The University of St Andrews and the Students’ Association are investigating Rector Stella Maris following complaints about her alleged behaviour during a dispute over her office in the Union building. A University spokesperson told The Saint: “The University has received a formal complaint in relation to the Rector’s alleged behaviour in the Students’ Association building on July 3.” The spokesperson added that “the complaint confirms that security were called and attended”
Having now been here a year, I find it surprising how temporary St Andrews can be. Eight months feels like eight weeks — new friends, old friends, places in and out, news shops opening and closing, new tourists, old tourists, first years in, fourth years out. We seem to live in a cycle, constantly moving ahead, without looking back. Yet St Andrews’s new and only antique shop on South Street, Fable, runs on a completely different timeline. I spoke to business owner India Russ
A late kick-off attended by a moderate crowd set the stage for a fixture that would hand either club their first Sunday League title.
BMC entered the final following an unbeaten season and an unprecedented +26 goal difference.
A season littered with dominant victories left even the most nervous of BMC fans confident of their spot in the final from early on.
As a fourth year, I’m in the twilight months of my Sunday League career in St Andrews. It’s a scary thing to step out of the limelight — some ex-pros turn to booze, others to gambling, anything to feel the rush one last time.
In an era where football is often overshadowed by online outrage over refereeing decisions, the University’s Sunday League faces its own refereeing controversy. As opposed to the Premier League, it’s not poor decisions, but a lack of referees to blow the whistle at all.