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.
Provost Allen Warren wrote to Vanbrugh third years to tell them the sad news, but said that the college could only talk to students after they were sure the parents had been informed. For the same reasons, The Yorker will wait before it releases a full report. More to follow.
Isn't it a bit insensetive to publish "the cause of death is widely believed to be suicide" before anyone knows the facts of the case?
..but then isn't it a fact that the cause of death is widely believed to be suicide? I don't want to get caught up in niggly debate on a topic so tragic, but I heard that it was suicide before I read this, so that's what I and the people who passed on the information believe. What's wrong with reporting that fact?
Well York does have the second highest student suicide rate in the country after Bristol...
@#2 - it is a fact that it is "widely believed", but it's still insensitive to publish rumour in this way. It adds nothing to the article and in fact runs contrary to the articles claim that "The Yorker will wait before it releases a full report".
I agree that this two paragraphs is in somewhat bad taste, and kind of needless - it's just gossip. The Yorker should've waited until it had the full story - a followup news item has been posted anyway.
"The cause of death is widely believed to be suicide."
.. widely believed?
From the editor:
At an editorial meeting today it was decided that naming the cause of death in this case was both unnecessary and insensitive, since it was not in the public interest. I apologise to anybody affected and have removed the sentence.
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