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Paris On A Budget
Can you travel to Paris without flashing the cash? Travel, page 11.
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Guantanimo Bay
Hunger strikes, force feeding and illegal detention Features, page 9.
Inside T+ The Mighty Stef
T+ sits down to talk life and music T+, Pages 5 - 6.
“YOU - WHO” SAY HELLO TO UCD A LOOK BACK AT STUDENT MEDIA P7 UCD Descends into Darkness
A copy of “You - Who” a paper produced in UCD during the 1950’s which was presented to the library archives at an event recently.
Rachel Carey News Editor UCD was submerged into darkness last Friday evening following a power cut to the Belfield campus and the surrounding area. The cut was caused by a fault on a high voltage transformer in the Mount Merrion substation, according to a spokesperson from the ESB. The power cut lasted for approximately two hours from 4pm until power was eventually restored at 6.05pm. Due to the lack of electricity many services around campus were forced to close, these included the Student Desk which closed early and the James Joyce Library which had to close for the rest of the evening. Students were also greatly affected by the power outage, UCD’s student run radio station, Belfield FM, were forced to put a halt to operations following the power cut. “The power outage in UCD stopped Belfield FM right in its tracks as we can’t do anything without electricity. However as there was nothing student Tribune that “UCDSU, as fundamentally stated in its constitution, centre staff could do to prevent it, we can’t really complain as is a democracy. Students make they were very helpful with decisions on all issues, and in regards to our studio equipment.” such cases the referendum is the Station Manager, Adam Turner, supreme decision making structold the College Tribune. ture.This democracy is reflected Students who were busy workthrough all structures in the Uning in UCD at the time were ion. During the recent abortion also affected. 4th year Zoology preferendum, no campaign was organised in favor of either option student Fiona Gough was runContinued on page 3 Continued on page 3
Petition Handed into UCDSU Asking for Reversal on Abortion Referendum Thomas Cullen News Writer UCD student and spokesperson for UCD Students Against Abortion Samuel O’Connor has handed in a petition to UCD Students’ Union President Mícheál Gallagher asking him to reconsider the Union’s current position on abortion. UCDSU recently adopted a stance that supports the legalisation of
abortion in Ireland upon request of the woman, after students voted on the issue in a preferendum which was held on campus. The petition, which was organised by O’Connor and handed into the UCDSU offices last Friday, has so far gathered over 45 signatures. The petition is addressed to Gallagher and asks him “to re-consider the pro-abortion stance and
return to the situation that existed before the preferendum, where every student’s personal beliefs on this delicate issue were respected.” It also explains that those who have signed it no longer feel that UCDSU represents them or their views. Gallagher has defended the union taking a position on the abortion issue, telling the College
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