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Issue No 346 Friday 31st March 2000
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AGENDA
Minutes and Matters Arising
1. Job Opportunity: Educational E-zine Editor.
2. News: Lady Carter, George Yeoman, APC, Public Arts, AUT awayday, TEPS,
Anti-gravity, Gold Reports, E-universities, Mardis, JIF Bids, Prof Reed.
Agresso, Cal Giles.
3. My most unforgettable character (I)
4. Readers' Letters: Proust, Campus broadcasters, Rob Massy, Sir Leon
Brittain, Lancashire HE Convention, Social History website.
5. Small Ads: TVs for sale (2), Majorcan holiday let, Secretarial job wanted,
The Venue Special Offer, Lift to Manchester Airport wanted, Carmina Burana
Concert, Accident prevention.
MINUTES AND MATTERS ARISING
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Reports that some people at the back did walk out during the Proust
film, and others would have but for their guests. One social scientist
described the film as "very boring despite some endearing qualities".
Even someone who thought the film was "an inspired creation" confessed
to dropping off in places. But even Bach does not appeal to every ear
nor Chateau Lafite to every palate.
1. JOB OPPORTUNITY: EDUCATIONAL E-ZINE EDITOR
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OWNER AND MANAGING EDITOR WANTED FOR EUROPE'S LEADING EDUCATIONAL E-ZINE
THE CHALLENGE: To lead the journal onwards and upwards; to convert it
from a unix-base to multimedia; to increase the subscription list (at
present ca. 1300 and sluggish but with a readership about 3 times
greater); to broaden its parochial market appeal; to make it funny once
again; to change the face of British education; to maintain a
thriving, critical and libertarian community in Lancaster; to offer a
lifeline to alumni.
YOUR PROFILE: You are fearless, incorruptible, altruistic to the point
of insanity. You have an almost religious attachment to freedom of
expression, not just your own. You are also have an interest in higher
education and a commitment to saving the University of Lancaster from
itself and returning the British university system to sanity and
decency.
Immune to money, you already enjoy wrestling with crocodiles before
breakfast and look forward to developing an appetite for
vice-chancellors and secretaries of state.
Literate but not pedantic, you have a mastery of all varieties of
irony. Familiarity with the libel laws essential, as is free access to
a friendly eminent lawyer. Personality is also essential: you must have
views and be prepared to express them. You have a nose for news and
know where to find it, thick skin and a stout heart. You have an
excellent knowledge of information resources, online and other.
You are at least on talking terms with most significant figures in
Lancaster, and have an insider's knowledge of its history. You
recognize the importance as reliable information providers of cleaners,
technicians, students, etc. You have a sense of humour, sense of
balance, excellent judgement and a low threshold of boredom. Above all
you recognize the crucial need for a discussion medium, especially in
an intellectual community whose management denies them one.
You have a passing acquaintance with journalistic deontology and legal
requirements as well as copy-writing. You are eager to admit your
mistakes, acknowledge errors and suffer the humiliation of typing
errors.
You are impervious to wrong-headed criticism and able to recognize it.
You have immense stamina and a willingness to work all hours. It should
go without saying that an infinitely tolerant spouse or partner is a
prerequisite. Above all you must be willing to put in the time as
required, to the annoyance of your colleagues and to the detriment of
your own career.
THE JOB: Gathering gossip and verifying the interesting bits; studying
the small print of yawn-making committee minutes; tedious editing and
correction of advertisements; dealing with occasional writs; often
causing anger and hurt and dealing with the consequences; entertaining;
typing; dealing with returned mail and changes of address. Stimulating
discussion with controversial feature articles on education,
car-parking, punctuation, life and everything else.
THE REWARDS: Immense job-satisfaction and ego-indulgence; notoriety;
the illusion of power provided it's not abused; occasional awed
reverence and respect. The material rewards are almost exclusively
negative. Occasional alms (an average of 0.285 of a bottle of spirits
each year are donated by readers and advertisers, viz. 1 bottle Spanish
brandy and 2 half bottles of whisky over 7 years). Invitations to
events, not all of them boring.
