From RAG to riches: fundraising extravaganza returns to Warwick
Warwick’s annual RAG Week, a 7 day fundraising event, commenced on Monday 5 January.
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Is the relationship between Games and Music all played out?
On the surface, the relationship between video games and music seems to be a straightforward one. One of the integral features that makes a well-written, mechanically strong video game into a masterpiece is music. On the flip side, video games benefit the music industry in many ways too. Then there...
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Why we shouldn’t be scared of the Doomsday Clock
In an act of childlike petulance, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) have moved the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight, so that we now sit just two minutes away from the destruction of humanity. In doing so, the BAS have once again proved that they truly are the most gloomy...
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Brilliant Adventures review: comic, conscientious and convincing
Last Saturday, as I sat in the Goose Nest after an eight-hour shift, all I could think about was how tired I was and how much my feet ached from serving coffee all day. However, Brilliant Adventures – the new production from WUDS – opened with punchy game-like music, red to...
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Is the cinema still a good idea for a date?
Before “Netflix and Chill” there was dinner and a movie, the popular default setting for the first date, and for good reason. Dinner allows you to observe how your date eats (very important) and whether or not they can leave their phone alone, allowing you to decide if it’s a...
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What is the state of political interviews today?
With accusations of bias and several heavyweight interviewers retiring, what is the state of political interviews today?
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Women’s empowerment through literature
Women in history have conquered many obstacles and torn their way through multiple restraints to get to where we are today. The Suffragettes. Rosa Parks. Marie Curie. Anne Frank. Florence Nightingale. Eleanor Roosevelt. Women in literature have faced similar struggles. Emily Brontë published Wuthering Heights under the male pseudonym of...
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University of Warwick to deduct 25% pay for ‘action short of strike’
The university has announced that they will deduct 25% of a day’s pay from those staff who undertake action short of strike.
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Leamington Winter Support: from student project to heart of community
Chris* is notably anxious. He has been given an eviction notice after his flat got broken into, and the landlord deemed him unable to take proper care of it. He has one month to find a new place. For him, the situation is particularly distressing, as he has known what...
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Responsible tourism: visiting Auschwitz
2018 marks the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, and the subsequent end of the Holocaust. Saturday 27th January marked Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) around the world – where commemorations of the victims took place. During the Nazi regime and occupation, 6 million Jewish people were murdered...
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McMafia: Intelligent entertainment or glossy melodrama?
Axel Metz reviews McMafia, the high budget hit crime drama from the BBC starring James Norton.
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Why Jordan Peterson is wrong about the gender pay gap
There was a debate recently between Channel 4 journalist Cathy Newman and notorious psychology professor (and lobster lover) Jordan Peterson, and the internet had a lot to say about it. Specifically, trolls crowed over the supposed irrationality of Cathy Newman – who was slanderous, and obnoxious to the reasonable, calm,...
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Interview with the president of Warwick Travel Society
The Boar Travel sat down with the President of Warwick Travel Society, Ellie Constantinou, in order to discover more about the society, their values and their initiatives. “The Society, on its second year running, aims to bring people together through their love for travel. Warwick Travel Society organises socials,...
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