Playing the game
The struggle for top place among games consoles is ever more present. The question remains, who to pick?
The PS3
The PS3 will launch across Europe on 23rd March 2007 at a price of 599 euros (or £425). The only version available at launch will be the hugely expensive 60GB version. If you’re a poor little student with next to no money (like me) spending that much money on one thing is close to financial suicide.
‘Intelligent’ design
Did Adam and Eve live with the dinosaurs? Is it a worthy enough subject to teach over evolution in the science classroom?
We in the UK occasionally laugh at the expense of Americans when we read stories about some backwater school board attempting to insert Biblical creationism into biology classrooms over the scientifically validated theory of Darwinian Evolution.
However, it’s actually difficult for them to do so due to the United States’ constitutional separation of church and state. Such a separation does not exist in Britain. Lucky it is then that we do not have the same sort of politically active fundamentalists trying to replace science with ancient Hebrew myths. Or do we?
Fighting for innocence
Many people assume that when the police investigate a crime, the truth will come out and the guilty will be convicted, but this isn’t always the case...
Innocence Network UK
Innocence Network UK (INUK) brings together academics, victim support groups and campaigning organisations, criminal appeal lawyers, forensic scientists and investigative journalists. They work together to raise awareness about the plight of innocent prisoners and the issue of wrongful convictions as a cause for concern, to research why these wrongful convictions have occurred, and to encourage legal reform that will stop this happening.
Playing it safe
Education and Welfare Officer Kate Monaghan on why you should rubber up after Rubber Duck this Valentine’s Day
You’re in the mood. The lighting is low. You are both in the buff, but there’s one more step before you can get down to some horizontal jogging. That’s right, you need protection.
We all know that condoms are a necessity. But however crucial they may be, they’re not the most fashionable items, are they? Condoms can be a pain in the arse quite frankly. They can spoil the mood, take away sensations, and generally piss us off. And therein lies the condom conundrum: There aren’t many who can’t get enough of that rubbery stuff, but for most of us, they are essential.
Question Time
Applications are intended to help the employers or recruiters find the best person they need. Yet, there are always a few tricky questions that can be less straightforward.
The following examples are of what you can sometimes expect, which may need a thorough examination.
Sexpress yourself
If you thought that medics spent all their time in lectures and The Philharmonic, think again...
Sexpression is the student led sexual health and relationship education programme active in Medical Schools throughout the UK.
The programme started in Edinburgh in 1997, supported by sex education experts at the National Children’s Bureau. It has developed into a network of programmes throughout the UK with the common goal of training medical and healthcare students to educate teenagers in schools about sexual health issues.
Water water everywhere
When several Cardiff AIESEC members first heard about ONE Water they were eager to get involved. Now, with their own distribution company they are supplying it across South Wales.
Did you know that 1 billion people in the world don’t have access to clean water? Or that 2 million people die each year as a result of water related diseases? Perhaps the more relevant question to ask is, now that you know, do you care?
Six months ago I was pretty blasé about the worldwide water situation. Sure it was terrible that all these people were dying, but what the hell was I meant to do about it?
Kenyan Orphan Project saves lives
KOP Cardiff has not even been running for two months, but since its first event this January it has already raised £850
KOP was launched by a chance meeting at the back of a lecture theatre in Nottingham, and has since blossomed into a fully-fledged national organisation. It is led by a group of medical students dedicated to helping orphans of the Nyanza Province in Kenya.
Largely underestimated figures show that 1 in 3 people in Nyanza are HIV positive – the highest rate in Kenya. Plus there is the inevitable knock on effect, resulting in 1 in 2 children becoming orphans.
Netball Girls raise £2000 for Cancer Research UK
Last October the netball team got their kit off and posed for a rather risqué calendar - all for a good cause, naturally...
As a sports club it is all too easy to fall in the weekly routine of training-matches-Rubber Duck. This year the netball girls decided to do something a little bit different.
Quite a few of the girls have family who have been affected by breast cancer, and as Club Captain, Carys Jenkins puts itr: “Diseases such as breast and testicular cancer are often diagnosed late due to the taboo, embarrassment and self-consciousness that surround these subjects”. We decided that all funds raised would go towards Cancer Research UK.
Your Application Needs You
Graduate employers look for the best: Jobs & Money Editor Gillian Roberts looks at how to make an excellent impression with your application form
The time of year has arrived when post-graduate forms are being filled out, job applications are being considered and summer plans are beginning to occupy our minds.
Yet, whether students are applying for summer jobs, further study, graduate employment or gap year vacations a well-written and presented application form is essential.
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