Are You an Alum Fighting for Social Justice?
CHANGING THE WORLD – ONE GRADUATE AT A TIME Margaret Mead wrote: “Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”...
Author: Emily Hill
YSJ Replay – The Ultimate Playlist
We hope you’ve had fun looking back on the music of your student days through YSJ Replay! You can check out the suggestions of your fellow alumni by decade on Spotify. Find your graduation...
Ripon Rewind – The Ultimate Playlist
We hope you’ve had fun looking back on the music of your student days through Ripon Rewind! You can check out the suggestions of your fellow alumni by decade on Spotify. Find your graduation...
Maggie May: Stealing Ripon’s Heart
Our first blog explored the enduring power of The Killers’ dancefloor ballad, ‘Mr. Brightside’. This time, we’re travelling back to the early 1970s. For many Ripon students, there is only one man and one song that could properly represent their time at college: Rod Stewart and his 1971 hit, ‘Maggie May’. In its “definitive” list of the...
A Killer Student Soundtrack: Why We Love ‘Mr. Brightside’
Did you know? ‘Mr. Brightside’ is reportedly one of the first songs ever written by The Killers. It is what’s known as a sleeper hit: a piece of entertainment that goes relatively unnoticed on...
YSJ Replay – The Ultimate Playlist
We hope you’ve had fun looking back on the music of your student days through YSJ Replay! You can check out the suggestions of your fellow alumni by decade on Spotify. But now it’s...
Ripon Rewind – The Ultimate Playlist
We hope you’ve had fun looking back on the music of your student days through Ripon Rewind! You can check out the suggestions of your fellow alumni by decade on Spotify. But now it’s...