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YORK VISION

Tuesday November 11, 2008

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ZIGGY'S TRIUMPHS IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT BATTLE

WHERE'S THE

SALVATION ARMY? ...They all went to Ziggy's instead BY EMILY FAIRBAIRN CLUB SALVATION stood empty last Wednesday as members of the University’s sports teams abandoned the venue for old favourite Ziggy’s. promoters Salvation’s and YUSU’s Sports Officer Alex Lacy had been attempting to make Wednesdays at Salvation ‘The Official Night of York Sport’. However, the night has failed to win over York’s sports clubs, who have chosen not to attend despite generous free drinks offers. Although it was packed on the first York Sport Night, Salvation’s popularity has quickly dwindled. This week the club had to close early due to lack of business and it is rumoured that there were

as few as 12 clubbers in the venue at one point. Lacy admits that he is “a little disappointed in the promotion company’s failure to deliver,” especially on the much publicised entertainment on offer, which was meant to include Beerpong, Vodka Roulette, University Challenge on stage and huge giveaways. However, the real reason for the failure of Salvation to attract students seems to be the irresistible charms of its rival Ziggys. Confessing that he had loythe underestimated alty of sports teams to the Micklegate club, Lacy says that “Ziggy’s has a quality that sports clubs are unavoid-

ably linked to… Salvation just wasn’t going to able to recreate that feeling that you get inside Ziggy’s” Most of the sports teams began the term by holding their socials at Salvation, but many were unimpressed with the results. “Salvation is so similar to Tru and Gallery, it’s boring. Ziggy’s is different and it’s more fun,” says University Tennis Team “On player Jamie Nutter. Wednesday we just went in to Salvation for our free drinks and then went straight to Ziggy’s.” managing Salvation’s director, Russ Brown, is accepting defeat at the hands of Ziggy’s: “The promoter did everything he could… But

there is a massive loyalty to Ziggy’s, and I can understand why”. He gives the character of the “big old house”-style venue and the lack of door charge as reasons for students’ preference of Ziggy’s. Brown also believes that Lacy made the decision to move the night to Salvation without consulting the sports teams sufficiently: “in my experience when you tell people what to do it is human nature not to do it. The sports teams made their minds up However, on their own.” management Salvation’s remain optimistic that they will be able to continue to attract students at weekends with cheap drink offers. The failed promotion of

PHANTOM OF THE O-POO-RA DEFECATES MICKLEGATE

BY MARTIN WILLIAMS DRUNKEN STUDENTS were left confused and a little disgusted after witnessing an unknown York fresher taking a dump outside Ziggy’s recently. Witnesses say the Mystery

‘The Official Night of York Sport’ has thankfully not come at any loss to YUSU and has in fact made several hundred pounds for York’s underfunded sports clubs. Lacy hopes to re-launch the night next term with the aim of generating more funds for the sports teams, although Brown insists “there are no plans to re-launch, it just didn’t work”. Netballer Emily Mears spoke for many sporting students when she said “Salvation is lacking in odour and sweaty walls, it’s too sophisticated for Wednesday night. I won’t be going back there.”

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POO DUNNIT?

Pooer came out of the nightclub and started walking down Micklegate, before taking down his trousers. However, no one has been able to identify the student or provide any possible motive other than alcohol. One stunned eye-witness told Vision “It was stupendous! He

just had a shit on the pavement in front of everyone, I’ve never seen anything like it”. But he added “I’ve got no idea who he was, what a legend though”. The poo-based entertainment may prove to be a blow for Club Salvation who this term have been desperately attempting to

live up to the rowdiness that Ziggy’s offers. But the management should be quite relieved that students have been deserting the club en-masse if they want to keep their area free of this kind of public toilet. The incident marks the latest stage of York’s emerging

obsession with scatological drinking behaviour. In Week 3, Nouse wrote that crowds of Derwenters went to ‘piss on Langwith’ after a Club D, while last term there were rumours of students having fun posting excrement through letter boxes.