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Month: February 2016

 

#KentVotes Bingo!

Posted by | Feb 29, 2024 | , |          

With the Kent Union Leadership Elections rolling round for another year, let’s be honest, student politics can be a little boring. KTV will be broadcasting three Candidate Question Time shows over the next few days, and we thought we’d make it more fun by having a few games of Bingo. Is there anything better? Monday 29 February 7pm – #CQTWelfare and #CQTSports This slideshow requires JavaScript. Keep listening out for any of the phrases on the Welfare bingo card or Sport bingo card, and get involved on Twitter using #CQTWelfare and #CQTSports! Tuesday 1 March 7pm – #CQTEducation and…

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Expectation vs. Reality: Second Year of University

Posted by | Feb 27, 2024 | , |          

The second year of University can be a time to re-invent yourself. Shake off last year’s drunken Venue memories and commit to meeting your deadlines. Now if you are one of those rare people (like my housemate) who are able to do all this, then you deserve an award. However if you, like Nitemi Arowobusoye writes, find yourself making empty promises and unrealistic goals come second year – then this is the article for you. Work life: Expectation – You start second year, and this time focus on work and not Vensday, due to not being able to rely…

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Caffè Nero opens on UKC Campus

Posted by | Feb 26, 2024 | , |          

Caffè Nero have recently opened a store on the UKC Campus, Max Beckett reports. Last week the University of Kent finally unveiled the reason for the recent renovation to its bookstore Blackwells, and surprised everyone with the opening of another café. Small in size but sharing floorspace with the bookshop, it’s expected to attract more attention towards Blackwells, as well as further increase the sales revenue on the Kent campus. Nero has been called into question recently for its role in avoiding paying corporation tax in the UK. Earning around £1.2 billion since it stopped paying UK tax in 2008, but maintaining its usually-pricey…

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Interview: There and Chat Again

Posted by | Feb 25, 2024 | , |          

Cal Crozier sits down with the director of the Musical Theatre Society’s Spring Showcase, Ben Chamberlain, to discuss the theme of journeys, the challenges of directing, and the exciting addition of a most unwieldy type of performer. Why did you want to direct a showcase? To start with they always say: “Don’t direct a showcase just because you want to direct.” That’s the important thing to remember, because I think we’ve had that problem before and it does cause problems. Philip Hunt said to me: “There’s no-one pitching for spring term” and I was like “Oh, I have an idea, if nobody else…

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Review: Parade by the Musical Theatre Society

Posted by | Feb 23, 2024 | , |          

Calvin Crozier reviews the UKC Musical Theatre Society’s production of Parade, which was performed at the Marlowe Studio on the 3 and 4 of February. At the beginning of February Kent’s Musical Theatre Society staged a production of the musical Parade, with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and book written by Alfred Uhry. The show focuses on the 1913 trial of Leo Frank, the manager of a factory who is accused and convicted of the rape and murder of a thirteen-year-old girl, Mary Phagan. Based on a true story, the fact that Leo Frank was Jewish turned the…

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