Autumn 2007
Most people’s expectation of editorials involves the championing of a mission statement. But, you know, our mission statement is pretty boring: we want to make a quality magazine for students. That’sit. No mess, no fuss. Just good clean design, and slightly less-clean writing. Think something’s missing? This is your magazine. Have you got what it takes to make GUM even better? Show us what you’ve got by dropping us an email or visiting the GUM office. We’ll also have regular meetings throughout term and be wandering around campus replenishing magazine stacks, tacking up posters, taking photos from strange angles, or asking you overly intimate questions. In the meantime, here’s the first issue of GUM. It’ll help you find your way around some of the best bits of Glasgow if you’re new, and give you a few new ideas if you’re a regular here. Enjoy.
Yes/No
Gum tells you how to think. Currently, we love robots and hate seagulls. And now, so do you.
Starters
Our Connoisseurs teach you how to gamble, and no, it’s not about majoring in Psychology. The Daytripper takes you out for some fresh air and “free” whisky. Plus: the moral vacuum that is jury duty, Glasgow’s baddest clubs, Subcity radio, and Pete Myall on the unspoken rules of toilet reading.
Features
• A Tale of Ale: Adrian Maldonado on why beer drinkers don’t drink enough beer.
• Student Stereotypes: Check out our list and fervently deny that you are any of them.
• The Echo of Deco: And you thought the 80s were back.
• Every Little Helps? Lucy Whiteley on why Tesco is so very frightening.