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November 3rd, 2009

Drop in the Ocean Kate Ferguson puts homeopathy under the microscope. Features p6

Senate needs Reform

Societies Shunning Rachael Shearer examines the nature of cliques in college. Features p7

Elizabeth Maye opposes abolition. Opinion p17

Strike may shut down College Unions agree to nationwide work stoppage November 24th Marykate Collins Deputy Editor Trinity College students and staff are sure to be affected by the recently proposed public sector pay cuts. Public sector unions have agreed to a nationwide 24-hour strike on Tuesday, November 24th. The unions discussed plans for the strike following talks with the Department of Finance on how to achieve €1.3 billion in cuts in the public sector pay bill. On Friday night last it emerged the Government will save about €300 million in a full year arising from the moratorium on recruitment in the public service and initiatives such as the incentivised early retirement and career break schemes aimed at reducing the numbers on the State’s payroll. The Government’s side in the talks has insisted that such savings cannot be taken into account in relation to the €1.3 billion reduction in the public sector pay bill it is seeking for 2010. Trade unions have said there was a need for the Government “to put up in lights” the amount already contributed by public servants through pension levy, pay rises foregone and operating with fewer staff as a result of the moratorium. College’s Communications Officer stated; “Should the

proposed strike action proceed on November 24, College will have in place procedures to maintain essential services and to respond to any emergencies that may occur during the course of the strike. Once the details of the proposed action become known Heads and Managers in each area will give due consideration to the number of staff available for duty in order to ensure that appropriate levels of supervision are in place throughout faculties, departments and laboratories to adequately protect the health and safety of students and others on campus.” However if the college security do decide to go on strike they will have to have skeleton staff in place, which would entail having the bare minimum members of security working. This is in keeping with college safety regulations. It is unsure yet as to whether teaching will stop on the day, if not then students will be faced with the decision of whether or not to pass the picket line. Students’ Union President Cónán Ó Broin stated that; “the Students’ Union does not have a stance on the merits or demerits of the strike. We are simply trying to protect students’ interests.” The Irish Federation of University Teachers’ (IFUT) Executive

has not yet had a chance to decide on their response as the proposal to have a national stoppage was only made to them on Wednesday last. Today however the unions who are proposing the strike will meet to work out the details of what exactly they will be doing on the day. It is expected to be announced this evening. If the strike action goes ahead as planned, the department of Finance will send out notices to unions stating that workers will not be paid for “unauthorised absence”. If even a fraction of the 320,000 public sector workforce went on strike, the Government could end up saving millions in pay costs. The total bill for the public sector is currently €20bn per annum and is being scrutinised by the Government for further cutbacks following last year’s pension levy. Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan had this to say, “The simple, stark reality is that we don’t have the funds to fund what the public service unions expect. And they are going to have to address that reality with us. If they choose to deny that reality, if they choose to embark on industrial action, for example, all that will happen is further damage to the economy and the people of this country.”

Students and other bus gate supporters stage a demonstration of their backing of the College Green bus corridor last Tuesday. Photo: David O’Dwyer

Students fight for bus gate Businesses take legal action to have the corridor removed Simone Hall News Writer Students protested last week in College Green regarding the proposal by certain Dublin businesses to abandon the bus gate, despite a remarkable reduction in bus journey times and a huge increase in the number of cyclists. Dublin City Council has been under pressure recently from certain businesses as they claim business has fallen by 30 per cent since the public transport priority measure was introduced on July

27th and that late-night retailing on Thursdays has been particularly hit because carborne shoppers find access to the city centre more difficult. The bus corridor, from which cars are excluded from 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm, Monday to Friday, is the subject of a High Court action against the council by 12 plaintiffs, including Brown Thomas, Louis Copeland, QPark and other multistorey car-park operators. Many Trinity students attended this protest to mark their indignation at the abandonment proposal. The

protest, organised by Students’ Union Environmental and Ethical Trading Officer Barra Roantree, has been quite successful, with both Noel Dempsay and John Gormley opposing the lifting of the Bus Gate. The Bus Gate has seen Dublin city centre become much less congested and much cleaner. The bus corridor at College Green was initiated by Dublin City Council in September 2009 to reduce commuting times for bus users, cyclists, drivers and reduce congestion. It has been remarkably successful at

achieving these aims, decreasing the maximum peak journey time from Parnell Square to Nassau Street from 40 minutes to just 10. Cyclist traffic along O’Connell street has increased 64% since the bus gate started while average speed in the city centre has more then doubled during hours of operation from 5km/ hr to 13km/hr. The fact that footfall along College Green has increased by 6% should in fact be seen as good for local businesses. A rally was organised yesterday at City Hall by Trinity

students to coincide with the Dublin City Council meeting where the decision was to be taken on whether or not to curtail Bus Gate hours during the Christmas period. At time of print the decision had yet to be announced yet speculation was rife that councillors would rule in favour of it. Green Party TD Ciaran Cuffe hoped the council would “hold firm” rather than ditch the bus gate for a period, while the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport described the move as “shortsighted in the extreme”.

Over two hundred reps Norris to fight Seanad attend training weekend abolition proposal James Hagan News Writer This year’s class reptraining weekend took place at the Carlton Hotel in North Dublin on the 17th and 18th of October last. The training took the form of a series of lectures and interactive exercises which aimed to inform the incoming reps regarding representing their classes to college authorities and organising social activities for them. It was a chance for the reps to familiarise themselves with the work of the Students’ Union at large and the role they play in it and introduce themselves to each other so they could work together over the coming year.

By these standards, the weekend was considered successful by most who were involved. The reps certainly got to know each other with much interaction and socialising taking place and a friendly atmosphere pervading in the hotel. In casual conversation during the weekend most reps asked about the training also said they felt they were learning a lot and that the weekend was valuable in this respect. Ashley Cooke, Education Officer, had this to say: “class rep training is intended to fully equip SU reps with the skills they need to carry out their job. It is also great for developing cohesion between the reps so that the union can be as efficient as

possible throughout the year. We are delighted about how the training went and all reports I have received from class reps have been overwhelmingly positive.” As well as lunch and dinner, the reps were treated to lectures from speakers both inside and outside the Students’ Union which formed the larger part of the training. Each of the Union’s Sabbatical Officers spoke, Cormac Cashman’s delightfully succinct lecture on welfare being a particular highlight. President Cónán Ó Broin emphasised the important role of the class reps within the wider Union and highlighted the lobbying power of the SU, particularly in regard to fees. The external speakers

included Collie McGivern, a negotiator who was involved in the Northern Ireland Peace Process and Ronan Hodson, President of the Graduate Students’ Union, whose informative and humorous speech on student representation was well received, offering as it did an invaluable insight into how decisions are made in Trinity. However naturally the weekend involved much socialising, which unfortunately led to damages being done. Many attendees were seen to be intoxicated on the night of Saturday the 18th leading certain people to unnecessarily discharge six fire extinguishers. They then Continued page 3

Leanna Byrne News Writer Dublin University Senator David Norris strongly opposed Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny’s proposals to abolish Seanad Éireann in an interview with The University Times last week. Senator David Norris ardently stated that Kenny’s “political stand” was a populist move. In fact, he views Kenny’s move as being an

effort “to atone for the sins of the Dáil”. The decision is said to be another bid for Fine Gael to take political control over Fianna Fáil. The Senator then went on to criticise the manner in which the order of business was dealt with last Saturday, claiming that “he didn’t even consult his own party before releasing his brilliant plan”. Such a dramatic announcement came as a shock to many senators. Senator

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Norris stressed that up until last Saturday the order of business for the government was to make necessary reforms to the Seanad. The recommendations of Seanad reform were also supported by the Labour Party. A Dáil report had pointed out many flaws in the Seanad voting system, highlighting especially the eleven senators appointed by the Taoiseach as a particular area that needed reform.

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Senator Norris articulated his view that “the 43 senators that are elected are elected by county councilors that have no right to vote.” He suggested making adjustments by giving a voice to such groups as trade unions, farmers, nurses and teachers in the Seanad. Mr Kenny went against this report and announced his plan to abolish the Continued page 2

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Tuesday, November 3rd | The University Times 2

TUESDAY 3rd November

The Hist 2.30pm, GMB

Swing Ball

Law Soc 6pm, The Westin Hotel

Jason Byrne

Galway trip sign-up

DUBES Arts Block

‘How to write a 90 mins play in 60 mins’

DU Players 3pm, Players Theatre

THURSDAY 5th November

Fashion show in aid of M.O.V.E

Tickets 10 euro 8pm, Spy

Trinity Entrepreneurial Society with DU Food & Drink 6.30pm, 4050b Arts Block ‘That this house would negotiate with Hammas’ The Hist 7.30, GMB

Marykate Collins, Deputy Editor

Every issue The University Times features upcoming student events for the coming three weeks in this coloumn. If you would like to have your event featured here email deatils of it to events@universitytimes.ie Please provide us with the time, date, location and host of the event. All efforts are made to ensure that this events diary is correct at time of publishing. However all event details are subject to change and we suggest you contact the sociecty in question to confrim the event details.

Mental Health Awareness Week Continuted from page 1

his week from the 2nd to the 6th Mental Health Awareness Week will be taking place in college. The activities of Mental Health Awareness Week are aimed to make every student aware of mental health issues and the importance of taking care of our mental health. Through seminars, information circulated by the SU, special events and team work, the college will promote awareness about the various services available for students with Mental Health issues. From the Student Counselling Service to the Mental Health Portal to Student to Student, there is help available to anyone in need. The Students’ Union Welfare Officer Cormac Cashman is keen to stress the importance of this week; “ Mental Health Week is all about raising awareness of the importance of keeping our mental health in check. Those support services which are vital to students are highlighted and hopefully those students who require support learn where they are, how to contact them and feel comfortable doing so.” Throughout the week there will be stands in the Arts Block and the Hamilton giving out info, tea and coffee. Tonight Jason Byrne will be playing a gig in the Davis Theatre in the Arts Block entitled ‘Please Talk, Please Laugh’. The gig is free and tickets can be collected from stands in the Arts Block or Hamilton. Other events taking place during the week include the ‘Niteline & Please Talk Awareness Day’ on wednesday. There will be information available on these vital student services at all stands and from campaigners in Mental Health week tshirts. On Thursday at 12.00 pm in the Players Theatre, ‘ Note to Self, Please Talk, Please Listen’ will be staged. It is a moving piece on the importance of mental Health issues and the importance of seeking help.

Seanad entirely and to remove 20 seats from the Dáil. This controversial decision sprang from his study of European political systems and the New Zealand parliament that boasts a working system without a Second House. Although Kenny has been met by strong objections from many senators and TDs he strongly defends his decision. The party leader had strong support in Fine Gael from leading members such as Seanad leader Frances Fitzgerald and her colleagues Liam Twomey and Paschal Donohoe. Even Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey appeared to be backing Kenny when he illustrated his own uncertainty about the role of the Seanad last Monday. It seems that the majority of Fine Gael TDs and senators are committed to this radical change to the system in an effort to save money for the tax payer. Fine Gael claim that abolishing the Seanad would save tax payers €150 million over the course of a Dáil term. On the other hand, the Seanad arguably benefits certain sectors. Three of the Seanad senators David Norris, Ivana Backic and Shane Ross are elected by Dublin University graduates. The Seanad is also one of the main initiators of The Universities Act of 1997 which established the legislative conditions which must be obtained for an educational institution or college to be recognised as a university in Ireland. TCD is one of seven universities recognised under this act. Mr Kenny is eager to put the proposal before the people in a referendum within 12 months of Fine Gael coming into government. Senator David Norris told The University Times that he would “fight this proposal” and that that he was optimistic to gain much support from senators and TDs.

Have your event featured

JF Business and French It’s nothing really to do with students. I think everyone will just carry on as usual.

Cully & Sully

Norris opposes Kenny proposal DUSSC Ski trip sign up at www.dusnowsports.com

Alan Farrell

Palestine Debate

SF English Literature and Film Studies I don’t really know much about it. So I would pass it.

Gwen McElwee

Mental Health Awareness Week 12pm, Players Theatre

Christopher Davies

‘Note to Self, Please Talk, Please Listen’

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Henry Cartwright SS BESS I would pass the picket line because I still need to get to college. I live on campus!

JS Drama and French Yes, I would pass it. It’s not that I don’t support the reasons they’re going on strike, but I have to go to college!

Ken Wade

WEDNESDAY 4th November

FROM THE FRONT PAGE SUNDAY 8th November

SS History and Politics I would pass the picket line because it’s not my problem. If they need to strike they’re more than welcome to but it’s not my concern.

David Fraher

JF Italian and Spanish I would pass the picket line. As long as as nobody throws something at me!

JF History and Classical Civilisation I would walk past the picket line. You shouldn’t feel intimidated not to walk somewhere just because people are protesting. DUBES Arts Block

JF Science I would feel a certain amount of solidarity so I don’t think I could pass it. They’re striking for a reason, for better pay, better working conditions.

Postgrad Economics I don’t know why they are striking but everything I do is on campus so I would have to pass it. I have to study. My exams or my classes aren’t going to stop because people are going on strike.

Charles Fox Cathal Dunne

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Isabelle Cumming-Bruce SF BESS I don’t think I would. I wouldn’t feel comfortable with it. Even with the Fees protest, people from other sectors helped us out, so we should show solidarity with them.

Heather McLaughlin Free Gig with Comedy Soc & Please Talk 7.45 pm, Davis Theatre

“If the college was picketed, would you cross the line?” An Audience with Noam Chomsky, interviewed by Robert Fisk

VOX POPULAI Upcoming events

“The sort of activity involved is what we mean when we speak of the Trinity experience.”

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FRIDAY 6th November

Med’s Got Talent

Med Day 7.30pm, Ed Burke Theatre

The University Times | Tuesday, November 3rd

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Progress being made on student centre Leanna Byrne News Writer Trinity College Dublin has given funding priority to a Student Centre in a bid to be a leading example of how a university can contribute to society and change the campus life through promoting student activity. Although planning permission is yet to be confirmed, Students’ Union President Cónán Ó Broin is enthusiastic about how he expects the new Student Centre could enrich the student environment on campus.

