Opinion: UCD Has A Problem With Apathy
UCD has a problem with student apathy. Moreover, this highly pervasive problem is affecting some of the core and essential pillars to university life: societies, UCDSU, academia, socialising etc. etc.…
Opinion: Faux Moral Outrage Will Not Save The Amazon
‘The Lungs of Our World Are Burning’, a common phrase uttered by many in the recent media coverage of the Amazon fires, would have one believe that we inherited the…
Opinion: You don’t have an Anxiety Disorder (Probably)
In order to qualify for a diagnosis of an anxiety disorder, there are several criteria that must be met according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. One of the main…
Opinion: We Deserve Better Than UCDSU’s Project 392 Mental Health Campaign
CW: Mental Illness, Suicide 392: It’s the number of suicides the Central Statistics Office recorded for 2017 in Ireland. UCD students have probably had enough of seeing this number, on…
The Student Levy: Another Slap In The Face Of Every Student
Every year around Christmas, Dublin’s Grafton Street becomes the venue for a monster busking session by a number of high-profile Irish musicians, usually including the likes of Bono and Glen…
College Tribune Editor Applications Open for 2019/20
Job Description: The work of the editor or two co-editors is a demanding and full-time role. It involves producing the print issues fortnightly over the college year, as well as…
OPINION: What We Should Take From The Consent App Story
On Monday, The UCD School of Computer Science apologised for an email that was forwarded to all Stage three Computer Science students from a UCD Medical Student searching for an…
Editorial: A Call For Transparency
This final issue for semester one raises important questions about how our Students Union is run, the level of transparency present, and the work being done by the various officers…
Criticising Keepin’ It Country
Imagine listening to the radio and hearing the host tell you that a fellow student had “fired the full CC of spunk into from Kilkenny, inter-anally.” It’s a sentence that…
UCD Societies: What You Need To Know
Did you know that in an average week in UCD there are approximately seven meetups with free tea, coffee and chats? That once a week you can get discounted screenings…
Editorial: Thank You HortSoc, Very Cool!
Welcome to Issue 2 of the College Tribune with your intrepid editors Aaron and Muireann at the helm. It’s been a whirlwind of a fortnight since our first issue went…
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…