24th February 2018
Ewan Shand Ewan Shand argues that maintaining a clear head in a world of information is difficult, but possible. Every generation is defined by something. Youth culture has always been punctuated by its cultural movements, from punk in the 70s to rave in the 90s. Our generation will be remembered as the first who grew ...
24th February 2018
Anonymous People from my high school notoriously don’t stray far from home when considering university. The year I left, most ended up within 80 miles from home; a mere train journey away from tea and toast on a Friday night. There’s nothing wrong with that – but it wasn’t for me. This wasn’t born from ...
24th February 2018
Jasmine Urquhart Deputy News Editor Olivia Robertson seems a good person to represent the values of GUSA, with her passion for sportsmanship, particularly her dedication to the hockey club, which she has been a member of since she was a fresher, and has risen through the ranks to become a central part of the running ...
24th February 2018
Holly Sloey News Editor Nominations for the Queen Margaret Union’s (QMU) spring elections have been announced. The only one of the four student bodies to have a contested President position this year, the QMU is set to have either Mata Durkin or Mitchell Welsh in the role. Last year, five people stood for QMU President. ...
23rd February 2018
Harry Vizor Features Editor Muhammad Fahd Asif offers a somewhat brief and, in parts, vague manifesto. This, however, does not correspond with the person that came into the Guardian office on Friday afternoon. Muhammad exuded enthusiasm, explaining both on and off camera how his central motivation is to make things at this University better for ...
23rd February 2018
Ruairidh Campbell Writer Seeking a third successive year on the GUSA Council, Paddy Everingham has certainly not lost any of his motivation for improving the role of sport at Glasgow University. After a year as Vice President, where he admitted he perhaps took on more than he could chew, Everingham clearly hopes to make the ...
23rd February 2018
Holly Sloey News Editor Fatemeh Nokhbatolfoghahai, one of this year’s two candidates for the SRC’s VP Student Support, clearly has a significant amount of experience on the SRC. The current Mental Health Equality Officer, she has been on the Council for two years and has been a member of the Faith and Religious Belief Equality, ...
23rd February 2018
Rebecca Zack Deputy Editor Tom’s personal struggles with mental health and familiarity with the needs of the student body will convince many students that he has what it takes to make good on his manifesto: “I know lots of people personally who have struggled, especially in first year, getting in . If they can’t ...
23rd February 2018
Liam King Writer Liam King explores where the University’s motives lie regarding campus redevelopment The Learning and Teaching Hub is the first building in the University’s £1bn Campus Development programme. Unless you have been away from campus recently, you will almost certainly have noticed the building site adjacent to the Boyd Orr. At £90.8m, it ...
23rd February 2018
Lily Clarke Writer Lily Clarke opens up about life with same-sex parents For the past 17 years I have grown up and lived partly with my two gay dads. This is something I usually tell people quite early on when I meet them, to try and avoid those slightly awkward conversations and misunderstandings you seem ...
