Controversy rages over ‘Ground Zero Mosque’
As the ninth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, people all over America are gearing up for a show of solidarity
Fee hikes put students off university
A new National Union of Students (NUS)/ HSBC survey has found that out of 3,863 students in the UK, almost half would have been put off university if annual fees were to rise to £5,000
York drops down 100 top universities list
New statistics have revealed that the University of York has dropped from 70th to 88th in the world’s top 100 universities table
Salt
Amongst the many effects of George W. Bush’s presidency, a probably unimportant consequence has been overlooked: for much of the past decade, thrillers have been unable to include an American President as a character without implying to the audience that he’s either greedy, over-powerful, stupid or evil
The Expendables
An interesting Belgian film called JCVD was released a couple of years ago. It’s about an ageing action star – played by the actor himself – who is unwittingly caught up in a bank robbery, before being accused by police of being one of its perpetrators
The Secret in their Eyes
The winner of this year’s Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, The Secret in their Eyes feels very much like a classic genre film
Map to be compiled identifying student houses in York
City of York Council is set to compile a citywide map of student houses in York next week
UK foreign aid: one step forward… about a million backwards
As with the entry of any new government, most departments go through a series of reforms post-election. The Department for International Development (DFID) has been no exception to this
Splice
When we think of scientific breakthroughs, we tend to credit a single person with the discovery or invention; that is, if our association goes at all beyond an anonymous group of scientists in a laboratory somewhere
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