Author: LSU Media
Picture it… your image on our print magazine cover! We are looking for one fabulous Lens photographer to have their picture on our front cover! The magazine is themed around destruction, but we encourage you to be creative with what this means! To submit your photo click here The deadline to submit your photo is 14th April 10pm If you have any questions, please message us on Instagram @lborolabel
Our second magazine of the year will be themed around DESTRUCTION! Anything from breaking down barriers, challenging systematic discrimination, and physical demolition. We want your ideas! To submit your pitch click here… We welcome any pitch ideas, and strongly encourage relating your topic to student life. Whether that is by focussing on a specific group of students, or including quotes from students/ staff. The deadline to submit your pitch is 23rd March and the deadline to have written your article is the 2nd April. If your article is selected for our magazine, it should be no more than 600 words…
By Bairavee Sivakanthan. The Aftermath of Hamilton’s Transfer… In the turbulent world of Formula 1, the recent surprise transfer of Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes to join Ferrari after 11 years, has shocked the sporting crowd and may create heightened sparks and rivalries amongst teams that may last seasons to come. With Hamilton set to join Ferrari in the 2024 season, let’s explore what’s to come with this transfer, amongst teams and which rivalries will spawn and dominate, gripping and exciting fans resulting in an electrifying season of intense motorsport racing. The most immediate rivalry that fans will look to is…
Written by: Mehtaab Rehman The ‘Soft Life’ Approach in University Deadlines fast approaching, you’ve just remembered that piece of coursework that’s due in tomorrow, late night revision sessions- we’ve all been there, and we all know just how stressful and overwhelming that can be. In order to prevent this, its so important that we have systems in place to ensure that we find ourselves in these positions a lot less frequently. Here are a few ways you could adopt the ‘soft life’ approach to your university lifestyle… One thing that I’ve found to be incredibly helpful, is to sit down…
By Rory Teale Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury fought a closely contested boxing match in Saudi Arabia that shocked the world, with Fury winning a split decision. Fans anticipated one of the most unusual matchups of 2023, Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou, to be one-sided in favour of the self-proclaimed “Gypsy King” Fury. Francis Ngannou, former heavyweight champion in the premier MMA organization UFC, had never competed in a boxing match before, and fans saw Ngannou not lasting long in the bout from his inexperience in a ring and Fury’s boxing prestige. However, fans were shocked as the bout unfolded…
Written by: Maria Fernanda Varney A university student’s guide to curating a campus ready wardrobe. As the bustling fashion month comes to a close, the world has beheld a comprehensive fashion forecast as far as spring summer 2024. With this great influx of visual information, sifting through runways can be quite the task, let alone identifying what trends will be prevalent in the long run. Especially when there are lectures to attend, or catch up on… This article will cover how to embrace the latest trends whilst retaining a sense of sustainability and individuality. Personal style is like a muscle,…
Georgia chats about how incredibly beneficial Yoga is for students! Yoga is a practice. It is an activity made up of a series of physical, mental and spiritual forms and exercises. Google’s definition of the discipline says that Yoga aims to ‘control and still the mind, recognising a detached witness-consciousness untouched by the mind and mundane suffering.’ I can safely say that students experience many ‘mundane sufferings’, including loneliness, exam and coursework stress, feelings of uncertainty, and homesickness. Let alone the plethora of mental health conditions that studies show many students deal with alongside everything else. In recent years, perhaps…
Label Volunteer, Kristiyana Hristova, recaps the 2023 Met Gala – the good and the bad – all of which explored Karl Lagerfeld’s designs and influence. The met gala held on Monday, first of May, inevitably brought a lot of excitement, and the internet exploded with videos of people discussing it. The theme for the infamous fashion event this year was ‘Karl Lagerfeld: A line of Beauty’ to honour the German designer who worked as a creative director for notorious fashion houses such as Channel and Fendi and even got his own brand named after him. Some people were unsatisfied with…
In the next instalment of her café adventures, Label writer Kayleigh John heads to a student favourite: Fifty-Three. This week, I ventured into the Fifty-Three café on Storer Road. I’ve been here several times before – mostly because it’s quite close to where I live in town – but I’ve only ever tried the savoury items off their menu. Therefore, I was very keen to finally taste something from the tempting array of sweet treats they have available. The café sells everything from brownies to blondies, slices of cookie pies to the biggest muffins I think I have ever seen.…
Grace Vinzia talks about how she balances working part-time with her university timetable and gives a word of advice on how to juggle such a demanding schedule! Within modern society, balance is often discussed as a desirable and necessary skill that we should all strive to achieve to lead a functional life. As children, we are taught to have a balanced diet; as teenagers, we are taught to balance our school work and everyday life. But at University, things change. A student’s time at University is often discussed as a period of realisation, self-growth and discovery. Years where you can…