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Off-field convictions pile yet more pressure on the NFL
It’s been a tough week for the NFL. Off the field events have dominated the headlines over the past seven days, and it has in the process heaped considerable pressure…
Public engagement can be legacy of IndyRef
By the time you are reading this article, the result of the Scottish Independence Referendum will have been confirmed. All those leaflets, those flyers, all the hours upon hours of…
Postcards from the past: alumni messages for first years
On the top floor of Charles Stewart House on Chambers Street, amid constant fundraising campaigns and the birthing of student development programmes, The University of Edinburgh’s Development and Alumni Office…
EUSA by-elections: ‘This is a really open environment’
Nominations have opened in Edinburgh University Student Association’s (EUSA’s) first semester by-election. From September 15 to 25, University of Edinburgh students have the opportunity to stand for one of 52…
‘Should I stay or should I go?’ Year abroad dilemmas
With the start of each new year at The University of Edinburgh comes a wave of new students to the city. While many of the unfamiliar faces belong to first…
Well-financed terrorism is a real threat
Carving out a caliphate costs money. Through extortion, finance, and the spoils of war has the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) been able to afford its military and…
Military offensives with not defeat ISIS
US President Barack Obama’s announcement on September 10 of an extended US bombing campaign in both Iraq and Syria, in a “relentless effort to take out ISIL wherever they exist”,…
Assault in prisons must not be dismissed
After what appears to be an act of institutional suppression, it has been revealed that a study showing the extent of sexual abuse in prisons was recently blocked by the…