There’s a quip about student politics that explains that the reason they get so harsh is precisely because the stakes are so low. And, for a while, I used to think that this seemed pretty bang on, because student politics definitely can get unnecessarily harsh. I know because I’ve been at the sidelines when people have been caught in the crossfire, I myself have been caught in the crossfire, and I have, I’m sure many would say, been the source of the crossfire on more than one occasion. From three years in The University Times, though, I’ve realised that the stakes issue isn’t so clear … Continue reading The Stakes in Student Politics Really Aren’t All That Low