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	<title>LX News &#187; Columnists</title>
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	<description>Liverpool's only student newspaper</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>BACK TO THE FUTURE</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/17/back-to-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Watkinson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As the end of the last semester and indeed, the last academic year nears, I find myself thinking about the future, again. Only one more week of classes stands between me and the uncertain, the first venture into the unknown and I cannot help but remember the anxiety over choosing GCSE options, then A levels, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DROPPING OUT AND MOVING ON</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/12/dropping-out-and-moving-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/12/dropping-out-and-moving-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The news in recent weeks that Government efforts to curb the student drop-out rate is failing should not really come as much of a surprise. Nearly a quarter of students drop out of university despite the Government spending £800 million to try to solve the problem, a committee of MPs has said. The rate has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WENGER’S WHINGE IS A BRUCIE BONUS</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/12/wenger%e2%80%99s-whinge-is-a-brucie-bonus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/12/wenger%e2%80%99s-whinge-is-a-brucie-bonus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theo Rowley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When the ever-vocal Arsène Wenger criticised Wigan Athletics’ home pitch, stating that it contributed to his side’s downfall in the recent 0-0 bore draw, it was hard not to be amused as Steve Bruce had the last laugh.
Although it is expected that Premiership teams maintain their pitch, M.Wenger was surely clutching at straws and eager [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MY SCRIBBLE QUIBBLE</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/12/my-scribble-quibble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Loftus</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Liverpool Council backed down over removing Banksy&#8217;s giant rat mural on Berry Street, I have noticed more and more of his stencilled handiwork tucked in doorways and adorning formerly blank walls. In his book Wall and Piece the pseudo-anonymous Banksy praises graffiti and argues that stuffy authority figures deem it unworthy of existence because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>POP GOES THE WOMBATS?</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/12/pop-goes-the-wombats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/12/pop-goes-the-wombats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Spurgin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s fair to say that it was a musical collaboration that the indie fraternity weren’t anticipating – Franz Ferdinand signalling a desire to work with Xenomania, the production team behind Girls Aloud, on their upcoming album. What sounds like an initially weird pairing had the potential for some genius indie-pop hybrid which may have well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AHOY THERE SAILOR!</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/12/ahoy-there-sailor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kmharrison</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so even if you’re not the top of the class at spotting the latest fashion trends it would be pretty hard to miss that the nautical look is back.  The anchor, star and stripe prints have a brand new chic look and with a 50’s and 70’s style twist on them it’s not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE TRIUMPH OF APATHY</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/04/11/the-triumph-of-apathy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Loftus</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Monday my bank account was blessed with this semester&#8217;s portion of my loan and maintenance grant. Normally that&#8217;s reason enough to cheer and storm a nearby drinking-hole but somehow this time felt different. Then I realised it was because this is the final payment I will receive from the Student Loans Company. That was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NUS GOVERNANCE: BACK THE PROPOSALS BUT NOT OUR ARROGANT LEADERSHIP</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/03/29/nus-governance-back-the-proposals-but-not-our-arrogant-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/03/29/nus-governance-back-the-proposals-but-not-our-arrogant-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The governance proposals being put forward at this year’s NUS Conference are far from perfect, but they must be supported. For years the NUS has continued with its outdated, ineffective structures which has seen it lose almost every battle with the government on Higher Education funding and nearly sent us in to bankruptcy.
Those fighting against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TEXTUALLY TRANSMITTED EMBARRASSMENT</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/03/21/textually-transmitted-embarrassment-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/03/21/textually-transmitted-embarrassment-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Spurgin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For years we’ve been helpfully informed by health experts about the various dangers posed by mobile phones but now it seems that something a lot less hi-tech and much more mundane is causing chaos amongst the nation’s texters – the humble street lamppost. As unbelievable as it sounds, 6.6 million texting related accidents have occurred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/03/19/how-to-write-an-essay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/03/19/how-to-write-an-essay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Loftus</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the question. You can either pick an arbitrary word from this and pontificate wildly about it or you can read up on it and cry when you realise everyone has already got the books from the library that focus on the subject.
