The Beaver is the official newspaper of the LSE Students' Union. The Official Newspaper of LSESU.
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Executive Editor: Angbeen Abbas
Managing Editor: Gustav Brincat
Beaver Editor: Jocelyn Tsang
Flipside Editor: Beatriz Silva
Multimedia Editor: Vaneeza Jawad
Our cover this week: Charlotte’s story. An LSE student and survivor, she reported the assault to LSE — which repeatedly failed to protect and care for her. https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/my-feelings-didnt-matter-how-lse-failed-a-survivor-of-sexual-assault/
Student hall residents affected by maintenance and hygiene issues report communication problems with hall management that leave them feeling dismissed and ignored. What’s gone wrong? Lara Wiebecke reports.
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/through-fire-and-floods-trouble-in-student-halls/
Chenoa Colaco reports on the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) announcement of two days of strike action.
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/london-tube-strike-two-days-of-union-action-to-shut-down-underground-network/
Omicron has exposed a c***k in the government’s armour: ideology
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/omicron-has-exposed-a-c***k-in-the-governments-armour-ideology/
Read Lily Whittle’s review of Licorice Pizza ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/liquorice-pizza-a-heady-base-of-la-70s-nostalgia-with-an-enchanting-albeit-unconventional-topping-of-young-love-%E2%98%85%E2%98%85%E2%98%85%E2%98%85/
MSc Economics student Davit Svanidze has been on a hunger strike for 7 days. The Beaver spoke to him to find out more. https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/hunger-strike-on-campus-how-one-postgrad-is-taking-on-lse/
From 1-3 December, through bright, cold, and rainy weather, academic and administrative staff from the University and College Union (UCU) went on strike. The LSE branch is one of the 58 universities that voted to do so, and its members have been picketing and marching throughout the week. Jack Beeching reports. https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/wed-prefer-to-teach/
For our final issue of the term, Flipside interviewed the face behind Memes of LSE! Boris is a 2nd-year Finance student and he created the meme page last year during lockdown, when it was difficult to connect with other students. We discussed why he thinks the page became so popular, what makes memes so special as a form of expression and how they bring us together in our LSE community 🦫💖
Read the interview here: https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/bringing-us-together-the-power-of-memes-at-lse/
📝: Beatriz Silva
📸: Jack Love
Flipside interviewed Tilly Mason, a 3rd-year Geography student, for our latest issue. Tilly is a uncommonly multifaceted LSE student: she is the co-president of the LSESU Labour Society, actively involved in student campaigns such as Justice4Cleaners, a dedicated urban geographer, a guitar player (who had her own band), and she doesn’t miss a gig around London. Read the full conversation here: https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/taking-london-by-storm-a-conversation-with-tilly-mason/
Interviewed by Beatriz Silva
Photographed by Eliana Radaelli
Breaking: LSE announces mask requirement indoors, reaffirms in-person January exams
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/breaking-lse-announces-mask-requirement-indoors-reaffirms-in-person-january-exams/
Breaking: LSE announces mask requirement indoors, reaffirms in-person January examsAuthorPosted byAarti MalhotraPublishedNovember 29, 20216:31 pmTwitterFacebookLinkedInShare this postShare this postClose sharing boxBreaking: LSE announces mask requirement indoors, reaffirms in-person January examsTw...
Developing story: Fire in laundry room at LSE Rosebery Hall
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/developing-story-fire-in-laundry-room-at-lse-rosebery-hall/
The bastardisation of Basquiat
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/the-bastardisation-of-basquiat/
Vani Kant reflects on Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work and its usage in marketing strategies after his death.
Mixed-race erasure is a real problem, and it needs to stop.
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/mixed-race-erasure-is-a-real-problem-and-it-needs-to-stop/
‘“You are not a person of colour.” The statement that threw off everything I know about myself and my lived experience; as if oppression in modern society was an exclusive club that I was not part of...’ Ela writes about the struggles and experiences of being mixed-race in a society which is grappling with the inclusion of minorities. 🎨 by Charlie To 🦫💖
7 films. 7 reviews. Syed gives the alternative mega review of this year's London Film Festival at the BFI
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/the-beaver-at-the-bfi-lff-2021/
The Marshall Building, which has been under construction since 2017, will be opened to students this coming January for the start of Lent Term 2022.
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/new-marshall-building-expected-to-open-in-january/
LSE fails to put the ‘History’ in Black History Month
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/lse-fails-to-put-the-history-in-black-history-month/
Illustrated by Léa Plrt
The Beveridge Report 3.0: We got shots on a Tuesday
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/the-beveridge-report-3-0-we-got-shots-on-a-tuesday/
Protest against LSESU Debate event hosting Israeli Ambassador
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/breaking-protest-against-lsesu-debate-event-hosting-israeli-ambassador/
LSE protest against Israeli Ambassador criticised by ministers and national media
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/lse-protest-against-israeli-ambassador-criticised-by-ministers-and-national-media/
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/what-makes-a-conservative-right-wing-politics-at-lse/
“My first impression of Oliver Paterson, President of the Hayek Society, is that he’s a guarded person,” begins Sachin Jhangiani. Join Sachin as he explores the ideologies of two major conservative groups at LSE — the Hayek and Edmund Burke Societies — in an attempt to answer the question: what makes a conservative?
