Print editor Bryony Gooch reviews Unit 1’s new Monday club night
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Unit 1 under fire for student intimidation
Unit 1 has come under fire after their “intimidating” treatment of a female student on Tuesday evening. The female in question was sent out of the club on her own, and when queries were raised about her safety, bouncers responded with comments that sources branded as “victim blaming”. When a complaint was made over Facebook […]
The night is young
It’s easy to sympathise with the freshers’ plight. Your first hours in Exeter might proceed with a certain lingering itch – having bid goodbye to your family, with all the requisite hugs and assurances of moral character, your neck-hairs bristle as one of your slack-jawed, doe-eyed new friends suggests a night out. You leap, but […]
Farewell to Exeter’s beloved DJ Willby
I won’t lie, it was a shock. It is Sunday, March 4th at about 9pm that I learn the news. It’s about ten minutes after the publication from DJ Willby on his social media. I log on Facebook on my phone, start scrolling down until I see this picture of a sad emoji which makes […]
The day Exeter’s nightlife died
May 9th, 2017. Mark it on your calendar. It was the day that Exeter’s nightlife died. It was never exactly award-winning, limping along like a 19-year-old dog that can’t control its bowels or see anymore; nothing in comparison to the supple Doberman that is, for example, Newcastle’s nightlife, but it did its job in a […]
Breakin’ down the Exetah stereotype
You may not have heard of Exeter University’s Breakdance Society. But you’ve probably passed by the gang of students in the Forum, spinning on their heads late at night. If you were here last year, you will have seen us at PHAT, the hip hop night at Cavern, taking the stage by storm. home to […]
Unit 1 under fire after bartender “blacks up” for DSP
Unit 1 has apologised for offence caused during its Halloween DSP party – which saw one bartender “blacking up” for the evening. A white bar manager wore an afro wig and darkened his face for his shift on the club’s Halloween special version ‘Return of the Killer Clowns’ for DSP Monday, as shown in a […]
The Arena obituary
Arena, the club everyone knew, the club that triumphed in the Exeter clubbing scene. Arena. Where do we begin? From Cheesy’s to Dirty, Sexy People, you were the club of the people. You rejected stereotypes. You let in rahs and rogues alike. Your unofficial anthem should have been ‘We Are Family’. Then they announced they were […]