Checking back in with my alma mater, I speak with the leader and founder of ARU's rent strike movement, Marvelous Nwandu, and here about her experiences as a first year student studying in a pandemic-gripped Britain, as well as the troubles faced by those she represents. We discuss the difficulties students have coming up against private landlords; finding the confidence to speak out; and feeling crushed by the weight of not just rent, but stress brought on from external problems affecting many students in the UK.