Josh’s Top Five Games
Josh Russell picks his all-time favourite games.
The screwed over generation?
There’s nothing I hate more than whinging students. I think we might have tarnished ourselves with ‘the boy who cried wolf’ brush, complaining just too many times about our unfair deal in life. But it feels like for once there does seem to be a pretty good reason to have a moan. I believe my [...]
The Tyranny of the first assignment
I’ve had my seminar schedule for weeks now, but the dawning realisation of my first assignment only came when my seminar group started discussing the vast amount of work they’d done towards the dreaded first essay. Admittedly, like any student in the transitional period from college to university, I have been out of writing practice [...]
Security, Presidential visits and family photos in the Middle East
In the week in which the Iranian President visits Lebanon it seems only appropriate to discuss my experiences thus far in regards to safety and security here in Lebanon. As I was leaving the UK I must admit, I was worried about how, as a Brit, I would be received here in the Middle East. [...]
A Political Awakening
I’m not really one to shout at the TV. Having somewhat lost my passion for Arsenal when Thierry left, I was quite surprised to find myself punching my fist in the air with a supportive ‘go on son!’ once again, but this time something was different. I wasn’t celebrating a goal, instead I was cheering [...]
Definitely, Maybe, Probably Not
To streak or not to streak, that is the question. 10,000 screaming fans. A sports match A frosty night. 7 very brave Streakers. Varsity; the cut throat rugby final, and last match of the Varsity sport competition between The University of Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan University (or SuperTafe to you Adelaideans). When Louise suggested that [...]
Jasmine’s Judgement
It was pretty easy to read the horrified expressions on people’s faces when they asked what my electives were. Some seemed to think it contradicted the great University code. Surely I am not the only first year student to pick up two languages from scratch as electives? Ironically, it has been the European language that [...]
Blog from Beirut
My first week as a student in Lebanon has been interesting to say the least. It has been interesting because as I understand things, the way of life at university here is similar to how things are in the whole of Beirut. By this I mean that life here is a brilliant blend between the [...]
Definitely, Maybe, Probably Not
Tally Ho my English readers! How are the tea and cucumber sandwiches in the Northern Hemisphere treating you? (Cliched I know, but now you understand how we Aussies feel when you ask if we ride kangaroos to school – and that would be a no in case some of you were still unsure). This is [...]