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STAR sat down with the student organisers of the African Film Festival which will take place in St Andrews on the 20th and 21st November. The festival is part of Africa in Motion, an initiative launched in Edinburgh to raise awareness for African film. For more information visit www.africa-in-motion.org.uk and check out the Facebook group of the St Andrews film festival.

STAR sat down with University and Fife Constabulary officials to get you the scoop on Raisin Weekend. The Rector chatted with us about his own Raisin Weekend and Union President Andrew Keenan also sat down with us to talk about the upcoming weekend. For all the info on how not to get in trouble with the police we talked to Carol-Anne Hazelwood, the University Liaisons Officer for Fife Constabulary. Also in the mix are a few academic children and parents and what they are looking forward to.

During the festive season STAR asked St Andreans what it is that they want for Christmas.

RAG Week starts this weekend and STAR sat down with Caitlin Arbuthnott, this year's RAG Week coordinator, and Alex Dixon, convenor of the Charities Campaign, to talk about the organisation of the events and the charities that profit from the fundraising. STAR also talked to the organisers of some of the events for a sneak preview of the upcoming week. For more information log on to www.ragweek.org.uk or check out RAG Week's Facebook group.

On the 13th and 14th of February St Andrews University hosted the Scottish University Ultimate Frisbee Regionals. Richard Browne from the STAR News Team was on site to interview participating teams and to find out more about this sport.

On the 24th February STAR presented Never Mind the Buzzcocks in Venue 1. Before the show Hannah Franklin met up with some of the creative talent behind the event, inlcuding host Lewis Roy and creative supervisor Andrew Mcintyre Baird.
The show was recorded in cooperation with Rogue Productions and will be available to watch online soon. Stay tuned.

In this podcast Nat Warner and Uday Pratap Singh interview Catherine Jess, a representative of KPMG, STAR’s main corporate sponsor.
Have a listen to find out about their internships, graduate training schemes, what it is like to work for one of the Big Four, and why they were voted Sunday Times Best Big Company to Work, Number 1 in 2008 and 2009.
For more information visit www.kpmg.co.uk/careers

On the 12th March we were joined in the studio by Brian Johnstone, StAnza's festival director, Eleanor Livingstone, artistic director, and Julian Moorman, the student liaisons officer. As well as talking about the festival's history and what goes into organising such a big series of events, Brian and Eleanor brought some poems and music by artists performing at this year's festival. For more information and the festival programme visit www.stanzapoetry.org.

The STAR News Team caught up with some of the winners of this year's AU elections on Friday night.
President - Andrew Dick
Vice-President - Russell Hall
Secretary - Johnny Hawkins
Alumni Officer - Sarah Hedden

The STAR News Team caught of with some of the winners of the SSC positions in this year's elections on Friday night.
Charities Officer - Caitlin Arbuthnott
Debates Officer - Daniel Goldblatt
Performing Arts Officer - Cat Slater
Societies Officer - Sally Longstaff
Broadcasting Officer - Walker Angell
Member for Societies Grants - Jethro Dowell
Member for Societies Elections - Clare McDonell

The STAR News Team caught up with some of the winners of the SRC positions in this year's elections on Friday night.
Accomodation Officer - Sunnie Moodie
Member for External Campaigns - Emmanuel Michelakakis
Member for International Students - Sohan Nenwani
Arts/Divinity Senate Representative - Andrew Gibbs
Science/Medicine Senate Representative - Kit Millar

The STAR News Team talked to the new Association Chair Becca Ladley on election night.

On Friday night the STAR News Team talked to some of the newly elected sabbaticals.
Association President - Owen Wilton
Director of Representation - Siena Parker
Director of Student Development and Activities - Alastair Holmes

Charlotte Duffy and Ella Wright sat down with Roger Scruton to talk about his opera "The Minister", which will be performed during the On the Rocks festival. They also talked about art, music and Scruton's TV programme "Why Beauty Matters".

Caution: Some offensive language.

