THE WEEKLY contraceptive clinic, which is held at the Student Health Service, has been withdrawn temporarily due to staff shortages. The management committee of the Student Health Service made the decision to end the contraceptive …
MERVILLE and Belgrove student residences are set to be renovated over the next five years. The residences, which were originally built during the 1980s, will undergo refurbishment as part of routine maintenance which is carried …
PLANS to introduce a week-long midterm break during the first semster have been dismissed by the university. A proposal for implementation of a break during the autumn semester was discussed by the university’s First Year …
A GROUP of students who began a snowball attack have sparked anger across the university. A group of approximately 30 students congregated on the concourse following the heavy snowfall on Thursday, 5th February and began …
A PROPOSED date of Wednesday, 4th March been chosen for the Miss UCD competition. Details of the event have been posted on Afterdark.ie by coordinator of the Miss University Competition, Ivano Cafolla, despite comments from …
THE LITERARY and Historical Society (L&H) are to lodge a complaint with Pulse Security after a homosexual couple was ordered to stop kissing at a function in the Forum Bar last month. The male couple …
MINISTER of State, Conor Lenihan, has expressed his disappointment at not being able to attend a debate held in UCD last Wednesday due to safety concerns arising from a planned protest. Mr Lenihan was due …
A SPLIT amongst the sabbatical officers of the Students’ Union (SU) has been denied following a disagreement over the Miss UCD competition.
The competition was at the centre of controversy last year, as the winner had …
HSE commission UCD student to manage campaign:
THE PLEASE Talk campaign is set to be re-launched in third-level institutions across the country in March 2009 and will be headed up by four UCD students. Former Students’ …
A NEW project of the Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) is expected to be launched in September 2010. The HEAR 2 project will be an expansion and reform of the current HEAR scheme which began …
STUDENTS from the School of Film Studies have started a petition in response to repeated equipment failures experienced in a lecture room in the Newman Building. Both students and staff have voiced their concerns regarding …
THE LITERARY and Histortical (L&H) Society, having signed up an estimated 4227 members, is the biggest society in UCD, despite experiencing a decrease from last year’s membership figure of approximately 4600.
L&H Auditor, Ian Hastings commented …
ÓGRA Fianna Fáil’s Kevin Barry Cumann (KBC) has signed up over 600 members, making it the largest political society in UCD. Despite the high numbers who signed up.KBC Chair, Conor King felt that, “it was …
THE STUDENTS’ Union (SU) Freshers’ Guide has been criticised by the current SU Disability Rights Officer, Benjamin Boyle, due to its potential illegibility to students with certain disabilities. Mr Boyle believes that this was “without …
A GROUP of about fifty students stormed the Department of Education in opposition to the reintroduction of college fees last week. Students from across the country marched to the Department of Education, after a demonstration …
The Head of the UCD SIPTU section in UCD, Dr Kieran Allen, was unsuccessful in his bid to become General Secretary of SIPTU. The election, which took place at the end of May, was won …
The burning question of the fortnight: If you could make a society in UCD, what would it be?
