By The Penguin on Sep 20, 2012 in Featured, The Penguin
Legend says that a great emperor will come to LSE and uncover the truth in its deepest darkest corners. And as it was foretold, so did a flightless bird rise from the darkness and ashes of the 2011/2012 academic year. The Dark Bird, the Penguin, rises.
We are the Penguin. We’re less than one...
By The Penguin on Sep 20, 2012 in Featured, Student News
LSESU has released a statement condemning transphobic comments made by second year government student, Jason Wong, after he published an article in the London Student, the official student news paper of the University of London Union. The article was part of a “Great Debate” around the...
By The Penguin on Sep 19, 2012 in Editorial, Featured
The London School of Economics Students’ Union has long prided itself on huge campaigns, high voter turnouts, and wide-scale democratic engagement; it has been placed on a pedestal for all other students’ unions to gawp at its wonder and glory. And for a time, it was true; but, like...
By Coffee and Smokes on Apr 6, 2012 in Satire
The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, was caught verbally abusing an innocent cashier during an argument regarding a financial transaction made by Mr Johnson yesterday evening at a Marks and Spencer store in London Bridge.
Johnson, fuming after his row with fellow mayoral election candidate Ken...