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Voice

Student

10/12/13 Issue One

S U D E N - R U N

news website Cit-

iBlog, which is in part-

nership with the MK

Citizen, has reached

over 15,000 views de-

spite being less than a

year old.he website was

launched by oundation

degree journalism stu-

dents at MK College and

contains original stories

and eatures, as well as

those written using con-

tent provided by the Cit-

izen.

Under the partner-

ship, the Citizen uses the

best pieces on its web-

site, in the paper and inCitizen First.

CitiBlog has now

reached a milestone

15,000 views ater run-

ning or less than a year

and has eatured some

scoops that beat even the

local newspapers.

Journalism course

leader Jon Boyle, said:“his is an exciting proj-

ect that gives our highly

talented students a plat-

orm to showcase their

articles to the people o

Milton Keynes and be-

yond.

“It’s a win-win situ-

ation or all parties in-

volved as the Citizen will

be able to cherry pick the

best stories or the news-

paper.“Hopeully the stu-

dents will make a name

or themselves as pro-

essional journalists

and their articles will

be graded or the work-

based learning unit o

their course.”

CitiBlog editor Liam

Andrews added: “We are

delighted with how pop-

ular CitiBlog has become

and reaching 15,000 views is an incredible

achievement or us.”

o check out CitiBlog,

visit www.citiblogmk.

co.uk.

Student news websitescoops 15,000 visitors

by Liam Andrews@LiamJackAndrews

back

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DELIGHT: Reporters Mark Hughes (lef) and Tony Hornsby (right), with editor Liam Andrews as CitiBlog reached a milestone



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Editor’s WelcomeDear readers,

We are delighted to wel-

come you to the 2013

edition o the Student

Voice, which we have

been working tirelessly

on to create an innova-

tive and engaging news-

paper or you the stu-

dent readers.

Inside you will ind a

multitude o inorma-

tion designed specii-

cally or your interests asstudents studying with

Milton Keynes College.

We have combined

news material, enter-

tainment material and

even a page dedicated

speciically to exercising

your brain (the puzzle

page duh!) allowing our

readers to eel most up

to date with the goings

on in and around the

College.

We have on the whole

enjoyed creating this

publication aimed at youthe reader, it has given

us the opportunity to ex-

plore the achievements

and successes’ o ellow

students as well as in-

orm you all o the basic

knowledge that comes

with enjoying student

lie outside o the class-

room (see the entertain-

ment section).

I none o this is o inter-

est to you maybe you’d

preer to head straight

to the back pages where

you will ind a number

or articles all relating tosport, perhaps you have

a keen interest in Alan

News

Smith i so read the ea-

ture.

Or maybe you’re a an o

Milton Keynes very own

Greg Rutherord either

way head right on to the

sports section.

Working along side an

outstanding team in-

cluding our sub-editor

and o course the rest

o the writing team has

been a absolute pleasure

and the inal productdeinitely compliments

our team work ethic. So

with all that said please

enjoy browsing through

our many pages o stu-

dent related articles

aimed speciically at you

and we hope our creative

lair is enough to hold

your attention and keep

you entertained rom

ront to back.

hanks or reading,

Kathryn ownsend

NEWS

Cafe manager beats thousands Page 4

Casino uniform design winner Page 5

Horticultural Centre opens up Page 6

College hands out £2,000 grant Page 7

Historians make history in dig Page 8

Book illustrated by a student Page 8

ENTERTAINMENT

SPORT

Thirty Seconds To Mars - Live Page 10

Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines Page 11

Baggage Claim gets a verdict Page 11

Why MK Dons are a great club Page 12

The EU is a waste of my money Page 13

Alan Smith gives students a talk Page 16

Gold College visit for RutherfordPage 17

ntents

VISIt our wEBsIte www.cItIBlogmk.co.uk

OPINION

Trey Songz - Chapter V Review Page 5



News

54

Adam cooks up a storm

Silbury Campus’ co-

ee shop manager,

Adam Gibson has beaten

o ierce competition

rom over 1000 other

entries to win the Rock

Solid Military Assault

Marathon.

he race which took

place on the 12th Octo-

ber this year saw com-

petitors battle through

an eclectic range o

obstacles, designed to

make the event as dii-

cult as possible to inish,

let alone win the event.

Hosted at the nearby

Silverstone Woodland

course, this course is one

o only two courses se-

lected in the country to

host Rock Solid Events;

and can be participated

in either 5 or 10 kilome-

tre distances, with Adam

himsel winning the

10km race.

he Manager, 29, was

clearly undeterred by

the physical challenges

he was ensure to ace on

the Woodland course,

with the location’s array

o water based hurdles

slowing down even the

ittest o competitors. He

revealed: “I’ve done a lot

o triathlon racing and

marathons in the past

and I’ve also raced Iron

Man beore.”

