A world united, a campus divided
Wednesday 3 February, 2010
Organisers say One World Week was better than ever before, but many students claim the event is image obsessed and corporatist.
Warwick student dies in Haitian earthquake
Wednesday 20 January, 2010Li Xiaoming, a postgraduate International Studies student, has been confirmed dead in the earthquake which struck Haiti on 12 January.
Welcome to your new Union
Tuesday 19 January, 2010The new term has marked the completion of the rebuild of the Students’ Union building, including the opening of four new food outlets, new spaces for societies and a pool room.
Latest news
- University hopes to become Olympic and Paralympic training ground Monday 8 February, 2010
- Government survey claims students would pay higher fees Monday 8 February, 2010
- Walkers raise awareness for Haiti Monday 8 February, 2010
- Events see largest-ever turnout Wednesday 3 February, 2010
- Lambert defends views on tuition fees Tuesday 19 January, 2010
- Government to slash HE funding Tuesday 19 January, 2010
- Gaza convoy blocked by authorities Tuesday 19 January, 2010
- All things green and beautiful Tuesday 19 January, 2010
Sport
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BLOG: Test-Match Cricket (08/02/10)
Monday 8 February, 2010
The opening blog from Robin Jellis, exploring England's selection policy for the upcoming series against Bangladesh.
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BLOG: Premiership Football Round-Up (08/02/10)
Monday 8 February, 2010The latest blog from Rob Goodway, who looks back on an eventful weekend of action-packed derbies in the Premiership.
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BLOG: European Football Round-Up (03/02/10)
Sunday 7 February, 2010The latest blog from Jasjit Sansoye, exploring the goings-on in Turin as Juventus swap Ciro Ferrara for Alberto Zaccheroni.
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Federer - The Greatest Ever?
Sunday 7 February, 2010Chloe Francis looks at the legacy of the sixteen-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer on the back of his triumph in the Australian Open.
Money
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Aftershock Doctrine
Friday 29 January, 2010
Falgu Shah considers the long-term recovery plans for Haiti and its people following the earthquake at the start of the year.
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A Fair COP15?
Friday 29 January, 2010Nik Misin examines the implications of the failed Copenhagen Accord and the options now available to the world.
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A Very Modern Greek Tragedy
Friday 29 January, 2010Tom White investigates the fate that the UK has narrowly avoided.
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‘The French might not have a word for “Entrepreneur”, but we do’
Sunday 8 November, 2009When the chips are down, recessions can, in actual fact, bring out the best in us.
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Features
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Copper-clad colossus opens doors
Wednesday 27 January, 2010
After two years of blood, sweat, tears and an endless onslaught of criticism from your favorite students' newspaper, the new Union finally opens under the ever-beady eye of the Boar.
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One World Week returns for 2010
Tuesday 24 November, 2009Due to celebrate its fifteenth anniversary next term, it seems appropriate to prime our collective awareness once more, in advance of the monolith that is One World Week.
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On the fringes of society
Tuesday 10 November, 2009Recent returnee from Prague Lisa Coghlan takes an in depth look at the prejudices which face the Roma Communities in the Czech Rebublic and Europe today
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More Than Just a Sport
Wednesday 7 October, 2009Sam Lee, President of Warwick's Skydiving Club, discusses the appeal of “falling with style”.
Lifestyle
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Cupid Cashes In
Wednesday 3 February, 2010
Emma Lowe discusses Clinton Cards’ answer to Love, St. Valentine’s Day
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Confessions of a Facebook Stalker
Wednesday 3 February, 2010Lora Leopard talks you through the essentials of the Facebook stalk
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Bisous Baby
Wednesday 3 February, 2010Every week, Caitlin Allen brings you the good, the bad, and the ugly from the life of a Warwick student abroad
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Talking about sex
Wednesday 3 February, 2010Lifestyle discusses sexual freedom and its impact on our relationships
Travel
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Local Focus: Oxford
Wednesday 9 December, 2009
In this issue's regular feature focussing on a village or city in the UK, Timothy Daniell tells us about some of the great features of his hometown and what you can see and do there.
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Reimagining Tanzania
Wednesday 9 December, 2009Yuka Murata shares her impressions of Dar es Salaam, a bustling, engaging city which she describes as being the heart of the nation and a place of surprising contrasts.
