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Lara Townsley looks into the importance of your first year. Whether it’s living alone, managing your finances or being responsible for your own learning, fresher year encourages independence on all fronts. Regardless of your previous academic achievements or experiences, university will inevitably be a huge step up for everyone. Unlike school, lecturers are not responsible for every aspect of your academic wellbeing. Although both lecturers and university provide material and learning resources to develop and refine your skills, it is your responsibility to get the work done. As with higher education, more is expected of you in terms of coursework…

Emily Murfitt looks at the 10 different types of Facebook status!  In a time where social media has infiltrated society, Facebook, which boasts over 1.3 billion active users is almost definitely something that you have heard of before. As such a widely used network it is inevitable that types of status will make an appearance. So here we are, with what I believe to be the 10 types of Facebook status. 1- The Announcer The announcers embodies the Facebook user that seriously answers the little enticing question in the Facebook box, the Literal ‘What are you doing?’, ‘What’s on your…

Katrina Goddard considers the upcoming General Election and student voting.

This week, beginning 16th March, LSU’s Sexual Health Coordinator Jess Excell is hosting Loughborough’s very first Sexual Health And Guidance Week- abbreviated to ‘SHAG’ Week. Many events are being held this week in order to raise awareness and increase Loughborough Student involvement. From a casual chat at the Let’s Talk About Sex Tea and Talk on Wednesday 1-3pm in the W&D Office; getting checked for Chlamydia with the NHS in the union on Tuesday, having fun at the JCs pub quiz on Thursday evening; or the ‘50 Shades of Grey’ discussion in COGS from 7:30pm on Tuesday evening alongside LWN, there’s plenty going on…

Did you know that voting was recently open in the election to decide our delegates for the annual NUS National Conference? Successful candidate Dan Leedham investigates why the answer might well be no. Five hours after voting officially opened students were still unable to vote, as the website simply presented a message suggesting “No Elections are Currently Running”. The Candidate’s Pack for the election read: Voting opens online at www.lsu.co.uk/NUSelections on Saturday 14th March at 08:00 Nominations Not only could students not vote in the election, many would-be candidates were hampered from running simply because advertisement of the election was…

Today, Friday 13th March, a service was held in commemoration and thanks to all of the servicemen and women who fought and were killed in the 13 year long war in Afghanistan. HRH Queen Elizabeth attended the ceremony today at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, alongside Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry who served in the Afghan war, to name a few. PM David Cameron gave a reading from the New Testament during the service. Bereaved family members attended the ceremony as part of the tribute, alongside wounded soldiers. A parade by veterans and a fly past was also part…

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LCR pushes next year’s Exec through its paces with a series of challenges. This is a clip of one of the tasks with the full show available here. [button link=”http://media.lsu.co.uk/?cat=24″ color=”default”]More LCR Content[/button]

Rachael Milsom considers university friendships… Now that graduation day is swiftly approaching I often find myself thinking back to when I began my three years at Loughborough University. A time when my housemates were strangers and the place I call home was just another regular house in the student triangle. Every single adult I spoke to about university would pass on the same piece of wisdom – ‘The friends you make at university will be your friends for life’. Only now do I realise they were 100%, absolutely, completely and utterly right. And here’s why… 1: They have seen you…

Top 10 Drunken Men The Aggressive One- this guy will start a fight over almost anything, whether it’s to parade around his muscles or show off to a girl (we’re not impressed) – so it’s best to steer clear of him once he’s had a few beers. The Alcoholic-To-Be- you’ll often find this fellow sitting quietly in a corner, absolutely content with his good friend, whiskey. He can usually hold a lot of liquor and isn’t shy to day drink, but this guy is one of the BEST people to have a deep and meaningful conversation with at three in…