I Hate Quarantine: A Sanity Memoir
By Chelsea Furr – Before I start – here’s a little about me. I am firmly set somewhere between an introvert and an extrovert. It depends on the crowd and…
Category: Lifestyle
Zoom: A Lens Into People’s Lives
By Pat Lok – The COVID-19 pandemic, and the subsequent global lockdown, has forced us to shift our usual social interactions into a different realm…
Cambridge City Council Launch a New Pilot Project to Protect & Grow the City’s Tree Population
By Joshua Dowding, Ciéra Cree & Gabs Bennington – On the 13th March, The Ruskin Journal was invited to the Guildhall, Market Square, to conduct an interview with Dr. Matthew Ling of Cambridge City Council…
Major Upcoming Software Releases
By Joshua Dowding – 2020 will be a hectic year for some of the world’s largest software companies. Each of the three top operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu Linux…
What Is It Like to Be a HCP Student Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic?
By Pat Lok – As the World Health Organization (WHO) declares COVID-19 as a pandemic, many organizations, whether public or private…
Connected: Social Media & Online Friends – A Discussion
By Ciéra Cree & Soyeenka Mishra – Social media is everywhere – and I mean everywhere. In our hands, in our subconscious, and on the walls of our go-to coffee shops. It’s inescapable…
All Aboard 2020
By Ciéra Cree – As 2019 breathed its last breath and the New Year came around to greet us with open arms, some of you may have been left feeling rather bittersweet about the year gone by…
The ‘Reverse’ Advent Calendar
By Ciéra Cree – Christmas is fast approaching, and as we all know, this can only mean one thing – shopping, shopping, shopping. Perhaps some of you have already been shopping in preparation for the big day – it’s not uncommon…
Let’s Celebrate JOMO!
By Maria-Cristina Ionita – Drinks with friends, assignments due, societies to join, events to attend, work, relationships etc. As a student, I believe I have so many opportunities but such little time. Some might argue that the key to this problem is…
Students, Alumni & Staff Pen Open Letter to University Governors
By Joshua Dowding – Since August, 155 students, staff members, and university alumni have signed an open letter addressed to the Governors of the university, citing concern with the Chair of Governors decision to become a Trustee to…
Match Report: Team ARU versus Loughborough – Ultimate Frisbee
By Joshua Dowding – On Wednesday the 20th of November, the university’s Ultimate Frisbee Team played an away match against Loughborough University. The 3rds game kicked-off at around 3:30 PM, with Team ARU on the defence and Loughborough seizing the opportunity…
V.A.R and It’s Fans
By Abhishek Majumdar – In the 2018/19 season, V.A.R was officially woven into the laws of the game and was used in the UEFA Champions League. V.A.R further saw its way into the famous F.A Cup in England and is seen as a tool to help the referees on the field…
I Donated My Eggs – This is My Story
By Jessica-Lucy Weal – I first decided to donate my eggs when I was sat in my student house kitchen with two of my flatmates, an advertisement for the London Egg Bank had popped up on my Facebook feed and I was immediately intrigued…
Minimalism & Meaning
By Ciéra Cree – Last year I discovered the phenomenon known as minimalism, and it has changed my life, and the way I view the world, for the better. The world today is so focused on consumerism and keeping up with the latest trends…
