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Violence
Chile: It’s Not Thirty Pesos, It’s Thirty Years
Online Editor Ellie Cook writes about the spiralling chaos and widespread political protests spreading through Chile. Como la violencia, la polémica y el activismo chileno entran en una cuarta semana caótica en la capital, Santiago, parece que el gobierno ha perdido el control sobre las manifestaciones espontáneas que han estallado desde Iquique en el norte […]
Morality in the Mechanics
Online Editor Harry Caton delves into the complicated relationship between moral choices in video games and their interactive mechanics.
Civility: The Last Resort against Terror
Online Features Editor Bryan Knight offers an analysis of the divisive nature of international politics and explains why there is a need for a return to civility. In recent weeks, several critics of American President Donald Trump were sent suspicious packages containing pipe bombs. The apparent threat, made to the recipients, seems climactic of a […]
How to change the world: Part one
Campaign against Sex-Selective Abortion in China The Chinese government has launched a new campaign against sex-selective abortion in an attempt to solve ‘the Bachelor Crisis’ as there are currently 33 million more men than women in China. Pre-natal gender testing and sex-selective abortions are currently illegal in China, however the strong cultural bias for sons has […]
Student ‘grabbed’ near halls
A n Exeter student was ‘grabbed’ by a stranger walking home during Freshers’ Week, it has been revealed. Speaking anonymously, the fourth year student told Exeposé she had left her workplace in town at 2 am to walk home on 17 September. She noticed a stranger following her on Old Tiverton Road, continuing until she […]
The Revolution Summer: 30th Anniversary
This summer marks the 30th anniversary of a seminal event in punk history, the “Revolution Summer” of 1985 in Washington DC. Online Music Editor Joe Stewart looks back at this cultural and musical phenomenon that, although largely forgotten, changed the trajectory of punk for good. [dropcap size=small]Y[/dropcap]ou could say punk that music, that fast, […]