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Why I am stepping down from Bailrigg FM – an open letter to Lancaster University’s Student’s Union

I am simply hosting this; the letter was written by another student. From here on out it's his words. The views expressed in this letter are my own and not those of 87.7 Bailrigg FM. In my first year at Lancaster University, I had one of the greatest years of my life, largely down to my deep involvement with the historic 87.7 Bailrigg FM. Over the year I hosted two successful shows, commentated at Roses, and even organised and hosted the debates during the FTO Elections that earned the current officer team their positions. I was honoured to receive awards for all three, as well as the award for Best Student Media Newcomer. Following this I was elected Assistant Station Manager, a position which I held for the duration of this academic year. Bailrigg was, is, and always will be an incredible society ran by amazing, hard-working, creative students, and I always assumed I would spend my entire university experience on the Management Committee. But it is with great sadness th

Adrian Chiles Thinks We Need To Do Something About Those Nasty Trolls, Part 1

Penny Arcade aren't wrong , but there's a bit more to this So, Adrian Chiles craps out 300 words that amount to "my mate says we should get rid of online anonymity." The Guardian, of course, has the audacity to suggest I support it monetarily after that blistering tour-de-force of writing, as they do with all their posts. Why, so you can pay people £25 to write about how they're still whipped on their old boyfriend despite being married, rationalise the fact that they abandoned their family with the language of the LGBT community , or how they like to wank with teddy bears? Say what you want about the Telegraph (I will: it's a cesspit that gives voice to the worst impulses of this country's upper-middle-class right wing), at least it has the sense to hide its utter, utter garbage behind a paywall. The Guardian wants you to know about all this bollocks, it wants you to know Adrian Chiles "writes" for them. This is supposed to be a selling