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21st Oct 2016
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This is not a token issue

This is not a token issue

It makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside seeing – or rather, being unable to see – the paper around campus on a Monday. It might be that someone is making a life-size papier-mâché replica of Queen’s Tower, or that someone requires A LOT of kindling. But I want to believe

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Bob Dylan first musician to win Nobel Prize

Bob Dylan first musician to win Nobel Prize

Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature last week, the first musician to win. Adam Gellatly writes why Dylan deserves to win, and the impact that the songwriter has had on him.

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The Harambe effect: meme over (serious) matter

The Harambe effect: meme over (serious) matter

Jonah Beaudin discusses the internet’s propensity for turning tragedies into jokes

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My name shouldn’t have to be ‘convenient’ for you

My name shouldn’t have to be ‘convenient’ for you

The importance of names as a part of one’s identity

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Professor Hawking visits Imperial

Professor Hawking visits Imperial

Talks about Hawking Radiation. Pfft, show off

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Are you a Tinder racist?

Are you a Tinder racist?

From the blatant rejection of some races to the fetishisation of others, OkCupid shows us that you probably are.

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I’m black and I don’t rap

I’m black and I don’t rap

Chimdi Igwe discusses the use of the infamous n-word in rap and how the expansion of the genre beyond the Black community doesn't give you a free pass to use it.

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Stop silencing those who speak out about sexual assault

Stop silencing those who speak out about sexual assault

Anonymous explains why we need to treat sexual assault survivors with empathy, not suspicion

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Lagos to London | My transition

Lagos to London | My transition

Daniel Ogbonna shares the many highs and lows of adjusting to London culture

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Alice Gast’s autumn letter

Alice Gast’s autumn letter

felix reads it so you don’t have to (you’re welcome)

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Union screws up autumn elections

Union screws up autumn elections

Days without election mistake: 0

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