The first paragraph is vital. Not only is it murder to start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOP O&#8217; THE MOANIN&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/03/15/top-o-the-moanin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/03/15/top-o-the-moanin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Loftus</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of having a &#8216;Britain Day&#8217; to celebrate everything that can be encompassed in the incredibly vague fog of &#8216;Britishness&#8217; will once again dredge up everybody&#8217;s opinions of overblown, rampant patriotism. Something which you&#8217;ll probably guess I don&#8217;t understand. It all seems so full of forced pride and subtle aggressiveness- as if by not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BINGE-DRINKING FRESHERS WEEKS: A THING OF THE PAST?</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/03/12/binge-drinking-freshers-weeks-a-thing-of-the-past/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/03/12/binge-drinking-freshers-weeks-a-thing-of-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hayley down</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You know you’ve had a good freshers week when you can’t remember it, right? Well that may be about to change. Following the Government&#8217;s decision to curb binge-drinking, some of the Liverpool universities are said to be thinking of new ideas to help promote responsible drinking in the new term.
Binge drinking has been a prevailing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT THE BUS?!</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/03/09/what-the-bus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/03/09/what-the-bus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Shaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Rant on
Forgive my snobbishness, but is it just me or is a bus just a nicer name for a ‘peasant-mobile’?
I&#8217;m all for public transport and saving the environment etc. but surely it just can’t be me who despises these things? As it would seem that anyone who is ANYONE that can get from a to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LGoS ELECTION - ROUND-UP OF THE PAST WEEK</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/03/02/lgos-election-is-upon-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/03/02/lgos-election-is-upon-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Cree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Polls open tomorrow for this year’s Liverpool Guild elections. After a week of campaigning the hard work begins as candidates try to get as many of your first preference votes as possible. I’ve decided to look back at the past week of campaigning and see who the big winners and losers are and remind you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I’D RATHER HAVE THE LEAGUE</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/02/25/i%e2%80%99d-rather-have-the-league/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/02/25/i%e2%80%99d-rather-have-the-league/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Bridson</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/02/25/i%e2%80%99d-rather-have-the-league/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s far harder to win the league because, in Europe, you can lose half your games and still lift the trophy in May whereas, in order to win the league, you need sustained pressure and consistency for an entire season. Winning the Champions League is still quite an achievement but it gives a false impression [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PROUD TO BE A CUP TEAM</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/02/25/proud-to-be-a-cup-team/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/02/25/proud-to-be-a-cup-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex King</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Liverpool fans are forever being quoted as wanting their team to bring home the Premier League above all other trophies, but is this media-influenced viewpoint entirely accurate? As a Liverpool fan living in Liverpool, I had to go into the city centre to watch last season’s Champions League final, and although the Reds lost, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STEP BACK IN TIME</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/02/25/step-back-in-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/02/25/step-back-in-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Spurgin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Fashion’s a funny thing isn’t it? What the so-called experts deem the ‘in’ thing just seems to loop round in never-ending regurgitated circles until somewhat surprisingly you find that cute dress you’ve been lusting after very closely resembles something your mum wore in a faded photograph. But while the old becomes new (for the 104th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HAVE YOU SEEN OUR SCENE?</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/02/25/have-you-seen-our-scene/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/02/25/have-you-seen-our-scene/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor-in-Chief</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Selman
It would be a sweeping generalisation to suggest that Liverpool doesn’t have a music scene right now; instead, I argue that there is a lack of coherency that’s currently keeping Liverpool off the musical map.
Can you name a big local band right now, save for The Wombats?  What’s so Scouse about them, anyway? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SKYLINE’S A SIGN</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/02/25/skyline%e2%80%99s-a-sign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/02/25/skyline%e2%80%99s-a-sign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Loftus</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Capital of Culture is wondrous.  It’s a waste of time. Which of these two statements do you agree with? People seem to think that any opinion on the subject must lie at one of these extremes, as if it’s a renaissance or repugnance. What I am most fond of is the way that flocks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BANKSY RAT SPRUNG FROM CULTURE COMPANY’S TRAP</title>
		<link>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/02/25/banksy-rat-sprung-from-culture-company%e2%80%99s-trap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lxnews.co.uk/2008/02/25/banksy-rat-sprung-from-culture-company%e2%80%99s-trap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Richards</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank god that it now appears that the Liverpool Culture Company have seen some sense and decided not to board up the Banksy Rat that is spray-painted on the abandoned White Horse pub on Berry Street. After a bizarre sequence of events that at one point planned to merely conceal half of the famous graffiti [...]]]></description>
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