The Hype
by Luke Healy The depiction of women in comic books has been a controversial topic for decades. From the Lois Lane comics of the 1960s; where her greatest enemies included weight-gain and ageing; to the Read more…
Month: October 2011
Features
When the wine is in, the wit is out
By Chloe O’Sullivan Last year, the average Irish person over 15 years of age drank the equivalent of about 44 bottles of vodka, 470 pints or 124 bottles of wine – that’s 11.9 litres of Read more…
Features
What Are You Supposed To Be?
By Jenny Darmody It’s that time of year again. The evenings are getting shorter, the days are getting colder, rain is more frequent and almost all the brown leaves have fallen off the trees. The Read more…
Features
Have you had the SHAG yet?
By Róisín Treacy Nobody can deny that sex is everywhere. Tabloids thrive on exposing political scandals involving it, an entire industry – however legal or illegal it might be – runs on it, films are Read more…
News
’Who needs X Factor when we have talent like this?’, DCU President commends access programme on 21 years celebrations
By Sorcha Jowitt DCU Access celebrated its 21 year anniversary last week with a ceremony held in the Helix boasting a number of famous faces in the audience. DCU President Brian MacCraith opened the ceremony Read more…
News
RCSI
Frances Mulraney The Royal College of Surgeons last week defended it’s actions over the summer, when six Irish-trained doctors were jailed in Bahrain. The College claims that it’s use of a more “low-key below the Read more…
News
Facebook use linked to higher grades
By Frances Mulraney A study published in Computers in Human Behaviour last week, claims that certain types of Facebook may actually be corelated to higher grades. Reynol Juncom, a professor in Lock Haven University in Read more…
News
UL student nominated for International Award
Catriona Hughes University of Limerick student Ronan Leahy has been nominated for the International James Dyson Award 2011. The Product Design and Technology student was shortlisted for the award following the creation of his product Read more…
News
DCU based research organisation, Clarity,awarded EU funding
By Timmy Kelleher Dublin City University (DCU) based sensor technology research organisation, Clarity, has been awarded €2 million by the European Union (EU) to further develop its work. Clarity Centre for Sensor Web Technologies is Read more…
News
Job cuts and negative stigma blamed for students not willing to discuss mental health issues
By Monica Heck Only one third of students would admit to experiencing mental health problems, according to a recent survey. The survey was conducted by See Change, the national mental health stigma reduction partnership. It Read more…
News
DCU Car Park Prices face increase and opposition
By Grainne Coyne A proposed increase in fees for car parking on Dublin City University (DCU) campus faced criticism recently due to the lack of communication with car park administration. The changes will see an Read more…
News
AIT award to doctorate level
by Adam Higgins Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) has been given permission to award its own degrees up to doctorate level. AIT had previously not been allowed to award its own doctorates but it now Read more…
News
Trinity College nanoscience institute awarded from Intel
Róisín Treacy CRANN, the nanoscience institute in Trinity College which is funded by the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), received an award by Intel in recognition of their researchers work in helping the company to develop Read more…
Sport
Camogie team in Ashbourne cup snub
Eoghan Cormican You train hard, advance through the various rounds of the championship and earn promotion to the top tier by virtue of reaching the final of that division. That was the story of DCU’s Read more…
Sport
Bizzare goal sets up fomfortable UCD win
by Dwayne Leavy DCU men’s senior GAA team lost their second league game off the season when they were comprehensively outplayed by UCD at the DCU Sportsgrounds last Wednesday. It was a farcical mix-up in Read more…
Sport
Teams face uncertainty over league status
by Brendan White Both Divisions of the League of Ireland this season have seen exciting finishes with neither league decided heading into the final weeks of the season. This is a huge positive for Read more…
Sport
Classy UCD have too much firepower for DCU
UCD 5-20 DCU 0-11 DCU remain without a win in the Division 1 senior hurling league after the visit of UCD served only to highlight the gulf in class between the two colleges. It was Read more…
Sport
Senior sides unbeaten after three games each
By Manás Bheáid DCU Saints remain undefeated in the Niveau for Men’s Superleague, after back-to-back wins over Moycullen. The Saints emerged with an 8 point victory in the DCU Arena, with a score line of Read more…
Sport
All-Star award for DCU students
by Dwayne Leavy DCU student Paul Flynn won a place on the prestigious 2011 GAA/GPA All-Star football team. The Physical Education and Biology student was named at number 12 in the wing half forward line Read more…
Sport
True Blue
by Dwayne Leavy It has been a meteoric rise to the top of the GAA world for Dublin football star James McCarthy. The DCU student made his senior debut against Laois in the Leinster Championship Read more…
News
Gay Mitchell Visits DCU
By Eoghan Cormican He may be languishing at 9% in the polls, but there was no doubting the enthusiasm and energy radiating from Fine Gael’s presidential candidate Gay Mitchell as he made a whistle stop Read more…
News
“I’d like to be remembered for not fucking everything up”
Ceile Varley speaks to VP for Education Cillian Byrne about underage drinking, dealing with a new team and being “shy and innocent” by Ceile Varley The walls of Cillian Byrne’s office are covered in posters Read more…
News
“Derek Mooney said I sounded like his parish priest”
SU President Ed Leamy talks to the College View about shoulder surgery, world domination and why you shouldn’t insult gardai by Celie Varley “Don’t be evil now. Please.” The first words Ed Leamy speaks to Read more…
News
We made the Union cooler
VP for Education Collie Ollie talks to the College View about Calvin Harris, criticism and nearly setting the house on fire by Ceile Varley Collie Oliver points out his thesis poster “sitting proudly” on the Read more…
News
UCC Placed Top of University Rankings
by Gillian Fitzsimons University College Cork (UCC) is this year’s Sunday Times Irish University of the year. The 166 year old institution topped the poll, followed closely by National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM). The Read more…