Budgeting Blunders
You know you’ve got a problem with money and budgeting when you decide to prioritise going out over buying food. Indeed, recently the prospect of Mission Thursdays is sounding so much more appealing than a trek to Saino’s, even if that does lead to hungry Fridays when you realise that you’ve got naught but mouldy [...]
Second Heaven
Burglaries, bills and bossy landlords, not exactly the most endearing prospect, after living in the safeguards of halls. We weren’t the only ones who had an ominous feeling when it came to moving into our new student houses, nor were the claims that five houses on Brudenell Road had been broken into in the first [...]
Living Nightmare
I’ve recently moved into a new house with my friends. Don’t get me wrong, I love my housemates. There is nothing like living with a group of your best friends (even when you sometimes want to kill them). However, some of my living habits have suddenly become an issue. What I once thought was normal [...]
Fresherdom Fail
I thought the urban myth that you become less hardcore after Fresherdom was just that, a falsehood, but apparently not. After just three nights of going out in a row, my whole household felt like we were ‘dying’, and reverted to the obligatory hangover cure procedure which consists of greasy food, and pledging never to [...]
Snap-Happy
There’s an incredible social pressure to enjoy your Freshers’ Week more than everybody else enjoys theirs (even if you’re not a Fresher), and this enjoyment is always measured relative to the number of photos that appear on social media. As such, you should aim to take as many photos as possible at all times. Photos [...]
Where’s the School Spirit?
Maybe I am just an outsider with foreign ideals, or perhaps many of you share the same view as me on the matter of school spirit. Where is our school spirit? Why doesn’t this exist beyond the hype of Varsity and an annual rivalry-fuelled rugby match? Varsity isn’t the classiest example, as I fear not [...]
Little Victories
My name is Jasmine. I currently live in Madrid. And I am completely, totally, irrevocably daunted by my new life. I enviously envisage Freshers now, conscientiously turning up to every departmental meeting, shoving each other for the sandwiches that have more than one filling in the Union’s meal deal, as they quake in their boots [...]
McDon’t
The nights out when you try and act with the most decorum are always the nights when you end up embarrassing yourself. Arriving in McDonalds at the end of the night, myself and my friends responded in a rather lairy way when a woman tried to get us to move from a table that apparently, [...]
Refresh
The start of the academic year can be daunting for Freshers, but have you ever spared a thought for a poor old fourth year? I’ve just returned from my year abroad in Germany, and coming back to Leeds feels rather strange. After saying emotional goodbyes at the end of second year and pretty much feeling [...]