As students at Exeter University in 2018, it seems bizarre that for over 100 years now students have been driving the locals mad and trudging up Forum Hill. Exeposé recently reached its 30th anniversary, but looking back even that far seems completely alien. It’s hard to picture hand-writing an essay without Google or being able […]
How To Stay Motivated
Three weeks of strikes. Deadlines have been pushed back. Seminars have been cancelled. Chaos and confusion rule as we try to figure out what the hell is going on. Do you do the reading for that seminar that was cancelled? Do you try to catch up on that lecture? It would be really hypocritical of […]
The commercialism of Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day: the holiday plonked in between Christmas and Easter to help us forget that it is cold and grey. Valentine’s Day splits us into two groups. Those of us who are secure in the knowledge that we will be spending the holiday with that special someone, and those of us who aren’t. Loved up […]
Roses for Rosies
Anyone who has headed to Fever this year will no doubt have walked past the empty husk that was once the destination for many of us every Monday and Thursday. Staff from Rosie’s lurch out of the darkness, blocking your pathway and try to lure you inside with promises of free drinks, no queue, and […]
The mid-uni existential crisis
So here I am, almost exactly half-way through my university career (if you don’t include third term and to be honest why would you) and I’m trying not to think about it. If you asked me a year ago what I thought I would be like at this point of my second year I would […]
What’s Different About #HowIWillChange?
If it can be said that any good has come from the accusations made against Harvey Weinstein, it is undeniably the response from women and men all over the world coming together to say #MeToo. On the 16th October, Australian author and journalist Benjamin Law tweeted, “Guys, it’s our turn. After yesterday’s endless #MeToo stories […]
The Stages of Recovering from a Rocky Night Out
We’ve all had it: that feeling of absolute horror and humiliation as you open your eyes the morning after a particularly heavy night out. Maybe you confessed your undying love to someone you really shouldn’t have, or had one-too-many and drunk cried all over Wednesday Night TP and most of the way home. Maybe you […]