“Ashleigh at the Col-

lege recommended he

Rock Solid race to me,

it sounded completely

dierent to anything I’ve

done beore so I signed

up to the 10k race in

Milton Keynes.”

While Adam is nor-

mally comortable with

lat level racing, he had

already tested himsel

or some o the trials

he would ace in the

Rock Solid Marathon, by

irstly mastering the Box

Fit Sprint riathlon, in-

ishing the event in irst

place, as well as complet-

ing the gruelling Outlaw

Ironman Distance ri-

athlon in just 11 hours.

Adam’s time is even

more impressive consid-

ering the event consisted

o a 2.4 mile swim, a 112

mile bike ride, and a ull

marathon length 26.2

mile run to inish pro-

ceedings.

In addition to pre-

paring or his toughest

event yet, Adam, as well

as committing himsel to

Milton Keynes College’s

caé, also runs his own

company, GreenlightP,

which specialises in mul-

tisport personal training

and swimming coaching

within Milton Keynes.

Whether you have an

interest in competing

in triathlons or you just

simply want to return to

regular exercise, Adam is

on hand to share his win-

ning secrets which have

brought him multiple

titles in recent times, his

website is www.green-

lightpt.co.uk.

Within the Rock Solid

Marathon itsel Adam

set a scorching pace

throughout, averaging

over 12 kilometres an

hour despite the endless

obstacles aimed at dis-

rupting his progress.

As our Caé manager

explains, some o the

hurdles he aced were

not something to take

aint heartedly. He said:

“I aced 8 eet high walls,

barbed wire encing to

crawl under, a jump with

a 15 oot drop, monkey

bars, ice baths and I had

to run through ire.”

Even aced with such

adversity Adam still

managed to beat his

nearest competitor by

over 40 seconds, an as-

tonishing eat consider-

ing the level o compe-

tition that he came up

against to triumph in the

race.

His inishing time

o 49 minutes and 11

seconds on such a de-

manding course pays

testament to our Caé

Manager’s determination

and desire to perorm at

the highest level.

O course like any

other competitive ath-

lete Adam is certain to

deend his crown as Mil-

ton Keynes’ Rock Solid

Champion next year, not

however beore he pits

himsel against the same

race at the country’s only

other Assault Marathon

course in Exeter in 2014.

Cafe manager wins 10km assault military challenge in Silverstone

by Mark Hughes

@MarkFisiHughes94

Casinoopens

Students in Milton Keynes

believe the new Casino is

a great addition to the city.

Afer Te Casino MK

opened their door to the

public last month, students

o Milton Keynes eel that

the Casino MK is beneficial

to Milton Keynes leisure.

Journalism student Mark

Hughes, 19, Northampton

states, “Having a Casino

in MK was a brilliant idea,it adds to the variety o

leisure activities that are

within the city. It’s different,

exciting and we are lucky

enough to have one in

Milton Keynes.”

Media student Joe

Appleby, 21, Walnut ree

said “Te Casino MK gives

us as a city something

to do, it’s different and it

saves us having to travel to

Northampton Casino. It’s

a nice environment and is

good or a night out as the

bar is amazing.”

Journalism student Liam

Andrews, 20, Greenleys

said “I LOVE I! It is a un

and riendly environment,

as well as ree to enter. It’s a

secure and sae surround-

ing, so you can relax and

just enjoy your time with

your riends.”

Although some students

believed that the Casino

MK would bring problems

to the city, there were some

who elt that the venue was

much needed.

Journalism student Beth

Muddiman, 18, Northamp-

ton concluded, “Te Ca-

sino MK would be a great

place to go out to socialize

and meet new people.

Gives Milton Keynes that

little bit extra. I think that

Milton Keynes needed the

Casino to put this city right

on the map.”

by Rachele Gragemana

F iteen students

rom Milton

Keynes College went

head to head to win a

coveted prize to design

the sta uniorms or

the new Aspers casino

which is the largest in

the country outside

London.

In an exclusive com-

petition organised or

Milton Keynes College

students, 18-year-old

Stephanie Czoboriek

pipped the other stu-

dents to be irst past

the post. Damian Aspi-

nall, Aspers Chairman

was very impressed by

the standard o entries

and chose the winning

design or the casino’s

sta uniorms.

She said: “It was re-

ally good to be provid-

ed with such an amaz-

ing opportunity and

then to be the winner

o the chosen designs is

crazy.

“It was ascinating

going to the studio and

seeing all my designs as

samples and was really

beneicial as a student

to see it in a real lie

situation.

“I’m so pleased that

they have chosen my

designs and I cannot

wait to go and see peo-

ple actually wearing

them when the casino

opens.”

Entrants to the com-

petition had been asked

by Aspers or a design

that would become the

Aspers uniform isdesigned nicely

inspiration behind the

inal uniorm.

Essential adjustments

have been made so the

outits are practical or

day-to-day wear by the

casino’s 250 sta.

