2009 was the year of homecoming, and 2010 is the year of outgoing for some university students.
Our reporters, Jingjiao Liu and Chenyu Cui, speak to Suzanne Smith, Faculty Administrator at Edinburgh Napier University, about exchange programs currently on offer to students.
They also speak to some international students about their experiences.
As word of David Beckham’s injury spreads, we talk to local expert Dr. Harry Burnett about what treatment is in store for the footballer.
Dr Burnett, is one of Scotland’s leading sports medicine physicians, is based at Care4Sports on Brunstfield Place, Edinburgh.
A 10-year plan for Edinburgh Castle has been agreed, which reinforces the commitment between Historic Scotland and the Army to share the site. There were previous concerns that the military would pull out of the base, leaving it as only a visitor attraction.
The castle remains an army base, as well as Scotland’s biggest visitor draw, and the plan will bolster co-operation in the use of its space. The castle is Scotland’s leading tourist attraction with over a million visitors each year and hosting major international events such as Homecoming 2009.
Some souvenir shops look forward to this plan because it will help the castle attract more tourists and host more events resulting in an increase in profits. However, some local people do not care much about the plan and how the castle is used for military purposes. Nearby residents told Edinburgh Napier News the castle should simply be used by everyone as much as possible.
Today tourists in the city seemed to know very little about the plan. Some commenting that the attraction will always be popular with visitors because of its historical importance and fantastic appearance.
Roman Polanski has won the Silver Bear for best director at the Berlin Film Festival for his new political thriller, The Ghost Writer, but he could not accept it because he is engaged in a lawsuit for having sex with a minor in 1977.
His producer, Alain Sarde, accepted the best director prize instead Polanski on Saturday and he said: “I am sure Roman will be very happy. However, when I was lamenting with him that he cannot be with us, he said to me, ‘even if I could, I wouldn’t because the last time I went to a festival to get a prize, I ended up in jail.’”
The Ghost Writer, which is about a writer hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister, had its premiere at Berlin.
A judge in Los Angeles ruled in January that Polanski had to attend court in the US if he wanted to resolve the case. He left the US in 1978 before sentencing and has never returned.
McGrady scored 26 points in his Knicks debut Saturday night, two days after being acquired in a trade. Though the Knicks ultimately fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 121-118, in overtime, it was an encouraging start.
McGrady played 32 minutes and finished 10 for 17 from the field, with 5 assists and 4 rebounds, lifting his teammates and energizing Madison Square Garden said by New York Times.
With 7:55 left to play, the Knicks trailing by 5 and McGrady on the bench, a pocket of fans began a chant of “We want T-Mac!” Within seconds, the entire arena was booming with the request. When McGrady tried to check in with 6:54 to go — only to be turned back by the referee Ron Garretson — the fans booed in displeasure.“I haven’t felt that good in a while, to really be received that way, to hear those chants,” McGrady said. ”It really gave chills down my spine.”
It had been two months since McGrady’s last game for the Houston Rockets, and 12 months since he underwent knee surgery. He played longer and better than anyone expected including himself.
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