Archive For February, 2008

Cartmel’s first Big Night Out of 2008 was a sellout trip to the ever popular club Syndicate in Blackpool on January the 24th and coming from someone who certainly took advantage of not being on sober duty that night, I can safely say that it was a fantastic event which exceeded all expectations!
The night […]

The BIGGEST event of the year has got a theme! After the Vote on Thursday of week 4, Jungle Fever has been announced as the theme of this year’s Extrav at Cartmel! There’s going to be trees and snakes aplenty when the event kicks of on 26th of June in the summer term, and to […]

Commonly referred to as ‘the big C’, Cancer is a subject that is rarely discussed. However, now is the time to make a stand!
A third of people will experience some kind of cancer in their lifetime, so in the age we live in now, it is a prominent issue that must be addressed. Since its […]

2008 marks an exciting year for Cartmel as we enter the 40th year of the college. There is currently a lot of discussion about how this will be celebrated by not just the JCR but also the SCR. This will be something to pencil into the diaries when we actually decide when this is going […]

Well, it has been a fun term so far in the Carter Shield! At the beginning of this academic year the Carter Shield underwent a massive overhaul and changed its whole format. Whereas there used to be a different sporting event each Sunday there are now three or four events a term, with the rest […]

Thursday of week 4 saw the elections for Cartmel College, with plenty of decisions to be made. The final position on the JCR - webaster - was up to the vote, as was the double position for College Council Rep. As well as that, the theme for Extrav had to be decided, so it was […]

For those of you who haven’t yet heard about LUTube or LUTV, it’s an exciting new group at Lancaster University which is going to be huge, achieving something never done here before - having our own TV channel over the internet! ‘Video magazine’ shows will be presented, produced, edited and recorded by the students for […]

Apple’s latest addition to its laptop range, the MacBook Air, has claimed tobe the world’s thinnest laptop, but does this come at a price? Unfortunately yes. Lacking both a CD drive and low connectivity (it won’t work with non-wireless internet [including Resnet!] without a USB adaptor) this laptop makes rather too many compromises for my […]

Juno

This contemporary teen comedy starring Ellen Page and Michael Cera was a massive hit at the American box office, and is an absolute must see. Juno is a self-assured teenager – but her confidence takes a knock when she finds herself pregnant. But she does what any normal girl would do – she sets out […]

Because it’s a tough life being a student with deadlines, coursework and lectures taking up our time, we’ve decided to give you some welcome excuse for distraction with a double spread of up to date reviews…

Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd sees a fifth collaboration of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp as they take on Sondheim’s […]