THE VACANCY: The founding proprietor, editor, copy-writer leg-man and
amanuensis of this mould-breaking electronic medium feels he has
fulfilled his urgent mission, is now bored, has very belatedly realised
he is silly to allow himself to be exploited, and wishes to write other
things, preferably for lucre.
TERMS: the goodwill of the title will be ceded to you gratis
immediately, along with the subscription list and three small computer
routines (adding subscribers, deleting subscribers, sending out an
issue). You are free to rebaptize the journal.
Anyone not meeting ALL of the above requirements need not apply.
Timewasters will be ridiculed. Handwritten applications only please.
They should be submitted in confidence to The Editor, Inkytext,
Lonsdale College. In the event of a failure to appoint this journal
will close with issue 350.
2. NEWS
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LADY CARTER, wife of Sir Charles Carter, our first vice-chancellor,
died over the weekend, after a stroke. We extend condolences to Sir
Charles and his family. Representatives from the University attended
the funeral in Whitehaven yesterday.
Lady Carter, nee Janet Shea, married her husband in 1944, when he, a
Quaker and consciencious objector, was still working for the Friends'
Relief Service. A modest and reserved woman, she devoted herself to
bringing up their son and two daughters in Cambridge, Belfast,
Manchester and Lancaster.
Since leaving Lancaster in 1979, Sir Charles and Lady Carter have
lived in Seascale. He has continued to lead a most active and
productive life in public and educational affairs. In 1989 he was
president of the British Association. Their son, CP Carter, recently
retired as deputy director of the Office of Electricity Regulation.
GEORGE YEOMAN (History, 1995), the well-known mature student and
ardent promoter of the Debating Society, was in town this week for the
funeral of his mother. He is now teaching English at the University of
Maribor, the second city of Slovenia (capital Ljubljana). He has found
his niche and has taken to the people and the lifestyle immediately. He
returns for a week in July with a party of Slovenian students.
LAST FRIDAY'S APC meeting was short and indecisive. The most important
item was almost certainly the paper on capital allocations. A crisis in
the provision of research space is arriving fast. Solving it will
require money. We are assuming that the Computing JIF bid will be
unsuccessful but further space is required. Bidding for other types of
funding continues in various areas but sometimes capital is needed to
be used as leverage. UMAG has high hopes of success for TWO further JIF
bids which are still being elaborated. One of them, being coordinated
by Prof Urry and Brian Francis, involves the "SMART" building, a
purpose built research space in Cartmel. Some HEFCE money for the
refurbishment of teaching space has arrived and we are spending it on
the old lecture theatres.
E-UNIVERSITY: Planning the university's response to the HEFCE
e-university initiative continues apace. Two members of the working
group attened Tuesday's mega-conference on the subject in London
sponsored by The Independent and Pearson plc. Lot of naive thinking on
the subject, but definite and justified fears about the advances in
this area of so-called "corporate universities" (e.g. Cable &
Wireless), edutainment companies, and the American private institutions.
If you don't know the latter try clicking on to www.uophx.edu, the
University of Phoenix, which seems very successful. Not only does
it have modest "campuses" from Detroit to New Mexico and Washington
to Hawaii, its online campus is quite impressive too.
Actually ALL American universities and even some tiny colleges have
online and distance-learning resources that put most of us to shame.
It's more likely that British students will want to study there than
that we can belatedly attract overseas students to ours. But the main
abiding benefit from this initiative may be to heighten local interest
and to highlight best practice. Expect someone to call on you soon.
TEPS: Whatever happened to the ambitious environmental plans for some
of the original TEPS money? Worth looking into. The supplementary
monies coming available seem to have been allocated in less public and
transparent form. 40K of them has been given over for the urgent
refurbishment of the Weights Room, but that is really routine
maintenance. Another 50K has been doled out to the colleges to fight
for amongst themselves.
UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS: Following a question about publication
of management accounts at the last Humanities Faculty Board
confirmation that the Gold Reports (monthy statement of accounts &
financial commnetary) which HoDs receive under confidential cover CAN
be disseminated to members of staff. So if you want to see it and think
you can understand it, ask.
