[dropcap]E[/dropcap]ver come across a generic pop song that gets stuck in your head on a loop and stays there? You know there’s better songs, underappreciated musicians out there that deserve your time and ears. Nevertheless, Read more…
Young people however, are inexperienced, in both academia and life. Forget secondary school students, most college students barely clean their room. If you cannot keep your own domain of existence in order, how are you qualified to try and impose order on society? Read more…
A look back on the achievements and opportunities put before DCUSU Vice President for Academic Affairs Brendan Power during the last year in his position, looking into what he had planned to do and what parts of his manifesto were completed. Read more…
DCU Boxing were represented by three boxers at the Dublin Novice Championships, with David Neylon winning his fight on the night. Read more…
The chorus were almost completely naked and covered in mud, blood and chalk for the entirety of the show. Read more…
For so many, MMA is an outlet. From many kids in low-income areas, to those who have used MMA to avoid going down the wrong path in life, or those who have used MMA to exit that path. Read more…
A look into the performance of John Donnelly and Conor Delaney in Kilkenny’s league final win over Tipperary. Read more…
This approach to hip-hop goes against all the stereotypical misogyny and seemingly emotionless bravado that has come with the genre in the past. Read more…
“I knew it would get in the way of a lot of things, especially college but it wasn’t even a decision for me, I was still going for it no matter what,” Read more…
DCU’s Kotchaphan Mai-on has been selected to represent Ireland in the World Classic Powerlifting Championships after breaking nine national records in the Irish National Championships. Read more…
At his best, Gervais feels like a working-class, pub philosopher that has somehow made it to the top. When he boasts about his luxurious home in Hampstead, it feels earned. Read more…
Concerts are places where you go to forget about everything happening around you, embrace that moment because it’s one you’ll never experience again, no one concert will ever be the same as another. Read more…
If the recent DCU referendum on a United Ireland was absolutely necessary, the option to abstain should have been included. Firstly, a vote of abstinence is not the same as not voting. The option to say not only am I not in favour of DCU calling upon the State to hold a referendum on a United Ireland, I do not think I, or the university, should intervene. Read more…
The main advantage of the novel is the fact that you aren’t merely witnessing the story and the emotions the characters are feeling onscreen, but you are experiencing them yourself. The novel encourages you to use your imagination, there’s no limit to how long a book can expand unlike a film that must be cut to stay concise. Read more…
One is tempted to go on the dark web and purchase a few bottles of the pills themselves. Or even book a psychiatric appointment and fake their way to a nice, gift wrapped diagnosis and prescription. They make it seem so easy. Read more…
Nolde had a fascination with dancers and the beautiful way in which they used their bodies as an artistic tool, this fascination is evident in the exhibition as a running theme as he daringly painted scenes of dancers performing at a cabaret or caught up in movement on stage. Read more…
Conor Meyler, co-founder of DCU’s Underwater Hockey Club, provides an insight into the unique sport. Read more…
Ian Brennan reviews DCU Athletics 2017/18 season. Read more…
Amongst the Sessions many wonderful absurdities is the unspoken policy of silence when an act is on until a song, or bit, or piece is finished, a rule that not only works but adds to the intimacy of the performances because you can not hear the listeners. Read more…
The 21-minute-long album is a breakup album, exploring the love and loss, where at times The Weeknd seems to be pleading for a chance to reignite a lost bond and at others simply acknowledging a loss and looking for blame to place. Read more…
DCU Soccer players were well represented on a national level over the last week as Amber Barrett twice came off the bench for Republic of Ireland women, scoring the winner vs Slovakia while three players also played for the College & University National side. Read more…
The government have announced a bill to bring in sex education in schools, but don’t want it to be associated with religion. Read more…
DCU’s outgoing and incoming Student Union representatives led a protest for a second time against the Shanowen accommodation rent increases. Read more…
A referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment will be a historical event for Irish society whether the Ireland votes yes or no. Read more…
There are more injuries in rugby than one might assume and physiotherapists are saying that there is a need for more concern and fear to be placed on injuries in the sport. Read more…