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Creating a Home, far from Home Through parties, cultural celebrations and important sociopolitical discussions, the Latin American community on campus has come together and built strong, unbreakable bonds. The University of Essex has a diverse community of students coming from a variety of backgrounds. One of these, although often overlooked, is the Latin American community; …
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A Cyber-Slow-Down short story, by Rio Wulfmare Jacked from any sleep or rest, bleary and wet eyed, the engineer scampered down the tunnel until he fell into the frigid, pale light of a hollow dome. Wide eyes glimpsed a dark thing, a kind of fractured column, standing at the dome’s middle on a plinth. All …
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By Samvit Sibal The Event Model United Nations Essex, the Politics Society, and the History Society hosted a collaborative event on Thursday. The event took place as a Model United Nations (MUN) style debate, with members of all three societies choosing to represent a specific country and debate international issues as if they were all …
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By Samvit Sibal What is the SU Leadership Election? The SU Leadership Election takes place annually to decide who will run the Students’ Union for the upcoming academic year. All students are able to vote to elect the Student Leaders, who together are in charge of running the Students’ Union. These are SU President, VP …
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By Maria Szin and Alissa Naydenova For this year’s Rebellion, REBEL chose to support its first local charity. In the heart of Colchester, Beacon House offers more than just a shelter to those in need. The Christian organisation combats homelessness by looking beyond the immediate needs of its visitors, transforming lives via a different approach. …
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By Alissa Naydenova “Dear Diary, today at school I got an A in English, and Stacy sat with me at lunch. It was awesome!“ If you kept a diary in middle school, it probably sounded something like this, scribbled in big childish letters on a glittery pink Hello Kitty notepad, not to be stereotypical or …
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By Maria Szin In the kaleidoscope of Interwar Bucharest, one woman broke free from the shackles of societal expectations, pedalling her way into history and becoming a symbol of resistance and change. Mita Biciclista (Mita the ‘Cyclist), born Maria Mihăescu in 1885, defied conventions and etched her name into the fabric of a society dominated …
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By Samvit Sibal Just over a year ago, Florida governor Ron DeSantis seemed to be in pole position to secure the Republican presidential nomination – or at least prove a real threat to Donald Trump – but one year on he’s dropped out of the race, leaving just Trump and former South Carolina governor and …
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By Alissa Naydenova This one is for all the readers. Whether you’re in a book slump or simply looking for your first read of the year, you have probably gotten a glimpse of a golden cover in Waterstones or heard someone talk about “the next Harry Potter” on BookTok, perhaps you’ve even seen it as …
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By Chloe Finn – From Bookish Society Every month, the Bookish Society chooses a theme for their book of the month, and our December theme was wintry books. This could be books set in winter, a book themed around Christmas or just a cosy book to curl up and read with the cold weather outside. …
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Creating a Home, far from Home Through parties, cultural celebrations and important sociopolitical discussions, the Latin American community on campus has come together and built strong, unbreakable bonds. The University of Essex has a diverse community of students coming from a variety of backgrounds. One of these, although often overlooked, is the Latin American community; …
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A Cyber-Slow-Down short story, by Rio Wulfmare Jacked from any sleep or rest, bleary and wet eyed, the engineer scampered down the tunnel until he fell into the frigid, pale light of a hollow dome. Wide eyes glimpsed a dark thing, a kind of fractured column, standing at the dome’s middle on a plinth. All …
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By Samvit Sibal The Event Model United Nations Essex, the Politics Society, and the History Society hosted a collaborative event on Thursday. The event took place as a Model United Nations (MUN) style debate, with members of all three societies choosing to represent a specific country and debate international issues as if they were all …
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By Samvit Sibal What is the SU Leadership Election? The SU Leadership Election takes place annually to decide who will run the Students’ Union for the upcoming academic year. All students are able to vote to elect the Student Leaders, who together are in charge of running the Students’ Union. These are SU President, VP …
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By Maria Szin and Alissa Naydenova For this year’s Rebellion, REBEL chose to support its first local charity. In the heart of Colchester, Beacon House offers more than just a shelter to those in need. The Christian organisation combats homelessness by looking beyond the immediate needs of its visitors, transforming lives via a different approach. …
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By Alissa Naydenova “Dear Diary, today at school I got an A in English, and Stacy sat with me at lunch. It was awesome!“ If you kept a diary in middle school, it probably sounded something like this, scribbled in big childish letters on a glittery pink Hello Kitty notepad, not to be stereotypical or …
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By Maria Szin In the kaleidoscope of Interwar Bucharest, one woman broke free from the shackles of societal expectations, pedalling her way into history and becoming a symbol of resistance and change. Mita Biciclista (Mita the ‘Cyclist), born Maria Mihăescu in 1885, defied conventions and etched her name into the fabric of a society dominated …
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By Samvit Sibal Just over a year ago, Florida governor Ron DeSantis seemed to be in pole position to secure the Republican presidential nomination – or at least prove a real threat to Donald Trump – but one year on he’s dropped out of the race, leaving just Trump and former South Carolina governor and …
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By Alissa Naydenova This one is for all the readers. Whether you’re in a book slump or simply looking for your first read of the year, you have probably gotten a glimpse of a golden cover in Waterstones or heard someone talk about “the next Harry Potter” on BookTok, perhaps you’ve even seen it as …
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By Chloe Finn – From Bookish Society Every month, the Bookish Society chooses a theme for their book of the month, and our December theme was wintry books. This could be books set in winter, a book themed around Christmas or just a cosy book to curl up and read with the cold weather outside. …
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