Month: April 2013
Win a fantastic gig on campus!
So you’ve just finished an exam, you’re tired, worried about how it went and in desperate need of some relaxation. Well, CSR might have just the remedy for those post-exam blues, listen up! CSR fm has teamed up with Spotify and José Cuervo tequila in a competition to find the best university radio playlist in the UK. Students from all over the country can vote for their favourite playlist, and the winning station gets a gig with DJ sets from Alexis Taylor from Hot Chip and Orlando Weeks from the Maccabees, staged at the victorious Uni on the 16th…
Winchester: Walk the Less Beaten but Beautiful Cultural Path
Known for its quaint yet startling architecture and sleepy atmosphere, Winchester is a small city in Hampshire packed with fascinating attractions, embedded deep in a rich historical heritage that might slip the eye of the regular day visitor. A number of these features are a must-see for those seeking to get a full taste of Winchester’s implacable and enchanting personality. 1) Winchester Cathedral The public have been visiting Winchester Cathedral for thousands of years, whether to seek solace within its walls or to draw inspiration from its startling design. Acting as the final resting place for the West Saxon…
Is modesty really all that great?
Each year at UKC, Kent Union host an awards ceremony to celebrate the hard work which students and staff put in. This year, UKC Student Media has teamed up to create our own separate awards ceremony, dedicated solely to the people who make Student Media what it is, whether it be us InQuire writers, the guys behind the KTV cameras, or the people getting us ready every morning with the CSR breakfast shows. This should be an exciting opportunity to get yourself noticed, but I found, as I’m sure many others did, that I didn’t feel confident enough to…
Album Review: Night Visions by Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons’ debut album, Night Visions, has taken its time to come out in the UK. If given the opportunity, allocate some time to listen to a couple of tracks on Spotify or YouTube (I’d recommend Radioactive or It’s Time) and hopefully you’ll understand why I’ve annoyed my friends by endlessly going on about this cool band who only had a single EP out in the UK. Unfortunately they come under the genre ‘indie rock’, which could quite possibly mean anything. If you’re a fan of bands like Of Monsters And Men, the Neon Trees or even the Killers…
Depressed or ‘ just a bit unhappy’?
Mental illnesses are so common that it is hard to believe that people still have very backward views concerning them. According to the Mental Health Foundation, “One in four families worldwide is likely to have at least one member with a behavioural or mental disorder”. Therefore, why are they taboo subjects? A somewhat terrifying statistic suggested that between “8% and 12% of the British population will experience depression in any year” clearly urging us to find ways to aid struggling individuals and make this message known. Nowadays, we live busy, stressful and time consuming lives that affect us in more…