Editorial: Student services being cut by board without student representation
Editor Elaine McCahill and Deputy Editor Tommy Gavin comment on the soon to come cuts to College services. The board which has decided upon these cuts has no students represented on it.
What the Tom Lenihan debate says about Trinity
William Foley questions the cosy consensus that stifles critical engagement with Trinity life.
A brief history of protest and student radicalism in Trinity
Michael Lanigan details the history of student protest in College, from anti-nuclear and environmental protestors to the banning of Holocaust denier David Irving.
The Unemployed Graduate: Smoking Ban
The Unemployed Graduate takes a look at the proposed smoking ban on campus. Should college campuses go tobacco-free? Here are all the facts you need to know about the proposal before your make up your mind.
Nobel-winning economist: Austerity will never work
CATHERINE HEALY News Editor Ireland could take more than a decade to recover if the Irish government continues imposing austerity policies, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz warned today. Speaking to students as a guest of the University Philosophical Society, he said that “austerity has never worked” and that government policies need to be geared […]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights addresses students
Hariet Burgess recounts Navi Pillay’s, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, talk to the Law Soc and the Hist.
The end of smoking on campus?
Nils Fischer-Kerrane discusses the plans for a ‘Tobacco-free Trinity’ and the influence and necessity of ‘No Smoking’ signs in general.
Why university rankings are a false measures of success
Ben Lennon examines the criteria university rankings are based on and how this may not be a true measure of an institution’s success.
Don’t rush into college
Posted by D. Joyce-Ahearne on February 10, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Having to pick a path that will lead you to the rest of your life is a terrifying and bizarre idea.
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