“It’s badly needed because there is currently no social space for students or for gigs,” says Ó Broin. “It will add to student life.” The Centre is planned to be situated in Luce Hall, which was formerly a sports hall. It is also scheduled to be finished by September 2011. Ó Broin wished to stress that “plans change”, that there may be further development which will be revealed as information becomes available. The new Student Centre is hoped to provide new infrastructure, supports and

services for students. A student space, gig space, internet cafe, bank, shop and health services are some of the numerous services that the SU President mentioned would be on offer to students. Ó Broin also told The University Times that the Students’ Union offices would be moving from their traditional headquarters House 6 to the Student Centre. This would ultimately create more space for the university’s numerous societies (approximately 100 societies) and clubs. This would benefit many clubs and societies as there

is currently no communal space in which they can meet. As it stands, clubs and societies have to resort to meeting in unusual and inconvenient spaces. The Centre will contribute to clubs and societies being more organised, making them more accessible and structured for students who wish to participate. The Honorary Treasurer of Central Societies Committee Joseph O’Gorman confirmed that plans to move some of the societies to the new Centre have been put in motion. Following talks that took place during the last Trinity

term the CSC has also had a central role in the instigation of the Student Centre. The societies will have rooms that will take up part of the building along with the many services that will be on offer. Of course, such renowned societies such as the Philosophical Society and the Historical Society will still reside in the Graduates’ Memorial Building (GMB) and will remain student orientated. O’Gorman claimed that “the GMB and the Phil and the Hist have nothing to do with the Student Centre”.

Students are responding positively to this innovative idea. Junior Freshman Class Representative for TSM music, Johanna Clancy, said “Knowing there is a definite meeting place for clubs, I feel like I would be more likely to attend the various events.” Students’ Union President Ó Broin assures students that more information regarding the Student Centre will be available in due course.

Trinity lecturer hits out as UCD claims to be best in Ireland Marykate Collins Deputy Editor

Students at the class rep training weekend give Ents Officer Mick Birmingham a boost.

Damages incurred at training weekend Continued from page 1 proceeded to spray anyone or anything which crossed their path. A particular section of the wallpaper on the 2nd floor was thus destroyed. The total cost of this fire extinguisher incident is thought to be in the region of €300. The most serious incident however involved a table being thrown off a balcony. There were rumours that the table actually smashed

through a car window, bu these were proven to be completely unsubstainsiated. It is not yet certain how this incident came to pass, or who the perpetrators were, yet rumours are rife amongst the student body. Regarding the damages, Ashley Cooke said: “Having brought over 200 students away for an overnight training session we felt the event went particularly well. As with any large group you will always get one or two

who ‘act up’ and there were some small incidences involving fire extinguishers. No significant damage was done and the hotel have stated that they will be delighted to have us back again.” The total cost of the weekend came to €14,760 for all 246 class reps. Damages are thought to be in the region of €1,500, however this figure has yet to be finalised.

Dr Gerald Morgan of Trinity’s English Department has hit out at cliams that UCD are Ireland’s best university. On the welcome note of the UCD website the college has dubbed itself as Ireland’s ‘Premier University’, which appears on google when you search for UCD. Dr Morgan has asked the university to clarify why it considers itself the best university in Ireland when the Times Higher Education/ QS University Rankings has placed Trinity at No.1 in Ireland, and UCD at No.2. In world rankings Trinity is placed 43rd while UCD is 89th. Dr Morgan stated that; “It’s a great achievement for Trinity to be 43 and for UCD to say it’s the premier university at 89...it’s for them to clarify what they mean, and it’s very important that we know who the best people are. We’ve got to make it right.” He went on to say that: “Of all our institutions, universities above all cannot be seen publicly to be promoting falsehoods. We shall lose credibility on the international stage if that is seen to be the case.” What seems to be of particular worry is that this false claim is so visible to anyone who enters UCD on Google. For any prospective International students it is very misleading and could indeed damage Trinity’s educational status. Dr Morgan has stressed that he “expects UCD to clarify its position on this issue as a matter of courtesy to all of us in Ireland.” Trinity has in the past 10 years been ranked the top university in Ireland, according to the lecturer. It is UCD’s first time to enter the top 100.

He added: “Trinity could say that it is the premier university but it wouldn’t because it would be a discourtesy to the other universities.” Dr Morgan was keen however to stress that these views were his and not in any way connected with Trinity. Dr Morgan, a senior lecturer in the English department, is no stranger to controversy. A few years ago upon being accused of sexual harassment by a female colleague, he proceeded to email many Trinity employees referring to the claimant as being ‘dumb without the virtue of being blonde’. This led to much trouble for Morgan as a three month suspension was enforced followed by a ban from the Arts Building for that period. Dr Morgan resigned as a Fellow in protest. Morgan has been with Trinity since 1968. There has always been a good natured rivalry between Trinity and UCD and causing a cooling of relations is not what Dr Morgan intends to do. He stated; “We ought to applaud the achievements of both universities but you can’t make statements that you can’t stand over.” UCD however have claimed that it is; “possible to have two leading universities in Ireland, just the same as it’s possible to have two or three top athletes in a country.” Trinity and UCD have been working very closely lately as part of the TCD / UCD Innovation Alliance. This is a radical partnership which will work with the education sector, the State and its agencies and the business and venture capital communities to develop a world-class ecosystem for innovation that will drive enterprise development and the creation of

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Senior College officials have expressed concerns at a recent decision by one 3rd level institution to withdraw offers of early retirement to staff. The main concern seems to be a concern that provisions in the current College pension plan relating to early retirement at sixty will not be honored. The College noted at a sitting of Board on September 16 that staff of the College

had a ‘legitimate expectation’ in relation to the provisions of the College pension scheme, which included the option to retire at sixty. This arose due to legislation that will see all College pensions, assets and liabilities transfered to the State. The College was advised on June 17 that the issue of retirement at sixty needed to be urgently addressed because once the legislation is passed it will require the consent of the Minister for Education and the Minister for Finance to amend it.

The Finance Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009 was passed by the Oireachatis which transfered the pensions from the College to the State’s pension reserve fund. The Director of Strategic Initiatives, Michael Gleeson told Board that ‘efforts are being made to restore the provisions relating to retirement at sixty which were in place prior to 2003.’ The National Pensions Reserve Fund was established in April 2001 to meet as much as possible of the costs of

Efforts are being made to restore the provisions Michael Gleeson

Ireland’s social welfare and public service pensions from 2025 onwards when these costs are projected to increase dramatically due to the ageing of the population. The Fund is controlled and managed by the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission. The Commission’s functions include the determination and implementation of the Fund’s investment strategy in accordance with its statutory investment policy. This policy requires that the Fund be invested so as to secure the optimal total

The USI voices its support of ICTU protest The Union of Students in Ireland is supporting planned strikes by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) next month. The USI is opposed to government plans to slash the public sector wage bill by €1.3 billion. This decrease in the pay bill will only lead to a further unrest among the teachers of Ireland and it will also fur- Peter Mannion, Union of ther stifle the recovery of Students in Ireland President the economy. USI President, Peter Mannion, said: “The USI represents over 250,000 students nationwide. We are taking this opportunity to urge these students to join the ICTU strikes, which have been organised over the coming weeks around the country. We are impelling the students of Ireland to demand a better future for themselves. Our students are tomorrow’s graduates and any changes in pay or working conditions in the public sector will directly affect them in years to come.” Simone Hall, News Writer

Works finish on newly accessible Pav The Pavilion bar works have finally finished in what has been hailed a great success. Works finished last week to unveil the refurbished bar. The main bar section is now much larger and has an extension which is intended to be a seating area. The new toilets are also a great improvement with much more space and a wider hall through which wheelchair users can enter. The new external staircase is also much safer as it is less steep and has foot grips to prevent any unfortunate incidences. The greatest new feature is that of a lift, making the bar wheelchair accessible. Marykate Collins, Deputy Editor

sustainable high value jobs. In relation to this UCD stated that they “work closely with Trinity, and a new innovation alliance has been set up with Trinity recently. It’s a major move between two universities to work together.”

Of all our institutions, universities above all cannot be seen publicly to be promoting falsehoods. Dr Gerald Morgan

Concerns raised over pensions of college officers Carl Doherty News Writer

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financial return provided the level of risk is acceptable to the Commission. In February 2009 the Minister for Finance announced that the Fund would finance a €7 billion bank recapitalisation programme. Investments made in financial institutions by the Fund under the programme are made under Ministerial direction and the Fund’s statutory investment policy is not applied to these investments.

EC decision called out at first council of year The first students’ union council of the year was held on tuesday the 29th October. Class reps filed into the MacNeill Theatre in The Hamilton in what was one of the best turn-outs of recent years. Elections took place for committees such as Communications, Environmental , Welfare, Education and Chapel. Controversially a motion was put forward to overturn an Electoral Commission (EC) ruling. This was in relation to the ballot card system in place on that particular evening. The motion was however not passed. Chair of Council Pauline Byrne said that she was happy with how the council went; “a lot of people ran for the positions that were available which showed the interest there was in getting involved as a whole.” Marykate Collins, Deputy Editor

Movember promotes prostate cancer awareness For the entire month of Movember, Trinity’s men will be ditching their razors and donning a ‘tache for cash. In aid of Prostate Cancer Awareness, men throughout Trinity will grow a vast array of facial hair and will be raising money for the cause. Get rid of that clean cut look and come up to the Trinity Cancer Society stand in the Arts Block, we’ll be there from Tuesday November 3rd until Friday November 6th. Please support this great cause and do something different with your face! Darragh Genockey, Trinity Cancer Society

New LGBTRO elected The Students’ Union has elected a new Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights officer. Clodagh McCarthyLuddy, a Junior Freshman student of Computer Science, Linguistics and Irish was elected to the position at first council on the night of Tuesday October 20th. The job of the LGBTRO is to deal with any issues arising for LGBT students such as discrimination or any disadvantages students may face because of their sexual orientation. The LGBTRO coordinates a lot of the activities and goings on of Rainbow Week, with the objective to educate and integrate and familiarise. Simone Hall, News Writer

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Students scrub up for Med Day to raise money for chairty Carl Doherty News Writer This November sees the return of the well known and loved Trinity Med Day. The college charity fundraising day takes place throughout Dublin on Friday 6th November, 2009. Trinity College medical students are appealing to the general public to support their fundraising efforts to collect monies for two well deserving Irish causes: Stroke Services in St James’s Hospital and Mental Health Rehabilitation Services in Dublin. They are also keeping up their annual tradition of supporting the Trinity Access Programme. Inflatable bungee running, gladiator jousting, Med Day ‘SuperCup’ Soccer, all to the tune of Dublin’s FM104 Roadhog, are just some of the hair-raising campus capers taking place on the afternoon of the 6th. Later on, Dave McSavage will host the always-amusing bachelor-bachelorette auction. This will be followed by a talent show in the Ed Burke during which our raffle will be held. George Hook will be helping out as patron this year. ‘We are really looking forward to an action packed day’, says Med Day Chairperson Michael Durand, ‘one that brings the entire medical student body together and gives us an opportunity to help the patients that we learn so much from.’

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Brainchild of former Trinity medical student Alan Watts back in 2002 - Med Day 2009 is being run by 4th year Trinity medical students, with up to 550 students taking to the streets to collect funds for the chosen beneficiaries. A Health Screening service, open to the general public, will also take place on campus with the support of Pfizer Ireland. This year’s funds will help equip Stroke Services of St James’s Hospital with vital

equipment for the management of dysphagia, a potentially life-threatening complication of stroke. ‘We are delighted with the support of Trinity Med Day’, says Dr J. Harbison, Consultant Stroke Physician and Geriatrician SJH. ‘Stroke is the commonest cause of adult severe physical disability in Ireland. Funds will also be raised to help several of the institutions that make up the South Dublin Mental Health Service. Professor Michael Gill,

of the Jonathon Swift Clinic in St James’s Hospital, spoke of the importance of Trinity Med Day’s support: ‘We are extremely glad of the support of Trinity Med Day this year. Mental Health is such an important aspect of Health in general, with 1 in 10 people being affected by it at some stage in their lives, yet often seen as a soft option for funding cuts.’ Med Day has raised in excess of €400,000 since it started in 2002. Each year monies collected go towards

well deserving projects in Dublin Hospitals. The Centre for Cardiovascular Risk in Younger Persons, AMNCH Tallaght and the Acute Stroke Services, St James’s Hospital both benefitted from Med Day 2008’s fundraising efforts which culminated in an impressive total of €60,000.

Trinity College has found itself well represented at the first annual Irish Undergraduate Awards held in Royal Irish Academy on Thursday 20th of October, with the work of thirteen Trinity students being recognized. The awards have been presented as “careerchanging opportunities for undergraduates capable of producing interesting and insightful work outside of the exam hall.” The final thirty-three students who received the award were gleaned from twenty-eight academic fields across the seven Irish universities. After a year long search in which candidates were assessed on the basis of their essays, papers, projects and dissertations, every student received a gold medal which was presented by President Mary McAleese at the ceremony.

