Arts & Culture, Life

Princess Melancholy

Akshita Hunka reviews Princess Melancholy as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival 2024

With genuinely funny jokes and engaging pull away moments, Princess Melancholy was an important and entertaining stand up comedy show. Performed by Sophia Wren, this show explores her relationship with men, parenthood, body image and feminism. We are welcomed into

Life, Student Living
Types of flatmates in college

Types of flatmates in college

From the “messy kitchen hoarder” to the “social butterfly”, Akshita Hunka comically categorises the types of flatmates you’re bound to come across in college

In the rush of Freshers’ Week, student accommodations bubble with excited first-year students armed with their Ikea starter kits, third-year students surrounded by their countless boxes of college belongings that accumulate so quickly, and anxious parents who are about to

Student Living

Diwali and finding new homes

Akshita Hunka reflects back on Diwali and explores the hope in celebrating festivals as an international student

Going back home for winter break this year and telling my family about my semester away from them got me thinking about some of the best and some of the hardest days of my college experience. Diwali was one of

News

USI and AHEAD hold online conference for students with disabilities

The two-day Power of Disability conference included discussions, presentations and feedback sessions for all levels of students

Last week, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) held Power of Disability, an online conference for students with disabilities.

The conference, organised in conjunction with AHEAD, included discussions, presentations and feedback sessions which presented an great opportunity for students …