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Postcards from abroad

April 5, 2017

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair.”  So says the great author JRR Tolkien. As Ibrahim Halawa spends yet another Read more…

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Hiking: the hazardous hobby

April 5, 2017

[dropcap]Last[/dropcap] month, the High Court overruled a decision for the National Parks and Wildlife Service to pay out €40,000 of damages to hillwalker Teresa Wall after she injured herself on a wooden boardwalk on the Read more…

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Are arts degrees a waste of time?

April 5, 2017

[dropcap]As [/dropcap]University College Dublin (UCD) announce a huge overhaul of all of their arts courses, in an effort to make their graduates more employable, the question is posed whether this improvement is enough.

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Lifting the limits for the ladies in law

April 5, 2017

[dropcap]As[/dropcap] you opened the large wooden doors into lecture room CG86 in the Henry Grattan building on Monday March 6th, you were met with a deluge of students. It was 6pm and classes were completed Read more…

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Panu Hoglund on his love for the Irish language

April 5, 2017

[dropcap]The[/dropcap] sun setting over the Lake District of Varkaus, an industrial town in Eastern Finland, Panu Höglund ponders the state of the Irish language, how he could improve other’s experiences of learning it. Beside him Read more…

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The benefit of STEM courses

March 22, 2017

[dropcap]It[/dropcap] was November 2016 and the graduation ceremonies in DCU were well underway. One graduate, Sarah Gilgunn, had to fly back from London in order to attend. Despite graduating from her PhD in April 2016, Read more…

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Do females engage in student politics?

March 22, 2017

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the Mezz, on couches worn out by students of DCU past and present, an informal talk was held about female engagement in politics. Its attendance counted twice as many men as women.

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What does the SU do for you?

March 22, 2017

[dropcap]According[/dropcap] to Union of Students in Ireland (USI) the students’ union is an organised body of ‘willing would-be activists’ whose primary focus is defending the rights of the student, as well as enabling and furthering Read more…

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Goodbye Lucy

March 8, 2017

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ccording to Aristotle; At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice, he is the worst. In the mire, which carpets the underbelly of the sex trade, in the Read more…

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The legal and ethical poles of The Eighth Amendment

March 8, 2017

[dropcap]The[/dropcap] subject of the Eighth Amendment has been one which has gained mass amount of attention over the last year especially. It has been discussed and then discussed again as everyone passionately exclaims their postulations, Read more…

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Phoning your feelings in DCU

March 8, 2017

[dropcap]Just[/dropcap] a few weeks ago, DCU saw the establishment of an over the phone counselling service. An exclusive for DCU students, the helpline will operate for three hours, two nights a week – every Tuesday Read more…

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Is REMEDIATE the remedy for polluted soil?

March 8, 2017

[dropcap]Increased[/dropcap] industrialisation and production is linked to higher levels of pollution, and still society continues its industrial and urban growth, producing more greenhouse gases and hazardous waste year after year.

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Safeguarding your sexual health

March 8, 2017

[dropcap]Sexually[/dropcap] active students are advised to avail of DCU’s free testing for sexually transmitted infections (STI’s) due to an increase of Chlamydia sufferers, according to the HSE.

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Sticks and Stones

March 8, 2017

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ticks and stones may break my bones, but names can never hurt me; perhaps that used to be true. Or, perhaps it applied to a time before technology invaded safe spaces, before the insidious nature Read more…

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How much is that doggy in the window

March 8, 2017

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nn, who felt hard done by due to the lack of a family dog in her own childhood, had a yearning for a puppy of her own. Browsing through Done Deal, she found an adorable litter Read more…

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I ain’t no Hollaback gal

March 8, 2017

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s a society we tend to have a very dismissive attitude towards sexual harassment. Many people consider it to be ‘just a catcall’, so what exactly is sexual harassment?  Sexual harassment is unwelcome sexual advances, Read more…

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Student nurses shoulder a great burden

February 22, 2017

[dropcap]While[/dropcap] walking around, checking on patients, first year nursing student at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT),  Rebecca , noticed that one of the louder patients on the ward was being oddly quiet. As any nurse would, Read more…

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Living with a stammer

February 22, 2017

[dropcap]For[/dropcap] as long as I can remember, I have had trouble with words. I’m sure you’re thinking: “Then why are you writing an article?”, but it’s not that I don’t know what to say, I Read more…

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Does Dry January deliver results?

February 22, 2017

[dropcap]Over[/dropcap] the last month Instagram has been flooded with posts of #DryJanuary alongside images of people going to the gym or photographs of healthy meals. This tradition of ditching alcohol for the first month of Read more…