Colin Cortbus says he was right to record a meeting of the ‘Global Aspirations of Women’’ society where a speaker said ‘homosexuals would be killed in an ideal world’

Physics student and Liberal Democrat Sarah Harding recounts a very long week, as she left her lectures behind to campaign in Eastleigh

After the news that UKIP beat Labour and the Conservatives to take 2nd place in the Eastleigh byelection, Arun Mehta looks at the party and members attitudes towards disability

Sophie Guinard tells us her reasons for supporting this year’s STAR/Amnesty Sleepout campaign

Charlotte Green gives her views on the ‘Sussex against Privatisation’ movement

Emma Bean tells us why Tammy Baldwin was one of the most heroic names of 2012

Jak Dyehouse explains why the only way to protest the EDL is with a counter march to theirs

Alex Goldhill explains why he believes the horsemeat scandal has been massively over-exaggerated

Conor McGurran tells us the problems he sees with the government’s much debated NHS reforms

Ella Speakman and William Chambers debate the pros and cons of introducing alcohol free halls

Sam Dumitriu tells us that minimum alcohol pricing won’t fix the country’s alcohol problem

Nick Pringle, Arun Mehta and Becky Montacute argue for and against the inanimate carbon rod

Antonia Jennings tells us why a career in academia isn’t as good as it first sounds

Manchester Student Union’s Women’s Officer Tabz O’Brien-Butcher tells us why we should reclaim the night

Why would the powers-that-be (no, not the Illuminati) sanction Benedict’s retirement when poor John Paul had to stick-it-out?

Alex Maxia compares women’s safety in Manchester to that in Sweden, where safety is less of a pressing issue.

Dominic Harwick and Ben Marshall argue the pros and cons of EU membership

Declan Seachoy explains why fifteen year old Malala Yousofzai is symbolic of a much bigger fight for universal education

Maybe we’re just too busy clearing Liberal Democrat leaflets off our doorsteps to get to the polling stations

With the same-sex marriage bill passing its second reading, we hope it is the beginning of more progressive legislation for LGBT rights