Ben Gascoyne

Political bickering renders the NUS useless and ignored

By Ben Gascoyne — April 23, 2010

Travelling to the NUS National Conference, I had expected an organisation mostly independent, which demanded fair deal for students

NUS conference 2010 live blog

By Laura Connor, Ben Gascoyne and Chris Young — April 14, 2010

Nouse live blog at the NUS conference 2010 in Newcastle

York choir to tour China

By Ben Gascoyne — April 14, 2010

A University of York Chamber Choir is to sing throughout China later this month in collaboration with Chinese composer Zhu Bu Xi

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University officials should remember they are just public servants

By Ben Gascoyne — April 9, 2010

There is little point in self-deception; I am, like most people at this university, a workshy individual

Addiction to communication

By Ben Gascoyne and Liv Evans — March 16, 2010

Are Blackberries and Facebook causing us to lose grip on reality? Ben Gascoyne and Liv Evans look at our generation’s increasing reliance on virtual communication

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Kids’ Camp must be allowed to continue with its good work

By Ben Gascoyne — March 16, 2010

There is a core collective of people attending this University who will maintain, with the utmost fervour and honesty, that Kids’ Camp is the best thing that a person can get involved in at York

Tim Ngwena’s Blackberry: Election Special

By Ben Gascoyne — March 16, 2010

Tim Ngwena’s Blackberry as seen by Ben Gascoyne

As a piece of theatre, and as a true story, Rope does not lend itself to cheerful thinking. The play is based somewhat on the real case of Loeb and Leopold, two thrill-seeking wealthy students with a superiority complex gleaned from the pages of academia, who needlessly murder an innocent with the belief that they will remain undiscovered

It’s a win for the Charles, but a definite loss for our degrees

By Ben Gascoyne — February 23, 2010

The student electorate deserves more than cynical manipulation by elected representatives

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TIM NGWENA’S BLACKBERRY

By Ben Gascoyne — February 23, 2010

Tim Ngwena’s blackberry as seen by Ben Gascoyne

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Political parties need to focus on the student cause

By Ben Gascoyne — February 12, 2010

Despite more than a year of speculation, it appears Gordon Brown will choose to hold his cards as close to his chest as physically possible in terms of holding an election, waiting on it until the last possible moment

The danger behind legal highs

By Ben Gascoyne — January 26, 2010

Everyone knows that banned drugs are dangerous, but what about the legal ones? Ben Gascoyne explores substances which remain within the letter of the law

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Break out of the trap of British mediocrity and see the world

By Ben Gascoyne — January 26, 2010

Sadly to say, truly fantastic opportunities just don’t come along all that often, nor do they necessarily make themselves obvious when they do, which serves to highlight the importance of grabbing them while you can