Durham’s 2021 in 10 headlines
As the new year begins, we look back at the Durham stories that defined 2021.
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Author: Deputy Editor
Police investigate as Van Mildert boathouse burns down
Two appliances extinguished the fire, but the boathouse structure and all its contents have been lost.
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PalatiDates: “I’m not sure what I was hoping for but I definitely found it”
Rose and Florence, Theology and History students from Grey, meet for a blind date at The Rabbit Hole.
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PalatiDates: “We just didn’t click”
Christian from Hatfield and Mia from St. Marys, History and Liberal Arts students, meet for a blind date at Spags.
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Breaking: Durham University Chancellor to step down
Sir Thomas Allen, who began as Durham University’s 12th Chancellor in 2012, succeeding author Bill Bryson, will step down in July 2022 after the summer graduation ceremonies.
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PalatiDates: “I don’t think we’re falling in love anytime soon”
Katie and Yuta, Marketing and Management and History students from South College, meet for a blind date at Spags.
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Editorial: Students band together as institutions stay inert
Editor-in-Chief Max Kendix argues that the reaction to the spiking epidemic shows the power Durham students can have when institutions fail them.
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University apologises for “don’t get spiked” tweet
In a statement published in the University’s weekly Dialogue Signposts email, the University said the tweet was “wrong and should not have been issued”, and apologised for any “upset or distress it caused”.
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Uproar as Durham tells students “don’t get spiked”
The tweet, which said “Drink Spiking is dangerous and something that you can prevent from happening to you”, was condemned by the SU as “insensitively blaming victims”.
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PalatiDates: “I think she’s a lot like me”
In the first ever in-person PalatiDates, Abi from John Snow and Thomas from Hatfield, Physics and Engineering students meet for a blind date at Vennels.
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