Why did women ever bother burning their bras or getting trampled by horses? For female sexual emancipation and suffrage. Though it seems now that most girls don’t care about that, they just want a man on their arm; the real sign of success for some.
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Students from Northern Ireland falling farther and farther into debt, while MLAs are still struggling to come up with a plan on tuition fees for 2012.
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McJazzyFest started out on small North Antrim farm 3 years ago as a camping party for a few friends who enjoyed music, dancing and the odd pint of beer. Growing from a small number of friends, to 60 people at last year’s event, to 350 happy campers this year, McJazzyFest has risen to become Northern Ireland’s ‘biggest small independent music festival’.
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Running until Saturday the 9th of July, Patsy Hughes’ stage adaptation of George Orwell’s novel ’1984′, takes us back to the future with an interesting performance of the classic novel. It stars Philip Bunting as lead role, Winston Smith, and Newry-born actress Dearbhail Carr as Julia. Presenting to a full house for the opening night, both Bunting and Carr were poised and ready, commanding the stage with confidence and authenticity important to the characters.
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Two players from the Queen’s rugby team represented Ireland at the recent IRB under 20 Junior World Championship in Italy in what has proved to be a disappointing campaign for the team.
BY SEAN ASHFORD
The new sabbatical officers have taken over from the previous years’ team this week, marking the beginning of their year long tenure in office.
BY SEAN ASHFORD
It’s been a good year for Lucy Walker with two of her documentaries seeing wide releases. The Waste Land won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Her second this year, Countdown to Zero, is a didactic film championing nuclear disarmament.
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