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Review: First US Presidential Debate
The race to the White House took a sour turn last week as we were graced with the first presidential debate between Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump. Given how tumultuous 2020 has already been, many might have looked to this event for some hope of a brighter future. Instead, however, we […]
For The Love Of Hugs
It’s a strange world we are currently living in. Stranger than normal. The strangest part for me is the thing I didn’t think I would miss – hugs. Physical interaction in general. A tap on the shoulder or a drunken group hug after a night out. I haven’t been the only one feeling the absence of human interaction […]
COVID Coverage: Why Is No One Talking About Malaysia?
Since arriving in St Andrews, one of the most common questions I am asked as an international student is ‘how was quarantine?’. My answer is simple: I didn’t have to quarantine. This is often followed by confused looks. If I flew from Malaysia, surely I had to quarantine? Malaysia is certainly not a High-Income Country […]
Podcast Recommendations
One of the good things lockdown brought to me was finally doing all I had wanted to try but never found the time to. I associated the podcasts with long, boring audios my dad used to play in the car, but I decided to give them a try back in April because, sadly, there is a […]
Stop Stalling – Try A New Society This Semester
Ready for a new term at St Andrews? Looking forward to new experiences and making new friends? There are so many different societies and clubs to get involved in. So many choices. Sometimes it can feel kind of overwhelming. However, there is something for everyone. Why not enrich your university experience with a new hobby […]
Freshers in a Pandemic
Freshers is one of the most hotly anticipated events of first year, the big thing to look forward to after the end of compulsory education. Obviously this year it looked quite different, and my experience as a fresher has been coloured with the shade of a pandemic hanging over our heads. Although the news gives a grim cast to […]
Artist of the Month: Vermeer
I’ve only been at St Andrews for a short while and September is already almost over. I feel a certain Scottish chill settle permanently into my bones that can only be attributed to me living in the coldest room of the building. The radiators being on full blast has not seemed to make much of a difference. Nevertheless, as […]
Tributes to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice and liberal feminist icon, there has been an outpouring of tributes to her legacy. The Record has received two such obituaries, which we are pleased to present below: Notorious RBG – Maddie McCall I remember sitting in the second row of my government class about […]
Becoming An Undergraduate At 27
After I left school in 2010 and didn’t head off to university like most of my peers, I was always under the impression that I’d missed my chance at going on to study for a degree at university. I didn’t succeed as much as I’d like at high school. My grades weren’t bad, but they […]
Why We Should All Read Poetry
I have always found poetry an unwelcoming art. It felt elitist and inaccessible, with no place in the life of an ordinary twenty-first century teen outside of an English classroom. I was reading Audre Lorde’s Sister Outsider (for the Women in Work book club, please join in!), a collection of writing by the self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, […]