Archive for the ‘Features’ Category
COLUMN: The Auld Wan – When she walks she moves so fine…like a flamingo
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
The Manfred Mann song came to mind as I went down past the Lanyon Building one day last week at lunchtime on an errand. The hundreds of graduands, and wives and girlfriends thereof, stalking across the lawns and pavements in their 10 centimetre heels (I’m a bit of SI unit man myself) in their multicoloured best – while the men marched around awkwardly in the suits they hope will impress at those first interviews.
BY THE AULD WAN
Tags: Gown, graduation, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, The Auld Wan, The Gown
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THE HOOD: An angry offering this fine June day
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
I see all final year students have received brochures in the post about their graduation. I was shocked to read that the ‘Gown Team’ is to be involved in organising this year’s event. In the brochure about graduation gowns, students are advised to contact the ‘Gown Team’ if they have any problems. I have no doubt that the lads (sabbs: Is the usage of ‘lads’ sexist? You are the experts after all) from The Gown would be capable of running such an event, but I’m pretty sure that they’re more interested in resignations, sackings and QUB corruption these days.
BY THE HOOD
Posted in Features, News, Opinion | 9 Comments »
NEWS: Three QUB students to intern with Washington Ireland
Saturday, June 5th, 2010
Three QUB students have been awarded prestigious internships with The Washington Ireland Program. Neill Rodgers (3rd year Law and Accountancy) will be interning with the Republican Congressman Peter King of New York in Capitol Hill. Peter Coulter (3rd Year Modern History and Drama) will be interning with Peter Fenn of Fenn Communications, the Democratic PR Strategist who worked on the Presidential campaigns of Al Gore and John Kerry, and part time Politics student Claire Sugden will be interning with the US Department of Health.
Posted in Features | 10 Comments »
OPINION: Ulster Says No to Creationism
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Tags: Daniel Gillen, Gown, newspaper, QFT, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, The Gown
Posted in Features, Opinion | 50 Comments »
COLUMN: Clarissa Long explains it all
Friday, May 21st, 2010
Clarissa Long is from New York and is studying at QUB for a year.
Be careful, everyone, the travel bug is in the air. Once you get the giddy head, the procrastinating spirit and the shaky legs, you’re done for. The only cure is to buy a cheap ticket to somewhere and go.
Tags: Clarissa Long, Gown, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, The Gown
Posted in Features | 2 Comments »
John Terry
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Illustration by Niall Mooney
Tags: john terry, niall mooney
Posted in Features | 3 Comments »
COMMENT: Brown and out
Friday, May 14th, 2010
Gordon Brown’s premiership ended with a whimper. As the negotiations between the political parties – in the wake of the general election – reached a conclusion, it became clear that the Labour party would not continue in office. Brown offered up his own head, in a bid to appease the Liberal Democrats. But to no avail. David Cameron formed a Conservative/Lib Dem coalition, ending thirteen years of Labour rule.
BY MATTHEW OKOT
Tags: Gown, Matthew Okot, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, The Gown
Posted in Features, Opinion | No Comments »
Cameron and Clegg
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Illustration by Niall Mooney.
Tags: cameron, clegg, niall mooney
Posted in Features | 4 Comments »
COMMENT: Review of Election NI 2010
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Finally, with an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the province hosted its own election night for many years. Northern Ireland voters usually expect more of the same at election time, taking part in the traditional sectarian headcount, and voting the old faithful at the ballot box. The May 2010 Westminster general election however, while returning most of the same, bared witness to some unprecedented moments, not to mention a senior republican quoting British icon Winston Churchill.
BY GOWN REPORTER
Posted in Features, Opinion | No Comments »
FEATURE: Ulster Museum up for prestigious prize
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Following the Ulster Museum’s £17.2 million refurbishment, it has been nominated for the prestigious Art Fund Prize. This could be worth £100,000 to the museum as well as being a “huge accomplishment”. The public are being urged to vote for the museum to win on the Art Fund website. The Ulster Museum is currently in first place with 25.5% of the popular vote, but is closely followed by Blists Hill Victorian Town, near Birmingham on 21.9%. It is also up against institutions such as the Natural History Museum, London, and the Great North Museum, Newcastle.
BY BEN FINCH
Tags: Ben Finch, Gown, newspaper, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, The Gown
Posted in Arts + Entertainment, Features | No Comments »
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