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T H E E L V I N E D I T I O N
SEBASTIAN ATKINSTAULL · SYED HAQUE · LOURDITA REMEDIOS · JOSEPH YAMBASU
SIMPLY · TOLD / ISSUE 3 - FEBRUARY 2015
Sponsored by DAEDALUS THE CAT INC.
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School
3 | An Extra Mile To Go To Reach The Sun
Some kind advice on work ethic and diligence.
4 | The Chemical Reaction
The effect of chemistry in schools, with Mrs Mehta
5 | Filling In the Blanks: an SLT interview
An in-depth look at David Medway
Current Affairs
13 | Je suis Charlie, et toi?
Terrorist strike in Paris a few weeks ago leaves questions raised about free speech in the west.
14 | Welcome To The Future
3D printer provides hopeful possibilities for medical science.
Comments
19 | Sense & Sense-abilities
Science proves the phrase “seeing is believing” to be a rather misleading idiom.
20 | Radamel Falcao: keep or kick?
Should the Colombian Striker stay or leave?
Culture
23 | Eveline
Short story by James Joyce
F E A T U R E S C O N T E N T S
C O V E R :
SUBMISSIONS
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8 - SCHOOL - SLA for a Day
What does it take to be
a student librarian?
Road
Through
The
Past
What was the World‘s reaction to Ghandi’s death?
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S C H O O L
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PRINGTIME’S NEARLY UPON us and, for Ark Elvin, it means almost a year since its initial
birth. For the students themselves, it means either the dawn before another holiday, and the slow transition into summer… or it means exam season (woohoo!). But there are other, broader implications, ones that place the image of the future under foggy spectacles... We all have our own unique ways of revision, whether it’s with friends, or in solitude for several hours a day (or the infamous lastminute.com revision plan, which almost never works, so try it if you want to risk failure), but preparations can be draining. No matter how hard-working, or how lazy you seem to be in every lesson, that energy comes from sufficient sleep. And you’ve heard this for the 100th time,
I’m sure, but if you’re taking yourself seriously, you need to make sure you’re taking initiative for your future. There’s only so much Ms Bates, your teachers and Ark Elvin Sixth Form can do so much to help you succeed, but all of that doesn’t mean a thing if you don’t want to help yourself.
BUT, I HAVE SOME bad news; time flies. When you’re at home gossiping with friends until midnight on the phone when you know there’s English
homework to do for the next day, that’s wasted
time. Your parents and carers should already have told you this, but “the phone will always be there”. Unless you’re helping
each other with important issues,
you’ll always be a day closer to the next time you see them again. Because of your wasting time,
you fall further and further behind in your classes, and fail, compared to
the potential success you need. And if you don’t learn from your failures and ask for help, more failures will come.
BUT GOOD NEWS CAN COME OUT OF this too, because the only person stopping you from being great is you. And of course, it’s hard. But keep this in mind for whenever you’re pursuing anything in your life: “Nothing comes easy”. All the lavish lifestyles you see in every social media outlet didn’t fall into the bearer’s lap – even basic living isn’t easy to come by! No matter whether you want your name up in lights or not, the consensus will always be that you need to work to survive. If you’re uncertain where you’ll be in 10 years’ time, don’t let anybody rush you – the clouds will not stay heavy; it’s just an extra mile to go to reach the sun.
FOR THOSE WITH BROTHERS AND
sisters who’re going on to GCSEs, tell them not to listen to anybody but themselves. Not even their mum and dad. For more personal
Keeping your head in a world of
stress, stress and... more stress
AN EXTRA MILE TO GO TO REACH THE SUN
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“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” - Albert Einstein
S T R E S SS C H O O L
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assistance, get at an Ark Elvin staff member – they’re always willing to
help. ●
- Joseph Yambasu
Buckling down Janeil McDonald revises diligently for an upcoming mock exam
W
T H E
C H E M I C A L
R E A C T I O N
The effect of chemistry in schools: An Interview with Science & Chemistry Teacher, Mrs Mehta
First and foremost, I believe
everyone should have a basic
knowledge of the subject. Chemistry
is all around us and it is vital for so
many applications in our daily lives, it
helps to understand how the world
works and why everyday reactions
happen- not just in the science
laboratory. When students enjoy the
subject, they are more likely to read
widely and make progress. It is
important to be able to understand
the concepts and be able to apply
them to exam questions. I would like
all students to develop their critical
thinking skills, to be able to think
analytically and evaluate everything
they read and see. This is what a
robust science education trains us to
do.
I think all the scientific disciplines are
equally important, biology is about
living things, physics is about energy
and chemistry is essentially about
matter. There is interdependence
between the three disciplines and
being skilled in one area usually
enhances skill in another. Chemistry
is my favourite because of the
practical work involved- it’s more
fun, engaging and visually
entertaining. Beyond GCSE, I always
advise students to choose subjects
which they enjoy because that is a
key motivating factor to arouse
one’s curiosity and enhance subject
knowledge.
Teachers want to promote a love of
lifelong learning in all their students.
Humans are naturally inquisitive and
always learning. Studying science
instils a sense of discipline; the
scientific method of predicting,
experimenting, analysing and
evaluating can be used in many
walks of life to make improvements.
Scientists will reject a theory if the
available evidence conflicts with it
and come up with a new theory. This
constant evolving and improving of
ideas is so important and is the
reason why we are making great
strides in science and technology.●
- Syed Haque
W hat would you like to see
students achieve from learning
science and chemistry?
ow would you compare the
importance of chemistry compared
to biology and physics? H
what would you like the students
studying science and chemistry to
achieve at their other subjects?
