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Long time no see! I was a poster on these pages for several years before I started a BD in the University but I have visited very little since. I graduate (d.v.) this June (44years after the first time). Are there enough old stagers still visiting for it to be worth keeping up? And, in that connecti...

Was at Aikmans onight. So fr only upstairs is open, and for drinks only. But the beer and prices are good, so support!

If the Principal wants to be a fashion icon, I do wish she would get her robes right. When she was in the Citizen the other week with the caption "University Principal" but wearing the Vice-Chancellor's gown, I put it down to the sub-editor. However she is now on the University website hom...

DACrowe wrote:Voted very strongly.

Sorry to seem pedantic (actually, I'm not - it is what the Sinner is for ) but I am genuinely perplexed; how does one vote very strongly? Say "Aye" in a stentorian voice? Jump up and down saying "Me, me me"?

Surely its a wind up? Otherwise what was she thinking of? Apart from anything else there is the aesthetic side. The Principal is a well preserved woman but she is no spring chicken. In the second photograph she seems to hink she is a pedestrian Kate Kennedy with four bejants on either side. And why ...

I don't know if there is still anyone out there, but I have a question. I am starting a BD course at St Mary's in September. I believe I do not get to wear the St Mary's undergraduate gown but should wear my graduate gown, which raises a question. On what occasions should I wear my BSc hood with it?

I will be starting a course at St Mary's in September. It is forty-five years since I as last a bejant and the old grey toun must have changed in the interim. I would, therefore, like to know what is what these days. Unfortunately, the Sinner's Guide does not seem to have been updated since I was th...

The council offer a (chargeable) service - phone the "recycling helpline" on 08451 55 00 22.

Since all has gone very quiet, maybe the experts will have time to give me advice. I have twice recently been invited to a book signing ( as a "rabble" guest, not a principal). In each case I felt my dress was inappropriate - in the first I as mistaken for the author, and in the second I s...

Nevertheless, should you still be interested (or indeed play golf), you would probably need to have a reputable tailor order the cloth from Kinloch Anderson Ltd. themselves and have them made up. I can't think of any tailors in St. Andrews that still make clothing, but there are likely some in Dund...

by exnihilo on Wed May 20, 2009 8:32 pm

They are, however, not banned from grubbing for votes on Facebook and similar, which is unfortunate and a little gauche.

Less so than starting a thread on the Sinner! But then I am a sinister person!

There seem to be a number of Sinners (Some reformed, perhaps) standing for the General Council Business Committee. All General Council members have a vote. Voting is over the internet. A username and password is required. If you have not received details 'phone (0)1334 462103. The Best of Luck to al...

At the old union in St Andrews, because it had grown from the union of mens and ladies union, we had a ladies cloakroom at the west end, a mens cloakroom at the east end, and a unisex facility in the middle (behind "Old Union Reception). THere is very little new under the sun.

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Jo's favourite book when she was about seven was "Last Term at Mallory Towers" by Enid Blyton. It finishes with the heroine preparing to go to St Andrews University.

Quoting Steveo from 17:34, 20th Jun 2008 I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I can't for the life of me find it. Is there any way of fixing a hood so it does not pull constantly on the shirt? I find having to readjust my shirt annoying, and if there is any way of preventing this I'd very m...

Is there an email address for general queries to the Union Management? Oli has wonderful pictures of bright students on yourunion.net but no staff names, contacts, email addresses etc.

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Quoting Washingtonirving from 11:22, 11th Mar 2008 Its not like I had any say in the matter; its an accident of birth. He is an Englishman, For he himself has said it! And it's greatly to his credit That he is an Englishman. For he might have been a Rooshian, A French or Turk or Prooshian, Or perha...