Michael Deas, News Editor
11th December 2007

Students demand return of 24 hour library as a Beaver survey reveals discontent at lack of essential texts and study space

Ruchika Tulshyan, News Editor
11th December 2007
Palestinian student Khaled al-Mudallal has been allowed to leave the Gaza Strip to return to his studies at Bradford University following huge international pressure. Al-Mudallal, who was voted LSE Students’ Union Honorary Vice President in Michaelmas term, was trapped in Gaza by Israeli occupation forces authorities for 6 months despite having a UK visa. He will complete his final year of study in Business and Management studies.

Estee Fresco
11th December 2007
The taskforce mandated to determine the details of the LSE Students’ Union’s (LSESU) twinning with the students union of Al-Najah University in Palestine met last Friday to discuss the details of the arrangement.

Henry Lodge, News Editor
11th December 2007
Problems with power supply have left LSE Halls of Residence, Bankside House, subject to intermittent cuts in heating and lighting over the coming few days.

Ruchika Tulshyan, News Editor
11th December 2007
The Executive and General Committees of LSE Raising and Giving (RAG) were elected last week. After the motion was passed three weeks ago at the LSE Students’ Union (LSESU) Union General Meeting (UGM) to make RAG a separate constituent body, elections for 14 positions took place.

Ruchika Tulshyan, News Editor
11th December 2007
Dr. David C. Lane, an LSE academic in Managerial Economics and Strategy and Operational Research at the has been awarded the 2007 Jay Wright Forrester Award. The award is the top international award in his field.

Chun Han Wong, C&A Editor
11th December 2007
America’s track record as “persistent disturbers of the status quo” since its independence marked it as a “dangerous nation” in the eyes of contemporaries, said Dr Robert Kagan, an American scholar and political commentator.

11th December 2007
The LSE Choir held two Christmas concerts last week at the St. Clement Danes Church on the Strand. On Monday 1 December 2007, the LSE Choir teamed up with the choir from University of St. Gallen’s, Switzerland.

Henry Lodge, News Editor
11th December 2007
Climate Change Action Week’s (CCAW) activities saw a number of speakers engage with students in the debate over how to solve global warming but also revealed the indifferent mindset of many LSE students.

Patrick Cullen
11th December 2007
The LSE is preparing a policy document dealing with the possibility of on-campus extremism. However, the School appears eager to tread lightly and protect freedom of expression at LSE, despite Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s recent plea to universities to examine their anti-extremism policies.