Archive for February, 2008
Stark Ruggar Mad: A Student For Sale?
Student Rugby players were actioned off yesterday, in an attempt to raise money for Coventry University’s charity week. Put through their paces turning many heads, the twenty members of the University’s Rugby team were stripped off to their shorts, and escorted around the City Centre made to do sit ups, before finally being auctioned off [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Illegal Downloaders To Face ‘UK Ban’
People who illegally download music and films online could face an internet access ban. The UK could follow France in an attempt to cut internet access instantly, to those who repeatedly download illegally. It was announced at the begining of last year, that the Govenment had given both the music and film industries a year, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A Touch of Advice: “Turning work experience into a career”
Touch FM’s news editor Madeline Kent stopped by at Coventry University on Wednesday 6th February, giving a lecture to journalism students’ offering sound advice on work experience and talking of her time as a Media, Culture and Communications student at the university.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Is Gaming Really to Blame? The Videogame FPS vs. The Real Life FPS
Gaming has been attacked in the media again recently following another terrible America School shooting. Mainly, games are being lauded as training tools for the perpetrators of these crimes, so I thought I would take my FPS skills into the Paintball arena to see if games really have conditioned me to deal with shooting people [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Futurama: Bender’s Big Score Review
After being canceled by FOX back in 2003, many fans thought they wouldn’t see Futurama content again. Luckily, Comedy Central has now picked up the show, and has commissioned 16 episodes for next year. As a nice aside to the deal, it was suggested that they could create direct to DVD movies, and eventually it [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )“Local Still Important” Says Andy Griffee and Alan Kirby
At last week’s Coventry Conversation, our wondrous University was host to Andy Griffee (Controller for English Regions of the BBC) and Alan Kirby (Editor of The Coventry Telegraph), who both used this opportunity to unveil new products, initiatives, and answer questions from the audience. It all kicked off with Andy Griffee showcasing a prototype for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Kevin Marsh Wednesday Conversation
This is the official un-edited version of my Wednesday 30/1/08 Coventry Conversation article, without the John Mair edits. Some say that this article is too opinionated, but I think it is still a valid commentary of the event, and covered the key facts Kevin Marsh put forward.
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