Archive for January, 2009
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The Wrestler
By Amelia McPherson — January 20, 2009
Bold claims that Mickey Rourke has produced “the greatest cinematic comeback ever” may have been shrugged off with amused scepticism. Yet if at first the decision to cast Rourke, fallen heart-throb and puffy-faced has-been, seems bizarre, it ultimately proves to be a catalyst for the film’s brilliance.
Slumdog Millionaire
By Lily Eastwood — January 20, 2009
Misleadingly, Slumdog Millionaire is billed as the ‘feel-good movie of the year’. ‘Feel-good’ smacks of kooky do-gooders and two-dimensional characters with a displaced sense of reality in search of love and fortune
Students to face heightened fines over new fire safety regulations
By Holly Hyde — January 20, 2009
University officials have warned students that they will face increased fines if they are shown to have caused any unnecessary fire alarms.
Professor and ex-student honoured
By Camilla Jenkins — January 20, 2009
This year saw Professor Ottoline Leyser and Professor Martin Barstow added to the list of influential people connected with the University of York.
Che: Part One
By Lida Mirzaii — January 20, 2009
It was only a matter of time until the ubiquitous bearded revolutionary ironically adorned on t-shirts, mugs and other pointless paraphernalia was afforded a major Hollywood biopic
Election
By Liam O'Brien — January 20, 2009
In the same year that she embarrassed future husband (and divorcee) Ryan Phillippe, as well as sometime-popular Sarah Michelle Gellar in Cruel Intentions, essentially by acting them off the screen, Reese Witherspoon convinces as Tracy Flick in the satirical indie Election.
Contestants prepare for ‘York Come Dancing’
By Holly Hyde — January 20, 2009
Intense rehearsals have taken place over the past week as campus ‘celebrities’ begin to prepare for the eagerly anticipated ‘York Come Dancing.’
Careers Service warns against recession panic for students
By Sian Turner — January 20, 2009
The University Careers Service has warned students not to panic in light of the current economic recession, accusing media coverage of “painting a glooming picture of prospects for the graduates of 2009.”
York student stars in confused.com advert
By Nouse — January 20, 2009
Television viewers are watching York student Phil Lester advertise car insurance comparison website Confused.com.
Student action launches new ‘Babylon Project’
By Nouse — January 20, 2009
YUSU Student Action has embarked on a new volunteering scheme that will see York students being used to provide useful foreign languages skills to young children in the local area.
Student groups plan walk for Gaza aid
By Nouse — January 20, 2009
Students from groups all across campus are to take part in a walk to raise money for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Crumpets and queues: overseas students need to hear the truth
By Charlotte Hogarth-Jones — January 20, 2009
I was told that the British were a lot less friendly than the Americans, and that “quite often you can be sort of stand-offish and rude” by my housemate Nate from the US, who comfortingly added “but it’s just your way” into the bargain when he sees my jaw drop into my rice crispies.
No child left behind: let’s ensure nursery care for all
By Jenny O'Mahony — January 20, 2009
As a twenty year-old undergraduate, I have few real responsibilities. Life is blissfully free of concerns beyond my degree and my attempts at holding back the tide of squalor that is always threatening to actually engulf my house.
Lazy and unhelpful stereotypes
By Nouse — January 20, 2009
The revelation that students from overseas are told to expect rudeness and indifference from both home students and academic staff is just the latest in the continuing saga of supposedly tense relations between Brits and those who come to study at York from abroad.
Surviving the recession, eighties style
By Jane Grenville — January 20, 2009
It’s all gloom and doom in the national media these days. It’s aeons since they’ve had a full-blown recession to report and the feeding frenzy is amazing to behold
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