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STAR showcased the six-strong band Dry Island Buffalo Jump earlier this week and it looks like they've caused quite a stir.

The band is made up of two poets, three historians and a French linguist from the University of St Andrews and visited the Double A-Side show this week.

Faces For Radio saw STARs first ever 'marriage'. Yes, AJ and Sarah became husband and wife (they have the photos to prove it) on the Saturday, celebrating their wedding reception live on air, but broke up on the Sunday. It's truly heart-breaking, on-the-edge-of-your-seat stuff.

On The Rocks- an ambitious new arts festival for Scottish University students- launches in St Andrews this year. STAR will be leading up to the festival with podcasts galore, bringing you the insider info and behind the scenes gossip. Here's out introductory podcast!

Here you are. The three candidates vying for your vote to become the next Director of Representation. This audio was captured at the Sabbatical Showdown and features the following candidates (in order): Georgina Rannard, Hatty Sahlsberg and Tom Cahn.

It's Phil Pass versus Eddie Walshingham and you decide who'll be the next Director of Events & Services. Here Eddie, then Phil, tell us why you should give them your vote.

Take a listen to this years candidates hoping to become the next Director of Student Development & Activities.

In the following order: Rebecca Austin, Ruth Jackson, Matthew Guest & John MacLean.

Andrew Keenan, David Haines or Bradshaw Hawkins? In this order, they individually sum up why they should be chosen to become the next Association President.

On The Rocks Preview

On The Rocks: Off The Record- Day 1

Day 2 of Scotland's newest student arts festival.

Day 3 roundup...

Day 4 of the festival...We're talking History, Blood Weddings and Improv Shakespeare.

Day 5 of the festival and Hannah puts on her little black dress.

At this past Stag & Dagger festival in Glasgow, we sat down with The Joy Formidable for a short interview talking about their origins in Wales, their debut release A Balloon Called Moaning, and what's planned for the future!

These guys have got a great, unique pop-rock sound that is sure to win over many in the next coming months, so catch 'em here FIRST at standrewsradio.com!

At the One Water Charity Golf Day STAR caught up with the committee members of the One Water Society to talk about the foundation, the society and the event.

STAR sat down with the student organisers of the African Film Festival which will take place in St Andrews on the 20th and 21st November. The festival is part of Africa in Motion, an initiative launched in Edinburgh to raise awareness for African film. For more information visit www.africa-in-motion.org.uk and check out the Facebook group of the St Andrews film festival.

STAR met some of the student organisers of the St Andrews Festival which is coming up at the end of November. We talked to them about their role in the organisation and what the people of St Andrews can look forward to.

The Festival takes place from the 28th to the 30th November. For more information visit www.standrewsfestival.co.uk or pick up a program from the library, the Union or many other shops and cafés around town.

STAR sat down with University and Fife Constabulary officials to get you the scoop on Raisin Weekend. The Rector chatted with us about his own Raisin Weekend and Union President Andrew Keenan also sat down with us to talk about the upcoming weekend. For all the info on how not to get in trouble with the police we talked to Carol-Anne Hazelwood, the University Liaisons Officer for Fife Constabulary. Also in the mix are a few academic children and parents and what they are looking forward to.

During the festive season STAR asked St Andreans what it is that they want for Christmas.

In this first academic podcast from STAR, Daniel Brodsky interviews Dr Chris Hooley, a lecturer at the school of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St Andrews. Chris answers some interesting questions about Quantum Mechanics.

RAG Week starts this weekend and STAR sat down with Caitlin Arbuthnott, this year's RAG Week coordinator, and Alex Dixon, convenor of the Charities Campaign, to talk about the organisation of the events and the charities that profit from the fundraising. STAR also talked to the organisers of some of the events for a sneak preview of the upcoming week. For more information log on to www.ragweek.org.uk or check out RAG Week's Facebook group.

In this academic podcast, Daniel Brodsky talks to Professor Ulf Leonhardt about his work on invisibility, perfect imaging, and creating black holes in the lab!

