2025 Boar Resolutions
Happy 2025! Allow all of us at The Boar to inspire you with our bold new promises for the year – whether that's new sports, no coffee, or (finally) locking in academically.
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Anna Bickerton
Nightmare before Christmas for Premier League bottom two as both teams axe managers
Amid catastrophe for Premier League bottom-feeders Southampton and Wolverhampton Wanderers, two of The Boar Sport's writers give their view on how (if at all) their teams can still bounce back.
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Warwick Catholics slam University’s eleventh-hour chaplaincy appointment
Warwick’s new Catholic Chaplain is set to be appointed in early December, just in time for the University’s ecumenical carol service, The Boar can reveal. It follows a series of “huge delays” and “inadequate communication” between the University and Warwick’s Catholic students, according to Warwick Catholic Society (CathSoc). After Reverend...
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BREAKING: Warwick SU speaks out over Disband the Tories campaign
Warwick Students’ Union (SU) has addressed recent controversy regarding the All Student Vote (ASV) and sanctions faced by the University of Warwick Conservative Association (UWCA). In a statement titled ‘A message to our members’, the SU acknowledged concerns from students over the organisation’s transparency, and decisions taken in the Impact...
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Three-quarters of Leamington students missing lectures due to bus delays
Over half of Warwick students report bus delays and cancellations have a negative impact on their attendance, an investigation by The Boar has revealed, with the number rising to over 3/4 among Leamington residents. Students at Warwick typically rely on Stagecoach’s U1 and U2 services, between the University and Leamington,...
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Fallen straps and broken mirrors: The scandal of Sargent’s “Portrait of Madame X”
“Mr Sargent made a mistake if he thinks he expressed the shattering beauty of his model… we are shocked by the spineless expression and the vulgar character of his figure,” declared French newspaper L’Événement in the days following the unveiling of John Singer Sargent’s now-iconic Portrait of Madame X. Another...
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Top UN advisor Bience Gawanas to become Warwick Chancellor
The University of Warwick has appointed former United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General and anti-apartheid activist Bience Gawanas as its new Chancellor. The Namibian lawyer and anti-Apartheid activist, 68, will act as ceremonial head at Warwick, leading major events including graduation ceremonies. Due to take on the job in January 2025, the...
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As the West turns green, the Global South goes red: Why meat consumption is on the rise
While meat consumption has fallen to its lowest point in the UK since the 1970s, this is not the case for across the globe. Despite campaign efforts over recent years to encourage a switch to plant-based diets, meat consumption in the Global South continues to rise, and at what cost?
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Sexual violence campaign group ‘Warwick RIOT’ stages campus protest
Student campaign group ‘Warwick RIOT’ has staged a demonstration in the Students’ Union (SU) to protest a ‘rape culture’ on campus. From approximately 6pm on Wednesday 25 September, the group staged a protest around central campus, having announced the event via Instagram as a piazza ‘sit-in’ two days prior. The...
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In defence of Whitefields
In defence of Whitefields is a phrase that I, and I don’t think any other Warwick student, would ever expect to be said. Nonetheless, it is a statement I feel is crucial right now, as the campus’ most affordable accommodation is set to be demolished this summer. At only £91...
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“We’re more determined than ever”: Warwick encampment stands firm as protesters slam University’s claim of talks as “non-existent”
As student protests for Gaza spread across universities globally this week, Warwick’s piazza has become the focal point of growing protest at home as Warwick Stands With Palestine continues its encampment, demanding action on University ties to weapons companies. The Boar spoke to two organisers of Warwick’s encampment that has...
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BREAKING: Pro-Palestinian protesters set up camp on Warwick piazza
Student protestors affiliated with the group Warwick Stands With Palestine have ‘occupied’ the campus piazza overnight. At about 1am on 26 April, a group of students identifying as members of ‘Warwick Stands With Palestine‘ set up tents on the Warwick campus piazza. The Boar understands that the demonstration is timed...
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