The Beaver is the newspaper of the London School of Economics students' union. Despite being published by the LSE Students' Union, The Beaver has a strong tradition of independence and hard nosed intelligent reporting. Around 4,000 copies are published and distributed free of charge every Tuesday during term time. The Beaver is governed by the collective, a body of around 150 students who have contributed three or more written pieces or photographs to the paper. The collective democratically elects all of the paper's editorial staff. The paper is one of the UK's most active student publications and counts itself among those at the forefront of student issues and campaigns. The paper is made up of news, comment & analysis, features, PartB, sports and other sections.
[edit] NewsNews typically consists of LSE, University of London and Higher Education stories and is frequently contacted by the national press. Recent examples have included the story of Erik Ringmar, a Senior Lecturer at the LSE, being threatened by the School [1]. This story was picked up by a number of national papers, including The Guardian [2]. In December 2005, the Beaver's exclusive coverage of the infamous LSE Athletics Union 'Barrel Run' was picked up by news organisations around the world. 200 drunk students trashed nearby Kings College, causing tens of thousands of pounds in damage. The Beaver beat police to the scene, got exclusive photos and information on those responsible. Other prominent news organisations to use the Beaver's photos and coverage include: The BBC, ITV,The Times,The Mirror,The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Metro, The Evening Standard, Times of India, and The South China Morning Post [edit] Comment & AnalysisC&A publishes student opinion pieces discussing issues that are related to the general LSE student population, regardless whether they have wider social or political implications. Letters to the editor are also published, and the extensive range of articles and letters featured reflect the extensive readership within the LSE. From the average student to high level school officials, contributions to the C&A section have been wide-ranging and varied. [edit] FeaturesFeatures deals with world politics, society, business, careers and law articles. It also conducts interviews with leading figures such as Sir Nicholas Stern[3] and Tony Benn. A recent interview with Nick Clegg was referenced in Hugo Rifkind's The Times column, People[4] [edit] PartBLaunched in 2005 PartB is The Beaver's arts and entertainment pull-out. It contains sections dedicated to Music, Film, Theatre, Literature, Visual Arts, Style, Travel, Food & Drinking as well as a Rant section. It also regularly features interviews with persons as diverse as Alan Bennett, Ashton Kutcher, Gerald Scarfe[5], Stewart Lee[6], Eugene Hütz[7] and Wolfmother[8]. In 2006, PartB was shortlisted for Best Student Magazine in the Guardian Student Media Awards[9]. [edit] SportsMixture of match reports from LSE teams and comment on world sports. Has courted controversy in the past with its traditionally dismissive approach to the sporting efforts of rival universities. Highlight of the year was traditionally the last Sports section before Christmas, containing photos of the Athletic Union Barrel. This caused particular controversy under the Sports Editorship of Sam Lehmann, after printing a photo of LSE Director at the event which ended up causing considerable damage to King's Strand campus in December 2005.[10] In 2000, The Beaver's James Mythen won Sports Writer of the Year at the Guardian Student Media Awards. [edit] HistoryNamed after the School's mascot,The Beaver, which was apparently chosen “as representing an industrious animal with social habits”, The Beaver was first published in its recognised format on 5 May 1949. The British Library of Political and Economic Science holds archives of the paper dating back to this first issue, which was christened by George Bernard Shaw, one of the LSE's founding fathers. Since then it has gone through several makeovers, survived LSE's turbulent history and emerged to be one of the most respected and widely read student newspapers in the UK. [edit] Notable Former ContributorsBernard Levin was an early contributor to the newspaper, particularly of theatre reviews. Ekow Eshun, the Artistic Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts and a contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review edited both Features and Arts. Justin Webb is a former editor and has been the BBC's chief Washington correspondent since 2001. James Corbett, contributing editor of The Observer Sport Monthly and author of Everton: The School of Science and England Expects was political editor of the paper. Sir Benjamin Martill, noted philanthropist and Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University College London Simon Garfield, journalist and author of "Mauve" and "Our Hidden Lives", is a former Executive Editor. Richard Bacon, a former Executive Editor, is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Norfolk South. Former Executive Editor Tim Gopsill was a member of the collective of Leveller magazine, a political magazine which was involved in a well-recorded contempt of court case in 1979. He currently edits the magazine of the National Union of Journalists. John Stathatos, a former Executive Editor, is a photographer, writer and art critic whose publications include The Book of Lost Cities and A Vindication of Tlon: Photography & the Fantastic. Robert Kilroy Silk, a eurosceptic right wing British politician, was a former theatre critic for the paper. Paul Klebnikov, though amongst former Executives & Collective members was not unique in achievement after leaving The School, he deserves an extra mention in TheBeaver's History. He took over the paper, summer 86, at a bottom low and turned it around (Crawford, Lewin & Makris were in his team and went on to edit the paper in their own right later on --Crawford & Lewin co-edited). Paul was the first editor of Forbes' Russian edition. Paul Klebnikov was shot dead on a Moscow street late at night on July 9, 2004 by unknown assailants. [edit] Former Executive Editors
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