Following this presentation, the President addressed the assembled audience. She emphasized the significance this generation of college graduates will have on Ireland’s economic future, and acknowledged the importance of the academic and intellectual achievements of undergraduates. Chairperson of the awards, Jim Barry, echoed the presidents sentiments when he stressed the role the awards would play in “fostering a greater culture of scholarship at the very moment when our country needs it most. Ireland needs creative, critical and original thinkers now more than ever and the awards will play a significant part in helping to create the right environment for these types of people to flourish.” The initiative has a strong Trinity connection as it is the brainchild of Trinity alumni Paddy Cosgrave and Oisin Hanrahan. Confronted with the yearly frustration of

seeing students’ examination work sitting in storerooms, Paddy Prendergast, who is also Trinity’s Vice-Provost, hoped that the awards would be all about “supercharging the minds of students.” The Undergraduate Awards of Ireland were established on October 29th 2008 for precisely this reason: to catalyse the development of the brightest undergraduates, and to inspire all undergraduates to achieve. Jim Barry also hoped that the awards would help to “enhance Ireland’s prospects of becoming a leading global knowledge economy by creating an entirely new and unique set of incentives and rewards for undergraduates.” Hundred’s of leading figures from across Irish academia, journalism and the corporate sector were involved in the initiative. Judges for the Awards included Maeve Donovan, Managing Director of the Irish Times, Peter Sutherland, Chairman of BP and

Paddy Cosgrave, one of the men behind the awards, poses with the gold medal prize given to all the winners Goldman Sachs, and Danuta Gray, CEO of O2. Meanwhile, the board of the awards itself includes the Presidents of UL, DCU and NUIG, along with Trinity’s Vice-Provost, Professor Paddy Prendergast. In addition to the awards themselves, the winning work will be showcased in a new yearly journal, entitled the Irish Undergraduate

Trinity college is currently without a Chair of Theology and a Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English, an issue raised at the University Board meeting held on September 16th last. While efforts have been made to fill the positions none have been successful with the preferred candidates for both positions declining the respective Chairs. The Board of the University has now decided that there is no appointable candidate for the Chair of Theology and the Chair is to remain vacant for the present. The Board has now moved onto pursuing the second appointable candidate for the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature. A source connected to the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance English has told University Times that they understand from colleagues in the UK that the chair has been offered to a Milton specialist. This a controversial move when a Milton(1608- 1674) specialist would not be considered to have expertise in the Middle Ages or, arguably, the Renaissance. According to Dr Alyn Stacey, founder of the centre for Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, said that it was vitally important that the Chair be filled swiftly but only by an exceptional specialist in

Journal. Work from all twenty-eight fields will be included giving students an added sense of recognition as well as the chance to have their views and opinions heard by experts in their chosen field.

both Medieval and Renaissance literature. Dr Alyn Stacey would like to see Dr Gerald Morgan (School of English, TCD) take the position, whom she called an obvious candidate for the post in light of his outstanding service to the subject and the College. However, Dr Morgan has not applied for the position. The College appointment system is in disarray. The new College appointment system allows for a maximum of 30 posts to be made available in the college as a whole each year. This system requires that college departments compete against one another to secure an appointment. This means that departments who had appointments ready to be filled this year lost out on the opportunity to appoint to the still vacant Chair of Theology and Chair of Medieval and Renaissance. Even after the 30 posts to be appointed have been decided, the appointment process remains vague with even senior academics uncertain about who is being invited to fill positions in their departments and are hearing about appointments on the academic grapevine.

Number of Trinity students using mental health services doubles Ailbhe Brazel News Writer

Trinity fares well in first annual undergraduate awards Emma Keaveney Senior Writer

Chairs of Theology and Medieval and Renaissance English vacant

The numbers of students in Trinity College Dublin seeking help for mental health difficulties has doubled to 107 in the past year, according to a five year report on the Unilink service released last week. Established in 2004, Unilink offers oneon-one sessions with qualified occupational therapists to students referred with mental health issues including Asperger’s Syndrome, Attention Deficit Disorder, Depression and Eating Disorders. These various difficulties can often impede the student’s ability to participate both academically and socially in college life. The transition into an unknown environment directly after completing stressful end of school exams can be an overwhelming experience for any Freshman. Final year students are subjected to intense academic pressure as they, too, enter a life altering period. These already hectic times can be exacerbated in some cases by pre-existing mental difficulties. It is therefore unsurprising that the main disorder students come to UniLink with is depression, often brought on by excessive stress. Predictably, large peaks in those availing of the services are observable in the first and final year student population. According to Clodagh Nolan, Head of Occupational Therapy at TCD, “The focus of this occupational therapy programme is on the ‘here and now’ and on the ‘doing’ to enable students to manage their mental health difficulties and achieve their degree. Often individuals with mental health problems have capacity for intellectual engagement and achievement but lack the practical know how to put their capacity

into practice” UniLink help develop self management, organisational and study skills through goal setting, timetabling and other exercises whilst also teaching the basics of social interaction and non-verbal communication with interactive role plays. Trinity College Dublin is the first university in Ireland to provide such a practical occupational programme to its students. These services could not have come at a more appropriate time. A survey from the Association for Higher Education Access and Disability (AHEAD) states that in the past 10 years the numbers of students in third level education with disabilities has risen by almost 250%, with nearly 380 suffering from mental health issues. Stiofán Ó Broin, Trinity Students’ Union’s Officer for Students with Disabilities, said “UniLink has been successful. There’s always been a great demand for help in Trinity. A lot of services are there for the students, they’re just not being used. Some of the main problems are that students don’t know they exist or they’re worried there might be a stigma attached to registering with the services… It can be a bit daunting sometimes to make appointments with people you don’t know but you can talk to me, the Welfare Officer, your tutor, or the disability services.” Ó Broin went on to say that anyone who wishs to avail of any of the services available to those with mental health issues should contact the Mental Health Service about UniLink.

And the winners are... The following is a list of the Trinity students that won awards in their categories at the first annual Irish Undergraduate Awards.

Dental Science Emer Walshe “Discuss the aetiology and management of gingival hyperplasia in organ transplant patients” Drama, Film & Music Ciara Barrett “Bigas Luna’s ‘Retratos Ibericos’ and the general performance of self”

Economics Michael Curran “An economic investigation into whether the term spread helps to explain the dynamics of GDP growth in the euro area” English Tim McInerney “Tragedy in triumph: the Lost Paradises of Hal the Hypocrite”

Genetics and Microbiology Darren Fitzpatrick “The evolution of the adaptive immune system” Philosophy Thomas Morris “Consequentialists can never be good friends” Psychology Clíodhna O’Connor “The direction of influence between language and thought”

Religion Eimhin Walsh “Doceism and 1 John” Business Anne Byrne, Grainne Conroy and Megan Huxhold “Different Cultures, Same Culture? International HRS in Whole Foods Market Inc.”

Linguistics Erika Dowling “Adolescent preferences and priorities for the design of current augmentative and alternative communication devices” Classics Melanie Hayes “Gender in Olympus: Goddesses in the Iliad. ‘The Son he never had’: Zeus’ parthenogenetic creation of a surrogate son?”

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Trinity Cancer Society campaign for Cervical Cancer Vaccination

The Trinity Cancer Society in association with the Student Health Centre are launching a college-wide campaign to have the cervical cancer vaccination brought in for the cost price of €390. The society want to get the message out there that this is not just a vaccination for nine year old girls. Any young women under the age of 25 may be eligible for this vaccination and a quick visit to the Health Centre will let you know for definite. They have decided to use the Gardasil brand of the vaccination. It is given as a series of three injections over a six month period and protects against 75% of cervical cancer as well as genital warts. The website tellher.ie is a great source of information about cervical cancer and what you can do to protect yourself against HPV. In Europe, cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths amongst women. Most women will be exposed to the human papillomavirus at some point in their lives and so prevention just makes sense.Cervical cancer can affect any woman. It is caused by the human papillomavirus which is contracted through sexual contact. It is estimated that most people diagnosed with cervical cancer will have picked up the virus between the ages of 16 and 25.

control to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in respect of expenditure of public funds, as set out in the financial statements”. Dr Travers firmly pointed out to the Dáil that “there has been relatively little capital investment in the colleges of education in recent decades”. He highlighted the fact that in the absence of State funding, Marino embarked on a significant campus development for essential facilities which was funded through borrowings. Dr Travers also saw no logic in cuts to the teaching colleges, but stressed further that the Government had a duty to continue funding these colleges, “despite the difficult financial times”. He went on further persuade the Government that they would not gain anything by cutting teaching colleges as it would lead to a shortage in primary school teachers and a demand for more teaching colleges in the future.

Marino Institute of Education is one Trinity’s teacher-training affiliates that will have it’s government funding phased out.

The Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin has ardently objected to the Government’s plans to cut funding for three teacher-training colleges last week in his presidential address to the Dublin and Glendalough synod. In an Irish Times article published last week, Dr Neill criticised the Government’s plans to cut funding for the teacher training colleges. He accused the Government of mounting a “very determined and doctrinaire effort … to strike at a sector which some officials totally failed to understand”. Marino Institute of Education, Froebel College and Church of Ireland College of Education are three teachertraining colleges affiliated to Trinity College. The Government announced last month that they planned to phase out funding for these teaching colleges. This proposal was strongly backed by the Department of Finance as the deemed it necessary to make many cuts to third level education as a means to make amends to the Irish economy. Dr. Pauric Travers, president of St. Patrick’s College, also criticized the Government’s plans in a parliamentary debate in the Dáil last April. Dr Travers told the Dáil that “there is an effective system of internal financial

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Political party Éirígí have been refused recognition as a society. This refusal was made on the grounds that the Central Societies Committee executive felt that Éirígí did not meet their criteria for establishing a society. CSC also felt that the aims of the organisation were already covered by existing societies. Éirígí are a socialist republican party that, according to their website, are, “committed to ending the British occupation of the six counties and the establishment of a thirtytwo county Democratic Socialist Republic.” Éirígí have stated that they wish to appeal the decision but have yet to officially begin the process with CSC. It has been stated by the CSC executive that Éirígí TCD would not contribute to college life. A petition was established to recognise Éirígí as a student society. It received over 100 names and student IDs. According to a press release from Trinity Éirígí the organisation plans to bring up the matter of their recognition at the CSC’s Term General Meeting this coming January, though to do this they will need support from the treasurers of two existing, fully recognised societies. Leanna Byrne News Writer

Science Foundation Ireland funded researcher and Professor of Biochemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, Luke O’Neill, has won the prestigious RDS Irish Times Boyle Medal for Scientific Excellence for his pioneering work on the molecular understanding of innate immunity and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Professor O’Neill’s distinguished work has focused on “Toll-like receptors”, a family of proteins which respond to infection and trigger inflammation and are required to eliminate invading microbes. He has gained worldwide recognition for his contribution to this field of research. Prof O’Neill has been supported by SFI since 2002 when he was a recipient of a SFI Principal Investigator (PI) Award. He is also a researcher in the Immunology SFI Strategic Research Cluster that performs research closely linked to industry. Commenting on the award Prof. O’Neill stated that “SFI has been a key supporter, without whom I would not have been able to pursue my research ideas”. Congratulating Prof. O’Neill on winning the Boyle Medal, Prof. Frank Gannon, Director General, SFI stated that “Luke is a recognized world leading researcher who has made ground breaking discoveries and significant contributions to science. I am sure he will continue to make a significant impact through his research. He is an outstanding example of the quality of research talent nurtured by SFI in Ireland”. Professor O’Neill will be conferred with his Medal and give a public lecture at the RDS on Monday, November 16 at 7.00 pm. The lecture is free of charge and open to the general public. Marykate Collins, Deputy Editor

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Republicans Éirígí denied society status Jackson’s home ‘Neverland’. He was the opening act at Michael Jackson’ s birthday party in Los Angeles, in which Michael applauded his performance. He had the opportunity to Perform for Michael Jackson on several occasion including in New York & Los Angeles. achieving what Navi has accomplished to date. His professionalism and commitment to delivering an ‘MJ performance’ is second only to the man himself – Michael Jackson – and has been applauded by many well known names in the music industry, and now Trinity students have had the chance to experience it. Navi worked for Michael Jackson as a decoy over a period of several years and has been personally invited to and visited Michael A Michael Jackson Tribute night was held on Tuesday October 13th in the Village on Camden Street and has been hailed as hugely successful. The tribute act was Navi – widely considered to be the world’s finest Michael Jackson tribute impersonator. Navi took to the stage performing many favourites from ‘Man in the Mirror’ to ‘Dirty Diana’ to ‘Beat It’. No other impersonator or tribute act has ever come close to

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Coming out as homeopathophobic Kate Ferguson on watering up and dumbing down.

he definition of Homeopathy as a “gentle yet highly effective system of medicine” by The Irish Society of Homeopaths is unaccompanied by an explanation of its guiding principle: that water has a selective memory. The claim is that homeopathy is both ‘suitable for everyone’ and ‘highly effective’ and that is has no side effects. The testimonies of patients like Donna, who attends a northside Dublin practice supply genuine if not compelling endorsement for the ‘remedy’: “Before Homeopathy I was in very poor health and was a nervous wreck…I was suffering from my nerves, from panic attacks and from a lot of anxiety…I have been taking Homeopathic remedies for nearly a year now and my mood has improved dramatically. I feel more stable and calm and generally a lot better. Now when I get bad days or panic attacks I can manage them a lot better..”.It seems too good to be true, and unfortunately it is. Homeopathy was devised in the late eighteenth century by Samuel Hahnemann, a German doctor who, existing in a time of inhumane and ineffective medicine (blood purging and unqualified figures of authority calling themselves ‘doctors’), sought an alternative method of medical treatment. His principle that ‘like cures like’ has been described by Richard Dawkins as sounding superficially at least, ‘faintly plausible’. Hahnemann believed that a substance that induced a disease in a healthy person could be used to treat that same disease

in a sick one. He himself consumed Cinchona bark, purported to cure malaria and experienced symptoms that he perceived as similar to the disease. Aware of the dangers of administering dangerous chemicals and herbs however, Hahnemann hit upon the principle of dilution, which is now the key characteristic of homeopathy. He found that the more times a dangerous herb or chemical had been diluted, the greater was its potential to cure the disease it induced. The ritualistic process of increased dilution that Hahnemann came up with is still carried out in homeopathy factories around the world. Here’s what happens: with each dilution, the glass containing the remedy is struck ten times against ‘a hard but elastic object’. In Hahnemann’s case, this was a specially-made wooden striking board, stuffed with horsehair and covered on one side with leather. Modern homeopaths advance the notion that water has a ‘memory’ of the relevant chemical from long, long ago and chooses to forget its time spent in Brian Cowen’s liver, the sewer and in the saliva of your cat. The typical homeopathic dilution is ‘30C’ which means that for every molecule of chemical, there are 100 to the power of 30 molecules of water. That’s 100 000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 molecules of water to every molecule of active ingredient. It’s not even an incy, wincy drop in the ocean and with no molecule of remedy remaining in the sugar/water pills you

