Editorial: Straight In The Deep End (At Least There’s Coffee)
Welcome to the 32nd Volume of The College Tribune. We are taking the reins of this prestigious publication from last year’s co-editors Rachel and Cian, in the hopes that we…
Editorial: UCD’s Lack of Student Projects Must Continue to Be Reported On
This issue marks the end of Volume 31 of the College Tribune. As the only self-funded student newspaper in Ireland, making it to the end of another year is always…
Editorial: Time to Say Goodbye
So we’ve come to the end of another academic year here in UCD and what a year it has been. Who would have guessed we’d have impeached Katie Ascough before…
Editorial: Crime Sometimes Does Pay
This issue’s Business and Law section features a piece on a recent Supreme Court ruling over the exclusionary rule in CAB v Murphy. In short, the case involved an invalid…
Editorial: Give Me An SU Candidate Who Actually Cares
Evidently Barry Murphy and Niall Torris didn’t read my last editorial about current SU sabbatical officers re-running which just shows you the power of the editorial. In fairness to Torris,…
Radical Image Revamp Required if SU Elections Are to Be Taken Seriously
The SU elections in Trinity College produced some interesting results with one of the presidential candidates forced to pull out on election day due to some unsavoury Snapchats which he…
UCD’s Administration As Complex as Ever
UCD’s new draft academic regulations unwittingly provide some interesting insights into the complexity of its administration. The draft regulations re-state the use of grade capping when a student fails a…
Editorial: Jackson/Olding Case Shows A System of Re-Traumatization
The issue of how sexual assault cases are tried on the island of Ireland is something that has been bugging me for awhile. I studied Neuroscience in UCD so I…
Editorial: SU Membership Still A Hot Topic
Automatic membership of UCD Students’ Union (UCDSU) continuously arises as a contentious topic. Following the abortion preferendum in 2013, Samuel O’Connor set up Irish Students for Freedom of Association (ISFA)…
Editorial: RAs Need To Be Looked After
Welcome back to a new semester in UCD where this Editor is hoping we don’t have to cover another impeachment. I simply just don’t have it in me. I’d also…
Editorial: Deeks’ Chinese Comments Draws Wrath From Staff
UCD President Andrew Deeks recently went public with a call to protect university autonomy. His letter published in the Irish Times was somewhat restrained, possibly after some of his previous…
Editorial: You Can’t Stop The Democracy Train
Since our last issue and at the time of writing, Barry Murphy and Rebecca Hart have declared themselves as candidates in the Presidential By Election. As well as that we…