10th February 2018
Tom McDonald Writer The first thing to note about the Scottish government’s finally approved legislation on minimum alcohol pricing is that it won’t affect (and isn’t intended to affect) students a great deal. Rather, it has surely been concocted for those who we are told subsist on the breadline and yet still prioritise the purchase ...
10th February 2018
Rory Clark Writer Rory Clark analyses the progress of the Scotland’s only professional basketball team The British Basketball League (BBL) has just embarked upon its 31st consecutive season. At present, the only Scottish contingent in the tournament comes in the shape of the Glasgow Rocks. The Glaswegian side is fresh from yet another run into ...
9th February 2018
Fergus Brown Writer Minimum pricing needs to be part of a larger scale plan to improve addiction services and social conditions, but that does not make it useless in and of itself. Every week, 22 people in Scotland die from an alcohol-related disease – 54% more than in England and Wales. Alcohol abuse is estimated ...
8th February 2018
Aaron Gray Writer Glasgow anticipates Foreverland’s return: a UK grime and garage night featuring an extravagant display of stage shows, stunts and special effects. Headliner Artful Dodger has been announced for the club event’s return to Glasgow on Friday 16 February as part of their UK wide tour. The legendary garage duo electrified the UK ...
7th February 2018
Jasmine Urquhart Deputy News Editor The Glasgow Refugee and Asylum Seeker Solidarity (GRASS) are currently collecting donations for the refugee camps in Northern France, as part of the Glasgow Refugee Appeal’s Winter Appeal. The next opportunity to donate essential items to the collection will be on Thursday 8 February in the cloakroom of the Queen ...
7th February 2018
Amy Shimmin Writer Amy Shimmin discusses the experience of LGBTQ+ supporters’ in Scottish football with the country’s three LGBTQ+ supporters’ groups Football is perhaps not the first sport that springs to mind as an LGBTQ+ friendly institution. After all, even in 2018, no male English Premier League player has come out during his career. Justin ...
6th February 2018
Jonathan Peters News Editor Mind your Mate is an innovative project designed to help students improve their mental health and help others The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) is hosting an interactive workshop to increase mental health awareness and help students manage their own wellbeing. The free workshop will be held on the 31 January, in ...
4th February 2018
Ruairidh Campbell Writer The new society aims to make Yoga more accessible for students. Creating a new sports club is never easy at Glasgow University. After navigating Glasgow University Sports Association’s complex affiliation process, the challenge of convincing regular students to select your club over 50 other established bodies determines whether the club will outlast ...
4th February 2018
Andreea Bocioaga Writer Do students have a responsibility to boycott institutions that treat their staff poorly? Over the past year, coinciding with the controversy surrounding the G1 Group and the rise of Better Than Zero, more and more Glasgow establishments have been called out on the poor treatment of their staff. Service workers often fall ...
2nd February 2018
Rona MacNicol Writer Is Glasgow University doing enough to encourage students’ healthy eating on campus? With a seemingly inherent addiction to avocados, nutribullets, and Instagram fitness videos, the “millennial” generation, many of whom are students, seem to have sussed out healthy living far better than their predecessors. Indeed, studies repeatedly find that younger generations have...
