More often than I care to admit, people claim secularism has negative connotations. Many misunderstand the term and see it as a concept for the eradication of religion or as an anti-religious tool. However, if Read more…
Frank Ocean is a gamechanger and I am a fangirl. There, I’ve said it. He’s written for Beyoncé, he’s collaborated with Jay-Z and Kanye West. A member of Los Angeles hip-hop collective Odd Future, he’s Read more…
In 2009, J.J. Abrams took the grand old ship that was the U.S.S. Enterprise and made her a sexy, greased-lightning hot-rod, installing faster action, jettisoning technobabble and providing what was ultimately a more accessible experience Read more…
One bad break and Max Thiemann has already won the game. The game of pool is all about angles, weighting and timing, and the president of the Pool and Snooker Society is well aware of Read more…
A Hub sustainability project is being implemented by the Estates Office at DCU in a bid to reduce energy consumption in the Hub and make DCU a greener campus. The initiative aims to cut down Read more…
Last Tuesday, just 5% of students voted in the Student’s Union’s referendum to abolish referendums. The SU, while expecting a poor turnout, was still surprised at the low number of students voting. The SU Commander-In-Chief commented: “It’s a Read more…
DCU’s Music Society was one of the big recruiters this Refreshers’ Day, adding 40 members. Public Relations Officer of the Music Soc, Sarah Jordan said some of the new members “showed up to our Open Read more…
A chance to defend their crown and secure a third Sigerson title in four years awaits DCU’s footballers following this comfortable – and thoroughly deserved – victory over UCD on Thursday afternoon last. In front Read more…
More than half of Dublin City University students are from outside of Dublin. Just under 6,000 of DCU’s 11,923 students are from counties outside of the capital, with just under 10% of the DCU student Read more…
DCU Ladies football team got off to a bad start in their bid for O’Connor cup glory, having suffered a one point defeat to UL in Limerick on Tuesday last. In a hard fought encounter Read more…
Ever since the Food Safety Authority Ireland revealed on January 15th that certain frozen beef products contained pork or equine meat, the scandal has exploded internationally. In my opinion, I don’t think the general public Read more…
As 2013 was declared the international year of Quinoa by the United Nations, there’s no better food to showcase. A species of the goosefoot plant, Quinoa (pronounced ‘keen-wa’) is highly nutritious and has become extremely Read more…
Heartthrob, Canadian duo Tegan and Sara’s seventh full-length album, is a perfectly delicious slice of synth based indie-pop. It’s a big step in the pop direction for the duo, and a significant departure from the Read more…
Bíonn níos mó ná leath de theaghlaigh na tíre ‘sa dearg’ maidir lena n-airgeadas de dheasca billí ginearálta riachtanacha. Araon leis an gcostas maireachtála ard agus na tuarastail ísle, bíonn ar theaghlaigh iasachtaí a fháil Read more…
Tá sé ráite ag grúpa Seanadóirí Meiriceánacha go bhfuil siad ag féachaint ar reachtaíocht a chuirfeadh inimircigh mhídhleathacha ar cumas iarratais a dhéanamh le haghaidh saoránachta go dlíthiúil. Nochtaigh an ngrúpa seo – ina n-airítear Read more…
It was a day of celebration for the Freshers Football team on Tuesday last after they defeated DIT by 11 points to advance to the final of the Division One Championship. Though the final scoreline Read more…
Ní hé Naomh Maoileachlainn ceann de na Naoimh is cáiliúla ach tá a ainm ag teacht chun cinn de bharr an fholúntais atá le líonadh i ról an Phápa. Ceaptar gurbh é Naomh Maoileachlainn a Read more…
The visa companies are doing their utmost to attract students to take part in their programmes – visa company U.S.I.T are offering a J1 visa for just €99 now when it was €279 only a few weeks ago. Read more…
When the ‘horse burger’ scandal came to light recently, it prompted people to think harder about and pay more attention to what they were eating. For some people, however, this is a daily routine. For Read more…
We all know that when it comes to the booze, us Irish have an intrinsic and well documented love affair with the ‘few scoops’. However, when it comes to illegal drugs it seems that we Read more…
1) Best Actress winners snotting everywhere Not exactly a “top moment” but certainly an inevitable one. Gwyneth Paltrow sobbed all over her pink Ralph Lauren gown in her seemingly endless 1999 speech, Halle Berry lost Read more…
“You’re very funny for a girl.” If I had a euro for every time I’ve heard that phrase I’d have enough money to afford a sex change in order to be accepted as humorous. The Read more…
As hard as we might try to forget the bad times, our brain doesn’t have a built-in delete feature. There are a special set of structures in the brain for emotions and memories. Here, a part Read more…
I am not ok, but I will be. Now that I have been saved, now that this is no longer a burden I am bearing alone, I know this is a battle I will win. Read more…
The University Times has apologised to the founder of the Iona Institute, David Quinn in relation to defamatory remarks printed in articles in the paper last month. The Trinity student newspaper had been threatened with legal Read more…