MARDIS: Mardis is the self-funding computer aids for the disabled
outfit that former Computer purchasing guru Ken Pennington turned into
something of an international success with ingenious products that
transformed the lives and communication of the severely disabled. It
fell on harder times and has downsized. In recent years the man in
charge, a one day a week job, has been Jan Nielson, a Lancashire
businessman and entrepreneur with a scientific background. Mr Nielsen
is also working for us one day a week on other commercial and IPR
(Intellectual Property Rights) related projects.
LANCASTER LAUT EXECUTIVE had an away-day this week at Lupton Tower,
near Kendal. (No longer vegetarian it seems.) They were addressed in
the afternoon by AUT deputy secretary and university council member
Brian Everett. Pro-VC Whitaker also joined them.
THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE met on Wednesday with a loaded agenda.
Poorish attendance nonetheless. Professor Mackenzie stood down as chair
after the meeting. A paper by Alan Marsden was devoted to the
administration of concerts in other music departments and the crisis
that is arising for our own concert programme.
THE VICE-CHANCELLOR will by September have been in post for 5 years.
The terms of his initial appointment for 7 years provide that early in
2000-2001 the Pro-Chancellor will consult on whether he wishes to
continue for a further three years. If he should not so wish there
would be a need to set up a search committee almost immediately.
Professor Ritchie, manifestly not a quitter, could have been forgiven
for wanting away as fast as possible when he discovered the morass he
had unwittingly inherited. Now he may wish to enjoy reaping some of
his success.
ANTI-GRAVITY (NOT CATS AND BUTTERED TOAST): An article in Monday's
Guardian about BAe (British Aerospace as-was) working on looking at the
Anti-gravity machine supposedly devised by a russian scientist working
in Finland. It seems a spinning superconducting magnet creates a
gravity shielding effect, despite the scepticism of orthodox
scientists.
Now, the article went on to claim that BAe were working with
'scientists from Lancaster University' on this.... Presumably someone
in Physics. A reader asks whether the Physics building is about to lift
off the ground or Dr Lazarus is going to levitate.
INAUGURAL LECTURES ARE PROLIFERATING. Prof Mike Reed (B in O) will
give his on June 7th. Entitled "Beyond the Iron Cage", its thesis will
be that in certain circumstances bureaucracy can be good for you, for
example when it acts as a bulwark against overpowerful
authoritarianism.
AGRESSO: The purchasing module is widely admired by staff trained and
authorized to use it. Some doubts hoever about whether it provides
enough info for the audit trail.... Slight potential for fraud
possibly.
CAL GILES: The long-running Cartmel bar saga has reached a resolution.
The THES announced that licensee Cal Giles is to receive an apology
from the university for its failure to protect her and her staff from
harassment.
3. MY MOST UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTER (I)
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She was prolly no more than 5 foot tall and had rosy cheeks. She must
have been in her fifties when I knew her. Perhaps she had always been
in her fifties. Her grey hair was invariably tied back in the tight bun
whence came her sobriquet. Her name was Helen Mason but everyone called
her Bunny and she had been there for years. Even hard-as-nails
greyhound-racing or pigeon-fancying fathers who swore and worked down
the pit spoke in awe of Bunny Mason. She had a reputation as a Tartar -
her so-called temper was legendary.
Was it really a temper? She certainly got extraordinarily angry and
raged at the top of her voice quite often. And she could roar
incredibly loudly for one so small and made large and even violent men
quake. But the things that angered her were insolence, disobedience,
dirt, and repeated error. The rest of the time she was superhumanly
cheerful and liked to laugh. Her fits of anger were a means to staying
in control.
They worked. So did her two-tongued 12 inch tawse, a weighty Lochgelly
(so named after the town in Fife where they were made) which she kept
in her desk drawer. She had convictions and used it to back them up.
Those convictions were not those I later espoused. She was almost
certainly a Tory, or a Unionist as they called themselves in Scotland
in those days (except in municipal elections where they were
"Progressives"). She taught us that our MP was Sir Will Y Darling who
owned a big ladies clothes shop in Princes St (now part of Debenhams).
