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It has been announced that from the end of this year the AU Clubs Officer will no longer be an elected position within the LSU Executive Team and instead will become a 2 year graduate position. Currently the elected student representatives for sport are the AU Clubs Officer (Rachel Caverhill) & Sport Executive Officer (James Greer). Their role is to run and promote sporting activities within LSU and to provide support and guidance to each of its 60 clubs and their 5,000 members. In a statement to AU club members, the Sport EO explained that following consultations with the AU Exec &…

Loughborough swimmer Luke Greenbank has broken the British record for 200m backstroke at the British Swimming Invitation Meet in Manchester. Greenbank, who had previously set a new personal best of 1:55:59 in the heats, finished the race in 1:55:34, breaking the British record previously set by James Goddard at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games by 0.24 seconds. The Tokyo-bound swimmer finished a massive 5.30 seconds ahead of his nearest rival, Loughborough’s Elliott Clogg, who finished with a time of 2:00:64. Another solid weekend in Manchester, over the moon to come away with a British record in the 200 back 🇬🇧Huge…

LSU CASH’s Workshop Coordinator and volunteer writer, Megan McKone, gives us the low-down on pubic hair. First off, I just want to expel some major myths about pubic hair. Advertising has conditioned people, women in particular, that to be attractive body hair should be kept to a minimum. I want to be clear that your body is yours and you absolutely are not required to groom yourself in any particular way that is not to your preference. You are the person that must deal with any itching or infections, you are the person that sees yourself naked most often and…

Last Saturday Wasps Ladies paid a visit to campus to play Loughborough Lightning in Round 15 of the Allianz Premier 15s. We sent Rosa and Sam down to chat to some of the Lightning team to find out how the game went! Presenter: Rosa Serret & Sam Peters Editor: Ben Cooke Executive Producer: Ben Cooke LSUTV is the award-winning Student Television Station for Loughborough University, and part of LSU Media. Get involved and join our team of volunteers today! Follow us on Twitter, @lsutvonline.

Label volunteer, Harjan Sahota reminisces Dave’s debut album, ‘Psychodrama’, accompanying his thoughts and feelings on the album and some of the songs found within it. Music speaks to us in a rather compelling way. Music artists can convey their personal life in their songs and take their listeners on a journey. This is exactly what Streatham-born 21-year-old UK rapper, David Orabosa Omoregie, aka Dave, portrays through his music. March 2021 marks the two-year anniversary of ‘Psychodrama’, the debut album from Dave. ‘Psychodrama’ is a concept album illustrating Dave’s exceptional storytelling. A body of work that is not full of head-bopping…

A group of alumni, the ‘Falk Egg Old Boys & Girls’, have raised over £10,000 as part of a University-wide challenge. The £10k Challenge, organised by the Loughborough University Alumni Association, encouraged alumni to raise £10,000 for University mental health support services between the 10th and 19th March. Falk-Egg alone raised over £10,000. Participants could complete any form of challenge they wanted, whether that be running, cycling, walking, picking litter and even “drinking pints of custard” all in the name of “supporting Loughborough University”. More than 160 participants signed up, each of which were dubbed “amazing people doing amazing stuff”…

As it approaches the anniversary of Grace Dieu, News Editor Izzie Naish interviewed Loughborough alumni David Wardrop to find out more about the most important yet tragic event in Faraday’s history.  It goes without saying that each hall in Loughborough has their own traditions and unique hall spirit. Faraday is no exception, however their most important event of the year, Grace Dieu, is one tinged with tragedy. In 1962, eight Faraday students set out for the Bull’s Head pub in Thringstone on the Ashby Road. They left in two cars, however only four arrived. The other four tragically lost their…

Label volunteer, Harjan Sahota, summarises The Weeknd’s 2021 Super Bowl LV Halftime Show performance, alongside some background on the artist’s rise in the music scene.  The Weeknd faced the spotlight during his February 2021 Super Bowl performance. Ah yes, the show that led to the circulation of viral memes across social media… The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, the popstar-BOY (pardon the pun), has evolved from an enigmatic man who would never show his face to now an omnipresent one. Abel transformed himself into a pop star. He experimented with different sounds and genres such as pop and dance, collaborating with…

Label volunteer, Rebecca Pearson, shares her favourite Shakespearean plays and adaptations as this past week was Shakespeare week. Since Shakespeare wrote 37 plays, and collaborated on even more, it is likely that there will be something for everyone. Between comedies, histories and tragedies, as well as themes of love, death and folly, to name but a few, Shakespeare’s legacy has well and truly surpassed his time, and still continues to intrigue and excite popular imagination today. Whilst whittling down Shakespeare’s plays to distinguish some favourites is no easy task, it is his comedy, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, which has never ceased…

After many school and university students returned to school earlier this month, Returning volunteer Label writer Ada Ughanwa discusses whether she thinks the government were right to reopen learning institutions so early.  – On Monday 8th March, both university students deemed essential and needed in-person teaching and pupils in school were able to return to their formal educational establishments. This time around the government has been very selective in choosing who can attend university in person whereas before, all university students could attend. The main difference from September is the fact that students have to engage in weekly testing to…