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 ’13:3’ event on the 13th of March will have a maximum capacity of 1000 and is open to all, both Christians and non-Christians alike. With claims that no expense has been spared on lighting and sound, organiser Jason Rose told the Yorker “it should be the best on-campus music event since 1985”.
Hailing from Sheffield, the Gentlemen have played several university gigs in the past year, including summer balls at Durham and Loughborough. Supporting them will be The Steels who are about to release their third album this spring and GiveWay who have in the past supported prominent Christian Rockers YFriday.
Originally Central Hall has hosted some huge names over the years with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney and Pink Floyd all playing there, but in the wake of a Boomtown Rats gig in which damage was done to the hall, the University banned acts from using it as a venue.
This policy however was reversed recently, a decision which was highlighted by last year's abortive plan to hold the graduate ball on campus and use Central Hall as a venue. Whilst the plan was vetoed by students, some are looking to take full advantage of the possibilities that have opened up again.
On top of as yet unconfirmed rumours that URY are looking into hosting acts there, James College announced at this week’s ents committee that it is planning on staging an event there with a possible big name act in week 2 of the summer term. James is hardly without experience in this, having brought Mr Hudson to the Courtyard in freshers' week.
Not to be out done, YUSU is also factoring in Central Hall for future plans, with ents officer Sam Daniels telling the Yorker that “Central Hhall is a venue with loads more potential, and now it is the time to tap in to that!”
Tickets, priced at £7 are currently on sale on the Christian Union website with the event open to all, not just York students.
Not wishing to become entrenched in a comment war on topics nothing to do with the article...
Chris, to me the author photos seem needlessly self-congratulatory, and I agree with Peter. Obviously since you're their creator we're not going to agree about it and I suggest we leave it at that.
Erik, I think you're right to criticise the factual errors but wrong to extend that criticism to the whole of the rest of The Yorker. Also, in this case those incorrect facts are hardly central to the story, being merely colourful background. Obviously this doesn't exclude their being wrong, but it does diminish the wider charges levelled. In my opinion.
Tom, you're entitled to your opinion, but I think your preconceptions are guiding a bit here. A quick visit to a couple of mainstream news sites shows a reasonable number of them using author photos.
Photos on comment pieces:
guardian, timesonline, nytimes, vision, varsity (for featured links)
No photos:
bbc news, theyorker, cherwell
(These are the only sites I visited)
And let's be honest, putting a photo of yourself next to your name isn't self congratulatory, and even if it was, the authors don't have a say in it, we upload a photo for them if we can find one.
There are always multiple ways to look at something. My reasons for supporting author photos aren't for recognition, but to a) connect more personally with the audience, and b) encourage a sense of pride in the writers for their work.
Whether or not author photos do achieve those is another issue, but they definitely aren't a sign of being self-congratulatory.
To be honest, the facts may be slightly off but the focus is completely gone. Even if it wasn't Central Hall, we have had that calibre of bands here in the past and we should be looking at the same calibre in the future.
This event is likely to be a flop if everyone thinks it's "Christian Rock" - CU isn't exactly 1,000 people. The music is of an excellent quality and the lighting/sound is better than anything else in our university's history. Even if the event is a little empty and costs me thousands of pounds, it'll be extremely good value for money.
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