As the situation stands at the moment, I am neither a second or third year undergraduate student. Actually, that’s untrue; I am a second year student by default who was accidently, if conveniently, registered to the third year modules I …
DU Amnesty and the SU start off the ‘It’s time- Repeal the 8th Campaign’
The first Amnesty Hour of Empowerment Week had speaker Colm O’Gorman and Ailbhe Smyth speak about the Repeal the 8th Campaign.
Perched comfortably on their grand chairs in the Graduate Memorial Building, Colm O’Gorman and Ailbhe Smyth were right at home. Sitting before members of the Students’ Union and DU Amnesty International, the director of Amnesty Ireland and feminist activist spoke …
JCR hustings take place in Trinity Hall
33 candidates in total are running for election
Hustings took place yesterday evening, March 13, in Trinity Hall ahead of the election of the 2017/18 Junior Common Room (JCR) committee. There are eleven positions in total with eight of these up for election; President, Vice President/Treasurer, Secretary, Ents, …
How to be a hack
From one hack to another, a step-by-step guide on how to improve your social status, your internship prospects and your legacy at Trinity
With the election campaigns for next year’s Students’ Union Officers finally coming to an end, the swarm of hacks present on campus in recent weeks has finally dispersed. Some of the most influential names on campus have been brought to …
Palestine Action Week
Ahead of submitting their petition to the Provost calling on College to adopt a full academic boycott of Israel, this week shall see an array of events organised by Students for Justice in Palestine
Yesterday saw the beginning of Palestine Action Week, a campaign week hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine as they call on College to take “a full academic boycott of Israel in line with the Palestinian people’s call for a …
HUMANS NEED NOT APPLY: the new exhibition at Science Gallery Dublin
Artificial intelligence and the human imagination come together at the Science Gallery’s latest exhibition, providing insight into how the world may be affected as technology continues to advance
HUMANS NEED NOT APPLY (HNNA), the spring exhibition at Science Gallery Dublin, was launched on Friday, February 10. Now open to the public, this exciting exhibition will run until the end of May. Being both free of charge and located …
Introducing Trinity’s new events website
The Trinity events website has gone live but what is it and how is it going to improve your student life at Trinity?
Yesterday evening (Sunday 29th January) saw Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) launch an official events calendar website. The site was made as a joint project between TCDSU and the Central Societies Committee (CSC) with Trinity Publications, DUCAC, and Trinity …
FW de Klerk to speak to Trinity Law Soc
Law Soc have announced they shall present the Trinity Praeses Elit Award to Nobel Peace Prize winner FW de Klerk
Trinity Law Society have announced that they will host Nobel Peace Prize winner FW de Klerk to address students on Wednesday January 18. De Klerk shall be awarded the Trinity Praeses Elit Award in recognition of his central role in …
The rise of starbucks
Emma McCarthy argues that the soulless efficiency of starbucks is something worth fighting against
“I am immediately sceptical of a coffee-chain whose menu is largely comprised of coffee drizzled with layers of unnecessary embellishment.”
If the Twelve Days of Christmas were rewritten to suit modern day, it’s highly possible that your true love would …
Would you eat a synthetically-made burger?
Professor Mark Post discusses the importance of the artificially cultured meat industry at an event held by Global Development Soc and DU General Science Soc
“Cows are inefficient food producers. In fact, they’re obsolete.”
Yesterday saw Trinity Global Development Soc and DU General Science Society come together to host Professor Mark Post, Chair of the Department of Physiology at Maastricht University and pioneer of the …