Operation Varsity Blues was the single largest college admissions scandal to face the United States, with over 40 people indicted in a scheme that involved students gaining entrance to undergraduate programs at elite schools. William Rick Singer, the man who orchestrated the scheme, used the conceptual ‘side door’ to get...
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2025 will mark the arrival of the new ‘Generation Beta’, children set to inherent a rapidly and consistently changing world, full of both technological and environmental uncertainty. Born between 2025 and 2039, this generation is said to be completely centred around a technology-based future and will pioneer new solutions to...
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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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On average, the typical shower in the United Kingdom uses 13 litres of water every minute. This means that those people, like myself, who take a 2.5 minute shower, use around 30 litres of water. The same household will get through around 66 plastic-packaged items within a 7-day period and...
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Out of 149 UK universities, 116 have now publicly committed to divest from fossil fuels, marking a record shift in the industry. Across the past 11 years, student activism groups such as People & Planet have been working to cut down universities’ connections to fossil fuels. This is an initiative that...
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The term ‘special relationship’ has been carved out by a long and relatively well-trodden history. The term was originally coined by former Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the wake of the Second World War. In a world where a victorious Britain had defeated Nazi Germany principally due to their alliance...
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45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump will become the 47th. James Watson unpacks the historic result, and speaks to students at the University of Pennsylvania processing the results.
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With the US presidential election now just days away, the only certainty of the race is its unpredictability. Both contenders have recently put together closing statements for their respective campaigns. Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris has used some of her party’s biggest stars to make her closing argument to...
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Since 1992, the US state of Connecticut (CT) has consistently voted for Democratic candidates in presidential elections. The total population of the state in 2022 was 3.6 million, making it the 29th most populous state in the country – yet, as the third smallest, behind Rhode Island and Delaware, this...
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Watching the cursor turn on and off at the screen of my laptop In my room. It feels like I am a world away and yet I have found my feet. These walls. The buildings. They have become a part of me. I know when it is time to leave...
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The UK government has announced plans to reform apprenticeships in England, in a move that aims to broaden opportunities for young people and provide a route into critical sectors. Part of a wider initiative by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the proposals put an emphasis on training as an alternative to...
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Sitting on the fringes of one of several sports arenas at the University of Connecticut, affectionately known as UConn, I was immediately lost in the profound scale and spectacle this alien and rather magical place holds. Understated is a word that holds little meaning in America. The enormity of everything:...
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The climate crisis is the single most universally impactful issue currently facing the globe at the moment. A temperature rise of almost 1.5˚C above pre-industrial levels has put nations in every continent on the backfoot. The reality is that as this crisis unfolds, it is spelling out more clearly a...
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