Author: The Standard Editor

This is the digital news site of the Uganda Christian University community newspaper, "The Standard". The Standard newspaper was established in May 2007 under, formerly Department, but now School of Journalism, Media & Communication.

ransformers: Rise of the Beasts is an upcoming science fiction action movie based on Hasbro’s Transformers toy line and influenced by the Beast Wars storyline. Directed by Steven Caple Jr., the movie stars Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Peter Cullen, among others. The movie is set to be released in the United States on June 9, 2023, by Paramount Pictures.

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It has been another remarkable year at the box office for 2022. From the smash hit “Smile” to the surprise hit “The Lost City,” moviegoers have been flocking to theaters around the globe. Let’s take a look at the top ten highest-grossing movies of the year!

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While social media is mostly seen as a place for entertainment by most, some view it as a source of income, so they go there not only to entertain themselves or to get entertained but also to make money out of it.

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Through a three-month group exhibition at Uganda Christian University (UCU) in the Hamu Mukasa library, part of the Buganda Kingdom’s past history, as described in the two books written by Hamu Mukasa, Simuda Nyuma:ebiro by a Muteesa (1938) and Simuda Nyuma:ebiro by a Mwanga (1942), was displayed through art. This comes under the subject “Beyond Memories.”

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Lakica Duncan Angoma, a first-year student at Uganda Christian University who will graduate in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Entrepreneurship, was among those killed on the spot.

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Namayanja Christabel, a medical student at Uganda Christian University’s (UCU) School of Medicine, said the outbreak of the virus in September meant that most students could not spend as much time in hospitals as they were accustomed to because it was putting them at risk of contracting the virus. Namayanja says medical student colleagues who had scheduled ward rounds at Uganda’s Mulago National Referral hospital abandoned the plans.

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On January 9th, 2023, at 1:54 a.m., a shocking video of teenage girls beating and flogging a friend went viral. The girls screamed “man snatcher” while pulling her braids, pouring soapy water on her, and beating their undressed friend on the floor outside the house in the video.

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