A friend from home coming to visit is always a tricky situation to navigate – there’s the concerns about them getting on with your housemates, avoiding getting so drunk that you can’t make sure they get back to your house safely, and managing to show them as much of your uni as possible even whilst […]
It’s a Wonderful (Student) Life
Picture the scene. It’s 1 November and you are walking back to your flat, minding your own business and enjoying the autumn breeze with not a care in the world. You pass an open window, and what do you hear? The screeching tones of ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ drifting through the cracked window. You think to […]
Weekend wandering – how to organise the perfect family visit
As a student, one of the biggest treats of term is when your parents come to visit. There’s a little slice of the comfort of home with none of the travel and lots of free food. But how do you make your parents fall as deep in love with Exeter as you are in just […]
Student Saviour: Puffer Jackets and Evening Wear
In what I can only assume is a gift sent down from the fashion gods and goddesses, especially for us Exeter students, wearing puffer jackets with evening wear is now cool, or so Elle magazine tells me. Christmas really has come early this year. Let’s start by talking about puffer jackets. Yes, they may remind […]
Appreciation or Appropriation: When Halloween costumes cross the line
As Exeter University dresses up for Halloween, the significant debate over what is culturally acceptable resurges. Universities across America and the UK are warning their students against appropriating cultures they don’t belong to by dressing up in certain costumes. Universities argue that repeated offenders such as those who dress up as ‘Cowboys and Indians’ misrepresent […]
Second thoughts: immortality
In José Saramago’s book ‘Death at Intervals’, everyone in one country stops dying. This leads to thousands of living dead, a mafia forming to sneak people over the border to die and general chaos ensues. Saramago addresses the issue with immortality that no one thinks about; even if people stop dying, they do not stop […]
Too cool for grammar school?
Against – Theo Stone Part of the difficulty which exists is that grammar schools end the possibility for true meritocracy at the age of 11. If your development is not as speedy as is demanded of you, then it is probable that you will have to say goodbye to a strong education, and be forced […]
Student Saviour vs. Student Sabotage: Sequins and patchwork
Student Saviour: Summer sequins This week’s student saviour is summer sequins. Finally, after years of hoping and praying, it is now acceptable to wear sequins not just outside of the holiday season but also during the day, and just in time for festival season. As well as glittering your face and body this summer, you […]
#TheUKDecides: Let’s get satirical – 10 reasons to leave the EU
With the EU referendum today, being immersed by the famously-uneducated environment of a university may have filled your head with some silly ideas of being “stronger together”. Let these few reasons set the record straight. 1.Bring back the biddies Once we are no longer bothered by that pesky free migration law, we can finally get all […]
Camping Kit List
Festivals are a trip like no other, with a very special packing list. Whether you’re heading to Reading Fest or Secret Garden, don’t forget these few essentials: Baby wipes and dry shampoo Hygiene is important and festival showers are grim, plus no one wants to stand in a queue for an hour. Regular use of […]