The Cheese Grater The award-winning student magazine of UCL Union
Issue 30 - September 2011
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INEX-SKUSE-ABLE No. 25 March 2010
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Capital Concerns
Advice for your big city problems p.5
Labour: Lesser of Two Evils? Simple maths says ‘Yes’ p.6
West Bank Unsettlement
Activists demand independence p.6
Malc-Mask
Be the baddest cat on campus p.7
The Social Life’s Better Anyway...
Handle your oxbridge rejection like a pro p.8
Ain’t No Sunshine
Missing your girlfreind? The Provost is here to cheer you up! p.8
Callow, cowardly and incompetent: Welcome to UCL Union ‘Preventing censorship of the media’ was James Skuse’s key pledge when he ran for Democracy and Communications Officer in February. Given the mind-numbing unimportance of student politics, hacks like Skuse are rarely given the opportunity to stand by their lofty ideals. Unfortunately, sometimes they are. Despite his election being
a rubber stamp sham - he was ultimately elected unopposed - you would expect the man in charge of student media to at least try to honour his promise. In the first two months of his job, Skuse has been instrumental in UCL Union’s attempt to censor The Cheese Grater, requesting the removal of pre-approved content from the society website. Spinelessness or
sheer incompetence? We’re still trying to work it out. The request followed a harassment complaint made against The Cheese Grater on 17 August 2011 by a student who featured prominently in three issues of the magazine between December 2009 and March 2010. (Cont’d p.3)