To my fellow Warwick men, The group chat scandal that engulfed this university caught the attention of both the wider community and the nation. Why? One reason, perhaps, is the apparent normality of those men whose names and faces have been broadcast all over social media, those who spoke about...
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In week four of this term, members of the Warwick STAR team participated in the Asylum Seeker Challenge, which aimed to understand the struggle that asylum seekers face when moving to the UK. In this, individuals are given £38 for their livelihood, which does not roll over if they save...
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What is it like living at university with an eating disorder? One writer shares it all. (Trigger Warnings: Eating disorder, Bulimia) One of the many infuriating aspects of having mental health issues is the desire to combat the stigma surrounding them, yet wanting to maintain as much normality in your own...
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In the second part of this gap year series, we explore how different cultural experiences can provide you with lifelong lessons. Your family aren’t just those related to you Staying with a Filipino family for two weeks during my year off, I learned how accepting their culture is of welcoming others...
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No, I didn’t do any of my recommended summer reading, nor did I learn the suggested vocab list. However, my ‘gap yah’ wasn’t all just party-hostels either. I ended up working at an international school in Malaysia. 6,584 miles away from my family, I started my first ever serious job,...
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I have, since the age of six, always wanted to set up my own secret underground club. The problem in realising this dream, for me personally, has been that I do not have a lot of secrets. I am not rich enough or privileged enough to be in one of...
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Starting university can be a daunting time. Moving away from home can lead to all sorts of questions of how to set up life in a new place, away from your home comforts. Like many prospective students before me, I did a fair bit of research into what to bring to...
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Another day, another reason why national icon BoJo finds himself in the headlines. This time, the former foreign secretary has come under fire after comparing those who wear the Burka, a full-face veil worn by some Muslim women, to ‘letterboxes’ and ‘bank robbers’. Following the publication of the comments in...
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Advice for freshers starting university? Be nice to your halls cleaner. Cooked chicken is white all the way through. Don’t lie about how much sex you’ve had. Simple. Second and third years love to patronise first-time students with banal common sense. However, there is one particular piece of advice that...
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Following a survey conducted by ComRes, it was revealed that more than half of British Asians had toned down their Asian identity to fit in. In light of this, five Warwick students share their thoughts on the results of this survey, and their own personal experiences. Aamena Patel It’s not...
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Orwell’s 1984 is a dystopia, depicting a society under constant surveillance under authoritarian regime which even imposes a new language, ‘Newspeak’, on its citizens to restrict their freedoms. The ruling party in Orwell’s novel, Ingsoc, have created a world in which every member of society is watching and simultaneously being...
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Jessie Kolvin Two people fell in love and it was hard not to be very happy for them. It was also hard not to be excited about what their union suggested for an outdated institution: a non-white person married into the royal family for the first time; a divorcee...
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Flashback to 100 years ago in Britain. A select group of women had only just obtained the right to vote. Politics was seen as ‘The Old Boys Club’. Men were given power to shape all political affairs while women were expected to focus on domestic issues. Privately educated men, with...
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