24th November 2017
Jonathan Peters Writer Concerns have been raised over plans to develop certain city streets in Glasgow, as the City Council becomes the latest to propose what looks to be a “shared space” scheme with its design for new cycle paths. Shared space schemes involve removing demarcations on the road for different transport types, with the ...
24th November 2017
Goronwy Maldwyn Writer Goronwy Maldwyn takes a look at the love and hate of alcohol on campus Alcohol is necessary for both civilized and savage life. The Ancient Greeks and Persians saw in wine a means for transcendence, a slight intoxication recasting thought into new moulds for sublimation into philosophy and song: the barbarian Scythians, ...
24th November 2017
Jonathan Peters Writer Glasgow City Council has passed a motion withdrawing its award of Freedom of the City to Aung San Suu Kyi, State Councillor of Myanmar and leader of the ruling National League for Democracy party. The award was offered in 2009, when she was under house arrest, a sentence she had been serving ...
24th November 2017
Jennifer Bowey Writer An anti-choice society has recently been launched at Glasgow University. The society, named Glasgow University Protection of Unborn People Society (GUPUPS), has garnered substantial interest at the University in recent weeks. GUPUPS hosted their first official meeting on Tuesday 21 November during which administrative matters and initial plans were discussed, including their ...