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MADE BY STUDENTS FOR STUDENTS WHICH WINTER BOOTS? 2018 FILMS WHICH SABB ARE YOU? 5 TIPS TO SURVIVE MEMES CALENDAR THE SECOND SEMESTER Five things you should do before issue 54 you finish uni in Newcastle www.NSU-LIFW.COM CONTENTS (basically all the people who made this magazine CREDITS & that’s in your hands right now!) 2. Credits CONTRIBUTIONS 3. Editor’s words & Contents Articles Photos Photography Editor’s Words 4-5. Tasty Toon- daytime edition NSU/Snaps Sean Barrett • NSU/Snaps nsu-snaps.com ( 6. Netflix and Chill & Get App-y @d11laura Bryony Clarkson Anna Kemp-cover picture) Hi! Amy Dixon @edddutton Hopefully you’re all recharged 7. Which Sabb are you? Chanel Goodman @headlockvintage after the Christmas break and NSU/Life Committee Megan Jaram @jackbrownnz feel ready to launch into 2018, 8. 5 Tips for surviving the second Matthew T. Editor of course accompanied by this @latetrippin Johnston • Alex Waterson copy of NSU/Life. This issue semester Tally Kerr @loisalexandra_ Subeditors contains everything you need to Rebecca Simmons design • Amy Holt 9. 5 Tips for surviving the second • Lucy Twist know as we start the new year and Danielle Etheridge @northeast_ • Katy Sylvester get back to our hectic student semester & RAG Fashion Show wanderings • Ryan Wallace lives. From memes to mushroom • Sally Watson Design @storybook1998 pasta, reviews to realistic New 10. On screen picks for 2018 Diana Ligia Neagu @_tereza.cerna_ Year’s resolutions, we hope there’s something for you. 11. 5 Great songs of 2017 12-13. Meme Calendar As always, we are really eager to recruit some new volunteers. If 14. CalendarExplanation & Walking you want to get involved, make Dead Season 8 Review Want to see your name here? Have something you want to share or simply want to get sure you find us on Facebook involved with NSU/Life magazine? Get in touch! We would love to hear from you! Email us at (like our page NSU/Life and [email protected] request to join our group NSU/ 15. What’s Cookin’? Life Volunteers), or feel free 16. 5 things you should do before to email us at nsulifeteam@ gmail.com. you finish uni in Newcastle We hope you enjoy this edition, 17. Which Winter Boots? and wish you a happy second semester! 18. Realistic New Year’s resolutions 19. Societies spotlight 20-21. Spotted on Insta 22. Colouring page Alex Waterson 2 3 Quilliam Brothers Quilliam’s Bros is well worth the venture to the foreign land of Newcastle Uni. Quilliam’s is known for being a tea house and the selection of tea is never-ending; they have everything from Battenberg to Mango, or just a standard breakfast tea if you’re not too experimental with your brews. Tasty toon For food, I recommend ‘The Big Q’ Apparently breakfast is the most daytime edition important meal of the day, but which is beef brisket with burger by Amy Holt realistically do any of us see before sauce. The food also comes with 9am? Lunch, however, is a great way roast potatoes which makes a to procrastinate when you decide change from the humble ready Olive and Bean you need a break from work, or if the salted crisp. And if you’re not too student loan comes in and you reckon carbed-up from the stotties then you can afford to ditch the meal deals you won’t regret a salted caramel for a week. Although Starbucks and This is hands down my favourite brownie. place to go for lunch in Newcastle. Eat4Less are great, here are some of It’s also mum-approved if you need my favourite independent cafes to go somewhere slightly more upmarket to in Newcastle. to take your parents when they come to visit. The paninis are delicious, especially the chicken, The Great British bacon, cheddar and chilli jam one The Butterfly Cabinet Cupcakery (all of my favourite things in panini form.) The platters are also a winner and the tray bakes are available to If you’re looking for a milkshake as take away if you don’t have room for If you’re not quite at Made in Chelsea big as your head (who isn’t) then pudding at the time. Fun fact: I also level and want to go for a casual look no further than The Great British saw Colin Jackson (CBE and Olympic brunch then the all-day breakfast here Cupcakery’s freakshakes. As the silver medallist) there so it’s not-quite- is your answer. The Butterfly Cabinet name suggests, this place has Bake always has people queuing out the A-List celebrity worthy. Off tent