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Music: Campus Band Questionnaire – Justin and The Visitors
Justin Gallagher of Justin and The Visitors talks to O-two about improv band names, Electric Picnic and old-school philosophies…
Lecturer attacks ‘myopic’ UCD over U-turn on classroom charges
A senior lecturer in Medicine has branded UCD “myopic” over the college’s decision to discontinue its policy of providing rent-free classrooms in the Quinn Institute granted to 5-15 year-old children…
Music: Show Patrol
Show Patrol issue 9…
IUA funding: reaction and analysis
Following the revelations that the IUA increased their spending by almost €2million in 2009, Quinton O’Reilly examines the reaction to this news from UCD and IUA representatives…
Web: Flash before your eyes
Hosting a diverse range of ideas and talent, Quinton O’Reilly looks at the world of flash gaming…
Review: Clap your cans say yeah
STOMP creator Steve McNicholas speaks to Quinton O’Reilly about a production filled with music, energy and random junk…
Musical actress replaced following illness
The lead actress for the UCD Community Musical production Beauty and the Beast was replaced after being hospitalised for a week due to illness.…
Proposed referendum threatens existence of student media
Concerns about the abolishment of the university’s student media outlets have been raised by prominent figures in national journalism.…
Please Talk
Q: What would you change about UCD?…
Political Survey: Reaction
Quinton O’Reilly gets the opinions of the main UCD party leaders about the upcoming election and their reaction.…
The stages of drug trials
The process of creating drugs in a laboratory to being able to purchase them over the counter is a long one. Sometimes it can take a period of over ten…
TV Feature: Funny games
The method of informing and educating viewers through satire has quickly become an accepted trend, writes Quinton O’Reilly…
Bursting the Bubble
As yet another panel quiz show graces our screens, Quinton O’Reilly discovers if the Bubble does enough to warrant our fickle attention…
Analysis: Pulling up our Socs
As the economic climate causes UCD’s bigger societies to scale back their operations, Quinton O’Reilly wonders if they are serving students as best they can…
Analysis: A Question of Overheads
As UCD is revealed to have the most expensive campus accommodation in the country, Quinton O’Reilly asks how such costs can be justified.…
Power outage causes campus buildings to close
UCD services were forced to close temporarily after a fault with the university’s generator left several campus buildings with no electricity. The fault, which occurred on 4th January, was caused…
DPP considered legal action over condoms in UCD
Documents released by the state earlier this month revealed that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had considered taking legal action against UCD students in 1979 for selling condoms on…