NEWS: Thousands attend “Not in my name” demonstrations
“Not in my name” gatherings took place today across Northern Ireland, London, Liverpool and even the United States. With no more than one hundred people demonstrating at Belfast City centre, the gathering was intimate but still heartfelt. Children also participated in the event and many held banners saying “Not in my name”. BY BEN FINCH AND EMMA GALLEN
April 10th, 2011 | Comment (1)
REVIEW: Cashier No 9 at Animal Disco
BY EMMA GALLEN
Animal Disco is better than most Belfast nights out. There’s no WKD on offer and no Top 40 on repeat. Instead you get £2.50 White Russians and a live band at midnight, with a DJ spinning indie classics before and after the set. The increasingly popular Cashier No 9 played last week to promote their single Goldstar. This has caught the attention of the Sunday Times (it was their download of the week) and the Guardian (included in their F & M playlist). This “blissful pop single” should be part of your summer soundtrack, along with “Lost at Sea”, with sunshine and beaches to mind when listening to it.
April 10th, 2011 | Comments (8)
REVIEW: Sucker Punch
BY LAURA SHEARER
Girl Interrupted meets anime inspired action. Mix in some racy costumes and gaming style action sequences and you’re on to a winner surely. After the death of her mother and sister, a young girl is locked away in a mental asylum by her abusive stepfather. As her new nightmare begins she is faced with the threat of a lobotomy in five days’ time. Retreating into an imaginary world where she must fight to retrieve five items to win her and her new friends’ freedom the plot thickens into a peril filled fantasy adventure. This isn’t the light hearted romp that the trailers might suggest, it’s dark and dense, fraught with issues it’s uncomfortable tackling.
April 9th, 2011 | No Comments
FEATURES: Winning Friday
BY CLAIRE WILLIAMSON
“Rebecca Black, we don’t hate you because you’re famous. You’re famous because we hate you.” Charlie Sheen said this last week about Rebecca Black, the teeny bopper with the epic fail disguised as a pop track entitled ‘Friday’, which leads us to think about how many ‘celebrities’ have been created off the back of negative feedback?
April 9th, 2011 | Comments (2)
SU ELECTIONS: What is an Election Court?
Given that Niall Bole, departing VPCS, is challenging the election results today, here’s a quick overview of what an election court involves. BY NIALL CROZIER
April 7th, 2011 | Comments (11)
HOOD: Thoughts on the fees protest
Ah those wacky socialists. Watching them, its hard to believe they were the plot device villains of films not too long ago. Look at them now. The fees campaign yesterday provided Nathan Anderson (not a racist) to speak on a one to one hundred level with the students, and to treat them all equally with tolerance and love (as he always does); just the way he likes all his communications to be, loud and jumbled.
April 7th, 2011 | Comments (18)
NEWS: Hundreds protest to keep cap on fees
BY BEN FINCH AND PRIYA BIRING
Hundreds of protesters marched on City Hall to call for the cap on tuition fees to be kept today. The demonstration was also against the swingeing cuts being implemented by the Conservative-led government in Westminster and in support of Educational Maintenance Allowance. MLAs from across Northern Ireland’s political spectrum unambiguously spoke against a rise in fees at City Hall. The protest was carried off without incident.
April 6th, 2011 | Comments (5)
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