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REVIEW: Flickstock at the QFT: The harder they come
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
If you haven’t been lucky enough to get tickets for this summer’s big festivals then get yourself down to the QFT this week to relive some of the greatest musicians. For the mere price of a cinema ticket you can walk in the shoes of the icons and get your festival fever fix in just a few hours. You’ll leave the screen feeling as uplifted (but not as muddy) as the crowds nationwide.
BY LAURA SHEARER
Tags: Gown, Laura shearer, newspaper, QFT, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, The Gown
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NEWS: Union defends A-level results drink promotions in Speakeasy
Saturday, August 21st, 2010
Student representatives have defended the decision to hold an A-level results party in Queen’s Students’ Union on Thursday night. In the same week certain nightclubs and bars throughout the province have been criticised for offering cut-price alcohol promotions to school leavers, and Social Development Minister Alex Attwood has expressed wishes to introduce controls on drinks promos, the Union offered 3 for £5 on selected drinks at the Speakeasy Bar. According to the official Queen’s Students’ Union Bars Facebook page, ‘What better way to get a handle of life as a student?’
BY CONNOR DALY
Tags: Adam McGibbon, Alex Attwood, binge drinking, Connor Daly, drinks promos, Gown, Jay Downs, newspaper, qub, Queen's, Queen's Students' Union, queen's university, student, students, The Gown
Posted in News | 41 Comments »
NEWS: President and escort McGreevy raises money for suicide awareness charity
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
‘Turn the Tide on Suicide’ has held what has been described as the most successful tea and coffee morning on campus in over ten years. The event was hosted by Students’ Union President Gareth McGreevy last Friday morning in The Great Hall. Those unable to attend the coffee morning could donate online throughout the day.
BY CONNOR DALY
Tags: Connor Daly, Gareth McGreevy, Gown, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, suicide awareness, The Gown, Turnthe tide on suicide
Posted in News | 10 Comments »
NEWS: Noel Dempsey addresses Ógra summer school at Queen’s amidst criticism over travel costs
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Noel Dempsey, TD and Minister for Transport of the Republic of Ireland, claimed that recent newspaper criticisms of his use of the Government jet from Dublin to Derry to attend last month’s MacGill Summer School have been exaggerated. Attending the annual Ógra Fianna Fáil Summer School in Queen’s Students’ Union on Saturday, Mr Dempsey also admitted that with “the wonderful benefit of hindsight” perhaps alternative arrangements may have been sought. The Irish Daily Mail estimated that the total cost of using the Government jet in this instance was in the region of €100,000. The summer school brought together young members of Fianna Fáil, the Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party, with three sessions of discussion and debate taking place.
BY CONNOR DALY
Tags: Connor Daly, Gown, newspaper, Noel Dempsey, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, The Gown
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NEWS: McGibbon and Lo urge students to be extra vigilant after alleged rape
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
VP Welfare Adam McGibbon and MLA Anna Lo have spoken out about the latest alleged sex attack in the University area. Police are investigating an alleged rape which took place on Saturday morning. It was reported that a woman was viciously attacked by two men in an alleyway between Cromwell Road and Ireton Street between 12:30am and 1:30am. PSNI are currently appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time to come forward.
BY KERRI-ANNE CAMPBELL
Tags: Adam McGibbon, Belfast, Gown, Kerri-Anne Campbell, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, The Gown
Posted in News | 8 Comments »
The Gown website survey: Have your say
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
The Gown website, replacing our old Blogger site, has been running for almost a year now. As we approach the start of a new year at Queen’s, The Gown want to know what you think of the website, so that we can continue to improve the experience it provides.
Please click on the link below and fill out the short survey- it’s perfect if your in the mood for procrastination:
The Gown website survey: Have your say on your student news website.
http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=KMDNJH_68ddc679
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COMMENT: Violence on the Twelfth – Treat the cause, not the symptoms
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
The Orange Order’s Twelfth parades have again been marred by violence. Rioting occurred on Belfast’s Ormeau Road on the twelfth itself and disturbances in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast continued days afterwards. This has rightly been condemned by the police, by Assembly members from both sides of the community, and has been attributed to “dissident republicans” by Sinn Fein. Duncan McCausland, Assistant Chief Constable of the PSNI, has promised that “significant arrests” will be made. Two men, aged sixteen and twenty, have already appeared in court over their involvement in the riots.
BY BEN FINCH
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Tags: Ben Finch, Gown, newspaper, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, su, The Gown, Twelfth
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NEWS: Mixed reactions to graduate tax proposals
Friday, July 16th, 2010
In a major speech yesterday, Business Secretary Vince Cable has suggested that the current top-up fees system should be replaced with an alternative graduate tax. This graduate tax would see students pay a marginally higher income tax than non-graduates. While details have not yet emerged, student leaders hope that the Cable proposals will mirror those of the NUS ‘Blueprint’. In this document, the NUS outlined a similar idea, where the more a graduate earns, the more they pay back – but even then it is a small percentage at 2.5%.
BY EMMA GALLEN
Tags: Emma Gallen, Gown, graduate tax, Lorcan Mullen, Nathan Anderson, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, The Gown
Posted in News | 23 Comments »
NEWS: Heaney opens McClay Library
Saturday, July 10th, 2010
Seamus Heaney officially opened the McClay Library on Tuesday 6th July during a black tie ceremony attended by various dignitaries associated with Queen’s University. The new library has been named after late benefactor Sir Allen McClay, and has been described by Lady McClay as an appropriate way to remember Sir Allen. In December 2009, The Gown reported on QUB’s failure to notify Heaney that the library in his name was no longer open.
BY BEN FINCH
Tags: Ben Finch, Gown, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, The Gown
Posted in News | 1 Comment »
NEWS: Vice Chancellor reports to Senate on Russell Group submission
Saturday, July 10th, 2010
On 22nd June, QUB Vice Chancellor Peter Gregson provided a brief summary to Senate on the Russell Group submission to the Browne Review. However, Shane Brogan, Students’ Union President at the time, believes that the summary failed to adequately describe what their proposals would mean for students.
BY KERRI-ANNE CAMPBELL
Tags: fees, Gown, gregson, Kerri-Anne Campbell, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, shane Brogan, student, students, The Gown
Posted in News | 2 Comments »
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