Other Sports
Endangered Boxing Club fighting to survive
When many people enter a boxing club for the first time, they may expect to see a certain scene. The rhythmic sound of a speed bag being worked over, the loud slow thud of a Read more…
The College View
Hurling
Fresher hurlers suffer third league defeat – DIT 1-14 DCU 0-11
DCU’s hurlers missed the opportunity to register their first league win of the campaign, with clinical finishing continuing to elude them. DIT took advantage of slack shooting in the opening quarter, to forge a 1-6 Read more…
Rugby
Scholarship students under close watch to fulfil obligations
DCU’s new Rugby Development Officer, Phil de Barra, has made it a top priority to ensure that his scholarship players endeavour to fulfil all the obligations that they agreed to upon accepting a place in Read more…
Saol an Mhic Léinn
Agóidí ag dul ar aghaidh maidir le táillí ollscoilemic léinn gan bhia agus gan airgead cíosa
Tá suas le 1,500 mac léinn i gColáiste na hOllscoile Chorcaí (COC), Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Chorcaí (ITC) tar éis máirseáil go hoifigí Theachta Dála Fhine Gael Jerry Buttimer. Mháirseáil an slua ar Luan 5 Samhain ag Read more…
Student Life
Say it loud, say it proud: Being an LGBT person
One of the biggest ways a person can feel comfortable in themselves is to be open about their sexuality. In the run up to DCU’s LGBT Equality Week, The College View spoke to some of Read more…
DCU News
Movember events begin in DCU
Movember was launched in DCU on the 1st November with a ‘slave auction’ in The NuBar. DCU RAG Soc, Style Soc, MPS, Esoc, A&F society and DCU Rugby club were all involved in the auction Read more…
Music
Valerie talks to Ham Sandwich
Ham Sandwich: that band with the silly name. Still, it’s definitely not forgettable. Formed in 2003, the band have worked considerably hard since then to ensure the name Ham Sandwich stays in our heads. Their Read more…
Film
Review of Argo
In his third film as director, Ben Affleck presents the incredible true story of the Set in Iran in 1979. As the US embassy in Iran falls to a mob of Ayatollah-supporting students, six officers Read more…
Lifestyle
Activities with a twist
Most of us can look fondly back on our school sports days, especially in primary school where running aimlessly around a field simply never got tiring and the main event was always the egg and Read more…
Features
Talking it easy: an insight into speaking with a stammer
Ireland recently marked the 6th National Stammering Awareness Day with events in Dublin. The College View’s Mary McDonnell caught up with David Heney to get an insight into growing up with a stammer. David Heney Read more…
Football
DCU qualify for knock-out stages – DCU 3 ITT 2
Michael Isichei’s second half winner guaranteed DCU at a least a runners-up spot in the CUFL Premier Division East, after making very hard work of a brave but hapless IT Tallaght. DCU started the day Read more…
Rugby
Athlone hold all the aces in one-sided affair – AIT 53 DCU 5
As season openers go it couldn’t have gone much worse for DCU. Nine tries and over fifty points conceded, not to mention a few injuries to go along with it. When you’re playing a quality Read more…
Camogie
Camogie team advance to league semi-final DCU 2-12 QUB 1-5
DCU’s camogie team are through to the division 1 league semi-final after a convincing 10-point win against an understrength Queen’s side at St. Clare’s on Wednesday last. The opening exchanges of the game were fairly Read more…
DCU News
Students’ Union unveil ambitious community garden plan for DCU
DCU Students’ Union have unveiled ambitious plans for a community garden to be located in DCU. The plans for the garden, which is to be located on the east side of the DCU campus, will Read more…
DCU News
SU receive complaints over ‘sexist’ Halloween Ball advert
DCU Students’ Union were forced to change the wording on their online advert for the Halloween Ball after students complained it was sexist. Last week DCUSU.ie, the SU’s website, had an image advertising tonight’s Halloween Read more…
Gaelic Football
DCU students among All-Star winners
Four DCU students have been included in the GAA/GPA Football All-Star team for 2012. Unsurprisingly, All-Ireland champions Donegal dominate the selection with eight players picking up awards. Among them is PE and Biology student, Michael Read more…
Features
State of Mind, Are you Well? The need for mental health reform
When we, the members of Irish society think of mental health, do we think of the word ‘mad’ and associate it with individuals’ own preconceptions of their mental state? Depression, anxiety, eating and compulsive disorders Read more…
Ilghnéitheach
Maíonn suirbhé Eorpach go bhfuil an Ghaeilge i mbaol faoi bhás digiteach a fháil
Tá an dainséir ann go dtiocfaidh bás digiteach ar an nGaeilge mar go bhfuil easpa mais chriticiúil d’inneachar Gaeilge digitithe ann, dar le páipéar bán Eorpach a foilsíodh le déanaí. Dóibh siúd nach bhfuil mórán Read more…
Flux
One Hot Minute: Valerie talks to The Minutes
Mark Austin sounds a little bit worse for wear. The lead singer and rhythm guitarist of The Minutes, a Dublin rock band that have been slowly making a name for themselves over the last six Read more…
Food
GM crop bombshell may prove untrue
The results of a French study were published last month in the Food and Chemical Toxicology journal and showed that rats fed on a lifetime diet of genetically modified (GM) corn, ended up suffering from Read more…
Náisiúnta
Tá na trioblóidí ar ais i dTuaisceart na hÉireann- labhair duine éigin Gaeilge
“Dia duit”. Dhá fhocal shim- plí, agus beannacht Ghaeilge atá ar eolas ní amháin ag formhór dhaonra an domhain, ach ag muintir na hÉireann. An Tuais- ceart san áireamh. Ach is cúis náire é agus Read more…
Athletics
The best coach you’ve never heard of
Prodigious athletics coach Brother Colm O’ Connell tells Will Slattery the secret to his success. For many sports fans in Western Europe the dominance of Kenyan middle distance runners has made the sport all too Read more…
Athletics
World class Rudisha has a chance at immortality
For some, it was one of the greatest races ever run, for many it may not have even been a blip on their radar; about an hour and a half before Usain Bolt became the Read more…
Features
The US Presidential Election: does it matter?
An American election features a pounding mix of campaign adverts and speeches, with massive amounts of money being spent. One would hope that it’s all being done for an important reason. But how important is Read more…
DCU News
Drinkaware campaign launched for DCU students
A new student campaign highlighting the consequences of embarrassing nights out has launched in DCU. The campaign is being run by drinkaware.ie, and it features images of students passed-out drunk on the toilet floor. On Read more…