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GLASGOW UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

WINTER 2009

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SCOTLAND’S OLDEST AND BEST STUDENT MAGAZINE

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Editors:

Franck Martin & Jim Wilson

Deputy Editor:

Catriona Matheson

Web Editor:

Aidan Cook

Content:

Franck Martin

Design:

Jim Wilson

Contributors:

Liam Arnold, George Binning,Laura Doherty, Katy Dycus, ScottMcGinlay, Gerry McKeever, StefanSealey, Suzanne Smith, Michelle Williams, Luke Winter.

Cover Image:

Recoat Gallery 323, North Woodside Road,Glasgow.

Special Thanks:

Zoe, Bob, Lucy, Amy & Ali, Jo & Neil,Rachel, Kimberley, Guardian,Malmaison Glasgow, American Apparel,

Urban Outtters.

All works © their authors 2009.Contact GUMEmail: gum@src.gla.ac.uk Phone: 0141-339-8541Glasgow University Magazine John MacIntyre Building University AvenueGlasgow G12 8QQ

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Alright pal! Sorry about the wait but it’s been a busy few months, no? What with wars breaking out left,right and centre and that lovely Mr. Obama moving in it’s hard to believe it’s been just three months sinceGUM last hit the streets. We can only apologise that you haven’t had a trusty new edition to hold during these extra cold winter nights. No doubt you bored a hole in your mattress with all that sleepless tossing and turning as you writhed around in the throes of expectation. Well put the Horlicks away and get ready to run a marathon with the sandman because my friend ... GUM IS BACK!!Like a fine wine we only get better with age and this Winter Edition is quite literally going to changenot just your life but the lives of your family and your children’s children – at GUM we like to aim high. The photos from our Glasgow photo shoot and Fashion section are so good that employers should besalivating at the prospect of graduation day. Our interview with the award-winning journalist Nick Daviesshould stimulate your noggin but if it doesn’t then our exploration of the science/hoax of crop circlesmost certainly will. If travel is more your bag then check out GUM’s pick of three of the world’s lesserknown destinations. We also have interviews with Idlewild and The Bays, with a rundown of some of Glasgow’s best underground music labels and with a cheeky bit of Parkour thrown in .... what more couldyou want?Once again those despicably lovely people from the Recoat Gallery have designed us a cover that is sogood it can make grown men cry at twenty paces, honest. If you do not take the time to check them outyour deathbed will be haunted by the nagging feeling that your life was incomplete. So make sure you aresitting comfortably and oh – DON’T MENTION THE CREDIT CRUNCH!!