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Archive for February 9th, 2010
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SRA concerns over FM
Posted on 09/02/2010 | No CommentsBy Sarah Morcom The Student Radio Association fear for the future of student radio after an Analogue Radio Scrappage Scheme is proposed. The scrappage scheme gives people the opportunity to swap their existing radio for a discounted DAB radio. With more than 80 student radio stations across the... -
New NUS Hotlist
Posted on 09/02/2010 | No CommentsBy Dan Whiteway The National Union of Students (NUS) is planning a campaign to force individual prospective parliamentary candidates into opposing tuition fees by identifying areas where the student vote can make a key difference in this year’s General Election. The NUS has pinpointed 20 towns and... -
New Mock courtroom opens
Posted on 09/02/2010 | No CommentsBy Sarah Morcom Portsmouth university students will soon find themselves battling it out in court. A mock courtroom has opened at the university – the first in the south east. Future lawyers, social workers and probation officers will be trained in the £1m development which was opened Wednesday... -
MEET THE COMMITEE: The AU Exec
Posted on 09/02/2010 | No CommentsRob Knott; AU Chair Rob is responsible for ensuring the Exec are completing their objectives. He chairs AU Council meetings and represents the voting rights of the AU at Student Council. Rob likes to don his tiny speedos and jump into deep water, whilst bearing an... -
Wakeboarding, A fresher’s point of view
Posted on 09/02/2010 | 1 Commentby Tristan Gordon Fresher Tristan gives us an idea of what it’s like to join the Wakeboard club, and a run down of what they’ve been up to so far. Signing up at Freshers’ Fayre couldn’t have been easier, apart from having a banging headache hangover, and... -
LACROSSE
Posted on 09/02/2010 | No Commentsby Liam O’Mahoney Flags Competition Quarter finals, 23/01/10 Cambridge University vs University of Portsmouth 1sts – Final score 6-5 Portsmouth Lacrosse Firsts were knocked out of the Flags competition in a triple over-time thriller at Cambridge University. Despite having led for much of the game, the... -
Portsmouth English Uni Champs, again!
Posted on 09/02/2010 | No Commentsby Wayne Gardiner Portsmouth University Boxing Club showed why they were last year’s British University Team of the year by dominating the English University Championships for the 3rd year running. With only 8 boxers competing due to illness in the squad, the Portsmouth squad still walked away... -
“A Most Wanted Man” by John Le Carre – Book Review
Posted on 09/02/2010 | No Commentsby Joe Adams 4/5 In my books, if a story includes a mysterious half-starved Russian man randomly being in Hamburg, linked in with a strong-willed idealistic German civil rights lawyer who happens to be a young lady, then the story is going to be a damn good... -
Hot Chip – One Life Stand – Album Review
Posted on 09/02/2010 | No Commentsby Dan Smyth 2/5 Hot Chip return with their fourth studio album and their most diverse and mature sound yet. However, I’m still not sold that’s a good thing. One Life Stand sees the band mix their traditional ‘geeky’ synth-pop sound that we’re all used to with... -
Animal Collective – Fall be Kind (EP) – Album Review
Posted on 09/02/2010 | No Commentsby Ben Harris 4/5 To those who have never listened to Animal Collective before, I implore you: look to the vocals. When listening to this EP, they are, as with Strawberry Jam and Merriweather Post Pavillion, something to grip on to. Compared to some of Animal Collective’s...