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Paloma Rao, LLB Law ‘I might be forty but that makes even me giggle,’ chuckled an elegant looking woman to her friend at a video of two elephants mating. I’m not entirely sure what I was expecting to find in this sexhibition at the Wellcome Collection in Euston, but
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Jake Leyland, MSc Globalisation and Development What is the connection between the president of Indonesia and a grindcore band? Jake Leyland explains all. The Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, AKA Widodo, or ‘Jokowi’, is a refreshing figure in the political history of Indonesia. He is the first successful presidential candidate from
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Kay Lee, LLB Law What makes the U.S. so sure this time? ISIS: clearly a threat and clearly barbaric, regardless of whether you identify with religion or believe God is as real as Middle Earth. The President has recently sought authorisation to fight the Islamic State on the grounds
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Since Fifty Shades of Grey came out on Valentine’s Day, criticism about the content of both the book and its film adaptation have resurged. Many of my Facebook friends started posting about “Boycott Fifty Shades of Grey”, claiming that it promotes domestic violence and gives a wrong lesson as
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Zahra Deera, LLB Law For those of you who are unaware of the storyline, 50 Shades of Grey centres around Anastasia, a senior in university, who meets Christian Grey – a young multi-millionaire who enjoys practising BDSM. And as I’m sure you can guess, Anastasia gets caught up in
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Sparsh Pandya, BA South Asian Studies The European political zeitgeist has undoubtedly been gripped by austerity. This is not an illogical phenomenon by any means – since the 2008 financial crisis, harsh austerity measures have been carried out by governments all over Europe. These measures have been facilitated by the ‘Troika’
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Jonny Morrison, BA Chinese (Modern and Classical) 73% back call for Israeli universities boycott in ‘historic’ vote Students and staff have called on SOAS to break its institutional links with Israeli universities in a referendum organised by the Students’ Union. 73% voted ‘yes’ in the ballot, which asked “Should SOAS
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Hustings Interview What is your background? * During my A-levels I was the student rep for my class. * Secretary of SOAS African and Caribbean Society (2014-15). * Treasurer / advertising officer of SOAS Speak-Out Society (2013-15). * Volunteer at Mary Ward Legal Centre, Debt Team (2014 – present). * I campaigned for