Working alongside Livewire all year, Caitlin and I had been getting increasingly jealous as the plans for their annual charity-fundraising/travel-adventure event got underway. Eventually, our itchy feet and desire to see how far we could get from campus got the better of us, and Team Concrete was born. One awkward photoshoot and some travel insurance…
Deputy Editors' Column
It’s the final countdown…
They say time flies when you’re having fun, but it also goes fairly quickly when you’re sleep-deprived and spending your weekends making a newspaper. We dread to think about our coffee and pizza bill for this last year. We’ve had 13 issues, one Brexit, two Prime Ministers and a visit from the Queen since we…
Deputy Editors' Column
Oh UEA, you’re wonderful!
Well, it’s hardly surprising anymore, but it still feels great to print: UEA are the Derby Day champions for the fifth consecutive year, and we couldn’t have asked for a more convincing win. Taking home 55 points of the 70 that were available, there is no day like Derby Day that affirms our love for…
News
Crome Court roof damaged in Storm Doris
A corner of the roof on UEA’s Crome Court has been damaged, following rain and high winds. A piece of flashing, part of the structure used to hold the roof on the building, has become loose. This damage occurred during Storm Doris, which caused disruption across East Anglia and the rest of the UK. A cordon has…
Deputy Editors' Column
Deputy Editors’ Column: ‘Twas the night before deadlines and all across campus…
‘Twas the issue before Christmas, and across UEA, students were slaving at their laptops, for a 2:1 on that essay. We can almost smell the mince pies and feel the fully functional central heating of home, but with two weeks still left to go it feels like there is still a snow-topped mountain left to…
Deputy Editors' Column
Transforming protests: 50 thousand to five thousand in ten years
It’s been six long years since 50,000 students marched to Westminster, enraged at the prospect of £9,000 tuition. More than half a decade on, students marching down Whitehall has become somewhat of an annual winter tradition. This year, with the threat of uncapped tuition, the scrapping of nursing bursaries and maintenance grants, it seems that…
Deputy Editors' Column
Deputy Editorial: UEA SU – A comedy of errors
The news that UEA SU has purchased its new domain name from the former Soviet Union will come as no surprise to anyone who has been following the ongoing comedy of errors taking place upstairs in union house. From Sombrero-gate (no, we haven’t forgotten) to the endless need for ever-safer spaces, the union seems to…
Deputy Editors' Column
Deputy Editors’ Column: Things that go bump in the night
Whatever happened to Freshers’ Week? The endless LCR nights, bouncy castles on campus and welcome socials now seem like a distant memory, and they’ve been replaced with long days in the library, endless deadlines and a flu that just won’t go away . The Autumn Semester has suddenly become very real, and it’s enough to…
Features
UEA celebrates Black History Month
2016. The year that Black Lives Matter protests reached the UK with demonstrations at London City and Heathrow airports and in central London. The year that the first Muslim mayor of any major Western city was elected, Sadiq Khan. The year that the first black American president could be replaced by a man who failed…
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