Standing in a crowd, we watched as President Higgins laid a wreath at the plaque before a minute’s silence was observed. The shot of a cannon punctuated the silence, making one or two observers jump. A disgruntled tourist muttered to …
Sam Cox
Stepping from the heavens
What does humankind hope to glean from venturing to the stars?
“I know the whole world is watching now. I wish you could see what I can see. Sometimes you have to get up really high to understand how small you are… I’m going home now.”
With these words, on …
Running well
Sam Cox reveals the joys and pains of becoming a jogger.
My faded runners make a distinctive “thwack” when they hit the pavement. Usually my iPod smothers the solitary noise but the summer dusk is too fragile to interrupt with the usual mix of OutKast and Gorillaz. Running has always been …
Mindfulness: analyzing the alternative to psychiatric treatment
Is mindfulness truly a spiritual cure for mental strain or merely a convenient substitute to real treatment?
The past two decades have seen much criticism of the psychiatric approach to mental disorder. Robert Whittaker (Anatomy of an Epidemic), Joanna Moncrief (The Bitterest Pills), Peter Goetzsche (Deadly Psychiatry and Organised Denial), James …
A case for manic depressive disorder
The term avoids the binary implications of “bipolar disorder”
Few of us give thought to the names we grant our diseases. William Styron complained that the word “depression” didn’t aptly describe the all-encompassing void that was his illness. Rarely do we relate our cancer to the crab-like appearance after …
Should I have been aborted?
As the child of an unexpected pregnancy, Sam Cox explores his and his mother’s personal journeys and their side of the pro-choice narrative
If there were a referendum on the 8th Amendment tomorrow, I would vote to repeal. I believe that access to safe and legal abortion is an important part of a modern society. I do not believe that life starts at …
Examining the art of drama
Sam Cox gets the ins and outs of the Drama Department
Youss Koudri isn’t stressed for exams right now. Koudri is too busy in rehearsals. It’s not that he’s ignoring his college work. In fact, this is his college work. Watching from the corner of the rehearsal room, he is one …
TCDSU Council round-up
TCDSU Council voted on a number of motions tonight
The final Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council took place tonight in the Edmund Burke lecture theatre in the Arts Building. Following an address by Vice Provost Chris Morash, a number of Part Time Officers were elected and various …
Part-time officers elected at final TCDSU Council of the year
Positions elected include Chair of Council, Access Officer, and Sport Officer
The elections for the role of Part Time Officers for the year 2017/2018 took place tonight at the Council of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU).
The elected Chair of Council was Gillian Kiely in an uncontested race. Kiely, a …
DU Players win three prizes at the Irish Student Drama Awards
The awards ceremony took place last week
The Irish Students Drama Association (ISDA) awards ceremony took place last week with Trinity’s drama society, DU Players, winning three prizes.
DU Players was nominated in 8 out of 16 categories including Best New Writing, Judges’ Discretionary Award 1 and …