S C H O O L
C H E M I S T R Y
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Filling In the Blanks
FILLING
IN
THE BLANKS An SLT interview with David Medway
I N T E R V I E WS C H O O L
FAVOURITE FILM?
Yi-Yi (A One and a Two) is the first one that comes to mind. There are lots that are age inappropriate, but any film that says something interesting about what it means to be alive. I loved Berberian Sound Studio, but most hate it.
WHICH SPORTS TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT?
I taught myself to like football because other people did and have been burdened with a geeky enjoyment ever since. If there is ever a right moment, I can bore anyone with a discussion of Liverpool.
WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES? Writing, when I have time. At the moment I am preparing to get married, but to call that a hobby would send all the wrong messages.
WHEN DID YOU FIRST KNOW YOU WANTED TO BE A TEACHER?
I knew it was what I wanted to do when I was at university, but waited until I had some life experience. At 21 I still had some growing up to do. WHAT’S THE MOST CHALLENGING THING ABOUT BEING AN SLT MEMBER?
Remembering that it's never about me.
STAR WARS OR STAR TREK?
Star Wars toys, Star Trek ethics. WHAT’S THE WORST COLOUR?
For what purpose? I can tell you from bitter experience that fluorescent orange is not a good colour for your coat when you are seven. HOW RELEVANT ARE LEAGUE TABLES IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM?
They are hugely relevant whether we want them to be or not. They provide a really useful comparative for getting better, but if they are what are driving the leadership of a school they can be hugely damaging.
A successful day is when every
single moment is used effectively… “
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WHAT IS YOUR TEACHING PHILOSOPHY? Plan with the end in mind and it's not learning if I'm the one doing it.
WHAT WAS YOUR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE LIKE? Initially baffling. I was a fixed mindset child who could not understand why I was no longer brilliant and couldn't just wing it. I needed more clarity and more feedback, but didn't get it. I was once utterly humiliated in a seminar: I had not understood the level of expectation.
I can recommend Bristol: it's just the right size in which to grow up a bit.
WHAT ARE YOUR STRATEGIES FOR MAKING TEACHING FUN? Clarity. Pace. Drawing for understanding. Acting for understanding. Being me so that others can be themselves.
FAVOURITE SONG?
Right now, 'The Beigeness' by Kate Tempest.
WHAT WOULD YOU CALL A SUCCESSFUL DAY/LESSON? A successful day is when every single moment is used effectively for learning and will make a difference for children. The same for a lesson. ●
- Sebastian Atkinstaull
PLAN WITH THE END
IN MIND “”
UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON
Undergraduate Open Day Starts at: 09:00
Finishes at: 15:00 Location: Main Campus Booking requirements:
Booking needed
YEAR 11 PARENTS EVENING
EXETER COLLEGE
Undergraduate Open Day Starts at: 17:00
Finishes at: 19:00 Location:
Sowton Industrial Estate/ Monkerton
Booking requirements No booking necessary
M O N T U E W E D T H U R F R I
END OF HALF TERM
HOW DOES STUFF GET INTO
MUSEUMS? Lecture, Talk,
University College London
Time: 6-8pm Location: The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Malet
Place, London, WC1E Cost: £0
TEACHER TRAINING DAY
CITY UNIVERSITY Law Day
Time: 9:30-16:30
REGULAR SCHOOL DAY
REGULAR SCHOOL DAY
S C H O O L
C A L E N D E R
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THE BRITISH MUSEUM
One of the world's oldest museums,
the British Museum is vast and its
collections, only a fraction of which
can be on public display at any one
time, comprise millions of objects.
First-time visitors generally head for
the mummies, the Rosetta Stone,
Lindow Man, the Lewis Chessmen
and the Sutton Hoo ship burial.
Discovering the World in the
eighteenth century is a permanent
exhibition of around 5,000 objects
chosen to cast light on the period
between the mid-eighteenth and the
early nineteenth century, a time of
great discovery and learning when the
British Museum was founded by an
Act of Parliament.
“There are many impressive places in London,
but this is truly incredible. And it’s free.”
www.britishmuseum.org
“Like going on a trip around the world… “
“Puts a mark of perfection on its offer as
a top cultural visitor attraction.”
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On Point A student librarian badge creating a mark of undeniable authority
Photography by Sebastian Atkinstaull
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SLA
FOR
A
DAY What does it take to be a
Student Librarian Assistant?
L I B R A R YS C H O O L
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HERE SEEMS TO BE A
vacuum in Ark Elvin’s
inner parts. As the sun
ascends and the fog
outside takes its place
among the clouds, mornings in the
academy are followed by the high
strung promenade of yawning
students, their somewhat restless
conversation, the busy rush of
teachers, and the prancing of some
who, perhaps, have too much energy
for the rest of us… But somewhere
midst the clamour of the 8am
procession, a place exists like a tribal
commune – untouched and
somehow undisturbed by the goings
on of civilization. It is the Library.
And that isn’t to say the Library is
undeveloped, crude or unrefined.
But that in it, like a room in outer
space, the noise and dust of life is
made to stir. It neither stays nor
settles since inside is its own society
of members – student librarian
assistants (SLAs) are tasked with
duties some of which are vastly
important to sustain an atmosphere
of quiet concentration. To fumigate
the airs.
