Longer, more in-depth articles.
Features
Which Mystery Tour was the best?
Between the two DCU Mystery Tours this year, which one, GAA or Accounting and Finance, was better? Read more…
Features
Randoms
The Christmas creep
Retailers are starting Christmas earlier every year, but does the ‘Christmas creep’ bring festive cheer for consumers? Read more…
News Features
Growing old in the cold
As the recession and winter cold bite, the elderly are among the hardest hit, and are now struggling to pay for heating. Read more…
Through My Eyes
Homeless at Christmas
While most of us are getting ready to head home for the Christmas holidays, The College View speaks to some homeless people who’ll be spending the festive season on the cold streets. Read more…
Randoms
Social media speak: mind your Ps and Qs
Ever get caught out tweeting your boss on a night out? Then this guide could be for you Read more…
News Features
Cutbacks, crowds and cramped conditions: the waiting game
This may be the most wonderful time of the year, but for some families the hardship continues as they join thousands of others on waiting lists for life-saving treatment. Read more…
Features
This means war as Reilly plans to stamp out tobacco
Health Minister James Reilly has started the war on tobacco, but is it a war the government will win? Read more…
Features
Ireland’s alcohol policy Vs the world
As new alcohol laws are set to come in here in Ireland, we look at how our alcohol policies compare to countries around the world. Read more…
News Features
Alcoholics sweep the streets for beer in Amsterdam. Would it work here?
A scheme in The Netherlands pays alcoholics in beer to sweep the streets. But would a similar scheme work in Ireland? Read more…
Randoms
How much do you love your phone?
How much do you rely on your phone? Aoife Bennett looks at the ever growing relationship between ourselves and technology. Read more…
Laughing Through Life
Satire: SU run out of themed weeks
We’ve had SHAG Week, Community week… What now? Read more…
Features
Social networks or digital diaries?
As social media continues to dominate peoples live, The College View looks at how much of a digital footprint we leave behind. Read more…
Features
Spotify: saviour of the music industry or the end as we know it?
With Spotify launching it’s Irish campaign, what effect is it having on the rest of the music industry? Read more…
Features
Forget the J1: volunteering in India
Looking for an alternative to a J1? A DCU student gives her account of her summer volunteering in India. Read more…
News Features
Interview: war reporter James Brabazon talks fear, tragedy and survival
“Working in conflict is like a pressure cooker to the emotions” War reporter James Brabazon speaks to Rachel McLaughlin about his work and the life of Tim Hetherington Read more…
Through My Eyes
Are you in or out? The issue of opt-out organ donation
Should opt-out organ donation be legislated for in Ireland? Read more…
Articles
Real Model… Real Mannequins
After Debenhams brought in size 16 models,are we seeing the start of a new trend? Read more…
Features
Mo bros and Mo sistas unite for men’s health
A look at Movember and the money it has raised for men’s health charities Read more…
Randoms
TD: Tweeting Daily
We all use Twitter, but which politicians are the best at handling 140 characters? Read more…
Student Life
College: expectations v reality
Now that the semester is halfway through, how are Freshers settling into life in DCU? Read more…
Student Life
Would you like a job with that?
Is it possible to have a part time job in college, or is it all work and no play? Read more…
Through My Eyes
Three minutes from death: how blood donation saved one person’s life
The difference between life and death? Potentially three minutes. A look at blood donation, and how it saved the life of one lucky student. Read more…
Student Life
Excommunicado: A day without my phone
What would life be like without your phone? Amy Mulvaney tried it, read on to see how she coped… Read more…
Randoms
Trick or Treat around the world
A look at the different ways Halloween is celebrated around the world Read more…
News Features
Is it time to legalise cannabis?
With Ming Flanagan’s cannabis bill re-igniting the question of legalising cannabis, we look at both sides of the story. Read more…