Opinion
Confessions Of A Commitment Phobe
“Ah, I just don’t like to get feelings for anyone so… when I start to – I’m gone.”
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Books
Editorial: Ending Things on a Positive Note
Kurt Vonnegut’s A Man Without a Country is a memoir comprised of the author’s greatest one-liners, the most memorable of which has a simple message: “The arts are not a way to make a living. Read more…
Features
Diary of a Foodaholic:
Áine Marie Monk talks about how she’s forever hungry. Read more…
FluxFeat
Editorial: To Pimp an Ideal
It was released as a surprise and in barely enough time to give it a full listen was being hailed as a classic; the immediate reaction to Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly said more Read more…
Features
With technology, just because we can doesn’t mean we should
Have Apple gone too far with their new gold €11,000 watch? Read more…
Opinion
Call your Granny for Marriage Equality
For the last few years, many students have been doing what they can to influence the outcome of the Marriage Equality referendum.
The Hype
Review: Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliot Smith
Five and a half studio albums and one Oscar nomination into his career, 34-year-old singer-songwriter, Elliot Smith was found dead in his California home – his life taken by two knife wounds to the heart Read more…
Music
Interview: No Monster Club
Bobby Aherne of No Monster Club is pretty damn close to how you would imagine, based on the output of his band No Monster Club. He’s funny, modest about the music he makes and very Read more…
Music
One-line reviews
Action Bronson’s Mr. Wonderful: Two Big Body Bes features on an album is two too many. RATKING’s 700 Fill: Any album with a Despot feature is worth listening to by virtue of that alone, doesn’t Read more…
The Hype
Review: Marina and the Diamonds – Froot
Almost three years after the release of her second album, pop queen Marina Diamandis – better known by her stage name, Marina and the Diamonds – is back in the charts with her new record, Read more…
Books
Review: Hawaiian Shirts in the Electric Chair by Scott Laudati
Hawaiian Shirts in the Electric Chair bears the marks of experience. Scott Laudati, in his first book of poetry, summons a plethora of different situations to describe a world view that is at times cynical, Read more…
Features
Mental health has many faces
The media have been called to stop using stigmatising stock images of a person in isolation, head in hands, to accompany articles about mental health. Read more…
The Hype
Sharp darts
Not content with releases from Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Action Bronson to name a few, hip-hop in 2015 has decided to reward us again; Earl Sweatshirt has released a new surprise album. I Read more…
Opinion
Lads, take a leaf out of Lionel Richie’s book and say “Hello.”
The typical night out for a girl, from a guy’s point of view, may go a little something like this:
Opinion
If You Have An Eating Disorder, Please Reach Out And Talk.
This year, National Eating Disorders Awareness Week ran from Monday, February 23rd to Sunday, March 1st. Eating Disorders Awareness Week provides the opportunity to raise awareness and an understanding of eating disorders, while challenging greatly Read more…
Television
Reflections on House of Cards after watching all of it in two sittings
“Claire” The final word of the third season of House of Cards comes as a relief. I rub my eyes. Embracing my exhaustion at last I make a halfway sincere promise never to watch this Read more…
Music
Review: Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
This album, prematurely or not, is being labelled as one for the ages, and is getting mentioned in arguments over the Best Rapper Alive title. Offensive, ground-breaking and anchored in social awareness, To Pimp a Read more…
Features
Living Away From Home, FOREVER.
For many students, their time at DCU is quickly coming to a close. Jade O’Leary ponders life after university. Read more…
Articles
On your bike for Sudden Adult Death Syndrome
After being diagnosed with a heart condition, Cormac Ryan set up Cycle4Life to raise awareness about Sudden Adult Death. Read more…
Features
The Great Debate: Are these the best days of our lives?
We’re tired of hearing our parents and grandparents saying that these are the best days of our lives. Are they really? Read more…
Features
Should we stay or should we go?
Australia, Canada, America, Ireland. Where will you end up living after college? Read more…
Music
Electric Picninc’s bottom line acts: Who are they?
Looking at the line-up for Electric Picnic? Bit confused about who all the small guys are? No worries, we’re here to help you suss out the bottom line: Read more…
Film
They Should’ve Stopped at One: Sequels That Never Should Have Happened
Inspired by the impending release of Fight Club 2: The Cult, Gavin Nolan takes a look at some sequels that should never have happened. Read more…
Music
Review: Tuxedo – Tuxedo
Katelyn Harrop takes a look at the debut album of the funky collaboration between Mayer Hawthorne and producer Jake One. Read more…
Randoms
Out On The Full: Has Rugby Lost It’s Skill?
Has rugby become about strength rather than skill? Read more…