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Safeguarding your sexual health
[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
[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
[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
[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
[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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The reality of clinical psychology doctorate programmes
[dropcap]On[/dropcap] the ninth of March 2016, an applied psychology master’s degree student called Elaine rang up Liveline to talk to Joe Duffy. During their conversation, the twenty-three-year-old student informed Joe that she was nearing the Read more…
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Splitting the movie myth of split personalites
[dropcap]Teasing[/dropcap] a fear from the depths of safety delivers a rush of adrenaline, increases our heart rates and is often referred to as the fight or flight response; the edge of the unknown. Little children Read more…
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Living with a stammer
[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?
[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…
Debate
The Great Debate: Should Irish be a compulsory subject?
FOR: [dropcap]“Tír[/dropcap] gan teanga tír gan anam,” are famous words from Easter Rising leader Padraig Pearse. They mean “a country without language is a country without soul”. So how can we as proud Irish people Read more…
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The harsh reality of the 2C-B drug
[dropcap]In[/dropcap] early January six young people were hospitalised after taking the synthetic drug known as 2C-B, at a house party in Cork City. Gerard Banks and his friend were walking by the house when they Read more…
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What has Donald Trump done so far?
[dropcap][/dropcap][dropcap]It [/dropcap]has been just over two weeks since Donald J. Trump’s inauguration and he became the 45th President of the United States. Within that week, President Trump and his administration have already initiated a series Read more…
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Battling burnout
[dropcap]Semester[/dropcap] 2 is here and everyone is ready to jump straight back into college life full steam ahead. A lot of students have new year’s goals to finally get themselves sorted with regards to college Read more…
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Where did Valentine’s Day come from?
[dropcap]It[/dropcap] is that time of the year when Christmas and New Years have passed, and the masses of red and pink items land in shops all around the world. Valentine’s Day is once again upon us, Read more…
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Palestine, Israel and the UCC conference
With all of the controversy surrounding the UCC conference, Paola Rivetti, a member of Academics for Palestine, explains why the conference should go ahead. Read more…
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New year, same issue: what can we do to help the homeless?
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] building protrudes from concrete aisles of office blocks, asserting its dominant structure over neighbourly dwellings scattered within its range.
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Students of Incorporation feeling the loss of their Students’ Unions
[dropcap]The[/dropcap] merger of St. Patrick’s college into DCU which began last September has brought many changes to the make-up and facilities present across both campuses in the last number of months. One particular change that Read more…
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Student safety on and off campus
[dropcap]An [/dropcap]NUI Maynooth student, Kym Owens, remains in an induced coma following what is believed to be an assault, on November 20th of last year. Kym sustained two broken eye sockets, a fractured jaw, a Read more…
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Wabi-sabi and enjoying your imperfections
[dropcap]Between[/dropcap] the frustration of inconvenient snow, dwindling budgets and an unrealistic abstinence from booze, the new year brings prosperity but reminds us that the first month of the year is always a tough one.
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UCD student develops potential treatment for aggressive breast cancer
[dropcap]Johna[/dropcap] Jennings was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer a few weeks ago. When she first heard that she had cancer she cried until she could not cry anymore. She wanted to know why this Read more…
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What is climate change?
[dropcap]Some[/dropcap] time has gone by since the outcome of the US presidential election shook America and the rest of the world, or at least half of it, seemingly – and starting to get used to Read more…
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Homeless children deserve Christmas too
[dropcap]It[/dropcap] was ten years ago when Laura spent a year and a half in a homeless shelter with her mam. She lived in Hedigans in town, it has three stories and had families, of up Read more…
Travel
Travelling the world and broadening your horizons
[dropcap]As[/dropcap] the philosophical Ferris Bueller famously said; “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” With work, college and social lives to maintain, many Read more…
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Paws for thought
[dropcap]He[/dropcap] arrived five years ago, saved from the promise of a plastic bag and the murky water of the grand canal. He arrived tiny, quiet, and resembling a cloud with a chance of rain. After a Read more…
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Free Speech frees the mind
[dropcap]In[/dropcap] our ever-polarising political climate, it is now more important than ever to turn the focus on an open and educated discussion between people from all walks of life. This, more than anything, was the tone Read more…