Do Reform and Kate Kennedy go hand in hand? Despite the chorus of different accents around our streets reaching an unheard forte in recent years, the rattle of “traditional values” has, at long last, echoed up to Scotland’s oldest university. The long shadow of Reform has ironically crawled into our own very internationally diverse university, with the St. Andrews Reform Society gaining provisional affiliation last month. Marching alongside the cultural fanfare, Kate Kennedy held their annual...

We all know the feeling of being torn between the responsibilities of dawn's rosy clutches and night's seductive grip. Sally Mapstone blows duty’s horn as the first slivers of light creep over crashing waves, beaches, and steeples. By the time they reach DRA, I am squirming in a regretful pool of last night’s triumph. I pay the price of Union-sanctioned passion with missed academic expectations, betraying responsibility for love. So, when I saw Tristan and Isolde in Edinburgh a few days ago,...

Carving a path through a conversation with your average St Andrews know-it-all seems difficult at first. Their cold demeanour seems impenetrable. They speak down to us from fortresses built out of the endless books they’ve supposedly read, gates closed to all except those who speak their deceitful tongue. Smug and self-assured attitudes guard the keep’s entrance, spewing impossible riddles. Annoying caveats and pedantic remarks keep conversation from flowing. Most irritating is the verbose...