KU rugby brush off Reading to top the table
Anthony Waterworth
Kingston men’s rugby second team are top of their league after beating Reading 31-15 at a home on Wednesday November 19, thanks to a hat trick by Jeffrey Amoateng. Amoateng…
Race, religion and Michelle Obama’s arms – Gender Week takes on the big issues
Anette Lien
Have you ever wondered what Michelle Obama’s arms have to do with fashion and race, or what the gay best friend and the gender of cocktails might entail? These are…
Buttocks drug man sentenced to jail
Elizabeth Stromme
Kingston Crown Court sentenced a man who was caught concealing heroin and crack cocaine between his buttocks to jail this week. 25-year-old Ben Mash, of no fixed address, was sentenced…
KU students join tuition fees demonstration
Logan Collins
Kingston University students took part in the Free Education demonstration in London on Wednesday, November 19, along with thousands of others who protested against high university tuition fees. The demonstration,…
Let’s get philosophical
Hanne Olsen
Every year, on the third Thursday of November, people commemorate World Philosophy Day to celebrate the enduring value of philosophy for the development of human thought. United Nations Educational, Scientific…
‘Before being a journalist, I am a human being’
Adriana Martins De Sousa Calado
Channel 4 reporter Ramita Navai visited Kingston University last week and addressed a roomful of aspiring journalists, human rights campaigners and fashionistas, some hoping that one day they themselves would…
Drug smugglers sentenced to 77 years in prison
Kingston Crown Court has sentenced seven members of a drug smuggling ring responsible for the import of heroin and cocaine worth tens of millions pounds into the UK to 77…
New Hindu Football League starts off with 13-2 win
Hanaa Foura
Kingston’s National Hindu Student Forum (NHSF) started the year with the right foot, scoring 13-2 against Royal Holloway in their first game for the Hindu Society Football League. Hindu Society’s…
‘I would love to make a career out of football’
Victoria Armstrong
KUFC’s left back and KUSU Football Activator, Kaveh Rashti, talks tour, tactics and sleepless nights with The River. Well into his third year as a KU student, Rashti admits football…
Ferguson eye witness speaks to KU students
Bauke Schram
The editor of the Socialist Worker, who witnessed the Ferguson protest, spoke to the Kingston Social Worker Student Society (KWSS) about the protests and the death of Michael Brown, a…