A group of York students has won the opportunity to have their very own I-phone application developed after winning The App Challenge final, held at the Ron Cooke Hub on Wednesday, January 18.
YUSU Welfare officer Bob Hughes has warned students to be vigilant after a student loans phishing scam has been revealed.
Her Majesty the Queen will be visiting York on Maundy Thursday, 5th April, as part of the 800th anniversary of York’s Charter for the traditional “Royal Maundy” ceremony.
A flood caused by a heating system “failure” forced the university IT services to shut down many essential systems on Sunday night, causing problems for many students on the eve of their exams and assignment due-dates.
The students involved will walk 20 miles, from Harrogate to York, on Sunday 1st February. They hope people will sponsor them by donating money to their campaign.
The fundraiser was organised by the Conservative, Socialist and Labour societies, the ISA and YUSU Environment and Ethics organiser John Nicholls.
Other societies have expressed their support, as have Vice-Chancellor Brian Cantor, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Students Jane Grenville, and MP for York Central Hugh Bayley.
Christopher John Etheridge, Treasurer for York Tories, told the Yorker that he thought of the idea over the Christmas holidays, when following the events of Gaza in the news.
He said: "When the idea originally occurred to me I realised that I simply felt very sorry for the people caught up in the violence and had no particular allegiance to either side."
He added that he was “extremely pleased that many partisan organisations have worked to create a coordinated response to the walk”. The idea of the campaign is to unite as many people as possible, and not take sides on the issue.
All the money raised will be given to Mercy Corps, an international humanitarian charity. Mercy Corps work to help communities around the world who are suffering due to natural disasters, conflict or economic collapse.
They are currently distributing food boxes and other essential supplies to the people in Gaza.
The organisers of the campaign will be collecting money and advertising the walk at Vanbrugh Stalls on Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd, Friday 23rd and Wednesday 28th January. Those wishing to donate can also do so online at http://www.justgiving.com/aidforgaza-york.
There's also a Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=60390661290&ref=ts
Go on, you know you want to...
Go ahead and please donate to the victims of a bloody war that they aren't to blame for.
The entity known as Israel which is recognised to occupy some areas of Palestine has attacked the United Nations. It is wondrous that we not already mounting a police operation with UN forces. Such an operation would permit China to show leadership and march a 200 million man army from the East.
That's irrelevant.
The point is to raise money for the victims without involving ourselves in the politics. There will inevitably be people on either side of the conflict and supporting one of them is going to worsen the situation; how much damage would 200 million people do to Gaza? A lot.
The final route is 20 miles from York to Selby, leaving at 9:30am from Clifford's Tower and people can donate here if they would like to..! 
9.30am on a Sunday morning?! No thanks...
Something to consider though is surely whether or not walking 20 miles is considered "rest" - on the Christian Sabbath, a day of rest.
The Sabbath is Saturday. That point is redundant.
But either way it's not about religion - it's about helping. In Jesus' words, "I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath day: to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?" - Luke 6:9. I think that raising hundreds upon hundreds of pounds to save lives is exactly what Jesus would have done. If you want to argue otherwise, feel free to do so in private; my email address is jr543 and I'm on facebook too.
If people want to walk, they may do. If they don't, it's up to them. 20 miles is a long way and people may well have conditions etc. Anyway, the fundraising is MUCH more important!
This event is not religious, and it most certainly does not intend to call upon the armies of the east to invade Israel.
The one reason this walk is happening is to attract people's attention and get them to donate.
Otherwise, I do not see how a group of people getting cold and tired would be of any benefit to the victims of violence.
In other words, please donate what little you can. It takes a minute and it's for a good cause.
http://www.justgiving.com/aidforgaza-york
I often disagree with what he has to say, but a massive respect to Jason Rose for his fantastically generous donation to this cause on the justgiving page. If everyone was half as generous with their money as this, then the humanitarian effort would proceed a lot smoother. Well done to you Mr Rose for putting other people ahead of a few nights at Gallery/Tru etc, same applies of course to others who have donated generously...
Erm, thanks. But frankly it's not too hard to give generously when you remember two things:
a) if I go bankrupt in the next year, my government will probably bail me out and I am likely to be able to get back on my feet easily.
b) people in Gaza will die if they don't get money.
It's essential that we help those in need around the world. Gaza isn't the only place and I have a massive amount of respect for those who dedicate time instead of money to causes - but me going into my overdraft by an extra hundred pounds won't kill me... but choosing not to could kill Gazans. To be honest, I feel bad that I'm not giving more but sometimes it's difficult to look beyond yourself as much as you feel you should.
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