She was a devoted royalist and could explain the family tree of
Victoria's grandchildren from the Kents right down to the merest
Harewood, Abel-Smith or Milford Haven. And she took as axiomatic
adherence to the teachings of the Church of Scotland. She would
sometimes provide, unasked and fruitlessly, a kind of Michelin guide to
the quality of sermons and preachers in various Edinburgh churches.
Our classes were huge and our classrooms were small, smaller even than
they had been in infants. Dunno what the Safety Office would nowadays
make of it all. The 40 of us who filled a room ill-ventilated in winter
which could barely accommodate 40 desks and chairs. We filed in, one
row at a time, moved our desks a fot to the left to leave a space for
the next row to get to theirs, and sat down. The move was repeated at
break time, lunch and on leaving. Anyone raising their hand to say
"Please, Miss, may I leave the room" caused major disruption.
Seating positions were utterly rigid. Those of us who were good at our
work got to sit at the back. The weak and any miscreants were under her
nose. On Fridays she would organize occasional promotions or demotions
for the following week. Whole class teaching was the name of the game.
She taught by lecturing and asking questions, then getting us to
demonstrate in writing what we had learnt. Silence reigned.
The day began with the Lord's Prayer and bible readings or stories.
Once a week and on special occasions she would haul in unaided the
school's peripatetic piano and joyfully play for our hymns. She loved
rehearsing us for church parades too, on Armistice Day or Harvest
Festival, and would lead us into lusty renderings of "All things bright
and beautiful" or "All Good things around us". She loved the "Auld
100th" Psalm.
Twice a week we also had a music lesson in the afternoon. Again she
would drag in the upright piano. Instead of hymns, we would learn (so
often that memorizing the words required no effort) the classic folk
songs, the words to those kind of tunes that make up the BBC's UK theme
"Men of Harlech", "Hearts of Oak", "Early one morning", "Dashing away
with the smoothing iron". And of course she was very strong on the
Scottish border minstrelsy, especially Lady Nairn and songs like "The
Laird o'Cockpen" for the place was just down the road.
Sport and gymnastics was not her strong point. We had one dollop of
running around with another teacher and one session with her. Inveitably
that meant Scottish country dancing. She insisted that as well as being
fun and keeping us fit it was good for our geometry.
Ah yes... geometry. Five days a week we had silent written arithmetic
from 10.50 to 12.00. She squeezed round correcting and helping
individuals at the front. Before the morning break, every day, we did
20 minutes of mental arithmetic, a prerequisite for the problem solving
she insisted. She felt we should go further than required, learn the 13
and 14 times tables as well. The level of attainment achieved by her
(exceedingly) mixed ability class must seem stratospheric today.
It was the same with English. The day I saw a parsing and clause
analysis question of the type we did at 10 in a degree exam was the day
I realized I was growing old. She advised lengthily on our extra-mural
reading: Dandy and Beano were out. She recommended Arthur Mee's
Children's Newspaper but agreed that this new Eagle was more
intelligent than some competitors.
Some will be surprised that with such beliefs she was a great believer
in sexual equality. She was determined that boys would learn to knit
and sew, even though they might be outstripped in these areas by dimmer
girls, given a brief moment of glory. (I can still do stocking stitch,
plain and purl, but my casting on and off is weak.) Her argument, I
vividly recall, was that the boys might become sailors and would have
to knit their own socks, and darn them too, during long months at sea.
One year we were housed in an annex, a vast detached villa with
overgrown gardens attached. There, girls and boys alike had to learn to
dig, plant, rake, hoe and mulch. Only vegetables we could sell or take
home of course. She provided any flowers for school herself.
She was a great believer in starting from where you are. Our first
geography lesson consisted in taking us a row at a time to the window
to see the Pentland Hills and T-Wood where Robert Louis Stevenson
lived. The geography of Edinburgh's seven hills followed, then the pit
bings (slag heaps) round about and the A68, high road to the Carter Bar
and England. The Queen's lengthy coronation tour provided our first
lesson in the geography of the wider world. Each day we had to plot the
course of Britannia on a wall map. One year she went to Paris and brought
back postcards of the Tour Eiffel.