IT IS THE FARM OF THE SCHOOL: BOOKS AND
displays are tended to like crops of
wheat or corn; the printer whirs like
the baas of a sheep; the hours are
long and demanding. Jeneil
McDonald, an apprentice leader,
described a few of her duties:
“you’re basically taking care of the
library” she says, “organising,
helping anyone that needs help,
printing, photocopying.” She told me
how patience was the chief skill
she’d learnt through her role. “You
have to remember that it’s not only
you on the team… you have to deal
with other people… you have to
learn patience to deal with everyone
at the same time.” Nermin
Muratovic of the Ark Elvin Sixth form
described to me the amount of
dedication one needs to be in an
SLA. When asked to describe his job
in one word, Nermin simply said
“Work.” However, the work load is
distributed evenly and fairly.
Meetings are held every Monday
and Wednesday where members
are assigned their particular duties,
and recent updates are declared.
“It’s not all fun and games being an
SLA”, says Nermin in a steady
whisper, “one of the major things
I’ve learnt is how to work with
others… As an SLA, all the work is
not dependent on you, you have -
others to help you out [and] tell you
what’s wrong when you do
something wrong, and what’s right
when you do something right.”
While the community provides a
safe net of
encouragement
and criticism for
some, for
others it’s the
part of the job
that makes it
most enjoyable.
Whitney
Williams, one of
the youngest
SLA members
said “you work with different people
who’re in the same year as you but
you maybe didn’t know them, so you
make new friends.”
WHILE A SENSE OF SOLIDARITY IS TRUE OF
the SLA team, there is also an
awareness that everything must play
on the same pitch. Balancing school
life and the duties in the library is
hard work, and asks both discipline
and organisational skills. “It helps you
to learn how to organise yourself,
says Jeneil, “because you don’t want
“Being an SLA
is something
different,
something
unique,
something
amazing, I
would have
to say”
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to spent too much time on work, and
not enough time doing your [school]
duties.” The members must think like
a well-tuned violin so things play
smoothly. “It’s
getting that balance
so you don’t fall
behind in anything.”
WHILE MOST MAY
expect the typical
librarian to be
studious and
academic, the SLA’s are diverse in
their skills and interests, and find
other values in their membership. It
attracts both the artistic and the
ambitious. Some have joined the
library to add credentials to their CV,
as a form of volunteering; others,
however, enjoy designing and
decorating the displays to “get in
touch” with their creative side.
But what is at heart of this silent vacuum, where the frantic movements of student life are rarely felt, is their sense of comradeship. Through their interactions, many who find it difficult to socialise have come to “forget about all that and overcome my fear”. Some feel it has even helped them “progress” as individuals. It provides an enriching experience, one that, as Nermin aptly put it, is something they’ve never
done before… it’s something different, something unique. Something amazing, I would have to say. If anything, it’s made me more responsible.”● - Sebastian Atkinstaull
“It’s helped
me stay in
touch with
my
creative
side”
“One of the major
things I’ve learnt is
how to work with
others.”
Happy Scanning The many jobs of the SLAs are both diverse and enjoyable.
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C U R R E N T A F F A I R S
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HREE DAYS OF TERROR, TRAUMA
and excessive police
surveillance. On 14th of
January this year, two unidentified
Afghani terrorists blazed speedily
through the headquarters of French
satire magazine Charlie Hebdo. Given
their controversial content in topics
like religion, people have concluded
that this ‘marauding’ attack was
carried out by aggressive jihadist
gunmen, in light of the tongue-in-
cheek comics about Prophet
Muhammad and Islam.
BLUE-LIGHT
responders have been given training in treating gunshot wounds, and they’ve also been taught how to work in buildings, airports and railway stations that may be armed with improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
The existence of the units was Fieschi, until help arrived in time.revealed by Theresa May, the Home Secretary of England, in an update to the Commons. “Future training exercises by police and special forces fire-arms teams will incorporate “specific elements” of the Paris attacks”, she said.
IN A NEW INTERVIEW LAURENT LÉGER, AN investigative reporter at Charlie Hebdo and a survivor of the January 7th assault on the magazine's Paris office, condemned President Obama for his administration's attack on press freedom. "You have to be very happy Obama didn't come to the march in Paris," said Léger. "His administration's actions are an absolute scandal. It's very good he didn't come to the march that day."
LÉGER WAS participating in Charlie Hebdo's weekly editorial meeting when the staff heard what sounded
like fireworks outside. Then, Léger told French radio, a man masked and dressed all in black --
now known to have been either Chérif or Saïd Kouachi -- entered the room, shouted "Allahu Akbar" and began shooting the magazine's staff, killing nine. Léger survived by hiding underneath a table. After the gunmen left Léger held the hand of one of the wounded, Charlie Hebdo webmaster Simon Fieschi, until help arrived in time. ●
- Joseph Yambasu -
JE SUIS
C H A R L I E
ET TOI?
F R A N C E C U R R E N T A F F A I R S
The three days of terror that
echoed through the streets of
Paris - all in detail.
T
Copies of the magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' , Jan 13, 2014
A man holds up an edition of Charlie Hebdo
magazine as people gather on the Place Royale in
Nantes, western France, January 7
H A P P E N I N G:
CULTURE: Harper Lee, author of
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, is set to publish a novel in July. Her first new
work in print in more than 50 years
WORLD AFFAIRS:
Russian banks are set to lose 1 trillion
rubles in 2015.
