WIN: Tickets to see Ash!
We have a pair of tickets to see Ash on 26 November in Spring & Airbrake to give away, courtesy of CDC Leisure.
November 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
WIN: Cymbals Eat Guitars tickets!
We have 2 pairs of tickets for Cymbals Eat Guitars to give away courtesy of CDC Leisure, who are playing in Auntie Annies on 15 November.
November 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
WIN: A Place to Bury Strangers tickets!
We have two pairs of tickets to see A Place to Bury Strangers on 11 November 2009 in Auntie Annies, courtesy of CDC Leisure.
November 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
New edition available now
Issue 4 of The Gown is now available for free across the Queen’s campus. Let us know what you think about the issue, or share your views on any of the articles by leaving a comment.
November 2nd, 2009 | Comments (2)
NEWS: Noam Chomsky gives free talk in Belfast
Last night Noam Chomsky gave a free talk to a packed St Mary’s College in Belfast, presented by the Féile an Phobail festival. Professor Chomsky, perhaps the world’s most pre-eminent linguist (a popular maxim describing Chomsky as being “to linguistics what Einstein was to physics”) but more famously the most prominent American political dissident writing today, has written over 70 works on topics ranging from left-wing political theory to criticism of American foreign policy. BY PADRAIC GRANT
November 1st, 2009 | No Comments
COMMENT: An Examination and Response to the Irish Government’s Recent Decision to Place the M3 Motorway through Tara, Ancient Seat of the High Kings of Ireland
The book ‘Dorothea Lange’s Ireland’ (Aurum Press, 1996) is an extraordinary compilation of photographs gleaned from over 2,400 pictures taken by distinguished American photographer Dorothea Lang in the 1950s. Lang had been funded by ‘Life’ magazine to set out from the United States on a mission to capture rural Irish life in the 1950s west of Ireland and, inspired by ‘The Irish Countryman’ (1937), a work by Harvard anthropologist Conrad Arensberg elaborating the family farm as the anchor of rural Irish life, Lang’s powerful compendium of photographs evince an Irish people rooted in the land. BY THOMAS L MUINZER MA
October 31st, 2009 | No Comments
NEWS: Demand for housing as students are turned away from Elms
Students struggled to find accommodation at the start of the academic year when deposits for Elms Village were returned to unsuccessful applicants uncomfortably close to the beginning of term. In some cases undergraduates had just two weeks to find alternative housing in areas already saturated with students. BY RUTH MAGENNIS FULL STORY
October 31st, 2009 | No Comments
BELFAST FESTIVAL AT QUEEN’S REVIEW: Josh Ritter and the Love Canon String Band
The Empire was a beautiful setting for Josh Ritter’s performance with the Love Canon String Band. Lining up on the steps in the rain, the first people in the queue rushed to claim the balcony seats and the tables. Josh Ritter is an artist I highly recommend seeing live, one of the most noticeable aspects of his performance is his sheer happiness to be there. He struggles to conceal his grins and smiles as he sings, plays and performs. It is a pleasure to watch his laughter and excitement; it is infectious and made me equally happy to be there. Josh’s bass player Zach Hickman told us that, in fact, the Love Canon String Band is not real, it was dreamt up over 40 beers apiece, and the only times they have played before this tour was at Ritter family wedding functions! BY FIONA MCCALLION
October 31st, 2009 | Comment (1)
COMMENT: Crisis of Cars
Every university has its problems and Queen’s is no different – low attendance, too much alcohol to name but a few. However, it could be said that one of the major problems for Queen’s University students, especially those who drive, is the never ending struggle with traffic, parking, and public transport. One must deal with the traffic jams, one way streets which are easily blocked and being constantly late to class. Many would say that it is a student’s responsibility to leave home in plenty of time but how can one predict that an ambulance will be parked on University Street for half an hour? It n’t be practical to leave two hours early (depending on where you live) on the off-chance that there will be a problem! BY MELISSA DEVLIN
October 31st, 2009 | Comments (2)
ARTS: The Big Lebowkski Shindig at QFT
To celebrate the launch of the 2009 Bank of Ireland QFT Student Membership Scheme, QFT is holding a special students-only screening of the classic off-the wall Coen Brothers’ comedy featuring cinema’s quintessential slacker, Jeff ‘The Dude’ Lebowski.
October 30th, 2009 | No Comments
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