As far as politicians go, it would be safe to say that Barack Obama is a pretty popular one. Charismatic, seemingly sincere and eager for ‘change’, he charmed American voters into believing that he was some sort of superhuman politician who could singlehandedly set right the policy failures both domestic and foreign inherited from the previous Bush administration.
BY KATHRYN MCCANN
Looking back on their very first audition, no-one could have predicted the controversy John and Edward Grime’s presence on ‘The X-Factor’ would cause. Often compared to Same Difference who appeared on the hit programme back in 2007, the Irish born twins have managed to survive yet another gruelling live show with a memorable rendition of Britney’s “Oops! I did it again.” Squeezed into red leather jumpsuits, the boys delivered a highly entertaining performance that prompted Simon Cowell to admit, “It was like watching The Exorcist… I didn’t like it… but I wanted to watch it again.”
The question remains however: Do WE want to keep watching them?
BY JORDAN CATTERSON
It was with unreserved disgust that on Saturday the 17th October, I witnessed a doorman at a club in Belfast taunt an elderly woman by taking her belongings and giving them to other people. The incident would, under normal circumstances prompt a phone call to the police, but such is the nature of racism within our society, that the dispossession of plastic roses from an elderly Roma rose seller went largely unnoticed by the nearby crowd.
BY CORMAC DAWSON
Did any of you notice the “out of order” signs on all the toilets on ALL floors in the Library on both Friday 2nd October and Monday 5th October?
DISCUSS!
‘Belfast is a fantastic example to the world….’
Add in as many superlatives as you wish and there wouldn’t be any we have not heard before. Now it appears that the ‘sitcheeation’ in Northern Ireland has entered that realm that we like to call our ‘annual stalemate’, which seems to happen as often as Man Utd release a new strip. This time though the reality is based solely on the fact that we simply do not have enough money to sustain a police force that will be sufficient and effective due to the ‘economic downturn’, another all too familiar phrase.
If you have ever had a look at the sports available to you as a Queen’s student, you will know just how many there are. You can’t possibly try them all- that would be crazy. So how do you decide which one is right for you?