TECH: Project Tango:
Google technology to 3D-scan the
whole world could be in phones this year. The scanner
began as a concept for a
Smartphone which would scan the
world around it in 3D
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HERE IS NEW HOPE FOR THE FUTURE AS
THE launch of 3-D Printer in
December 2014 has been a
great benefit to biological molecules;
with benefits from improving face
transplant and saving babies lives. The 3-
D Printer might just be the glimmer of
hope that scientists need as this could
one day help researchers design new
drugs that more precisely target spots on
virus molecules or even manufactured
artificial protein sensors. “Proteins often contain thousands of
atoms and the printing method reveals
new insights when two molecules
interact. For instance, many proteins
have long, curvy tunnels within them,
through which molecules pass.
Determining a tunnel’s length and width
can be very tricky on the computer
screen because there’s no way to see all
the way through from any one view. But
measuring its length is exceedingly easy
in 3D printed models” Arthur Olson told
Live Science.
3D PRINTING SOUNDS FUTURISTIC- THE
technology is quite straightforward: it is a
small evolutionary step from spraying
toner on paper to putting down layers of
something more substantial until the
layers add up to an object and yet, by
enabling a machine to produce objects of
any shape, on the spot and as needed, 3-
D printing really is ushering in a new era.
“With 2D computer visualizations, there
are limitations making them hard to
interpret. For instance, when researchers
try to move molecules around in
computer simulations, they often go right
through each other, which wouldn’t
happen in the physical word” added
Olson, a molecular biologist at the
Molecular Graphics Laboratory at the
Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla,
California said
“WITH 3D MODEL, THERE’S NO WAY FOR TWO
solid molecules to go right through each
other…the experience itself is very
different between looking at something
on a flat screen, and actually holding an
object and manipulating an object in your
hand”
3D PRINTING HAS BECOME INCREDIBLY USEFUL in
several areas of medical science such as
3D printed hearts, livers and skulls are
already in use to help doctors plan
surgeries.
RECENTLY, SURGEONS DISCOVERED A TWO YEAR
old girl named Mina Khan who was born
with a hole in the walls between two
S C I E N C EC U R R E N T A F F A I R S
WELCOME
TO THE
FUTURE 3D printer provides hopeful
possibilities for medical science.
- Lourdita Remedios
Medical Marvel Mina Khan, a survivor of a 3D printed heart operation alongside her mother.
Future. Now. A 3D heart constructed as a model for a medical operation.
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chambers of her heart and through the
advanced technology of 3D printing
meant that the surgeons were able to
create an modelled replica of her healthy
heart which matches every tiny details of
a baby’s heart, helping surgeons plan
where to cut tissues, reroute piping and
patch holes in children with congenital
heart defects. By viewing the anatomy in
3D, the surgeons said they “could create
a model of her heart and then see the
inside of it with a replica of the hole as it
looked when the heart was pumping. We
could go into the operation with a much
better idea of what we could find.”
“The experience itself is very
different between looking at
something on a flat screen, and
actually holding an object and
manipulating an object in your
hand”
G H A N D I
C U R R E N T
H I S T O R Y
Road Through
The Past
How the world’s
press responded
to Gandhi’s
death 67 years
ago
- Lourdita Remedios
Next Page
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ANUARY 30TH, 1984 MOHANDAS
Karamchand Ghandi was shot
dead by Nathuram Godse, A
Hindu nationalist, in Delhi. The 78 year
old Ghandi was attacked while he was on
his way to attend a prayer meeting at
Birla House in the national capital. Godse
fired three shots from a pistol. He was
immediately captured and hanged to
death on 15 Nov, 1949 in Ambala Jail,
along with one of his accomplices
Narayan Apte. The death of the
“Mahatma” as the country fondly called
him shook a newly-independent India
and made headlines across the world.
January 30, 2015 marked the sixty
seventh anniversary of Ghandi’s death.
Here are how the press in India and
foreign countries responded to the
catastrophe.
The Times of India
Mahatma Gandhi assassinated at Delhi
“While on his way to the prayer meeting, the
Father of the Nation, was shot four times at
point blank range by a man who sprang out
of the congregation. Three bullets struck the
Mahatma, and he was immediately
taken to Birla House. He passed
away at 5:40-35 minutes after the
crime.”
The newspaper carried a picture
of Ghandi with folded hands on
the left column, next to an article
about his death describing
Ghandi’s death as an irreparable
loss to mankind.
THE CHENNAI-BASED NEWSPAPER SAID
REPORTS of Godse trying to
commit suicide after killing
Ghandi were false. “There is no
truth in the report that he
attempted to commit
suicide by putting a bullet
into himself.”
Here is how it described
the final moments of
Ghandi:
The Hindu
Ghandhiji shot dead
“The last act Gandhiji did was
to lift both his hands as a sign
of prayer in the direction of
the large gathering which had
assembled for the prayer.
Thereafter, he was speechless
and the loss of blood, at his
age and so soon after his fast, made death
inevitable. He was beyond medical aid even
from the start when shock had its effect. Lord
Mountbatten and Cabinet Ministers,
including Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel and Maulana Abul Kalam
Azad and others soon arrived. The Ministers
present held consultations among
themselves as to the future course of action.”
THE HINDU NEWSPAPER MADE REFERENCE TO THE
30 year old fanatic man who at
5o’clock in the afternoon
during a prayer meeting
emerged from the admiring
crowed, bowed to Ghandi
before shooting him three
times at point-blank range in the
stomach and chest. Ghandi
raised his hands in front of his
face, in the conventional Hindu
gesture of greeting, almost if
he was welcoming his
murderer, and slumped to the
ground, mortally wounded.
