Tonight (15th February) sees one of Leeds’ finest jungle/drum & bass nights, Jungle Jam, celebrate its 8th birthday. Hosted at Mint Warehouse, ‘Kings of the Jungle’ is set to include performances from such jungle legends […]
Bionic Man – Frankenstein or medicinal breakthrough?
It was in the year 1818 when Mary Shelley released her novel ‘Frankenstein’, envisaging the horror of a man-made monster coming to life, but the concept of a constructed technological being has now become a […]
Marathon girls honored
Two Leeds students have been named ‘Fundraisers of the Year’ by road safety charity Brake. Georgia Mann and Sophie Macrae raised over £19,000 running the London Marathon April last year. Speaking to Leeds Student about […]
Can Rhinos weather the Storm?
Nick Gandy World Challenge Preview Leeds Rhinos v Melbourne Storm 15/02/2013 It won’t exactly be a local derby but there is certainly no love lost between these two teams. On Friday the Leeds Rhinos will […]
For a trans* student, even going to the toilet is a tricky chore
By Sarah Noble Quick question: do you know where the gender neutral toilet in the union is? It wouldn’t surprise me if you said you didn’t. It’s further along the corridor from the ground floor […]
Officer’s idea branded ‘undemocratic’
Students have branded an idea put forward by the Union’s Affairs Officer “undemocratic”. Antony Haddley has proposed that the Better Union Forum, where such ideas are voted on, should only assemble when there are at […]
Society hiker dies in mountain tragedy
A member of the Union’s Hiking Club has tragically died during a hill walk in Scotland. The alert was raised at around 3pm on Sunday, after one of the party suffered a fall. A large […]
Take A Stand?
It doesn’t take much to get me angry anymore. It’s only a matter of time before a doctor tells me my constitution is that of an epileptic Flight 93 survivor who’s been forced to fly […]
Big Love
I admit it. I am in love with more than one person. A group of people, if you will. They are called Fleetwood Mac. Rather late in the game in discovering my love for this […]
On the Edge
In anticipation of the January blues I comforted myself with a cloud of resolutions- new projects always get me excited. One of these was to go the gym. I decided to avoid The Edge which […]
Uni childcare labelled ‘inaccessible’
Childcare facilities offered by the University are “inaccessible”, according to one student parent. Andrea Ortiz Karpf, a first-year PhD Earth and Environment student, has said students are disgruntled that the University nursery is too expensive […]
Campus street style: February
This week Nina Keshmiri was out in full force as she papped fashionistas strutting their style around campus.