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CITY WORD
Usain BoltAn interview with
The rise of womens football
and ice hockey across Scotland
Sport
THE
City of Glasgow Colleges Student Magazine...
Features
End of year show - sample exhibits
plus...
Photo-journalisms fnal protest
Olympics preview featuring two of Britains major
rack medal hopes
The colour of music and a tribute
to the great DJ John Peel
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ContentsGOODBYE...HE summer edition o ourstudent magazine bids a ondarewell to the classes o 2011-12.We have continued somethemes rom previous editionsby revisiting some protest andsocial justice photo-journalism,provided again by the verytalented students o HNPhotography at the college.HN Practical Journalism
students have again providedsome sparkling copy on variedsubjects and confirmed onceagain the range and quality otheir reportage and eatures, soplease enjoy and spread Te CityWord!All the very best or the summerand the uture...
EDITORIAL:Co-Editors: Jordan Bell, Scott Wilson.
WRITERS: Andy Alston, Martin Owens, Jordan Bell,
Lewis Campbell, Ian Crichton, Amy Fraser, Ryan Kyle.
Page 4-5 End of year show
Page 6-7 Photo-journalismshowcase
Page 8-9 Olympics preview
Page 10 Strife in Afghanistan
Page 12-13 The Peel appeal
Picture by Ross Chandler
Page 14-15 All we want is power
Page 11The colour of music
Page 16 Lies of the beholder
Page 17 Student volunteering
Page 19 Womens football
Page 20 Passing the puck
Page 18 Usain Bolt interview
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City of Glasgow College 2012 - sample
exhibits of student excellence
HN Display Design
HN Product Design
HN Illustration
HN Decorative Glass
HN Jewellery
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Picture by Lisa BoydPicture by Cameron Henderson
Picture by Amanda Bunten
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tunity; it could go either waywith the expectation andpressure, though. But I liketo think that more people willrise to the occasion next year.Another British champion
looking ahead to the Olym-pics is 5,000m and 10,000mrunner, Mo Farah. LikeGreene, Farah also won gold
in South Korea in September2011 adding to his impressive5,000m and 10,000m Europe-an Championship gold dou-ble at Barcelona in 2010.Im putting in the high
mileage at the moment, saidFarah. Im back to ull fitnessafer taking a much neededbreak at the end o the season.Its going well.Afer losing in the 5,000m
semi-final race in Beijing in2008, Farah admits the sel-assurance that comes withbeing a World and EuropeanChampion will stand himin good stead going into thegames this summer.Being a World Champion
definitely gives me confidencegoing into the Olympics. Te2011 season was great and Imade big improvements romprevious years.
One question that the Soma-li-born Brit has continuallybeen asked in the build up tothe Olympics is what events hewhat actually be competing in.Afer a disappointing silver
medal in the 10,000m event inDaegu last year, many are pre-dicting that Farah will be tryingto emulate the success o dou-ble gold medallist Dame KellyHolmes in Athens 2004 by go-ing or double gold in London.Its too soon to say whether
Id run both, although Id liketo. It all depends on how Imeeling at the time and how
It seems that London 2012has been looming orever with the initial bid be-
ing made back in 2003. Injust a ew months, however,the countdown will end andthe capital will welcome thegames or a third time.In 170 days, London will
see the arrival o more than
10,000 athletes ready to go orgold in 305 different sportingevents.However, the games cant
come quickly enough or DaiGreene. Afer missing out onBeijing 2008 through injury,the Welsh 400 metre hurdleris enjoying the orm o his lie.He took gold at the Com-
monwealth Games in Delhiin 2010, back-to-back goldat the European Champion-ships in Barcelona 2010 andStockholm 2011 and cappedit all off with gold at the 2011World Championships inDaegu, South Korea.Ive been training or about
two and hal months already,admits Dai. Im training real-ly hard at the moment, doingthe hard graf. I travelled toSouth Arica on January 12th[or a training block].
Ill be doing the same sorto work as Ive been doingthe past couple o years andI know that I can run reallywell off that hopeully itllbe enough to prepare or theOlympics this summer.In the build up to the Olym-
pics, there has been talk con-cerning the pressure that theBritish athletes could ace.Greene, however, expects hisellow Brits to be at an advan-tage with home support. Hesaid: Id like to think that eve-ryone would benefit rom it.Its such a massive oppor-
Britannia Rules The Games
it comes this summer.[At the moment] Im just
working hard in the gym withthe aim o perecting my rou-tines, said Smith. raining isgoing really well and I definite-ly eel like Im heading towardsmy physical peak.I train six days a week, which
includes our ull days and twohal days. It equates to about 32hours per week. Its an intenseschedule but you dont get any-where without hard work.Teres not a closed season
training has gone up until thatpoint. Alberto [his coach] andI will make that decision to-gether closer to the time.One man who already has an
Olympic medal to his name isBritish gymnast, Louis Smith.Smith was just 19 when he
captured the bronze in Bei-jing in 2008 Britains firstOlympic medal in gymnasticsin more than 100 years.Now 22, and with the back-
ing o a nation, Smith is readyto seize his opportunity when
Mo Farah will be aiming for gold this summer...
