Christmas is one of the most magical times of the year where we get to spend time with our closest friends and family members. Unfortunately, this is not the case…
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10 at UiA: What is your favorite thing about the holidays?
Nicoletta Perugino (Marketing) I love spending time with family and eating good food, but I also love to sing karaoke during the Holidays! Of course, we're not…
Stirred Not Shaken: A look at the stirred up debate about alcohol regulation in Norway
For those of us who celebrate, the holidays are right around the corner, which means endless Christmas and New Year parties with an even more endless flow of alcohol. While…
Twisted Glow
A big bang and an earth-shaking crash came from the kitchen. Nick, clinging to a half-unraveled string of twinkling lights, raised an eyebrow, “Guess we have a poltergeist who doesn´t…
Christmas Gifts on a Budget
Christmas is soon right around the corner, and a lot of students fear that they won’t have enough time or money for Christmas presents. But fret not, dear reader, Christmas…
Battle of the Christmas Sodas
With the holidays right around the corner, Unikum wanted to share one of its favourite things about the Norwegian Christmas, with some of our excellent exchange students. There are countless…
Unikum’s Podcast Corner: World Mental Health Day V
In this, the fifth and penultimate episode, Adam chats with Jinmeng Wang (Momo), a third-year master's student of Translation Studies from China (exchanging from Germany) and I-wen Chon (Jessie) (right),…
The Weird, Wonderful (and Expensive) World of Board Games
Just from reading the title, I bet you have conjured up the imagine of a sweaty nerd, sitting at his desktop with a freshly popped Mountain Dew and a bag…
Short Story: The Whistle
The university campus had transformed into a chillingly quiet place as the sun dipped below the horizon, casting long shadows across the desert pathways. Martin, Caroline, and Daniel, three close…
Poetry corner: November
by Babet Berning Winter is coming, Every year again. Sweaters on, Dresses off. Winter is coming, Every year again. Days shorten, Sunlight decreases. Winter is coming, Every year…
Five Books I Hate and Why
I take pride in almost always finishing a book. My thumb rule is to always read at least 150 pages before judging, because you never know when things will take…
Film Review: The Boy and the Heron
Genre: Animation/Fantasy Director: Hayao Miyazaki Japanese voice cast: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takura Kimura, Karou Kobayashi and Shinobu Otake. Length: 2 hours 4 minutes Release…
Movie Review: Love Life (2022)
“I love love, and I love life. I love. I just love. It's just great. It's the most enduring element we have is love”. - Gary Busey Koji Fukada’s…
Movie Review: Napoleon: Top visuals, Lacking Screenplay
Napoleon is the latest blockbuster film coming out of the Apple studio machine, with highly acclaimed director Ridley Scott at the helm. The masterful director who gave us Alien, Blade…