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Volunteer writer, Alannah Joy, reports on the University’s Creative Community Day, telling of its overall success and the fun that was to be had. On Saturday October 27th, the university opened its doors to the general public all in aid of inspiring creativity and providing artistic opportunities for the local community. Upon entering Martin Hall, it was immediately evident the event was a complete success. All the activity tables were filled with happy children and brimming parents, testing out what was on offer. With activities such as slime making, book folding and Green screen fun it was no surprise…
Label Volunteer, Isaac Cave, brings you a review on recent release, Leave No Trace, shown at the Flix Student Cinema. A few weeks ago, the Flix Student Cinema screened the movie, Leave No Trace (directed by Debra Granik), a beautiful story which focuses on finding solace in the peace of nature and warmth of community. The film (spoiler free) follows Will, a deeply disturbed ex-soldier and his 13-year-old daughter Tom as they live their lives off the grid in the National Park of Portland, Oregon. When a slipup leads the authorities to discovering them, the two embark on a…
As part of our new Exec Focus, Features Editor, Leah Langley, sent some questions to the Action EO, Joel Brocklehurst, about his role at the SU. – What does your role entail? As ‘Action Executive Officer’, my job is to oversee the volunteering opportunities for Loughborough University, College students and staff alike. Action offers over 40 projects across 7 different ‘sections’. The ‘Action Sport section’ offers the opportunity for groups of children and adults to experience the positive impact of engaging in sports. Our ‘International Section’ encourages our international students to get involved, whilst celebrating their cultures and sharing different…
Halloween is all about being scared! But there’s nothing scary about being interviewed on Totty TV [videojs mp4=”https://webvids.lsu.co.uk/2018-19/LSUTV/TottyTV/TTVS5E7_web.mp4″ poster=”http://media.lsu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PIC.jpg”]
Alex is back at it again with the cooking! This time he cooked some Pork Chops (Vegetarian options are available) [videojs mp4=”https://webvids.lsu.co.uk/2018-19/LSUTV/CLASS/CLASS_Ep3_web.mp4″ poster=”http://media.lsu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/background-music-for-cooking-free-no-copyright-youtubemp3free.org-1.00_00_10_15.Still001.jpg”]
As a concluding article for our celebrations of Black History Month, Head of the Ethnic Minorities Network (EMN for short), Aarushi Mittal, brings us a piece on why Black History Month matters and how the EMN celebrated it here in Loughborough this October. To some people, there may be a level of controversy around what Black History Month means or represents, but for me, it is a celebration of what black people have overcome and are able to achieve across the world. To me, it doesn’t involve pointing fingers; it is a way of remembering how this community fought…
Voluntary writer, Chloe Oliver, brings a review of the London Design Biennale Exhibition on ‘Emotional States’ for Label’s Culture section. This year’s London Design Biennale, hosted by Somerset House, saw the amalgamation of artists and designers from all over the globe to explore the theme of ‘Emotional States’. Each room contained an immersive, interactive installation from a different country. A range of cultural and political issues were explored; demonstrating that, despite borders and language barriers, human emotions are universal. Australian designer, Flynn Talbot, created ‘Full Spectrum’ – 150 colourful fibre optic light strands, representing the openness and love in…
As part of Label’s new monthly feature, volunteer Isabelle Lily brings you the first Once Upon a Time short story. Once upon a time there was a frightened young girl, and this is the moment that her life changed forever: The girl was sat there on a jacket, her arms wrapped around her legs that shook in the wet wind. Her swollen lip quivered and her damp eyes stared at her bruised wrist. I would have missed her, if not for the way she flinched when I kicked an empty beer can. She was curled up just out of…
[videojs mp4=”https://webvids.lsu.co.uk/2018-19/LSUTV/TottyTV/TTVS5E6_web.mp4″ poster=”http://media.lsu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Totty-TV-Animated-Logo-with-alpha.00_00_39_17.Still002.jpg”] The Totty TV masked Wrestler was down taking you on at FND to see if you could beat him in a thumb war!
Sports Editor, Charles Metcalfe, sat down with Pete Franklin, the new 2nd team assistant coach for Loughborough Men’s Football, to find out some more about the 2nd year Sports and Exercise Psychology student. Where did you grow up, and how did that lead into football coaching at Loughborough Uni? “I’m from Belfast as you can probably tell from my accent. I played National League football until I was about 16. I then started coaching and realised that I wasn’t going to have a route into the professional game as a player, coaching was the next best thing to go into.” “Coming…