Barbara Kempny

Freshers’ Week is drawing to a close, and the first lectures are rolling around alarmingly fast. The past week has been a cycle of pub, club, and grub alongside a whirlwind of people you’ll spend the rest of your university time with. It’ll have been a tough week – the first week away from home for many, adjusting to newfound independence whilst navigating the throes of Freshers’ Week. With luck, you’ll have come out with a few good stories and some budding friendships.

Rebecca Bushee. For Cherwell. The skull-numbing alarm rang out in the darkness. I fumbled for my phone: 8.21am. The rain pattered against my accommodation window, and I could hear gusts of wind blowing outside. It would be a soggy walk to my 9am lectures, and a cold one at that. It was peak January. Swiping snooze, I lay in bed, wishing very hard I could hibernate. The high point of winter is always Christmas.