April 2018 – Page 5 of 6 – The College View

Lifestyle

Tony Cantwell: a comedian’s guide to online influencing

April 4, 2018

Comedian Tony Cantwell spoke with our deputy lifestyle editor Adam Daly about the success of his videos, his new podcast Sexy Beast and two sell out shows at the Sugar Club.

DCU run elite UCD close in swimming intervarsities

April 4, 2018

DCU’s Swimming Society had an amazing run in the Irish Intervarsity Swimming Championships, placing second in overall, male and female categories with the male team just nine points behind UCD.

Light sabers light up children’s ward

April 4, 2018

<dropcap>T</dropcap>he capacity to show kindness is perhaps what defines goodness: for one young man who battled brain cancer, this capacity allows him to give back to the hospital ward that treated him in a novel

Mosney residents, rookies and DCU Basketball ‘let off steam’ in 3v3 battle

April 4, 2018

DCU Basketball’s mixed 3v3 tournament brought a little March Madness to the Glasnevin campus, and a welcome trip for residents of the Mosney Accommodation Centre.

Phenomenal Fallon and European success in Sevens cap top year for DCU Rugby

April 4, 2018

The 2017-18 season was one of mixed fortunes for DCU’s men’s and women’s rugby teams.

DCU paves way for autism inclusion; let this be a watershed

April 4, 2018

The crowds obligatory rise to feet, accompanied by enthusiastic applause bore reverence and respect for President Higgins, as he exited the Seamus Heaney Theatre on March 22nd. As patron of the autism charity AsIAm, it was

45,000 waiting for driving test date

April 4, 2018

There are currently 45,000 people waiting for a driving test date in Ireland. Although the RSA waiting time target is 10 weeks maximum, Buncrana and Gorey see average waiting times of 19.3 weeks and 18.4

Ready Player One novel falls flat

April 4, 2018

You could debate for days about book to movie adaptations. Ernest Cline’s ‘Ready Player One’ leaps from pages to the silver screen in Ireland on March 30th, a release that is highly anticipated due to

DCU Glee dazzle at the Helix

April 4, 2018

The Helix hosted incredible singing and dance routines as DCU’s Glee performed on Monday 26th March.

George Ezra’s ‘Staying at Tamaras’

April 4, 2018

English singer George Ezra released his first album in 2014, immediately receiving high-praise and reaching number one in the UK charts. Though he’s 24, his deep and rich voice makes it hard to believe he is anything

Is Ballet an under appreciated art?

April 4, 2018

Ballet itself is an artform, with the human body being used in a similar manner to that of the paintbrush of an artist or the voice of a singer; conveying passion, grace, elegance and physical

Red Sparrow: empowering but inconsistent

April 4, 2018

The release of Francis Lawrence’s film, Red Sparrow has received a series of mixed reviews since its initial release on February 28, 2018.

The Wombats at the Academy

April 4, 2018

Last month, the Wombats took to The Academy to give Irish fans a night to remember. The band’s long awaited show was extremely well received, an obvious fact made clear by the large audience that

The dramatic poetry of award-winning Leonita Flynn

April 4, 2018

Last month, poet Leonita Flynn won the Irish Times Poetry Now award for her collection ‘The Radio’. Previous winners such as Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Sinéad Morrissey and Caitríona O’Reilly show that she is up

The rise of tv dating shows

April 4, 2018

Love is something we all want to find. It is also something we want to watch people find. We love a good love story. This, perhaps, is one of the fundamental reasons for the huge

Rap as genre – does it have meaning or is it just dumb lyrics?

April 4, 2018

Rap is undoubtedly one of the most popular genres of music these days, either on it’s own or as a compliment to hip-hop or R’n’B. Since the nineties the charts have been awash with rappers

First English-Irish LGBTQ dictionary launched

April 4, 2018

A new LGBTQ dictionary for the Irish language has been launched in DCU. The Queer Dictionary, translated as ‘An Foclóir Aiteach’ is the first of its kind in Ireland with over 100 words and terms

Applications for apprenticeships by school leavers rises by almost 25 per cent

April 4, 2018

The number of school-leavers going on to apprenticeships in Ireland rose by 24 per cent last year. Solas figures revealed that Irish apprenticeships increased from 10,445 in 2016 to 12,849 last year.

New metro poses risk to local GAA club

April 4, 2018

Glasnevin GAA club Na Fianna are set to lose some of their facilities after the National Transport Authority (NTA) recently announced the preferred route for the new Metrolink project. The NTA and Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Number of girls getting HPV vaccine rises

April 4, 2018

There was an increase in the uptake of girls getting the HPV vaccine this year, according to the latest figures released by the Health Service Executive (HSE) on March 22nd .

New Hub launch delayed until September

April 4, 2018

The launch of the new DCU student centre has been delayed until September, according to DCUSU President Niall Behan.

DCU calls for regulation of student accommodation sector

April 4, 2018

DCU are calling on policy makers to regulate “the escalating and uncontrolled pricing” of the student housing sector.

DRAFT- Religious charities to benefit from Papal visit according DCU chaplin

April 4, 2018

Pope Francis specifically chose Ireland to host the upcoming World Meeting of Families this year, according to Brenda Drumm the Media and Communications Manager for the event. The Pontiff promised to address crowds in Croke

Around 364 new bed spaces to built for students in Ballymun

April 4, 2018

Approximately 364 new bed spaces designed for students will be developed in Ballymun and funded by supermarket giant, Lidl.

DCU to consider holding exams before Christmas

April 4, 2018

A working group has been set up in DCU to consider moving semester one exams to December, rather than late January.