The Boar

Established in 1973, The Boar is the prestigious student newspaper of the University of Warwick, recognized for its excellence and unique status as the only student-operated print publication on campus. This newspaper is created by students, for students, with all roles in the editorial and business teams being voluntary. With an audience of around 33,000 students and staff, The Boar is published every two weeks during the academic term. Every student at the University of Warwick has the opportunity to contribute to The Boar. We offer fifteen different sections covering a wide range of topics, including Comment, TV, Games, Music, Travel, Sport, and more. Whether you want to write occasionally or take on a more significant role, such as deputy editor or a position on the Editorial Board or Business Team during our annual elections, there's a place for you. For more information on how to get involved, please visit our Join page.

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Sunderland earn promotion to Premier League in enthralling playoff final

1 week ago | theboar.org | Jack Kingston

Sunderland became the third and final club to secure promotion to the Premier League last Saturday, beating fellow hopefuls Sheffield United in an exhilarating Wembley showpiece. It was a day to forget for Sheffield, who were denied promotion despite finishing 14 points above Sunderland in the league stage. The Blades swept aside Bristol City in the playoff semi-final with an aggregate score of 6-0, and came into the final as clear favourites despite a poor end to the season.
Power off: what have we learnt about modern life from the major power outages?

1 week ago | theboar.org | Kate Jordan

On Monday 28 April, there were massive power outages in Spain, Portugal, and parts of France from noon onwards. They caused disruption, panic, and perhaps surprisingly, demonstrations of human goodwill and unity. After two successive “disconnection events” across the grid, a cascade caused Spain and the other affected areas to lose power after the systems in place to protect the wider European grid isolated them, in order to protect other countries from the same event.
Six candidates vying for VP Sports position as SU Summer Election voting opens

1 week ago | theboar.org | Tom Ryan

Voting for the Students’ Union (SU) Summer Elections has now opened, with all eyes on the Vice President for Sports election, the second in two months after the position was RONed during the Spring Elections. While only one candidate stood for election to the position in March, six candidates have put themselves forward in this election cycle, including the incumbent position holder Louis Gosling.
Warwick Stands With Palestine disrupt Jimmy Carr performance during week-long encampment

1 week ago | theboar.org | Nikolai Morton |Tom Ryan

A performance by Jimmy Carr at the Warwick Arts Centre was disrupted by members of Warwick Stands With Palestine (WSWP) on Friday 16 May, just days before the group stood down their week-long encampment. WSWP protestors made their way up to a position below the Butterworth Hall stage before Carr began a performance of his ‘Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny’ tour.
The music that made me: The saxophone

2 weeks ago | theboar.org | Nikolai Morton

“The audience will remember the beginning and the end, not the middle”, my music teacher would tell us, conducting the orchestra in the thick of rehearsals. Safe to say, I remember very clearly where and when my time in music began. I was eight years old, and my saxophone was almost as big as me.
Students angered by University’s ‘draft’ plans to ban transgender people from using preferred toilets

3 weeks ago | theboar.org | Tom Ryan

Confusion has arisen over Warwick’s transgender policies after the University said that they remain “under review” despite a ‘draft’ document appearing to confirm changes earlier this week. The Trans Inclusion Code of Practice was momentarily updated on Monday (12 May), before the document was removed from the University’s website altogether less than a day later.
BREAKING: Warwick Stands with Palestine re-establishes encampment on campus

3 weeks ago | theboar.org | Tom Ryan

Student activists from the Warwick Stands With Palestine (WSWP) group have this morning re-established an encampment on the Senate House lawn, eleven months after they stood down their initial encampment.
Warwick team to contest University Challenge final

3 weeks ago | theboar.org | Nikolai Morton

Warwick will appear in the hotly-anticipated final of this year’s University Challenge tonight, as they fight to become champions of the prestigious show for a third time. The 28 UK universities which participated in this year’s series have now been whittled down to two, with Warwick set for a final showdown against Christ’s College, Cambridge.
‘It’s not simply a news headline’: Warwick student gears up for 1,300-mile humanitarian drive to Ukraine

4 weeks ago | theboar.org | Nikolai Morton

First-year student Oliver Ansell-Hodges will begin his journey ‘driving for Ukraine’ today as part of a convoy of local volunteers transporting vital humanitarian aid to the country. Ansell-Hodges, who studies History and Politics, spoke to The Boar about his motivations for undertaking the 1,300-mile journey, which will take him from Warwick to Leżajsk, on the Polish-Ukrainian border.
Rootes Grocery Store set to transform into Co-op franchise

1 month ago | theboar.org | Nikolai Morton

Rootes Grocery Store is set to be replaced by a new Co-op franchise store in time for the new academic year. According to Warwick Food Group, the new store “will conveniently serve up an extensive range of quality, fresh, healthy produce, Fairtrade products, and everyday essentials alongside a strong focus on world food covering South Asian, East Asian, Eastern European, North American & Caribbean, Halal and Mediterranean cuisines”.