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For The Record: Boris, Bullying & Blorgia
It can be difficult to keep up with the news. That’s why we do the hard work for you, making sure everything is written up each Sunday ‘For The Record’. Local With regards to Covid, local news continued along the same trends followed in previous weeks. An alcohol ban on the ScotRail network came into […]
For The Record: Election Special
We interrupt your regularly scheduled article to bring you this important message: Joe Biden has won the US Presidential Election. Instead of our usual recap of local, national and international news, this week For The Record will recap the final week of an election that at times seemed like it would never actually end – […]
Review: Final US Presidential Debate
Nashville, Tennessee played host to the final presidential debate ahead of the November 3rd election between President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden. Unsurprisingly, policy matters played second fiddle to point scoring and scaremongering from both ends of the stage. For the most part, both candidates were restrained: the interruptions which dominated the […]
Review: Presidential Town Halls
If the first Presidential debate didn’t put you off US politics for good, your patience is commendable: the shouting match between Biden and Trump left much to be desired in terms debating quality and coherent sentences. It seemed fitting, then, that the second debate was replaced by candidates attending simultaneous town hall meetings. Trump was […]
Fiona Hill: The Best St Andrews Can Be
Fiona Hill, the daughter of a coal miner and a midwife from County Durham, graduated from the University of St Andrews with a degree in Russian and History and went on to serve under three U.S. Presidents as a nonpartisan national security advisor, becoming the White House’s top expert on Russia. She is now running […]
Leyla Hussein: An Advocate for Change
Dr Leyla Hussein OBE is no stranger to adversity, but a stranger to complacency. Her life story can tell you that, the very purpose she has dedicated her life to speaks volumes in itself. Having felt the weight of the systemic inequalities encroaching on a Black Muslim woman, she refuses to let that be the […]
Ken Cochran: This Is Your University
I love St Andrews and interacting with students; your vision and passion for life and desire to make things better, inspire me every day. Let me introduce myself further … In the late 1970’s I studied computer science here at St Andrews. This set me up for a fascinating career with Bell Telephone Labs in […]
Review: US Vice-Presidential Debate
As Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris took part in their first and only face-off, we were reminded of what a somewhat functioning political debate looks like. The Vice Presidential debate had features of last week’s atrocious Presidential counterpart, but was far more forgiving on the senses; much of the structure and debated […]
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 […]