SU '13
SU elections: Voting day in pictures
Polling stations are now open and candidates are still out around campus trying to get your votes. Voting will reopen tomorrow from 10am to 5pm. Photo Credit: Rachel McLaughlin
Month: April 2013
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Ciaran O’Connor on Uaneen and student finance
Ciaran O’ Connor is a final year communications student and is running for Vice President for Education. He is also a class rep and a student ambassador. Ciaran is aware of the financial pressures facing Read more…
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Robbie Reid on communication issues and disability services
Robbie Reid is a final year chemical and pharmaceutical science student in DCU and is running for Vice President for Education. He was also class rep for 4 years here and has sat on the Read more…
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What you are voting for
With election time closing in – so close it’s actually today – it’s voting time. Turnout in DCU has traditionally been low, which makes it all the more important to get your vote in today. Read more…
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Lorna Finnegan on some of her plans for next year
Lorna Finnegan is last year’s Clubs Officer and running for Vice President for Welfare. She wants to improve Mental Health week: “it shouldn’t be something that’s talked about for just a week” and move RAG week Read more…
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Laura Rice on her plans for next year
Laura is a third year Communications student and is running for Vice President for Welfare. If elected, Laura wants to deal with the “nitty gritty” topics of sexual awareness during SHAG week. There are certain Read more…
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Colin Brennan on the USI, fees and his plans for next year
Colin Brennan is a final year Journalism student and your potential SU President for next year DCU students voted to re-affiliate with the Union of Students Ireland in a referendum in February. But on March Read more…
Food
Foods can be deceiving
As many of us know, the right and wrongs of food can send your head into a spin. As consumers, we are constantly bombarded with so called ‘expert opinions’ on what and how much to eat Read more…
Ilghnéitheach
Cad is ‘Dingle’ ann? Glac leis na rialacha nó fág an Ghaeltacht
I lár an chéid seo caite, thosaigh feachtas i nGaeltacht Chonamara faoi stiúir Ghluaiseacht Chearta Sibhialta na Gaeltachta. Mar chuid den fheachtas seo, dubhadh na leagain Ghallda de logainmneacha an cheantair ar na comharthaí bóithre. Read more…
Athletics
Successful year for DCU Sports stars on national stage
DCU has had a great sporting year collegiately but the worldwide sporting landscape has also felt the impact of the college. Inter country GAA, international rugby and world athletics have all been areas where DCU Read more…
Náisiúnta
Lá Fhéile Pádraig- cultúr na hÉireann a cheiliúradh nó dul ar an téar?
Farraige ghlas a bhí ann; titeann an torann ó pháistí ag fás ó Ard-Oifig an Phoist anuas orm. Tarraingíonn ainmhí ollmhór mé, le fiacla géara agus súile dearga scréacha as an lucht féachana. Féachann aghaidheanna ó bhunúis Read more…
Football
5 years of Clap-Trap and more to follow.
A manager does not have to be liked to be successful. On the contrary, many of the touchline predators we canonise hold characteristics akin to a beast: snarling, brooding, ruthless and scaly. Ok, probably not Read more…
GAA
Ten varieties of GAA supporters you are likely to meet this summer.
Over the past fifteen or so years I have travelled the length and breadth of the country, visiting nearly every G.A.A ground and mixing with supporters from nearly every county in Ireland. One thing that Read more…
FluxFeat
Grrrl Talk: An Interview with Kate Nash
“Kate Nash? Is she still going?” Probably the most common reaction to the announcement that an interview with Kate Nash would be appearing in this issue of Flux. “Ask her if she still eats so Read more…
Food
Superfood of the week: Wild Salmon
You’re either into fish or you’re not. The smell of it is enough to put some people off and others just don’t even think of adding it into their diet; poultry and red meat is Read more…
Articles
Season ends on a high for DCU Ladies G.A.A – DCU 4-10 St Mary’s 2-11
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 Read more…
FluxFeat
When Celebs Attack: Stars Vs Paps
When Justin Bieber attacked a photographer earlier this month, there was uproar. The video went viral in a matter of hours and people were shocked that the baby-faced “Baby” singer even had it in him. Read more…
Music
Review: Kate Nash – Girl Talk
“You’re trying to tell me sexism doesn’t exist? If it doesn’t exist, then what the fuck is this?” Some of the lyrics from “Rap For Rejection” the 11th track on Kate Nash’s Girl Talk. For Read more…
Náisiúnta
Réabhlóid maidir leis an nGaeilge ag tarlú i Nás na Rí agus Cill Dara ina iomlán
Is cinnte go bhfuil ceisteanna dáiríre le freagairt maidir le cé chomh héifeachtach is atá polasaithe maidir leis an chaoi ina múintear an Ghaeilge i scoileanna na hÉireann le blianta anuas. Fágann na mílte daltaí Read more…
FluxFeat
Let’s Talk About Sex: Well, why not?!
“Don’t have sex, because you will get pregnant and die. Don’t have sex in the missionary position, don’t have sex standing up, just don’t do it, OK, promise? Now everybody take some rubbers.” In Ireland Read more…
Film
Review: Identity Thief
We start off with a gullible idiot and a thief, but by the end of this slapstick movie we have two good friends brought together by a series of increasingly bizarre events. With a director Read more…
FluxFeat
Haters Gonna Hate? The top 10 things you just can’t dislike
It’s a free country and we are all absolutely entitled to be our own person, sure. However, there are just a certain few things nobody should ever mention disliking for fear of losing an eye Read more…
Music
Review: Mmoths – Diaries EP
After a much acclaimed self-titled debut, Mmoths returns 12 months later with EP number two, Diaries. The title is comes from a collection of photographs taken by Jack Colleran (a.k.a Mmoths) during his time spent Read more…
DCU News
Business and Humanities Schools perform strongest in first semester exams
DCU’s Business School and the School of Humanities achieved the highest overall pass rates of all faculties in final exams in semester one. Almost 93 per cent of final exams taken in modules delivered by Read more…
Music
“Oh my god, you don’t listen to THEM, do you?”
At a recent party, a friend of mine got up after a couple of drinks and was able to sing his way through ‘Jumbo Breakfast Roll’ and ‘Aon Fhocal, Dha Fhocal’ in their entirety – Read more…