Four years ago, on the night before Christmas Eve I posted on facebook that I didn’t think my family could go for another two hours without someone bursting into tears (as a joke). Roughly five minutes later, my then eleven …
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Students should support the GSU strike
This cynical move by Trinity requires a tough response
The Graduate Students’ Union (GSU) is planning a strike to protest an increase in fees by 5% for postgraduates this coming year. For most of you, that means that you’ll be able to miss a tutorial without the usual sense …
In defence of arts degrees
The focus on STEM courses produces graduates who can’t think as critically about society
The Arts Block/Hamilton divide is evident here in Trinity. These two main sections of campus give rise to two totally different cultures: the fashionable, eccentric Arts Block versus the practical, grounded Hamilton. Just last week, I, a humble student of …
Why are disability rights such a non-issue for politicians?
The UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities has yet to be ratified in Ireland
What is the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) and why should you care? It’s a valid question. Why should you care about a UN Convention that so many people know nothing about?
The reality is …
Kevin Keane’s focus on Repeal is killing student activism
Kevin Keane’s cynical focus on Repeal has come at the expense of improving student life
In many ways, the “Fresh” debacle is typical of TCDSU’s actions this year. Every student received a self-congratulatory email implementing a change that no one seems to have wanted, and with Kevin Keane’s name conspicuously at the bottom of the …
‘Freshman’ to ‘Fresh’: more inclusive or too sensitive?
Trinity should focus on the major issues affecting marginalised students and academics
When I first read that ‘Freshman’ was being changed to ‘Fresh’, I was shocked. I never considered the term to be offensive, nor thought that it needed a change. Upon self-reflection I feared that maybe I had turned to the …
Head to head: Should students be allowed to opt out of TCDSU?
Riain Fitzsimmons and Hugh Whelan go head to head on whether students ought to have the option to opt out of TCDSU membership
Yes, students be allowed to opt out of TCDSU – Ríain Fitzsimmons
Students should not be forced to be a member of an organisation that they do not want to be a part of; that is the simple position of …
Homelessness, fees and intergenerational inequality: The importance of student resistance
In support of the decision Students Against Fees to include the housing crisis in their remit
In June of this year we learned of the tragedy of the Grenfell fire. Seared in our memories are the terrifying images of a towering inferno ablaze, of women wailing for children still trapped inside, of exhausted, exasperated Londoners, helplessly …
So long, Michaelmas term: we won’t miss you
A case for Trinity’s new semesterisation
Exams? Not desirable. Two sets of exams? Even less desirable, it would seem. In July, it was announced that Trinity was to have exams at Christmas, a shorter Summer break, and no more fancy names for its terms.
When the …
Refugee Week not a priority for the SU and students
Trinity’s first ever Refugee Week garners less attention and less popularity
“You only leave home when home won’t let you stay.” These are the words of Warsan Shire, a British/Somali poet, that echoed throughout The Attic on the final morning of Refugee week. We sat in a subdued circle, ignoring the …