A new government initiative is warning freshers to avoid study drugs such as modafinil. The ‘Fake Meds Campaign’, run by a subsidiary of the Department of Health, is aimed at awareness of the problem of fake and unlicensed medical products. Students allegedly purchase study drugs primarily online, from unlicensed dealers....
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Disco Dave will no longer be playing Kelsey’s on Monday nights after a Boar article linked his alter ego (DJ Colin Candy) with his POP persona. Disco Dave (real name Colin Hutcheon) told a Boar journalist: “there’s been some sort of mix up regarding that gig as I am NOT...
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Kelsey’s Bar in Leamington is to launch its own weekly club night called “Cheap Mondays”, with resident DJ Colin Candy – who also goes by the name of Disco Dave. The bar has recently changed hands, and is currently undergoing refurbishment. It is set to reopen tomorrow, with prices of...
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The incoming University of Warwick Freshers’ class of 2016/2017 are joining one of the most politically active universities in the country. From free education, to anti-radicalisation; from equal pay to sexism and the decolonisation of our curriculum – there’s a dense political landscape to be navigated. In a Boar Features Freshers’ special,...
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Warwick has the 8th lowest annual crime rates of any University in the England and Wales, according to 2016 data released by the Complete University Guide. It has the second lowest crime rates in the Russell Group, coming behind only the University of York. Warwick has 21.23 instances of reported...
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The study drugs Modafinil and Noopept are “sweeping universities”, according to an article in the Sun which featured testimony from Warwick students. Many students at Warwick have turned to study drugs this exam season, despite them being banned this May under the government’s Psychoactive Substances Act. Noopept and Modafinil are...
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The campaign for Warwick to disaffiliate from the NUS has been accused of violating the SU’s campaigning regulations. The “NUS Exit Warwick” campaign has failed to comply with a regulation stating that all campaign publicity must be printed by the SU. This rule is employed by the SU to regulate campaign...
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Warwick Brexit Campaign hosted an evening with Jacob Rees-Mogg MP on Thursday May 5. Speaking to a packed lecture theatre in the Ramphal Building, the MP made the case for Britain to leave the European Union. His argument centred around the case for democracy. The EU, he said, is a “failed project...
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A survey by the Boar has revealed that 85% of racist incidents that occur at Warwick go unreported. This comes weeks after a racist incident in halls of residence, where first-year student Fara Ifaturoti was the victim of racial slurs written on a bunch of bananas. Over half (54%) of...
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At midnight last Thursday, James Blake unassumingly dropped his third album online. Standing at a majestic one hour and sixteen minutes, The Colour in Anything is by far his longest LP to date, and is gripping and haunting throughout. In the three years since his last album, James Blake has...
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Two phone thieves were arrested on Warwick Campus on 17 February, after a joint operation between Warwick Security and the West Midlands Police.
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Tata Steel this week announced that it plans to sell its entire UK business, putting 15,000 UK jobs at risk. The company’s recently opened research and development (R&D) facility at Warwick, however, is not expected to be affected.
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Universities are set to remain under the scope of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI), after an independent commission recommended against the proposals by the Russell Group to become exempt.
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