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Issue Five - 03/02/05

GMIT Student to be next David Blaine

Galway student Mark Rawson is set to become the next David Blaine. The daredevil GMIT catering student has undertaken the audacious task of living for forty days on a diet that will NOT include Pot Noodles, Buckfast Tonic Wine, Dutch Gold or anything from the menu at Supermacs Family Restaurant. This death-defying feat will be carried out in a tent near the Spanish Arch.

Student Union reps have stated that after consulting with health officials in GMIT they have advised Mark not to go ahead with the stunt. "No student can survive for that period of time without one of those four essentials," said GMIT Student Union president Mike Durkan, "Mark is literally taking his life into his own hands by eating a balanced diet. No student's system is ready for that kind of shock."

Mark himself has declined to comment further on the issue and will not say whether or not he will be adopting Blaine's trademark vacant stare and mumbling, incoherent speech patterns.


GMIT student Mark Rawson with his mentor and new bestest friend David Blaine