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VARSITY DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Varsity season is well and truly underway with many of you buying tickets for last night’s football, and the rugby on the 20th of March. Whilst this is great, here’s The Ripple’s way of showing that...
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LAYING DOWN THE LAW: ELECTIONS ROCKED BY MYSTERY ‘RON’ CAMPAIGNER
Controversy has gripped the Law society elections as an unknown individual has initiated a campaign for RON (Re-Open Nominations). The RON option is a feature of every Union election, and is usually...
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BITTERSWEET: FREE ETHICAL CHOCOLATE WITH DISCUSSION ON CHOCOLATE AND HUMAN...
The UN society are to host a presentation and discussion tonight on ‘Chocolate and the Impact of Human Trafficking’, as part of their continued ‘Human Trafficking Awareness Week’, which ends tomorrow....
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LUSH RADIO IN EPIC 69 HOUR BROADCAST FOR COMIC RELIEF
LUSH Radio, the University of Leicester’s student radio station, is 2 hours into its annual non-stop broadcast for charity. Last year the station exceeded its £200 target for the broadcast, after...
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University of Leicester Men 1-2 De Montfort University Men
Two goals of real quality from striker N’do Chilaka were enough to send De Montfort University home with the trophy and bragging rights in this year’s Varsity football on a freezing cold night at the...
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AMSTERDAAAAAAAM! RAG JAILBREAK TEAMS HAVE JUST 7 HOURS TO MAKE IT BACK FROM...
The RAG societies annual Jailbreak, in which teams have just 56 hours to get as far away from Leicester as possible and back again, has seen teams this year reach as far afield as Amsterdam in Holland,...
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Women’s Rugby Retains Perfection
University of Leicester Women’s Rugby Union asserted their dominance from the moment the ball was kicked off in yesterday’s game. DMU were left shell-shocked, with their fans wondering if their team...
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Men’s Rugby Union Dominate in Varsity Win
With last year’s defeat to DMU still fresh in the memory, Leicester Men’s Varsity XV took to the field with a point to prove. The crowd were given plenty to cheer about as the team showed their intent...
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PETER HITCHENS VISITS CAMPUS
The well-known conservative journalist Peter Hitchens visited campus last Thursday for a debate hosted by the University’s Politics and Conservative Future societies. Hitchens was joined by Rupert...
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LUST DISCOVER LOST 1980s IMPORT TV SHOW IN UNION ARCHIVE
LUST, the student run television station at Leicester, have unearthed an old TV show ‘Lüst en Translaçionne’ in the little known Union vault under the Square. The discovery of the ancient cassette...
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‘F***ING PLEBS THE LOT OF THEM!’ PRESIDENT RECEIVES INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE
A note, believed to be about students at the University of Leicester, was sent to President elect Dan Flatt last week. The note, which so far has remained unclaimed, was sent ahead of the National...
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GENDER SEGREGATION BY UOL ISLAMIC SOCIETY
Search for ‘University of Leicester’ on The Guardian’s website and the most recent news story, posted 15 April, is a report that an inquiry has been launched after the University of Leicester Islamic...
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QUESTIBALL: EPIC RUSH FOR EARLY BIRD TICKETS LEADS TO SELL OUT IN JUST 2 HOURS
Early bird tickets to the FestiBall sold out in just 2 hours, Ripple sources have revealed. The event, set to be the hottest in the Leicester social calendar, faced a massive queue this morning for the...
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LEICESTER? BEST-ER! LEICESTER RISES 4 PLACES IN LEAGUE TABLE
The University of Leicester has risen to 16th out of 132 institutions in the Complete University Guide, up from 20th last year. This places UoL within the top 20 of the 3 major university guides,...
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BID FOR VORDERMAN TO HOST LEICESTER ‘STREET COUNTDOWN’
Daniel Tinkler, man about the Union, has brought forward a White Paper calling for Carol Vorderman to return to Countdown, and for the much adored presenter to host a charitable ‘Street Countdown’...
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WOE-RUM: UNION PARLIAMENT HALTS AFTER NOT ENOUGH MEMBERS SHOW UP, VOTES ‘YES’...
Parliament halts shortly after 9pm after just HALF of all Proposals addressed. Proposal for Union to support Graduate Tax passes after fierce debate. Available to watch here. Union Parliament met with...
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ENGI-TEARS: ENGINEERING SCORES LOWEST ON LEICESTER STUDENT VIEWS SURVEY,...
Engineering hits bottom in 4 out of 5 departmental categories from Students Views Survey. Geology and American Studies outstanding performance. Economics also lags consistently below average. Students...
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THE RIPPLE INTERVIEWS: NEW PRESIDENT CHRISTOPHER EVERETT
INTERVIEW: CHRIS EVERETT Here at The Ripple some major reconstruction is under way for how the paper and society will be run next year. First off, instead of an Editor-in-Chief in control of both the...
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Campaign to Release Leicester’s Abdul Ghafar Rajabali Gains Traction With...
An online campaign to release local Abdul Ghafar Rajabali, currently being held and awaiting removal to Afghanistan on Wednesday, has gained massive support from the local community, including many...
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University Issues Statement on ‘Inappropriate Facebook Sites’
- University releases press statement on ‘Inappropriate Facebook sites’. - Dan Flatt, President elect, claims Union does ‘not condone any of the groups’. - University has not physically removed any of...
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