Witnesses said he cried out
“Ram, Ram” (“God, God”)
though others did not hear him say
anything. In the confusion there was no
attempt to call a doctor or get the dying
man to hospital and he died within half
an hour.
The Guardian
Assassination of Mr Ghandi
“The man, who gave his name as Nathuram,
fired a fourth shot, apparently in an effort to
kill himself, but a Royal Indian Air Force
sergeant standing alongside jolted his arm
and wrenched the pistol away. The sergeant
wanted to shoot the man but was stopped
by the police. An infuriated crowd fell upon
the man and beat him with sticks, but he was
apprehended by the police and taken to a
police station.”
AFTER THE TRAGEDY, NATHURAM GODSE
attempted to shoot himself but was
seized and hustled away while the
shocked, hysteric crowd cried out “Kill
him, kill him!” threatening to lynch him to
which he was tried for murder in May
H I S T O R YC U R R E N T A F F A I R S
Road Through
The Past
JT
“Our light has
gone out, but
the light that
shone in this
country was
no ordinary
light. For a
thousand
years that
light will be
seen in this
country”
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and hanged in November the following
year.
THE ONLY PHOTO THE TIMES CARRIED ON THE FIRST
page of its Jan 31, 1948 edition was that
of Ghandi. The report noted the reaction
of Jawaharlal Nehru, first prime minister
of India.
The New York Times
Gandhi Is Killed By A Hindu; India Shaken,
World Mourns; 15 Die In Rioting In Bombay
Three Shots Fired
Pandit Nehru arrived at about 6 o’clock.
Silently and with burning eyes he inspected
the spot where Mr. Gandhi was shot and
then went into the house without a word.
Later he stood high on the front gate of Biria
House and related the tentative funeral
arrangements to several thousand persons
gathered in the street and blocking all traffic.
His voice shook with grief and hundreds in
the crowd were weeping uncontrollably.
The piece added:
Pandit Nehru delivered Mr.
Gandhi’s valedictory in his radio
address late this evening. In a
quivering voice he said:
“Gandhi has gone out of our lives
and there is darkness everywhere.
The father of our nation is no
more- no longer will we run to him
for advice and solace. This is a
terrible blow to millions and
millions in this country.”
“Our light has gone out, but the
light that shone in this country was
no ordinary light. For a thousand
years that light will be seen in this
country and the world will see it…
Oh, that this has happened to us!
There was so much more to do.”
Whilst Ghandi’s body was laid out
on the terrace of Birla House,
draped in a white cotton cloth that
left his face uncovered, and a
single spotlight focused the corpse
as all the other lights were turned
off. Speaking on the radio, the
Indian prime minister Pandit Nehru
said: “The father of the nation is no
more. Now that the light has gone
out of our lives I do not quite know
what to tell you and how to say it.
Our beloved leader is no more.”
The following day an enormous
crowd estimated at nearly one
million people lined the five-mile
route of the funeral procession to the bank
of the Jumna River as the body, draped in
the Indian flag, was carried on an army truck
while air force planes overhead dropped
flowers. Repeated incursions from the crowd
meant that the journey took five hours and
the police had to clear space by force while
the bier was lifted onto the sandalwood
funeral pyre and the body was cremated in
the traditional manner. As the flames
burned, the grieving crowd showered the
pyre with petals. The ashes were kept on the
river bank for three days before they were
taken away for immersion at the spot where
the Jumna joins the Ganges.
The Sydney Morning Herald
FOUNDED IN 1831, THE AUSTRALIAN
newspaper ran a report by the Australian
Associated Press on Ghandi’s
assassination accompanied with a picture
of him addressing a prayer meeting in
New Delhi on Jan 14, 1948.
Assassin kills Gandhi in New Delhi
Gandhi was hurried into Birla House, home
of Mr. G. D. Birla,the wealthy Hindu
industrialist. He died there soon
afterwards,without speaking, surrounded by
a weeping crowd of lifelong friends and
faithful followers. Gandhi was 78 last
October.
A state of extreme tension exists in New
Delhi to-night. Rioting is already reported
from Bombay, and police reinforcements
have been hurried to the danger areas.
DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF NEHRU AND OTHER
leaders, violence erupted in Bombay and
elsewhere in India, with riots and arson.
There were attacks on Brahmins, because
the killer was a Brahmin. Police in
Bombay had to open fire on the rioters. It
was an outcome which would have
profoundly horrified Gandhi himself.
Law and Order Scenes from the courtroom
At Rest A garland photo of Mahatma Ghandi at New Delhi’s Birla House on Feb, 6, 1984
You must be
the change you
want to see in
the world.
- Ghandi
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C O M M E N T S
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IGHT, TOUCH, SMELL, HEARING
and taste; our source of
assembling sensations and
familiarity in the world come from
our senses but to what degree can
our senses determined the reality of
life? A powerful organ such as the
brain instantly receives electric
signals altered from processed
information (gathered from our
senses) to makes sense of the world
around us. A great deceiver of our
senses and the brain are illusions
which make us realise that things are
never as they seem but also that our
experiences of the world shape our
understanding of it.
AT THIS INSTANT, YOU ARE ENTERTAINING
two realities simultaneously. You see
one reality (a small orange circle
enveloped by large blue circles) but
you also perceive another reality – a
large orange circle bordered by small
S C I E N C E & P E R C P T I O N C O M M E N T S
S
Which blue circle is
bigger? (see next page
for answer)*
MISLEADING
VISION
SENSE & SENSE-ABILITIES
S
How much of what we sense
reflects reality?
blue circles.
