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6.news Tuesday 6 March 2012 Th eCourier Dance Society takes Tyneside by storm By Emily Richardson Countless hours of planning, rehearsing and practicing paid off for Newcastle University Dance Society last weekend after they reaped the awards at the second annual Inter-University Dance Competition in Newcastle. On Saturday 25 February competitors from universities all over the country such as Leeds, Sheffield, York, Manchester, Hull, Imperial College, Nottingham Trent and Sunderland gathered together to compete in multiple dancing categories, with Newcastle claiming the top spots in several. One of the greatest successes of the day was when third-year Biology student and competition coordinator, Lauren Anderson, securing third place in the Solo category- a highly prestigious triumph, especially given the standard of the opposition. The Beginners categories also had many winning claims. Second-year students Amy Wilcock and Laura Nicholson won first place for their choreographed Beginners Ballet piece, Beginners Jazz, choreographed by Niki Holgate-Smith and Claire Geoghegan, stole second place, and Beginners Tap saw Emma Wakefield take home the third place trophy for the category. Entries into the Advanced categories also secured wins. Advanced Ballet and Advanced Contemporary, both choreographed by talented committee members Hannah Houghton and Sophie Bennison, took third place and second place, respectively. Advanced Jazz gave Inga Chen and Frankie Willis a solid third place win, one that was extremely deserving and long awaited. One of the biggest accomplishments for Newcastle was securing a first place win in the Advanced Street category- the competition was fierce but Bethany Bresnen and Sadie Riley came out swinging, and the dancers earned their ‘street cred’ by securing the first place finish. The competition proved a great day for all involved with feedback from competitors saying that it was the most organized and well-run competition of the year and so confirming that the Newcastle Dance Society came away with more than trophies. It was also a solid result after their triumph in the Edinburgh Competition two weeks ago saw them claim a number of trophies, including ‘Best Dancer’ for president Bethany Bresnen. However, although she was unfortunately unable to collect it due to her winning the position last year, it was obvious it was meant for her! This Saturday the dance society headed South to take part in the Loughborough University Competition. See next week’s issue to see how they got on.
Th eCourier Tuesday 6 March 2012 news.7 Union Pres interrogated over poor election turnout Visit of NUS President Liam Burns overshadowed REACH FOR THE STARS Newcastle’s Dance Society were highly successful in Newcastle, with third year Lauren Anderson securing second place in the prestigious solo category. Photography: Newcastle Dance Society continued from front page However, this decision was overturned the next day by the Returning Officer. He deemed it unfair on the candidates that had already put their nominations forward, and ruled that only ballots without candidates were to remain open. Colin Henrys, running for Editor of The Courier, said “It felt unfair as I’d worked to meet the deadline; however, in order to make the Student Union run effectively it needs the right candidates for the role, and so a two day extension shouldn’t really have been a problem to anyone.” However, during ‘President Question Time’ at Union Council last week there was the predominant feeling that Perry’s decision to rerun may have affected the smooth running of Elections Committee, as well as having potentially hampered the number of candidates that came forward. Until handing in her nominations form on the Monday morning of the nominations deadline Perry stood as Chair of Elections Committee. Students commented that this could be seen as unfair on other candidates, as she would have received manifestos prior to the nominations deadline, giving her an advantage as well as During the ‘President Question Time’ at Union Council last week there was the predominant feeling that Perry’s decision to rerun may have affected the smooth running of Elections Committee LIAM BURNS The NUS President’s address to students was overshadowed by the intense scrutiny NUSU President Perry was subjected to awareness of who was running. Criticism also fell on the marketing of the positions available. However, Perry was adamant that all publicity was adequate. Burn’s speech to those in attendance centred on the current Coalition Government’s policies surrounding Higher Education in the UK. He spoke about the fight against such reforms “goes on” and condemned the Conservative-led Government’s reforms as pricing students out of a university education. The former leader of NUS Scotland also revealed a national campaign to be launched by the NUS entitled “Come Clean” which seeks to tackle the perceived lack of bursaries available to students and the manner in which they are awarded. He asserted that 30% of students will never actually pay back their tuition fees and that, therefore, the policy of fee waivers was pointless and instead greater access to bursaries should be prioritized. A motion was also passed at council to support the main aims of the National Week of Action but not to actively build for a walkout. Photography: NUS Scotland (Flickr) PhD student to join UN leaders in Brazil Competition winner to petition conference on global environment By Jennifer Evans The winner of a competition to attend the Rio +20 conference on sustainable development has been announced. Civil Engineering PhD student and focus geared towards making each area more environmentally sound. According to the Guardian newspaper’s website, attendants at the conference will also be asked to “negotiate a new agreement to protect oceans, approve an annual state of the planet Henrietta Smylie (BSc Marketing) took fourth place with Luke Barnwell (MEng Civil Engineering and Geosciences) taking fifth and Martin Findlay (MEng Civil Engineering and Geosciences) taking sixth respecitvely. The conference aims to examine seven critical international development issues; jobs, energy, cities, food, water, oceans and disasters Culture Lab employee Ed Byers will attend the Earth Summit, which runs from June 20 to 22. The prize, sponsored by Northumbrian Water and in association with the Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability (NIRS), will see Ed travel to Rio de Janeiro to rub shoulders with the UN’s leading experts on sustainable development and UN leaders. Throughout the conference Ed will also produce a blog reporting on the debates and discussions he will be attending. The conference aims to examine seven critical international development issuest; jobs, energy, cities, food, water, oceans and disasters, with the report, set up a major world agency for the environment and appoint a global ombudsperson, or high commissioner, for future generations.” Ed won the competition by submitting a discussion piece focussing on one of these key areas. This followed a huge publicity campaign, which saw the number of applicants rise from single figures to around the 200 mark. There were five runners up selected by the judging panel, supported by the Port of Tyne and Planet Earth Institute. Second place went to James Robinson (MEng Civil Engineering and Geosciences), third place was Claire Chisholm (BA Combined Honours). In addition a further three enteries were also seleted to be featured on their blog site, as the standard of entries was so high. An announcement on February 28 by NIRS also confirmed that thanks to Northumbrian Water, the Planet Earth Institute and NIRS, two runners up in the competition, James Robinson and Claire Chisholm would also be attending the conference. Furthermore it was also announced on March 1 that fourth place winner, Henriette Smylie, will be travelling to Sao Paulo over the summer to spend time with one of Brazil’s leading PR firms and will be visiting some of their clients, including the Planet Earth Institute. ED’S THE RIO DEAL The PhD student will rub shoulders with some of the world’s top leaders as he reports on the development conference Photography: Ed Byers
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