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Crunching Down On Fitness Myths

November 6, 2013

Will 100 crunches a day give you a 6 pack? What weights bulk up your body? Rachel McLaughlin takes a look at the most common fitness myths and delivers some home truths.

Exercise: Free Therapy

November 6, 2013

Deadlines panics? Boredom? Over exposure to bad TV? Invest some time and energy into your fitness instead and discover why exercise is nature’s therapy. By Sharon McGowan

#Fitspiration, time to tone it down

November 6, 2013

It’s imperative to be fit and healthy, but has the rise of social media’s glorification of #fitspiration taken things to far? Suzanne Cooper investigates.

SUSI approves 43,000 grants compared to 6,000 this time last year

November 1, 2013

SUSI has shown a large improvement on last year, with 39.000 students having received grant payments on time

An t-Ólachán i Measc na hÓige

October 25, 2013

Nósanna an t-aos óg i dtaobh an alcól sa lá atá inniu ann

An é Bándearg an Bán Nua?

October 25, 2013

Is é bándearg an dath a d’úsáid Vera Wang ina feisteas brídeoige le haghaidh fómhar 2014.

Breast Cancer Awareness

October 23, 2013

Over 3,000 Irish women are diagnosed with Breast Cancer each year, so it is vital young females take good care of their bodies.

30 Thoughts For 30 Days

October 23, 2013

It takes three weeks of relentless routine for something to become a habit. Take a look at our 30 thoughts for 30 days for a new outlook on life.

College Fitness

October 23, 2013

We have all felt the burden of trying to keep fit and active in college, here is how you can get your exercise on a student friendly budget.

Helpful Phone Apps For Students

October 23, 2013

Apps can be used for much more than just gaming and social networking, they can be a tool used to help improve your health and well-being. Heres a roundup of our favourite free lifestyle apps.

Grey Area: An Interview with I Am the Cosmos

October 9, 2013

I am The Cosmos talk inspiration, kitchen parties and what the future holds

DCU SU partners with Isle of Man festival

June 11, 2013

The SU will recieve money and four tickets, which will be given away to students via Facebook.

Dutch Finance Minister in UCC Masters Mix-Up

April 24, 2013

The biography of one of Europe’s leading politicians, the Dutch Finance Minister, wrongly claimed he had obtained a Masters award from UCC – the masters he claimed to have does not exist.

The Science Behind…Reality TV

April 24, 2013

A look at why we are fascinated by reality TV, and why we can’t look away.

DIY: Lace Shorts

April 24, 2013

Instead of splashing out on a pair of lace shorts from the high street, follow a few simple steps and make your own.

Season ends on a high for DCU Ladies G.A.A – DCU 4-10 St Mary’s 2-11

April 3, 2013

DCU’s Ladies Gaelic football’s second team lifted the Lynch shield after a five point victory over St Mary’s last Thursday evening to end the season on a high. The Dublin side were given a very

Some atheists say that religious belief is a kind of irrational glitch in the system that we should work hard to overcome, but things are much more complicated than claiming religious people are uneducated or

The power of dreams

March 28, 2013

Sigmund Freud is regarded as the “father of psychoanalysis”. He analysed dreams as a way to understand personality in relation to pathology – the science of disease – and revolutionsied the study with his work:

The Science Behind…Love

March 20, 2013

Relationships are confusing at the best of times and when science is thrown into the mix, things get even more complicated. The majority of people assume it’s a simple case of two individuals finding each

Health Matters: The Liver

March 20, 2013

When people get a headache or a sore stomach they know straight away where the problem lies, however when it comes to the liver it’s not quite as easy. Unlike a sore stomach, the liver

Voluntary work: Valuable on your CV?

March 20, 2013

Working, for free? Would you give up your valuable free time in return for nothing? This is a question many people ask of volunteers but for many it is not a case of giving something

‘Shoesing’ the perfect style

March 20, 2013

‘You can never have too many shoes or handbags’, ‘they’ always say. Who are they? No one knows, maybe it was Carrie Bradshaw. Regardless of who said it, they were completely right. Shoes are an

DCU heart break as Queen’s crowned O’Connor cup champions – QUB 4-10 DCU 1-09

March 20, 2013

DCU’s Ladies footballer’s season ended in heartbreak after they suffered a harrowing ten point defeat at the hands of Queen’s University Belfast at Waterford IT Sports Campus last Saturday. DCU were appearing in their fourth

Fitness model revolution

March 6, 2013

The summer season of beach bodies is creeping in and Irish people are hitting the gym with a vengeance in a plea to get celeb-like bodies. While the closest a lot of us will get

Post natal depression and men

March 6, 2013

Men and women are genetically and hormonally very different, but we do share certain hardships in life. Post natal depression affects around 15% of Irish mothers and can mean a tough start to what should