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Early Irish degree returns
Tuesday, 27 Oct, 2009 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Early Irish degree returns

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.

Lost… but found again
Tuesday, 27 Oct, 2009 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Lost… but found again

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

Paper chase
Tuesday, 13 Oct, 2009 – 14:02 | Comments Off
Paper chase

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

I predict some quiet
Tuesday, 29 Sep, 2009 – 14:02 | Comments Off
I predict some quiet

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

Calculation error affects Arts GPAs
Tuesday, 29 Sep, 2009 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Calculation error affects Arts GPAs

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).

Student Centre opening earmarked for March 2011
Tuesday, 15 Sep, 2009 – 21:01 | Comments Off
Student Centre opening earmarked for March 2011

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 …

Freshers’ Ball survives last minute headline act withdrawl
Tuesday, 15 Sep, 2009 – 21:00 | Comments Off
Freshers’ Ball survives last minute headline act withdrawl

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 …

A matter of life and death
Tuesday, 28 Apr, 2009 – 12:00 | Comments Off
A matter of life and death

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.

Dramsoc moved from rehearsal space
Tuesday, 28 Apr, 2009 – 12:00 | Comments Off
Dramsoc moved from rehearsal space

THE UCD Drama Society (Dramsoc) has recently been asked by university employees to stop using areas near offices as rehearsal space.

Ents Officer Review: A Year of Sell Outs
Tuesday, 28 Apr, 2009 – 12:00 | Comments Off
Ents Officer Review: A Year of Sell Outs

GARY REDMOND readily admits that he was “very happy” with his performance as Students’ Union (SU) Entertainments (Ents) Officer for the past year.

Third Freshers’ guide cancelled due to lack of funding
Tuesday, 14 Apr, 2009 – 12:00 | Comments Off
Third Freshers’ guide cancelled due to lack of funding

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 …

NUIG consider returning canoe to Native Americans
Tuesday, 14 Apr, 2009 – 12:00 | Comments Off
NUIG consider returning canoe to Native Americans

NUI GALWAY (NUIG) has announced in a statement that it is “assessing the steps it should now take”, following interest from a group of Native Americans in a canoe which the university has acted as …

Confusion clouds Miss UCD competition
Tuesday, 24 Mar, 2009 – 12:00 | Comments Off
Confusion clouds Miss UCD competition

THE MISS UCD competition is “unlikely to take place this year”, due to a lack of time and resources necessary to hold the event. The competition, which was scheduled for 4th March, has been delayed …

Crossing the line
Tuesday, 24 Mar, 2009 – 12:00 | Comments Off
Crossing the line

In a period of greatly increased media speculation and inquiry, Matthew Gregg questions the limits of the press.

Arts Ball cancelled due to poor ticket sales
Monday, 2 Mar, 2009 – 12:00 | Comments Off
Arts Ball cancelled due to poor ticket sales

THE ARTS SOCIETY’S annual ball has “officially been cancelled”, according to Arts Society (Arts Soc) Auditor, Jonny Cosgrove. This news comes after the original Arts Ball, scheduled for the 4th of February, had been postponed …

Eng Day raises €5000
Tuesday, 10 Feb, 2009 – 12:00 | Comments Off
Eng Day raises €5000

OVER €5,000 has been raised by students during the annual Engineering Day (Eng Day) event however the final total has yet to be finalised. The main fundraising activities took place on the Friday, 31st January …

TCD under investigation due to unauthorised payments
Tuesday, 3 Feb, 2009 – 12:01 | Comments Off
TCD under investigation due to unauthorised payments

HIGH-ranking administrative and academic staff from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) are under investigation by an emergency Oireachtas committee over an unauthorised payment of bonuses and allowances. Approximately fourteen staff members’ pay packages, including that of …

350,000 hits for UCD Scholarcast in first six months
Tuesday, 18 Nov, 2008 – 12:00 | Comments Off
350,000 hits for UCD Scholarcast in first six months

UCD SCHOLARCAST has received over 350,000 hits since it was launched last semsester. The website, which hosts a series of research-based podcasts contributed by academics, has been in operation since the end of April 2008. …