Fashion and Clothing

Lecturer, Hilary Hutch-

inson, said that the

competition and visit

to the John Marks Uni-

orm actory was a huge

boost to the students’

uture careers.

“It was really amaz-

ing to visit the studio

and see Stephanie’s de-

signs made into an en-

tire collection,” she ex-

plained.

“he students have

been given an invalu-

able irst-hand experi-

ence to work as proes-

sional designers or a

real client.

“We were also lucky

enough to visit the ac-

tory where many o the

garments will be made,

and see the entire pro-

duction process. An op-

portunity such as this is

invaluable to aspiring

designers and will be a

massive boost to their

CVs.”

Nigel Hartland, Gen-

eral Manager at he

Casino MK said that

the competition was the

result o a close work-

ing relationship with

the College.

He added: “In the last

six years we have de-

velop ed a t hriv ing rela-

tionship with the Col-

lege and were pleased

to be able to oer this

opportunity to stu-

dents.

“hey created some

antastic designs which

they should be proud

o. Stephanie’s winning

design has been used

to inspire the new uni-

orm which our sta

will be wearing when

the casino opens.

“We ully intend to

continue working in

partnership with the

College and oering

opportunities to the

next generation in Mil-

ton Keynes.”

Adam Gibson sliding

his way to victory

Stephanie posing with

her winning design



News

76

Milton Keynes Col-

lege has contin-

ued its great links with

the local community by

handing out a grant to a

local sports award win-

ner.

Izzy Ferrada, 17, rom

Great Linord is the cur-

rent 17-29 Female British

Champion or 24in BMX

bikes and was handed the

Greg Rutherord Sports

Person o the Year award

by the man himsel at a

Jury’s Inn event in De-

cember.

he College hopes by

giving a grant to the suc-

cessul sports star that in

return she will be able

to inspire students into

achieving what she has.

Izzy said: “he grant

helps me a lot, it goes to-

College gives BMX

champ £2,000 grant

wards things like my bike

next year, race ees and

simply things like petrol

which really does build

up.

“I deinitely think the

College’s support will

help me and the support

I get rom lots o peo-

ple really does help as a

whole.

“he plan or next season

is to come into the Col-

lege and do some talks

with students - I plan to

get some riders down to

the track, getting people

interested in BMX rac-

ing and also just inlu-

ence people more to get

involved in sport.”

Izzy was honoured with

the chance to meet gold

medalist Greg Rutherord

and Paralympian Alistair

Patrick-Heselton.

Students at College had

the chance to quiz MK

North MP, Mark Lan-

caster when he took the

unusual step o holding

a constituency surgery

on campus.

Te Conservative MP,who has been in Parlia-

ment since 2005, met stu-

dents and staff rom the

college to talk about the

subjects o greatest con-

cern to them.

op o their lists were

a range o issues rom

transport to youth unem-

ployment and job oppor-

tunities.

“I am always keen to

support my constituency

in any way I can” said Mr

Lancaster. “I hold regular

surgeries across Milton

Keynes, but I was aware

that I hadn’t done so at


and was eager to change

this and take the opportu-

nity to give young people

access to their Member o

Parliament”.

Alexander Balicki,Programme Manager or

Youth Work and Enrich-

ment, commented, “I

have been working with

our local MPs or the last

ew months looking at a

number o projects with

them.

“We came up with this

idea to provide learners

with a bigger voice where

they can discuss anything

that’s important to them -

not specifically relating to

education, but also wider

issues in Milton Keynes

that affect them.”

MP Mark

checks in

September 10 was an

important milestone

as the first phase o the


Horticultural Centre was

completed.

Te Centre has been

designed specifically to

enable LDD (Learning

Diiculties/Disabilities)

students the opportunity

to gain qualifications in

different areas, which upuntil now have not been

available within the Mil-ton Keynes area.

Te building itsel com-

prises o several different

areas including a class-

room complete with an

interactive smart board,

changing acilities, a quiet

room and ull disabled

access as well as a green-

house and outdoor spaces

or growing ruit and veg-

etables.

Students will have the

chance to grow their own

ruit and vegetables along

with various plants and

flowers which will then go

on sale within the C ollege,

subsequently providing

learners with extra knowl-

edge in other areas such as

customer service.

Head o Foundation

Learning, Mandy Riddy

explained: “Te Cen-

tre will help the students

develop enormously - it

is more practical which

most LDD students tend

to thrive rom.“Te qualifications they

gain should help them getemployment in the uture

whether that is ull em-

ployment or supported

employment.”

During the develop-

ment process the College

has successully managed

to link up with Dobbies

and Wyevale who have

donated various equip-

ment and also intend to

collaborate urther with

the College in the uture

by setting up a work ex-

perience programme or

students working towards

a qualification at the Hor-

ticultural Centre.

Te College has also

built up links with lo-

cal organisations such as

Duck End Farm and the

Donkey Sanctuary which

will benefit students stud-

ying or qualifications in

small animal care.

