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The Death Of Romance

Monday 7th December 2009

As a society, and as a demographic, we, the 18 – 25 psuedo-professional student types are apparently obsessed with lust.


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Sex Sells

Monday 7th December 2009

Y
ou can’t have failed to notice the newest addition of posters for the Athletic Union, featuring a half naked man and woman with the tagline, “Sex. The 2nd Best Way to Get Your Heart Beating.”


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The 5 Times Humanity Should Have Died Off, But Didn’t.

Monday 7th December 2009

The end is nigh, apparently. It’s not just a new Armageddon themed film which you need to be worried about; the world, we are told, will end on 21st or 23rd December 2012 – so best save your Christmas shopping until the very last minute that year.


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Inventions You Can't Live Without

Monday 7th December 2009

We’ve all come to learn the student life is full of ups and downs. Between trying to make lasting friendships, adjust to the nightmare of hall food, and managing to wake up early enough to attend more than one lecture a week, it’s a lot to handle.



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Young Mums on Facebook

Monday 7th December 2009

For many young people Facebook is the social networking site á la mode.  This is most likely to be the case if you are a student; according to some figures, 85% of university students use Facebook.  Facebook, for all its misdemeanours and downfalls, really is a wonderful thing.


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Anywhere But Here: Durham

Monday 23rd November 2009

Founded in 1832, somewhere between 5th and 8th in the rankings depending on who you consult and renowned as the watering-hole of the Oxbridge Reject, Durham resembles St Andrews in many ways.



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Remember Remember the 5th of November

Monday 23rd November 2009

When Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament, he instigated centuries of mass hysteria. There’s that something special about fireworks, something about the bonfire, topped with its smouldering Guy which appeals to all of our primal natures.


 

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Animal Identity Crisis

Monday 23rd November 2009

When you go and visit your local zoo, other than perhaps idly pondering Madagascar style adventures and wishing the giraffe really did speak like David Schwimmer, unless you have burning moral objections, you will just enjoy looking at the animals.


Interview With Duncan Goose

Monday 2nd November 2009

Claire Bagnall speaks to the One Water Founder


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Anywhere But Here

Monday 2nd November 2009

 
Sarah Pinkerton on the student lifestyle and traditions of Tulane University, New Orleans.



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Just a Song at Twilight

Monday 19th October 2009

What its like to busk on the streets of St Andrews



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Interview with a Cancer Patient

Monday 19th October 2009

I’ve never really thought of myself as a cancer patient. I always felt alot more interested in the situation than victimised by it.



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Anywhere But Here

Monday 28th September 2009

University experiences accounted by their native students



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Will You Be Living in a Box?

Monday 28th September 2009

What graduated St Andrews students did next.



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Life Without Facebook

Monday 28th September 2009

Imagine this scenario: the exams are upon you, you’re trying to revise away from the computer but like a siren's call it tempts you back to it, just to check if anything's happened on Facebook since the last time you checked five minutes ago.


Celebrity Alumni

Monday 28th September 2009

Have you ever wondered where St. Andrews gets its place names from, or is that just me?  Sure, there’s the odd prominent golfer hanging around, but what about John Knox (as in the street), or Andrew Melville? Still just me? Surely these people are famous, if they have streets and halls named after them?


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Job hunting in St Andrews

Monday 28th September 2009

Whether you want to scoop ice cream into cones, pull pints as golfers stare down your top or pose naked while people draw you, it is possible to earn some money at the same time as studying for your degree.