Ahead o the Olympic Games in London this summer,Martin Owensspeaks to three oBritains main medal hopeuls
in gymnastics. We get someshort periods when we can getaway to allow our bodies torecuperate or a ew days, butultimately we need to ensurewere on top o our game allyear round so that we remaincompetitive.Unlike Greene and Farah,
Smith already has that covetedOlympic medal to his nameand he admits the pressure
o being the greatest malegymnast Britain has pro-duced in over a century willbe huge in London.It gives me conidence
in that I know what to ex-pect to an extent and Ive
....while Dai Greene will also be hoping for success over the hurdles
shown what I can do at thatlevel, but the level o pres-sure now compared to whatI experienced in 2008 is onanother planet.Nobody really knew
about me then in the way
they do now and there wasno expectation on me likethere is now.Its just about working out
the best way to deal with [thepressure] just as all the GBathletes will have to do aheado the London Olympics.
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It has been almost 11years since British troopsentered Aghanistan or
the second time and manyquestioning the reasoningbehind military interventionin the Middle East.It is a nation that has been
plagued by political turmoilor more than three genera-tions since the Saur Revolu-tion in 1978 and in recenttimes with Hamid Karzai;currently serving his secondterm in office despite manyAghans calling or him to beremoved.Charlene Smith worked in
Kabul or a private securityfirm dealing with a numbero high-profile clients sincethe beginning o Karzais re-election in 2009.Her compound was just a 15
minute drive rom the U.S.military base, Camp Eggers,and lived under the constantthreat o the aliban whowere responsible or a num-ber o kidnaps and murdersin the area.Living as a Westerner in a
country with strict views onwomen and little in the way
o human rights, Smith ofenhad to mask hersel in orderto avoid being attacked. TeAghan people do not likeit when women show theirneck because they see it asa sexual part o the body soyou always had to wear aheadscar, she explained.Your ears always had to be
covered and you were neverallowed to show your ankleseither. Women arent allowedin the street afer hal pastfive in the evening becausethey are classed as prostitutesso they must be at home or ina vehicle.
Speak when youre spoken to
When I arrived I was clearlytold Do not look at any Aghanman in the eye because youredisrespecting him. You werealso never allowed to start aconversation; you speak whenyoure spoken to.Aghanistan is a nation
where the government heav-ily censors and regulates itsmedia output.Ranked as the 29th worst in
the world or press reedom,Charlene was ofen kept inthe dark about the issuesthat were affecting her in thecountry: Te media overthere do report things butwhen you come back hereand see what the British pressare reporting, they hold somuch back and you never getthe ull story.Although, in the British
news you dont see hal owhat really goes on. Its acountry that is in need o a loto upgrading. Teres terrible,terrible poverty as many othe children in the street donthave shoes and dont knowwhere their next hot meal iscoming rom.O course, one o the main is-
sues within the country is theinfluence o the aliban, whothe United Nations has blamedor 80% o civilian casualties inAghanistan last year.Charlene provides an
interesting insight into theirstronghold in the country,saying: One o our securityguards told me that alibanpay more money than whatthe Aghan army do.So these people are strug-
gling and they need moneyor their amilies so i theyregetting an offer o $500 amonth rom the alibaninstead o $200 or working
six days a week then its a no-brainer.I you disregard the aliban
in any way they tell you notto come back to your home
village or you and your am-ily will be killed.Aghanistan is a nation
where the government heav-ily censors and regulates itsmedia output. Ranked as the29th worst in the world orpress reedom, Charlene wasofen kept in the dark aboutthe issues that were affectingher in the country.Te media there do report
things but when you come backhere and see what the Britishpress are reporting, they hold somuch back and you never getthe ull story, she said.However, in the British
news you dont see hal owhat really goes on. Its acountry that is in need o alot o upgrading.Teres terrible, terrible
poverty as many o the chil-dren in the street dont haveshoes and dont know wheretheir next hot meal is comingrom.Despite the odds being
against young people in thecountry, there are groups try-ing to educate childrenand give them achance to suc-ceed in lie.A womens
ootballteam hasbeenmen-tioned asa possiblemethodo lettingyoungstersexpress them-selves although this
has been met with strongopposition rom the aliban,who are well known or theirextreme views on women.Tey wouldnt think twiceabout blowing them up,adds Smith. A lot o peoplewere desperate to learn Eng-lish and I did my best to helpthem when I was there.Every day theyd go by my
office and shout Hello! andId congratulate them. Teywere so proud that they hadlearned an English wordbecause a lot o the Western-ers wouldnt take the time toteach them.Aghanistan is a country
that is desperate to stand onits own two eet afer decadeso intervention rom othercountries.Its people dream o being
ree and being able to walkthe street without the earo kidnap and death but aslong as the aliban continueto have a stronghold on thecountry, many ear that A-ghans are set or more yearso sorrow and hardship.Would I go back there?
I probably wouldnt. I still
dont know how I did it in thefirst place, addsCharlene.
Whats life like for women living and working in Afghanistan?Andy Alstontalks to Charlene Smith, a West-ern witness to the brutal regimes grip on the country...
In 1988, OShea Jacksonburst out o south-centralCompton, Los Angeles
and inormed the world thathe was a crazy motheruckernamed Ice Cube, rom thegang called Niggas Wit Atti-tude. Te world was shocked,white America got scared,and gangsta rap was born.In 1998, Marshall Mathers
burst out o Detroit, Michi-gan and inormed the worldthat he just [didnt] give auck. Te world was shocked,white America got scared,and rap had a new icon. Butwhats the difference? Emi-nem is white.his was a new phenom-
enon. Rap had been largelylimited to black artistson the east or west coastso America. Now, herewas a white kid rom theMidwest who the audi-ence loved. Eminem sold283,000 copies o the SlimShady LPin America aloneduring his irst week.It could be claimed that his
success with the mainstreamaudience was due to his race,but theres a simpler reason
behind it: he rapped aboutthings white kids in the sub-urbs could relate to. Subur-ban kids could relate to Emi-nem better than they could toBiggie Smalls rhymes aboutliving in the hood and sling-ing coke and crack.Te success o Eminem took
rap mainstream and othersollowed in his ootsteps toame and ortune. But he alsoopened it up to a wider audi-ence o all races.Its still a mostly black genre,
but artists like Yelawol, Rittzand MGK have come to theoreront in recent years.
And they all owe a debt toEminem.Te new generation o
rappers and ans care lessthan ever o the colour o aperormers skin, as long asthey bring skills. One o thehottest crews in the scene,Odd Future, has a whitemember. Shady 2.0 countsEminem and Yelawol amongits members.Rappers have noticed this
shif as well. Chamillionairereleased his album, UltimateVictory, without any proan-ity, saying he elt uncomort-able during his last tour;seeing all the white kidsrapping along to every wordincluding the N word. Whilehe should be applauded ordelivering a good, cleanalbum, not everyone was im-pressed. 50 Cent called him asellout.Is he? Ultimate Victory was
a huge step orward or thegenre; the first time a blackartist had released a solidalbum that white kids couldenjoy without having to wor-ry about offending anyone asthey sang along.
heres still a while to gobeore hiphop can be con-sidered truly a multicul-tural genre o music. It stillgets a lot o criticism overits lyrics, particularly romwhite conservatives, whichirritates a large number orappers.his anger at being made
scapegoats is obvious whenyou hear yler, the Cre-ators intro to Radicals;hey, dont do anythingthat I do in this song, ok?Its uckin iction. I any-thing happens, dont blameme, white America.
Tis isnt a new stance.Eminem told us way back in2001 on Renegade that hewas in a position to talk tothese kids and they listen,beore going on to say thatthe media were being a hugeintererence, theyre sayingyou shouldnt hear it.On another note, you could
say its got a while to gobeore its truly multiculturalabout punk, or metal. Howmany bands have a blackrontman, other than thelikes o Skindred and Cere-bral Ballzy?Te Notorious B.I.G. taught
us that it was all a dreamor black kids to escape theghettoes to make ortunes.Tese days, its just as likely tobe a white, Latin or Asian kidwith those dreams. Clich asit might be, someones char-acter defines them, ratherthan skin colour.Dr. Dre said it best when
he summed up his viewon Eminem; I dont give auck i youre white, black orpurple. I you can kick it, Imworking with you.
The Colour of MusicJordan Bellexplores how Eminem broke down hiphops racial barriers and paved the way for the
modern generation
Eminem (below) paved the way
for artists like Yalwolf to succeed
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This October will
bring the eighth an-
nual John Peel Day, a
celebration of live music up
and down the country to
mark the anniversary of the
last broadcast of the John
Peel show on Radio 1.
It was the end of nearly 40
years of broadcasting, trans-
mitting his wildly diverse
taste in music to listeners
across Britain and overseas
on the BBC World Service.
The late John Peels
unfailing commitment to
exposing his ears - and
by extension, ours - to
absolutely every auditory
sensation that was available
to him has left an indelible
influence on the medium of
radio and beyond.
In 2012, his absence is
deeply felt, possibly now
more than ever. We are con-
stantly surrounded by noise
and information, and what
Peel provided throughout
his tenure was a filter, a
discerning paternal ear to
wade through the chaff and
deliver the wheat with the
self-styled Uncle Johnseal
of approval.
His dedication was unri-
valled; he was one of the
few BBC disc jockeys to
take home everything in his
cubbyhole at the end of the
week, and he received hun-
dreds of unsolicited records
every month at his home.
Among these were the
early demos of Billy Bragg
and Pulp, placed directly
into his hands by the musi-
cians themselves at DJ gigs
around the country.
He was never beholden to
BBC-approved playlisting,
and played records that no
one else would have played
(and at the wrong speed
sometimes.)
Has anyone or anything
stepped in to fill this void left
by one of the worlds longest-
serving DJs? And is it even
possible now, amid the great
levellingof equal, indiscrimi-
nate, world-wide access to
and delivery of content?
When I first became a
student in 2006 (something
I proudly persist with, six
years on), I occasionally
played drums in a band with
a gifted guitarist and music
obsessive named Tim Smart.
For the enjoyment of our
fellow students, we would
play covers of The Pixies,
Daniel Johnston and Herbie
Hancock.
Up until this point I had
been a moody teenager, still
getting fanatical over Bright
Eyes EPs, and these eclectic
choices of Tims were my
first introduction to a wider
musical edification.
Over time, I became infatu-
ated with his record collec-
tion, in particular his copy
of Captain Beefhear ts Trout
Mask Replica.
Tim relished the sight of my
innocent mind being blown
to pieces by this surreal rock
nroll cacophony across four
sides of wax, and he wished
he could hear it again for the
first time too.
And how had he first come
across this sonic chaos? He
was 14 years old, it was past
his bedtime, and his dad
was making him listen to the
John Peel show.
I absolutely hated it the
first time I heard it,says
Smart, now playing guitar
with Bournemouth band
County Hospital. It was
unlistenable!
A man growling over the
top of barely competent mu-
sicians. I just thought, How
can he sincerely recommend
this?It so happened that
his father, also a musician,
owned Trout Mask and he
endeavoured to persevere
with it to make sure John
Peel (and his dad) werent
taking the piss.
It took about four or five
listens, but it really hit me,
just how incredible, and out
of the ordinary it was. I stole
my dads copy before going
to university and still have
it.Has he ever asked for the
records safe return? Its his
fault for letting me listen to
the radio that late.
The radio and its strict
programming now seems
something of an anachro-
nism in our time of Web 2.0
and digital proliferation.
Time was when only a se-
lect few would be admitted
into the forbidden garden of
radio playlists, music week-
lies, and Top of the Pops and
music obsessive and music
casual alike would hand over
the requisite coin for what
they fancied.
The humble radio, defined
by its own limitations and all
the more significant for the
social experience of having
shared events in real time,
has been usurped by the
broadband behemoth and
ease of access to any mate-
rial, for any price you care to
pay (if any), from wherever
in the world.
But while the Internet mul-
tiplied and conquered in the
early 21st century and all forms
of traditional media were
going through a very public
identity crisis, it was the radio
that quietly made the transi-
tion and embraced the pure
convenience it had to offer.
The BBC website offered Lis-
ten againoptions on all their
radio broadcasts, and at the
same time amateur enthusi-
asts were taking advantage
of the biggest listener em-
powering technology since
pirate radio in the 1960s.
We were a group of obses-
sive fans on the John Peel
Yahoo! group, and it was
such a shock when John
died,says Andrew Morri-
son, a head DJ at Dandelion
Radio. We spent about six
months essentially consoling
each other, before some-
one, I cant remember who
specifically, suggested the
idea that we start our own
station online. So it was part
of a grieving process, before
it became what it is today.
Dandelion Radio (named
after Peels own short-lived
record label) went online in
2006, and from a small band
of enthusiastic individuals
it has since expanded toinclude a rotating roster of
volunteer DJs with their own
original programming and
exclusive recordings in the
style of the original shows
legendary Peel sessions;
some 4000 of which were
recorded in the 37 years he
was on the air.
Its all about preserving the
John Peel spiritfor those
who dearly miss the original
show or introducing new
generations to something
they were born too late to
take part in. But what exactly
is the John Peel spirit?
I think it means different
things to different people,
says Morrison. Its about
finding something you like,
regardless of who told you
that you should like it. Radio
now is swamped with PR
men and playlists, dictating
what gets airplay and what
doesnt, but were more
interested in What is every-
one up to, whether theyre
signed or not?
I think thats the Peel ethos
we strive for on Dandelion.
You dont hear much of that
on radio anymore.
Hes not wrong. Since we no
longer have to rely on catch-
ing one fleeting moment of
musical genius at half past
midnight on a weekday, we
can download the podcast
and listen at our convenience
throughout the day and skip
forward through the tracks
that dont tickle our fancy
within the first 20 seconds.
Which prompts the ques-
tion: if the John Peel Show
were still broadcasting to-
day, would anyone even be
listening? Morrison takes his
time before answering.
Im not sure hed be as in-
fluential. But what I enjoy is
listening to a DJ explainingwhy he likes a track, and why
he hopes that I will too.
I think the impersonal
nature of radio today 60%
of radio today doesnt have
a DJ talking between the
tracks, people would cer-
tainly be listening for Johns
unique element of quality
control. Maybe even more
[listeners] than before, with
the iPlayer options.
The Internet is now inun-
dated with MP3 blogs and
aggregators, automated rec-
ommendation systems such
as Last.fm, an d Create Your
Own Radio Stationstream-
ing services like Spotify.
Anybody can be their own
personal John Peel, play-list-
ing old favourites alongside
new recommendations and
uploading them to the wider
world of social networking
for mass distribution.
There are now no obstacles
between the listener and his
or hers access to the music
he or she wants to hear.
But there is one obstacle in
the way, highlighted by author
Simon Reynolds in his book
Retromania, mal darchive.
Its archive fever: the current
generations constant need
for organising, curating,
filtering and revisiting.
Were using the technology
available to us to repackage
old favourites and catalogue
everything that came before,
instead of broadening our
horizons and embracing mu-
sic and information from far
outside our comfort zone.
Rather than happening
upon a cut from Trout Mask
Replica at some ungodly
hour and being simulta-
neously frightened and com-
pelled into tracking down
the whole album, it has
become a dispassionate
box-ticking exercise, where
Captain Beefheart sits next
to Frank Zappa and The Vel-
vet Underground in the list
of Avant-Garde Records Im
Supposed to Have Heard
by Now.
If we are to keep that spirit
of the original John Peel
show alive, we should be
mindful of that burning cu-
riosity he had for anything
that landed on his doorstep
or in his hands.
He was a true listener, a
champion of the new and
strange.
Since time immemorial
there have been artists
who didnt get the atten-
tion/airtime/column inches
they rightly deserved, but
now we have the ways and
means at our disposal to
uncover artists located at
the other side of the world
from our computer chair,
and we can start cham-
pioning the unheard and
the undervalued again. We
need to make sure that we
dont just follow what came
before, but become our
own John Peels, our own
pioneers and mavericks ex-
ploring new and different
ways of discovering and
engaging with music.
IAN CRICHTON
REMINISCES ABOUT THE
WONDER YEARS WHEN
JOHN PEEL HELD
DOMINION OVER THE
UK RADIO WAVES...
THE PEEL APPEAL
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eatures & opinion
Iran is the Wests mosttroublesome enigma.
The Islamic nation hasbeen under constantsuspicion and scrutinyfor decades, and nowmore than ever.
Since 2003 Iran has made
its intentions clear to work
on enriching uranium for
what it claims is peaceful,
energy generating purpos-
es. There has been nothing
short of horror and alarm
from much of the Western
world at this prospect.
To many politicians in the
West, a nuclear-capable
Iran is the biggest threat to
peace and territory in the
Middle East.
Most outspoken in its
rage is Israel, who believe
they will be the first to be
attacked unless forceful
pre-emptive measures are
taken to subdue Iran by any
means necessary.
Economic and trade sanc-
tions have been heaped
on and on to the alreadystruggling nation, with
the United States leading
the charge in the United
Nations Security Council
(UNSC) for these measures
to be enforced.
There are reasons for these
suspicions. Iran is very secre-
tive as a nation, especially
concerning its military capa-
bilities and is an outspoken
dissident of all things USA.
Moreover it has been the
subject of political unrest,
war and alleged terrorism
ties for many years.
These measures, threats
and worries could all be
misplaced. There is a chance
that the proud nation wants
nothing more than to supply
its people with a plentiful
energy resource instead of
relying on its own reserves
of oil, which it could then
export to other countries.
This is a hard story to swal-
low for the USA and Israel,
who have been convinced for
years that weapons of mass
destruction are the goal.
They have also been the
subjects of much aggressive
rhetoric from Iran, espe-
cially its current president
Mamoud Ahmedinejad.
Recent research, diplo-
matic maneuvers and talks
between Iran and the rest
of the UN suggests that Iran
may soon be more willing
to open its secrets up to
impartial scrutiny. How long
before concessions and
agreements can be reached
is the crucial questionthough, will Israels patience
break, or will talks prevail?
According to Dr Naomi
Head, political lecturer and
researcher at Glasgow Uni-
versity, trust and patience
are the keys to the next few
months, however difficult
these ideals are to follow.
When we look at the inter-
actions between Israel and
Iran and the United States,
what you see are embedded
historical narratives that are
rife with anger, humiliation,
hostilities, and with models
of bad faith. The assumption
is already there that we cant
trust them.
Key diplomats at the heart
of the process have said we
dont trust them. Nobody
said it was easy, but there
have been negotiations
on and off since 2003; this
suggests that there is some
desire to co-operate, and out
of co-operation comes the
possibility to trust.
The US has shown a degree
more patience than Israel,
President Obama being much
more in favour of a diplo-
matic solution than President
Netenyahu with the Israeli
leaders talk in the press of
proactive self -defence.
But Obama has his Red
Line, that America will as-
sist Israel in attacking Iran
should it be proved that
they have attained nuclear
weapons capabilities.
The American-driven sanc-
tions, including fresh ones
due to kick in this July, maynot bring the diplomati-
cally wrangled solution that
Obama and much of the
world craves though.
Dr Head affirmed: Iran has
been sanctioned since 2006.
It hasnt bowed down yet, so
I dont think the sanctions
are effective in the way that
they are portrayed to be by
those that advocate their
use. Iran has been punished
for many years by these
increasingly harsh sanctions.
Its a very proud country, it
has a very clear understand-
ing of its own traditions and
the position it wants to have
in the region. So I dont think
that its just going to sud-
denly crack.
So where economic and
diplomatic pressure might
well fail, what can the UN do
to ensure a peaceful solu-
tion? There must be conces-
sions, but not so many that
Iran is granted too much
freedom to experiment with
its nuclear capabilities.
On the other hand, Iran with
its fiery anti-West President
Ahmedinejad will not accept
half measures and weak of-
fers. This is primarily where
negotiating difficulties lie,
the danger of an impasse and
unreasonable demands.
However, after the recent
talks between Iran and the
Nuclear five plus oneof the
USA, China, Russia, France,
Britain and Germany in
Istanbul, there is optimism
about the possibility of dip-
lomatic progress.One Obama administration
official was quoted at the
meeting, which took place
on April 14th, as saying,
there is a combination
of factors coming on line,
including the talks and the
sanctions, and so now I think
people realise it has to be
given time to play out.
We are in a period now
where the combination of
diplomacy and pressure is
giving us a window.
Moreover, Senator John
Kerry, the chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, said: I have
confidence that there is a
way for ward.
Even IRNA, the Iranian
state-controlled news
service, had positive views
on the outcome of the talks.
Cleric Ayatollah Seddiqi said:
If the United States and oth-
er nations negotiating with
Iran show logical behavior in
nuclear talks, the outcome
will be good for all.
With such positive re-
sponses from both sides,
peaceful progress seems a
surety. Only one constraint
remains, according to Dr
Head, Netenyahu and the
leadership of Israel.
The difficulty for the US at
the moment is Israel. Every-
body except Netenyahu has
said that war with Iran is a
crazy idea.
The gist of it is that none
of the chiefs of military think
that war with Iran is a good
idea. The fact is Israel has the
military capacity to launch
war, even though it wont
be as effective as if America
does it, it still has the capac-
ity to do so.
Netenyahu spoke of his im-
patience to CNN during his
visit to the United States in
early April, claiming that the
centrifuges are still spinning,
they were spinning before
the talks began recently with
Iran, they were spinning dur-
ing the talks, theyre spin-
ning as we speak.
So if the sanctions are
going to work, they d better
work soon.
In contrast to this, Israeli mil-
itary chief Lt General Benny
Gantz has told press agencies
recently of his reservations
regarding a military strike on
Iranian targets.
He described Irans leaders
as very rational peoplewho
are still deciding whether to
go the extra mileand pro-
duce nuclear weapons.
Speaking about Irans
Supreme Leader Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei, he said: I
believe he would be making
an enormous mistake, and
I dont think he will want to
go the extra mile.
