Year: 2012
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Unrealistic Reality
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Reality television: a straightforward title for a straightforward concept, right? Does what it says on the tin. But…
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Toddlers, tiaras and terrible TV
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For anyone going on a J1 to America this summer, you have no idea how insanely jealous I…
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Review: The Vow
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I’m a lover of chick flicks so naturally I was looking forward to seeing ‘The Vow’. The film…
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Review: Contraband
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Mark Wahlberg plays Chris Farraday, a world class smuggler turned family-man that comes out of retirement to pay…
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Review: Roses – The Cranberries
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Love and longing: Two things Dolores O’Riordan did very well before The Cranberries imploded over 10 years ago.…
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Review: Fun – Some Nights
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Fun are a band that fuse lots of different genres together, coming up with a sound that is…
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Rag week success in DCU
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By Aoife Mullen DCU Students’ Union achieved its goal of raising €10,000 for charity during Raise and…
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Students attacked on campus
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A group attack on campus left a female DCU student injured and her male friend with a broken…
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Hackers sleep out in DCU
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By Frances Mulraney Coders, designers, scientists, hackers, statisticians and enthusiasts flocked to DCU to express their interest in…
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Campaign fever hits DCU
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By Frances Mulraney Enterprise Week, Know Your Rights Week, Seachtain na Gaeilge and Tech Week are all coming…
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Doubts on whether the bleep test is a safe way of testing student fitness levels
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By Adam Higgins A DCU lecturer has shown that Irish teenagers are among the fittest in Europe…
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Chancellor of DCU wants system of means-testing for fees Believes a sense of fairness is lacking in education system
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By Catríona Hughes At Leinster House Chancellor of DCU, Senator Martin McAleese, believes a means-testing system for third…
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Over 500 students turned away from first Toxic Tuesday Increased security presence needed
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By Catríona Hughes A high number of students were refused entry to Toxic Tuesday recently to prevent overcrowding…
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The Proposed UCD Constitution
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By Lisa Gorry Reading through the existing and proposed constitutions, I was struck by one particular addition. That…
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First EGM in 24 years fails to reach quorum
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By Catríona Hughes UCD Students’ Union spent over €3,000 on their first Emergency General Meeting in 24 years,…
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Students can compete to enter the Red Bull paper plane world championships
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By Aoife Mullen Qualifier rounds for the Red Bull Paper Wings 2012 World Championships will be coming to…
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Trinity affiliation with USI in question
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By Suzanne Cooper Trinity College Dublin (TCD) held a debate last week regarding the college’s affiliation with the Union…
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DCU RAG Events
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By Aishling Kett The DCU RAG Challenge continues today with a pyjama day, in which students spend the…
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SU to lobby the government on voting age
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The Students’ Union are to campaign for a reduction in the voting age from 18 years of age…
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UCC RAG Week arrests treble
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By Róisín Treacy UCC saw arrests treble during their annual Raise and Give week this year. Gardaí…
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UCD SU referendum to abolish Ents Officer
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By Frances Mulraney A proposed UCD Students’ Union constitution will see the abolition of the Entertainment Officer…
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Engineers Week 2012
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By Brendan White Students have been urged to get involved in Engineers Week 2012, which takes place throughout…
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YFG adopt gay adoption motion
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By Aoife Mullen DCU Young Fine Gael’s (YFG) motion calling on the government to bring forward legislation…
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Students’ Union asked to make €10,000 donation to build labyrinth on campus
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By Aishling Phelan DCU Students’ Union has been asked to donate €10,000 towards the cost of building a labyrinth…
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DCU student Olympic qualification almost a reality
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For one DCU student Olympic qualification is almost a reality. Just six tenths of a second off the 400m…