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…
When you likely read this, it will be the middle of Raise and Give Week. An annual event to raise money for various charities, it is also seen, by some, as an excuse for drinking, debauchery and vandalism. There are three constants to RAG Week, it seems: money is raised for some fantastic causes, house…
Monday January 29th In 1861, Kansas was admitted to the Union, and became the 34th State of the United States of America. Having been ‘settled’ in the earlier part of the 19th Century, Kansas was one of the major battlegrounds between pro-slavery and abolitionist parties. When Kansas entered the Union it did so as a…
I’m almost certain I’ve used this title for an editorial before, but the Bob Dylan article in Music has me thinking about Dylan, and it seems appropriate (though if I have used it before, it’s a little more ironic than intended). The times they are a changin’, though. This is the final issue of our…
American football is about to get a little more…erm, X, as Vince McMahon has officially relaunched the XFL to compete with the historic National Football League. The original XFL ran in the 2001 football off-season, and was a joint venture between the then-WWF (World Wrestling Federation) and television network NBC. Pitched as a more exciting…
The annual UCC Postgraduate Fair is to take place in Devere Hall tomorrow. The event is open to everyone considering further studies at a Postgraduate level in UCC, and offers to opportunity for prospective students to plan for the future, explore further study options relevant to specific interests, and to learn how a postgrad course…
Four University College Cork scientists feature in the latest “Highly Cited Researchers” list. The Highly Cited List is produced by Clarivate Analytics for the Web of Science, and details over 3,500 of the top researchers in various scientific fields, including biology & biochemistry, computer science, ecology, engineering, neuroscience, mathematics, physics and social sciences, among others….
Welcome back to college and to the UCC Express. It’s 2018, can you believe it? 2017, it’s generally accepted by now, was a pretty awful year for most, so those ‘New Year, New Me’ resolutions should be important for setting a good platform for you all. This year is certainly an important anniversary for the…
The story of Ibrahim Halawa, an Irishman imprisoned in Egypt awaiting trial for four years, dominated headlines and newspapers throughout his time in prison, but particularly in the last year as his time away from home was close to ending. A month after returning home at the end of October/beginning of November, Ibrahim gave a…
UCC’s Christmas Day celebration next year has already been cancelled following complaints from staff and local residents to both the college and the city council. Cork City Council’s Joint Policing Committee heard of the “havoc” caused in the local UCC area on Christmas Day, which was held on November 23rd, this year. UCC Students’ Union…