Andrew Wilmot

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Aberystwyth University

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Seriously, stop complaining about the gender neutral toilets

It’s not going to affect you in the slightest

We spoke to Kirk, the brains behind Blackhouse

He says this Blackhouse might be the last one

It’s time we all realise that having pets at uni isn’t ‘fun’, it’s stupid and cruel

A fresher filled his goldfish’s makeshift tank with wine and killed it

Yoko’s is categorically the worst part of a night out

Something about it brings out the dickhead in people

Swing City shows Bar 46 at its best

It’s come a long way in the month or so it’s been open

Aberystwyth has banned Yik Yak on uni networks

The uni says they made the decision ‘following reports of potential hate crime and bullying on Yik Yak’

We went to Bar 46 so you don’t have to

Apparently it isn’t finished yet

Everything that ever happens in Aber on Halloween

You’re probably not going to get into Yoko’s

A 200-person house party was thrown in Penglais

They received a ‘light warning’ from campus staff

Interpol Society apologises for spreading sexual assault rumour about member

The committee didn’t even acknowledge the nature of the rumours

Protest as over £800 is spent on controversial VC’s leaving ‘garden party’

A Pantycelyn campaign group has hit out at the budget for April McMahons farewell

Uni issues ‘killer clown’ warning asking students not to participate

Maybe don’t go running through Penglais Woods for a while

The Aber Council have recieved an application for a Hinterland Mural

If accepted it’ll be put up at the end of Pier Street

Roller Disco coming to Aberystwyth

It’s a one off from Tipsy Dragon and Black House One

Price of renting in Aber crashes as landlords can’t fill houses

Some rooms are going for £30pw

Aber BNOC of the year: Group Three

It’s a big one

Aberystwyth opening a campus in Mauritius was ‘madness’

Only 40 students have enrolled

Aber BNOC of the Year: Group Two winner announced

Jack Reed is going into the final

Aber BNOC of the year: Group Two

Who will you vote for?

Why I decided to leave UKIP

How can I stay with a party I can’t defend?

What Aberystwyth actually teaches you

Life skills are more important than your degree right?

Uni runs out of hard bindings for dissertations

How can a uni run out of bindings during diss times?

Starbucks “Speak English or get out” row didn’t happen

The store conducted an internal investigation

Every stage of your friends graduating from uni

Please don’t leave me

Starbucks Customer told ‘Speak English, or get out’

Aberystwyth town is 31 per cent Welsh speaking

My extreme hay fever leaves me hospitalised

He has to sterilise his room and can barely sleep

There’s STILL chalk from the elections on campus, and it’s still ugly

Come on guys, wash it off

Girl taken to hospital after collision near Irie’s

It happened on Thespian Street

Netball team criticised after tour t-shirts insult disabled

It has been ‘dealt with accordingly’

The Art’s Centre is the best thing at Aber, so why aren’t we using it?

If we don’t use it, we’ll lose it

Protests in Aberystwyth as Post Office looks to close

Imagine the pain of walking to the other Post Office by CK

What your Aber night out takeaway says about you

Only freshers go to Jacob’s

Overwhelming result for ‘Yes’ campaign in newspaper referendum

The Yes campaign got nearly three quarters of the vote

Firefighters called to rescue man from flat by Vale of Rheidol

He collapsed and the paramedics couldn’t get him down the stairs

Do you want to leave the European Union?

It truly is a controversial topic

Streets cordoned off after Storm Jake brings down roof tiles

There’s winds of up to 70mph

Irie’s ask for help to identify man who smashed their window

Have you seen these men?

The ‘Aber Bubble’ is the worst thing about this town. Here’s how to escape it

Get out before you go mad

I’ve been a victim of horrific bullying on Yik Yak, and it needs to stop

The President of FemSoc speaks out

There was a house fire on Vaynor Street last night

Fortunately no one was hurt

Ugly chalk scribbling is always the worst thing about SU elections

They’re so obnoxious

How to get back with your ex for Valentines

I’ve changed, no, really…

Students on the seafront evacuated and moved up to Penbryn

They’re expected to be allowed back later tonight

Lectures cancelled for the rest of today as Storm Imogen batters Aber

The uni has advised students to ‘keep curtains closed’

Pier Pressure’s slow, sorry death is the saddest thing in Aber

Goodnight sweet prince

Glacier in Antartica named after professor from Aber uni

Our global expansion is slowly gathering pace

Blackhouse bouncers turned people away despite valid tickets

People paid £120 for the platinum wristbands

Power supply restored and lectures on after Penbryn evacuated last night

Students were told to find ‘alternative accommodation’ before power returned

University make final push to secure funding for Old College renovation

But work won’t finish until 2022

‘Students Against Censorship’ campaign against Aber’s terrible free speech ranking

‘This is a worrying trend’

Forget Ritalin, Clenbuterol is the new go-to study drug

It has previously been used by dieters and body builders

The definitive list of everyone you will live with in Aber

Which one are you?

Vice Chancellor April McMahon set to resign next summer

The controversial VC said she’ll leave in July 2016 in a goodbye email to students

Stop telling porkies: The new Greggs will not bake local business

Never has a sausage roll caused so much outrage

Our rivalry with Bangor is stupid and we should let it go

Love thy neighbour

Aber student hid camera in toilet brush to spy on housemates in shower

He also had footage of them on his laptop

Yoko’s post ‘offensive’ advert using French flag to promote event

People really aren’t happy about it

Why Aber is turning into a post-apocalyptic scene from Fallout

Welcome to mid-Wales’ winter wasteland

What your favourite pub says about you

You always wanted to know

Does Aberystwyth need its CCTV back?

It used to cost £150,000 year to watch over Ceredigion

What your choice of library snack says about you

I see you Instagraming those raspberries

Beaches left in a state after bonfire night

You are killing sea creatures and you don’t even care

The Penglais campus is the most environmentally friendly campus in Wales

Nice to come first in something for a change

I got my exes to review me as a boyfriend and it was pretty demoralising

Apparently my cats are better company than me

If you can’t get a job at uni you’re just looking in the wrong places

Handing over your CV to a few bars is pointless

Let’s be honest, a lot of us don’t need our Disabled Students’ Allowance

You might use the free laptop, but when have you ever trekked to the Welcome Centre for a one-on-one tutorial?

Frosty Jack’s is misunderstood and deserves a better reputation

Keep your Echo Falls and Glen’s vodka, I’m staying Frosty

Hypocritical third years should stop moaning and let the freshers have their fun

You were just as bad – if not worse

Natalie Bennett: Students should learn how to put bins out properly to stop seagull invasion

She also vowed to help poorer students