INSTANTLY YOUR SENSES IN THIS particular case your sight sends electric signals to the brain which conclude the image on the right to be the bigger circle when in fact they are tangibly the same.
NAMED AFTER THE GERMAN Psychologist, Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850-1909). The Ebbinghaus or Titchener circle illusion exploits our perception of relative size. When an object is surrounded by larger objects, it seems far smaller than it actually is and so our brain causes the illusion in that moment trying to make sense of what the eyes is seeing which ratify Socrates, a Greek Philosopher who said “All I know is that I know nothing.”
BRIGHTNESS, COLOUR, SHADING, EYE movements and other factors can
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have powerful effects on what we
see and illusions are useful as a
research tool because they tell us
how the brain functions.
BY DRAWING UP RESULTS FROM THE
Ebbinghaus experiment we can
understand that the brain evolved
NOT to see the retinal image (which
is made up of meaningless, or
ambiguous, patterns of shapes) but
to see the world in a way that proved
useful in the past. “These are things
that we don’t experience very often
because the brain is so good at
covering up its mistakes” theoretical
neurobiologist and author of The
Vision Revolution, Dr. Mark Changizi
told Discovery News “The act of
seeing something begins with light
rays bouncing off an object. These
rays enter the eyes through the
cornea, which is the clear, outer
portion of the eye. The cornea then
bends or refracts the light rays as
they go through the black part of
your eye, the pupil. The iris-the
colored portion of your eye-contracts
or expands to change the amount of
light that goes through.
FINALLY, THE LIGHT RAYS GO THROUGH THE lens of your eye, which changes shape to target the light towards your retina, the thin tissue at the back of your eye that is full of nerve cells that detect light. The cells in the retina, called rods and cones, turn the light into electrical signals. That gets sent through the optic nerve, where the brain interprets them. The entire process takes about one-tenth of a second, but that’s long enough to make your brain confused sometimes.” ●
HERE HAS BEEN LOTS OF TALK IN recent months about whether Manchester United
striker Radamel Falcao is staying at Old Trafford beyond the end of the season. The Colombian striker, who earns £265,000 a week, has scored 3 goals in 15 appearances in all competitions, since signing from Monaco in a £6m season-long loan deal in September, with all three goals coming from the Premier League. With the intense competition of gaining a place to lead United’s lucrative attack, injury & fitness concerns, should United keep Falcao or should he go?
HIS MOVE TO UNITED ON A YEAR-LONG loan captured hearts and minds, as a proven goal-getting number 9 should. Falcao scored his first Reds goal in a 2-1 win over Everton in October and, after building up his match fitness, in December he commanded a regular place in the team and proved his poaching prowess with point-saving goals at Aston Villa and Stoke City that could prove to be pivotal at the end of the season for the Colombian and the club.
WITH HIS INJURY AND FITNESS RECORD a cause of concern, Falcao's career at
Old Trafford has been hampered by a calf injury and he has started only nine matches. He was dropped from manager Louis van Gaal's 18-man squad for the 1-0 home defeat by Southampton on Sunday after starting the previous five games prior to the game. Afterwards Van Gaal said there was no injury problem and the decision was tactical.
FALCAO HAS ALREADY DECIDED HE WILL not be returning to Monaco, who he joined for a reported £50m in May 2013 after prolific spells at Atletico Madrid and Porto. 158 goals scored in 215 appearances in all competitions for Porto, Atletico Madrid, Monaco and present club Manchester United since moving to Europe in 2009. This is an impressive stat for a top class striker particularly recognised winning the UEFA Super Cup in 2012 against Chelsea scoring a monumental hat trick for Atletico Madrid as the best highlight of his whole coveted career.
HIS INJURY RECORD AND FITNESS IS A
concern but I would still keep him
because, if he has got over the
serious knee injury he suffered in
January last year, he is undoubtedly a
world-class striker. He needs to play
regularly - if he does that he will *Both circles are the exact same size!
S P O R T S C O M M E N T S
Radamel Falcao:
KEEP OR
KICK?
Should the Colombian
Striker stay or leave?
- Syed Haque
T
- Lourdita Remedios
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produce. If he doesn't play week in,
week out, there is no point signing
him permanently. With also fellow
striker Robin Van Persie, will turn 33
soon after his Manchester United
contract ends in the summer of
2016, his future must be decided
that will determine Falcao’s fate in
the club. I would keep him next
season because he has definitely still
got a lot to offer. But after that, his
age might mean his best days as an
out-and-out striker, who has relied
on his reactions and pace while
playing on the shoulder of the last
defender, are behind him.
S E N D ~ S U B M I S S I O N S ~
SO THE END OF HIS CURRENT DEAL MIGHT BE THE TIME
for him to move on and think about a lucrative
move to somewhere like the MLS in the United
States. He has had an amazing career but there
will be no incentive from Van Gaal when the
decision is made.
THEREFORE, FALCAO SHOULD STAY AND SIGN FOR UNITED
permanently because he is a world class striker
at the age of 28, he has couple of good years
ahead of him that will be worth spent in the
biggest club in the world, utilising his prowess
through tearing down the defence with cool
efficiency and frightening power. Once back to
full fitness and playing regularly, he will be
prolific and dangerous in front on goal. ●
Settling the score
Falcao celebrating his hat trick to inspire Atletico Madrid to victory against Chelsea
Decisions, decisions Van Gaal must decide whether to offer Van Persie a new deal.
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HE SAT AT THE WINDOW WATCHING
the evening invade the
avenue. Her head was
leaned against the window
curtains and in her nostrils
was the odour of dusty
cretonne. She was tired.
