Nominally a Computer Science student, Gary Redmond describes his year as UCD Students’ Union President as being “a year of very tough decisions” but yet also one of “numerous achievements”.
Most notable amongst these achievements was …
Intrigued by the notion of hardcore UCD soccer fans, Matt Gregg meets the group aiming to put the passion back into Friday nights at the Belfield Bowl
UCD’s Belfield campus caters to nearly 20,000 students. Yet, for those living close to campus, the area doesn’t just represent a place of study or a base for the semester – it’s home. So, just …
Country and Western music? In UCD? Intrigued, Matt Gregg goes to meet Belfield’s own answer to Dolly Parton to find out more
Staff attending a meeting about UCD’s new Emergency Response Plan were left confused as to their course of action should they encounter an emergency while teaching.
As a surprising sex scandal reverberates across in Northern Ireland, Matt Gregg casts a dubious gaze over the question of political morals
Intrigued by the notion of an Irish society dedicated to UFOs, Matt Gregg adjusts his tinfoil hat and looks for advice on the extraterrestrials who may be periodically visiting the Emerald Isle
Early Irish is to be reintroduced as a degree subject following pressure from academic staff in the UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Folklore and Linguistics.
It’s a lucky student who gets through college without losing something. Matt Gregg talks to the founder of a novel website that might just help reunite owners and their lost property
They rank amongst Belfield’s unsung everyday heroes, but leaflet distribution on campus is no easy job. Matt Gregg grabs an armful of brochures and takes to the concourse
After watching the riotous antics of the Irish Farmers’ Association, Matt Gregg wonders why UCD’s great unwashed are unable to show the same protesting vigour
Reports have emerged that an administrative error resulted in a number of Arts graduates from last year being awarded an incorrect Grade Point Average (GPA).
THE NEW UCD Student Learning, Leisure and Sports Complex will now be completed by March 2011, according to the current Student Centre Manager, Dominic O’Keeffe. He confirmed that they “have got the builder waiting to …
UCD STUDENTS’ UNION Entertainments Officer, Mike Pat O’Donoghue, has called the Freshers’ Ball “a great success”, surviving the late withdrawl of the advertised headline act, Tinchy Stryder.
The event, which was held in The Academy on …
After last month’s aborted Cork University Hospital debate on euthanasia, Matthew Gregg wonders whether or not we are simply doing ourselves a disservice by refusing to discuss the issue.
THE UCD Drama Society (Dramsoc) has recently been asked by university employees to stop using areas near offices as rehearsal space.
GARY REDMOND readily admits that he was “very happy” with his performance as Students’ Union (SU) Entertainments (Ents) Officer for the past year.
THE THIRD and final Freshers’ handbook will not be published in April due to a lack of available finances. The guide, which had been planend for release near the end of the semester, will not …
