Affleck v. Harris and the Different Shades of Islamophobia
I never thought I would live to write the words that will follow, but here goes. I am grateful to Ben Affleck. Not particularly for his outrage or his insights on Bill Maher's show, which, albeit...
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The Kate Kennedy Club Opening Ball 2014
They say that 3rd time's the charm. In St Andrews we have a 4th time around. You would think, having made it to 4th year we would know the drill by now in terms of the nightlife; St Andrews is hardly a...
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Will India and Japan Forge a New Asia?
*Joseph McQuade [2013] is doing a PhD in History with the support of a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. Picture of Narendra Modi. Credit: Mayur Bhatt and Wiki Commons. Amid the cheering of nearly 20,000...
View ArticleThis High School Rap Battle Puts Eminem's 8 Mile To Shame. Kinda
Eminem ain't no nufin compared to these mandem. Lads, your sh*t is sick.
View ArticleOpen Letter to 'The Beaver', LSESU and Professor Craig Calhoun
I am writing to you as a member of LSE's Professional Services Staff, and as a proud gay man. I started secondary school seventeen years ago, and experienced five years of homophobia from classmates...
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Three Inch Leech Stows Away In Backpacker's Nose For More Than A Month
A British backpacker returned from her travels to find she’d brought along a stowaway leech – up her nose. Astonishingly, the three-inch long creature had been living in Daniela Liverani’s nostril for...
View ArticlePanic Attacks: What Are They And Why Do So Many Young People Have Them?
A third of young women and one in 10 young men in the UK suffer from panic attacks, so why are they still so commonly misunderstood and underreported? Many young people who have panic attacks don't...
View ArticleEbola Fears: Uni Cleaners Warned To Watch For Blood And Vomit In Students'...
University cleaners have been warned to watch out for blood or vomit in students' bedrooms as fears over Ebola spreading to the UK increase. Around 20,000 students from countries in West Africa which...
View Article10 Problems Every Philosophy Student Faces
Philosophy students can have a tough time - from battling existential crises on a weekly basis to trying to convince others that their degree is actually worthwhile. Here's a rundown of the struggles...
View ArticleSainsbury's Apologises After Lesbian Couple Ordered To Stop 'Disgusting'...
Sainsbury's has apologised to a pair of students who were left "humiliated" when they were ordered to stop kissing or leave the store after a shopper complained. Annabelle Paige, a student at Sussex...
View ArticleAdjusting to Nine to Five and Why I'm Not Shooting for the Moon
When I think back to my summer, I see colours. Blue skies, turquoise seas, lush green, paired with saffron from the glowing sun in Europe and a smudge of brown from Glastonbury mud. I felt like I was...
View ArticleInternational Day of the Girl Child: Why Politicians Need To Sit Up And...
Girlguiding is calling on MPs to listen to girls' voices ahead of the 2015 general election, with eight specific calls for change on issues girls say are important to them. One of the asks of the Girls...
View ArticleDavid Tennant Backs Students Anti-Sexual Harassment Campaign
David Tennant has appeared in a campaign video released by the University of Exeter Students’ Guild raising awareness of sexual harassment in student life. The Dr Who star, who was recently spotted on...
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School Of Hard Knocks: How Will Greenwood's Charity Is Using Rugby To Get...
Rugby has long been perceived as a sport played by public-schooled youths with trust funds and Oxbridge futures. But, thanks to a couple of sporting stars and a psychologist, it's now helping...
View ArticleWhich University Topped The Ultimate Times Higher Education 'Table of Tables'...
The Times Higher Education ‘Table of Tables’ 2015 has been released, with Cambridge holding its place at the top of the board. Oxford also maintained its place in second, while St Andrews climbed one...
View Article10 Ways To Make Money At Uni
With lectures commencing, your bank balance dwindling and true student life kicking back in, it might well be time to get your entrepreneurial-self in gear and start hatching plans to get some extra...
View ArticleA Lesson in Disruption at TEDx Teen
It's the phrase 'the first generation younger than the internet' that really brings it home. Reading it in the programme of the TEDx Teen event in London, where it's used as a factual description of...
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I Wanted to Be 'One of the Lads'
Over the last couple of weeks there has been a lot of media discussion about 'lad culture' and how it affects female students, sparked by the publication of a National Union of Students (NUS) report...
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Students To Stage Kiss In At Sainsbury's In Protest Of Lesbian Couple Being...
A group of students is helping to stage a kiss in at a Sainsbury's store in Brighton, in protest at the treatment of a lesbian couple who were told they were "disgusting". Annabelle Paige, an English...
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Boris Johnson Gets To Grips With A Selfie Stick
It was a learning experience for both students and Mayor as Boris Johnson got to grips with using a selfie stick at a Black History Month event at City Hall. A group of 24 Barking & Dagenham...
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