When was the last time you cried?

The new term is in full swing and it turns out emotions are running high at Trent.

We hung around city campus to find out when students last shed a tear.

Name: Alice Davies

Age: 21

Course: Graphic Design

“I cried on Halloween because someone stole my phone.”

Name: James Cooper

Age: 21

Course: International Business

“The last time I cried was when my Grandma died last year.”

Name: Diana Crew

Age: 19

Course: Quantity Surveying

“I cried yesterday because I miss home.”

Name: Sara Hunt

Age: 26

Course: International Business

“I think the last time I cried was this summer because I fell out with my mum.”

Name: Alex Cox

Age: 21

Course: Architecture

“Must have been a couple of years ago. I was probably drunk or something to do with my ex-girlfriend.”

Name: Sam Jackson

Age: 20

Course: Account Finance

“I think I cried because I lost something.”

Name: Jessica Hay

Age: 19

Course: Print Journalism

“It was two days ago when I was watching The Notebook with some of my flatmates.”

Name: Jack Banting

Age: 19

Course: Architecture

“So the last time I cried I was in Bolivia, I was backpacking around South America and I was really ill. I’d eaten some street food and I was in a dark place.

“I just felt awful, I hadn’t slept for days, I had a huge headache, I had the shits, I had a fever and I was up all night. So I had a good cry.”

Name: Jaymi Sudra

Age: 19

Course: Interior Architecture

“When my Mum and Dad came to drop me off at uni.”

Name: Stephanie Bennett

Age: 18

Course: Broadcast Journalism

“The last time I cried was probably a month ago when my Mum left to go back to America because I won’t see her until Christmas.”

Name: Abi Smith

Age: 20

Course: Print Journalism

“I had a really bad hangover last week and needed to be sick.

“I knew I wouldn’t make it to the loo in time so I just grabbed a carrier bag that was in my room and chundered into it. Then cried.”