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2008-Stephenie Meyer, we forgive you. Because this? This is everything. Need a refresher? Originally, Midnight Sun was meant to be published in 2009. However, the previous summer the first 12 chapters of the book were leaked online, allegedly by someone close to Meyer.
Since I moved from Spain to the UK in 2016, the Brexit debate has followed me even in my dreams. I have spent years defending the value and importance of the European Union (EU) and arguing that Britain's decision to leave it was a mistake. I am not so sure anymore.
As a Humanities student in a household full of Engineers, I have often had the Letters vs. Numbers debate. I always lost. Our whole society functions under a belief in Science and facts - things that can be proven. Someone's word is never enough. In a certain way, numbers have become our new religion.
At least four Cambridge colleges have sought support volunteers to help look after students who may have to undergo a self-isolation period due to the new coronavirus. Newnham offered to train and pay 'Student Supporters' £9.80 per hour to assist any students who may be required to enter self-isolation.
The British Museum has announced that it still plans to appoint Cambridge Classicist and academic Mary Beard as a trustee, despite her being rejected by Downing Street for the role last year. Whitehall sources told The Observer the original decision, under Theresa May's premiership, had been motivated by her pro-European views, which the scholar has been very vocal about.
The Oscar nominations were announced last week, and the announcer at the ceremony congratulated 'the men' who had received a nomination for Best Director. By doing this she stressed the fact that, once again, no women have been nominated for this award.
Huawei, a Chinese technology multinational, has been accused of "reputation laundering" after it was discovered that the company funded a Cambridge University College study. The study, published two weeks ago, focuses on global governance reforms in communications and technology, with contributors from academia, politics, and business.
They sang a song about 'treating a woman to a threesome' and made a number of girls cry Six members of the UCL rugby team have been banned from campus bars after they harassed girls and sang racist songs on a sports night.
Trinity College's annual Clark Lecture, scheduled to take place on Thursday, was cancelled after writer and activist Arundhati Roy withdrew from speaking at the event, due to the ongoing academic boycott following the college's decision to leave the USS pension scheme last year. Roy was announced last month as the speaker for this year's lecture.
The Union thanks the Sabbatical Officers and the FOMHS campaign Following protests by student activists and pressure on management, the UCL Students' Union has announced it will be granting an extra £140,000 to the Mental Health Services. The funding was discussed in a meeting of the Sabbatical Officers with the Provost last Monday.