19th November 2019
Bethany Woodhead Editor-in-Chief Police Scotland and The University of Glasgow confirm four alleged cases of sexual assault in the West End of Glasgow, following a report on 17 October 2019. A 34-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection to three of the assaults. According to Police Scotland, two of the assaults occurred on 17 ...
19th November 2019
Clara Punsita Ritthikarn Writer The Dutch capital raises tourist taxes again. As of January 2020, the Dutch capital will impose a new levy on travellers staying overnight in hotels in a bid to control over-tourism. This solution for the New Year would mean that Amsterdam will have the highest tourist tax on the continent. From ...
19th November 2019
Fred Bruce Writer QMU welcomes provocative punk prince Ezra Fuhrman to the stage as he performs an “era-defining” gig. Riding the wave of his incredible 2019 album, the performer taking centre stage at QMU is a far-cry from the frontman of Ezra Furman and the Harpoons fans were introduced to almost 15 years ago. Demonstrating ...
19th November 2019
Jodie Leith Writer Writer Jodie Leith explores five easy, affordable lunch spots in the west end. Looking to add an element of adventure to that hour window between a lecture and a seminar? Tired of lunchtime queueing and frenzied seat-searching in the Fraser Building, only to end up wedged between strangers eating a sad home-made ...
19th November 2019
Anna Wood Writer Instead of investing £3.1m in arms trade, what else could the University of Glasgow spend their money on? That will be the question circling around many students’ heads now that a recent investigation, carried out by The Glasgow Guardian, revealed the extent of the University of Glasgow’s arms trade funding. The answer ...
19th November 2019
Holly Jennings Views Editor Matching your pooch to your Prada certainly isn’t a new trend, but has over-breeding dogs gone too far? Long gone are the days of Paris Hilton appearing on MTV, strutting around her mansion with her designer pooch of the month nestled safely in her highly-sought after handbag. Whilst Paris Hilton’s days ...
19th November 2019
Siam Hatzaw and Rafe Uddin Features Editors To launch our new series raising awareness of societies working for human rights within the University, we interview Caoimhe Quinn, a founding member of Friends of Medical Aid for Palestinians. There are few topics more hostile than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Conversations are often shut down at the mere ...
19th November 2019
Kieran Dowling Writer Kieran Dowling explains GUBC’s social outreach programme. Glasgow University Basketball Club’s Social Outreach Programme reaches out to young, vulnerable children and teenagers in the wider community of Glasgow, and uses basketball as a means of facilitating their development. Our programme functions through a few major projects such as: organising various outreach events...
