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Gillette: Toxic Masculinity, Feminism and why you should probably not stop buying their products.

Comment Ekatherina Gillen - January 16, 2019

If you live anywhere near enough to an internet connection it can be assumed that you have heard about the new Gillette...

Disparity in NUI representation is a symptom of the lack of Seanad reform

Comment Nathan Young - November 21, 2018

With UCD graduates being in the privileged position of being able to vote for senators, Nathan Young considers some of the less democratic aspects...

Can we expect UCD to take a stand – on anything?

Comment Claudia Dalby - November 21, 2018

In light of the CIA report on Prince bin Salman, Claudia Dalby asks if UCD management will take a stand on something that might...

What are my options, doc?

Comment Dylan O'Neill - November 3, 2018

Imagine you go to your local GP with a stomach ache. Upon initial assessment, they decide to order some tests to further determine the...

We consume news in the same way we consume social media

Comment Eva O Hara - November 2, 2018

It would be easy to analyse and discuss this year, both now and in the future, with the kind of end-of-days rhetoric we’re used...

Solidarity, not sucking up: Stand up for the Common Room!

Comment Jack Heron - December 13, 2018

Campus is undergoing something of a renewal recently - two examples being the widely-despised University Club and the plan to build a...

Gender Action Plan 2018-2020 shows representation is far from equal

Comment Ekatherina Gillen - November 29, 2018

In the Gender Action Plan 2018-2020 report, Minister of State for Higher Education in Ireland, Mary Mitchell O’Connor states that the National Review of...

Should gross negligence be considered a criminal offense?

Comment Dylan O'Neill - November 22, 2018

Yes by Dylan O’Neill When you think of ‘gross negligence’ what will no doubt come to mind is an image of a doctor telling a...

Head to head: Should be able to object to providing abortions?

Comment Jason Conroy - November 1, 2018

Yes, by Jason Conroy If a person comes to an Irish doctor pregnant, distressed, and looking for an abortion, no doctor will ever say, “you’re on...

Healthy UCD is a trick of smoke and sugars

Comment Nathan Young - October 31, 2018

In 2014, the first step of UCD’s smoke free campus was rolled out, with the banning of the sale of cigarettes on campus. Since...

The DUP are putting the Brexit cart before the horse

Comment Heather Reynolds - October 31, 2018

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), by virtue of a mistimed snap election, now holds more power than it ever has before, on an international...

Race for the Áras 2018

Comment Andrea Andres - October 26, 2018

After a colourful cast of characters declared interest in running for the office of the President, ranging from burlesque dancer tuned Marilyn Monroe impersonator...

A quiet referendum

Comment Rosemarie Gibbons - October 26, 2018

Ideas surrounding censorship and free speech are prominent topics of debate globally. This could be attributed to several things: easy access to social media,...

The housing crisis: a barrier to higher education

Comment Grace Donnellan - October 18, 2018

Only a couple of weeks ago, hundreds of students took a stand against raising rents and lack of housing at the “Raise the Roof”...