Mandy continued:“We’d like to thank both

Dobbies and Wyevale ortheir generous contribu-

tions more specifically

anya De Coning, the

Community and Affairs

and Events Officer at Dob-

bies and Dominic Wright

who is the Store Manager

at Wyevale.

“What started off as

something quite small

has broadened now into a

much bigger college activ-

ity.”

It was back in July

when the project took

its most important steps

when Principal Julie Mills

put the first spade in the

ground to begin the pro-

cess.

She explained: “We are

really excited to develop

this centre in partnership

with the Council. It is go-

ing to be a antastic acility

or our students which will

really help them develop

independent living and

enterprise skills as well

help them with employ-ability.

“Many o our studentscan currently only access

these type o acilities

outside o the area so it

is wonderul to be able to

provide them here in Mil-

ton Keynes.”

Students with learning

difficulties and disabilities

is a growing department

within the College with 90

students enrolled this aca-

demic year meaning thr

centre is vital.

Local company New-

port Pagnell Construc-

tion Ltd won the tender

to build the new centre.

Contractor Vince Jenner

said that the company was

very proud to be part o

the project.

He added: “It is wonder-

ul that the College chose

us as a local company to

build their Horticultural

Centre and invest in the

local economy. Te first

stage will consist o a

growing area including

raised beds, a green-houseand shed.

“Tis area has been de-signed with accessibility in

mind and will be ully use-

able by wheelchair users.

“Te second stage, a

state-o-the-art building,

will house a purpose built

teaching room, chill out

room or autistic students

and ull changing acilities

and will be open in Octo-

ber.”

Te new Horticultural

Centre has been planned

to be ully expandable or

the uture and is an im-

portant introduction to

the College.

Horticultural Centre is open

for business at Chaffronby Kathryn Townsend

RIP Nelson Mandela 1918 - 2013

STAR: Greg Rutherord (lef), CEO Julie Mills and Alistair Patrick-Heselton hand the award to Izzy Ferrada



News

98

BIMBam!

Te mk:50 club invited en-

gineering and construction

students rom MK College

along to their most recent

meeting which was about

Building Inormation

Modelling (BIM).

At the event there was a

chance or the students tonetwork with influential

people in the construction

industry in the city.

Nick Isles, Deputy Prin-

cipal, said: “It is very impor-

tant that ourselves and the

business community work

together.

“We need to co-produce

solutions to the challenges

we ace in the industry at the

moment.

“We, as a College, are

proud to host this event be-

cause it allows us to build

our connections.”

Te speakers at the event

were rom David Coles Ar-

chitects who spoke about the

growing importance o BIM

on the construction industry

over the next ew years.

Mike Rhodes, mk:50 club

chairman, added: “Our aim

is bringing constructionproessions into one trade

and networking.

“Tis is why BIM is going

to be so important because

it allows you to create a vir-

tual model o the building

and everybody involved can

have access to it.

“Te only way this in-

dustry can work is i we

all work together and that

includes with students like

we have here today because

they need to be prepared

or going in to work in the

industry.”

Student illustrates health book

Astudent studying

in his inal year at


has won the opportu-

nity to illustrate or

a local company pro-

ducing a health book

intended or seven to

eight year olds.

Graphics student Jim

Young won a live brie

or Lea Fowler Direc-

tor o Health Ventures

doing a selection o

illustrations or their

health book, which is

to be aimed at young-

sters in order to edu-

cate them about nutri-

tion.

he illustrations

included designing a

brand new ront cover

as well as a dynamic

lead to help you navi-

gate your way through

the book.

he inished product

will be going to print as

soon as the rights have

been signed over and

the book will then be

distributed to around

50 schools in the local

area beore going na-

tional in the New Year.

alking o his expe-

rience Jim said: ‘I am

ully behind the con-

cept o the book and am

extremely happy with

the quality o work I

ended up producing.

“It was my irst time

working with an actual

client; I enjoyed having

ree reign to put my

spin on her ideas and

create a ont cover or

the book. he illustra-

tions are airly twee

but I had un creating

the characters.”

Historians dig up a

piece of history

A-level history stu-

dents rom Milton

Keynes College have

been working on the

site today (Wednesday)

testing out their archae-

ological skills by help-

ing to slowly uncoverthe outlines o the or-

mer buildings.

Studying the Second

World War, the students

were excited to be part

o history by unearthing

these unique indings, as

well as examining how

the huts were ormed

and what they were

made o.

Student Chloé Du-

haney-Pearce, 17, said:

“I am currently trying to

igure out i this gap in

the layout is the sign o a

pipe or doorway.

“I think this project is

good or the community

and teenagers as we can

get a bad reputation, but

today we are helping out

with history.

“It is a really great op-

portunity and it makes it

more realistic learning

history outside instead

o in the classroom.”

he college’s history

teacher Duncan Lovell,

45, said: “oday is giving

them a bit o experience

that they wouldn’t other-

wise have.

