Deciding to go to college is a massive decision. A new city, new people, a new home, a new environment. All of this can be extremely daunting, but is also beyond exciting! Here’s a collection of some of the go-to …
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Top society picks for freshers’ fair
Luke O’Reilly and Ferdy Emmet pick out the essential sign-ups for this week, so save yourself the four-year trial and error
The Phil
The Phil is the oldest student society in the world which goes from strength to strength every year. Popular among freshers, the Phil considers its members to all be part of one big Phamily (Lord!). A tight-knit group, …
Election for Chairperson of CSC declared null and void after review on eligibility rules
The election on March 23 was declared “null and void” after the committee learned Rebet was ineligible to run for the executive.
The result of the election for Chairperson of the Central Societies Committee (CSC), which was won by Ludivine Rebet, has been declared null and void. As president of the Phil for the 2015/16 year, Rebet took a sabbatical year to …
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and Jónína Leósdóttir Speak to the Phil
The former prime minister of Iceland and her esteemed novelist and playwright wife receive the gold medal of honourary patronage from the society.
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and Jónína Leósdóttir were both awarded the gold medal of honorary patronage by the Philosophical society. Sigurðardóttir became the first openly gay head of government in the world when she was elected prime minister of Iceland in 2009. …
Full GMB audience present for honorary patronage of Marina Abramović
“Performance is serious business and is not easy, it takes every atom of your energy. It is the most immaterial form of art, apart from music”
College may be quiet because of Reading Week, but on Friday students packed into a GMB chamber with standing room only as performance artist Marina Abramović accepted her honorary gold medal of patronage from the Philosophical Society before an entranced …
TAF 2016: Superstar author Margaret Atwood speaks to packed GMB chamber
There is no pension plan, no retirement, and if you say you wish to be a writer at school your parents may have “renal failure,” she joked
Author Margaret Atwood, who has won countless literary awards, including the prestigious Man Booker prize for her novel The Blind Assassin, spoke to the University Philosophical Society (Phil) in conjunction with Trinity Arts Festival (TAF) today, February 25. Atwood was …
Ice Cube and Kevin Hart speak to The Phil
“When you do a film like Straight Outta Compton, the awards come way before the award shows. The awards come from the people, the studio and everyone involved in making the film”
A response to Brendan O’Neill
It may be easy for Brendan O’Neill to dismiss political correctness as unnecessary, but it’s not the same for everyone.
When I was ten years old, a boy at my tennis camp scowled at me, called me a ‘paki’ and spat at my feet. More recently, at Electric Picnic 2014, a group of boys I had pitched my tent next …
Phil comedy debate starts year with laughter
GMB welcomes students & comedians who ‘do it for the likes.’
The Phil’s first debate of the year occurred on Thursday the 24th of September on the motion “This House Would do it for the Likes”. As is usually the case in Freshers’ week, it was a comedy debate featuring a …
Liveblog: Slut debate at the Phil
This evening in the GMB, the Phil will hold a debate on the motion This House Believes that Women Should Embrace the Word “Slut”.
Can’t make it along? Don’t worry: our Online Editor Naoise Dolan will be liveblogging it from …