The source of the monosyllabic and contentious slogan ‘Live, Laugh, Love’ derives from Bessie Anderson Stanley’s 1904 poem Success: “He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much” The irony is the slogan ‘Live, Laugh Love’ is being used against women and girls who partake in mainstream enjoyment. Meanwhile it derives…
Gaming, Venue
Animal Crossing: A review
Oh, Animal Crossing, where hast thou been? I first played Wild World on the original DS so many years ago, and now, after a seven year drought, New Horizons is finally with us. So, what new things does it bring to the table? What could be improved? And most of all, is it fun to…
Music, Venue
I give you Music – the 4th wise gift at Christmas
Christmas is usually centred around three big things: food, company and presents, a scenario that will be familiar to families across the country. But if there is one huge thing in the atmosphere at this time of year, it is of course music. A typical Christmas morning, for me, is to turn the nob on…
Sport
UEA men’s football victory over Hellesden
A 38th minute goal courtesy of CJ Eseka was all that was needed, as the UEA Men’s first team won a hard-fought victory over Hellesdon in the Second Round of the Senior Cup. In a fiery first-half, bookended by yellow cards for away team Hellesdon, UEA number 10 Eseka had the best of the chances,…
Features
UEA award ceremony
Writers Lois Arcari, Sophie Clayton and Sandra Tse are UEA Award Ambassadors for LDC. Clayton co-hosted the Award Ceremony, Tse was in the decorations and meet and greet team, and Arcari also worked on meet and greet as well as presenting a speech about her experiences of the award. At the close of the spring…
Sport
UEA compete in mixed Dodgeball tournament
The nature of the sport of Dodgeball, in most instances, splits men and women into their gender brackets, allowing only men to play men and women to play women. The University Mixed Open occurs annually to change the entire nature of the sport itself, it allows for the differing aspects of the women’s and men’s…
Sport
UEA hosts Korfball Nationals and places second
Last weekend UEA played host to the Korfball BUCS National Championships in the Sportspark. Our first team had worked hard earlier this year through preliminaries and regionals, securing one of the four regional top seeds going in to the weekend. There was a lot of pressure on the team following back-to-back national titles the previous…
Features
Millennial Burnout
The idea of ‘Millennial Burnout’ was popularized by the viral Buzzfeed article titled: How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation, by Anne Helen Petersen, which was published in January 2019. I remember reading the article at the time, and finding it extremely interesting, but not really something that I could relate to, as it focuses on…
Features
Gambling
The NUS has conducted research into the gambling habits of students at university. Their definition of gambling ranges from buying scratch cards over the counter to playing poker at casinos. Research showed that over half of students who gambled did so to supplement their income, and that nearly a quarter of those felt guilty when…
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