NEWS

May's issue of Western Eye is the last one of the academic year, and it's packed full of great content for reading in between all your revision!

First year student Pete Johnson was named Hub Radio Manager for the new academic year beginning in 2010 following the results of a committee-style election.

Pete’s show ‘Gypsylover Presents with Alex Zeal and Gregg Meade’ has been one of the most successful of the year. His first year as a radio DJ at UWE was topped when he recently featured on Steve Lemacq’s own show on BBC Radio 6 Music last month.

Students living at the city centre accommodation Marketgate building have been complaining of ongoing issues to both the Unite group and UWE Accommodation Services.
Students at the building, which is administrated by the Unite Group on behalf of UWE Accommodation Services, have complained of repeatedly malfunctioning lifts, broken appliances and dirty conditions.

From Monday afternoon students on Frenchay campus will be able to pick up a copy of the April edition of Western Eye.

You can read it online right here and now!!

Bloc burst out onto the scene in 2007 on the opposite side of the country, quickly securing a niche for itself in a burst of vibrant electronic music, from techno to hip hop. From the list of artists and promoters booked it’s clear that the core team of Bloc are deep into their respective genres, and this year’s bill like those before it featured both legends from decades gone past as well as the innovators of tomorrow.

Western Eye readers have the chance of snapping up one of three very special Disturbia Clothing T Shirts this month.

Next week UWE Vice Chancellor Steve West will be taking part in a live on-air interview on Hub Radio.
 
We need your questions and suggestions to put to the man in charge of UWE.
 
Email western.eye@uwe.ac.uk with your suggested questions.
 
Tune in live on 1449AM or http://www.hubradio.co.uk next Tuesday 16th February from 1400

On February 24th, universities across the country will hold a Day of Action against the arms trade and university funding links to it.

The movement is organised by non government organisation (NGO) Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) which works towards the abolition of the international arms trade.
CAAT maintain that British weapons used in Gaza continue to be a major theme and that some UK universities continue financial affiliation with the arms trade.

Over recent years I have been continually bemused by the anti-victim stance the British Judicial system seems to have favoured.

There have been a catalogue of rulings, from Paul Clarke who was charged and sentenced to five years for handing in a shot gun to police which he found at the bottom of his garden to Renate Bowling, 71 years old, charged with assault after prodding a youth after he had been throwing stones at her house.

This month I want to talk about something that I’m sure cannot have escaped the notice of everyone at UWE.

The other day I boarded the bus home from Frenchay, showed my ticket to the bus driver who said “Yup fine, how are you pal?” with a jolly little chuckle. I almost stared open mouthed before firing back the obligatory “Ah not too bad, yourself?”