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Air strikes in Syria would be ineffective

Da’esh’s attack on Paris would understandably lead one to the reactionary retaliation of conventional military strikes. Big and colourful explosions in Syrian towns on the 6pm news and accompanying headlines…

EUSA’s ‘ChangeEUSA’ survey will change nothing

EUSA have had a decent semester, free sanitary products and the establishment of a Wellbeing Fund cannot be argued with when it comes to successes, however the problem of a…

Terror and technology: the Paris attacks and the internet

In the moments following the Paris attacks, the hashtag #PorteOuverte (‘Open Door’ in English) started circulating on Twitter. It offered shelter and protection for many affected individuals in nearby apartments.…

Students with Autism more likely to be drawn to STEM subjects

According to a recent study, those working in the Stem professions (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) are more likely to display autistic tendencies than people with less technical occupations. The…

Frances on Francis: A profile of the Pope

As a non-practising Catholic that only attends church at Christmas and Easter, (mainly for the hymns), Pope Francis interests me enormously; he is a breath of fresh air for the…

Why Not’s ‘Chav Night’ is a masquerade of class privilege

Picture the scene: a popular Edinburgh nightclub hosts a ‘Fag Night’, with a £100 monetary prize for whoever dresses as the best ‘gay’. Or this, a ‘Thug Night’ which encourages…

Fathers and Daughters

Fathers and Daughters follows Jake and Katie Davis (Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried), a father and daughter struggling to put their lives back together after the death of Jake’s wife…

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part II

People can be quite dismissive of Young Adult films. They seem to attract as many snooty detractors as wildly enthusiastic fans. Admittedly as films they can be quite easy to…