Posts Tagged ‘su’
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
Posted in News, Opinion | 46 Comments »
NEWS: Duffy and Lilly survive, while council limps to year’s end
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Union vice-presidents Barry Duffy and Paul Lilly have survived no-confidence motions brought before last night’s special meeting of the student representative council. The Space played host to a vigorous debate over the efficacy of the sabbatical officers, with councillors Damien Corridan and Anne Pauli presenting well-reasoned, well-researched critiques of the work of the ‘Chuckle Brothers’.
BY LORCAN MULLEN AND CONNOR DALY
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Tags: barry duffy, Connor Daly, Lorcan Mullen, Paul Lilly, qub, QUBSU, queen's university, students, su
Posted in News | 132 Comments »
NEWS: Hot air rises to fever pitch as Council gets testy
Friday, April 30th, 2010
Council Meeting Report: 29/04/2010
The Space last night played host to the latest in a series of fractious meetings of the Union’s student representative council. While the prevailing cliché casts students as apolitical layabouts, successive spirited meetings of the body have shown ego clashes and institutional bickering at least to be clearly transcendent of both age and stereotype.
Speaker Alex Redpath addressed councillors’ concerns after the last meeting’s failed vote of no-confidence; votes of no-confidence have been scheduled for VPs Barry Duffy and Paul Lilly at a planned Extraordinary Meeting on May 12th; The Gown’s office suspension was debated and President-Elect Gareth McGreevy’s controversial SUTV plans were reaffirmed.
BY KERRI-ANNE CAMPBELL AND LORCAN MULLEN
Tags: council, Gown, Kerri-Anne Campbell, Lorcan Mullen, newspaper, qub, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, su, Union
Posted in News | 32 Comments »
NEWS: Double win for SU at Smedias
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Queen’s Students’ Union have won in two categories at the 2010 Smedia Awards. VP Gareth McGreevy picked up the ‘Website of the Year’ award for the QUBSU website, and ‘Society Publication of the Year’ for the Student Handbook.
BY BRENDAN HUGHES
Tags: brendan hughes, Gareth McGreevy, qub, QUBSU, Queen's Radio, students' union, su, the verdict
Posted in News | 9 Comments »
NEWS: Anti-SUTV Facebook group formed
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
A Facebook group has been set up, opposing plans to spend almost £30,000 on SUTV.
OPINION: SUTV just doesn’t add up
BY BRENDAN HUGHES
Tags: brendan hughes, Facebook, Gown, newspaper, qub, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, su, SUTV, The Gown
Posted in News | 2 Comments »
NEWS: McGibbon selected as Green Party general election candidate
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Adam McGibbon, the recently elected Union vice-president for welfare, is set for a second daunting electoral challenge this semester, successfully landing the Green Party’s nomination for Belfast South in the upcoming UK general elections. Queen’s University is situated in this constituency.
BY LORCAN MULLEN
Tags: Adam McGibbon, Gown, Green Party, Lorcan Mullen, newspaper, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, su, The Gown
Posted in News | 68 Comments »
NEWS: Brogan defends SU office shake-up
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
SU President Shane Brogan has defended changes being made to office space in the Union amid tensions with staff and sabbaticals.
BY BRENDAN HUGHES
Tags: brendan hughes, Gown, newspaper, office, qub, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, shane Brogan, student, students, su, The Gown
Posted in News | 17 Comments »
SU Mag out now
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
The ninth issue of the official Union publication, SU Magazine, is now freely available in the Students’ Union foyer.
Tags: Gown, newspaper, qub, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, su, SU Mag, su magazine, The Gown
Posted in News | 12 Comments »
Holylands fun
Friday, March 19th, 2010
Illustration by Niall Mooney (click to view).
Tags: Gown, holylands, newspaper, qub, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, su, The Gown
Posted in Features | 22 Comments »
NEWS: Early evening sees Holylands disturbance escalate
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
From approximately 5pm, the Holylands became rowdier, with the alcohol intake inevitably taking effect. Crowds of revellers gathered outside houses on Rugby Avenue, Agincourt Avenue, Carmel Street, Jerusalem Street and Palestine Street, with Rugby Avenue arguably the worst. Young people took to the middle of Rugby Avenue for a rendition of ‘Rock the Boat’, which then turned into the Irish national anthem. One young man mooned in the middle of the street before being unsuccessfully chased by a police officer.
BY CATHERINE WYLIE
Tags: Catherine Wylie, Gown, holylands, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, st. patrick's day, student, students, su, The Gown
Posted in News | 8 Comments »
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