Few people passed. The man out of the
last house passed on his way home; she
heard his footsteps clacking along the
concrete pavement and afterwards
crunching on the cinder path before the
new red houses. One time there used to
be a field there in which they used to play
every evening with other people's
children. Then a man from Belfast bought
the field and built houses in it -- not like
their little brown houses but bright brick
houses with shining roofs. The children of
the avenue used to play together in that
field -- the Devines, the Waters, the
Dunns, little Keogh the cripple, she and
her brothers and sisters. Ernest,
however, never played: he was too
grown up. Her father used often to hunt
them in out of the field with his
blackthorn stick; but usually little Keogh
used to keep nix and call out when he
saw her father coming. Still they seemed
to have been rather happy then. Her
father was not so bad then; and besides,
her mother was alive. That was a long
time ago; she and her brothers and
J O Y C E
EVELINE
BY
JAMES
JOYCE A short story from his 1914
collection of short stories
Dubliners
S
S T O R YC U L T U R E
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sisters were all grown up her mother was
dead. Tizzie Dunn was dead, too, and the
Waters had gone back to England.
Everything changes. Now she was going
to go away like the others, to leave her
home.
Home! She looked round the room,
reviewing all its familiar objects which
she had dusted once a week for so many
years, wondering where on earth all the
dust came from. Perhaps she would
never see again those familiar objects
from which she had never dreamed of
being divided. And yet during all those
years she had never found out the name
of the priest whose yellowing photograph
hung on the wall above the broken
harmonium beside the coloured print of
the promises made to Blessed Margaret
Mary Alacoque. He had been a school
friend of her father. Whenever he
showed the photograph to a visitor her
father used to pass it with a casual word:
"He is in Melbourne now."
She had consented to go away, to leave
her home. Was that wise? She tried to
weigh each side of the question. In her
home anyway she had shelter and food;
she had those whom she had known all
her life about her. O course she had to
work hard, both in the house and at
business. What would they say of her in
the Stores when they found out that she
had run away with a fellow? Say she was
a fool, perhaps; and her place would be
filled up by advertisement. Miss Gavan
would be glad. She had always had an
edge on her, especially whenever there
were people listening.
"Miss Hill, don't you see these ladies are
waiting?"
"Look lively, Miss Hill, please."
She would not cry many
tears at leaving the
Stores.
But in her new home, in
a distant unknown
country, it would not be
like that. Then she
would be married -- she,
Eveline. People would
treat her with respect
then. She would not be
treated as her mother
had been. Even now,
though she was over
nineteen, she
sometimes felt herself
in danger of her father's
violence. She knew it
was that that had given
her the palpitations.
When they were
growing up he had
never gone for her like
he used to go for Harry
and Ernest, because she
was a girl but latterly he
had begun to threaten
her and say what he
would do to her only for
her dead mother's sake.
And no she had nobody
to protect her. Ernest
was dead and Harry, who was in the
church decorating business, was nearly
always down somewhere in the country.
Besides, the invariable squabble for
money on Saturday nights had begun to
weary her unspeakably. She always gave
her entire wages -- seven shillings -- and
Harry always sent up what he could but
the trouble was to get any money from
her father. He said she used to squander
the money, that she had no head, that he
wasn't going to give her his hard-earned
money to throw about the streets, and
much more, for he was usually fairly bad
on Saturday night. In the end he would
give her the money and ask her had she
any intention of buying Sunday's dinner.
Then she had to rush out as quickly as
she could and do her marketing, holding
her black leather purse tightly in her
hand as she elbowed her way through
the crowds and returning home late
under her load of provisions. She had
hard work to keep the house together
and to see that the two young children
who had been left to hr charge went to
school regularly and got their meals
regularly. It was hard work -- a hard life --
but now that she was about to leave it
she did not find it a wholly undesirable
life.
She was about to explore another life
with Frank. Frank was very kind, manly,
open-hearted. She was to go away with
him by the night-boat to be his wife and
to live with him in Buenos Ayres where
he had a home waiting for her. How well
she remembered the first time she had
seen him; he was lodging in a house on
the main road where she used to visit. It
seemed a few weeks ago. He was
standing at the gate, his peaked cap
pushed back on his head and his hair
tumbled forward over a face of bronze.
Then they had come to know each other.
He used to meet her outside the Stores
every evening and see her home. He took
her to see The Bohemian Girl and she felt
elated as she sat in an unaccustomed
part of the theatre with him. He was
awfully fond of music and sang a little.
People knew that they were courting
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and, when he sang about the lass that
loves a sailor, she always felt pleasantly
confused. He used to call her Poppens
out of fun. First of all it had been an
excitement for her to have a fellow and
then she had begun to like him. He had
tales of distant countries. He had started
as a deck boy at a pound a month on a
ship of the Allan Line going out to
Canada. He told her the names of the
ships he had been on and the names of
the different services. He had sailed
through the Straits of Magellan and he
told her stories of the terrible
Patagonians. He had fallen on his feet in
Buenos Ayres, he said, and had come
over to the old country just for a holiday.
Of course, her father had found out the
affair and had forbidden her to have
anything to say to him.
"I know these sailor chaps," he said.
One day he had quarrelled with Frank
and after that she had to meet her lover
secretly.
The evening deepened in the
avenue. The white of two
letters in her lap grew
indistinct. One was to Harry;
the other was to her father.