“hey are learning

about archaeology and

what real historians

would do.

“It is also a team

building activity and

despite the cold they

all have smiles on their

aces and are really en-

joying looking or some-

thing unique.”

It was a historic day

or the students - liter-

ally - and an experience

they will never orget.

by Liam Andrews

@LiamJackAndrews

by Kathryn Townsend



1110

Reviews

rey Songz keeps up

his player but charm-

ing appearance in the first

nine songs o his fifh al-

bum ‘Chapter V.’ rey also

explores his vulnerable and

passionate side, as he takes

us on an emotional roller-

coaster within his tracks,

‘Pretty Girls Lie,’ ‘Bad De-

cisions,’ and the old school

‘Without A Woman.’

Expectations were high

due to rigga’s previous

albums, rey had to up

his game to ensure that he

reached the top ten in the

UK Charts. Songz’s albums

are a massive hit in the

US, but his ourth album

Passion, Pain & Pleasure

reached 167 in the UK

chart, despite containing

an-av hit ‘Bottoms Up’.

So ar, ‘Chapter V’ has

gained a ew top 10 sin-

gles in the R&B/Hip-Hop

Songs and the UK chart

in, ‘Heart Attack’, ‘Simply

Amazing’, ‘Fumble’ and ‘2

reasons’.

rey’s first success rom

‘Chapter V’ was current

single ‘Simply Amazing’,

which indicated that rey

Day is unquestionably

heading in the right di-

rection. Sof guitars and

a pulsing beat simply

amazed music ans out

there, as rey didn’t exactly

ollow his sexual image.

Instead, he gave a smooth

vocal and passionate per-

ormance, which com-

plimented the lyrics and

turned rey into a hopeless

romantic. Accompanying

lead track ‘Heart Attack’

urther highlights his abil-

ity as ans rom all over

the world are singing as i

it were a nationally recog-

nised anthem.

With this said, rey en-

sures that he sticks to the

one trait he knows best –

sex, drink and clubs, ‘Panty

Wetter’, ‘Hail Mary’, ‘Playin

Hard’ and ‘Dive in’. Despite

the impeccable bass, and

immeasurable production,

rigga ensures that his

sexual innuendos are more

engaging. rey is explicit

with his reerences to sex

and lyrically predicts what

women want. Portrays and

represents the sentiments

o the men in which he

stands or, and slowly de-

veloping a voice currently

missing in R&B.

Bear-in-mind rey de-

initely gives hope to every

R&B an out there, as he

mixes ‘old school’ with ‘the

new’. He manages to do the

impossible and modernise

the classic R&B.

10/10

Thirty Seconds To Mars

Have you ever gone

to a gig with super

high expectations only

to have them dashed? It

was nothing like that at

the NIA in Birmingham

in November with 30

Seconds o Mars as they

exceeded already high ex-

pectations.

Jared Leto’s epic entrance

was just the beginning o

an incredible perormance

which the man himsel

even described as an ‘un-

orgettable ni ght’.

But the night had begun

well beore 30 Seconds o

Mars’ arrival as You Me

At Six got the crowd going

on their return to the UK

singing old hits as well as

their new single ‘Lived A

Lie’.

Personal highlights rom

the show included the sim-

ply brilliant ‘Closer o Te

Edge’ and the raw passion

during the chorus o ‘no no

no no’, while the vocal per-

ormance during ‘End O

All Days’ was perection.

As usual Jared wanted to

get the crowd as involved

as possible and asked ev-

erybody to get their phones

and lighters out or ‘City o

Angels’ and or people to

sit on others’ shoulders, as

well as releasing conetti

and massive balloons into

the audience.

Te acoustic set right in

the middle o the peror-

mance was a great chance

or the crowd to catch their

breaths, although by the

sheer amount o screams

when Jared asked or song

requests it seemed like no-

body needed a rest.

o please everyone, he

played parts o old avour-

ites including ‘From Yes-

terday’ and ‘Attack’, beore

singing the beautiul ‘Alibi’

and ‘Te Kill’.

No 30 Seconds o Mars

night would be com-

plete without ‘Kings and

Queens’ and they played

that on one o many en-

cores, beore covering

Rihanna’s ‘Stay’ because

Jared claimed he didn’t

want to leave and would

have played the same show

again tomorrow night i he

were allowed.

And to round off the

night, Jared invited some

o the crowd onto the stage

to join in with ‘Up In Te

Air’ which o course led to

a surge o people trying to

get to the ront. It capped

off an amazing night at the

Trey’s new chapter of top Songz

by Liam Andrews

@LiamJackAndrews

by Chelsie Freed

Robin proves he’s not ‘Thicke’

R obin irst hit the

scenes in 2000 with

his album ‘Cherry Blue

Skies’ now he is back

with his sixth studio al-

bum ‘Blurred Lines’.

