Hopefully everyone is feeling at least moderately refreshed after last week, and have settled into a new term of classes and schedules. If not, don’t worry, you’re definitely not alone. In fact, this week is Trinity Ents’ Tóg go Bog …
This Week in Trinity: Christmas Festivities
Don your Christmas jumper for end of term Christmas celebrations with Trinity’s societies
At last, Week 12 is upon us with the reassuring prospect of a few deliciously long weeks of Christmas break a mere seven days away. Days of eggnog filled bliss are tantalisingly close and it is understandable to feel like …
Society Spotlight: Trinity Hiking Society
Grace Fannon speaks to Chairperson Camille Stock about moving hiking online and how not to lose someone up a mountain
The Wicklow Mountains are, presumably, still just south of Dublin City. But for Trinity Hiking Society, caught in the limitations of Level 5 lockdown, they may as well be as far as San Diego, where coincidentally, their chairperson currently resides. …
This Week in Trinity: TCDSU Disability Awareness Week
Week Ten is here with Ancient Greek, Coding Competitions, First Dates and a Trinity campus lit up in purple
Week ten has arrived, and as this weird term is drawing to a close, I think we are all wondering where the time went and whether it’s too late to try and catch up with missed online lectures. Week ten …
This week in Trinity: Comedy, Murder Trials and Drunken Politics
Comedy stand up, mock murder trials and drunken politics are sure to bring some laughter as we round off the month of November
With Grafton Street alight and December almost upon us, there’s been an undeniably Christmassy shift in atmosphere these past two weeks. Before we all officially pull on our Santa hats and Christmas pyjamas, there is still the last week of …
Sunday longread: Trinity societies throughout the years
How new societies reflect changing social contexts and student values throughout Trinity’s history
At Trinity, it is a well-known fact that the Phil, founded in 1683, is the world’s oldest student debating society. This admittedly impressive information is eagerly brandished from the moment we step into Freshers’ Fair as youthfully impressionable first years, …
This week in Trinity: Mental Health Week
From positive mental wellbeing to US presidential elections, this is certainly a week filled with variety
With Halloween come and gone and six weeks of online class behind us, I think we’re all looking forward to the chance to recharge a little over reading week. But before you officially take to your bed with some deserved …
Society Spotlight: The Environmental Society
Chairperson Katie Smirnova outlines how promoting student engagement will remain a priority
As it becomes more and more apparent that Covid-19 will be with us for the foreseeable, one of the challenges we face is simply thinking past the virus. It is tempting to allow everything else to be set aside in …
This week at Trinity: Society Week
Distract yourself from looming deadlines with manifestation, a vegan tray bake and an Open Mic night
As usual, the term is gathering momentum, and the sudden realisation that three weeks are already behind us is enough to cause minor anxiety. The panic is beginning to set in about upcoming assignment due dates, and what began as …
Democracy, diplomacy and free pizza
Grace Fannon talks to three students about their experiences of being and becoming a society chair
In many ways, societies form the bedrock of student life at Trinity. They are a sphere within the college that is managed and operated by the students themselves, making them an important representation of student interests and values on campus. …