8th May 2019
Ruairidh Barlow Writer GU takes home historic triple crown A historic year for men’s football at Glasgow University saw all three teams secure their respective BUCS league titles, both the 2s and the 3s winning their final matches to claim titles in dramatic fashion. Those victories sealed a memorable year for the club, ...
8th May 2019
Rory Clark Sports Editor No matter how many inches of Scottish newspaper columns are devoted to either one of the country’s bigoted brethren in the form of the Old Firm, there’s never going to be any getting away from the Lisbon Lions. Celtic’s near-mythical men, allegedly all born within 30 miles of Celtic ...
27th March 2019
Dylan Tuck Culture Editor Dylan Tuck investigates why the wage gap between male and female athletes remains a prominent issue It’s 2019, and we’re still having to find the energy to address the ridiculousness of the difference in pay between men and women. While the issue, on the whole, seems both outdated and ludicrous, it’s ...
20th March 2019
Alexandra Bullard Writer After months of intense competition, major upsets and varied scorelines, the annual Six Nations Rugby Tournament came to a close in March. For Scotland, they boasted only one draw and one win, finishing a disappointing 5th in the final table. They lost three games. Albeit those three could have been victories ...
11th March 2019
Ruairidh Barlow Writer Ruairidh Barlow discusses the recent rollercoaster ride at Parkhead Social media was filled with anger on Tuesday as Brendan Rodgers was confirmed in his new post at Leicester. The green half of Glasgow duly showed no restraint. Even with twenty-four hours grace period, there was no sign of the storm ...
7th March 2019
Andrew Quinn Sport Editor The world record-breaking distance cyclist opens up about his expeditions and university life Mark Beaumont is a self-proclaimed adventurer. The broadcaster, documentary-maker, author and current rector of the University of Dundee is one of the University of Glasgow’s more successful and renowned alumni since the turn of the millennium. The ...
28th February 2019
Amy Shimmin Writer Amy Shimmin looks at recent initiatives to combat homophobia in football Stonewall, the UK’s main LGBTQ+ rights charity, launched its flagship sports campaign Rainbow Laces in 2013: the campaign encourages sport at all levels to publicly support LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport through the wearing of rainbow patterned shoelaces. Since then, Rainbow ...
28th February 2019
Rory Clark Sports Editor Rory Clark previews European Indoor Athletics Championships, to be held in the Emirates Arena on the first weekend in March Injury will rob Jake Wightman a chance to compete in front of a home crowd in the Emirates Arena at the start of March. The Nottingham-born Scot is set ...
26th February 2019
Rory Clark Sport Editor Rory Clark reports from Garscube and the annual GU 5-miler The Garscube Sports Complex played host to near-enough 200 runners this Saturday past as the Glasgow University Hares & Hounds hosted their annual 5-mile road race. An undulating course proved to be trickier than first glance gave credit and given the ...
22nd February 2019
Andrew Quinn Sports Editor Kilmarnock have been subjected to sectarian abuse from both sides of the Old Firm in the last couple of weeks. Kris Boyd was hit with a coin and abused by Celtic fans, and Rangers fans called manager Steve Clarke a “Fenian Bastard”. In any other part of the world this would ...