I have never bought a

Robin hicke album be-

ore but I ound mysel

singing along to ‘Blurred

Lines’ and decided to

purchase his album,

I was truly not disap-pointed.

he irst track o the

album is his hit song

‘Blurred Lines’ eatur-

ing .I. and Pharrell,

the song has also been

named biggest selling

song o 2013.

here is a club track

on the album called

‘Give It o You’ eaturing

Kendrick Lamar and 2

chains, it is upbeat, un

and will have you danc-

ing o your eet.

Every song o the al-

bum has a eel good beat

to it, this album is dei-

nitely one that should be

on your Christmas list.

Evone rating: 5/5

by Evone Bristol

He has a heartelt

track called ‘Marry me’

that has great lyrics

and is a good love song,

which eatures his girl-

riend Jordin Sparks in

the video and he pro-

poses to her.

Another good song

on the album is called

‘Vertigo‘ eaturing his

girlriend Jordin Sparks,

meaning ‘I’ll love you

more than yesterday’ it

is a nice romantic song.

his is a great third

album i you would like

a un, resh sound to Ja-

son purchase this album

you will not be disap-

pointed.

it is has a ballad vibe to

it compared to his pre-

vious albums but i s st ill

just as good.

he lead song o the

album is called ‘alk

dirty to me’ eaturing

2 chains and it is great

dance track, upbeat and

catchy.

Jason Derulo, attoos

Album Review

M iami pop-R&B

sensation Ja-

son Derulo irst hit the

scenes in 2009 with

‘Watcha Say’ and new

his back with his third

studio album ‘ attoos’ it

has a dierent sound as

by Evone Bristol

Derulo’s album will be tattooed on your mind

Paula Patton stars in

the romantic com-

edy Baggage Claim as

air stewardess Montana

Moore who is deter-

mined to get engaged

beore her youngest

sister’s wedding,

leaving her 30

days to ind Mr

Right.

Montana Moore ‘ac-

cidently’ bumps into

her ex-boyriends in

hope that they may have

changed and be the one

to propose to her.

his is a un ilm and

it will keep you inter-

ested throughout, this

ilm has lots o amil-

iar aces including Jill

Scott, rey Songz and

Lala Anthony.

his ilm was well di-

rected and written by

David albert.

Go see this movie. A

good story. A good cast.

You will enjoy it.

Evone rating: 5/5

It’s a bold Claim, but we say fve starsby Evone Bristol

BRILLIAN: Jared

Leto during a chorus o

‘Closer o Te Edge’



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Opinion

Milton Keynes Dons: A club

to be proud of, not to hate

E very week an away

team comes to

stadium:mk and their

ans blast MK Dons

or being a ranchise

and a ‘ake’ club, but

it’s about time people

started to respect the

ootball club or what

they do or the beau-tiul game and the city

o Milton Keynes.

Being rom Milton

Keynes, but not a Dons

an because they didn’t

exist at the time, it’s

great to see what the

club is doing or the

community and oot-

ball as a whole. Most

recently they threw all

o their support behind

young Henry Allen who

recently passed away by

holding a world record

onesie attempt and

manager Karl Robin-

son gave a speech at his

memorial service which

is something the club

didn’t have to do, but

they did it anyway be-

cause they want to be

part o the community.And what better way

is there to cement a

ootball team as part

o a community than to

bring players rom the

city through your youth

academy and into the

irst team?

As recent as this

weekend a Dons acad-

emy product, Brendan

Galloway, scored his

irst senior goal or

the club and this is on

top o the rise o Dele

Alli and George Bal-

dock. Not to mention

George’s brother Sam

who earned the club in

excess o £1 million. It’sgreat to see a ootball

club investing in the

uture and giving young

people in the area a

chance to ulill their

dreams.

And they don’t just

give young ootball-

ers the chance to play

or them, the club also

has antastic schemes

to allow young ans

to watch their team.

Regular Family Fun

Day events see adults

get into games or just

£10, while under 18s

only have to pay £1. On

these days, amilies areinvited to get involved

with community events

such as learning about

ire saety and dier-

ent cultures, so it really

shows how Pete Win-

kelman has built MK

Dons into something

much more than a oot-

ball club.

he Dons have been

averaging 7,923 ans

a game so ar this sea-

son which is the eighth

highest in League One

and considering this in-

cludes huge household

names such as Wolves,

Preston and SheieldUnited, it is a decent

amount. And while MK

Dons get a lot o grie

or their support rom

other ans, it is worth

noting that most o

their ans are below the

age o 16 as people over

that age would have

been brought up sup-

porting other teams.

And it also must be

recognised that Milton

Keynes is a growing cityand itsel has only ex-

isted or 50 years. So, it

may not be or another

ew years until the true

core o the Dons sup-

port can be established.

