6th February 2015
Selena Jackson GUSA correspondent GUSA has played host to a number of extremely successful events and campaigns in the last few months, not least their partnership with the Scottish Association for Mental Health. GUSA’s focus towards promoting both physical and mental health is at the centre of their plans for this semester, kicking off with ...
6th February 2015
Selena Jackson GUSA Correspondent The yellow jersey. Dignified, noble, imposing – the embodiment of the golden boy whose back it so proudly adorns. The golden boy climbing to the top of the podium at the end of the Champs Élysées, proudly clutching a bunch of flowers knowing that he has the collective pride of a ...
6th February 2015
Jack Haugh Sports Editor Trying to find new words to describe the debacle at Ibrox is like trying to find a new way to make Big Brother relevant in our society. And it could be argued that the latter has more class and reason than the Rangers saga ever will. For several long and tiresome ...
6th February 2015
John Gorrod Deputy Sports Editor Hampden Park has played host to the crème de la crème of footballing fixtures in its 112-year history. And, last Sunday, another was added to that roll of honour. The Glasgow Giants of Celtic and Rangers went toe-to-toe once more. After the three-year wait , the match that Scottish football ...
6th February 2015
Chris McLaughlin Writer Legend has it than in the aftermath of the great Wall Street crash of 1929 a journalist conducting an interview with a veteran financier asked if it was still possible to make a small fortune in the markets. The money man replied instantly, “Oh, most certainly!” Thoroughly surprised the journalist posed his ...
6th February 2015
Kate Snowdon Production Manager I Approached the recent adaptation of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ at Glasgow Theatre Royal with some trepidation, particularly after my recent blow of seeing Macbeth destroyed before me, as Mockingbird is one of my favourite books of all time and I couldn’t stand to have it ruined. Bracing myself as I ...
6th February 2015
Andrew McAllister Culture Editor I consider myself an art fan. Unsurprisingly this involves going to galleries, keeping track of new exhibitions and generally knowing about paintings and such. I could talk until I’m blue in the face about Dadaism, Constructivism and all the other –isms that are eminently important when talking about exhibitions that happened ...
6th February 2015
Eilis Slater Writer In the past few years, there seems to have been a surge in the amount of prominent figures in the media who are opening up about their own struggles with mental health. The increased discussion about these issues came particularly after the tragic death of Robin Williams, a keystone figure of comedy ...
6th February 2015
A great deal more than a Holocaust story Nora Kelemen Contributor Fatelessness is powerful, carefully presented concentration camp fiction. Dreadful though the story is, it is a masterly, subtle and constantly surprising novel, told through a narrator with a naive and innocent attitude towards life. First published in 1975, Fatelessness won Imre Kertész the Nobel ...
6th February 2015
Sam Wigglesworth Writer As a fourth year undergraduate student over half way through the academic year, I’ve found myself thinking more seriously about what I’m going to end up with at the end of June upon completion of my degree – aside from a hideous amount of debt and a slightly worse off liver. This ...