What makes a conservative? Right wing politics at LSEAuthorPosted byadmin_beaverPublishedNovember 5, 20212:31 pmTwitterFacebookLinkedInShare this postShare this postClose sharing boxWhat makes a conservative? Right wing politics at LSETwitterFacebookLinkedInPosted by admin_beaver on November 5, 2021...
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/the-black-experience-at-lse-and-why-it-matters/
“When you first start uni, as a Black person, the first thing you go to is ACS.” Read Flipside editor Beatriz Silva’s interview with LSESU ACS for this issue! They talked about the African Caribbean Society and the unique role it plays in the experience of Black students at university; what Black History Month is about at LSE; Kant and GV100; Sidney Webb; and, inevitably, the Beveridge Cafe.
Introducing… ✨ A Night Out With ... ✨ 🦫💖 Every month, Léa Plrt and Eliana Radaelli will follow a new student to one of their favourite places and find out the stories behind them 🍻 This episode, they follow Anthropology students Sive and Phi for Tequila, Nachos + Happy Hour Benito's Hat 🥂🥂🥂
Students who want to explore more of London take NOW as inspiration. Want to share your favourite spots with us? Get in touch! 👋🏼
An LSESU Debate Society event hosting the Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Tzipi Hotovely, has attracted criticism from the LSESU Palestine Society and others. In a statement released yesterday, the LSESU Palestine Society expressed their “unequivocal rejection” of the Debate Society’s event, titled “Israel’s Perspective: A New Era in the Middle East”. “We are outraged by both the invitation extended towards a figure with a track record of anti-Palestianian racism and war crimes, as well as the LSESU’s approval of this event in the first place,” the statement read.
Read more here: https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/lsesu-palestine-soc-condemns-debate-event-hosting-israeli-ambassador/
LSESU Debate Society event hosting Israeli ambassador stirs up controversy on campusAuthorPosted byJocelyn TsangPublishedNovember 7, 20212:44 pmUpdated2:59 pmTwitterFacebookLinkedInShare this postShare this postClose sharing boxLSESU Debate Society event hosting Israeli ambassador stirs up controver...
Claims of silverfish ‘infestation’ at Sidney Webb House: In an article published by The UCL Tab, LSE students reported that at least two blocks of the hall have infestations, with hall management encouraging students to “kill them yourselves”.
Read more here: https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/claims-of-silverfish-infestation-at-sidney-webb-house/
Recently released AU statistics revealed 52% of sports club members are white, compared to just 34% of undergraduate students. Just 45 out of the 1991 in total are Black. Read Sport Editor Matt Sudlow break down sports at LSE in A White Man’s Game.
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/a-white-mans-game-sports-clubs-lack-diversity-at-lse/
Breaking: LSE becomes the first carbon neutral university in the UK
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/lse-first-carbon-neutral-university-uk/
Breaking: LSE becomes the first carbon neutral university in the UKAuthorPosted byAarti MalhotraPublishedNovember 4, 20214:58 pmUpdated5:15 pmTwitterFacebookLinkedInShare this postShare this postClose sharing boxBreaking: LSE becomes the first carbon neutral university in the UKTwitterFacebookLinked...
Tuition fee rebates: How SU proposals would make LSE grads pay tens of thousands more in loan repaymentsAuthorPosted byBora BayramPublishedOctober 18, 20214:16 pmUpdated5:20 pmTwitterFacebookLinkedInShare this postShare this postClose sharing boxTuition fee rebates: How SU proposals would make LSE g...
Flipside interviewed Alanah Sarginson, a 3rd-year BSc in Philosophy student at LSE, for our first print issue of the year! Alanah might still be a student, but she is also an illustrator with incredible creativity and extraordinary potential. In this interview, we explored Alanah’s artistic vein by tracing her interest in illustration and discussing the inspiration behind her one of a kind art pieces. 🦫💖 Read more at https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/alanah-sarginson-putting-art-at-the-heart-of-lse/
COME MEET US THIS WEEK! Get to know our team + learn more about how we run the paper, and how you can get involved! We’ll give you a rundown of how each section works, and you can decide if you want to join the Beaver, Flipside, or our multimedia team. Come find us at the media centre (second floor of the SU building) THIS TUESDAY 5 October between 5 and 7pm. Bring your friends, we’ll have free pizza 🍕🍕🍕🍕🦫💖
‼️ ATTENTION BEAVERS 🦫 ‼️The dam is leaking beer & you’re invited to our first social of the year! Meet us at the Three Tuns at 6:30pm this Thursday, 30 September to join us on a pub crawl 🍻🍻🍻 [location tagged]
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Introducing… ✨ A Night Out With ... ✨ 🦫💖 Every month, Léa Plrt and Eliana Radaelli will follow a new student to one of their favourite places and find out the stories behind them 🍻 This episode, they follow Anthropology students Sive and Phi for Tequila, Nachos + Happy Hour Benito's Hat 🥂🥂🥂 Students who want to explore more of London take NOW as inspiration. Want to share your favourite spots with us? Get in touch! 👋🏼
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