Returning to the oot-

balling point o view,

Pete Winkelman has

given young managers

the chance to begin and

build their career at his

club, with the appoint-

ments o Paul Ince (now

at Blackpool), Roberto

Di Matteo (went on

to win the Champions

League with Chelsea)

and current manager

Karl Robinson who is

in his ourth season as

manager and has been

linked with many high

proile jobs in the busi-ness.

It is about time that

the UK woke up and

realised that being part

o the European Union

is doing the country

more harm than it is

good.

here has been much

talk over whether there

should be a reerendum

on the idea, and it’s vital

that this happens.

Nigel Farage, leader oUnited Kingdom Inde-

pendence Party (UKIP)

has been the lead pro-

tester against the UK

being in the EU at the

European Parliament,

where he has a seat.

An overwhelming

number o people are

now against the UK’s

involvement in the EU,

and as taxpayers we

should have a right to

choose where our money

is going.

And it’s not as i this

is a small amount o our

money – £65 billion last

year was spent on regis-

tration ees alone. hat

rises by six per cent next

year.

his is not to men-

tion the millions that the

country spends each dayon oreign aid to the EU.

You cannot criticise

the government that

originally made us part

o the EU as the reasons

in the 70’s were obvious

– helping the UK with

trade.

However, the criticism

should be aimed at the

current government and

the last Labour govern-

ment or not pulling us

out o the EU.

I have yet to meet one

person who can actually

tell me why we are still

part o the EU, the only

answer I ever seem to getis a simple “we should be

in the EU”.

I somebody had a

good reason why we

should be in it and ex-

plained his or her rea-

soning then I would

listen, but nobody has a

reason.

Obviously the main

reason this country is

part o it is because o

the trading that you get,

but with the current i-

nancial situation as it

is, companies won’t turn

down trade just because

you are not part o the

EU.Instead, they will take

all o the money that

they can get, regardless

o whether your country

is part o the European

Union.

here is no inancial

gain by being in the EU,

but we are wasting so

much money by just be-

ing part o it.

Another concern over

this is that immigrants

rom countries outside

o Europe have to go

through rigourous tests

i they want to move

over here.

Whereas, i yourcountry is part o the EU

there are no tests that

you have to undergo at

all, and you will be paid

£985 when you come

over here even i you

don’t get yoursel a job.

I we were to leave

then this would then

allow every potential

immigrant to have the

exact same opportunity

to get into the country –

rather than this EU bias.

here really is no pos-

itive that I can think o

to the UK being part

o this Union and the

sooner that we get outo it the better or our

country.

We need to leave the EU - nowThere are no benefts to staying in the European Parliament, but only Nigel Farage knows it

by Liam Andrews

@LiamJackAndrews

by Liam Andrews

@LiamJackAndrews

By putting mysel thou-

sands o pounds in

debt, it will probably give me

a better chance o earning

more money in the uture.

Whereas, i I decided

not to do a degree because

o ees then I would prob-

ably earn less money in the

uture, even taking into ac-

count the act I would not

be paying back loans.

Basically, you are only pay-

ing or your university ees

i the university does its job

and you end up in a posi-

tion earning the top bracket

o money. Not to mention

the act that this is saving

the country huge amounts

o money in the short-term

which will benefit us in the

uture when the country is

in a better position finan-

cially.

Let’s not orget, this

money that you have to

pay is going towards better

teaching and acilities that

will end up with you being a

better student anyway.

And the argument that it

puts poorer students off is

not well backed up, as the

figures show that amilies

earning under £25,000 will

get more than £3,000 which

they do not need to pay

back.

When you do start earn-

ing £21,000 a year you have

to pay back nine per cent

o your income a month,

which i you earn £25,000

equates to £30 a month.

Tat is £30 out o over

£2,000 that you would earn

in that month - doesn’t

sound like much does it?

Someday, students may

finally recognise that tuition

ees actually have positive

impacts on the country and

are not as bad as they have

been made out to be.

Tuiton fees are nothing to worry about

MEP Nigel Faarage

speaking at the EU



News

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1716

Alan Smith: Karl Robinson can

take MK Dons as far as he wants

Alan Smith comes

across as a tough

tackling hard man on the

pitch, but off the field he is

a completely different manaltogether who believes the

treatment o young players

is key or their passion o

the game.

Speaking at a Silbury

Campus press conerence

with journalism degree

students, Smith shocked

the young press men and

women who weren’t ex-

peccting a riendly man to

walk in.

A red card in a Champi-

ons League semi-final and

plenty o nasty challenges,

nobody was expecting

Smith to come in and be a

really interesting nice bloke,

but that is exactly what he

was.

Smith says his passion

or ootball is somethingthat has never diminished

and never will, but he un-

derstands why young play-

ers may lose that eeling

because they are brought in

at the ages o eight and nine.

For Smith, that is ar to

young, and he says, “For

me, the enjoyment actor

is one o the reasons I dis-

agree with teams bringing

in players so young. A lot o

teams now bring in players

at eight years old, and be-

tween eight and sixteen you

can’t tell how good they’re

going to be.

