Articles by Becky Mitchell
Becky has written 12 articles for Nouse
A balancing act
By Rachel Ringstead and Becky Mitchell — November 30, 2005
Rachel Ringstead and Becky Mitchell look into the reality of celebrity health fads and ask if we really can cheat our way to good health these days
It seems that as well as becoming a fat nation, Britain is paradoxically the land of ‘well-being’ crazes. From the hype detoxing, to Atkins, the GI diet and Yoga, the media is full of popular, alternative health concepts that promise to instantly transform the way that we look and feel, in exchange for only a minimum investment of time and effort.
Gambling in suits: stocks and shares
By Becky Mitchell — November 30, 2005
To some, stocks and shares evoke images of yuppies in flash striped suits barking into a mobile phone. To others, it will signal a way of life; the road to their first weighty pay cheque, but to most of us, stocks and shares will mean very little indeed, if anything at all.
But it doesn’t need to be this way. The stock market can actually not only become a fun, new form of legal gambling but, if properly understood, could be the ticket to picking up a hefty financial reward in the process.
Getting more bang for your buck
By Becky Mitchell — November 30, 2005
Does gambling really deserve its bad reputation? Becky Mitchell looks at both sides of the coin in this growing phenomenon
Poker, blackjack, roulette, you name it, gambling has made a pretty impressive comeback. Forget the bright lights of distant Las Vegas; with the rise of the Internet, gambling has now moved into the closer confines of the home and more worryingly into the bedrooms of a growing number of students.
Growing Poker Soc told not to gamble anymore by YUSU
By Becky Mitchell — November 30, 2005
CAMPUS POKER SOCIETY have suffered in the student union clamp down on university regulations for gambling, at a time when they have recruited record numbers to their ranks.
Affordable fashions for the autumn season
By Becky Mitchell — October 12, 2005
There was a time when fashion meant expensive. Now it seems it’s all about how little you can spend. With the rise of Primark, Topshop and even supermarkets getting in on the bargain catwalk trends, it seems that a day has dawned where us mere mortals can emulate the catwalk without the need of an aging sugar daddy.
Uncovering the freshers myths
By Becky Mitchell — October 12, 2005
The best week of your life? The wildest 7 days known to man? Becky Mitchell dispels the hyperbole and reveals the sensible way to approach fresher’s week whilst retaining your dignity
Freshers week has become one of the most notorious events of a student’s life. A week synonymous with drink, fun, irresponsibility and, if you’re lucky, sex.
Which block have you got?
By Becky Mitchell — October 12, 2005
College life is a complex business. Colleges not only dictate which choice of hoody you’ll buy from Your Shop, but they will also dictate the type and state of accommodation you’ll be enjoying, or perhaps not enjoying, living in for the next year.
Being your own boss before you graduate
By Becky Mitchell and Rachel Ringstead — August 13, 2005
Rachel Ringstead and Becky Mitchell talk to York’s student entrepreneurs who share their tricks of the trade and reveal how to go it alone in the cut-throat world of business.
How to get the OC summer style
By Rachel Ringstead and Becky Mitchell — June 29, 2005
Summer. Oh how we love it. In typical British style at the first hint of blue sky the girls are out in their short skirts and strappy tops and the boys are shedding those shirts, all revealing a bit more flesh than may seem appropriate, especially when it is of the untoned variety.
The new etiquette of sex
By Becky Mitchell and Rachel Ringstead — May 9, 2005
Jane Austen knew good sex. To ‘pull’ back then was easy; picking up a partner merely involved having a good pair of child-bearing hips, or some pretty impressive sideburns.
An expression of manliness
By Becky Mitchell and Rachel Ringstead — March 8, 2005
Picture the scene, your male flat mate returns home in a foul mood. He slams his Costcutter lamb vindaloo in the microwave for the obligatory three minutes, slumps in a chair and responds to you cheery calls of “how was labs today”, with a moan reminiscent of the mating call of a warthog. Silence ensues for the next half an hour, occasionally punctuated by the odd grunt and the click of a Carlsberg can being opened.
How to get the perfect night’s sleep
By Becky Mitchell — March 8, 2005
Sleep. It should be one of those beautiful words conjuring up images of huge, four poster beds piled with pillows in one of those bedrooms reminiscent of Henry VIII’s days where the bed occupied most of the room. Sleep, next to eating and drinking, is one of the most simple and instinctive needs of all. Yet for the insomniacs amongst us, sleep can become a terrifying and almost unobtainable goal. It can create a vicious and soul destroying cycle of seemingly endless, long, sleepless nights.
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