Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category
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
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COMMENT: A member of the Labour party on why it’s right to vote Labour
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Today at approximately 10pm ballot boxes throughout the United Kingdom will be shut, sealed and then driven by police escort to counting locations. Here, paid officials, monitored by local candidates will work well into the night, counting the votes and ultimately playing a part in declaring which party will be forming the next government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
BY DANIEL GILLEN
Posted in Opinion | 3 Comments »
COMMENT: Why The Gown needs an exclusive office to build on its continued success
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
President Shane Brogan will bring this argument to Management Board tomorrow on behalf of The Gown editorial team and Gown Trust. Gown management met with Union and University officials last Friday to discuss the ongoing issues between the independent newspaper and the Union, which have caused significant difficulties for the newspaper to continue operating as normal. As part of the clubs and societies review, the Union is proposing to move The Gown from their office on the 3rd floor of the Union into a shared office. The Gown team is still suspended and members have been denied access since Monday 15th March.
UPDATE: The suspension imposed on The Gown from their office on Monday 15th March was lifted at this evening’s Management Board meeting.
There are obvious traditional and historical reasons as to why we believe The Gown should remain in an exclusive office, mainly due to the paper enjoying the usage of an office in the Union for decades. But The Gown editorial team and Gown Trust are adamant that the future survival of the newspaper depends on the continued use of an exclusive office. The internal affairs of a newspaper are by their nature private and confidential, and it is unthinkable to expect the independent student newspaper to share space which would compromise the very essence of its existence. This year The Gown’s current office has been used daily by a core team of 10 members, a wider voluntary body of 50, and a focal point of reference for hundreds of occasional student writers, not to mention whistle blowers, morning, noon and night.
BY CATHERINE WYLIE
Tags: Catherine Wylie, Gown, newspaper, Queen's, queen's university, student, students
Posted in Opinion | 22 Comments »
COMMENT: Leader debate – The Cam and Clegg Show
Friday, April 30th, 2010
There is no doubt that the final leader debate and its focus on the economy was meant to be the highlight of the election campaign thus far. Unfortunately that accolade was stolen yesterday by a pensioner who while popping to the shop to buy a loaf of bread managed to bring Labour’s carefully stage-managed campaign to its knees; for a day at least.
BY KATHRYN McCANN
Tags: brown, cameron, clegg, debate, Kathryn McCann
Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »
COMMENT: UTV host political snooze fest
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Some initial reactions to last night’s general election debate starring our local politicians
After observing the televisual oddity that was the first national leaders’ debate last Thursday, hopes were high for another evening to rekindle fresh political discussion. Unfortunately though, this vague and hurried debate is unlikely to fire up the jaded masses.
BY BRENDAN HUGHES
Tags: brendan hughes, general election, utv
Posted in Opinion | 12 Comments »
OPINION: Let the voices of those who matter lead Northern Ireland football anthem debate
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Even in the political cauldron of a country that we live in today, I still believe that politics should be kept out of sport. The debate surrounding the playing of the National Anthem before Northern Ireland football internationals has reached new and unprecedented heights in recent weeks, in the wake of Ulster Unionist Party officer and Northern Ireland fan Kenny Donaldson’s call for a new sporting anthem. Whilst the media and politicians have been all too quick to air their views on the contentious and emotive issue, the opinions of those who really matter, the Northern Ireland football community, are in danger of being ignored.
BY JONNY MADILL
Tags: Gown, Jonny Madill, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, The Gown
Posted in Opinion, Sport | 22 Comments »
COMMENT: Obama and health reform
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
Barack Obama has finally triumphed as he has signed his landmark healthcare bill into law in a ceremony at the White House. Obama has been scrutinised since his inauguration, and the American public has been wondering when all the change that Obama proclaimed will come about for definite. However it appears he has won the battle, as this new law is aimed at insuring the millions of Americans who currently have no health insurance, and is one of the policies that Obama was determined to implement.
BY CLAIRE WILLIAMSON
Tags: Claire Williamson, Gown, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, The Gown
Posted in Features, Opinion | 1 Comment »
COMMENT: A fresher laments on coping with change
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
First Year at Queen’s University: drunken fun times and barely any work, yeah? The first main issue is that, in Belfast, there are lots of students who live at home. And if you don’t live at home and come from Northern Ireland, you tend to disappear at the weekends. We city folk and those from across the waters are here for the non events in the Students’ Union.
BY EMMA GALLEN
Tags: Emma Gallen, Gown, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, The Gown
Posted in Opinion | 11 Comments »
OPINION: Mistakes made, lessons learned? I don’t think so.
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
On 20th March 2010, Pope Benedict XVI issued a letter of apology to Irish Catholics in order to atone for the many decades of sexual abuse of minors by Irish priests. However, it appears that the letter has been largely unsuccessful in quelling public anger towards the Catholic Church in Ireland.
BY KERRI-ANNE CAMPBELL
Tags: Catholic Church, Gown, Kerri-Anne Campbell, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, The Gown
Posted in Opinion | 5 Comments »
COMMENT: Media exposure – The art of darkness
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
I have wanted to write a piece on the Congo for some time, ever since October 2008 when I was watching the humanitarian crisis unfold in North Kivu. I don’t know if you recall it, at the time the headline news gripping the nation was about a hairy guy in very tight trousers, a prat with a lisp acknowledging the sexual attractiveness of a burlesque dancer, something about an elderly man (by trade a political correspondent) not being able to dance, and probably something about the pope being Catholic.
BY PATRICK BROWNE
Tags: Congo, Gown, newspaper, Patrick Browne, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, The Gown
Posted in Features, Opinion | 4 Comments »
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