Articles by Camilla Apcar

Camilla Apcar

Deputy Editor (2010/11)
Camilla has written 126 articles for Nouse


ISA to help internationalise campus

The International Students’ Association (ISA) will be launching its Global Initiative Fund this week to provide support to students or societies who would like “to embark on a project that would internationalise the campus”

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Devon, Cardigan Bay, Brighton, Dalby Forest, Newcastle, Bute

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Image: Andrew FairbairnYork win croquet at a Cantor

Brian Cantor, Greg Dyke and Tim Ngwena overcame their Lancastrian counterparts in the croquet to trigger further White Rose success

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The men's squash firsts in action earlier this season. Image: Peter IvesonWins for all three of York’s squash teams

The men’s squash firsts, the men’s squash seconds and the women’s squash firsts all enjoyed wins on the Saturday of Roses

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Nuns meet a local woman in the streets of YorkTwenty-First Century Habits

Camilla Apcar speaks to some of York’s most empowered women

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The Samoan time travellers

As of 27 December 2011, South Pacific island Samoa will change its time zone.

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Increasing PhD led seminars will hamper undergraduates

Undergraduates and PhD students alike will suffer from inevitable department cuts, requiring more PhD students to teach seminars and tutorials

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Lack of online voting for RAG elections criticised

This year’s RAG Committee elections has faced criticism from the candidates as the voting system was by paper ballot only, and not all were fully aware of the election rules

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Trending Topic: #obl

Osama bin Laden’s death has proven the power and immediate reach of social media – but has social media backed up a political point as well?

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Credit: University of York/BBCYork runners up in University Challenge final

The University of York are the runners up of this year’s University Challenge competition, losing 290 – 85 points to Magdalen College, Oxford

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The Wonders of the Universe

For the TV viewer prepared to have their understanding of gravity, time, and the notion of infinity pleasantly undermined by Prof. Brian Cox, OBE

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Mozilla Firefox 4

The latest version of Mozilla Firefox is here – developed for tab-loving fiends and synchronisation obsessives

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The Only Way Is Essex (Series Two)

The reality-docu-soap returns for its second series this week, with more jazzle than ever before

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Photo: Peter IvesonRunning against the odds

Camilla Apcar meets first-year Thomas Byrne: this year’s surprise candidate for the NUS Presidency­­­­­­­­­

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Whitewashed by the ‘YUSU Election Dialect’

Lacklustre would be the most accurate description of this year’s YUSU election season. From campaigning to the elections’ outcome, a chain of events prevailed that could only have ever led to all-round disappointment. Whilst many of York’s student populace interact only with the elections to vote for ‘a friend of a friend’, this year’s dire [...]

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