http://www.student-direct.co.uk Student Direct - Manchester's Student Newspaper Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:37:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Fashion fades, only style remains the same" – Coco Chanel   Just behind the neon billboards of the Curry Mile, South Manchester’s answer to the Las Vegas Strip, lies a reinvigorated national treasure. Hidden behind a bus stop and opposite a car wash, The Manchester Gallery of Costume is a bizarrely located ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/06/the-gallery-of-costume/ Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 6th May Bridgewater Hall 5 stars                                                                                                                         Bridgewater Hall’s really great for music. Whether it’s a single musician like the pianist Freddy Kempf or entire orchestras, the acoustics of the place are a real compliment to the outstanding talent the venue attracts. And to say the latest guest had talent would be ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/06/classical-the-royal-philharmonic/ We must have made an odd sight standing in a crowd around the corner of the old Odeon cinema at the top of Oxford Road, popcorn in hand, watching a projection of old film footage on the wall of the building. People of all ages had come out to support ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/06/lets-meet-at-the-odeon/ Director – Jon Favreau Starring – Robert Downey Jr, Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson So, Iron Man is back, bigger, bolder and brasher than before, and what is quickly becoming apparent is not that the franchise is producing great films (they are essentially excuses for a firework show), but that it ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/06/iron-man-2/ Beautiful House 23rd April Library Theatre 4 stars The ever popular Library Theatre’s latest production, about a couple moving house to a tower block so that their terminally ill daughter may live with her husband in her childhood home in peace, played out to a packed and anticipatory audience in what is the company’s ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/06/beautiful-house/ Students are being encouraged to reuse and recycle before they leave this summer in a joint initiative between the University of Manchester and Manchester City Council. Students are being asked to recycle clothes, bedding, shoes and many other reusable materials this summer to help charities such as Oxfam.  Val Copley ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/give-it-don%e2%80%99t-bin-it/ Manchester students are being inundated with letters demanding the purchase of TV licences, often for properties without TVs. Students have expressed their frustration at the automated system relied upon by TV Licensing. Information obtained by Student Direct: Mancunion revealed that the BBC sent nearly 1.5 million letters to halls of residence ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/tv-licensing-%e2%80%98incompetence%e2%80%99-infuriates-students/ ‘One in, one out’ at the Students' Union normally means a big gig or club night, but last Thursday a different kind of party was the night’s hot ticket. Putting paid to rumours of campus apathy, students turned up in droves to see the general election result counted in at ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/crowds-at-the-students%e2%80%99-union-braced-to-ring-in-the-changes-but-manchester-student-constituencies-hold-fast/ Girish Gupta, News Editor Figures obtained by Student Direct: Mancunion paint a worrying picture for students hoping to steer clear of crime during their time in Manchester. Not only is the level of crime targeted specifically against students high – with an average of 33 crimes per day –but inconsistencies in ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/33-crimes-committed-against-manchester-students-every-day/ The heart of Chinese fashion lies in the hutong of Beijing.  Just north of Tiananmen Square, these old alleyways on which tiny boutique and vintage shops have sprung up, attract Beijing’s fashionable youth.  The whole district is packed with shops, bars and clubs catering heavily, but not exclusively, to foreigners.  ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/fashion-from-afar-beijing-edition/ Fashion just got a whole lot more powerful. TOMS shoes (“shoes for tomorrow”) are innovatively using consumerism to make a difference, not just a profit, transforming “customers into benefactors”. For every pair of shoes they sell, a pair is donated to a child in need. One for One.  Founder, Blake ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/got-sole/ Hot: Kate Nash, brighten my life in the summer of 2007. Foundations was my official holiday anthem and I just couldn’t get enough of her witty banter and sarcastic yet utterly honest lyrics. I had a lot of love for her style too: the heavy ging-ish fringe, 50’s halternecks, pattern ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/whats-hot-and-whats-not/ You last saw the maxi-dress in 2009, when, quite frankly, they were a god send after an entire year of yo-yo dieting to fit into the painstaking 60’s revival of mini-mini skirts and dresses. We all know that trends tend to come back, but don’t go rummaging through your old ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/nosheen-does-maxi-dresses/ Wack: Take it from a woman of colour: the Afro occurred in a dark and curly time. Disco was alive and sheen spray was going out of stock. Although I appreciate the busy bright prints showcased at Vuitton this Spring/Summer, the Afro pic needs to stay behind. Back: Plaits and sportswear, ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/whats-wack-and-whats-back/ Fashion and film at first glance may seem like completely distinct industries; one producing clothes, the other entertainment. However, in recent years it would appear that these two entities are becoming practically synonymous with one another and with this year’s Oscar’s fast on the approach I attempt to delve deep ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/it%e2%80%99s-a-fact-film-is-our-muse/ As a noted social commentator once put it, there are only two occasions in your life when everyone wants to celebrate the glory that is you: your graduation and your wedding day. This might be coming from the same woman who thought it was a good idea to wear a ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/grub-fit-for-a-graduate/ ver popped a pill in Koh Phi Phi? Ever shot up in Ko Samui? Ever smoked a cheeky bone in Bangkok? If yes, then 'The Damage Done' will make you think twice before you honk on the old crack pipe in Thailand any time soon. This book of horrors follows Australian ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/the-damage-bloody-done/ Professor Brian Cox used his public lecture in University Place on Thursday the 22nd of April to discuss a wide range of topics, most notably the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, where he does a large part of his work. His passionate and at times humorous talk was cleverly worded ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/professor-brian-cox-manchester-public-talk/ Manchester researchers working in conjunction with Yale and Hawaii Universities, have shown that so-called ‘fatism’, or prejudice against overweight people is rife amongst healthcare students. These new results also show that these prejudices are learnt, and can thus be reversed. [caption id="attachment_13275" align="alignright" width="350" caption="Is it fair to be prejudiced?"][/caption] The study ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/obesity-prejudice-in-healthcare-students/ California, LA [caption id="attachment_13271" align="alignright" width="282" caption="Chillies – no pain and no fat gain!"][/caption] A new diet pill may be on the horizon.  Researchers at the University of California have been carrying out human trials with a chemical called anaheim A, which is closely related to capsaicin, the compound responsible for the ... http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/05/hot-topics-11/