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L A T E
S T E D
I T I O N
Ramsay Believed to
be Frontrunner
in Rector Vote
Election Will Pick This University's Next Lord Rector THE FORMER footballer, now television chef, Mr. Gordon Ramsay, is believed to be the front-runner in the campaign to be elected Lord Rector of the University of St Andrews. Mr. Ramsay, known for his strong personality, is the most famous among the four candidates, and his personal wealth has been considered with an eye towards augmenting the Rector's Fund for students. [read] N E W S Terror Group Declares War on Oxford Group Causes Excess of £500,000 of Damage in Arson Attack on Hertford College Boathouse TERRORISTS believed to be from the Animal Liberation Front have effectively declared war on Oxford University over the building of a biomedical research facility which, among other things, would conduct medical research on animals. The terrorists have shown that anything remotely connected with the University is now a target by orchestrating the burning of Hertford College's boathouse on July 4, 2005, causing damaged in excess of half a million pounds. [read] N E W S St Andrews Boasts High Retention, But Least Cost-Effective for Students ST ANDREWS has the highest rate for retaining students in Scotland, according to a study by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, but is one of the least cost-effective for students according to the Royal Bank of Scotland's 2005 Student Living Index. [read] N E W S Bishop Seen as Knocking Pope in Sallies Chapel Sermon Students Complain of Prelate's Insinuations Against John Paul II, Benedict XVI THE ROMAN Catholic Bishop of Aberdeen has come under fire from Catholic students of this university for seemingly criticising both the current pope, Benedict XVI, and the late John Paull II. [read] N E W S Tensions Over Proposal to Close Local School Parents Protest Threat to Their School, While Students Face 'Verbal Abuse' Over Issue TENSIONS HAVE arisen in St Andrews over the prospect of one of the Royal Burgh's four primary schools facing closure. Fife Council have launched a 'consultation exercise' on the future of Greyfriars Primary School. [read] N E W S Old Course Hotel Berated for Name of New Jazz Club Hotel Intends to Name It After Recent Graduate THE OLD Course Hotel has faced criticism over its plan to erect a jazz club at the luxury facility and name it "William's" after recent graduate William Wales. [read] f e a t u r e s THE
RACE FOR RECTOR
A
Former Kate, A TV Chef, An Eccentric Recent Graduate, and an
Environmentalist Will Fight It Out to Represent You as Lord Rector of
the University of St Andrews on October 28.    Rectors Past A stroll down memory lane as we take a look at the various personalities who have served as Rector in the past. [read] Rectors Future? The Mitre takes a look at what each of the four candidates has to offer. [read] C O L U M N From Starbucks to Sana'a Recent graduate Christopher Cruden describes what he'll miss most as he prepares for a nine-month stint in the most primitive country in the Arab world. [read] S O C I A L R E P O R T Good Times on Greyfriars Gardens IT WAS COUSIN Jasper in Brideshead Revisited who advised Charles Ryder to switch his ground-floor rooms as soon as possible. The inhabitants of a rather nice flat on Greyfriars Gardens may very well have had the same thing in mind on Thursday (October 13), when the beginnings of their house party were invaded by a crew of young gentlemen via the open window of their sitting room. [only in print edition] F A S H I O N Black is the New Black No, seriously! by ABIGAIL HESSER Let's face it: fashion can only go so far until it becomes ridiculous, and designers focus more on the aesthetics of fashion rather than its functionality and ability to be worn by the average woman (as opposed to the alien-like Beofran-thin models that have graced the runways for the past decade or so, pouting their way through the shows and making the "pre-pubescent boy" look eerily popular). [only in print edition] R A R E B O O K S Government Puts Freeze on Codex Stosch The Culture Minister, Mr. David Lammy, has placed a temporary export bar on the Codex Stosch, the rare book thought lost, reported in the previous Mitre (Vol. III, No. 6, June 24, 2005). [only in print edition] A R C H I T E C T U R E Modernisation Reconsidered Are Sensitive Renovations Really Possible? by NICHOLAS VINCENT In this new beginning that is the academic year, I've had a fairly significant change of opinion in terms of the acceptability of reorienting historic buildings to fulfill modern demands. [read] L I V I N G The Allure of the Urban Village by NICHOLAS VINCENT It's been a long time since the 19th century 'army of brick and mortar-layers' advanced on Kensington and Chelsea, but ask any aspiring resident what draws them to this unique part of London and they will invariably say 'the village atmosphere'. [only in print edition] A C A D E M I A Film Studies: Are They Serious? LILY LAW asks the question: Is the new 'Film Studies' department a sign of falling standards at St Andrews? [only in print edition] This edition of the Mitre is available in print from J&G Innes, 'the Citizen Shop', on the corner of Church Street and South Street in St Andrews. Inquiries: themitre@gmail.com Latest Editions Vol. III, No. 6, 24 June 2005 Vol. III, No. 5, 13 April 2005 Mitre Literary Review The latest edition of the Mitre Literary Review has been released. It will be available online soon. A
MIDSUMMER'S DAY
MITRE
The
Mitre
brings you a special edition on Midsummer's Day, the Feast of St. John
the Baptist, available for
free online.
