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Sitting in a plush restaurant over the summer I couldn’t help eavesdropping on the conversation between the couple next to me.

Free stuff! Lets face it, we all like it. It explains the furious popularity of Freshers’ Fair. And every one of us at sometime has, if nothing more, been tempted by the availability of free music. The internet is full of it. Peer-to-peer sharing of music, films and games is at record levels.

On coming to university, most students become absorbed into the world of music and clubbing. However, this normally just means going to the clubs and enjoying the work of the DJs behind the decks. This was not the case for DJ Dan, the creator of the UK’s biggest indie night.

  The beginning of the spring semester commences for most students with a rush to secure a decent property for the following academic year.

The prevailing winds of the media are changing and newspapers have to adapt.

Euthanasia has recently been brought back to the forefront of ethical debate following a ruling by the Law Lords that the law in the UK needs to be clarified. Debbie Purdy, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, wants the law to be clearer about when a relative could be prosecuted in assisted suicide cases.