Archive for the ‘News’ Category
NEWS: Pete Doherty gig ‘postponed’
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Pete Doherty has been forced to cancel his upcoming gig at Queen’s in the wake of his six month conviction for drug possession after being filmed taking cocaine at a party.
BY SEAN ASHFORD (more…)
Tags: Andrew dodge, Pete Doherty, Sean Ashford
Posted in News | 5 Comments »
NEWS: Docked wages go to Student Support
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Just under £40,000 of docked wages of the staff who took part in the UCU strike in March will be put into the Student Support scheme, a discretionary fund available to students who get into financial difficulty during their time at Queen’s.
BY EMMA GALLEN
Tags: Adam McGibbon, Emma Gallen, Sean McGuickin, UCU
Posted in News | 8 Comments »
NEWS: VPs happy at ‘Yes’ vote
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
In one of the final acts of student democracy this year, the sabbatical officers were successful in getting the support necessary for a number of constitution amendments passed via referendum.
BY EMMA GALLEN (more…)
Tags: Adam McGibbon, Emma Gallen, niall bole, Samantha Tan
Posted in News | No Comments »
NEWS: May Ball succeeds without Inbetweener
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
The first May Ball in six years was successful despite the last minute cancellation of the Silent Disco.
BY EMMA GALLEN (more…)
Tags: Andrew dodge, Calvin Harris, Emma Gallen, General Fiasco, James Buckley
Posted in News | 9 Comments »
NEWS: Jack Wills bullies student fundraising organisation out of business
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Jack Wills, outfitters to the gentry, has forcibly shut down a student run fund-raising organisation that had been hoping to raise £15-20,000 for The Prostate Cancer Charity. Jack Willy had been trading since late January 2011 and had so far raised £1,250.
BY BEN FINCH (more…)
Tags: Ben Finch, Jack Wills, Jack Willy, Jonathan Small, Laura Thom
Posted in News | 11 Comments »
NEWS: Chaos as McClay Library floods
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
The McClay library was evacuated earlier due to a serious sewage leak onto the foyer of the ground floor which resulted in the library being closed for the majority of the day.
BY SEAN ASHFORD (more…)
Tags: Gown, McClay Library, qub, Queen's, queen's university, Sean Ashford, student, students, The Gown
Posted in News | 18 Comments »
ARTS: Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
“If to borrow is to take and not return/I have borrowed all my lonesome life…” begins ‘Bedouin Dress’ (the second track on this, Fleet Foxes second offering), “and I can’t, no I can’t get through/the borrowers’ debt is the only regret of my youth.”
BY JAMES PATTERSON (more…)
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