Doniau Disglair yn Difyrru
Doniau Disglair Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Urdd Gobaith Cymru Sir Conwy 2008
Mae’n debyg mai’r un llyfr a chanddo’r gwerthiant gorau yng Nghymru’n flynyddol yw Cyfansoddiadau a Beirniadaethau’r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol. Mae’r holl ddyfalu blynyddol a’r statws dyrchafedig a roddir i enillwyr y prif wobrau’n golygu bod yna fynd go fawr ar y gyfrol hon, wrth i’r darllenydd awchu am gael profi o’r arlwy sydd, yn aml, wedi’i ganmol i’r cymylau gan y beirniaid, neu’n fwy awyddus, efallai, i nodi gwendidau’r darn a oedd o fewn trwch blewyn i gael ail.
Ond bellach, daeth diwedd Mai hefyd yn gyfnod o flysio am gynnyrch arobryn ieuenctid y wlad. Mae’r safon yn cynyddu’n flynyddol, a’r rhagolygon am gyfansoddiadau Eisteddfodau Cenedlaethol y dyfodol yn argoeli’n dda iawn. Eleni yr un modd, chaiff y darllenydd mo’i siomi wrth bori drwy weithiau llenyddol buddugol Eisteddfod yr Urdd.
Love Wales, keep it tidy
As the June 23 approaches you will be unable to avoid the slogan of ‘Keep Wales Tidy’. Even in the first week of the new month ‘please show your love for Wales’ has infiltrated the multi media outlets of Cardiff. With television adverts, Internet sites and posted pamphlets, it is evident that a nationwide campaign has been launched by the organisation.
And its aim? Well, it is all in the title. For a week in June, beginning the 23rd and ending the 29th, Keep Wales Tidy are to put the dominant concerns of the population (Wales’ aesthetic appearance needs a spring clean) to the test. They are doing this through inviting the whole Welsh nation to help ‘tidy’ (see what I did there!) the littered and vandalised black spots in towns, villages and the countryside.
Perils of Poker
As the student population is four times more likely to develop gambling problems than other groups, Ceri Isfryn explains the dangers when a winning streak becomes a spiral of addiction
By some force of miracle, for the second year in a row I chose the winning horse on the Grand National this year. Of course, being an English student who appreciates a good rhyme, I only chose Comply or Die because of his name. But where is the line for us students between a harmless flutter on the horsies and a serious gambling problem?
In the past year, 68% of the population have participated in some form of gambling: that equates to 32 million adults. The vast majority of these just like the odd splurge at the casino or a boredom-busting game of poker on the internet, but the problems that can stem from gambling seem to be largely overlooked, especially in the student society.
Cardiff for FREE
The exams are over but the same can be said for your overdraft limit. Jobs and Money looks for ways to fill your revision-free days in the Welsh capital for next to nothing
It’s a common realisation for students that despite spending one, two or three years in Cardiff, they have rarely explored their host city beyond the bright lights of the union or St Mary’s Street.
And with money more an issue than ever at this end of the year, you might be surprised to know how much stuff there is to do for absolutely free.
Highlight of the year or a right Summer Balls-up?
How does Cardiff measure up this year in the university tradition of the Summer Ball? Do students know what they’re getting, and are they getting what they want? Huw Davies investigates
So: your exams are over, your coursework’s over and for some, university itself may be over for good. All that beckons is a few weeks of celebrating before the big bad world of work begins, or an endless summer toiling behind the counter at W. H. Smith’s. So what is there to look forward to before then? Ah yes. The Summer Ball.
But what is the Summer Ball? I’ve heard it described as everything from an evening of class and splendour spent with a loved one and/or very close friends to “a piss-up with a bunch of mates”. It’s a difficult opposition to synthesise, and it creates further contradictions: romantic intimacy vs. drunk people; dinner and dancing vs. fast food and festival music; ball gowns vs. a field. You can’t please everyone. Should the organisers even try?
Blwyddyn Gampus i’r GymGym
Gyda blwyddyn arall yn tynnu at ei therfyn i fyfyrwyr Cymraeg Caerdydd beth am daro golwg yn ôl ar ddigwyddiadau’r GymGym dros y flwyddyn a fu
Mae’n debyg i rai gael trafferth cofio’r crôl teulu y diwrnod ar ôl iddo ddigwydd heb sôn am fisoedd ar fisoedd yn ddiweddarach! Ond hwnnw oedd digwyddiad cyntaf eleni fel pob blwyddyn arall a pha ffordd well i fyfyrwyr y flwyddyn gyntaf ddod i adnabod gweddill y criw Cymraeg.
Doedd dim rhaid aros gormod wedyn tan y trip blynyddol i Aberystwyth ar gyfer y ddawns ryng-golegol. Dyma ymweliad digon difyr, ond eto digon tebyg i’r flwyddyn diwethaf. Tybed a ddylai’r ddawns ryng-golegol fel yr eisteddfod symud o un lleoliad i’r llall o flwyddyn i flwyddyn? Yn sicr, tydw i ddim yn gwneud yn fy nhrowsus wrth edrych ymlaen am gael mynd i Aber eto flwyddyn nesaf!
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