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ees are off the table. It’s the end of the fees debate.…… ‘ Woo!’… We won! We’ve defeated fees! We’re free! If you are to believe this from the established sources and the walls around Trinity who could blame you for thinking that the all-conquering students union has triumphed over the political elite? But have we really defeated fees? For anyone who supports a free and fair educational system in Ireland, we certainly have not. The fact of the matter is they still exist; we pay fees and we will continue to pay increased fees i.e. ‘registration’ charges as long as Fianna Fail policies are pursued with the green party super-soaker firmly held to their head. The ‘registration fee’ is being used by the government as a

stealth tactic to increase fees by disguising it as a capitation charge. In the last 10 years the ‘registration’ fee has increased by 1100 euro and if the intentions of the government in the next budget go ahead we will be paying up to 2500 euro. In comparison with 3rd level fees in Europe, Irish students pay the highest. In German colleges a semester costs 500 euro and in eastern German colleges it is free! For the last 18 months the USI along with political groups and thousands of individual students around Ireland have worked hard to achieve this major stepping stone in the pursuit of free education. I do not take anything away from the SU and the arduous work they have put in, but claiming victory against fees and saying ‘no third level fees’ is simply

buy in the chemist, it’s no wonder that homeopathy can guarantee no side effects. After all, water is life. The question of how water might selectively ‘remember’ is far less important than the question of whether indeed it does. We know that general anaesthetics work, but we don’t know why. If homeopathy could be proven to be effective, the question of how and why would be secondary. To prove that homeopathy works, large-scale, methodologically rigorous trials must be carried out. With adherence to these conditions, there is to date no evidence to suggest that homeopathy works better than a placebo. Meta-analyses are studies carried out by scientists that pool all the data from all the research available together to provide a greater insight into whether a given treatment is effective. Good quality meta-analyses include only studies that have a sound methodological backdrop. For example, a study on homeopathy that is not ‘double blind’ would not be included. ‘Double blind’ studies are those in which neither the experimenter nor the participant is aware of what condition they are placed in. That is, neither the homeopath nor the patient would know whether or not they are administering or consuming homeopathic products. This type of testing illiminates the possibility of a self-fulfilling prophecy, where patients get better because they believe they will and when doctors treat them differently in the belief that their symptoms will improve. The Lancet Meta analysis of 2005, which followed these strict criteria of testing concluded that it is most likely that the clinical effects of homoeopathy are placebo effects. Dr Elizabeth Thompson, who is a consultant homeopathic physician

concedes that ‘homeopathy is a complex intervention’ and often works through non-specific effects such as the therapeutic relationship and cultural meaning. Dr Peter Fisher of the London Homeopathic Hospital agrees that there ‘is a plausibility problem’ but this does not shake his belief in the effectiveness of the treatment. It is hard to comprehend the success of such an unfounded science and yet before I began to research the subject, I too had fallen into the trap of knowing little about but liking the sound of this ‘natural remedy’. I may have swallowed the odd sugarcoated ball myself. It is testimony to the attractiveness of the notion rather than its veracity that homeopathic products continue to fly off the shelves. In Britain, taxpayers contributed £10 million, or the equivalent of 500 nurses’ salaries to the refurbishment of the Royal Homeopathic Hospital. In Ireland, VHI is the only health insurance that refuses to cover homeopathy (though presumably the decision is pragmatic rather than a matter of principle). For an industry that relies on the placebo effect, the healing nature of caring, interpersonal relationships and bogus, unscientific claims, the scale of investment is startling. In this context, the appeal by the Irish Society of Homeopathy for Homeopathic books that are to be distributed to an ‘academic’ clinic in Southern Kenya takes on an unpleasant moral dimension. To the 500 million people who claim to use homeopathy and the royalty and celebrities that endorse it, your money may be better spent supplying safe drinking water to the African people than providing them with sugarcoated pills that entrap its long-term and highly selective memory.

Les Voyages Forment La Jeunesse “We got it! We got it!” My friend Kellie shrieked excitedly from across the arts block in February this year. Emotionally and physically exhausted as I was, it took me a few moments to comprehend. “We’re going to Strasbourg!” she exclaimed as she held out her iPhone so that I could read the much anticipated email announcing the successful applicants to the ERASMUS programme. On reading my name, a plethora of emotions struck me at once. A sense of achievement in the fact that I had been selected, delight for my other friends who had also been picked, a twinge of disappointment at not getting Paris, my first choice, a burst of excitement at the thought of living in another country for a year and experiencing a different culture, anxiety at the thought of being away from the people I love and my life in Ireland and at the same time a feeling of anticipation for the adventure that lay in store. As a Bess student, my admittance to the ERASMUS programme was not guaranteed, and after carefully putting together an application form, working a little harder for my 2nd Year Christmas exams and months of waiting to find out my destiny, I had done it. Since secondary school I had harboured a passion for the French Language, and had always planned to go on Erasmus to Georgia Nicolson’s Froggy-a-gogo land. However, in my dreams of moving to France I hadn’t given serious consideration to the real-life implications; the logistics of moving country and the life I would leave behind. Consequently, my decision to accept my place was not an easy one and was much deliberated and debated. However, as

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someone special reminded me, at the end of the day, when you know that your past self has hoped and dreamed for something and your future self would profoundly regret if it didn’t come to pass, you have to just go for it. This thought really gave me the courage to make my mind up. So after many tearful goodbyes, trying to fit my life into a 15kg Ryan Air baggage allowance and a starry bon voyage party in a barn, I set off for Strasbourg via Baden Baden in Germany. What followed was an unnerving week of searching for accommodation. As all college students know, the search for accommodation is never easy. It is fraught with time constraints, budgets and pressure from landlords who ‘have other viewers’ and need to know yesterday if you are going to take the place. However, I have to say searching for accommodation in France is a unique experience. Having signed up for every possible accommodation website, and researched where I would like to live, I began to try to find a “colocation”. There were a few glimmers of hope along the way, at one point I thought I had struck gold, when I found a beautiful apartment in a nice area for a very reasonable price, however it transpired that to procure this apartment one had to be Christian and male, and whatever about being male ...! You often hear the French are very bureaucratic. Be warned. It’s true. They are also fiercely proud of their language, but I suppose the lesson I have learned is that money speaks all languages. To secure the apartment I eventually found, I had to fork out four months rent in advance because I didn’t have a “French connection”. After a brief settling in period it was straight into college life and I quickly realised I needed a friend to show me around Strasbourg. Her name was Lucy. She was old but she had great character and I fell in love with her at first sight. She carried me through thick and thin, sober and drunk, as any loyal friend would. She waited patiently for me every day after college, and every night I tucked her in safe in the knowledge that she would be there when I awoke. Alas! Our friendship came to an abrupt end last week when someone else took a shine to her and now that fecker is riding her around Strasbourg. I’m now on the look-out for a new bicycle! Strasbourg is the quintessence of European spirit, probably because it knows both French and German rule. This fact, along with its strategic location as the “Carrefour” or crossroads of Europe makes it an ideal

“ wrong, and did we really need posters to figure that one out? An increase in ‘registration’ fees will mean fewer people from less well off families will be able to attend college and thus will mean lengthening dole queues. The economic sense of the government really has to be questioned if they think that increasing fees will save the state (toxic bank) money when they will be paying it straight out in the form of social welfare. So Qui Bono? Who are the real winners from the victory? Well apart from the SU managing to justify their existence, richer families are still benefiting more than poorer families and middle income families are losing out from a faulty grant system; it is actually rather astounding that since the abolition of fees was introduced in 1995 we have seen a 30% rise in 3rd level participation from lower income families when we still have an apartheid primary and secondary school system i.e. the two tier private and state system. This just shows what potential there is for an equitable education system if

reform could take place. At the moment a mere 1/14th of the money that we trinity students and the government pay in fees goes directly into our tuition and coupled with increased staff salaries in 2008 of around 8 million euro. If the goal is to strive for an educational system that gives equal opportunity to all, then we need to strive for FREE education for all. The best way to do this is to tax the super wealthy and MNC’s who benefit hugely from Ireland’s tax laws and this can be used to provide a just 3rd level education system which would save the state millions in the future. So now that more people are believing that the fee issue is off the agenda and students whose families are well able to absorb the increase are apathetic to the cause, is a strong unified group of students now possible to stand up for a just education system? Eoin Cunningham

So after many tearful goodbyes, trying to fit my life into a 15kg Ryanair baggage allowance and a starry bon voyage party in a barn, I set off

One of the best things about being on Erasmus is obviously the opportunity to meet lots of new and interesting people

location for the European Parliament. I am very lucky to have secured a ‘stage’ with MEP Mairead Mc Guinness along with my friend Sarah-Kate. As a student of politics I was anxious to get a closer look at the European Union. Strasbourg, as the seat of the Parliament, provides a perfect opportunity. In keeping with the European theme that seems to prevail in Strasbourg, all of my politics courses have a European edge. I suppose as a country on the periphery of Europe Irish people are less likely to feel European but since I have been in Strasbourg I have realised the importance of creating a European identity and I really feel more European than ever. In one of my courses, European Integration, “the Irish” were put in the line of fire by our Lecturer who was very upset that we had not passed The Lisbon Treaty first time around. He posed the question to the class of whether or not Ireland should have been kicked out for their defiance to a regime that had only been good to them. Of course it turned out to be only a glitch in the evolution of the European Idea and I was especially proud of our country as an Irish person in Strasbourg when we passed the treaty on the 2nd of October last. I guess I’ve really caught the European bug. One of the best things about being on Erasmus is obviously the opportunity to meet lots of new and interesting people. In Strasbourg, I have met some lovely French people but also people from every corner of the world who are also on exchange here. I know that I will have somewhere to stay no matter what continent I visit and the experience of meeting people from so many different cultures is definitely my favourite thing about my year abroad so far. Of course it will be Vive L’Irlande instead of Vive La France on the 14th and 18th of this month and I am looking forward to showing the French how we celebrate victory! Lisa Conlan

the real world and realise that they’re at the bottom of the food chain once again and that their four years of supposed superiority now means nothing. Is it worth risking the loss of friendships, relationships, time and any shred of relaxation you may have previously possessed just to come out of college say you were an expert at devotion? Despite my great appreciation for all the positives that societies do provide, I think not.

Rachael Shearer

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a serious strain on academic work due to obscene amounts of time spent doing one outlandish thing or another for the benefit of the society and most of all, a change of attitude towards themselves and everyone else who is in a lower ranking of devotion. This is probably the most noticeable. Everyone must have, at this stage, experienced a society devotee with a Godcomplex. While a certain amount of control undoubtedly needs to be maintained to keep things running smoothly, there is no need for the “attitude”. We all know what it is, the selfassigned role as Boss where everyone must obey everything that Boss says which is delivered with the just right amounts of arrogance, pretention and self-important grandiose to terrify anyone below them into doing exactly as they say without question while the mignon completely loathes them

Drawing a blank Is it that the “society” is inherently flawed or is it that we’re just simply jealous?

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Two weeks ago I sat in this exact position staring at a blank canvas waiting to be inspired. Now as I look at the same canvas half filled with the colours of a dying sun setting over the busy streets of Dublin city I wonder how I am going to finish off this painting I have been working on for so long. Normally, I would have continued on as I started off, accurately applying shade, blending the colours accordingly but since this summer, my whole opinion on art has changed. On visiting the Museum of Modern Art in New York in August, I came across a painting called ‘White on White’ by Kasimir Malevich, a painting of a white square on a white background. Painted in 1918, this type of art was innovative. My initial reaction to this apparent blank canvas was to laugh. This was not art! Anyone could paint a white square on a white canvas, that does not take talent, but anyone didn’t paint it, no one had thought of painting a white square on a white canvas before, and that’s what makes it art. That is what makes art art. I stood studying this painting until the museum closed, hardly making it past the entrance lobby. In those couple of hours looking at the white painting, my views on art changed dramatically. Whereas I would have always appreciated beautiful scenic paintings, full of detail and colour more than modern art which I often found boring, I was now beginning to see another side to it. I realise that art is not always about how accurate the shade is applied or the colours blended. Art is about doing about what no one has thought of doing before. Before Malevich there was no painting of white on white, not because no one thought it would make a good piece but because no one thought of it before. The reason it is such an extraordinary piece of art is because it was so revolutionary for its time. Now looking at my painting before me, I decide not to finish as I started off. I no longer feel that the most beautiful painting is the best work of art. Anyone with half a talent can look out the window and paint what they see. It takes a true creative genius to create new concepts in their work, so wanting to be a creative genius I take up my brush, dip it in red paint and begin to splash it across the canvas.

so much that we can pretend we don’t see. After consulting some friends of mine before writing this article, some of whom are involved in societies and some who aren’t, an indication that my aforementioned concerns hold some truth became apparent. Those who have no involvement in a society whatsoever and who have experienced my absence from various occasions due to my merely minor involvement in a society strongly encouraged the writing of this article; those who are involved on a similar level to me also encouraged it but warned that I shouldn’t mention the name of any societies in particular so as to avoid offending members. As for those who are committee members... well they were not asked. I am confident enough in what their responses would be to know that my endeavour would be frowned upon, to say the least.

