An 18 year-old man has been sentenced for the attempted rape of a student. Last Thursday, local teenager Jacob Feldman was sent to jail for three years and eight months by a judge at Leeds […]
Students win case against Landlord
Five students have won a court case against their landlord, after he tried to claim a year’s worth of rent from them. The second year students won their own claim as well as their legal […]
Pubes
A dog hair is floating in my cereal milk like spindly canoe on a lake. What with North Korea’s take on Toni and Guy, the forgotten plughole blockage we left in our shower before Easter, […]
World Doesn’t Owe You a Living
According to my mother in one of her ‘life lesson’ discussions, we as students expect to have the world handed to us on a plate. We are an ungrateful generation of kids who have been […]
Take a Gap, Yah?
As third year flies past at record speed, and thus the big step into the real world creeps closer, there have naturally been a lot of conversations of post-graduation intentions. Whilst many have plans of […]
Hikers’ memorial climb
The Union’s Hiking Society has completed a charity hike in the Lake District in memory of their member who died last semester. Graham Connell, a former postgraduate student, died whilst leading a group of hikers […]
Rugby star Danny Cipriani hit by bus on campus
Rugby star Danny Cipriani has been hit by bus on campus while out on an Otley Run with team mates. One bystander told Leeds Student on the scene: “it was like a film, [the bus passengers] were […]
Summer Ball headliner to split
JLS, the headline act at this year’s Summer Ball, have announced that they are splitting up, putting their performance at Leeds University Union amongst the band’s last.
Nudity ban rejected in Union Forum battle
An attempt to ban nudity on campus has failed. Meenakshi Sarkar proposed banning “advertisement in [the] Union or campus with nude/explicit photos of students”. Three Better Union forum members voted in favour, and nine against. […]
Medical student died after taking banned weight loss pills
An inquest into the death of Medical student Sarah Houston has found she died after taking a banned fat burning pill. The 23-year-old was found dead in her bedroom last September. Wakefield Coroner’s Court heard […]
JLS to replace Little Mix at Summer Ball
Multi-platinum boy band JLS are to replace Little Mix as this year’s Summer Ball headliners. Little Mix, who were set to headline the stage in the Refectory, have had to withdraw from the event. The […]
Hunslet Hawks 12 – 50 Catalan Dragons
Hunslet Hawks 12 – 50 Catalan Dragons 21.04.13 Not even a first half red card was enough to save the hardworking Hunslet Hawks as a classy Catalan Dragons side ran in nine tries to complete […]