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GLASGOW UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE | SPRING 2009 | FREE
 
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SCOTLAND’S OLDEST AND BEST STUDENT MAGAZINE
GLASGOWUNIVERSITYMAGAZINE.COM
 
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Editors: 
Franck Martin & Jim Wilson
Deputy Editor: 
Catriona Matheson
Web Editor: 
Jim Wilson
Content: 
Franck Martin
Design: 
 Jim Wilson
Contributors: 
 Tom Bonnick, Laura Doherty,Katy Dycus, Scott McGinlay, James Porteous, Stefan Sealey,Claire Strickett, Kira Thomas,Michelle Williams.
Cover Image: 
Recoat Gallery 323, North Woodside Road,Glasgow.
Special Thanks: 
Zoe, Bob, Lucy, Amy & Ali, Patricia, Gill,
Iain and Alison, Anna, Josen,
GU Archive Services, American Apparel,circavintage.co.uk,Get Lippy, New Look,Relics, Retro, River Island,Roots, Fruits and Flowers,
Urban Outtters.
All works © their authors 2009.
Contact GUM: 
gum@src.gla.ac.uk 0141-339-8541Glasgow University Magazine John MacIntyre Building University AvenueGlasgow G12 8QQglasgowuniversitymagazine.comtwitter.com/gumagazinebebo.com/gumagazinemyspace.com/glasgowuniversitymagazine
 
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I am 120 years old, no really I am. Not bad eh? Still got my shine, still entertaining and exhilarating, anddare I say it, still keeping you on your toes. Just think, when I was born, World Wars were unheard of,a photograph was cutting edge, the idea of walking on the moon was the stuff of a mad man’s dreamsand claiming that you had updated your Facebook status was likely to secure your life long reservationin Hotel de la Bedlam. Yes the plucky little magazine that had its name stolen by sexual health clinicsthroughout the land is now well into its super-centenarian years and what a ride it has been. So whatcan you expect from this very special bumper birthday GUM? As it’s our last edition of 2008/2009 we have pushed the boat out and attached a cheeky turbo engine. The hand labour of our resident graffiti lords has created a birthday cover that is truly massively in its wonderfulness (visit their graf cave on 323 North Woodside Road to learn more of the ways of thecan). You can also tuck into an interview with Clive Stafford Smith, campaigning human rights lawyerand head of Binyam Mohammed’s legal team. We have some experimental photography in our HumanCanvas feature and our articles on the rise and demise of coffee culture and the psychology behindour desires to collect random trinkets will keep you entrained in even the most bland of scenarios. The jaw dropping fashion shoot is quite the treat though we must confess that our sport section is justdownright dirty. We also have interviews with The Future of the Left, by far one of the most interesting bands of the year, Emmanuel Jal, child soldier turned rapper, and a run down of how to get your musicfestival fix on the cheap. Oh yes, GUM is also feeling the pinch, in fact the pinch is now beginning tofeel like a herculean squeeze, so our travel section is also devoted to helping you plan a low cost, low carbon, local holiday the likes of which you never thought possible.Franck, Jim and Catriona would like to thank everyone who helped to make these editions of GUM soutterly splendid. But more importantly, we want you, our treasured reader, to know that even thoughGUM will not be on the streets it will most certainly be there in spirit, flying around Glasgow’s culturalhaunts like a possessed phoenix. Be strong.
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