NEWS: SU President adamant students can resist fees hike
Responding to the coalition government’s proposals on higher education funding this week, SU President, Gareth McGreevy said there is no way that students at Queen’s will pay £9,000 for fees. As of 2012, universities in England will be able to charge nearly triple the current cap of £3,290. Students across the UK and Ireland in recent weeks have protested against plans to increase fees in both respective jurisdictions. Next Wednesday, thousands of students will take to the streets of London to have their voices heard at Westminster. BY KERRI-ANNE CAMPBELL
November 6th, 2010 | No Comments
REVIEW: FML at the Waterfront
Did you know that in India it is cheaper to buy a prostitute than a condom? Did you know that 95% of statistics are made up? Did you know that last year 500 people died in Ireland through suicide? Suicide and depression among young people make up the key themes of Pol Heyvaert’s touching, hilarious and often random play about the thoughts, feelings and lives of 19 young people from Cork to Belfast. We are told “it’s for every nameless, faceless teenager who now has a chance to be understood”. This is not a play for the faint hearted. BY SARAH LAVERTY
November 6th, 2010 | No Comments
OPINION: Are politics and honesty mutually exclusive?
As every child in the United States will tell you, the first American president was a man of great moral integrity, incapable of telling a lie. As the story goes, George Washington once cut down his father’s cherry tree. Upon finding the tree reduced to firewood, Washington’s father asked him if he knew who had committed such an act. His response of “I cannot tell a lie” is well known in American folklore. BY SEAN ASHFORD
November 5th, 2010 | No Comments
REVIEW: Patrick Monahan at The Empire Laughs Back
The Empire Laughs Back Comedy Club is well known for hosting many comics who have now become well established throughout the UK and Ireland, including Michael McIntyre and Dara O’Briain. The club also hosts lesser known comedians, who still have to widely launch themselves into the public eye. Patrick Monahan is one such comedian, but his relatively unknown status does not deny his skill or talent. BY MARK STEVENSON
November 4th, 2010 | No Comments
NEWS: Book launched at Queen’s claims hunger strikers not told of British offer
Richard O’Rawe launched his second book, Afterlives, this evening in front of a Queen’s Bookshop filled to capacity. This sequel comes fives years after his bestseller Blanketmen. In his book the former hunger striker claims efforts to reach a settlement between republicans and the British government in July 1981 were thwarted by Gerry Adams and his five-man committee. Guest speaker at the event was Liam Clarke, journalist and co-author of Martin McGuinness: From Guns to Government. BY CONNOR DALY
November 4th, 2010 | No Comments
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