STAR's Head of Music, Andrew Binet, and Head of Events, Sarah Tyler, caught an interview with Anand Wilder of Yeasayer in Glasgow a week after the band released their second album, Odd Blood. We talk about world music, learning, jump suits, and for a little bit, Weird Al Yankovic.

Libby Parker and Beverly Macklin came into the STAR studio this Monday at 6pm to discuss the events that will be taking place this week to help disability awareness in St Andrews.


Disability Awareness Week is an annual event held by the Equal Opportunities & Welfare Committee of the SRC to raise awareness of disabilities in our community. Everyday, people with disabilities contribute to the university and our collective student experience. It is the SRC's goal to show St Andrews that ATTITUDE is the only real disability.

On the 13th and 14th of February St Andrews University hosted the Scottish University Ultimate Frisbee Regionals. Richard Browne from the STAR News Team was on site to interview participating teams and to find out more about this sport.

On the 24th February STAR presented Never Mind the Buzzcocks in Venue 1. Before the show Hannah Franklin met up with some of the creative talent behind the event, inlcuding host Lewis Roy and creative supervisor Andrew Mcintyre Baird.
The show was recorded in cooperation with Rogue Productions and will be available to watch online soon. Stay tuned.

On the 12th March we were joined in the studio by Brian Johnstone, StAnza's festival director, Eleanor Livingstone, artistic director, and Julian Moorman, the student liaisons officer. As well as talking about the festival's history and what goes into organising such a big series of events, Brian and Eleanor brought some poems and music by artists performing at this year's festival. For more information and the festival programme visit www.stanzapoetry.org.

The STAR News Team caught up with some of the winners of this year's AU elections on Friday night.
President - Andrew Dick
Vice-President - Russell Hall
Secretary - Johnny Hawkins
Alumni Officer - Sarah Hedden

The STAR News Team caught of with some of the winners of the SSC positions in this year's elections on Friday night.
Charities Officer - Caitlin Arbuthnott
Debates Officer - Daniel Goldblatt
Performing Arts Officer - Cat Slater
Societies Officer - Sally Longstaff
Broadcasting Officer - Walker Angell
Member for Societies Grants - Jethro Dowell
Member for Societies Elections - Clare McDonell

The STAR News Team caught up with some of the winners of the SRC positions in this year's elections on Friday night.
Accomodation Officer - Sunnie Moodie
Member for External Campaigns - Emmanuel Michelakakis
Member for International Students - Sohan Nenwani
Arts/Divinity Senate Representative - Andrew Gibbs
Science/Medicine Senate Representative - Kit Millar

The STAR News Team talked to the new Association Chair Becca Ladley on election night.

On Friday night the STAR News Team talked to some of the newly elected sabbaticals.
Association President - Owen Wilton
Director of Representation - Siena Parker
Director of Student Development and Activities - Alastair Holmes

The Foreign Affairs Society recently hosted one of the most controversial and heated debates of the year. The title of the debate was "Progress and Development or Oppression and Assimilation?" with regards to the current situation in Tibet. The debate features members of both the Chinese and Tibetan societies passionately defending their beliefs. So if you couldn't make it to the event in person, STAR recorded the whole thing for your listening pleasure!

Ahead of the Never Mind the Buzzcocks (again!) event held in Venue 1 on Monday night (3rd May), STAR News sat down with organisers Lewis Roy, Andrew Baird and Sarah Tyler, as well as with panelists Aria Danesh, Alex Dixon, Catriona Macleod, Sam Barnett and Ben Dunant.

This week, STAR News reporter Gillian Carr sat down with Georgina Rannard (former Rector's Assessor and current Director of Representation) and James Shield (coincidentally, former Director of Representation and current Rector's Assessor!) to talk about their experiences and highlights of working with Rector Kevin Dunion during his time in office so far.

Ahead of their 'Reclaim the Night' march against gender-based violence around St Andrews this evening (Friday 7th), STAR News reporter Hannah Franklin talked to Miranda Myrberg and Sarah Lohmann from the St Andrews Feminist Society about the march, the cause and the society.