“I don’t agree with it, be-

cause it eventually becomes

your job and something

you have to ocus on - it

adds extra pressure to thembecause i you’ve been play-

ing since you are that young

everybody will expect you

to go on and make it as a

proessional.

“Tat’s a massive amount

o pressure on a young

player, I think they should

be lef to enjoy growing

up as a person and playing

ootball or the school team

or in the playground be-

cause at the end o the day

that’s when you enjoy it so

much.

“When I went to Leeds

at 16, it was my job, I mean

it was the best job in the

world, but you have to graf

every single day to become

a proessional.

“I you go in at eightyears old and you’re there

or the next ten years it’s

just too much. I would take

them at 14, because that’s

when you can see i they’re

going to develop.”

But despite disagreeing

with bringing in players at

such a young age, Smith

does believe that academies

are vital in the uture o En-

glish ootball.

Afer working with his

own boss Karl Robinson it

is something he is consid-

ering on the coaching side

o things especially afer he

came through one o the

first academies as they are

known today at Leeds back

in 1996.

He adds, “I enjoy work-ing with Karl on the coach-

ing side o things and be-

cause I came through the

Leeds academy which was

one o the first in the world

back in 1996.

“Tat was with Howard

Wilkinson who ormed

the academies that most

Premier League sides use

today.

“So as a player who has

come through that, you do

believe in it and I believe I

have got the attributes to

help younger players de-

velop having had that expe-

Sport

Continued rom

back page.

“Olympic legacy was

thrown around like there

was no tomorrow and

people like mysel and

others who were involved

at the Olympics have a

duty to get children activeagain.”

Greg said it is vital that

he shows the local com-

munity just how impor-

tant it is to get active, and

blamed video games or

dampening the country’s

success in support.

He added: “I live a

mile away rom here and

go past the same places

where I used to play out

when I was a kid with all

my mates.

“But now that seems to

have gone and nobody is

out anymore - that seems

to have finished.

“Hopeully programmes

like this will inspire kids to

get out there, get involved

and get fit, healthy and get

involved in sport whether

that’s the long jump or not!

“We’re breeding a na-

tion o children that want

to play sports and gameson their video consoles

rather than actually get-

ting out there and playing

themselves.

As well as meeting

Sports Leaders rom the

College, Greg was also get-

ting children rom Stanton

School involved and was

mobbed by the excited

kids as they scrambled to

get an autograph or photo

with the Olympic cham-

pion.

Afer becoming a na-

tional and local hero at

the London 2012 Olympic

Games, the gold medalist

wanted to come back to

the town where he grew

up and show that success

can be achieevd in the lo-

cal community - as well as

giving something back to

the place that gave him so

much support.

“It’s great rom my pointo view to be able to give

back a bit to these guys

because the amount o

support I’ve had has been

out o this world,” he ex-

pained.

“So to be able to come

back, talk to these guys

have a bit o un and try

and show them I’m just a

normal lad rom Bletch-

ley and with a lot o hard

work and dedication you

can achieve anything

- like I did, I was ortu-

nate enough to get a gold

medal.

“I remember when I was

a kid I was able to meet

sportsmen and women

and ofen you think well

this won’t happen to me,

but in the local commu-

nity I can prove that it ac-

tually can happen.”

Greg stayed at the Col-

lege or our hours, beoregoing on to visit the Asda

store in Bletchley who

are supporting the Sport

Leaders UK attempts to

get young people i nvolved

in helping out the local

community.

He added: “Tis is the

second year that Asda Ac-

tive has partnered up with

Sport Leaders UK

“It’s really impressive

because the scheme’s

awards and qualifications

aim to give young people

qualifications that they

can take orward into

working with the commu-

nity, helping with their CV

and help with all general

volunteering.”

A question and answer

session with the students

saw one o the younger

children ask Greg wheth-

er he won a medal at the

Olympics.

And much to their

delight he proceeded to

show them the gold medal

he won and even let them

pass it around the group

while he spoke to them.

Te Sports Leaders were

delighted when they were

handed certificates or all

their hard work rom the

man himsel, beore pos-

ing or a photograph to-

gether as Greg Rutherord

captured the College’s at-

tention.

Greg: I need to give back

Alan Smith in action

or MK Dons

Tank you: Te children from Stanton School thank Greg Rutherford MBE for getting involved at the Milton Keynes College event



Greg jumps in to

get kids involvedGREG Rutherord

MBE visited Milton

Keynes College in October

as he aimed to get more

kids involved in sports.

Te visit was in partner-ship with Asda Active and

Sport Leaders UK as the

College welcomed a lo-

cal hero and Olympic gold

medalist onto its Bletchley

Campus to help out.

Greg, 26, involved himsel

in basketball and a throwing

game.

He told StudentVoice: “I

think the whole programme

is hugely important, purely

because it’s getting childrenactive which is something

that I see as lacking hugely in

this country.

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