Mary Corcoran

for their higher ranking and aforementioned “attitude”. To be fair, this isn’t always the case with societies. Of course there are smaller and less intimidating organisations that don’t engage in such ridiculous behaviour when it comes to something so insignificant in the grand scheme of things as a college society. However, it is the larger ones that get noticed and recently, it seems, for all the wrong reasons. I sincerely hope that I’m not alone in the opinions that these devotees simply need to relax and not burn themselves out before they hit Throughout my first year in college, I have witnessed those who have become obsessed and those who have remained at a safe enough distance to enjoy without losing touch with the outside world. While it is safe to say that nobody became endangered in any way due to their involvement in a society, some aspects of their lives outside the society have been affected. The most typical situations being a general falling out with friends who are not involved in the society, a struggle in relationships where one person is a devotee and another isn’t, long lasting friends, indulge in a hobby or interest and provides a comfortable and welcoming place for all of those involved. Then there are those who aren’t so devoted to a society who will argue the opposite. The negatives don’t necessarily outweigh the positives but they cannot be ignored and when, in most cases, they clearly are, devotion becomes obsession and every other aspect of your life is forgotten unless it is wrapped up in the safe bubble of whatever society it is that you have become attached to. While it may be easier to deny, there’s only

order for a business to run so successfully, there has to be some form of committee running it, and then the token group of members who, while they have no authority in the maintenance or running of the society whatsoever, are just as devoted as those who do. The argument of whether such devotion to a college society is a positive or negative consumption of time is one much debated. There are those who will defend it, arguing that such passion in students is admirable, that it promotes early involvement in the running of a business of sorts, that it’s a great way to make experiences and a sincere desire to make their first few weeks of college easier or out of fear that rumours of their society being “cliquey” would decrease the amount of freshers signing up and therefore causing a considerable dent in their finances. Even walking around the stands, I noticed a friendlier vibe and an increased personal approach of society members to the fresh meat. This would have been a much appreciated addition to the somewhat stressful freshers week if it hadn’t appeared so obviously forced as was validated by the more audacious freshers who shamelessly sported a combined look of disgust and embarrassment for whoever it was that had just approached them with a comically toothy smile accompanied by an incomprehensible greeting that in one breath managed to summarise the entire ethos of their respective society. One can’t help but be aware of the fact that out of the hundreds of freshers that sign up, only a sample will actually participate let alone benefit from the society so the majority only serve as another two or three euro. The fact of the matter is, societies are no longer clubs where everyone shares a common joy in one hobby or another, but they are businesses -ravenous, money hungry, success driven businesses that will stop at nothing to better their establishment. Of course, this doesn’t stop, or even start, with the herding of freshers into their membership databases. In

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Use your common sense. Travel in groups. Be aware of how much you’ve had to drink and make sure people know where you are. Be accounted for. Anyone, male or female, who has experienced adolescence, could repeat these exact phrases from memory, mimicking their parents’ voices, quirks and intonations, all with absolute perfection. The checklist is nothing new and all that advice is worthwhile. But as we exit our teens and enter our twenties, it seems somewhat childish at times. The fear governing these mantras, however, remains well grounded in the reality that personal safety is not to be taken for granted—particularly for women. A fellow student I was entertaining at home recently turned casually to me around 8 pm and said something along the lines of: “I better head home before it gets too dark and I get myself in trouble.” Clinging to her words and their assumption of blame for any “trouble” that might ensue, I was struck by her thinking that were something to happen, it would be her fault. Such perception of guilt by females is a culturallyshaped and promoted idea, one that effectively voids women’s—and some men’s—figurative Safety Vouchers, or right to walk the streets, after a certain time of night. The opinion of Trinity’s female students sheds light on the dilemmas facing them on a night out: “You have to weigh the situation”, says one, “is staying at a party and feeling uncomfortable more dangerous than walking home alone?” It appears that the decision she makes often hinges on the question of which is the lesser evil. “As a woman, you have to be smart about it and you can’t think it’s not going to happen to you… it’s not fair,” she continued. Another female student highlights the disadvantages that accompany womanhood in social situations, explaining that while the issue of leaving a party or pub without company calls into question one’s independence, there are also advantages that arise while negotiating one’s way into a club or when buying drinks, as a cheerful “please” goes far further for women than men. For her, the bottom line is that “You [women] have to be careful all the time. I do the things I want to do and never think ‘Oh no, I can’t because I am a girl…’ until a certain point at night.” I am left with the question: At what time of night exactly are women reduced to children? I can’t but hold on to the sentiment that gender still factors into many aspects of University life, from socializing, to self-consciousness in class to interaction with professors. Though the extent to which it affects the individual varies considerably, the fact remains, university, as life outside is a distinctly gendered experience. ne of the key components to many students’ college experience is a society - a place where everyone gathers for the same reason, where one person can find a multitude of others with similar interests. For some this is a new experience and for others, they know all too well how it works. While Trinity’s societies offer both a productive way for many students to spend their time and enjoy themselves while also offering their fellow students some of their many services, one cannot deny that there are some serious downsides to societies or “cliques” as they’ve recently become referred to. Can we honestly admit that we find no flaws whatsoever with the societies within our own college? Can we truthfully say that we could stroll into any society’s event without feeling even slightly intimidated and be welcomed with open arms, or worse, find it so aggressively welcoming that its borderline patronising? What is it that creates such a hostile atmosphere for outsiders of almost any society and more importantly, why do we even care? What makes them so great that one would even be bothered by a group of presumably amicable people engaging in a common interest together? Is it that the “society” is inherently flawed, that one cannot engage in such a thing without becoming completely consumed by its members, what it stands for and its ultimate success over every other society? Or is it that we’re just simply jealous? This year saw a massive increase in societies’ concerns of being “cliquey” and going out of their way to pave a friendlier path of membership for incoming freshers. Out of genuine concern for their already nervous approach to new

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here are two constructions on campus which are commonly assumed to be incomplete. Of these two, only one can genuinely claim such an excuse. The Arts Block merely affects an aesthetic incomplete lego, while the Trinity Long Room Hub (TLRH) is in fact far from finished. Named for Trinity’s iconic 18th Century Library the institute is being designed to accommodate a further ‘space’ for inter-disciplinary research within the humanities. The official line claims that “TCD aspires to be a world reference point for arts and humanities research, and TLRH is a mechanism to support the achievement of this goal.” The Institute’s format was to some extent modelled on the success of its sister research institutions Crann and TCIN, this has helped streamline its implementation. It is true that the TLRH boasts a completion date but the estimate is largely figurative, insofar as the TLRH is more an idea birthed in October 2007 then a building yet to be established. If the plans and projected image are any measure, the building will take the form of a rough rectangle complete with a bizarre carapace of chiselled stone slabs which grant the building a chequered façade. There are further plans to incorporate a timber finish to the interior, which will house both research rooms and state of the art AV and video conferencing facilities. We can expect the theory to be cemented by April 2010 at estimated cost in excess of 5million euro. Even though the institute currently lacks any kind of physical instantiation, it’s body-politic currently oversees and organizes a number of research projects and events. One such notable enterprise is focused upon the future digitalisation of academic resources and the effect this will have on the humanities, while another incorporates the utility of programmes such as iTunes U for the purposes of information dissemination. The TLRH maintains “a firm commitment to both the tried and true methods (peer reviewed publications) and the new modes of communication offered to us by technology”… and “will continue to look for

equally appropriate ways of expanding our audiences as we grow and develop” Such projects fall under a specific research theme entitled Humanities and technology. The intent is to discover the most efficient manner in which educational practices can benefit from technological advance. Advance, (one must surmise) such as buildings. Other themes such as “Ireland –Text and Contexts” are admittedly less practical but no less important. The long term goals of the institute include far more than walls, and all of these plans are built on a collaborative base of dialogue and dispute between the many and varied schools

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only be overseen by an institute such as the TLRH. The field of information is too vast for the review and assessment of an individual. As such the TLRH includes representatives from seven academic schools, namely: The School of Drama, Film and Music, the School of English, the School of Histories and Humanities, the School of

The tag-line of the institute insists that its purpose is the business of “exploring the human condition”

of TCD humanities. Not to mention the start up grant of 11million euro awarded by the HEA in 2007. In accord with laws of economic gravity, a number of annual scholarships are dispensed under the auspices of the TLRH – the worth of allocated funding in 2008 was 70,000 euro and in 2009 89,000euro. These awards are granted to researchers that further the goals of the institute. The Institute’s mission statement claims that “It seeks to ask and answer questions about human identity in global contexts, focussing research energies and thereby helping to realise the creative potential of Trinity College as a great national and international institution.” The tag-line of the institute insists that its purpose is the business of “exploring the human condition”. In practice such an aim finds itself manifest in series of keynote talks sponsored by TLRH. These talks recently included such delightful topics as: “Irish sexual taboos (or lack thereof)”, “The role and mission of the Humanities” and “Freedom of information, Freedom of inquiry” The variety of the topics is vast and indicative of a healthy catholicity of interests, and, such a variety can

Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, the School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences, the School of Religions, Theology and Ecumenics, and the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy. It is a truism that the humanities must incorporate more than one perspective, but what determines how many perspectives the Humanities require? It seems odd that no mention of business, law or the hard sciences features among the list above. Commitment to truth and knowledge necessarily eschews too narrow a perspective, and it cannot be true that the omitted disciplines lack the concept human. The view that humans are a resource to be poke and prodded from cubicle to photocopier is a dominant world view and refusal to acknowledge this often renders us poorer for it. While the notion of objectivity in the humanities is often doubtful, the object of investigation is not. Either the human condition has a degree of fixity or it does not. If there is no fixity to the human condition then the TLRH “explores” nothing in particular. If there is then there are topics that can miss the mark, and the

regulation of such ought to be subject to arbitration. Therefore, given their tag-line the TLRH has surely committed itself to the task of curtailing the perpetuation of ad hoc characterisations of the human condition while endorsing those of worth. The worry is that the conferring of legitimacy should not occur in advance of investigation, and if the lines which delineate the investigation of humanity are too finely drawn a legitimate inquiry may be ignored because of its failure to accord with the standard. It is arguable that the hard sciences influence far more what we consider human than art history, and as such its absence is shocking in a project which professes to be inter-disciplinary. That being said, the development of TLRH is only in its initial stages and its success so far, has been remarkable. But for all that success if they wish to attain their stated goals of first establishing Trinity as “as one of those fabled places of scholarship and of learning” and second, exploring the human condition, then surely the gap between disciplines in the future should fade and hard lines be dispensed so as to accommodate any relevant research? Nathaniel Forde

Artist impression of the Long Room Hub Photo: TCD Communications Office

Interview with Jo D’Arcy, the Outreach and Communications Officer What are the aspirations of the institute? TCD aspires to be a world reference point for arts and humanities research, and TLRH is a mechanism to support the achievement of this goal. The TLRH’s vision is to support and promote the excellence of TCD’s scholars and library for the benefit of the international arts and humanities research, community and humanity. The TLRH aims to be a global resource that sustains the whole spectrum of arts and humanities research at TCD internally, nationally and internationally. The TLRH will be a point of interface where public and private sector stakeholders can access and engage with relevant university based humanities research. Have there been any difficulties in the process of establishing the institute, if so, what were they, and if not, to what do you attribute your successful avoidance of pitfalls? TLRH was fortunate to have been able to build on the experiences of our sister Trinity Research Institutes, Crann and TCIN, and was established as College’s second TRI without difficulty.

What is the total cost of the four storey building to be completed by April 2010, and did this cost match initial expectation? We are still negotiating some aspects of the building finish and its contents, so I cannot yet say what the total cost will have been. The builder’s tender was very keen, however, and the building contract, which was worth ca. 5.8M included most of the items specified in our requirements, including some of the finishes and fittings.

Will digital education (such as iTunes U,) play a significant part in the future of the Institution, and if so, what do you feel are the pros and cons of such educational strategies? TLRH recognises that we stand in the middle of a sea change in the way audiences engage with information. As such, we maintain a firm commitment to both the tried and true methods (peer reviewed publications) and the new modes of communication offered to us by technology. iTunesU has been a great way for us to increase the impact of the events we hold, and we will continue to look for equally appropriate ways of expanding our audiences as we grow and develop.

Where do you see TCD Humanities in ten years, and part will the Institute play? Arts and humanities at TCD have been undergoing a process of transformation over the past 10 years, while staying true to the core of the disciplines we represent and the methods we apply. In another 10 years, we see Trinity entering the imaginations of humanities scholars across the worlds as one of those fabled places of scholarship and of learning. The TLRH will support the development of Trinity as a fabled place, both for the scholars who are here permanently and those who are only here for a short research visit, by attracting investment into our constituent research areas and building a rich and supportive research environment.

Does the Institute have a mission statement? The TLRH facilitates Trinity College’s strategic development of research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences through the fuller exploitation of the College’s outstanding research collections and the creation of a community of scholars across a range of disciplines. It seeks to ask and answer questions about human identity in global contexts, focussing research energies and thereby helping to realise the creative potential of Trinity College as a great national and international institution.

The Sometime Man As I’m sure you guys know there’s never a dull moment in Dublin city, particularly when sitting in a streetside beer garden. Our banter was interrupted a fair few times by the stream of homeless people walking by, asking for a couple of euro to pay for a hostel. Mostly we obliged, never giving a second thought to how these people’s lives became so desolate. Our perspective definitely changed after a (poignant) near-death experience. Just as I had returned from the bar with the next round, we were approached by a burly looking brick of a man who demanded money for a pint. I wasn’t too enthused by his intimidation tactics,

so we unconsciously went for the ‘ignore him and he’ll go away’ ploy. His dark eyes darted erratically around our small table. With no encouragement from us, he began to rant angrily about the unfairness of life. “People’ll always let you down, I don’t cry over nobody ‘cos who’d cry over me, yeah?” He rambled on and on while we sat tense and uncomfortable in our chairs. Clara, trying to lighten the atmosphere, agreed with him heartily. “You’re dead right!” He turned and gave her an intense stare, as if he was sure she was making fun of him. I could see his pride and his sensitivity to any perceived insult. Clara met his

gaze, and I wondered how long it had been since another human being had made eye-contact with him. He continued speaking, still in his harsh angry tone. “….it’s nice to be nice, ya know?” “That’s what my dad always says!” I piped up. I think I was so frightened that I was subtly trying to remind him that I had a family – as in people who would care if he did anything to hurt me. He turned to me and said, “Does he?” I saw the shock in his eyes as he seemed to mull over what I said. “I have to show ye girls something” he said. He began to grope inside his overcoat pocket. My friends and I looked at each other in panic.

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He rambled on and on while we sat tense and uncomfortable in our chairs.

