UCD faces a loss of income as school of business considers its costs
University College Dublin could be facing a substantial loss of income in the coming years, following a decision by the school of business to review the annual dividends it pays…
Game Review: Dayz
In order to avoid family commitments, social events and shopping nightmares, I spent most of the term break dusting off the old Xbox and installing a few games on my…
Healthy Lunch Box: Pizza Pasta Salad
When you’re a student it can be tough to eat healthy. You’re either broke and don’t have the money to splash your cash on all those fancy health foods, or…
Alternative Medicine: A Focus on Acupuncture
Life as a student can be incredibly stressful and overwhelming. Faced with a bombardment of expectations and events upon entering college, it’s easy to become run down in a fast-paced,…
The Extraterrestrial and Potent Art of Takashi Murakami
Takeshi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist. Murakami dapples in fine art media; sculpture, paintings, fashion and animation. A graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts, he majored in the…
ENEMY: A DVD Review.
Jake Gyllenhaal and director Denis Villeneuve collaborated on two projects in 2013 — the psychological thriller Enemy and the highly successful Prisoners. Despite being shot first, Enemy only received a…
Ideas, Crafting Plots, and Killing Characters.
The Wordsmith’s Apprentice takes us through a few more of the processes to consider whilst writing novels and tells us what it was like channelling his inner serial character killer…
Let’s talk about New Zealand
Our travel columnist Brian Canavan is back, and this time he’s exploring what New Zealand’s north island has to offer. When it seems like most of the country has upped…
Victory for UCD’s Mark English at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Prague
Athletes blow roof off National Indoors as UCDs elite Czech in for Prague. The National Indoor Championships were held last weekend at the recently established Athlone I.T arena providing athletes…
Orange Lipstick – The Hue of 2015
Orange is not normally a colour we associate with beauty; between tan gone wrong and a bad dye job, orange is not the colour we mainly strive for. Orange lipstick…
Red Carpet Masterclass: Taylor Swift
Love her or hate her, medical Taylor Swift’s style has always been A1. While some might call her fashion choices safe or boring, for me, it is the simplicity of…
Workout Gear to Keep you Motivated
Motivation can’t be bought, check but any small thing that helps you along your fitness journey is worth a try. Wearing clothes that make you feel empowered is a good…