Your guide to Warwick Welcome Week 2018
A range of events and activities take place on the University of Warwick’s campus during the University’s Welcome Week from 22 to 29 September.
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Books which can be used for comfort at university
Moving away to university for the first time can be a terrifying prospect for most freshers. The limited access to home comfort and familiar faces causes the challenges which come with student living to feel completely overwhelming. However, it is natural for even the most casual of bookworms to seek...
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Warwick’s art and creative media societies – part 1
Cobalt Cobalt Magazine has been an almost five-year passion project, passed down year to year as a precious and well-loved society. Created in 2014 to fill the creative gap in Warwick’s student media, Cobalt displays a fabulous array of student talent. We’re unique in that all submissions we take get...
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How a holiday with friends helped me love solo travel
When you think solo traveller you don’t picture me. In your mind is probably the image of a tan good-looking guy wearing flip flops and an easy-going smile, not my small weak figure paired with an impatient depressive personality. Yet I’ve travelled solo across Spain and Latin America and have...
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Are we living in a simulation?
Reece Goodall explores the possibility of Elon Musk's suggestion of our reality being a simulated one, and what that would mean for life as we know it.
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Depictions of university in literature
Universities have seduced and enhanced writers of every generation. Perhaps the form most celebrated for representing universities in literature is the campus novel. Novels such as Donna Tartt’s The Secret History and Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited depict university as a place where their protagonists encounter principles that challenge and define...
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Waitrose student ‘essentials’ list includes Harissa paste and Bouillon powder
Waitrose has sparked debate after revealing a list of student ‘essential’ ingredients deemed unaffordable and unnecessary products for those “flying the nest”.
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Once again, Jamie Oliver has demonstrated how not to do something
As a nation whose appetite has evolved from bland, boiled beef to turkey twizzlers and baked beans, I think it’s fair to say that Britain has never been a foodie’s hotspot. For a country that increasingly relies on takeaways and fast food as its daily fuel, it’s easy to see...
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Fate of Central European University hangs in the balance
The European Parliament’s decision on sanctions against Hungary could be a key moment in the fate of the Central European University (CEU), says the academy’s rector.
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Warwick’s dance societies – part 1
Argentine Tango Warwick Argentine Tango is the perfect society for anyone who is curious to try a new dance or is already a skilled tango-er. Both beginner and improver lessons, as well as drinking/non-drinking socials, help cater for all levels and members. Every member in our society is welcomed to...
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How effective are probiotics?
Hamish Inglis explores the effectiveness of probiotic supplements found in products like yoghurt.
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Judge the book by the cover and don’t buy them wrapped
We all know the twentieth-century saying: don’t judge a book by its cover. There is beauty in the saying; you should not judge somebody’s character or, in this case a novels content, by its appearance. However, I wonder whether this turn-of-phrase so popular in the 1940s has lost its accuracy...
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KSI vs Logan Paul was disrespectful to boxing
For those who are familiar with YouTube, KSI and Logan Paul are familiar names as powerhouses in the online community. However, boxers they certainly are not. On August 25th, the popular YouTubers held an amateur boxing match against one another on YouTube’s pay per view platform. The match resulted in...
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