreM at 5pm (4.30 tea/coffee). Its3 pounds for students, and PENmembers are free.

Ever dreamed of having your

work in the paper?Interested in having your workread by a published novelist?Enjoy writing chilling tales?

This competition is for you!Please send your scary storiesand poetry to [email protected] to enter. Astory must be no longer than 500

words and can be complete or an

extract, poetry must be between14 and 20 lines.

Entries will be judged bypublished novelist and Surreysown Programme Director forCreative Writing the muchacclaimed Paul Vlitos!

The winner and two runnersup will receive personal criticism

from Paul himself, a

gain feedback from aThe winner will

a 5 gift voucher foand have their storythe next issue of The

All entries must be sentOctober to:

literature@thestag

PEN Roadshow

Halloween Creativ

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MUSIC26 The Stag | 11th October 2011 music@thestagsur

D J Larizzle, a former Surreystudent, ofciall joinedStormParties, a UK collective ofentertainment providers. Larizzleis also a part of a project know asTrendsetters, hes collaboratedwith such artists as Chipmunk, JLSand Lethal B. Larizzle has becomean accomplished radio presenterand over Freshers' Week he cameback to Surrey where it all began.

The Stag: So, how did you ndtonight?DJ Larizzle: It was great beingback, the Surrey crowd were reallygreat they were totally up for it.Good to be back.

TS: For anyone who doesn't know,what's your tie with Surrey?DJL: Well this is where is all started.It must have been 5...6 years agonow - I'm too tired to do the maths,but I was DJ-ing in HRB, now calledThe Living Room at Bling withtwo other DJs. It's where I started,I

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