Radical transformation
Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn speaks to Conor McKenna regarding his plans for reform, university rankings and the student contribution Labour stepped into government with a number of promises to students, perhaps the most important being a vow to not increase the student contribution further. Recently they have come under pressure from student organisations such as [...]
Sugar Daddies: grab one today!
Niamh Emmett investigates he surprising new trend in online dating. “Your sugar daddy…will pamper you…cover your college fees, and might even whisk you off to Cannes for the weekend. All you have to do is date him.” “Is it any different [from prostitution] if the man you are sleeping with for money actually wants to [...]
“Rollercoaster” Education Officer Election
Sam Geoghegan was elected as Education Officer elect for the Students’ Union (SU) last Friday, after the final election count saw him win 2,674 votes out of a total of 4,864. The only student on the ballot paper against Mr. Geoghegan, Jennifer Fox, received 979 votes, before being knocked out, while the re-open nominations (RON) [...]
Live: SU Election Count (Last update, 19.35)
De Brún takes presidency, while Geoghegan beats RON and is elected to the position of Education Officer. Breslin for Welfare, Lacey for C&C and Darcy for Ents.
Hustings Heat Up 24 Hours before Election
A second round of UCD Students’ Union (UCDSU/SU) sabbatical candidate hustings took place last night. The event, which was organised by Belfield FM, was held in Theatre L in the Newman Building and was broadcast live online. Candidates from the Campaigns and Communications (C&C), Education, Welfare and the Presidential race took part in the occasion, [...]
Candidates Debate at Law Soc Hustings
Last Thursday night, a packed Theatre M played host to the 100th session of the Law Society’s Student Union sabbatical Election hustings. Candidates were heavily represented by their respective campaign teams in the audience and each was greeted with loud cheers when introduced by the auditor of the Law Society, Kieran McCarthy. Each candidate was [...]
Jen Fox Exits Education Race
Jennifer Fox has exited the race for Education Officer in the UCD Students’ Union Sabbatical Elections. Ms. Fox contracted swine flu on 18th March and as a result has decided she is not fit to contest the election. Fox is the second person to leave the race after Aine Gilhooly was disqualifed by the Independent [...]
Gilhooly Elimination Against SU Constitution
It has come to the attention of The College Tribune that the act to remove Áine Gilhooly from the UCD Students’ Union (SU) Election to become Education Officer was in breach of UCD Students’ Union constitution as notice of the appeal was not appropriately advertised on the UCDSU website. Ms. Gilhooly was eliminated from [...]
Education Candidate: Jen Fox
Jen Fox believes she is the best candidate for Education Officer; “I have the passion and the drive for it, I’m very excited about the whole thing. I know my stuff, I work very hard and I will do the best that I can.” The 21 year old from Dundalk lists preventing an increase in [...]
Education Candidate: Sam Geoghegan
Sam Geoghegan, a twenty year old Economics and Politics student believes he is the best candidate for the position of Education Officer as he is “hard working, honest, perhaps too honest, and very organised.” Geoghegan, from Killiney in Dublin, hopes to continue on from the work of both current UCDSU and USI campaigns. One of [...]