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Following its success over Freshers, and the packed pubs across town last Friday night, Loughborough Students’ Union has today announced the return of the Social Distanced Social Club. Many students have noticed the erection of a tent in the LSU carpark over the week, with one member of the public telling Label “I almost parked in it!” This lead to many wondering what was going on, well no longer, today on social media, LSU announced the return of the successful Socially Distanced Social Club. The Socially Distanced Social Club is returning with a brand new look for a brand new location 🤩 It’s almost time…
A PhD student has been given a 16 month suspended sentence after attacking a fellow student with a rolling pin the Leicester Mercury reports. Zhaolun Li, a Loughborough PhD student, struck a female student 10 times with a rolling pin during a late night attack in July this year. The victim suffered injuries to her head and hands after Li became annoyed by someone playing loud music after midnight and wrongly believed that the victim, who was cleaning the bathroom, was responsible. Appearing at Leicester Crown Court yesterday for sentencing, charged with assault causing actual bodily harm, the court heard…
Label volunteer writer Ben Palmer outlines the new era of heavyweight boxing and the main title contenders for the future. The heavyweight boxing scene hasn’t been this explosive for decades. The Klitschko dynasty has been well and truly toppled and this new crop of heavyweights has already provided showreel after showreel of skills and thrills. In this article, I will discuss the prize fighters who could and should meet in the next few years as the popularity of boxing seems to be returning to the years of Tyson, Holyfield and Bruno. The Champions Anthony Joshua Anthony Joshua (AJ) was a…
Label volunteer writer Leah Langley enlightens us on the scrutiny that the world’s athletes are put under and their increasingly pressurised status as role models in society. The world’s athletes are constantly in the public eye and under the scrutiny of the global population. Many athletes find themselves making the headlines for a variety of reasons whether these are positive or negative. It is no secret that the athletes of today are looked up to by people of all ages and their behaviour has an effect that is felt worldwide. Perspective Role Models There are a handful of athletes who…
Weekly Coronavirus cases have increased at a slower rate this week in Loughborough, with 284 more individuals testing positive in Loughborough – up 16 from the week before. Of the positive cases confirmed last week across Loughborough, 128 were located in the Loughborough University area which covers campus accommodation, William Morris Hall and the Old Ashby Road area. This is up 17 cases compared to the previous week, and means the Loughborough University area has the 11th highest number of cases in England, leading the Council’s Director of Public Health to warn the district ‘could move into Tier 2’. The University has separately reported…
In this piece, News Editor Izzie Naish argues for the diversification of the current English Literature curriculum. It’s a shame that in school we’re only really taught literature written by white men. As an English Literature student, I’ve studied the subject throughout my entire education, yet it was only once I got to university that I ever studied authors from a diverse range of backgrounds. At school, the emphasis was always on authors such as Shakespeare, Keats, or Byron. All brilliant authors, but all white men. Occasionally we read a book written by a woman: one of the Brontë sisters,…
Volunteer writer, Livia Watts, details the cataclysmic effects Covid-19 has had on the country of Yemen. 2020 has not been short of problems. There is doubt as to whether anyone would have predicted that a global pandemic would dominate the agenda at the turn of the decade. COVID-19 has hailed a fundamental change in the way many carry out their everyday lives. Things we once would have taken for granted; we now crave. Whether that be celebrating a birthday with friends, visiting grandparents, going on a holiday or even something as simple as going to the supermarket. While it is…
Volunteer writer, Katrina Maria Sweeney, explores the Kardashians influence on the modern world The Kardashian-Jenner family has become a large part of not only American culture but worldwide popular culture. Casting their influence over reality TV, the internet, fashion, and even created a few memes along the way. With the family’s soon-to-be 20th season series coming to an end, we will reflect upon how the family has influenced our everyday society and if these effects are for the better or worse. The show began with Kris Jenner and her then-husband Bruce Jenner, (now transitioned to Caitlyn Jenner), raising their daughters…
News Editor, Izzie Naish, tells us about the books she fell in love from lockdown If you’re like me, in the days before the coronavirus I always seemed too busy to read, so getting the time to be able to sit down and get lost in a book was one of the only welcome changes that lockdown brought. The first book that I picked off my shelf was André Aciman’s Call Me by Your Name. The novel focuses on the evolving relationship between it’s narrator Elio and the enigmatic American scholar Oliver. I found that Aciman’s words captured the vivid…
In this new ‘Connect-19’ interview series, we hope to shed light on inspirational and uplifting stories and people, amid these continually challenging times. Starting the series off strong, volunteer Label writer Lydia Potrykus sits down with friend and business-owner Hollie Grant who has shown strength, passion, and dedication over the last eight months. In an attempt to shine some light on what is, undoubtedly, a dark time, I spoke to dancer and model, Hollie Grant (20) about her experiences running a small business during the Covid-19 lockdown. “I created ‘Heels With Hollss’ in early 2020”, Hollie tells me, in the…