Since the beginning of the 2025-26 academic year, concerns have grown over whether the University of St Andrews can maintain the Main Library as a suitable study space for students amid numerous maintenance problems. Closures on essential resources, reduced opening hours, and over-occupied study areas have left students looking for answers and alternatives. On Friday 26 September, the Library closed the entire Level 3 floor, leaving students unable to retrieve books, access
In sports, athletes often have an idol, coach, or mentor that they look up to. For Tony Kavalam, a final-year geology student and ultimate frisbee player, that person is Jimmy Chu.Â
Anyone who plays a competitive sport knows the thrill of finally meeting your opponent in the flesh. Catching their eyes over the net, jogging past them onto the pitch, stretching beside them at the start line — the imagined and awaited contest finally becomes real.
There were some cricket scores in Division 1 this week, as Spartans dismantled Sheffield Tuesday 7-2. It can’t be long before rumours of a Sam Allardyce move to the relegation-threatened ‘Tues’ start circling.
