For and against

Gap Year travel advantages

Gap Years: the case for

Perah? Perah darling? Yah, I chundered everywhar. If you don’t understand the above then you have not been introduced to

Gap year travelling disadvantages - tiger

Gap Years: the case against

The Gap Year – or the Gap Yah, as it has now been immortalised in popular culture thanks to a

Take Me Out TV dating show Paddy Mcguinness

Take Me Out: the case for

This week’s Reality theme got us thinking about ‘reality’ TV dating shows – Jo Gilbert defends the student TV staple

Marriage

Marriage: the case for

Every little girl dreams of their big day, when they will finally get to enact their Disney Princess fantasies, and

Marriage contract

Marriage: the case against

It would seem that at the ripe old age of 22, I am a messy combination of two relational extremes.

feminism

Feminism: the case for

A few days after International Women’s Day, we ask the question: is feminism really necessary in England today? Lara Bugle

Anti-suffragette

Feminism: the case against

A few days after International Women’s Day, we ask the question: is feminism really necessary in England today? Izzi Wheeler

24 hour libraries for

24-hour libraries: the case for

Putting forward the case for 24-hour libraries this week, Brittney Coker argues: don’t kick me out, I’m on a roll.

24-hour libraries against

24-hour libraries: the case against

With the Exec elections looming at the University of Leeds, libraries that stay open for twenty-four hours a day are

Lent giving up chocolate cheese

Abstaining for Lent: the case for

Lent is upon us, but will you be giving something up this year? Katie Machin shares with us the merits

Giving up Lent

Abstaining for Lent: the case against

As Lent begins, we debate whether or not it’s a good idea to give up the things we love. Brittney

Video games

Video games: the case for

When this summer I needed a time-sinking distraction from a relationship-related meltdown and my dissertation (ahem),  I knew exactly where

Video games broken controller

Video games: the case against

Video games. Whether we play them or not, we are all familiar with them. Your boyfriend (or girlfriend) may be

Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day: the case for

To borrow and then invert a phrase of Bridget Jones’s, I am a ‘Smug Single’. I find the state of

Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day: the case against

Now, first and foremost, before you jump to a very stereotypical conclusion, I am not a bitter singleton; my inner