One legal trump card in
Irans favour is the provisions
for non-nuclear weapons
states under the Nuclear Pro-
liferation Treaty, countries
may enrich uranium up to a
certain level for the produc-
tion of nuclear energy.
It is this right that Iran
wishes to assert. Moreover
it further angers Israel by
citing its hypocrisy of being a
nuclear-weapon nation while
being signed to the treaty,
as only the five permanent
members of the UNSC may
hold nuclear weapons.
What would help more than
finger pointing however is
more transparency from Iran,
the UN agrees. Dr Head be-
lieves this could be one of the
big stepping-stones towards
acceptance from the UNSC,
especially the USA.
Iran has a right to it
(uranium enrichment)
under the NPT, but there
are questions that they
havent answered from the
IAEA (International Atomic
Energy Agency).
The suspensions were
placed on Iran in limited
capacity because of the
unanswered questions with
the IAEA. So if Iran were to
be fully transparent as the
IAEA requires, then it would
be monitored and verified
in the same way that everyother state is.
The manner in which the
participating leaders, dip-
lomats and governments
choose to approach this
situation may differ, but
one thing is certain, inva-
sion of Iran and a resultant
war would be a disaster.
Diplomacy must be made to
play out; it may be for better
or for worse. Dr Head believes
it is dependent on how badly
peace is wanted by all sides.
The time is there, its just
whether people would be
willing to accept it or not.
As far as Israel is concerned;
I can say that weve seen
threats indeed and com-
mitments by experts that
Israel will have attacked by
certain points in time and
they havent yet.
There is time if people
allow it, the ticking bomb
is encouraged by countries
around them (Iran). There is
no need to go to war over
this and it will be a disaster
if we do. So take the time to
come to a diplomatic solu-
tion. Because the alterna-
tive would be catastrophic.
By LEWIS CAMPBELL
ALL WE WANT IS POWER
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FEATURES&OPINION
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Everyone has their ownhome remedies thatthey swear by, whether
it be or a bad hair day or asurprise overnight pimpleappearance, strange and un-expected home made potionsand lotions are the key tolooking good. But how manyo them actually work?Speaking rom past personal
experience Ive been toldmixing parsley with waterand dabbing it on bad skinclears it up. It really doesnt,it just makes you smell like aherb patch.Ive also been told that sleep-
ing with olive oil in your hairrepairs it afer a bleaching
session. Again, it doesnt. Youjust end up with some reallyicky pillow cases.So, or all those who are ed
up with ailed DIY beautytips, I ound out the truthbehind the myths and askedbeauty therapist Linzi McLa-chlan the Dos and Donts ohome made beauty remedies.She said: You shouldnt
use regular soap and wateron skin, and or spots youshouldnt use toothpaste.Straight away, two things
that the majority o peopleswear by are completely
wrong. oothpaste can haveits quick-fit benefits like dry-ing the skin out but it wontully solve your problem.Some toothpastes are made
with strong antibacterialproperties and some even con-tain bleach, which can causeurther irritation to the skin.Linzi added: You shouldnt
use anything alcohol basedon the skin, thats why peoplerecommend you shouldntuse make-up wipes becausethey have alcohol in them;they strip the top layer oyour skinBad skin is usually a phase
most teenagers go through,you get a ew spots here and
there and they disappearover time.Spots can also be caused by
things other than skin type,puberty and what you chooseto put on it. Some bad skincases are related back tointernal conditions or even aweekend bender, says Linzi.I have a lot o clients come
in that are young girls andyou find that i they have badskin across their orehead ordown their nose then youask them i they were out atthe weekend; the alcohol isrelated to their bad skin.
Linzis top tips orclear skin:Water keep your
skin hydrated at all times!Fruit vitamins boost
your skins vitality.Moisturise find one thatsuits your skin type and keepyour skin looking resh.NO alcohol alcoholdehydrates your skin andalcohol based make- upwipes or removers dam-age the top layer o yourskin. Use gentle make upremovers.Make up sponges i youuse a make up sponge toapply your make up changethe sponge rom a blem-
ished area to a clear skinarea so you are not spread-ing the bacteria.So what about other acts
that we take or granted?Over plucking/waxing
eyebrows can cause themnot to grow back;True I you over pluck to
much, hair growth stuntsand you could be lef withless eyebrow hairs. I you areto wax or pluck, grow themout as much as possibleand then see a proessional.Treading is also a new wayo shaping eyebrows and
keeping long term results.
Sharing mascara can causeeye inections;True I you were to
share eye make up there isa chance o catching an eyeinection such as conjunc-tivitis or a sty. You shouldalways clean your brushafer someone else has usedthem or you should useseparate disposable brushesand bin them afer use.Giving your hair a trim
makes it grow aster;False Having your hair
cut gives it the illusion thatit is thicker and healthierwhich may make it appearlonger. Hair grows at a con-
stant rate even i your endsare split or damaged.Putting wet nails into ice
water makes the polish dryquicker;False You can use nail
oil sprays to use on top owet nail polish to makethem dry quicker. Alsoyou should NO file a nailbackwards and orwards,it damages the nail andmakes them easier to split.Instead file in one direc-tion and use a crystal file ipossible!
