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€4,500 raised during SVP Homeless Week
Tuesday, 24 Nov, 2009 – 14:01 | Comments Off
€4,500 raised during SVP Homeless Week

The UCD branch of St Vincent de Paul (UCDSVP) raised over €4,500 during their Homeless Week, which took place two weeks ago.

WebWatch
Tuesday, 24 Nov, 2009 – 14:01 | Comments Off
WebWatch

with Colin Sweetman

MCQ cancelled due to cheating
Tuesday, 24 Nov, 2009 – 14:00 | Comments Off
MCQ cancelled due to cheating

A multiple choice exam (MCQ) was cancelled in the Quinn School of Business last week following allegations of cheating amongst some students.
The exam in the Financial Accounting II module, a core module for a number …

Preview: UCD Symphony Orchestra
Tuesday, 10 Nov, 2009 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Preview: UCD Symphony Orchestra

After selling out the National Concert Hall in Spring, Colin Sweetman checks out the offerings for the UCD Symphony Orchestra’s winter recital in O’Reilly Hall

Homemade technology that works
Tuesday, 10 Nov, 2009 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Homemade technology that works

Colin Sweetman researches ways of increasing wireless signal levels on your laptop – along with increased levels of embarrassment

UCD Islamic Society raise over €1000 during Charity Week
Tuesday, 10 Nov, 2009 – 14:00 | One Comment
UCD Islamic Society raise over €1000 during Charity Week

The UCD Islamic Society raised over €1,000 during their Charity Week, which took place from Monday 26th October to Sunday 1st November.

‘After hours’ supervised study area planned
Tuesday, 10 Nov, 2009 – 14:00 | Comments Off
‘After hours’ supervised study area planned

A new after-hours supervised student study facility will open to students later this month, to be located in the space underneath the campus restaurant, adjacent to the Rendez-Vous lounge area on the basement floor.

Blackboard outage causes massive disruption
Tuesday, 27 Oct, 2009 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Blackboard outage causes massive disruption

Blackboard services have been reinstated following a major disruption which occurred between the hours of 11am and 11pm on Tuesday 13th October.

otwo attempts: quitting smoking
Tuesday, 27 Oct, 2009 – 14:00 | Comments Off
otwo attempts: quitting smoking

For this issue, otwo decided – after seven nonstop years – to give up smoking for a week in the ambition of saving €60, writing this story, and driving one writer entirely up the wall, …

Dramsoc’s Glengarry Glen Ross
Tuesday, 27 Oct, 2009 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Dramsoc’s Glengarry Glen Ross

Not wanting to “sell the leads” of the play in this article, Dramsoc offer us up the brass tacks in this neat twisty taste of Chicago business life in a show premiering tonight at 7pm …

otwo Attempts: Hitchhiking
Tuesday, 13 Oct, 2009 – 14:01 | 2 Comments
otwo Attempts: Hitchhiking

Taking his life into his hands, Colin Sweetman tries thumbing from Galway to Dublin

Poetry of the Turner
Tuesday, 13 Oct, 2009 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Poetry of the Turner

Gigging throughout California last week, Frank Turner speaks to Colin Sweetman about his upcoming Irish show and new album

CitiZen Go Risin’
Tuesday, 13 Oct, 2009 – 14:00 | Comments Off
CitiZen Go Risin’

Just off Eyre Square lies a gig-hosting club known to Galwegians as Club Cuba. CitiZen chose the venue for their single launch, ‘C’mon, Go Rising’ – and otwo’s Emma Murphy and Colin Sweetman went to investigate

Battleships for Baddies
Tuesday, 29 Sep, 2009 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Battleships for Baddies

Colin Sweetman meets Michael Webster of Essex boys Baddies

Soapbox
Tuesday, 29 Sep, 2009 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Soapbox

Colin Sweetman relates to scraped arms and wet seats in this public toilet mediocrity

The Two-Part Pour
Tuesday, 29 Sep, 2009 – 14:00 | Comments Off
The Two-Part Pour
TV / A tale of a Tub
Tuesday, 29 Sep, 2009 – 14:00 | Comments Off
TV / A tale of a Tub

New Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy graces the Belfield campus once more in this brief interlude with Colin Sweetman

Musical Proles: Talulah Does The Hula
Tuesday, 29 Sep, 2009 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Musical Proles: Talulah Does The Hula

Consolidation is the key word for this story. With the necessity to get the best from the worlds of pop and Indie rock, former acts the Chalets and Neosupervital consummated their differences and gave birth …