Archive for March, 2009

Aren’t these our rights to freedom?

Monday, March 16th, 2009
Aren’t these our rights to freedom?

These days, demonstrators are having to barge through swarms of not only photo journalists, but thousands of spectators wielding camera phones instead of placards. Could this be spoiling the impact of mass protests against dubious government plans?The situation has clearly got out of hand, with photos perhaps dominating too much of our life, but should these photographers at protests be made illegal? Well, since... »

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Chaos on the Catwalk

Monday, March 16th, 2009
Chaos on the Catwalk

Eight members of Goldsmiths Feminist Society were arrested after chaining themselves to the doors at the venue for Miss University London’s final. »

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Innocent Penguin Abducted

Monday, March 16th, 2009
Innocent Penguin Abducted

LSE students are set to march on Strand rivals King’s, claiming that they stole their penguin. »

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King’s labelled ‘institutionally racist”

Monday, March 16th, 2009

A 25-year-old student at King’s College School of Medicine, has filed a lawsuit against the college in response to what she claims is an ‘institutionally racist’ environment within its walls. »

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“Why I was happy to be arrested for protesting”

Monday, March 16th, 2009
“Why I was happy to be arrested for protesting”

Loony liberal left, the great unwashed, ugly, jealous. Just a selection of charming comments from the Daily Mail website about the women, myself included, from Goldsmiths Feminist Society who blockaded the Miss University London contest on Tuesday 10th March. »

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Miss University lacks Sparkle

Monday, March 16th, 2009
Miss University lacks Sparkle

When a 46 year-old Mancunian glamour queen is accused of being a police-identified trouble-maker and denied entrance to a beauty contest, you suspect that something isn’t quite right. »

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Issue Eleven out now

Monday, March 16th, 2009
Issue Eleven out now

London Student Volume 29 Issue 11 Play, London Student Volume 29 Issue 11 »

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The colour of your skin in 2009

Monday, March 16th, 2009
The colour of your skin in 2009

My skin colour is a mix of peachy pink with large red circles on my cheeks. When filling in Equal Opportunities forms I generally tick the ‘Mixed – Other’ box. ‘British and Asian’ seems a little misleading as my Middle-Eastern heritage doesn’t fit the type that most people seem to associate with the term... »

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The Show will go on

Monday, March 16th, 2009

A talking point since emotions ran high in the student community at heats last year, last week’s final did not disappoint for drama, with picket lines, stink bombs and allegations of assault competing for the punter’s attention with glamorous contestants. »

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Sold Short

Monday, March 16th, 2009

 The plight of cleaners struggling to make ends meet at University of London colleges looks set to continue, with Birkbeck College likely to decline to pay cleaners the wages they need to get by in the capital. »

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