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Cannabis: The other side

Tim Harcourt-Powell tells the story of a student struggling with a major cannabis problem

Jabez Clegg closes

University buys former home of The BOP

Gang invades house in Withington and cuts jewelry off occupants

Family left traumatised after gang attack

Thieves try distraction burglary on students

Fallowfield is located within a high risk area for crime such as burglary

University woes: don’t let them stress you out

With the period of deadlines well upon and exams soon to follow, we consider the stresses that University can cause.

Naan worse than the curry mile

Rusholme’s Curry Mile named ‘most anti-social street in Manchester’

Deadline day diet

How to avoid snacking on naughty foods during that all nighter at Ali G

Review: The Sunset Sleeps

Anthony Steel reviews University of Manchester graduate Alex Browning’s debut short film

Salford student puts ‘soundscapes’ on the map

App by PhD student aims to create worldwide ‘sound map’

MMU first-year wins prize at Manchester Hackathon

Computer Science student Bilawal Hameed won “Best Under 21s Creation” category and £600 for his “Bus Tracker” app

Tory MP stoned off campus

Mike Weatherley recieved police escort out of mob scene

MMU student presents manifesto at Brussels

Tehseen Mirza presented the bill to MEPs, which will be voted on in the European Parliament

Manchester well above average in alcohol-related deaths and hospital trips

But students “not responsible for increasing cost of alcohol misuse”

Uni life on the big screen

Are films set at university ever that close to the truth?

Fifty Shades of Fallowfield continued…

The second part of Gwen Ellis’s 50 Shades of Grey parody

Healthy eating on a budget

Beth Currall leads you through her guide to healthy eating

Experience… Rome

Olivia Burt whisks you away to Rome for a magical three days

Student 101: the truth about club promoters

Love or loathe them, you can’t escape promoters at university

My week at a national women’s magazine

Zara experiences the power of journalism, first hand.

Diary of a Fresher

Beth tells us how she’s finding her feet at university