The remaining content largely comprised notes from various societies, sports results, poetry and literary reviews, and profiles of newly appointed lecturers.

The type of content had shifted to reflect the times: a typical copy would contain pages on news, the environment, society, features, politics and entertainment.

Past staff members of The Student include the former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown; Lord Steel; Robin Cook; and many of Fleet Street's reporters and editors.

Recent graduates include Guardian staff writer and editor Helen Pidd and BBC radio reporter Chris Page.

By 1997, the newspaper was under severe financial pressure, selling only around a thousand copies a week at 20 pence each; the advertising was largely ineffective.

During the course of the year, the newspaper stopped publishing to avoid going into debt and a relaunch was scheduled for the start of the autumn term, with a shift towards a free distribution model.

[citation needed] In November 2006, The Student ran a series of front pages drawing readers' attention to the university's Christian Union, which was running a 'Pure' course which allegedly taught that homosexuality was a 'curable condition'.

[citation needed] In early March 2008, The Student published an interview with JK Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter series.

Rowling told The Student journalist Adeel Amini that she had considered suicide during her mid-20s but that she had overcome depression through counselling.

[citation needed] The university's administration banned the particular copy of The Student from distribution in academic buildings, citing offence caused to their staff members as the reason.

After a comment piece published in the Student explaining his actions,[21] it was revealed that he had been behind the anonymous Facebook page and blog 'Are you happy with EUSA?'.

An Emergency Special General Meeting was called for 6.30pm on Wednesday 6 March in George Square Lecture Theatre, to debate the two motions.

The Student published an story[22] in which editors Alistair Grant and Nina Seale interviewed both James McAsh and Max Crema about the actions they were being held accountable for.

On 1 March, student John Wallace submitted another motion to hold a vote of no confidence against James McAsh.