TUESDAY November 11, 2008
ISSUE 192
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GUARDIAN STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR YORK GRIPPED BY ELECTION FEVER
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HOT CHIP - SCENE
PHIL BROWN: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
P 23
EXCLUSIVE: LEAKED DOCUMENTS DAMN BAR CLOSURE
ARE THEY EVEN
LISTENING?
> ANOTHER BAR BITES THE DUST
> B. HENRY'S LOSSES EXAGGERATED > UNI TOLD TO "PUT UP OR SHUT UP"
BY MARTIN WILLIAMS ANGRY ALCUIN PROVOST Tony Ward has hit back at the university following the announcement that the college bar will be shut down at Christmas. Leaked documents obtained by Vision suggest that exaggerations and possible inaccuracies plague the decision for imminent closure of B. Henry’s Cocktail Bar. A determined campaign has been triggered by fears
that Alcuin could lose its focal point for socialising and cause welfare troubles for students. The college’s Vice Chair, Tom Langrish, attacked the university’s lack of commitment in supporting colleges, telling them to “put up or shut up.” “The university can’t claim to be a collegiate system if it’s not supporting its colleges,” he argues.
FULL STORY 3 FULL PAGE STORY ON PAGE 4
EXPOSED: BARMY BASIS FOR COLLEGE BAR CLOSURE