History was of course the story of the Kings and Queen's of Scotland
and their battles. That included the Kings of France, for Mary's
Craigmillar Castle was just down the road.
She knew many of her pupils were poor and was obsessed by cleanliness.
I can hear her say that she didn't mind jumpers being darned or even
holed and ragged, but there was no reason for them not to be clean.
She suggested using salt if we couldn't afford soap powder. You can
brush your teeth with it as well.
OK, I was an unbearable swot and goody-goody and she totally lionized
me to the annoyance of some others. Every year she chose my prize
herself, thinking she knew what boys liked. Invariably it was a novel
by John Buchan published by Nelson.
Come scholarship time she lent me books, advised me (wrongly) on what
to expect and which schools to go for. When I won all three she was ...
overjoyed. I'd use the word orgasmic, except that orgasms are not
something remotely associated with her. Her advice on which school to
opt for was uncompromising. I must choose the oldest and most historic,
even if it didn't provide me with a bursary, a free uniform and rugby
kit as the others would. Naturally, but against my parent's
inclination, I took her advice.
Throughout her working life she travelled 8 miles across the city on
two buses, abandoning her bungaloid existence with her sister to enter
the harsher world of prefabs, housing estates and mining villages. She
was the picture of happiness and died a long time ago. I doubt if any
of her pupils have ever forgotten her. Their gratitude may have been
late in coming but now they recognize her virtues by the day.
4. READERS' LETTERS
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Lancaster University is the venue for this year's annual Lancashire
schools' Higher Education Convention, to be held on April 6th and 7th.
The event will bring about 7,000 6th formers to the Great Hall complex
to gather information about HE from over 100 U.K. universities.
The event is organised by Lancashire Careerlink, and is the main
undergraduate recruitment fair for the county. Lancaster is represented
on the planning committee by David Peeks of the Conference Office, and
Adrian Harris of the Nuffield Theatre, which will also be in use on the
day.
The convention is not a recruitment event for Lancaster alone -
visitors usually gather prospectuses and talk to as many universities
as possible. However, it does provide a good opportunity for teachers
and careers advisers from right across Lancashire to see the University
and take away information about our own Visit Day in May. Lancaster
will of course be represented at the event and some academic staff have
agreed to spend part of the day on the Lancaster stand.
If you would like to see a large-scale HE Convention in action and
look at how other universities present themselves, you are welcome to
join the crush!
Roger Gould
Admissions Liaison
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Well, I can see why some describe it as too long, confused and
confusing, etc. I found the same. Beautiful staging, yes. The delight
of getting lost in the company of Deneuve & Beart, certainly. But for
someone who has not read all of Proust, even that was not enough to
keep me engaged, amidst all the twists and turns and symbolisms the
understanding of which clearly depended on being an initiate.
In a film like this it is all the more important that the acting draws
one in regardless. The trouble here is that at least some of that
acting was plainly irritating. The central character of the Baron was
overacted by a John Malkovich who spoke French with the accent of a
foreigner who thinks he's got perfect French.
Ironically, the one English-speaking character in the film (the
American gossip) suffered from the opposite: in her English phrases she
was patently French, while her supposedly English-accented French was
an inconsistent failure - the kind you might expect in an amateur
group.
For a film, and a work such as Proust's, where detail in sounds,
images etc. are of the essence, that is, to say the least, a problem. I
don't understand casting decisions like those. I wonder, also, if the
main character convinced anyone as a real person. He seemed to be
acting out the character not so much a Frenchman of the early part of
the century, as that of a French actor of those days.
And the Marquis de St Loup was one of the most off-putting cases of
ham acting I've come across (I thought at one point he was going to cut
through his plate and bite through his fork...)
Long, slow-moving films can be thoroughly enjoyable. This one was not.
