College Committee Chairs have slammed YUSU’s organisation and staff in an open letter addressed to YUSU released earlier today. The letter, signed by the chairs of all 8 undergraduate colleges,
College Committee Chairs have slammed YUSU’s organisation and staff in an open letter addressed to YUSU released earlier today. The letter, signed by the chairs of all 8 undergraduate colleges,
It’s not going to be a challenge for any student who’s been part of a society to imagine a situation where someone who’s behaviour makes other people uncomfortable, someone who
The recent takedown of the University’s top student-run confessions page on Facebook, and the resulting conflict between differing teams of admins over who runs the most legitimate page of its
Here we are then. That all important date is coming up very soon, and we had best be prepared for it. December 12: Bill Nighy’s birthday. What a man. Absolutely
It’s November. The clocks have gone back. The Christmas lights have been switched on. Winter is well and truly upon us… and it’s just a bit shit, isn’t it? When
So, I’m back from my gap-yah, and suddenly all this studenting feels a bit… foreign? Now, I must admit that much like the character Matt Lacey shared with YouTube in 2010,
The leaves are turning brown, the nights are drawing in, and the temperature is dropping. Which can only mean one thing: cosy season is upon us. As the clocks go
With Greta Thunberg sailing around the world, another successful Veganuary over and done with, and Australia still suffering through their most extreme bushfires in history, acknowledging the climate crisis is
On 29th November, a Climate Hustings was held for all of York Central’s parliamentary candidates. All of the candidates running for the Christmas election attended, except for the candidates running
The world around us is full of interesting and delicate natural phenomena, responsible for most aspects of your life: the heat on your face during a fresh summers day; the
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was first switched on ten years ago in February 2009. Since then, the field of physics has taken great leaps and strides. A huge amount
Last Friday, Hes East Rugby played Vanbrugh at the York RI Association Football Club in a hotly anticipated Varsity semi-final match. The pitch was in great condition for what would
Intensely physical yet requiring a great deal of skill and grace, squash is a difficult sport, and university fixtures often fly under the radar in favour of more popular sports.
As the 92nd Academy Awards begin, we look at what York students have to say about this year’s top films and what their predictions are for this year’s winners. Best
Just a quick glance at its ‘thumbnail’ on Netflix – and you’d assume it was a generic rom-com. Thankfully, it’s not, it’s about the coming together of two families from
‘The phone keeps screaming and the birds keep ringing.’ Something was really wrong in the Drama Barn last night. DramaSoc’s week-end show Little Light, written by Alice Birch and directed
How intimate was DramaSoc’s ODN night of week four! Gabriella Turno’s gently, quietly, lovingly gathered on stage three characters: a daughter who returns home after six years, her mother, and her
I think many would agree that 2016 was a rough year. Trump won the presidency, the UK voted to leave the EU, and Bombay Bicycle Club announced they were going
2009 was ten years ago. Yeah, you heard that right. A lot happened in a decade, but that doesn’t mean the songs that defined 2009 have been forgotten. If you
I think it’s safe to say that we all know about the climate crisis. But where does the climate come into literature? In recent years, a new literary genre has
The pace of an English degree is intense. Two books a week and countless secondary reading leave many on the BA utterly out of love with the degree they chose.
Really, there are two components to any historical wargaming: First is the collecting of an army; the satisfaction as you watch your little collection of soldiers grow into a veritable
There are hundreds of games that stay with us, that leave an impact on us long after we’ve stopped playing. It’s hard to argue, however, that any game other than
Valentine’s always makes me think of red roses, boxes of chocolate and cheesy romance films. Although the origins of Valentine’s Day are found in a Roman festival, cheering on the
Love. The dreaded L word for many of us, more so than lecture or library, or last Krispy Kreme. Love. It is a double edged sword though, isn’t it? Although
In the jungle of the library’s vending machines hides a new attraction; Green Monkey CBD: a new “lightly sparkling mixed fruit flavoured drink with sugar and sweetener.” Quite frankly, that’s
Courtyard, DBar, VBar, The Glasshouse – all of York’s campus venues seem to blur into a friendly jumble of one long bar surrounded by cheesy tunes and the one essay-traumatised
If you’ve spent any time travelling around Europe, you’ll know just how expensive some of its most iconic tourist cities – Paris, Prague, Rome – can be. But excursions to
With a reputation for being one of Europe’s most expensive cities, it’s easy to write Vienna off as a student. But there’s plenty to do on a budget – here