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Fife Council Considering a Tourist Tax
Fife Council is considering implementing a tourist tax after the Fife Council Cabinet Committee voted twenty to two in favour of a twelve-week statutory consultation period before an official decision on the tax can be made. The Scottish Government website outlines that a “visitor levy, sometimes called a tourism tax, is a charge that local authorities can choose to apply to overnight accommodation [...] The aim of the levy is to generate additional funding for reinvesting in
Iona Carruth
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Editorial #303
As we once again participate in our October ritual, the aesthetic cult of Hallow’s Eve, and catch creeping into our imaginations indulgent notions of the supernatural, I urge a degree of hesitancy. I won’t deny that Scotland’s ever-quickening nightfall thins the veil, nor that St Andrews fails to excite, in all its Gothic proclivities, a fascination for Brownyis and Bogillis. One must remain wary, however, of passing by our town’s buried history — unaware — as we resurrect it
Alden Arnold
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Editorial #302
A day prior to the release of The Saint’s first issue of the year, I and the rest of the paper’s executive team took a trip to the Walter Bower House in Guardbridge. There lie stacks of copies of St Andrews’ various university newspapers throughout time. Quorum, Aien, the St Andrews Chronicle, and then The Saint. An issue of Aien published almost exactly 73 years ago, on 16 October 1953, explains the role of the University Rector on the front page: “St Andrews is the only U
Arnaz Mallick
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Editorial #301
Over the course of the previous week, the University of St Andrews has been confronted with an onslaught of media attention. The University was lately ranked the best university in the UK by The Sunday Times, a designation charged with controversy across the academic sphere. More personal to the student body, perhaps, has been the coverage from various outlets investigating the University’s distinct student culture. The National, The Guardian, and BBC’s ‘The Bubble’ have, wit
Alden Arnold and Arnaz Mallick
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"I am the Son of the Nakba": The Saint's Exclusive Interview with The Palestinian Ambassador to the United Kingdom: H.E. Dr Husam Zomlot
“Tell me. Tell me how you still have hope. Because I look and I see no hope.” An hour before Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom, H.E. Dr Husam Zomlot, spoke to over 800 students, he prepared for his 12 October speech surrounded by faculty members and a few students in the basement of Younger Hall. There, a student who had recently emigrated from Palestine sought comfort. “I look, and I see no hope. How do you have hope?” Her sentiment is shared by many. Over the p
Iris Pritchard
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Sport
Sunday I'm in Love: Raisin Special
Sunday League matches on Raisin Sunday. Until now, unheard of … but oh, what a delicious prospect.
Fresh from East Sands, a group of Minions stumble towards the Athletic Union (AU). Gru, not far behind, straps on his keeping gloves and hauls his DLL shirt over that famous nose.
They’re met on the road by Austin Powers, the side’s captain, who’s flanked by two nuns he’s roped in as ringers.
Snookered By The Spoons?
For all that the addition of the Wetherspoons has brought, it has quietly trimmed the St Andrews pool scene. For many, pool is a stress release and a healthy dose of recreational competitiveness; for others, it’s their main sport. So how has the change in the Union affected the St Andrews pool players?
Driving Women’s Golf Forward
On 18 October, 28 women from eight Scottish universities teed off at Gleneagles’ PGA Centenary Course. With perfect sunshine and minimal wind, the players enjoyed un-Scottish conditions on the course that hosted the 2014 Ryder Cup and 2019 Solheim Cup.
The occasion was the season opener for the Scottish Women’s University Golf Society (SWUGS), a student-led group founded in 2024 by former St Andrews student Joelle Millar. “It was honestly an amazing day,” said Clara Goldstei
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