4th September 2019 - The Glasgow Guardian



Overcoming estrangement at university

4th September 2019

Samantha MacraeWriter Samantha Macrae shares her experience of adjusting to student life while estranged from her parents For many, a relationship with biological parents is something that is often taken for granted and thought of as the norm. I became estranged from my parents when I was 16, having been forced out of my family ...


Sports for a laugh

4th September 2019

Dylan TuckSport Editor Not everyone who joins a sports society is up for getting all competitive. A lot of the time, it can be nice to have sports as a hobby, or an outlet for when times get stressful and you want a bit of a distraction. So while the main sporting societies will get ...


How to turn the tide on plastic pollution

4th September 2019

Zoe StormWriter A Glaswegian guide to reducing plastic footprints and zero-waste shopping. Eight million pieces of plastic pollution enter our oceans every day. 5.25 trillion macro and microplastic pieces, weighing up to 269,000 tonnes, are floating in the open ocean. By 2050, plastic will outweigh fish entirely. Why? Because decomposition of marine debris exceeds any human’s...


Album Review: Slipknot’s We Are Not Your Kind

4th September 2019

Sophie KernachanWriter Sophie Kernachan reviews the much anticipated We Are Not Your Kind, the sixth studio album from Iowa’s favourite mask-wielding heavy metal band After several months of build-up and hype, Slipknot have returned with their sixth studio album, We Are Not Your Kind. The band themselves have made big claims during the lead-up to ...


University of Glasgow ahead of schedule in its plan to divest fully from fossil fuels

4th September 2019

Sam DoakInvestigations Editor The University of Glasgow is ahead of schedule in its plan to divest fully from fossil fuels by 2024, a freedom of information request has revealed. As of 30 June, 5.3% of the university’s endowment was invested in companies within the fossil fuel industry. This puts the institution significantly ahead of its ...


Review: We Out Here festival

4th September 2019

Amy RodgersWriter Writer Amy Rodgers reviews the first ever We Out Here festival, a celebration of club culture, jazz and multiculturalism. This summer’s first ever We Out Here festival saw the celebration and bolstering of many things: the melding of club culture and jazz that has been taking place in recent years; the multiculturalism that ...