A brand new feature for Society sees LUU Wine Society president Coralie Strong provide us with their member-voted ‘Wine of the Week’. Whether you’re a long-time lover of fine wines, or someone who prefers to […]
Society Spotlight: Real Ale Soc
A huge part of freshers, and University in general, is the drinking culture. So it seems fitting to tell all you freshers and refreshers about the Real Ale Society, so that you won’t be stuck […]
IPA And All That – A Memorable History Of Alcohol Part 1
Humanity has always had a drinking problem. From our hunter-gatherer days, to when we settled down to farm and onto the modern day where we produce alcoholic drinks in industrial quantities; consumption of alcohol has […]
Campus Watch: Cambridge students slammed for holding drinking initiation on remembrance Sunday
We often hear the phrase, ‘there’s a time and a place’ and, evidently, a sombre square opposite a church on Remembrance Sunday is not the time nor the place to hold a noisy, boozy sports […]
The kids are alright!
Students do not have the best of reputations these days. Take this from a mature student who spent a decade in the “real world” before coming to university. It is a widely held belief that […]
Does ‘Generation Sensible’ Still Drink too Much?
For students, nights out or nights in mainly revolve around having a drink. Why is it that at university, for many, drinking forms an essential part of being a student? The Gryphon explores why drinking […]
News | Student brawl on pub crawl
A large-scale fight, involving approximately 10 people, took place outside the Skyrack in Headingley on Saturday night. The street brawl occurred at approximately 10:50pm, near the junction of Otley Road with St Michaels Road between […]
Comment | Last orders for pub industry?
In my home town of Shepherd’s Bush in London, I live just off the Askew Road. 10 years ago, it was a bit shabby. People could have driven through it and not taken a second […]
News | Student takes on Government
A Leeds student is putting pressure on the government to provide clean drinking water for 60 million people. The campaign called ‘Put Thirst First’ (PTF) was launched by Bethany Milburn, who went to Parliament on […]
LS Answers – What is ‘breaking the seal’?
Almost every student will be able to identify with an occasion where you are having a few casual bottles of Frosty Jacks and being well into your first game of ‘Ring of Fire’, when suddenly […]
Uni thrashes Met in league table of lash
16.11.12 Leeds is the thirteenth most alcoholic campus in the country, according to a new survey. Academic rankings for the University may have slipped over the past few years, but this week saw […]