University surplus sits in the millions

By Reyhana Mahomed

Rhodes University is currently sitting with a surplus of R2.5 million in student handout fees that has been accumulated over 10 years across 60 departments.

Dear Cape Town, love from RUPSA

By Reyhana Mahomed

The Rhodes University Pharmacy Students Association (RUPSA) ran a campaign called Bags of Love in which they managed to raise R1600 and are going to fill 50 bags with ‘love’ for orphans in Cape Town.

From the stands

By Timmy Hancox

Johnny ‘bloody’ Wilkinson strikes again.

We are into…the final!

Orpen’s invention measures up

From the Editor

By Bianca Silva

Last Sunday the Sunday Times front page read: “EDITOR, JOURNALIST TO BE ARRESTED.”

Floating ice and the need for green

By staff reporter

It’s October, summer is supposed to be on its way and yet it doesn’t seem to be arriving any time soon. Cold weather is temporarily interrupted by heat waves and there is, surprisingly, an iceberg floating 35 nautical miles to the south-east of St Francis Bay. Can you say global warming?

Taking it back to kasi

By Kirsten Harris & Nelisa Mniki

Musician, poet, actor, producer and father, Zola has proven to be one of the most successful South African Kwaito artists to date.

Razzmatazz and all that jazz

By Nqobile Shoba & Jessica Macneil

Razzmatazz is a new and upcoming band that is making its mark on the local music scene.

Book Review: Zanzi Bar – Africa Through the Lens

By Kirsten Harris

John Webb, a news reporter at 702 Talk Radio in Johannesburg has compiled a book documenting the personal experiences of nine photojournalists covering the Africa beat.

Bands behind bars

By staff reporter

The peaceful and relaxed vibe that Grahamstown’s popular night-spot, the Old Gaol, usually provides was pleasantly disrupted with the hard-rocking sounds that the Old Gaol fest brought with it. The weekend of 12 – 14 October had the Gaol filled to the brim with interesting people, talented musicians, loads of fun and a stall selling really good bread.

That’s just lame

By Matt Edwards

I received two phone calls this week. One of them from a very anxious and concerned mother, and another from your run-of-the-mill matric student. While the two were completely unrelated to each other, both of these people called me for the exact same reason.

The Politics of Politics

By Gugu Mhlungu

Grahamstown mayor Phumelele Kate did not honestly think he could say whether the proposed name change costs 2c or R100m it would go ahead nonetheless, and not piss someone or some people off. He most certainly pissed me off.

A depressing reality

Is depression at Rhodes given the attention it deserves? Leigh Raymond, Nicole Bloch and Rodain Joubert delve into a story of pills and psychology.

Springboks set for final

By Oliver Field 

The 2007 Rugby World Cup has been one of the most anticipated sporting events in a long time and one can certainly say that it has delivered some great action.

Victory denied

By Fleur Rollason

The long awaited result of the Men’s B final at Boatrace has been released by Row South Africa (RowSA). Unfortunately, it denies the Rhodes University Rowing Club the chance to claim a full sweep. The official winners of the race are the Stellenbosch crew.

SASCO brings Sexwale

By Sian Cohen 

Tokyo Sexwale spoke at the sixteenth anniversary of the South African Students Congress (SASCO) in Barratt lecture theatre on Tuesday, September 25. 

          

30 years later–Biko back to stay

 By Raul Dimitriu and Jess Levy 

A public lecture honouring the legacy of anti-apartheid activist, Stephen Bantu Biko, was held on September 17 at Rhodes University and the Student Union was renamed the Steve Biko Student Union.

Editorial

By Bianca Silva 

For those of you who willingly forgot school science classes, Newton’s first law of motion states that any object which is stationary or in a state of uniform motion will remain in that state unless an external force is applied. Newton, however, missed something. My personal experience would suggest that this law not only applies to objects but to people and their attitudes.

Imbizo introduces SRC goals

By Reyhana Mohamed 

The Student Representative Council  held their first student introduction Imbizo on September 20 in Zoo Major. Each new member was given three minutes to present their plans for the SRC for 2008.