My immediate thought was “gun”. I froze to my chair. I learned that day that I don’t react very well in pressure situations. My mind went blank and I couldn’t move. “It’s not a gun.” He smirked, reading my mind. I wasn’t convinced but Hazel exhaled and smiled. “Gosh I’m disappointed!” she joked. He leered at us and muttered “We could all die together.” I have to admit I thought I was going to die that day. This was a madman. I didn’t expect what happened next. He pulled out a big bundle of paper and asked “Will you read my poems?” Clara, still wary, told him she didn’t like reading.

Eventually Hazel consented to read his poem aloud. It was called ‘The Sometime Man’. I wish I could remember all the words to his poem. It was a description of all the pain he had suffered in his life. Of all the times he had ‘nearly’ achieved his goals until his life led him down this miserable path. Yet there was hope in his poem. I thought to myself that if anything ever happens to him, all that will be found with him is his precious bundle of poems. ‘Sometime’ he will achieve his dreams, even if he never lives to see his poems published. It doesn’t matter that he isn’t the most educated writer because his poetry is real. “You’ll remember me” he

appealed to us as he was hustled out of the beer garden by our large hairy bar man. It just goes to show that everyone has a story to tell, something to offer, if only they decide to tell it. And we choose to listen. Oh and if you ever read this Mr. Sometime Man, The University Times would like to hear from you. Ciara Conlan

The University Times | Tuesday, November 3rd

Arts & Culture

“I can’t help revelling in the glorious mundaneity of the X Factor.” Emma Keaveney, p12

Art Feature

Dublin’s Exchange Programme Rosalind Abbott visits Temple Bar’s new Exchange Centre for a night of milk, cookies, poetry, and live radio shows

he floor is strewn with bean bags and duvets, and groups of people are sat about laughing, dipping homemade cookies into their tea as they chat amongst themselves. Not the typical Dublin night out that many of us have come to expect, but there’s clearly demand for this type of activity given the success of this event. At the collective arts centre Exchange Dublin, an assortment of people of varying ages and backgrounds have all come together for the launch of ‘Milk and Cookies’ – a free storytelling night aiming to revive Ireland’s lost oral tradition. The night is now set to become a regular occurrence, with plans to make it a monthly fixture on Exchange Dublin’s calendar. Over the course of the evening, around ten storytellers took to the mic and treated the cosily seated crowd to a tale – some of which were the readers’ own creations, some were true stories, and others were retellings of sagas the speaker had read or been told themselves. Given the event’s proximity to Halloween, many of the tales took a spooky turn, though often in a comedic vein: indeed many of those who spun their yarns were also stand-up comedians, so the audience kept engaged and entertained. In one case, two randomly selected audience members were even made the subject of an improvised mock girl-meets-boy story. Over the evening, the quality of the performances were kept high, especially given the event’s open mic policy – it can often be hard for organisers to control standards whilst keeping the event democratic,

but ‘Milk and Cookies’ seem to have hit the nail on the head. Although this was the first ‘Milk and Cookies’ event, it has not been the first successful spoken word night held at Exchange Dublin in the past couple of weeks: on the 9th October, ‘Exchange Words’ (who work in collaboration with the ‘Milk and Cookies’ team) also kicked off a new series of monthly spoken word events. Unlike ‘Milk and Cookies’, they feature pre-booked artists and have a wider scope of acts, featuring stand up, book readings, performance poetry, sketch comedy, live ‘radio theatre’ and any other performances that are based on the spoken word. Their first event was also a great success, and ‘Exchange Words’ will return for a second session on Friday 13th November. Formed in response to the growing popularity of one-off shows with a similar agenda, the people behind ‘Exchange Words’ and ‘Milk and Cookies’ felt it was due time that a dedicated spoken word scene, with regular events, was formed in Dublin. “Storytelling is such a big part of our Irish heritage”, said Francis, 22, an enthusiastic audience member at ‘Milk and Cookies’. “It would be such a shame to let a tradition like that slip away – it’s good to see that spoken word is coming back and that so many people are getting involved with stuff like this.” However, one traditional aspect of Irish storytelling heritage wasn’t present: though one storyteller made it the subject of his tale, none of the black stuff (or any other alcoholic beverages for that matter) was being served on

Though the window of the Exchange Centre (top) Empty Exchange Centre space (left) Woman putting together an installation (right)

the premises. Like all the events at Exchange Dublin, there was a strict alcohol-free policy, in an effort to keep the event open to all ages. At first I was sceptical about this: I’ve always been a firm believer that the best way to tell a tale is over a good old fashioned pint; however the crowd wasn’t short of laughter and the speakers were just fine without the usual helping of ‘Dutch courage’ – in fact, perhaps this explains how standards stayed so high over the evening! A

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Exchange Dublin, there was a strict alcohol-free policy, in an effort to keep the event open to all ages.

group of high school students in the audience were avid supporters of the policy: Aoife, 15, said “It’s really good, because most of the time stuff like this is on in pubs. It’s okay for older people but it means the younger generation misses out…when really they should be encouraging young people to come along to things like this.” But the alcohol-ban isn’t the only ethical policy in place at Exchange Dublin: the centre is also entirely non-profit and everyone working on the events hosted here is working for free. So each of the groups using this space as their ‘creative hub’ (which range from guerrilla gardening groups to short film collectives) have been set up purely out of passion for the subject. And it shows: the organisers of ‘Milk and Cookies’, Sarah Quigley and Sean O Heigeartaigh, seem to enjoy the evening as much as the rest of the crowd and clearly have a strong interest in their work, making the whole thing feel more genuine. Volunteers need no previous experience of event organisation, and can dedicate as much or as little of their time to the project as they want, meaning many of

Front of the Exchange Space in Temple Bar Photo: Patrick Theiner

those involved are students at Trinity – including O Heigeartaigh. Overall, the evening was a great success for ‘Milk and Cookies’ – the event was scheduled to finish at 9:30PM but went on for an extra 45 minutes due to the crowd’s enthusiasm. At the end of the night, there was a feeling that everyone present had played a small part in its triumph: from the audience members who donated home-baked cookies; the volunteers who have worked so hard to make the night happen; and finally, those who just came along, listened and soaked up the atmosphere. In today’s world it’s hard to find a good night out that won’t leave you with a sore head and an empty wallet, so Exchange Dublin is certainly providing a service in demand – entertainment, culture and minimal (or even non-existent) entry fees has been a winning combination so far for these events. Rosalind Abbott

Tuesday, November 3rd | The University Times

TimesMusic

Piracy killed the radio star?

ast Wednesday Peter Mandelson (UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills) confirmed that the UK government would be going ahead with strict new anti-piracy measures. Mandelson’s proposals, which would see internet users found guilty of repeatedly downloading music having their internet connection suspended, and possibly disconnected entirely, have generated huge amounts of debate and controversy since they were first put forward in August. Although these proposals have found support from concerned individuals across the spectrum of the music industry, others have condemned them as being draconian and impossible to enforce realistically. Representatives from Virgin have been sceptical of the potential efficiency of the proposals, recommending “persuasion not coercion” as the solution to illegal file-sharing. This echoes the sentiment expressed by many that rather than simply trying to prosecute filesharers, authorities in the area should be examining why people are file-sharing in the first place, educating the public about its consequences and striving to find new business models which will appeal to modern consumers. Among the many prominent artists who’ve spoken out on the issue, few have been more vocal than Lily Allen. Allen made a series of impassioned posts on her myspace and anti-piracy blog “It’s Not Alright” in which she supported the UK government’s proposals and begged the public to consider the consequences of illegal file-sharing and to start paying for their entertainment. Her pleas were met with a mixes response, and Allen was ultimately unable to cope with the

abuse she received over the issue, shutting down her blog and officially opting out of the debate in late September. Other prominent musicians who have been extremely vocal about the issue include former ABBA member, Bjorn Ulvaeus, who earlier this year remarked of filesharing: “is it so fucking hard to understand?... Is it really so damn difficult to pay your way?”. Both Allen and Ulvaeus have made a point of emphasisng their belief that although filesharing won’t have enough of an impact to damage the

Lily Allen said that she will not be making any more albums and will be giving up music because of music piracy (left)

careers of massive international stars, it will be extremely detrimental to young acts and individuals who are new to the business. Meanwhile the Featured Artists’ Coalition (FAC), a body consisting of members of Blur, Radiohead and Keane, as well as Robbie Williams, George Michael, Kate Nash and many others, have played a prominent role in the debate. Although originally involved in a feud with Allen over the issue, the FAC have since clarified their position as firmly believing in the artist’s right to be paid for their work, but highly sceptical of any plans to attempt to disconnect individuals from the internet. Of course it’s not just people in the music business who will be affected by Mandelson’s legislation. A number of Internet Service Providers including BT and TalkTalk have argued against the proposed measures, the latter having set up a petition against Mandelson’ proposals at www.dontdisconnect. us. Representatives of these companies claim that the measures would in fact

cost them more money to implement than they would save for record labels, and pointed to the fact that due to unsecure wi-fi connections people could easily be accused of actions they’re not responsible for. As well as this many observers have pointed out that as technology continues to constantly evolve and it becomes easier and easier for internet users to hide their locations and activities, trying to enforce legislation of this nature may well prove futile. Although this debate has received significant mainstream media attention since the announcement of Mandelson’s proposals, it has already been raging on a smaller scale for several years. While the aforementioned arguments continue between those who want to prosecute file-sharers and protect the industry as it currently stands, and those who want to see the music industry adapt to the needs of modern consumers in order to survive, there are certain figures who have always seemed happy in the meantime to accept that piracy is an unstoppable force. Perhaps the most iconic

of these in the past few years has been Trent Reznor, main force behind industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails. Reznor, whose career has lasted over 20 years, has enjoyed significant success and like Lily Allen or Bjorn Ulvaeus, profited greatly from the industry. However unlike some of his colleagues, Reznor has positioned himself as staunchly opposed to current industry practices, condoning file-sharing as a reasonable response to a grossly corrupt industry, and through the independent release of his 2008 record Ghosts I - IV, which took in $1.6 million in its first week alone, demonstrated the possibilities for artists to function independently. The American musician Amanda Palmer, who has worked with Reznor in the past, has recently been extending his mentality from releasing records to touring. Since launching her solo career in September 2008 and receiving an apathetic response and refusal to promote her from her label Roadrunner, Palmer has given up on taking support from industry executives and set out to eliminate the middleman by relying directly on fans. Setting herself up as a sort of international busker, Palmer has organised a string of successful tours (including sold-out dates in Dublin) during which she has relied heavily on the goodwill of obliging fans for survival; staying in their houses, eating their food, getting lifts in their cars, practicing on their instruments, etc. However although these unconventional approaches to careers in the music business may work for some, it seems unlikely that most of today’s artists will be as readily willing to turn their backs on their labels. As such it looks like the industry does have a long future ahead of it, though at this stage of the game it seems that change of some form, even if slow and painful, is inevitable. Mandelson’s legislation is due to come into effect by 2011, unless someone comes up with a better plan in the meantime; whether its execution will have a significant impact on the future of the industry remains to be seen. Conor Sneyd

Music, truth and upholstery Jack White visits the Phil

Emma Keaveney finds Jack White an absorbing, if puzzling, guest

ou’ve got to wonder what goes through Jack White’s head when he wakes in the morning. Picture the scene: he stumbles out of bed, contemplating the surreal dream landscape that he had just woken from. A cursory glance in the mirror tells him that his hair is, quite simply, far too neat this morning. After a little bit of teasing and a lot of backcombing, he decides on a hat. Parting his Worzel Gummidge haircut on either side of his head, he ensures that his ears are poking out from under his jet black locks. Following this, he moves on to his morning coffee, all the while pondering the meanings of truth, beauty, authenticity and all that stuff. It’s hard to imagine, isn’t it? But when Jack White arrives in the GMG Debating Chamber for an audience with The Phil, it is thoughts such as these that start running through my mind. He’s always been so deliciously weird. But this subtle, yet prevailing, quality of strangeness is all the more amplified when you experience White in person, without the diluting effect of TV or Youtube. I find myself desperate to know about the mundane details of Jack’s life, simply because he’s bound to delight me with his perspectives on everyday experiences that I take for granted. I’m itching to know what he wears to bed. Pyjamas Jack? Naturally, they must be silk. Does he watch television and if so, what does he like to kick back to in the evening time? Do you like chicken, Jack? At the Phil interview on the afternoon of the 18th of October, however, the interviewer decides on a different approach. He first asks him about his childhood inspirations, the posters he had on his bedroom walls as a teenager. “Oscar Wilde”, Jack answers sardonically. Pointed white leather boots and an antique ring on his wedding finger are his two concessions to embellishment in an otherwise all-black outfit. His skin

is unnervingly pale - is this real? Fake? Make-up? Like everything else that surrounds Jack White, it’s so hard to tell where the line between realily and illusion lies. His style of speech is rambling and poetic, leaping gracefully from one subject to another. He speaks on such lofty abstract themes as ‘truth’ authenticity’ and ‘beauty’, assuming that the listening audience, in this instance captivated students, will understand unproblematically the nature of these ‘truths’ that he holds so highly in

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to those trying to get into the music industry. “Stay away from the t-shirts and the myspce”, he warns, calling them “things that distract you from being true.” Instead he advises musicians to simply make something they love. “If you don’t love it, how can other people love it.” Perhaps this sense of uncomplicated passion is what he means when he talks about authenticity: it is an emotion he alludes to repeatedly throughout the interview. When asked which of his songs is his favourite, for exam-

“I always feel I’m looking for truth, something beautiful.”

