Glasgow University Guardian

University struck by series of robberies (0)

Craig MacLellan
A number of Glasgow University buildings have been hit by a spate of thefts this semester, resulting in the loss of equipment worth thousands of pounds.
On October 28, the Learning and Teaching Centre, located on Southpark Avenue, had a camcorder worth £20,000 stolen.
The Bower Building, located on University Avenue, which [...]

An optimistic discontent: Vince Cable and recession blues (0)

Lucia Hodgson discusses the prospects of an economic revival with the Liberal Democrat’s deputy leader and Treasury spokesperson
Official figures released this week show that the UK started to clamber its way out of a tiresome, messy recession at the end of 2009. But it is clear that Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson, has [...]

Street style in Glasgow (2)

Guardian offers a taster of the city’s newest street style blog, Les Garçons de Glasgow. Words and pictures by Daniel Stern and Jonathan Pryce

Glasgow, famous for its shopping, fashion and experimental style, has had one thing missing til now – something that every other self-respecting city from Tokyo to Tel Aviv, from Berlin to Barcelona [...]

Frisbee more fun than in the sun (3)

Joe McLean
I have to admit my sporting knowledge of Frisbee amounted to memories of playing it during lazy summers in Kelvingrove Park and on California’s sandy beaches. But guzzling cold beers, and avoiding tenacious dogs while doing so, didn’t exactly take a lot of exertion. So I was slightly cynical about the “sport” of Ultimate [...]