Gerd Nonneman
[NOTE: Malkovich's interpretation of Charlus seems to have split
public and cinema critics alike in France, and all reactions are
extreme. Almost uniformly those who know the novel are enormously
impressed, those who do not are perplexed and think his 'Anglicism'
ridiculous. But his voice was actually dubbed by a Frenchman...
Charlus is a unique and unforgettable monster of vanity who cultivates
his own 'distinction' by consciously trying to differentiate himself
from absolutely everyone (French) now alive both in terms of behaviour,
belief and character. He is characterized by extremes and excesses, in
his gestures, speech and spoken language as well as everything else...
but unless and until we subscribe to INALF's text database I can't
quote you offhand what Proust says about it.
As for some bits of Arielle Dombasle's Americanized French, well
enthusiastic Americans are quick learners. Have you ever listened to
Jodie Foster's excellent French?
The point about consummate character actor Pascal Greggory's eating
habits is simple: the noble and charming manners of Saint-Loup have
become coarsened and vulgarized as he has become more uncaring and
indifferent to what others think of him and a bit of a sensualist
under the influence of his unworthy mistress and male lover.
As for Mazzarella's narrator... yes, he's a bit stylised, a kind of
mime artist, witness the trip on the uneven paving stones. Except at
the times when he's playing a dying asthmatic. I think the thing is
that much of the rest of the time he is a helpless spectator of his own
past. By the 'matinee' he has switched off entirely, is in a daze
because of now being fired with his own sense of mission rather than a
desire to take the people around him at their face value.
My own main criticism of him (and indeed of the production) is that
their depiction of asthma and asthmatic coughing is woefully
inadequate. Still my film of the millennium though. (Ed.)
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Forward in Europe (the Cumbria and North Lancs affiliate of the
European Movement) announces that Sir Leon Brittan will speak at the
FIE AGM and Dinner at Stonecross Manor Hotel, Kendal on Friday 7th
April AGM 6.30, Dinner 7.30 for 8pm. Non-members welcome. Cost to
members 18 Pounds, non-members 20 pounds.
Please contact Ann and Stephen Hinchliffe, Middleshaw Hall, Old
Hutton, Nr Kendal LA8 0LZ (Tel/Fax 01539 728055 as soon as possible if
you are coming to the dinner. There is a choice of menu: Starter:
Gateau of Melon and Strawberry/Chicken liver pate; Main:
Salmon/Turkey/Brocoli & Potato Dauphinoise so if you leave an
answerphone message please indicate.
Further events this year: Middle School Europe Week Quiz, Penrith, 12
May. The EU and Nuclear Energy, 9th June.
I heartily recommend the association for the high quality of its
programme and authenticity of its speakers. Most speakers have worked
or now work in Brussels or in other European agancies of all kinds.
Andrew Jameson
Lancaster
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It was great to hear Sarah Barber on Radio 4 "Start the Week" last
night, talking about the 'rogue' Henry Marten, literally in the face of
Jonathan Aitkin. In recent weeks I've caught TV and Radio appearances
by Brian Wynne and John Urry, and no doubt there've been several
others.
But in all these cases I've caught them by accident, and it would have
been really nice to have been forewarned in a Vickytext or Inkytext,
even if only by a few hours, so more of us could join in relishing
these Lancaster triumphs. Is this misplaced modesty on the part of our
glitterati? Presumably our publicity machine can't swing into action
over matters it doesn't know about. Though in yesterday's case one
would have thought something could have been put out between the 9.00
a.m. broadcast and the 9.30 p.m. repeat.
Dan Shapiro
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May I assure your readers that in this case there will not be much
countryside lost as it is to be built on the site of the present avenue
and hard court area; meaning only a couple of grass verges will be
lost. On the question of whether or not we need a new sports hall, I
feel the answer is obvious.
Lancaster University will not survive much longer on its academic
excellence alone. As an institution we need to focus on the all round
educational experience that we can offer to our students (and staff).
As an institution, the non academic facilities that we offer to
current and [more importantly for recruitment] to prospective students
are woefully inadequate. The gyms aren't big enough to cater for
demand. The changing facilities are old and in need of enlargement and
refurbishment. The sports hall is in constant use and certainly doesn't
manage to meet the demands upon it for the more popular activities such
as classes (aerobics, circuits etc.) and sports (such as volleyball,
badminton, archery etc.)
