DCU News
DCU society disbanded due to lack of venue
DCU Pool and Snooker Society have been forced to cease their operations for the coming year due to being unable to find a venue.
The College View
News
DCU societies call for A&F committee resignations
The committee of the Accounting & Finance (A&F) society should resign, according to a hand delivered letter from several DCU clubs and societies.
Film
The art of God-awful cinema
If one could compare (Tommy Wiseau) to anything, it would be a two-legged chihuahua. You can’t help but feel pity for the poor thing, yet you’re rooting for them all the same, because they’re trying. Read more…
Music
Kero Kero Bonito make their Irish debut at Whelan’s
KKB as a band prioritised fun and enjoyment over the mystique of performing and this fits their style perfectly. Read more…
Books
The universal and timeless appeal of Sherlock Holmes
There is a very simple reason why the brilliant detective consistently returns to our screens, particularly in the last 10 years. Money. Read more…
The Hype
Thy Name is Woman, Ruth Negga stars as Hamlet in The Gate Theatre
“it is vital for Hamlet’s character to be vulnerable and therefore the actor who plays him must be able to show their emotions” Read more…
Music
“We’ll Go to a Hidden Place” – A Bjӧrk Retrospective
It’s follow-up Post, released in 1995, built upon the sound of Debut, embellishing the dance-pop production with harsher electronics and beats, and bringing to listeners a more angry, passionate, and more powerful Bjӧrk, one that would further flourish as her career continued. Read more…
Television
Will Black Mirror’s choose-your-own-adventure episode create a trend?
The concept of ‘choose your own adventure’ has been tried and tested for years in video games and has found to be very successful. Generally referred to as roleplaying games or RPGs, players are taken on a journey from building their own character to choosing how they handle difficult situations and how their decisions ultimately change their character’s fate. Read more…
Film
Lady Gaga soars in A Star is Born
What truly elevates ASIB compared to its modern rivals is surprisingly simple. They casted people who could actually sing. Read more…
Articles
Moya Ryan wins first International medal
Irish Badminton player, Moya Ryan talks to The College View after she and her doubles partner, Kate Frost, won their first international honours in Bulgaria. Read more…
GAA
Aussie game will bring challenges, admits Rowe
Former DCU and current Mayo star Sarah Rowe is switching football for the AFL. Read more…
Television
Sierra Burgess is a Loser vs Insatiable – who does body positivity better?
Insatiable’s message is that even if you outwardly ‘fix’ your problems, in this case, by becoming skinny, everything under the surface still remains. Read more…
Rugby
Ireland calls for Hooban after Inter Pro victory
DCU rugby star Emma Hooban talks about her surprise at her first senior Ireland callup after her recent Interprovincial success with Leinster. Read more…
Articles
Dealing with the setback of an injury
If you’re an active person it is more likely than not that you have experienced one or more injuries in your lifetime. Read more…
Football
DCU Powerchair Club make European Champions Cup
Aoife McNicholl spoke to The College View ahead of DCU Storm PFC’s involvement in the European Powerchair Football Association Champions Cup in Denmark. Read more…
Television
South Park’s season premiere critique’s artificially “woke”
Cartman is a parody of the typical ‘Woke’ individual. He engages in insincere virtue signalling to prove that he is not a racist, despite having not said anything racist. Paradoxically, his reduces Token to his race identity by assuming that all black people think collectively. Read more…
Music
Lil Wayne returns with Tha Carter V
The redemption from this is undeniable though as Wayne drops Uproar, a diss track fuelled with a fiery passion. Sampling the beat from ‘Special Delivery’ by G-Dep, Wayne tells his enemies to beware of him. Many are speculating that the biggest enemy in question is Birdman, CEO of Cash Money records with whom Wayne had the legal battle. Read more…
National News
Government announces new action plan on online safety
The plan will tackle some of the issues faced by young people in the digital age. Revenge porn and stalking are problems that the legislation will aim to address. Revenge porn is currently legal in Ireland. Read more…
The Hype
A visit to Roderic O’Conor and The Moderns
Similarly, one can see how O’Conor begins to discard the styles of Impressionism. Instead, he focuses on the emotions that pervade a painting and how that can change its direction. Within this room, we can see when O’Conor truly embarks into Post-impressionism territory alongside Gauguin. Read more…
National News
CSO and Met Éireann team up in new “rescue” project
The data will improve weather risk management and help understand climate change, while eliminating the over-inclusion of more recent weather events which have “better media coverage and folk memory”. Read more…
Books
Matt Haig’s Reasons to Stay Alive inspires hope
(He) hammers home the point that depression and anxiety do not pick and choose who to affect. Being rich or successful is not an immunity against mental health problems. Read more…
Articles
Makeup Bag Essentials: Save or Splash
With so many different makeup brands on the market, it can be hard to know what is good and what isn’t! Read more…
National News
No alternative subjects provided for students who opt out of religious education
The changes will affect up to 160,000 students at post-primary level across the country, which equates to half of the secondary school population that are in Education and Training Board (ETB) and community schools. Read more…
Opinion
How impactful are body positive magazine covers?
Following the controversial Cosmopolitan magazine cover featuring plus-sized model Tess Holliday, Clara Kelly and Orla Dwyer discuss whether the reaction was blown out of proportion or a real issue.
Features
A place to call home
There is now a light at the end of the tunnel for students who have paid ever-increasing rent prices for student accommodation during the past few years.