Vol. III, No. 6 – 24 June 2005 NOTE: The contents of the April 13 2005 edition are now online. They can be found here. (Updated August 25, 2005) N E W S
St Andrean Off to
the Vatican
Convener, Called to Rome Job by
ANDREW K.B. CUSACK
ONE
OF the University’s most prominent alumni, Fr. Patrick Burke,
has
been appointed to the highest doctrinal body at the Vatican. Fr. Burke,
currently editor of Faith magazine and parish priest at Our Lady and
St. Ninian’s in Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, will take up his
position
at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at Rome in September.
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N E W S Fife Council Approves Hamilton Hall Development Objections from Royal & Ancient, Community Council PLANNING
permission has been granted by Fife Council to transform the former
Grand Hotel on the Scores, currently the University’s
Hamilton Hall
residence, into twenty-five holiday timeshares. The decision was made
by the East Area Development Committee of the Council despite the
strong concerns over traffic and parking considerations as well as
complaints raised by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club across the street.
[continue]
N E W S Esler
to Lead Arts,
Humanities Research Board
Leave of Absence for Eminent
Divine
ESTEEMED
Professor Philip Esler, of St. Mary’s College here
at the
University of St Andrews, has been appointed Chief Executive of the
recently reorganised Arts and Hu-manities Research Council. [continue]F
E A T U R E S
 A Year in Bonn Stuart Paterson, the Mitre's man in the former capital of West Germany, wraps up his year with thoughts of Angela Merkel, German liberals, and the Kaufhof food hall. [read] A R C H I T E C T U R E A New Library for King's The recent conversion of the former Public Record Office to a library for King’s College London is a fitting use of a building once dubbed ‘the strongbox of the nation’, and worthy of applause, writes Nicholas Vincent. [read] A R C H I T E C T U R E A Fitzrovia Renovation No. 16 Fitzroy Square has found rescuers in two Wall Street bankers, writes Nicholas Vincent. [read] R A R E B O O K S The Codex Stosch A unique book dating from the 1520’s and lost for over two centuries will be sold in July by the Edinburgh auction house of Lyon and Turnbull. [read] S O C I A L R E P O R T Jazzy Soirée at the Byre for Anderson-Braidwood 21st A grand fête was thrown on Sunday, May 22 to celebrate the accession of Miss Arabella Anderson-Braidwood to the age of twenty-one. [only in print edition] E
D I T O R I
A L / O P I N I O N
L
E A D E R
Reform Graduation! This past week many of our friends and peers enjoyed the pomp and ceremony of the Graduation Ceremony, and so this seems an appropriate moment to make a series of recommendations for its embellishment and elaboration. [continue] L E T T E R T O T H E E D I T O R Christ and Multiculturalism From Mr. Timothy Allen, a tertian of St Mary's College. [read] Letters to the Editor should be sent to: themitre@gmail.com. A P E R S O N A L A P P E A L Blessed Kaiser Karl and Peace Sofie von Hauch presents a personal message urging you to help Benedict XVI in his efforts for peace and unity in Europe and the world. [only in print edition] I
N B R I E F
Kathleen
Jamie Scores Book
of the Year PrizeCollects £10,000 Prize at Council's Edinburgh Event KATHLEEN
Jamie, a lecturer in the School of English, has been presented with the
2005 Scottish Book of the Year award. Miss Jamie collected the
£10,000 prize given in recognition of her ‘The Tree
House’, a
collection of poetry. The same book of thirty-five poems was earlier
awarded the Forward Poetry Prize. The award is given by the Scottish
Arts Council and was presented in a ceremony held at the Dynamic Earth
centre in Edinburgh on June 9.
Paterson Bids Adieu to Fair City of Bonn Returns to Helm of University's Tory Association OUR
OWN popular columnist, Mr. Stuart Paterson, will return to St Andrews
in the autumn to resume his presidency of the University of St Andrews
Conservative Association. Mr. Paterson has sucessfully completed a year
of studies at the University of Bonn in Germany, from whence he penned
his Bonn Voyage column, the last of which is printed on pages IV-V.
This
Year's Honorary
Graduates
Include Nobel Laureate, Travel
Writer, BBC
Journo, and Kirk Conveners
MOST
NOTABLE among this year’s recipients of honorary degrees from
our
university was the esteemed Nobel Laureate and Saoi of Ireland, the
poet Mr. Seamus Heaney. Heaney accepted his Doctorate of Letters on
June 21, the first graduation of the week.Also honoured were the popular travel writer Mr. Bill Bryson, known for his ‘Notes from a Small Island’, and Mr. John Simpson, a BBC television journalist credited by some with the liberation of Iraq. The Very Rev. Dr. Iain Torrance and Dr. Allison Eliot, former moderators of the Church of Scotland who both failed to halt that institution’s decline, were awarded honorary DDivs. Lang Breaks Ground on New Arts Building Modern Structure Next Door to Library PRINCIPAL
Brian Lang has broken ground for the construction of a new Arts Faculty
building in the centre of town. The £8,000,000 structure is
to be
located between the main University Library and St.
Katharine’s Lodge
West. The 33,000 sq ft building will house on four storeys lecture
theatres, tutorial rooms, and offices, and is scheduled to be completed
during the summer of 2007. It will be constructed primarily out of
glass, stone, and zinc.
The University claims that the new building, designed by Reiach & Hall Architects of Edinburgh, has been “designed with the historic setting in mind” but some critics have complained that it more complements the bland brutalist library than the series of Scots Flemish Revival buildings which will be its neighbours on the Scores. The building, however, is set back from the street, and is unlikely to mar the views of one of St Andrews’ more quiet and leafy thoroughfares. View the Mitre
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