Tokyo 2020 and Us
At the start of the month, we enjoyed watching Team GB compete at the Olympics in a range of sports. From Tom Daley’s emotional gold medal win to the post-final interviews, the delayed Tokyo...
Tagged: YSJ history
Memories of Heworth Croft
Heworth Croft housed generations of students as they studied at York St John. It also, at various times, housed different departments, giving some lucky students a short commute to classes! At the end of...
Pioneering women: The Cruse sisters and the Women’s College
Before Ripon College, St John’s College had another sister institution. Based a short walk away from their Lord Mayor’s Walk location, the Teacher Training School for Schoolmistresses was its academic, if not financial, equal....
Memories of Ripon College during World War II
We’re always reconnecting with our alumni, whether through social media, our magazine or through appeals and campaigns. Thanks to our certificate of education campaign, in 2020 we reconnected with Nora Olennick (nee Reeder) who...
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...
Rewind and Replay: The Winners and Losers
Some artists are one hit wonders and others delight their audiences with hit after hit. The results of YSJ Replay and Ripon Rewind show the diversity of music taste, including how our alumni love...
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...