18th September 2022
Rebecca Richard shares her view on the most recent app to crash (and crash, and crash) the party. It’s 2.47pm on a typical Tuesday and I, like most other BeReal users at this exact moment, am watching the endless spinning circle on my latest post as it competes for upload with the millions of other ...
18th September 2022
Rusted leaves and stripey tees, it’s Tumblr girl autumn. As this October approaches this year, some of us will be pulling out a different costume. Never mind Halloween, for the retired Tumblr kids, it’s time to dust off those leather jackets, fishnets, and that striped t-shirt. For those of us who revelled in the side ...
18th September 2022
The Glasgow Guardian’s guide to making the most of first year while living a 45 minute drive along the M80. Selecting the University of Glasgow as your firm choice on UCAS, you probably thought you were heading off for a new start in Scotland’s most populated and most ethnically diverse city. Glasgow is also known ...
18th September 2022
Culture Editor Jeevan wishes you a warm welcome to sunny glas-gay, highlighting the cities LGBTQ+ spaces in all their glory. Congratulations on becoming a glas-gay. If you’re reading this in freshers’ week, you will probably find yourself in Colourfest at Hive, expecting Paris is Burning but instead grooving to Ne-Yo and Usher. It is a ...
18th September 2022
Jeevan shares some tips and tricks for the frantic scramble for flats at the start of this semester. Glasgow’s housing market is horrendous right now. There are simply too many students wanting too few flats, and if you’re starting the semester without knowing where you’ll be living next year, it must feel really daunting. As ...
18th September 2022
Lifestyle Editor Genevieve Brown suggests some cheap and cheerful recipes. To misquote Richard Nixon, “I am not a cook” and I am very hungry as I write this. Such a time is perfect for stuffing one’s face with food, but, as the cost of living crisis escalates, my cupboards are offering fewer obvious solutions. I ...
18th September 2022
Lifestyle’s advice column returns with our resident agony aunts, Genevieve and Hailie. Question: I am a soon-to-be fresher, and I don’t plan to drink during freshers’ week. I still want to make friends and have fun though! Do you have any advice for someone in my situation? – Tina Total Answer: Hello Tina! I happen ...
16th September 2022
In the first of his new monthly columns, medical student and co-Director of Drugs and Me Arthur Sebag discusses harm management with relation to drugs and alcohol during freshers week. Disclaimer: This article is completely fictional and written in good faith on the basis that students in halls consume alcohol and other drugs every year ...
4th April 2022
Far from being just a silly puzzle, Wordle is good for our cognitive health. Wordle is the latest online craze at the moment, having just been bought over by The New York Times after exploding in popularity at the beginning of the year. However, according to a study by neurologist Douglas Scharre, MD, director of ...
25th March 2022
Marine Ourahli explains how the worlds of coding and fashion can combine to create a more sustainable design through wearable technology. Technology makes, it imagines and it can also be worn. The current situation between the pandemic and climate crisis has pushed the fashion industry to reinvent and rethink itself in order to remain relevant. ...
