It’s that time of year again! For the next three days, Cork is about to inundated with some of the best Jazz bands and musicians that the world has to offer, as well as more pop-orientated artists. To help you get through the weekend and ensure that you do not miss the best of what…
Explaining the simple brilliance of Welcome to Night Vale to the uninitiated can be a difficult task at times. A podcast which presents itself as a small town radio news show, the titular town of Night Vale is located in an unknown state in the U.S. The small town news and gossip you’d usually find…
The UCC Students’ Union has re-affiliated with the national union, the USI, after this week’s referendum passed by an overwhelming majority of voting students. The USI responded to questions raised over transparency by publishing accounts over the weekend, while their on-campus presence was met with no visible opposition; paying off with a 91.4% ‘Yes’ vote…
The UCC President is put through his paces on library hours, semesterisation problems and the value of a UCC degree by Stephen Barry The first thing people tell you before going to question Michael Murphy is that he is hard to pin down: his mantra is that he doesn’t micromanage. It’s something he reaffirms…
The Boole Library will stay open an hour and a half longer than planned this evening, after the Students’ Union’s sit-in protests resulted in an agreement with the university. Instead of a 9.15pm closing time, the library will stay open until 10.45pm Monday to Thursday during the remainder of exams. It will open more than three…
Following criticism from the student body about inadequate opening hours, UCC’s Students’ Union has been engaged in a series of sit in protests in the Boole Library. These protests began on Sunday, the evening before exams started, and will continue this evening. The protest consists of SU members, along with any willing students, staying in…
The UCC Student’s Union has hit back at comments that they acted wrongly by introducing the controversial ‘Wipe the Slate’ motion to Student Council, which sought to wipe the previous five Council’s worth of mandates from the record, due to inadequate record keeping. While the motion passed by a majority of 65 to 23, since…
A recent Irish Times investigation has revealed that Dublin City University and University College Cork are the colleges in Ireland most likely to see their students graduate with a first class honours degree. This is despite the fact that entry requirements to these colleges are generally the same or lower than some of the other…
With persistent question marks over the lack of female involvement in student politics within UCC, the Students’ Union has announced that it plans to hold a series of workshops to tackle the issue head on. Speaking at a Philosophical Society panel discussion on ‘Sexism within UCC’, Mark Stanton confirmed that the union has begun working…
UCC 2 St Mary’s 1 UCC won their opening game of the Munster Senior League Premier Division season with a late comeback against a strong St Mary’s side. An own goal from Anthony O’Callaghan after 75 minutes proved to be the difference between the sides, after Evan Browne had equalised for UCC a minute earlier….