Archives for Sarah Foster
Drinking games: late licenses are another ploy to sedate students
The news of extended drinking hours could be met with many reactions. Although the one that seems most unlikely is that it is the University that is advocating all hour drinking.
Sarah Foster
I can see the Minster from my mildewed shower
Ah York, how I missed you. I’d managed to survive three whole months without accidentally treading on a duck (when you’re rushing to a nine fifteen lecture, this is almost as traumatic for you as it is for the poor duck) or being overcome by the urge [...]
Studentification laws are flawed and impractical
If there’s one thing that has annoyed me in the last two years, it’s the increasing ridiculous stereotype of the student, which seems to haunt me at every turn.
Even students are going to feel the crunch
Upon discovering that rents for campus accommodation were likely to rise in line with inflated gas prices my first response was one of annoyance.
TV & Media
In this supposedly post-feminist world, Sex and the City seems to say an awful lot about the role of women in today’s society. And the role of men. And the role of shopping.
All Tomorrow’s Parties
ATP seems to have been designed with music at the forefront of all else. The sound quality was excellent and the bands were all at the top of their game. Musically, this was a delight for the senses.
Chesney Hawkes. Not my one and only…
I’m not claiming that Hawkes doesn’t have genuine fans. I just find it hard to believe that any of these genuine fans exist in the York student body.
‘Forbidden Forests’ and FanFiction
‘Forbidden Forests’ and FanFiction
Regular readers to the one blog entry that I’ve written will be aware that I have far too much time on my hands. I will admit this to be true, because that’s less embarrassing than admitting that I actually watch children’s television in any serious way.
Obviously I only do it [...]
Flying pigs and student politics
The UGM results represent a campus minority, but how can we challenge student apathy?
Whose Life is it Anyway?
There are a few things in life which it seems very hard to make humorous. Take the tale of a quadriplegic woman contemplating suicide. Yet Brian Clark’s play Whose Life Is It Anyway? manages to do just that.
TV & Media
Sunday 3rd February – God save the BBC – the anarchy of kids’ TV
Nostalgia’s found a comfortable home at university. Most likely because now, for the first time ever, we’re probably legitimately old enough to look wistfully back to days long gone, and remember how much we used to love our jelly shoes and pokemon [...]
January Blues
Ever wondered what goes down in the Grotto? Lily Eastwood infiltrates the frantic high-tech world of international Elfing.
Second year to stand in general election
A second year University of York Politics student has been selected as the Labour parliamentary candidate for the constituency of Skipton and Ripon.
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