14th February 2013 - The Glasgow Guardian



How the media removes rape victims voices

14th February 2013

Franziska Seitz I remember how I stared at the row of bears lying in front of me. The size of small infants, some had rope tied around their hands. Some had plasters on their mouths. Permanent marker indicated tears rolling down of almost all the plush toys’ eyes, while drawings on the rest of their ...


Defying Cancer: the microscope and the moustache

14th February 2013

Daniel Gocke On December 1st, men across the globe finally unencumbered themselves of the overgrown and unsightly bristle that they had nurtured above their top lips for the last month. This came as welcome news to friends, partners, and family, and surely too as great relief to those men themselves, who, divested of their responsibilities ...


Glasgow wins overall championship in indoor athletics

14th February 2013

Sam O’kane and Fiona Laurie At the recent Scottish University and College Indoor Athletics Championships the pressure was on for Glasgow University Athletics Club (GUAC ). Having won the Indoors for the past two years and adding an Outdoor title last year, it was again time for GUAC to defend its place as Scotland’s premier ...


Bursting out of the West End bubble

14th February 2013

Beatrice Cook It’s very easy to become trapped in the student microcosm that is the West End of Glasgow; with its numerous bars, cafes and restaurants, ranging from the pricier establishments such as Kember and Jones to the more wallet-friendly University Café (excellent fry-up for under a fiver might I add); there is obviously a lot ...


Cast off the oppressive triangle and eat a good lunch

14th February 2013

Oliver Milne It is getting cold outside, mighty cold. So when you shuffle out of a moderately warm lecture theatre into the bracing cold and ice covered pavements of Glasgow’s streets, do you really want to walk to the nearest supermarket? If you think you do, then I want you to imagine the awful sound ...