This is my second to last ever editorial for this paper. Jesus, it still hasn’t properly sunk in. By the time you read this the deadline to apply for this job will likely have passed – hell, we may have even hired my successor. Not really on any sort of topic, but it’s just trippy…
On February 20th we launched our SU Satisfaction Survey, a survey to gauge student opinions on their SU over the last year, and more generally about how the Union is ran. We asked students thirty-six questions across five categories. These categories were: General Info, information about the person responding to the survey; Factual Questions, were…
Nominations for the National Student Media Awards, or Smedias, have today officially opened. The awards, which are given out every April in Dublin, have been going on for the last 17 years, and form the highlight of every student journalist’s calendar. Also known as the ‘Oscars for students’, the Smedias feature the past, present and future…
New legislation was recently passed in the Oireachtas that ensured that drivers would respect a minimum passing distance when overtaking cyclists. The new law will require drivers to allow one metre when passing cyclists on roads with a speed limit under 50 km/h, and 1 1/2 metres on roads with a limit of 50km/h or…
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) in partnership with UCC Students’ Union, UCC, and UCC Green Campus yesterday launched a major European energy efficiency and energy saving campaign called ‘Student Switch Off’ encouraging students in Cork to save energy and combat climate change. The campaign is supported by the European Union to the sum…
I can’t remember how many conversations I’ve had that haven’t contained at least three references to The Simpsons – it honestly may be easier to count the conversations that didn’t contain reference to Matt Groening’s cartoon creation. If you’re an Irish person of a certain age, your post-school afternoons were built around waiting for The…
I’m someone who’ll go to Netflix before anything else for entertainment. I know that’s not a unique characteristic, but it’s really true. As I write this I have the latest series of Grace and Frankie on in the background, and as I edited the rest of the paper I had new arrival to the service…
D’fhógair Cumann Comhshaoil UCC go mbeidh comhdháil saor in aisce acu ar an gcomhshaol agus athrú aeráide. Tionólfar Comhdháil Aeráide UCC san Aula Maxima stairiúil i Sciathán Thuaidh na hOllscoile Dé Luain 26 Feabhra. Beidh comhdháil comhdhéanta de shraith díospóireachtaí agus óráidí painéil, arna dtabhairt ag cainteoirí agus saineolaithe le linn an lae, maidir le…
Monday February 12th On this day, in 1946, former US Army Sergeant Isaac Woodard Jr. was beaten so badly by Batesburg SC chief-of-police Lynwood Shull that he was blinded. Woodard, who had been discharged from the military following the end of the war, was travelling on a Greyhound bus on his way back home. Having…
Raise and Give Week is an interesting phenomenon. We, as a student body, spend thousands of euro on running events, gigs and parties, and raise a few thousand more for some very special charities. I spoke to a local resident recently who didn’t know there was a charitable element to the debauchery that we students…