Lies of the beholderAmy Fraser goes deep into theheart o the health industry to
bring you the truth about oldwives tales and beauty myths
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HECITYWORD 17
STUDENTMATTERS
student matters
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On Friday 27th oJuly 2012, Londonwill see the arrival
o more than 10,000 athletesready to go or gold in 305different sporting events.Some 1.8 million people
have applied, with a total o20 million ticket applications.Te majority o those people
are coming to see one man Usain Bolt.Since the ballot opened last
year, there have been morethan 1,000,000 ticket requestsor the Olympic mens 100mfinal alone. And, or thoselucky enough to receive aticket or the final, there isevery chance that they will be
witness to a special peror-mance by the man romrelawny, northwest Jamaica.My preparation or the
Games is going great, saidBolt. Recently, I had a goodrun as part o a relay teamat the Uech Invitational inKingston Jamaica. We ran37.82 seconds.What Bolt considers a
good run is in act theastest 4x100m relay peror-mance o 2012 and a record atthe Uech Invitational.As the current 100m
(9.58sec), 200m (19.19sec)and 4x100m (37.04sec) world
record holder, Bolt is the ast-est man alive. He can reach atop speed o around 28mphand travels at more than 12mper second.Te laid-back 25 year-old,
however, insists the hypesurrounding him and theconstant debate o whether hewill be able to break his ownrecords in London will notaffect him.People are looking or me
to run 9.4 seconds. Teywant to see me enjoying therace and doing crazy stuff,
but they also want to see thattime. So Im working as hardas possible so I can go as astas possible.But overall I am aiming to
deend my titles successully.Whatever else comes withthat, I would be happy.I never set out to achieve
records, the gold medal ismy ultimate goal a recordwould be a bonus. Tere is nopressure.While Bolt is scheduled to
compete six times beore theOlympics this summer, withhis final test coming one weekbeore the opening ceremony
on July 20th in Monaco, he isalready beginning to set hissights on London.He said: Te Olympics
Games is special. It arrivesonce every our years andbrings a lot o athletes romdifferent sports together inone large city.And while that offers some
social interaction, it more im-portantly offers competitionat the very highest level.While Bolt is guaranteed to
compete in London this sum-mer, there is no such guar-
antee as to whether he willcompete at the Common-wealth Games in Glasgow in2014 having missed Delhi2010 and Melbourne 2006.Te Commonwealth
Games provide a great outletor athletes to compete, saidBolt. Im not sure what theplans are or the Common-wealth Games in Glasgow,though.Afer the O lympics this
summer, my coach and I willwork out my programme orthe next couple o years.
100m in under 9.5 secs...
By Martin Owens
USAIN IS POSSIBLE?He dominated Beijing2008 without eventrying. Now hesheaded to London andhes more ocused than
ever. Look out world,here comes Usain Bolt.
When did you first realiseyou had a special talent?
Ever since I was about sixyears old. When I was inprimary school I won a lot oraces.Are you good at any othersports?Yeah, I play a good game
o cricket and ootball. I Iwasnt a runner Id have beena cricketer.Who were your sporting
idols?My idol in cricket was Sa-
chin endulkar. In track and
field it would have to beMichael Johnson andJamaican Don Quarrie.What are your hobbies
outside o sport?I play a lot o video games
on the PS3, it relaxes me.Whenever I have time, I alsogo to the movies.Afer the Olympics thissummer, what are your plansor the rest o the year?
Ill be doing a media tourthen taking a long vacation.Afer that, its back to trainingor the World Championshipsin Russia in 2013.
Bolt actually slowed down during the 100m final in Beijing and STILL broke the world record
Picture the scene.Scotlands topfootball club, be it
Celtic or Rangers, reachesthe last-16 of the UEFAChampions League.Every newspaper and TVstation is saturated withcoverage of the heroesbehind such an achiev-ment and supporters fly
flags and gather in pubsto watch on big s creens.Now cast your mind back to
the last time you picked up anewspaper and read even abrie mention o the massivesuccess o Glasgow City Ladies(pictured), Scotlands topwomens ootball team.You, and the vast major-
ity o Scots, will probably becompletely unaware that lastseason they were just 180minutes rom the QuarterFinals o the Womens UEFAChampions League.Aside rom one or two pages
every now and again, themajority o womens ootballis completely under the radar.When Celtic last played in thetop European competition,they averaged a home atten-dance o 57,000 people.Compare that with Glasgow
City, who managed to draw acrowd o 300 in what is ulti-mately the same competition.Tats 192 times less people, afigure that, on paper, is utterlyunjustifiable.Tere is a stereotype o
womens ootball in Scotland,and five minutes lookingthrough ootball orums willdemonstrate that.On Pie & Bovril, a website
dedicated to Scottish ootball, athread was posted to congratu-late Glasgow City. Tis wasbombarded with comments,which bordered on sexist and
Not just a mans game
were likely to cause offence toa group o girls who are onlydoing what they enjoy.Obviously there are differ-
ences in the way ootball isplayed between men andwomen there is no denyingthat but is the lack o physi-cality and perceived lowerstandard enough to justiya complete disregard by themainstream media? In addi-tion to that, what can be doneto change ignorant impres-sions o the womens gameand how can it progress?I spoke to Laura Montgom-
ery, club manager o GlasgowCity Ladies, to ask just whatsteps can be taken to improveawareness.She said: Te government,
schools and local authorities arereally missing out on not utilis-ing the success o the womensclubs and national team.I they can make kids see
that they can be fit, healthyand have good body image, allthe things that are relevent to
young girls, then I think morewill want to take up our sport.Stereotypes are slowly
changing. I dont know whatpeople think womens ootballis all about, but certainly iyou watched our documenta-ry you would see that its justtalented, normal people thatplay the sport they love.People may say that its a mans
game, but that is an extremelyold-ashioned opinion thatdoesnt have a place in societyanymore. Tats really gender is-sues rather than sporting issues.Te only problem or womenssport is not knowing its thereand not knowing how to getinvolved in it.At Glasgow City, we have
teams at most levels but girlsdont really know about it andthats theissue. At schools,youll probably start with thesame amount o girls as boysplaying ootball, and thenover the weeks itll get less
Ryan Kylehighlights the success of our womens teams and asks why more isnt being done topromote and celebrate the success of womens football in Scotland?
