Journalism is the booziest course

We all enjoy a drink in-between lectures every now and again, but for Northumbria’s Journalism course, it’s more like a religion.

Maybe it’s the result of the sheer load of 9am lectures we’re given, or the fact that half of our year’s deadlines are fast approaching within a week of each other. Or maybe we’re just drinking away thoughts of most likely being unemployed after graduation.

It usually starts late in the afternoon. One drink in the SU turns into a couple. Then before long, we’re half cut outside House of Smith chatting up the ID checkers.

Cute morning texts

It’s also in our handbook to celebrate an exam or meeting a coursework deadline with a crafty afternoon pint.

It’s no secret we’re a boozy lot. You’ve all seen our snaps pasted all over The Tab (we’re a pretty vain lot too), and our course nights out are better than yours.

I spent a good portion of first and second year under the influence with my fellow journos, and now we’re all approaching dissertation hand-in even a quick bev in Habita is guilt-tripping us.

We’ve had two years of practically nothing, then third year comes around and it’s a whole other story. As a third year you go one of two ways. First we have the tee-totals who stay in and get their work done (yawn). Then there’s the alci’s who turn to booze to make all those nasty deadlines go away (we’re founding members of the alci’s).

With diss deadline fast approaching, we were sat only today in uni bashing out a chapter when Tab veteran Lauren-Rae Dodd piped up at half 11 with: “Not being funny lads, but I could do with a pint about now.”

Within five minutes we had one in our hands.

So yeah, we’re a boozy bunch. Anyone can go for a few drinks, but it takes real skill and stamina to turn it into a 14 hour binge sesh. And nine times out of 10 it all ends with one of us dry-humping a celebrity cut-out.

Reckon your course is boozier? Prove it and send us your best course night snap to [email protected].