vibes, with bunting and door on most days of the week but it’s worth the wait. The English breakfast endless amounts of cake on offer. in the best way to cure a hangover There’s definitely no half measures without breaking the bank and the at this place - the milkshakes Eggs Benedict is pretty good too. The probably have enough calories list of burgers is as long as your arm, to see you through the week and including ‘The Ron Burgerdy’ (who the thickness of the bread for doesn’t love a pun) and the menu sandwiches could wedge a door also offers classics like the fish finger open but it’s well worth it, even if sandwich and chip butty. just for the Insta goals. 4 5 CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND we TV-series (2015-) | comedy, Musical reccomend This dark comedy series is about Rebecca (Rachel Bloom), who’s impulsively left her successful job and life in New York to be near her childhood sweetheart Josh (Vincent Rodriguez III) in West Covina. The only thing is, Josh now has a girlfriend and can’t find out that she moved there for him, resulting in ridiculous but oh so relatable efforts to win him over. While this sounds like every rom com ever, this series addresses some big issues like mental health, sexuality and abortion in a light-hearted and progressive way. It is a musical but don’t be put off by this, it’s incredibly self-aware and the songs are so catchy! 87% popcorn Liked it! we headspace reccomend Ideal for students, Headspace is a meditation app that guides you through taking a few minutes out of your day to breathe, relax, and recharge. Meditation has a very positive impact on mental health, and this app is a great way to incorporate some self-care into your busy everyday life. 6 7 the rest of the amazing articles. Avoid distraction Wait, isn’t writing this article also distracting me from This next point is so important that my course? Right, I need to go. Come up with the fifth I can’t believe I left it this long to point for yourself. Something along the lines of eating mention. You cannot afford to get your greens, taking your vitamins, saying your prayers distracted. With so much on your plate or not doing drugs. The hell if I care, I have a course as a student, every time you stop to study for! eating, you risk your metaphorical food of learning going cold. Nobody likes cold food. Apart from ice Have some cream. Oh, and leftover pizza. While we’re at it, many sandwiches are cold. So are salads. Man, there’s a lot of cold food out there. common sense Bad choice of metaphor and hunger pangs aside, Allow me to break the illusion for time is of the essence and as I just proved there it anyone still taking this seriously. None does not take much to distract the average student. of this is meant to actually help you. Procrastinating is an absolute craft and although I Well, maybe that bit about walking speed holds some feel I have mastered the art form, I know for a fact it’ll deeper truth but that aside, there was no advice to serve me no good in getting the degree I so desire. be consumed here. The whole piece was in fact a The worst thing is, a distraction can come from cunning deception to make a bigger point. You are Oh my goodness, is it 2018 already? I can’t the top but there’s only so much cream one can have. anywhere. The act of simply asking a friend about an going to freak out and that’s fine. You don’t need to believe it! I’m so old now! It’s time for the second It’s quite rich actually. This means there’s limited spots assignment can very quickly turn into high intensity listen to the delusions in your head or the bad advice of a student magazine writer. Use common sense to semester and exams and I’m super super open and all those people in your lecture are out to meme-based warfare. A quick break on YouTube do the best you can and allow yourself a mistake or stressed! grab them. What are they actually or Netflix could go deep into the early hours of the doing when they ask to compare notes? Keep those two. You’ll never learn anything if you’re always right If you read any of the previous lines and thought morning. You know, even something as simple as... eyes peeled my friends. ...oh my. Even the simple act of this magazine is and there’s no fun to be had in that. Just keep on something to the effect of ‘Oh my God that’s Perhaps I’m going a little over the top here but I’m distracting you.