his own life. For this reason, the interview begins to feel more like a lecture on what White calls “the philosophy of authenticism.” “I always feel I’m looking for truth, for something beautiful”, he tells us. Bob Dylan or Tom Waits, he proposes, are perhaps not as authentic as we would assume. “We could be witnessing the art of their authenticity”, White proposes. All this naturally begs the question of whether White himself is authentic in his music, in his life. “I try to be authentic but a lot of people either don’t know the difference or don’t care.” But couldn’t we, similarly, be witnessing the art of Jack White’s “authenticity”? The image he presents to the world is, after all, highly constructed. The red and white ‘White Stripes’ colour scheme is a case in point. Or perhaps this image is meant to act as an ironic counterpoint to the authenticity of his music: a comment on the inescapable fact that public images are always created and authenticity in this realm is impossible. He certainly seemed to be hinting at this stance when asked what advice he would give

ple, he answers that they are all favourites, “like children”, but refers in particular to the “intention” of a song. For Jack White, if the intention feels good, then that makes the song even better. The interviewer decides to take questions from the floor and I know exactly what I’m going to ask. As a young White Stripes enthusiast, probably flicking through a copy of ‘Q’ in between homework assignments, I once read that White used to work as an upholsterer in his home town of Detroit. While he worked, he would occasionally sew poems deep into the stuffing of chairs he was working on. This romanticised image so impressed my teenage self (perhaps because I too saw it as something truly “authentic”) that it stayed with me. Now, as an older and more cynical college student, I had the opportunity to ask him about it. Learn from my experience. Don’t ask Jack White about upholstery; You will never get away. White proceeds on a fascinating, cartoonish romp into the earlier days of a global music icon. White’s Detroit upholstery firm had a colour scheme of yellow, black

and white. He had business cards made that featured a blood-covered furniture tack and the phrase ‘Your furnitures not dead.’ He gave out receipts that were written in crayon. He loved this world that he had created for himself: “For me I was living in Japan or somewhere like that, living in a cartoon”, but added that not a lot of people “got it”. He turned to writing messeges and sewing them under the fabric of chairs he was working on. They started off as jokes that other upholsterers would get, such as”This customer is a real jerk.” Then they slowly evolved into poetry. Eventually, he was hiding actual records underneath the covers, including an EP he made with his former band ‘The Upholsterers.’ Many of these records were never found. I’m impressed with these lovingly retold memories of days spent upholstering in old Detroit town and my teenage incarnation is satisfied. Jack White is a man in love with ideas of truth and beauty so that listening to him speak becomes a dreamy, almost ethereal experience. Of course, these lofty ideas are problematic because they are just that: ideas. However that doesn’t take away from the admirability of a world famous musician who’s just trying to create something real, something he can love and be proud of. “I feel like I’m a bad storyteller in real life but I have a better chance in songs”, he tells us. Judging by his interview in the GMB, White is a little hard on himself here. Rather, Jack White is luminous, fascinating, puzzling, both real and unreal all at once: a genuinely original personality in an industry that is becoming increasingly defined by its mediocrity. Emma Keaveney Jack White takes the chair in the chamber. Photo: Niall Grehan

The University Times | Tuesday, November 3rd

TimesCulture

Nick Griffin & the lynch mob

Food Reviews

Eastern Delights

Lily Power discusses the BNP leader’s recent appearance on Question Time and why he should be allowed express his views

he appearance of Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party, on BBC Question Time, attracted close to eight million viewers, around three times more than usual. He was greeted by over a thousand protesters, objecting to the BNP itself but also directing their anger at the BBC for allowing Griffin a chance to air his views on national television. The media in the United Kingdom was awash with debate over his appearance for weeks both before and afterwards, creating a seemingly endless snowball effect of publicity for the BNP. The BBC received over three hundred complaints following the programme, two thirds of which reflected Griffin’s own plea that he had been subject to a ‘lynch mob’. That the views of the BNP are utterly abominable is, for the majority, a given. The predominant attitudes surrounding the furore, however, projected a smug sensibility that did nothing to combat the real issue of far right British politics. Looking down from the clouds to project either self righteous cheek turning or a condescending notion that Griffin would reveal his stupidity and necessitate his own downfall. Bonnie Greer, writing for the Telegraph

after she appeared next to Griffin (with her back turned on him to show her indignation in a way that she apparently couldn’t express in words) eventually made a relevant point. “For me the left has become too smug, too complacent, too trusting in its own insular view of the world.” The Question Time controversy demonstrated the prevalence of this attitude in the British media and indeed beyond it. This mirrors the sardonic journalism often directed against America and comes down to little more than

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Barking and Dagenham, but it is also indicative of wider social problems. The online comments on newspaper websites from the Daily Mail to the Guardian show dissatisfaction with the lack of positive action from the panel. The Conservative MP Sayeeda Warsi was the only one who attempted to approach anything near an evaluation of why the BNP have achieved recent success, and was undoubtedly the most rehearsed and coherent panellist. Almost convincing in her defence of Tory immigration policy. Jack Straw danced around the direct questions asked

Ho Ho’s, Rathmines Bonnie Greer and Nick Griffin on Question Time Photo: BBC life is being eroded by persistent and unsustainable immigration.” This epitomizes the kind of rhetoric used by the BNP and is certainly nothing new, but this doesn’t give it any less significance in the current political climate. Why not attack these false assertions head on instead of bombarding Griffin with questions intended to highlight his extremist attitudes? The whole event

For the majority, Griffin’s performance on Question Time was laughable and predictable

class snobbery. For this same majority, Griffin’s performance on Question Time was laughable and predictable, but this does not diminish the undeniable rise of the BNP in recent elections. Certainly this was reflective of local issues, in some cases, such as acute housing problems in the London constituency of

of him and refused to really engage in any debate over the unspoken reality that in times of economic and social decline, people often move to far right politics. One comment on the Daily Mail website highlights the kind of attitude that the larger part of the British media has repeatedly disregarded. “The British way of

felt like a reassertion of anti fascist values, a pat on the back for those of us who support multi culturalism and abhor racism. To be honest it all felt too easy. I am certainly not denying the genuine disgust and anger that the attitudes of the BNP engender, but the Question Time appearance did little to really tackle the

relevant concerns. Warsi smugly exclaimed that the programme had been an opportunity to show Griffin up and to crack the shiny veneer erected by the new and improved party PR. This again demonstrates the overarching condescension with which the whole event was approached. Yes, of course he stumbled and backtracked and even giggled in a nauseating fashion. And Yes he claimed that David Duke’s Ku Klux Klan were a “largely non violent organization”, that homosexual men kissing in public was “creepy” and that the United Kingdom had undergone a blood free genocide that resulted in the extermination of “indigenous” British people, whoever they may be. But this was no surprise, neither was it responded to in a constructive way. Because the reality is that without tackling the attractive elements of the BNP no ground can really be made. The official party website claimed that three thousand new members had joined following the programme and whether this is true or not it reflects the

new media savvy BNP that is a genuine concern. The Guardian Journalist Sunny Hundal made a worthy point; “It struck me how many people now claim on radio and websites that although they weren't racist and would never vote for the BNP, they nevertheless understood why others did. Funny: this argument is never used with Muslim extremists.” My intention is not to claim empathy with BNP voters but to argue for a real discussion of the issues behind their recent success. This does have to include the leader of the party but it does not mean playing into their hands. Perhaps, as Peter Hain argued, being accepted onto Question Time was indeed the “biggest favour in (the BNP’S) grubby history”. But surely the seats the party had already won were a more valued gift. Griffin’s hideous views are as old as the hills but they need to be tackled now and without condescension. Lily Power

Spooning with Simone

Smashing

Pumpkin Soup Ingredients • 1 small pumpkin or squash • 2 onions • 2 sticks of celery • 2 carrots • 1 bay leaf (optional) • Grated nutmeg (optional) • Salt and pepper • 1 ½ pints of vegetable or chicken stock Method 1. Cut the pumpkin or squash in half and scoop out the stringy pulpy bits and seed 2. Peel it 3. Cut the flesh into chunks of a couple of inches 4. Cut the remaining veg into similar size to the pumpkin 5. Place into a medium to large saucepan and add the stock, nutmeg, bay leaf and seasoning 6. Bring to the boil 7. Turn down and simmer until the pumpkin is soft 8. Turn off heat 9. Remove the bay leaf 10. When it’s cooled down, blitz the soup with a hand held or kitchen top liquidiser 11. Yum

With a sign promoting a €5 sweet and sour chicken special, I decided to ignore my inner monologue that screamed suggestions like ‘Run, now, and very quickly’ and ‘Don’t do this, if you care for your life’ and walked inside this infamous Rathmines take-away. I don’t know what it is about this place that turns people away, but I have only received negative reviews of Ho Ho’s, and was willing to put my stomach on the line to see what all the talk was about. First impressions of Ho Ho’s were not favourable. The dim lighting, blaring ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, and uncleared dishes gave the place an unmistakably seedy feel, and I had the distinct impression that if I sat there for too long I might catch something nasty. However, when I squinted through the faint light, I could see that the décor was actually quite tasteful and that the exposed kitchen appeared to be clean and well organised. When my sweet and sour chicken dish arrived, the portion was remarkably large and the sauce was an exciting shade of pink, yet the flavour of the dish was surprisingly pleasing. The sweet and sour sauce was tangy, but not overwhelming, and the vegetables in the sauce were clearly very fresh, so I felt that I was getting some nutritious benefits out of this meal, a feeling that is usually absent from the average Chinese take-away experience. The fried chicken was crispy and top of the range, well, top of the range of those oddities lovingly and distressingly named ‘chicken balls’ that are so prevalent in Chinese take-aways. Ho Ho’s seems to be ‘you get what you pay for’ exemplified. If you’re looking for an inexpensive and speedy Chinese take-away fix, Ho Ho’s may just be the place for you.

Diep At Home The Diep take-away and delivery service is one of my many guilty secrets. It seems far too luxurious and expensive for a college student like me, but every time I feel like indulging myself with a guaranteed good meal, Diep is who I call. While it took over 45 minutes for my Red Chicken Curry to arrive, and including delivery charge and extra 50 cent for boiled rice totalled €15, the delicious dish that arrived was worth both the wait and the money. The food arrives in little white cardboard containers that are visually appealing and an environmentally-friendly alternative to the usual plastic boxes, a detail that makes the meal all the more worth the money. As for the actual food, this is none of this authentic ‘take-away’ style Asian food that most delivery services present us with: Diep offers the real deal. The flavour of the sauce managed to be delicate, yet complex and spicy, and each bite revealed new possible exotic ingredients in the dish, such as lime and lemongrass, which made the meal not only very very tasty, but interesting to eat too. The chicken and the vegetables in the curry were fresh and perfectly cooked, and the rice had the perfect sticky consistency that is almost impossible to replicate at home. The only complaint I would have about the whole Diep at Home experience is the cost, but if you’re looking for a treat, I can almost guarantee that you’ll be thanking me when you choose Diep.

Charlies Four

Finally, you can separate out the seeds (it is a bit fiddly) and put on a baking tray with a teaspoon or two of oil, just enough to lightly coat, and a sprinkle of chilli powder and roast in the oven for 10 – 15 mins. Again, keep an eye cos they will burn quickly. When you take them out add a good shake of salt. Hey presto yummy healthy cheap snack.

Charlies is famous for their post-club 3 in 1 (chips, fried rice, and curry sauce for the Charlies-ignorant), but what about the rest of their extensive menu? Should we stick to the drunken 3 in 1 or are we overlooking something wonderful? My experience there one afternoon certainly helped me make my mind up. While the restaurant itself is quite pleasant and relaxing, the meal I ate there had quite the opposite effect on me. ‘Shredded Crispy Chicken’ (€9.80) is a dish with a name that consists of 3 of the most appetising words I know, so I thought this was a good place to start. The chicken was more soft and chewy than crispy and shredded, and was covered with a very odd sauce that was tomato based yet so spicy it was almost impossible to taste anything at all. I was not impressed with my ‘Shredded Crispy Chicken’ and so decided to move on to a Wan Ton soup (€3.70) to give my taste buds a break. I soon realised this was not a good decision, as the flavour of the soup was too peppery to be pleasant, and the Wan Ton’s themselves looked so unappetising with their limp noodles and reddish meat paste that I had to force myself to eat one, again a bad decision on my part. I was disappointed; I had really hoped that Charlies would impress me and that I wouldn’t have to say the following sentence: stick to the 3 in 1’s guys!

Simone Cameron-Coen

Sarah Compton

Hints If you have the time, you can put the chopped pumpkin or squash in the oven and roast it before you put it in the soup. Sprinkle the nutmeg over (not too much) and roast at 190 degrees Celsius for about 30 mins. Keep an eye on it. You can also add a pinch of chilli powder, if you like, for a bit of heat.

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How I Met Your Mother

From the people that brought you... (Some of) The X-Files

From the people that brought you... The OC

From the people that brought you... The X-Files (well, the first season anyway)

From the people that brought you... Eh... nothing really

Who you’ll know Bryan Cranston (Hal from Malcolm in the Middle)

Who you’ll know Adam Baldwin (Jayne from Firefly, Marcus Hamilton from Angel)

Who you’ll know Michael C. Hall (David from Six Feet Under)

Who you’ll know Jason Segel (Freeks and Geeks, Knocked Up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall)

Where you’ll find it here FX

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Where you’ll find it here FX

Where you’ll find it here E4

Breaking Bad is an amazing drama series that airs on AMC. Bryan Cranston stars as Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher whose life has been little more than pedestrian. When we come into the show, Walt finds out that he has terminal lung cancer. With only a few months left to live, Walt decides that he must provide for his son and pregnant wife after he’s gone. To this end he does what any other loving father would: he starts producing and selling crystal meth. Like any good drama Breaking Bad has its fair share of comedic moments (sometimes dark) that helps to ease the tension of the situations that Walt finds himself in now that he is a drug dealer working under the alias ‘Heisenberg’.

Chuck is best described as an spy-actioncomedy series. It focuses on Chuck Bartowski, a man in his mid twenties who works in his local electronics superstore. This changes (somewhat) when Chuck has all of the CIA’s top secret intelligence downloaded into his brain (just suspend your disbelief for that part). Chuck finds himself launched into the world of spies, saving the world on a regular basis. Of course, he has to keep this a secret from his family and work colleages (his dead end job becomes his cover), leading to many hilarious consequences.

