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Normally I would consider it rather cool that my surname was being bandied around as if I were the Prime Minister. Likewise, being compared to a leader of the world’s most powerful nation in the same article can’t be a wholly bad thing, even if it is Bush. However, seeing that every other conclusion Douglas Oliver drew in his op-ed of November 13 was mistaken, un-academic or just plain naïve, perhaps I shouldn’t have been so flattered…
By Joseph Brown
Stop The War 'die in' for Iran
Ruchika Tulshyan, News Editor
LSESU’s Stop The War Coalition organised a ‘die in’ last Thursday in protest against a possible war in Iran.
Davies denies FA chairman speculation
Vishal Banerjee
Howard Davies used the UGM to deny rumors that he is set to take over the Football Association (FA) as Chairman or write a novel based on the world of business.
"The fight back" begins - resurgence of the radical left at the LSE
Patrick Cullen
The Media Workers Against the War held a half-day conference at the LSE entitled 'The First Casualty? War, Truth and the Media Today', last Saturday, with the express aim of identifying "...the main sources of pro-war bias as a first step to providing media workers with tools and resources for combating it."
Oxford Union hosts Holocaust deniers
Rajan Patel, News Editor
Historian David Irving and BNP leader Nick Griffin, both prominent Holocaust deniers, were scheduled to speak at the Oxford Union last night amidst allegations that the Union was "promoting anti-Semitism".
More universities to sponsor academies
Simon Wang
University College London (UCL) recently became the fourteenth higher education institution to gain permission to sponsor an academy.
F&S under fire for unequal Societies budgets
Henry Lodge
The Finance and Services Committee (F&S) has come under criticism over this year's society budgets with many societies complaining about large budget cuts. F&S member and LSE Students' Union (LSESU) Societies Officer, Carys Morgan, said, "This year, Libby [Meyer, LSESU Treasurer] and the whole of the F&S committee were keen to provide consistency over the kind of activities that the Students' Union funded."
Disability Awareness Week
Phil Pacanowski
The LSE Students’ Union (LSESU) Disabilities Awareness Week took place last week with a variety of associated events. The week was in collaboration with the LSESU Debate Society and featured, among other events, a performance from a renowned stand-up comedian.
RAG motion passed at UGM
Ruchika Tulshyan, News Editor
A motion to make the LSE Students’ Union (LSESU) Raising and Giving (RAG) Society a separate constituent body of the LSESU was passed at the Union General Meeting (UGM) last Thursday, having been on the order paper for nearly a month. RAG will now be a separate arm of the LSESU, dedicated to raising money for charity.
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