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FEATURES: QUB No More Traffik Week

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From 19 to 25 March a very unique event is taking place in Queen’s.  Project Futures QUB and the Students’ Union are partnering with over a dozen groups from both inside and outside Queen’s in order to have the ‘No More Traffik’ week as part of the No More Traffik On Our Streets campaign.  The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of issues relating to human trafficking and to provide long-lasting help for victims and the ‘No More Traffik’ week is one of a number of events taking place throughout the spring. Continue reading →

FEATURES: United we stand?

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Debates on sovereignty are nothing new to us here in Northern Ireland. Born in contentious circumstances, it has existed in a constant state of dispute, both political and violent, ever since. So used are we to the on-going arguments that they have almost become a backing track to everyday life: we can hear them, but are we really listening anymore?

BY COLIN WILLIAMSON  Continue reading →

FEATURES: Your regular dose of recycled bullshit

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Closer, Now, Reveal, More, Heat, Cosmopolitan: all popular women’s magazines that we see on the shelves of every newsagents and supermarket. From their attention-grabbing sensationalist headlines, to get fit quick, fad diet secrets and instructions on almost every issue on how to please your man, are these magazines of real sustenance with a worthwhile message, or just fodder for the masses?

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FEATURES: Exercise never felt so good

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Who needs the gym when you have a boyfriend? Or girlfriend, or any willing sexual partner for that matter. Just don’t get all Freudian on us. Safe sex can be extremely enjoyable when you’re with someone you trust, and even better if they’re up for trying something new and fun. As well as increasing feelings of intimacy with your partner, sex also has been proved to decrease stress levels, and release lots of feel-good hormones. But have you ever thought about using sex as a way of exercising?

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FEATURES: Missing Zzzzs

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We fill our days with mindless chatter, polite conversation. We say the words ritually rather than actually thinking about what we say and hear and one of the most common responses to the polite question “how are you?” is “tired.” Students have a reputation for sleeping all day. However, working all night to start and finish that essay or cram for an exam is a habit too many of us develop.

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FEATURES: Remembering Bloody Sunday

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In 1970 Jackie Duddy was fifteen. There is a photograph of him from this time, taken during a boxing tournament in Derry. An older man is handing him a trophy, his eyes fixed benignly on the camera. Jackie does not meet the gaze of the lens, but looks away, towards the distance. His face is firm and proud: he is the winner.

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REVIEW: The Return of the Vikings

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BBC4 has started broadcasting the acclaimed Danish political drama Borgen. From The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Let the Right One In to The Killing, Scandinavian films and television shows have taken our screens by storm. What is it that makes our Northern cousins’ brand of drama that is so appealing?

BY ROMANO MULLIN 

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