Students who want to play sports can not because we just do not have
the space and facilities. If a "healthy body leads to a healthy mind"
then this institution needs to start the proverbial ball rolling.
As for the rest of that site, the space and plans actually address
Lancasters' weakness - its failure to match non-academic support and
services to its continued academic development. Recent soundings on a
national level are showing more and more that students are not choosing
their HE institution based on its academic merits any longer...
Rob Massy
SU President.
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Sorry - I gave you the old website address for my social history site.
The correct address should be
http://www.pureland.demon.co.uk/iln_years/illustrated.htm
John Weedy
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5. SMALL ADS
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FOR SALE TV IN GOOD WORKING ORDER (between 30 and 40 pounds)and
driving books for sale.Also other items (free!). e-mail heather on:
heatherjones21@hotmail.com
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COLOUR TV FOR SALE, brand new, Toshiba, 14 inch, 90 pounds. Chris
Holland - c.holland@lancaster.ac.uk, tel 01524 382794
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HOLIDAY AMONG MOUNTAINS, with wild flowers and birds, SUNSHINE,
walking, good food and a mediterranean lifestyle on tap! COMFORTABLE
FAMILY HOUSE TO LET on the edge of a Mallorcan village, with roof
terrace and beautiful views. Sleeps 5, in 3 bedrooms. 350 per week.
More information from Angela@christendomtrust.demon.co.uk
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LANCASTER UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCED SECRETARY SEEKS PART TIME POST - full
time or temporary. WfW, WP, Excel and Prophecy. Excellent
reception/telephone manner. Experienced in audio-transcription.
Interested? Please e-mail slanghorn@nasuwt.net for copy of CV and/or
further details. Tel: 01524 770957
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THE VENUE - SPECIAL OFFER
(until Friday 7th April)
CROISSANT
BUTTER & PRESERVE
TEA or FILTER COFFEE
Now 1.35
(between 10:30 - 12:00 only)
Full take-away service also available
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DO YOU HAPPEN TO BE DRIVING TO MANCHESTER AIRPORT ON SUNDAY 30 APRIL?
I have a flight to catch at 11.50 on that day, which would mean leaving
Lancaster around 8 a.m. Unfortunately, there are no trains going to the
airport early in the morning. Of course, I will happily share petrol
costs. If you can help, please contact Lia on (01524) 60113 (you can
leave a message and a contact number), or by e-mail:
e.litosseliti@lancaster.ac.uk
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Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
and
short pieces by Mozart, Rachmaninov, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Schubert
Morecambe Philharmonic Choir
and special orchestra
Viki Hart soprano,
Brian Lancaster baritone
Robin McIlveen conductor
St Barnabas' Church, Regent Rd, Morecambe
Saturday April 8th 7.30 pm
Quite apart from the music and musicians, if you have never heard
timps, bass drum and tamtam (large gong) in the flesh before, this is a
must!
Entrance 3-50 refreshments available.
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SAFE KIDS CAMPAIGN 2000
The Lancaster Accident Prevention Partnership is currently working on
a local SAFE KIDS campaign. The national campaign theme for 2000 is -
Play it Safe - and the APP Group is attempting to put together a
picture of how the areas where kids play have changed over the last 25
years. For example, are there now more formal areas for children to
play, such as playgrounds and leisure centres but less 'open spaces'
where kids can kick a football about?
To find out how the 'play map' of the Lancaster and Morecambe area has
changed over the last 25 years, we are seeking verbal histories or
photography showing children at play in the past and today. This
material will then be used to get media coverage for the launch of the
campaign. Would local people be prepared to let me have a short
personal view of where and how you played in this area and how much
things have changed? (Please also let me know if you would be willing
to help with national media relations activity.)
Thank you in advance for any help. Please email
s.brennan@lancaster.ac.uk or telephone extn 92082
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AWAITING THOSE JOB APPLICATIONS