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News in Brief

25th November 2005
Simon Cable

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S-Club Strop Shock at Cube: Former S-Club singer Jo O’ Meara had a temper tantrum at Kinki when she stormed off stage. The newly-pint-sized popstrel, who has shrunk from a shapely size 12 to a miniscule size 8 since her appearance at last year’s Grad Ball, experienced some difficulty with her backing track when she performed at the Friday night Cube event.

As the track skipped she snarled to onlookers that she "hadn’t travelled for four hours for this" and claimed to Union staff that she had been bottled. She stormed from the premises and the crowd were informed of her departure, which was met with boos as was the DJ’s next track by her former band. When this was replaced with Steps revellers cheered. Jo’s agent informed event organisers that the Union will be getting their money back.

Last one to the top's a....! Southampton students set out to conquer Everest on Tuesday 2nd November, when they took part in the Everyday Sport challenge to collectively climb the height of the summit in exchange for goodie bags (and, of course, improved health!) While they may not have managed the massive height required to top the mountain, they certainly conquered Church Lane! Luke Aaron, Paul Ignotus and Tom Lambert were among those students who contributed over 100 steps to the 2,657ft achieved overall, but all were put to shame by senior lecturer Eric Cooke who managed over 200 steps – 95 steps more than any other student.

Dimmer-stitute than ever: An investigation by BBC current affairs programme Inside Out has revealed a disintegration of standards at rival HE institution, Southampton Solent University, where degree marks are allegedly being bumped up by lecturers.