Trinity student wins prestigious journalism scholarship
Owen Bennett | Editor Sally Hayden, an International Politics Masters student in Trinity, was today confirmed as a winner of the Simon Cumbers media fund competition. Hayden and fellow winner Clare Herbert of UCD will both travel to Malawi later this year to produce on-the-ground media reports on the issues of justice and gender equality. [...]
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Crowded funding: Zach Braff’s Kickstarter controversy
Jack O’Kennedy | Staff writer Former “Scrubs” star and director of indie hit “Garden State” Zach Braff has been drawing a lot of attention from the Hollywood press in the last month, much of it negative. Following in the footsteps of the phenomenally successful “Veronica Mars” Kickstarter campaign, Braff decided to turn to the crowdfunding [...]
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Look Upon Your Works, Ye Mighty and Despair
Matt Taylor | Opinion editor For most of you, the end of exams has come with delight; an end to toil and the beginning of a summer filled with excitement, opening onto another year of opportunity and optimism. I do not know if I can speak for many of my peers who have just finished [...]
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Scholars to lose out in College accommodation reform
Hannah Ryan | Senior Staff Writer The University Times has learned that college authorities intend on relocating a portion of the Scholar accommodation allotment to Trinity Halls from the next academic year. The move comes following the publication of recommendations of the Working Group on Residential Accommodation (WGRA), established in September 2012 to deal with [...]
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Trinity student wins prestigious journalism s...
Owen Bennett | Editor Sally Hayden, an International Politics Masters student in Trinity, was today confirmed as a winner of the Simon Cumbers media fund competition. Hayden and fellow winner Clare Herbert of UCD will both travel to Malawi later this year to produce on-the-ground media reports on the issues of justice and gender equality. [...]
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Crowded funding: Zach Braff’s Kickstart...
Jack O’Kennedy | Staff writer Former “Scrubs” star and director of indie hit “Garden State” Zach Braff has been drawing a lot of attention from the Hollywood press in the last month, much of it negative. Following in the footsteps of the phenomenally successful “Veronica Mars” Kickstarter campaign, Braff decided to turn to the crowdfunding [...]
Opinion
Look Upon Your Works, Ye Mighty and Despair...
Matt Taylor | Opinion editor For most of you, the end of exams has come with delight; an end to toil and the beginning of a summer filled with excitement, opening onto another year of opportunity and optimism. I do not know if I can speak for many of my peers who have just finished [...]
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'Hey Bunny, take a walk on the wild side...
To coincide with Rainbow week, we’re running a series of articles on identity within the LGBT community and queer integration. Here, Joanna Pedrina meets Bunny, the glamorous diva with the body of a rugby player and the poise of a ballerina.
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Trinity student wins prestigious journalism scholarship
Owen Bennett | Editor Sally Hayden, an International Politics Masters student in Trinity, was today confirmed as a winner of the Simon Cumbers media fund competition. Hayden and fellow winner Clare Herbert of UCD will both travel to Malawi later this year to produce on-the-ground media reports on the issues of justice and gender equality. [...]
Crowded funding: Zach Braff’s Kickstarter controversy
Jack O’Kennedy | Staff writer Former “Scrubs” star and director of indie hit “Garden State” Zach Braff has been drawing a lot of attention from the Hollywood press in the last month, much of it negative. Following in the footsteps of the phenomenally successful “Veronica Mars” Kickstarter campaign, Braff decided to turn to the crowdfunding [...]
USI criticises Quinn following publication of SUSI report
Owen Bennett | Editor The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has criticised Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, following the findings of an independent report on the SUSI grants controversy earlier this year. The external review of Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) – the new centralised grant awarding agency – found that SUSI [...]
Look Upon Your Works, Ye Mighty and Despair
Matt Taylor | Opinion editor For most of you, the end of exams has come with delight; an end to toil and the beginning of a summer filled with excitement, opening onto another year of opportunity and optimism. I do not know if I can speak for many of my peers who have just finished [...]
Scholars to lose out in College accommodation reform
Hannah Ryan | Senior Staff Writer The University Times has learned that college authorities intend on relocating a portion of the Scholar accommodation allotment to Trinity Halls from the next academic year. The move comes following the publication of recommendations of the Working Group on Residential Accommodation (WGRA), established in September 2012 to deal with [...]
The Trinity Frat, One Year On
Owen Bennett | Editor Just over fourteen months ago, the college community was rocked by revelations made in The University Times concerning the existence of a previously undocumented fraternity within Trinity College, namely Theta Omicron, a chapter of the north-american based organisation Zeta Psi. ‘The Frat’ as it was labeled in Trinity discourse, immediately became [...]
NUI Galway Students’ Union Officially Adopts Pro-Choice Stance
Owen Bennett | Editor NUI Galway Students’ Union has officially adopted a pro-choice policy in support of the national campaign for full reproductive rights, which includes a woman’s right to abortion, whether elective or medically necessary. The policy was decided by a referendum of NUI Galway students earlier this year with over 70% of votes cast [...]
High Society
Shona McGarry | Societies editor I hope you’ve had fun reading about my various society-related exploits during the year. It’s certainly been interesting. It’s also shown me how societies really do keep Trinity alive and breathing. But after spending the past year as the Societies Editor of UT, what have I got to say about them? [...]
‘Unpaid internships are de facto only open to the wealthy’
Jack Leahy | TCDSU Education officer – elect The culture of acceptance encouraged by the economic orthodoxy of ‘sensible austerity’ is the logical basis for unpaid internships, increasing third-level fees, cuts to the maintenance grant, and pretty much any imperative to endure economic hardship. Because this argument makes us ask for nothing, that’s exactly what [...]
Unpaid Internships – Experience is Legal Tender
Julia O’Mahony | Staff writer A stand up comedian once told me that if you are able to enjoy what you’re doing and you put that aspect first, over time you will be surprised to find that people will want to pay you. He went on to say that if your goal was simply to [...]