as they find theyre notas good as everyone else.Maybe i there was moregirls-only ootball ses-sions then more would eelinclined to remain in thegame.Our country needs a
cultural shif. Tat goesrom the media to parents.For example, i youre alittle boy, your parents willprobably buy you a ball,whereas i youre a littlegirl, itll most likely be adoll. Is it any wonder thenthat when girls at six orseven are thrown a ootballor the first time, they dontknow how to catch it? Telittle boy has been doing itor six years, so he knowshow to catch it.Girls are treated different-
ly rom boys, so arguablythey arent given the sameopportunity as the averageboy does.
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Passing the puck
In a land where ootball
reigns supreme as the
number one sport in the
country, Scotland has seen a
dramatic rise in the number
o young people playing mi-
nority sport in recent years.
One sport that has seen an
increase in popularity is ice
hockey with many keen to
grab a stick and take to the ice.
Ice hockey has been
traditionally perceived as
a dangerous sport that has
never been taken seriously
by the British press and is
surpassed by curling when it
comes to priority rink time.
Even in hockeys golden era
in the 1980s with ony Hand
at the Murrayfield Racers,
hockey was never considereda mainstream sport.
However, with our Scot-
tish teams now competing
in the national Elite League
and attendances at an all-
time high, ice hockey is rid-
ing on the crest o a wave.
One o the teams that are
looking to capitalise
on the success o
the sport and
give peoplean op-
portunity
to play ice
hockey
is the
Glasgow
Grinders,
ormed by
Spencer Pryor.
Te Grinders
are a recreational club
that was created due to the
overwhelming demand orplaying time thanks to the
popularity o the Braehead
Clan with both beginners
and experienced players o
all ages in their ranks.
Pryor admits that he
has noticed a significant
increase in the sports
popularity, saying: Teres
certainly a lot more people
interested in the sport. A
lot o people have been to
Braehead Clan matches and
decided that they ancy hav-
ing a go at it.
I wouldnt necessarily say
that its just totally young
people, we do get a lot o
enquiries rom elder people
as well. Our average age is
well in the low 20s. In act,
we have only got about our
players who are over 35 so
we are quite a young club
compared to a lot o theother recreational teams.
Teres a big demand or
playing time and even now
at the end o the season
Im still getting our or five
enquires a week rom people
wanting to join and were
just turning
people
away
at the moment
because its not air to thecurrent members.
I could have 60 people in a
training session i I wanted to.
Ice hockey has captured the
imagination o many people,
with a significant amount o
youngsters wishing to take
up the sport. However, some
are being prevented rom
doing so, as Pryor explains:
We have got people on the
waiting list who are 17 and
as soon as theyre 18 they
will start playing. Te access
to play is a problem with
under 18s as its mainly an
insurance issue.
Were trying to run begin-
ners courses and, although
weve got insurance sorted
or over 18s, with juniors its
still a problem. Its some-
thing that we want to do and
part o our remit as a club is
to bring new players romall ages on board and thats
rom both sexes as well.
Ice hockey is certainly on
the way up as a sport. It seems
to be cyclical as a ew decades
ago it was down in the dumps,
then it rose then it went down
a bit but the Elite League is
starting to pick things up
again. In Glasgow, the Brae-
head Clan are certainly doing
a good job. Teyre gettinglarger crowds now than a lot
o Scottish First Division oot-
ball matches. When the Clan
are getting a bigger home gate
than Partick Tistle, some-
thing must be going right.
Indeed, ice hockey appears
to be Glasgows best-kept
secret. It has a distinc-
tively underground eel to it
combined with an element
o rustration due to the act
that its surge in popularityhas not been met with a sig-
nificant increase in coverage
by the media.
Andy Alston investigates the rise & rise of ice hockey in Scotland.Whats making this often violent, sometimes dangerous but
always exciting sport so popular?
Pryor is quick to highlight
hockeys growth in the na-
tion, saying: People say its
a minority sport but its the
third biggest attended sport in
the country afer ootball and
rugby so its not that small.
Its a minority sport as ar
as players are concerned
because theres about 8,000
players in the whole o
Britain. In Scotland, theres
only 19 recreational hockey
teams but in England theres
more than 60.
I think a lot o our new
players are finding it more
difficult than what they
thought it was going to be,
Pryor added. Youve got
two areas in hockey which
is skating ability and playingability. Being a good skater
does help a lot, i youre
a bad skater youre never
going to be a good hockey
player but i youre a good
skater we can make you into
a good hockey player.
One o those new play-
ers, Aimee Macdonald,
believes that young people
are enticed to play due to
the act that it is so different.She explains: Its certainly
harder than it looks but at
the same time it is such an
enjoyable game to both play
and watch. I think a lot o
youngsters are ed up with
ootball and want something
different - and ice hockey
provides just that.
With ice hockeys popular-
ity rise showing no signs
o slowing down anytime
soon, it seems that the sportis set or a bright uture as
the next generation o uture
stars nurture their talents.
sport
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