Always Listen to Your Marker

The sense of communication is something that is very important in the world of print and one valuable lesson can be learnt from this semester in print: always listen to your editor. This means that when studying journalism you should always listen to your primary tutor as they have a massive say on how your [...]

The Entertainment of Booze

Have you ever noticed that the first thing Rhodes students will ask about events is if they serve booze? It seems as though the most important aspect of any social event is the alcohol that will be supplied. Quite often free (alcoholic) punch is used as incentive to get Rhodents to certain events and to [...]

The Death of Procrastination?

By Chris Booth “Procrastination is like masturbation: it feels great at the time but afterwards you realise that you’ve just fucked yourself” – Unknown “Dear Abby” Some shocking occurrences have recently cast a shadow over my mind. Sitting here, in between writing copious amounts of study notes and running down to the library, a very [...]

The question is not whether God exists or not, but whether we need God or not

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”. These words in the beginning of the Holy Bible tell us that God created everything we see. Some people doubt that God created the universe; they believe that the universe happened scientifically. But does it truly matter who or what created the universe? Should we [...]

The Smoking Issue

by Chris Booth Many students say that the best moments of their day is lighting up a cigarette after lectures, sucking in the seemingly soothing smoke and sighing out a cloud of so-called sophistication. While this is satisfying to the smokers of Rhodes, it can become a nuisance to the non-smokers of Rhodes. What often [...]