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D.I.T and NUIG encourage more extra-curricular activity

October 12, 2011

Frances Mulraney This year D.I.T launch a new module, LEAD, to celebrate students’ extra-curricular activity. Not unlike the Uaneen module here in DCU, LEAD stands for lead, engage, achieve and develop and encourages students to

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Pub licences depend on CIT Christmas Day boycot

October 12, 2011

Ruth Ní Mhaonghaile Two bars in Bishopstown, Co. Cork are unable to renew their liquor licences, until they prove that they will have nothing to do with “CIT Christmas Day”, due to objections from Gardaí

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News in Brief

October 12, 2011

UL Hosts NASA Astronaut NASA astronaut, Shane Kimbrough, visited the University of Limerick (UL) last week to talk about his recent 16-day mission. During his latest mission Col Kimbrough recorded 12 hours and 52 minutes

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New College for Skibbereen, Co.Cork.

October 12, 2011

By Grainne Coyne A third-level horticulture college will be developed in Skibbereen in Co. Cork, it was announced last week. The location of Skibbereen Horticulture College was recommended by local resident David Puttnam last year.

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Can one seat make a difference?

October 12, 2011

By Jenny Darmody Everybody’s got voting on their mind this month as one of the most exciting Presidential elections to date enters its final stages. But that’s not the only seat being filled on October

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Year’s First Toxic Tuesday

October 12, 2011

by Sinead Brennan The first Toxic Tuesday of the new academic year brought the weekly event back with a bang.  Phantom hosted the night and with bands Royseven and Ham Sandwich performing, it was a

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UCC Programme Included in European Erasmus Scheme

October 12, 2011

By Timmy Kelleher University Collge Cork’s (UCC) undergraduate programme Biodesign for Health Applications is the only applicant this year which now qualifies for inclusion in the Lifelong Learning Erasmus scheme. The scheme is described on

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Karting Success at Home and Abroad

October 12, 2011

by Brendan White His enthusiasm for karting is clear to see, but for 2011/12 DCU Karting chairperson Jeff Dalton, he has been tasked with the challenge of leading the club to more success after recent

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Clubs and Socs: Something for everyone

October 12, 2011

By Aoife Gray and Catriona Hughes Clubs and Socs day is a huge annual event in DCU and this year even more clubs and societies were out to persuade us to join their unique and

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Mad for the shift?

October 12, 2011

By Laura Cronin “Cmere and I shift ya…” If someone utters those five magical words to you, you’ve either landed the love of your life in Coppers, or have run into one of the Rubberbandits

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A Load of Balls

October 12, 2011

by Brendan White Thursday September 29th 2011. Tottenham Hotspur versus Shamrock Rovers at White Hart Lane. For a strange ten minute period, League of Ireland fans watched, almost in disbelief, as Shamrock Rovers held the

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Sport in Brief

October 12, 2011

DCU Saints opened their league campaign with a seven point victory over SuperLeague champions UCD Marian. Pat Glover and Eoin Quill led the way with 21 and 15 points respectively with Quill connecting on three

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Editorial

October 12, 2011

The sign up numbers for societies might indicate not. In a university of 10,000 students less than 150 are ever members of a political society. Assuming, of course, that none of them joined more than

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Want more than just a typical cinema outing?

October 12, 2011

I love the cinema. To say cinemas were my second homes this summer would only be exaggerating a little. I love the whole experience; the food, the trailers, even the other people. Sometimes though, the

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Autumn/Winter 2011 is more than just knitwear…

October 12, 2011

by Katie Clinton So the ‘Indian Summer’ has come and gone and as I write this I’m looking out at a decidedly wintery evening. There are two positives to the otherwise depressing scene, first there’s

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Toxic Tuesday under threat if misbehaviour continues

October 12, 2011

by Steve Conlon ‘Rugby mauls’ and other forms of dangerous behaviour by a small minority of those queueing to attend Toxic Tuesday may see the night cancelled altogether, according to sources in the students’ union. The statement

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DCU Students Picking up End of Season Plaudits

October 12, 2011

by Eoghan Cormican Three DCU students have been nominated for the 2011 GAA GPA All-Star awards. Paul Flynn and Kevin Nolan both of Dublin and Donegal’s Michael Murphy were among the 45 players nominated for