Male rape survivor speaks out against the stigma
Millie A Turner
Our society has many myths. The myth that only women can experience sexual violence is one of them. Recently, Reynhard Sinaga was convicted for 159 sex offences and has been…
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Kingston University Graduate Turned Drug Dealer Jailed For Supplying To Students
Ariane D De Oliveira
A former Kingston University undergraduate has been jailed for selling cocaine and cannabis to students at Exeter University when he worked there as an IT technician. Obaid Asif, 29, was…
Are Soundcloud-rappers and emo-hip-hop the reason we are witnessing a Xanax crisis?
Ine Schwebs
KU students explain why millennials are the ‘Xanax generation’.
KU students ‘would not smoke cannabis if legalised’, study shows
Karishma Patel
The vast majority of KU students would not consume cannabis even if it were to be legalised, research has revealed.
Drug dealer’s warning to KU students
Martine Berg Olsen
A cocaine dealer has warned Kingston students about their excessive drug use while at university.
Kingston resident charged with manslaughter after drugs death
Elizabeth Stromme
A Kingston man has been charged with manslaughter after a father of four died of a suspected drug overdose. 43-year-old William Boots died inside a flat in Perry Court, on…
Security guard reveals students’ secret lives in halls
Penelope Karaolis
A Kingston University security guard has described how colleagues are powerless to stop students from drug dealing, prostitution and theft because of manager’s reluctance to kick out offenders. The guard…
Gender, drugs, and statistics
Sofia Delgado
A survey on drug usage among Kingston students conducted by The River revealed that the gender gap is much lower than the national survey findings. Experts were not surprised, since…
Review: Smack Family Robinson
River Reporter
The River reviews a night of glamour and drug-dealing at The Rose Theatre’s production of Smack Family Robinson. Zoe Birdsall A big house in posh Petersham, expensive cars, shag-pile carpet,…
Stop giving drug dealers business
So, of course, as students, we all appreciate a bit of extra cash. A night at the pub, some new clothes, those pesky bills…but would you resort to drug dealing?