In the run up to the festival, Cordula Schnuer met up with some of this year's organisers of the On the Rocks festival. We talked to Julie Amphlett, Ella Ormerod, Charlotte Walsh and Ella Wright about the organisation of the festival, the Youth Theatre project, Half Cut and many other exciting aspects of the festival.

For more information, a schedule of events and the online box office visit www.ontherocksfestival.com

STAR News Team reporter Gillian Carr interviewed Tom Kadri, president of the Kate Kennedy Club. They talked about the upcoming procession, how the club has fared over the past year and the mixed opinions about it within the student community.

STAR is bringing you an interview with On the Rocks committee member Ella Wright from the launch party. We also spoke to the director of the Youth Theatre project and some of the young performers, as well as Kate Stephenson from Storytelling.

In this podcast we met up with Stuart Reid who talks about his photography exhibition "St Andrews through the Lens" and some members of the company of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

From the red carpet of the Half Cut Film Festival Uday Singh brings you interviews with the judges, Rogue president Charlotte Walsh and some of the filmmakers whose films were screened at the festival.

In this podcast we met up with members of Comedy Soc, the event co-ordinator of Around the World of Dance and the writer of a modern adaptation of the classic Oedipus.

The Foreign Affairs Society recently hosted one of the most controversial and heated debates of the year. The title of the debate was "Progress and Development or Oppression and Assimilation?" with regards to the current situation in Tibet. The debate features members of both the Chinese and Tibetan societies passionately defending their beliefs. So if you couldn't make it to the event in person, STAR recorded the whole thing for your listening pleasure!

Last week Cordula Schnuer from the STAR News Team sat down with Rector Kevin Dunion to chat about the past academic year. They reviewed some of the highlights of this year, such as the People's Summit which took place in opposition to the G20 or the recent On the Rocks festival. Kevin also talked more about his role as the Rector of the University of St Andrews and his time in office so far. STAR discussed some of the challenges facing the University such as affordability and the Union refurbishment and the Rector's role as the Chair of the University Court.

On Friday, the 23rd of April, STAR's political show 'Coffee and Tea' sat down with Miles Briggs, the Conservative candidate for North East Fife, ahead of the UK General Election. Also look for interviews with Liberal Democrat Sir Ming Campbell and UKIP's Michael Scott-Hayward. Candidates from Labour and the SNP were unable to give interviews.

On Sunday, the 2nd of May, STAR's political show 'Coffee and Tea' sat down with Michael Scott-Hayward, the UK Independence Party candidate for North East Fife, ahead of the UK General Election. Also look for interviews with Liberal Democrat Sir Ming Campbell and Conservative Miles Briggs. Candidates from Labour and the SNP were unable to give interviews.

On Wednesday, the 28th of April, STAR's political show 'Coffee and Tea' sat down with Sir Menzies Campbell, the incumbent Liberal Democrat candidate for North East Fife, ahead of the UK General Election. Also look for interviews with UKIP's Michael Scott-Hayward and Conservative Miles Briggs. Candidates from Labour and the SNP were unable to give interviews.

Ahead of the Never Mind the Buzzcocks (again!) event held in Venue 1 on Monday night (3rd May), STAR News sat down with organisers Lewis Roy, Andrew Baird and Sarah Tyler, as well as with panelists Aria Danesh, Alex Dixon, Catriona Macleod, Sam Barnett and Ben Dunant.

This week, STAR News reporter Gillian Carr sat down with Georgina Rannard (former Rector's Assessor and current Director of Representation) and James Shield (coincidentally, former Director of Representation and current Rector's Assessor!) to talk about their experiences and highlights of working with Rector Kevin Dunion during his time in office so far.

Ahead of their 'Reclaim the Night' march against gender-based violence around St Andrews this evening (Friday 7th), STAR News reporter Hannah Franklin talked to Miranda Myrberg and Sarah Lohmann from the St Andrews Feminist Society about the march, the cause and the society.