Tab Watch
The University made a big move this week, as it drafted its first ever charter. Tutors see it as an attempt to set out what students can expect, but in the early stages they had no plans to let the Tabs actually have their say. While some people have proclaimed the document - which will be published as part of the student handbook - as an historic step forward, others claim it is "vague on critical issues". Surprisingly for such an important document, "it does not make for a friendly or concise" read.
The Tabs got labelled "self-centred bastards" this week by a Third World debt campaigner, after only 40 people turned up to a Jubilee 2000 protest. A group of protestors marched through the city centre wearing Tony Blair masks, carrying a shiny new coffin and demanding that Western governments cancel the debt that grips the Third World. 17 million people have so far signed a international Jubilee 2000 petition.
The Tab Chemistry Department is well up for National Chemistry Week. Renowned chemist, Dr Wothers, will be "demonstrating indoor lightning...and the strange effect of oxygen on the human voice". And the excitment continues this Friday as the crazy doc demonstrates the importance of oxygen by setting fire to Rice Krispies
18th Nov 1999