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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Luke Chapman
BREAKING: “Barbie movie” Forum social space costs University of Warwick £200k
The ‘Forum’, Warwick’s new ‘Barbie movie’-reminiscent social space, has cost the University nearly £200,000, The Boar can reveal. Located by the Library Café, the Forum was intended to be a multipurpose area developed with a focus on sustainability and innovation. First introduced to students at the start of Term 1,...
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‘Seriously, what on earth’s a batch?’: Jimmy Carr’s ‘Laughs Funny’ leaves Warwick Arts Centre in stitches
Jimmy Carr recently brought his ‘Laughs Funny’ tour to the Warwick Arts Centre, and it was a night to remember. Renowned for his razor-sharp wit and incredibly dry humour, Carr had the audience laughing from start to finish, delivering exactly what fans came for – unapologetic, side-splitting comedy. The night...
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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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‘Every contribution can make a real difference’: Warwick students raise over £4,000 for Spanish flood relief
In a heartening response to one of the most devastating floods in recent history, Warwick Spanish Society has raised over £4,000 in just four days to aid those struggling in Valencia. The funds are being donated to ‘olVIDAdos,’ a Spanish charity that provides essentials such as drinking water, clothes, and...
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‘If they cared enough, they could become real leaders in mental health support’: How can Warwick make the best of student suicide ‘tragedies’?
Suicide at the University of Warwick is no joke. Indeed, following a series of Freedom of Information Requests, The Boar can reveal that in the last six years, over 80 ambulances have been called to central campus for ‘suicide-related emergencies’. And that’s only what we know about. This article explicitly...
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From the archives: The forgotten story of AIDS and student life at Warwick
The year is 1984, and the world is gripped by fear over the emerging AIDS epidemic. Countless UK institutions seek to educate people about what would later be recognised as one of the most misconceived viruses in human history. That, in a nutshell, is pretty much what we’ve always been...
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BREAKING: University reveals sanctions for students involved in Warwick Tory society ‘Nazi video’
In an exclusive statement issued to The Boar, the University of Warwick has revealed the sanctions imposed on students involved in the Warwick Conservative Association ‘Nazi video’. The video, which shows students dancing and singing along to ‘Erika’ – a marching song associated with Nazi Germany – went viral after...
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‘We’ve lost our centre’: Warwick students ‘desperately’ call on Archbishop to fill University Catholic Chaplain vacancy
Students from the University of Warwick have signed an ‘urgent’ letter to the Archbishop of Birmingham requesting that the University’s Catholic Chaplain vacancy be filled. The position has been vacant since 31 July, following Reverend David Palmer’s retirement. Reverend Peter Conley, Assistant Catholic Chaplain, has transferred to the Parish of...
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Warwick students ‘left in limbo’ as SU Board of Trustees rejects vote for fully plant-based catering
Warwick Students’ Union (SU) has announced it will no longer implement a fully plant-based catering service by 2027. This is despite a motion that passed in autumn last year propelling SU outlets to provide 100% plant-based food and drink options by the start of the 2027/2028 academic year. In a...
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‘Come on guys, wake up!’: Eddie Abbew on fitness, nutrition, and Warwick’s ‘crazy’ food setup
“A lot of people think I’m doing this for clicks, but to tell you the truth, I’m on a mission to educate the young,” Eddie Abbew tells me as he reflects on his journey from working as a psychiatric nurse to becoming nothing short of an internet sensation. Boasting millions...
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BREAKING: University Board opens discussions with Warwick pro-Palestine demonstrators
The University of Warwick has agreed to open discussions with student-staff protest movement Warwick Stands With Palestine, following months of demonstrations by the group. This will see the University commence formal dialogue pertaining to each of the coalition’s demands, focused around ‘divesting’ from the defence sector. The news follows prolonged...
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Clive Myrie: From having a paper round in Bolton to becoming a leading BBC presenter
“The bottom line is, I’m just a reporter who happens to be black. I’m not a black reporter,” Clive Myrie, one of the UK’s most successful journalists, tells me as he reminisces about his earliest days in journalism as a young paperboy from Bolton. Throughout his career, which spans over...
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