Ernest had been her favourite
but she liked Harry too. Her
father was becoming old
lately, she noticed; he would
miss her. Sometimes he could
be very nice. Not long before,
when she had been laid up for
a day, he had read her out a
ghost story and made toast
for her at the fire. Another
day, when their mother was
alive, they had all gone for a
picnic to the Hill of Howth.
She remembered her father
putting on her mothers
bonnet to make the children
laugh.
Her time was running out but
she continued to sit by the
window, leaning her head
against the window curtain,
inhaling the odour of dusty
cretonne. Down far in the
avenue she could hear a
street organ playing. She
knew the air Strange that it
should come that very night
to remind her of the promise
to her mother, her promise to keep the
home together as long as she could. She
remembered the last night of her
mother's illness; she was again in the
close dark room at the other side of the
hall and outside she heard a melancholy
air of Italy. The organ-player had been
ordered to go away and given sixpence.
She remembered her father strutting
back into the sickroom saying:
"Damned Italians! coming over here!"
As she mused the pitiful vision of her
mother's life laid its spell on the very
quick of her being -- that life of
commonplace sacrifices closing in final
craziness. She trembled as she heard
again her mother's voice saying
constantly with foolish insistence:
"Derevaun Seraun! Derevaun Seraun!"
She stood up in a sudden impulse of
terror. Escape! She must escape! Frank
would save her. He would give her life,
perhaps love, too. But she wanted to live.
Why should she be unhappy? She had a
right to happiness. Frank would take her
in his arms, fold her in his arms. He would
save her.
She stood among the swaying crowd in
the station at the North Wall. He held her
hand and she knew that he was speaking
to her, saying something about the
passage over and over again. The station
was full of soldiers with brown baggages.
Through the wide doors of the sheds she
caught a glimpse of the black mass of the
boat, lying in beside the quay wall, with
illumined portholes. She answered
nothing. She felt her cheek pale and cold
and, out of a maze of distress, she prayed
to God to direct her, to show her what
was her duty. The boat blew a long
mournful whistle into the mist. If she
went, tomorrow she would be on the sea
with Frank, steaming towards Buenos
Ayres. Their passage had been booked.
Could she still draw back after all he had
done for her? Her distress awoke a
nausea in her body and she kept moving
her lips in silent fervent prayer.
A bell clanged upon her heart. She felt
him seize her hand:
"Come!"
All the seas of the world tumbled about
her heart. He was drawing her into them:
he would drown her. She gripped with
both hands at the iron railing.
"Come!"
No! No! No! It was impossible. Her hands
clutched the iron in frenzy. Amid the seas
she sent a cry of anguish.
"Eveline! Evvy!"
He rushed beyond the barrier and called
to her to follow. He was shouted at to go
on but he still called to her. She set her
white face to him, passive, like a helpless
animal. Her eyes gave him no sign of love
or farewell or recognition. ●
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LIFE, LIFE OH LIFE Life, life oh life what a wondrous thing So full of contradictions, surprises, an unexpected twist People come, people go, and you don’t always have a choice One day you meet a new friend; the next day you’re dissed Live in the present, and keep the past as history Because a present means a gift and tomorrow is the mystery People fight and cause wars for no real reason Other than for status, for revenge or for money Climate change is taking toll, floods and eruptions I just wish I could just move to place that’s forever sunny Prejudice and disease just doesn’t want to leave Leaving each and every one of us with reason to bereave The media will play with your mind, warping our world They’ll lie; they’ll hypnotize and tell you a false truth Yet we are not always aware, someone must take a stand We must start to question things and look for real proof They’ll give us products and vices that we don’t even need Poison our minds and bodies, that’s just not a good deed We must learn to live in the moment, and smell the roses Before they die, and we’re left with a barren land We must learn to be grateful with what we already have Enjoy the benefits, and not just the brand Let’s go outside barefoot, and bathe in the sun Come on, leave the burdens behind; let’s just have some fun The rich are real harsh, to us poor innocent victims We’re starving of love and education and our needs If only we’d all realize we all want happiness That we sprouted from the same type of seeds We’re all children of God, we came from the light We are connected; there is no reason to fight Life, life oh life what a wondrous thing We just need to learn to stop and breathe Life, life oh life what a wondrous thing We just have to start to give and receive
- Hayden Evans
P O E T R Y
S U B M I S S I O N S
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P H O T O S
S U B M I S S I O N S
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P H O T O S C O M M E N T S
9 7 2
7 3 2 4 1
4 8
7 5 4
1 9 3 6 8 5
9 2 7
3 2
1 4 7 6 5
2 1 8
8 9 4 7 2
2 5
2 1
1 8 5 4
4 6
4 3 9 5
1 9
6 2
2 3 9 8 4
8 4
6 9 7 4
5 7 4 8 2 6
8 4 5 2
4 2 9 3
2 1 7 6 4 3
6 2 1 8
4 1
S U D O K U Each row, column and 3x3 block must contain the numbers 1-9
8 6 3
4 7 3
6 4
5 4 8 6
4 7
6 3 5 2
5 7
3 1 9
2 8 1
GRADE: hard
GRADE: easy GRADE: medium
GRADE: insane
FOUR FANTASTIC
FACTS
8.2% of people in
Norway eat tacos
every single Friday.
Every Apple iPhone
ad displays the time
as 9:41 AM, the time
Steve Jobs unveiled it
in 2007.
The first president of
Zimbabwe was
President Banana.
40% of the earth's
land is in 6 countries.
C O N T R I B U T O R S
Mariam TORRES – Year 7
Hayden EVANS – Year 12
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Photographer
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