The climate of hatred and shame which these people were made to live in, with raids on gay discos and on the homes of suspected offenders, and treatment with brutality and force by the state, is something that no reasonable …
Fionn McGorry is the Deputy News Editor. He is a History and Political Science student, and hails from a very long way away indeed.
Women still under-represented in senior university positions
Data released last week by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) indicate that, despite holding a majority of undergraduate places at Trinity, women are still significantly under-represented in senior academic posts in the university. 67% of senior posts in Trinity are …
Racist stereotypes hurt everyone
Everyone assumes small things about each other. When full information is not available, we use social cues, and a corpus of knowledge acquired through observation, to place people in named or unnamed categories. This forms a useful tool in allowing …
Online society app causes headache for ball goers
Prospective patrons took to the ball’s Facebook event page to vent frustration or to inquire as to whether or not their purchase had been successful.
Teething problems with the new online societies platform, Hive, meant prospective ball-goers were left uncertain as to whether they had successfully bought tickets on Wednesday to DU Law Society’s annual Swing Ball. The server hosting the ticket sales crashed, meaning …
In defence of alcohol
Eva Short’s picture of the uncomfortable teetotaller in a sea of giddy boozers in her recent Trinity News article is one many of us recognise. Many people do silly things under the influence, and for many of us, a few …
Plan of action?
10 years. A lot can change in 10 years. A provost’s term is longer than that of the president of Ireland, and arguably comes with a nicer house with a better address. 10 years is a long time for a …
CSC cuts Fourth Week grants
Fourth Week, the only dedicated student society week in the College calendar, has seen substantial funding restrictions this year as a result of overall cuts to the Central Societies Committee (CSC). Societies have traditionally been eligible to apply for specific …
Human cyborg visits TCD
The first human cyborg visited College to address the University Philosophical Society and receive the Bram Stoker Gold Medal on September 9th. Catalan cyborg artist Neil Harbisson, who has an antenna implanted into the occipital bone of his skull, was …
Big guests due to visit Trinity societies
Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy, Nobel prize-winning economist Robert Engle and cyborg artist Neil Harbisson are but some of the guests that the Philosophical Society will be hosting this year, while gender theorist Judith Butler and Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams …