Lifestyle
A shoebox can make a Christmas
With just 55 days to go until the man in the red suit arrives, our attention is beginning to turn to Christmas. Many of us are worrying about clothes, food and gifts. For the majority Read more…
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DCU News
DCU students more likely to graduate with a first-class honours degree
Students are more likely to graduate with a first-class honours degree from Dublin City University than from any other Irish university, a survey has found. The news comes as a survey of employers published by Read more…
Music
Totally Epic: Adam Higgins talks to The Dirty Epics
The Dirty Epics are a band on the rise. Formed in 2007, The Dirty Epics consist of SJ Wai on vocals, Richie Power on bass, Darren McCoy on guitar and Gary Nethaway on drums. Their Read more…
Náisiúnta
Beidh an rud céanna á dhéanamh ag múinteoirí meánscoile sa chóras oideachais nua, de réir Ruairí Quinn
Ní gá go mbeadh imní ar mhúinteoirí meánscoileanna agus iad ag marcáil mheasúnacht a mhac léinn, dar leis an Aire Oideachais, Ruairí Quinn. Tá an ráiteas seo á fhógairt ag an Aire i ndiaidh an Read more…
Features
Bodytalk: The effects of image obsession
Body image it is something that most teens think about on a daily basis. To be exact, out of every 2,000 Irish teenagers 26% of girls and 10% of boys are unhappy with how they Read more…
Gaelic Football
Industrious freshers claim third league win – DCU 4-12 DIT 0-11
An excellent performance in front of goal saw the Freshers football team run out hugely comfortable 13-point-winners against local rivals DIT on Thursday last. The home side wasted little team in carving out an early Read more…
Camogie
Camogie team to meet NUIG in play-off
The DCU camogie team will play NUI Galway to determine which side competes in the Ashbourne Cup for the 2012-13 season, The College View has learned. The play-off encounter has been provisionally fixed for the Read more…
DCU News
Students in 24-hour charity broadcast
DCUfm are staging a 24-hour charity broadcast this Wednesday, October 31st, in aid of the charity ‘Headstrong’, a non-profit organisation supporting young people’s mental health in Ireland, which is supported by DCU Students’ Union. Third-year Read more…
Travel
From France to Ireland with love
Everything started with a click. Sitting in the shade of a pine tree, majestically extending its branches at the back of the garden, I was glaring at my computer. The heat was unbearable even though Read more…
Saol an Mhic Léinn
Dea-nuacht do mhic an léinn an choláistebronntar na céimeanna is airde sa tír in OCBÁC
Rinne an Irish Times suirbhé ar na gráid ghrádúcháin sna hollscoileanna ar fud na tíre ó 2005 agus aimsíodh go bhfuil meascán leathan de ghráid éagsúla ag brath ar cén ollscoil atá i gceist. Dar Read more…
Articles
French’s accuracy fails to save hurlers from second league loss – St Pat’s 1-09 DCU 0-11
A spirited fight-back and eight points from the hurl of Tony French proved insufficient in preventing the college’s freshers slumping to their second league defeat on Wednesday last. Beaten by NUI Galway in the opening Read more…
Film
Top Three Stephen King adaptations
Stephen King is an undisputed legend of horror literature. Many of his books have been adapted for the big screen. Here, in no particular order, are three of King’s scariest stories. The Shining “Here’s Johnny…” Read more…
University News
Gerry Adams calls on DCU students to stand up
Sinn Féin leader and TD, Gerry Adams, has called on DCU students to “stand up” and call for a “different type of Ireland”. Adams was speaking at the Union of Students in Ireland public talk Read more…
Lifestyle
Learning a language the fun way
Ever wanted to learn another language in a fun, cheap and stress-free way? Language Exchange Ireland has created this environment. They hold a language exchange night in Dtwo on Harcourt Street every Monday night at Read more…
DCU News
DCU Offer New Post Graduate Scholarship Exchange
DCU postgraduate student Barry Cannon has been selected as the first recipient of a new postgraduate scholarship and exchange programme. The programme, which was announced by Dublin City Lord Mayor, Naoise Ó Muirí, will offer Read more…
Handball
Neary and Kennedy enjoy handball success
Ciarán Neary and past lecturer Eugene Kennedy flew the DCU flag with distinction at the recent World Handball Championships, as both handballers climbed the podium following outright success in their respective categories. Kilkenny native Neary Read more…
Football
Fate of soccer team lies in their own hands
Sitting pretty at the top of the CUFL Premier Division East, DCU are within touching distance of qualifying for the knockout stages of the competition for the first time in its present incarnation. Declan Roche’s Read more…
Clubs and Socs
Drama society organise and perform musical in 24 hours
DCU Drama Society held their 24-hour musical on Thursday last in The Venue in aid of the Bee for Battens foundation. The musical, Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, was adapted from the YouTube sensation of the Read more…
Gaelic Football
DCU students central to Ballymun Kickhams success
DCU students Philly McMahon, James McCarthy, Dean Rock, John Small and Andy O’Brien were part of the Ballymun Kickhams panel that annexed the clubs third County senior football title. It was Dean Rock who grabbed Read more…
National News
RSA launch film competition
The Road Safety Authority and Setanta Insurance are calling on budding young filmmakers to submit an original concept for a short film, with €3,000 prize money on offer as well as the chance to work Read more…
Music
9 Crow Street
9 Crow Street is Emma Fraser, Dean Ryan McDaid and Melissa McDermott. Started in December 2010, perched on the corner of their namesake, 9 Crow Street quickly developed a reputation for its deadly vintage clothes, Read more…
Articles
Anti-fees campaign a failure, says USI President
Union of Students in Ireland (USI) President, John Logue has admitted the student rally to Leinster House last year was a failure. Going forward, he believes students need to become proactive and loud in targeting Read more…
DCU News
Humans and Zombies attack DCU
Over 115 people took part in this year’s Human vs. Zombie event on campus last week. The event was run mainly by the Game society but the Strange Things and Paranormal societies also took part Read more…
Flux
My search for the perfect Hallowe’en Costume
“Halloween is the one day a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girl can say anything”, to paraphrase Mean Girls (I’m dead original, me). Now, I’m a lady, Read more…
DCU News
O’Connor elected Class Rep Council Chair
DCU’s Class Rep Council has elected Rob O’Connor as chair for the 2012/13 academic year. The council held their first meeting last week in The Venue with the SU sabbatical officers, which O’Connor elected to Read more…