The Beaver Online – News, Comment, Sport and more from the London School of Economics Students' Union – thebeaveronline.co.ukMonday, 21 May 2012

Lucian Freud: Portraits

Shyam Desai on an extensive exhibition that has become a shrine to the late master.


£78,000 Spent on PR Firm for Gaddafi Scandal

The LSE spent somewhere in the region of £78,000 on external public relations (PR) consultancy in the wake of the GICDF donation scandal.


30.4 per cent of home students attended private schools

Figures obtained by the Beaver show that applicants from private schools are more likely to be admitted to the London School of Economics (LSE) than applicants from state schools.


Sabbatical Officers: Strangers on Campus

A survey conducted by the Beaver has found that only five per cent of students are able to recognise the four full-time Sabbatical Officers and name their respective positions.


Alleged electoral fraud to be investigated by NUS

On 7 March, the London Students’ published an article alleging electoral fraud in the Students’ Union’s Lent Term Election for General Secretary.


Elections herald new Students’ Union

The Lent Term Students’ Union elections ended tensely as Alex Peters-Day secured a second term as General Secretary this week after beating Mohammed Morley by a small margin of votes.


Loose Correlation Between Personal Politics and Voting

A few claims about the Students’ Union elections are heard every year. This election season, the Beaver has tried to investigate four of these.


Technion Professor speaks at the LSE

Professor Boaz Golany, Vice President for External Relations and Resource Development at the Technion last Monday, addressed a small audience in the Lionel Robbins building at the London School of Economics (LSE) .


Closing thoughts on the election

This was an extraordinary election – extraordinary by any measure. This is a re-aligning election in which not one, but four centrist candidates have won the election. To external observers, it has previously been a truth universally acknowledged that the candidates of the Left Faction almost always win – especially for the top sabbatical positions….


Violence Breaks out at protest on Houghton Street

Violence broke out on Houghton Street last Monday after a protest by the London School of Economics’ (LSE) Palestine Society. Water balloons were thrown at protesters and the situation escalated into a heated exchange which resulted in one participant being punched in the face. The situation arose as members of the Palestine Society formed a…


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