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Local Focus: Great Missenden
Thursday 26 November, 2009From a distance, Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire looks like any other quaint English village; it is situated in the rolling hills and sloping green valleys of the Chilterns, classified as …
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Gems of the Emerald Isle
Thursday 26 November, 2009Just hours after the completion of my last Warwick exam paper, my plane landed at Dublin Airport. Having associated summer with sunshine and high temperatures, I was shocked when a …
Books
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Meltdown Ben Elton
Tuesday 19 January, 2010
Has the witchhunt for bankers’ blood gone too far? Alexandra Campbell reviews Ben Elton’s latest
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Outside of a Dog Rick Gekoski
Tuesday 19 January, 2010The Bibliomemoir - Katie Herring traces a journey through books and selves
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The Humbling
Monday 7 December, 2009Tom Goodenough peers into the dark mind of Philip Roth
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Unseen Academicals
Monday 7 December, 2009The 37th novel in Pratchett’s “Discworld” series has been nervously awaited. Long-standing fans feared a decline in his writing after last year’s announcement of the author’s diagnoses with Alzheimer’s disease, …
Arts
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Anish Kapoor from out of a cannon
Monday 7 December, 2009
Anish Kapoor is one of the public’s favourite contemporary artists. His sculptures engage with the public on a scale that has lead to successful commissions around the world. He is …
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The English crescent on parade
Monday 7 December, 2009Dearest reader, forgive me for a slight change of plan. The swirling skirts of sky-born Fate demand from mortal man acceptance. I couldn’t get hold of the book I intended …
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Confused without direction
Monday 7 December, 2009Inspired by Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Pictures of John Gray explored themes surrounding masculine notions of beauty. The devised piece was at times moving and funny …
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Tantalisingly cryptic
Monday 7 December, 2009Imagine a bizarre and incredibly well executed cabaret show. A little disappointing if you had been expecting a plot of some description, but that would be rather missing the point …
Music
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Muse Birmingham NIA
Monday 23 November, 2009
Raj Bhatoa explains why Muse are the act to see before you die
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Interview: Editors
Monday 23 November, 2009Ola Sawicka heads to Wolverhampton to investigate the Editors' transition to bolder, darker realms
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Bowerbirds Cargo, London
Monday 23 November, 2009I had the opportunity to indulge in my ever-so-grating-and-patronizing tendency of forcing bands so new they’re practically foetal onto my friends the other week when Bowerbirds came to London. After …
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Raditude Weezer
Monday 23 November, 2009
An examination of Weezer’s back catalogue reveals a band struck by some kind of music schizophrenia.
Games
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Starcraft
Monday 8 February, 2010
South Korea has three national sports, Tae-Kwon Do, Football, and StarCraft. Over the past thirteen years StarCraft has come to dominate in Korea and they still can’t get enough of …
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Ape Escape P PSP
Monday 8 February, 2010When I spend money buying an identical port of a game I already own on the original console just so that I can play it when out and about, you …
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Army of Two: The 40th Day Xbox 360, PS3
Monday 8 February, 2010The original Army of Two was by no means critically acclaimed; with its setting located partially in Iraq and its glamourised portrayal of modern warfare and private military companies, it …
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Halo Legends Blu-ray, DVD
Wednesday 3 February, 2010Having reviewed all of the major Halo releases in the past 18 months, there’s no reason why the Boar shouldn’t continue to provide coverage of the franchise, even if it’s …
TV
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Goodbye, fwiends
Friday 29 January, 2010
As the great Wossy prepares to leave the BBC, Chloe Francis considers his legacy. Does the BBC need him after all?
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Show meets world
Friday 29 January, 2010William Grove escapes from his regular weekly column to interview Tim Dawson, creator of Coming of Age, about the future of youth TV on the BBC.
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Love’s Labours Lost
Friday 29 January, 2010As the sixth and final series of Lost fast approaches, Emily Wight gives us a reminder of the extremely convoluted plot so far. Beware: contains spoilers!
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Foxtrotting
Friday 29 January, 2010In this week's column, Toby Steinberg spends some time getting to grips with Fox, the Righter side of news.
Film
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A Classic
Tuesday 2 February, 2010
Jacques Audiard's phenomenal A Prophet redefines the crime genre, finds Alex King
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Precious
Tuesday 2 February, 2010A hugely controversial tale of domestic abuse impresses Hugh Langley
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Avatar
Tuesday 2 February, 2010Groundbreaking. Epic. Beautiful beyond all reason. Racist. Anti-American.
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A Bright Future
Tuesday 19 January, 2010Here we present the Boar’s British Film Campaign preview for 2010: After financial fears for British Film, Alex King finds an industry fighting fit
Comment
Lest we remember Chris Browne
Tuesday 24 November, 2009There is little point remembering the dead if we fail to listen to the warnings they leave us. The ‘shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells’ are no artefact, nor has the ‘monstrous anger of the guns’ been silenced across the world.
Unhealthy debate needs real leadership to cure healthcare Alex Botting
Sunday 8 November, 2009“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” reads the Statue of Liberty, an ever-present reminder of the spirit with which America was founded. Now …
Death drive is not key to youthful adventure Ian Robinson
Sunday 8 November, 2009Prince Edward's Aussie comments were insensitive and simply misguided.
Confessions of a domestic extremist Chris Browne
Sunday 8 November, 2009New vocabulary from the police surrounding 'domestic extremism' criminalises the idea of organised protest, as well as having further reaching consequences.