by Kevin Perry
11th December 2007
The Beaver has gone through much in the past term and due recognition ought to be accorded to the valued staff who make it happen.

by Charlie Gluckman
11th December 2007
If the Israel-Palestine conflict is to end in peaceful co-existence, it is constructive dialogue and not polarising rhetoric that will achieve this end.

by Javier Sethness
11th December 2007
Despite the hype, Annapolis appears to promise little more than political gesturing and limited, if any, real changes to the unjust status quo.

Normally I would consider it rather cool that my surname was being bandied around as if I were the Prime Minister. Likewise, being compared to a leader of the world’s most powerful nation in the same article can’t be a wholly bad thing, even if it is Bush. However, seeing that every other conclusion Douglas Oliver drew in his op-ed of November 13 was mistaken, un-academic or just plain naïve, perhaps I shouldn’t have been so flattered…

By Joseph Brown

'We do benefit from immigrants but will only continue to benefit from them if we get [immigration] under control'. However unwittingly, Damien Green MP may have cottoned on to an integral deficiency in the present government's approach to immigration: its un-sustainability. There are, according to the latest estimates, 500,000 undocumented individuals in this country.

You may well know or have seen some of these people. They are likely to be found, contrary to popular belief, not committing crime or benefit fraud, but working in our offices, cleaning our hallways, serving the community, worshiping in our churches or more generally seeking to make a decent law-abiding life for themselves and their dependents.

By Sam Causton

Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory. It is the panacea for righteous citizens who spend their lives helplessly frustrated at the shameful overtures of their government. The chicken soup for an activist/pacifist/anarchist’s soul. The perfect antidote for the limitless void left in my heart when my soul was so brutally ripped out over a decade ago when vicious MI6 agents snuffed out ‘the candle in the wind’.

By Chun Han Wong

There is increasingly little to laugh about in American politics. You’d think that, with the advent of an exciting wildcard election and the end of a universally disastrous Administration, that the American people would be over the moon. For the first time in many elections, the primaries are packed with interesting, viable candidates, ensuring a neck and neck fight to the end.

By Molly Tucker

From my experiences in previous years, after every election, there is a general apportioning of blame or praise to the Returning Officer and his performance. Following in the long line of critics over the years, I have some misgivings to offer regarding the conduct of this year’s Michaelmas Term elections.

By Lucie Goulet

George Bernard Shaw, Graham Wallas and Sydney and Beatrice Webb would certainly be proud of us today.

The founders of the LSE had looked to change the world, but not in some Irish-rock-band-never-takes-his-shades-off kind of way. These visionaries wanted to create an arena where students and professors alike would engage in critical, thorough and forceful searches for the answers to society's greatest woes.

By Joseph Brown