Vision says:
Vision fully supports the efforts of the some 30 students camped out in the Physics building and Exhibition centre, in a protest against the proposed higher education cuts and increases in tuition fees.
It is too easy to say that the youth of today are apathetic about the world around them, but the actions of this determined group shows that York students aren’t ready to take the potential cuts laying down.
Some might argue that they only represent a small group or that their actions won’t make a difference to the national debate. We would like to remind the sceptics that the protesters and their cause have already garnered the attention of the PVC for Students, Jane Grenville, who came down for an open discussion last Friday. There are even rumours that VC Brian Cantor might pop by later today.
We also believe that it is quality and not quantity that counts. Though they may not be many, they provide a reminder to their fellow students that we still have something to fight for. Who knows, they might even inspire some of us to quit complaining and take some direct action. Vision says: don’t stop protesting!
Thumbs up to:
The igloo builders! With students stranded across the country, seminars cancelled and the geese disgruntled at their lake being frozen, it’s refreshing to see some good coming from our sudden big chill.
It’s no new idea to build an igloo using a supermarket crate and a bit of ingenuity, but using it to raise money for a worthy cause shows originality – and bravery! We wouldn’t fancy living in a snow home over night (our barely heated houses are drafty enough) and have nothing but admiration for those who did.
Perhaps their Officer Training Corps experience meant they were familiar with survival in arctic conditions, or perhaps they’re just hard as nails. Either way, buy these guys a drink next time you see them out.
X Factor might be able to make a number one single for Help For Heroes, but York students can build an igloo and live in it. So there, Cowell.
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Sleazy behaviour in clubs. In the last edition Vision reported in its gossip column that a photographers employed at a popular York watering hole was encouraging girls to kiss each other for free drinks. Now it’s been revealed that a DJ at Revolution is accused of similar behaviour.
It’s not that we at Vision are prudish, but simply that this is exploitation and should not be taking place. It makes club-goers uncomfortable – those who are propositioned and those who witness it happening.
We know that ‘sex sells,’ but this is York. One of our favourite clubs is a Chinese Restaurant, for goodness’ sake! Trying to ‘sex up’ York nightlife won’t work. We don’t want erotic behaviour on the dance floor; we want to dress up as smurfs, go to Ziggy’s and try to break-dance.