DCU News
DCU SU organising student discount cards
DCU SU has said that they will be organising a student discount card this coming academic year. Companies involved are yet to be confirmed. Read more…
Year: 2013
Television
Need A Good LOL? Five of the best TV comedies
Sometimes, when it’s 2pm and you’re still in your jammies watching yet another repeat episode of The Big Bang Theory on E4, it gets hard to believe there are actually some pretty funny TV shows Read more…
DCU News
DCU’s community garden officially opens
DCU’s Community Garden was officially opened by DCU President Professor Brian MacCraith last week.
Clubs and Socs
DCU students sleep in the snow for charity
Over €2,500 was raised by the DCU St Vincent De Paul society from their second ever 24-hour sleepout last week. The “homeless camp” housed twenty people for the night with the numbers varying over the Read more…
Political
UCD delegates walk out of USI Congress
Delegates from UCD Students’ Union chose to leave the floor of the USI Annual Congress last Thursday after a disagreement with the Steering Committee regarding the passing of a motion that was not debated. The Read more…
Film
Review: Side Effects
Side Effects is rumoured to be the last film made by the man behind Ocean’s Eleven, Steven Soderbergh. The cinematic genius Soderbergh leaves us in a state of confusion after we watch this movie – Read more…
Music
Review: Stereophonics – Graffiti On The Train
Graffiti On The Train is the latest studio album from Welsh rock band Stereophonics. Things seem to have gone quiet in recent years for a band that have had five number one albums in the Read more…
DCU News
This year’s Isle of Man Festival cancelled
DCU SU had partnered with the festival – promoting the event in exchange for free tickets. But now it has had to be cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Read more…
Articles
DCU SU partners with Isle of Man festival
The SU will recieve money and four tickets, which will be given away to students via Facebook. Read more…
DCU News
DCU rises in top young university rankings
Just five universities from Great Britain rank ahead of DCU on the Top 50 Under 50 table. Read more…
DCU News
DCU Student brings Suspended Coffee to Ireland
Fancy doing your bit for society while buying a coffee or lunch at your favourite cafe? Thanks to the work of DCU student Aoife Ryan in bringing Suspended Coffee to Ireland now you can. Read more…
Political
Senator tells DCU students more women representatives needed
Gender quotas are set to become reality in the next general election in a bid to increase the numbers of female representatives – Fianna Fáil Senator Averil Power and Local Area Rep Laura Reid discussed this on a recent trip to DCU. Read more…
Ilghnéitheach
Gabhann Nuachtán na Trionóide a Leithscéal d’Institiúid Í
D’eisigh nuachtán na Trionóide, “The University Times,” ráiteas ag gabháil leithscéal le hInstitiúid Í agus a bhunaitheoir, David Quinn mar gheall ar dhá alt a d’fhoilsigh an páipéir i mí Eanáir. Read more…
Other Sports
DCU Ultimate Frisbee team competing well at home and abroad
Deputy Sports Editor Ruaidhrí Croke speaks to DCU Ultimate Frisbee captain Brian David Henderson about the sport’s growing popularity and the status quo of one the university’s most active clubs. Read more…
Music
All that Glitters: An Interview with Little Boots
Any electro-pop which encourages dancing and wearing more sparkly clothing than normal is absolutely fine by me. Enter Little Boots. Victoria Hesketh burst onto the electro-pop scene in 2009 performing under the moniker Little Boots, Read more…
Music
FLUX EARWORMS: Tracks of the Week
Earworms that just won’t quit; the tracks your new Flux editorial team have been listening to this week. Read more…
DCU News
DCU LGBTA hold Trans Week
DCU LGBTA society held their first ever Trans Week this week, Aoife Bennett reports. Read more…
Saol an Mhic Léinn
Oíche don Chéad Scoth ag Searmanas Bronnta na gCumainn i DCU
D’fhreastal Elaine Beirne ar searmanas bronnta bliantúil 2013 do na cumainn ar fad i DCU a bhí ar siúl in Óstán an Crown Plaza le déanaí. Read more…
Through My Eyes
Through My Eyes – The Beginning of the End
A final year student looks back on her college experience. Read more…
Food
DIY: Summer Slimming
How including supplements into a balanced and healthy diet can help shed excess pounds by detoxing the body. Read more…
Student Life
Backstage at The Ultimate Wingman
Behind the scenes at the Ultimate Wingman, a new dating TV show produced in DCU,. Read more…
DCU News
Veronica Guerin scholarship to be awarded
A scholarship will be awarded to an aspiring journalist who wishes to study towards a Masters in Journalism at DCU, in honour of the late Veronica Guerin Read more…
DCU News
Sentencing for assault on student in DCU adjourned
Four youths who attacked a student on the DCU campus have had their sentencing adjourned until 2014 so they can be assessed by probation officers. Read more…
Articles
Dutch Finance Minister in UCC Masters Mix-Up
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. Read more…
DCU News
Business Convenor 2012/2013: Neil Mulhern
After his year in the role, outgoing Business Convenor Neil Mulhern believes convenor’s should be paid a fee in order to maintain accountability, the College View has learned. Read more…