In preparation for a Human Rights special in the next edition of The Gown (available Monday 30th November), have a look at this interesting YouTube video, which is about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
NB: If you can’t see the video, this is because Queen’s blocks YouTube on its computers between 9am and 5pm.
Comment by Barbara Boyle – postgraduate student (MA in Translation)
German students at Queen’s University Belfast are a dying breed. A first final lesson came at the end of the 2nd semester in June this year, when administrators announced that the German Studies department was no longer financially viable. After being questioned on this decision Queen’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Gregson was quick to point out that, seemingly, there is not enough interest for this language at degree level among Northern Ireland’s A’ level students.
Fancy a trip to the cinema uninterrupted by the slurping of drinks and munching of popcorn? Want to challenge your mind beyond what the latest generic rom-com instalment at the average multiplex can offer? For a cinematic experience unparalleled in the rest of Belfast, QFT is a haven from the moment of entry. Surrounded by framed black and white images of scenes from classic movies, it’s clear that QFT is a movie lovers’ cinema, for appreciators of the pure exhilaration and joy brought by a good film.
Emma Creen
A nation was veiled in shock early last month as Afghan President Hamid Karzai reinstated the Sharia Personal Status Law. The Afghan president who had previously denounced practices such as forced marriage and intercourse claiming, “These practices are cruel, against our religion and no longer acceptable” (International Women’s Day, Kabul, March 2005), has re-approved a piece of legislation which President Obama has branded “abhorrent”.