The Englishman is a heavy drinker.

When wandering in the Student Union, you can easily spot free newspapers on display - at least I hope they are free, cause I have a few laying around in my room. ForgePress seems to be about the life of college students in general, and of the University of Sheffield's in particular, among other broader subjects. And I have to admit that drunk college students were very present in the last issue. I'll let you be your own judge, with two of my favorite articles.

Drinking is a massive part of student life, but there's always that one person who takes it a bit too far. It's fair to say that a student from York had his beer googles on, when he mistook a patch of grass for his university bedroom. He was so convinced that he was curled up in bed that when passers by tried to help him up, he asked them to shut his window because it was getting a bit chilly. - Jessica Davis

This one reminds me of a story I've been told. Living in a city with two universities and a few colleges, roommates stories are a common thing. This one I heard from a french erasmus student, impressed by his british roomie. They both (and a few others) live 15 minutes from uni, and one night of heavy drinking/partying, this guy wants to walk home. He doesn't realize he took the wrong street, and begins his Journey.The short walk turns into an hour and a half of walking, the guy still not aware he may have slightly been off his usual road. He then starts running, probably to fight the cold, and that's when his running app turns on, and monitors his 20 minutes jog. It isn't until he finally (and randomly) see a cab that he can go home safe, a little later than expected.

Oxford's Merton Junior College Room (JCR) voted at their last meeting to affiliate to Sheffield's Students' Union. The motion was raised at an annual JCR meeting where members voted or not to re-affiliate to the University of Oxford Student's Union. [...] Sheffield's Students' Union was apparently picked at random, given Sheffield's distance from Oxford, with the motion initially starting as a joke, presented by two 3rd year students apparently tipsy. Hamish Forbes, a Merton college student present at the time, told Cherwell : "After great arguments in proposition such as Sheffield's high tree-to-people ratio and being the place where the Full Monty is set, the JCR was convinced. [...]" - Polly Winn