Dexter airs on Showtime in the US and thus has what we’re come to love from cable shows like the Sopranos: swearing and nudity. Dexter Morgan is a blood spatter analysist with the Miami metro police department. While he’s not working on forensics, however, he is satisfying his self-named ‘dark passenger’ and carrying out well-devised murders. The twist with Dexter’s serial killer character is that he only murders murderers, as he lives by a code taught to him by his cop father.

So this show has been getting a bit more airtime and promotion on E4 recently, but it is certainly not to be mistaken for a dud Friends ripoff. How I Met Your Mother is a sitcom of a father’s retelling of the story of how he met his wife to his children. These stories generally involve drinking in bars, sleeping with various women that aren’t his wife and many other things that he certainly shouldn’t be telling his kids. Of course, the majority of the show is set here and now while the future father, Ted Mosby, is in his twenties, living in New York with his friends, including womanizer Barney, and hanging out in the bar downstairs from his apartment. As you can see, this show is certainly nothing like Friends at all.

How I Met Your Mother’s Barney Stinson, played by former child star Neil Patrick Harris

Dexter

Television is one of my passions in life; that is, good telvision is one of my passions, which is something that can be difficult to come by. That’s why it bothers me when some great shows are being produced across the Atlantic and yet nobody here has even heard of some of them. Yes, we do get most recent shows from the US, but a lot of them tend to air on those weird channels that you wouldn’t bother watching until you’ve sat through the same episode of QI three times in one night on Dave. I’ve chosen four of my favourites and I encourage you all to seek out and view these shows.

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Emma Keaveney

hatever your attitude to X Factor and other ‘talent’ shows of its ilk (and i use the word talent here loosely) there’s simply no tiptoeing round the following: they’re kind of a big deal. Saturday night’s television landscape has become positively colonised by the X Factor. From 8pm, the live show demands your attention on both TV3 and ITV. This is immediately followed by the Xtra Factor, which acts as a compendium of interviews and backstage footage that simply wasn’t good enough to make it into the actual show, but nonetheless satisfies viewer withdrawal symptoms for those who want even more cutting remarks from Simon or lingering shots of Cheryl Cole’s designer ensemble. X Factor, now in its 6th series, is as popular as it ever has been. The ‘Big Bands’ night on Saturday the 24th October attracted a total of 13.4 million viewers. This means that X Factor laid claim to almost half the available audience - 48%. And that’s not including viewers from Ireland and other countries around the world. On Sunday night, as Danyl Johnson and Miss Frank battled to stay in the show, ITV said the five minutes between 8.50pm and 8.55pm

mula can be found on tv sets in 25 different countries. At this rate, tv talent shows could be classified as a global obsession. Of course, the reason the formula so easily transcends cultural and language barriers is that it is the televisual equivilant of bread and butter - bland, generic and as dull as a Brian Cowen speech on well, anything. Every version, in any language, has the ‘tottie’ judge, the sarcastic industry expert and the ‘nicer’ judge who doles out advice to the gormless contestants wheeled out for our entertainment. Among the contestants themselves, it would be fair to say that few, if any, of the contestants are blessed with an ‘X’ factor. Sure, not everyone has an innate ability to sing, dance and look relatively attractive in spandex. equalled the previous week’s peak of 14.8, 51% of the total viewership. Figures such as these are the subject of TV Exec’s wet dreams. X Factor, and talent shows like them, are a cultural phenomenon. The genesis of this television format came about on Tuesday 13 February 2001. TV veteran Alan Boyd, and then head of Thames TV, had a meeting in his London offices with two men he had never met before: Simon Cowell and Simon Fuller. The pitch that followed would ultimately change mainstream entertainment not just in Britain and Ireland, but around the world. The three men sketched out a rough idea for ‘Your Idol’, the working title for the show that was to become Pop Idol. Boyd recently released the slip of paper on which he scibbled the notes from

John and Edward’s obvious lack of talent shows X Factor up for what it really is: a procession of generic eye-candy that ritualistically brutalises decent songs written by estabished acts (who could forget Alexandra Burke’s version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah?). John and Edward take it to the next, inevitable, terrifying level. They can’t sing. And that’s the point. In week two, when the boys donned matching red PVC suits for their rendition of Britney Spears’ ‘Oops...I did it again’, he quipped that he would hate to think what would happen if they won. The implication behind his comment, of course, was that X Factor acted as some sort of standard-maker in establishing great British talent. The truth is that the judges are the real stars of the show, and figures like Simon Cowell stand to benefit the most from the winning acts (the winner is awarded a contract with Syco or Simco Ltd, Simon Cowell’s company). from Lucan who literally can’t sing but are stubbornly refusing to let that keep them from world domination. They are the most deliciously tacky and refreshing act on television this year, prancing across our screens in matching outfits every Saturday night and are quickly becoming the only reason I’m tuning in at all. Clearly I’m not the only one who feels this way. Despite suspect singing abilities, the twins have been voted through yet again and have reached week five in the competition. Simon hates them of course. However, how often are you left stunned in your armchair because of the raw talent that transcends through the tv screen into your living room? Not very often, I’d wager. While this sounds suspiciously as if I am appalled by the idea of a talentless talent show, the opposite is in fact the case. I realise that X Factor is artless, inauthentic and largely useful solely as a vehicle to make its judges bigger stars than they already are. But at the same time, I can’t help reveling in the glorious mundanaity of it all. The show is almost all surface and no depth. This year’s series, for example, has given us the magnificent spectacle of Cheryl Cole, the patron saint of hair care products and cheated wives everywhere, wrinkling her nose at Simon’s most chauvanistic remarks and beaming in the reflected glory of a fanbase that worships every perfectly coiffed hair on her head. The contestants themselves are the usual parade of down-on-theirluck misfits, desperate to “follow their dreams” and be as big as Mariah/Beyonce/Robbie. The one exception are Louis Walsh’s proteges, John and Edward. In case you’ve missed them, John and Edward (or ‘Jedward’ as hard-core fans are calling them) are twin brothers the meeting. “Gone With the Wind” is scrawled in the upper corner, indicating that the execs wanted the show to have the lavish, grandiose production values of epic movies of Hollywood’s golden era. “Sun in” is written on another side they knew that if the show was to work it would have to foster an almost incestuous relationship with the tabloid press. Of course, a mutually beneficial love affair began. Airing that Autumn, Pop Idol was a mammoth success attracting mass familiy audiences, producing guaranteed number 1 chart hits and spawning spinoff shows such as The X Factor, American Idol and Britain’s Got Talent. As well as this, the Pop Idol template acted as inspiration for a whole host of talent shows that appeared on tv listings in the following years, all concentrating on the key elements of a judging panel and a public voting system: Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing on Ice, So you think you can dance? Pop Idol still runs in a staggering 44 countires around the world, while American Idol, the American take on the show, sells to 150. The X Factor sells in countries as far apart as Austrailia, Finland, Morocco and Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, the ‘Got Talent’ for-

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Emma Keaveney explains why the X Factor needs to embrace its tackiness rather than holding onto delusions of grandeur

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The confusing film of Doctor Parnassus

he title of Gilliam’s latest film is rich in poetry and metaphor; it evokes childhood fairytales and sombre learning (in western culture Parnassus is considered the home of literature). This title, and what it encapsulates, is exciting, and hence has a lot to live up to. This is the kind of thing that Gilliam does well. He always seems as though he knows something that we don’t. In this film his characters are called names like Valentina and Anton, there are references to Through The Looking Glass, Confucius, conspiracy theories, Greek culture, eastern folktales and Satanic practices. He even has a scene where a computer game literally kills imagination. But nobody is going to notice that because this film came with too much baggage. Gilliam seems to me to be reminiscent of an unlucky Herzog, with the distinction between them being that Herzog gets his dreams turned into films whereas a lot of Gilliam’s various visions remain just that, visions. This time though he kept going through the difficulties and I’m not sure if that was such a good idea. The eponymous Imaginarium is a mirror (it seems to be made of some expensive tinfoil) that once walked through makes your imaginings manifest themselves in new and different worlds. Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) is an immortal alcoholic who used to be a monk until he sold his own mortality and his daughter’s soul to a debonair, serpentine gentleman who happens to be Satan (Tom Waits on wonderful form). The Devil will be claiming the daughter’s soul when she reaches the age of sixteen, which is fast approaching as the film begins and the narrative mainly concerns itself with the saving of this soul, a soul which The Devil himself doesn’t even seem to wish to claim. Parnassus makes his living with The Imaginarium, along with the help of his daughter (Lily Cole, a singular beauty with an average talent for acting) and a young man he saved from the streets (Andrew Garfield: revelatory in Red Riding, slightly annoying here). After Parnassus and The Devil lock horns a mysterious man without a name is found in a very strange place. This man later turns out to be Tony, played by Heath Ledger. As we know this incredibly gifted actor tragically died halfway through this production, yet Gilliam continued to make the film based on the footage they made together. For me, the whole sense of the film died with Heath Ledger. I don’t know how drastic the rewrites on the script were after Ledger’s death, but undoubtedly Gilliam and McKeown were clawing to grasp onto something filmable and they have done enough to make something that superficially makes sense. But if you examine it, even slightly, it really doesn’t hold together. The Imaginarium makes no sense; even within the perimeters it sets itself. It is sometimes an objective moral choice, sometimes a livelihood, sometimes controlled, sometimes uncontrollable, sometimes just

Trinity student sends Farm to the Abertoir A film produced by and starring Trinity students will be shown in a prestigious British horror film festival later this week. ‘The Farm’, which was filmed in the summer of 2008, was directed by Film Studies graduate Dáire McNab, and produced by Postgraduate students Robert Kearns and Simone Cameron-Coen. Its cast included Cathal Reilly and Hugh Sullivan, both of whom were Students’ Union Sabbatical Officers last year. The editor of this very paper also appears in the film, playing the fictional role of a drug-dealing lunatic. The film was made for €11,000, which was raised privately. It contains elements of dark comedy, as well as a couple of lengthy torture sequences which have led to some dubbing it ‘torture porn’. The Abertoir Festival, where ‘The Farm’ will be shown on Friday evening, is established as one of the most important up-and-coming horror festivals in Europe. Films being

imagination and sometimes real. You could justify this by saying that that’s how imagination works, but one person dies within The Imaginarium and lives a happy life in the real world, and another person dies there and stays dead, which makes you think Parnassus was the master of The Imaginarium all along or that it was all in his head, but that really doesn’t make any sense either. The entire film is peppered with inconsistencies such as this. What’s even worse than that is that the characters don’t make any sense. They morph horribly and their motivation is skewed and unclear at all times. Parnassus doesn’t hold

A review of Horrorthon H

aving had to endure ‘Resident Evil’ hiding behind the popcorn bag with half closed eyes and suffering recurrent nightmares from ‘I Am Legend’, I would not consider myself the most suitable person to sit through a marathon of mayhem and madness. However, one fateful Thursday night, with Cineworld offering me a choice of either Up! or a film on meatballs , I decided to desert comfort- zone- Hollywood, and instead pay a visit to our indigenous alternative cinema. And what an alternative I found. The Irish Film Institute was hosting the opening night of the 12th annual Horrorthon film festival with the debut of ‘Jennifer’s Body’, the latest

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creation of Diablo Cody (well known for Junoalso quite a horrific film in my opinion). Being too proud to admit to my friends that I am utterly terrified of poltergeists and other undead entities, I decided to rise to the challenge. With a glass of wine lining my stomach to calm the nerves, I was ready to conquer my fears and headed towards 102 minutes of blood-curdling suspense. Realising that I was about to watch a film called Jennifer’s Body, I became slightly nervous, recollecting the dreadful chop-chopping of body-parts I had to tolerate watching ‘Hostel’. But the fact that the film starred Megan Fox pleasantly surprised me, and upon realising that Adam Brody (OC’s Seth Cohen) would

true to one single principle which seems out of character when you consider his beginnings and The Devil is a pretty decent and honest guy. But the salient case is Ledger’s, Depp’s, Law’s and Farrell’s character, Tony. The device of face changing was artistically ingenious and it almost works, but unfortunately it just makes an inconsistent character even more difficult to track. Ledger’s Tony is charismatic, smart and sneaky, but probably a good person. Heath Ledger didn’t get the scenes in which he would have excelled, but flashes of his brilliance shine through, such as his soft seduction of the sixteen year old daughter. Depp’s Tony is a charming rogue given a depth and beauty of thought and eloquence. He is given the best dialogue in the film in a scene that could only be an homage to Ledger’s life and death, this scene contains the beautiful line: “Nothing lasts forever… Not even death…” But it doesn’t work within the movie’s framework given how the character turns out. Johnny Depp is good in the role but he still, for me, plays a subdued Jack Sparrow. Law’s Tony seems to be a slightly slimier version of Ledger’s. Poor Jude Law is given the worst scene in the movie and can do nothing to improve it. Farrell’s Tony is portrayed as simply evil, and though Farrell is actually quite impressive and does good work with his role you find it hard to notice because of all of the interesting plot points developed earlier on in the

movie that turn out to be complete non sequiturs in his section. I personally feel that Gilliam should have gathered the footage he had at the time of Heath Ledger’s death and made this another great failure, in the vain of Lost in La Mancha. That way Heath Ledger’s performance, the ideas and their original intentions could be preserved in a purer form. Instead we get an interesting and wildly creative film that ends in bastardisation. It compromises where it shouldn’t, and invents when it needs to be solid. Gilliam tries admirably to make the film transcend Heath Ledger’s Tony, but the shadow the late actor casts is too great to be dispersed, and now the film will stay in this finished form when it is clearly an imperfect product. It’s really just a messy barrage of wonderful dreams that someone tried to impose a structure on and failed.

play the evil Satanist, I refused to believe that I was actually to experience any horror at all. The cinema was packed with horror nerds of the male variety, ready to celebrate the joyous Halloween season, grunting Yay or Nay during the trailers at directors’ names I have never heard of. Thank God (or, more appropriately, Satan) for Megan Fox who seemed to have stunned the nerd constituency into silence. Experiencing some financial horrors in 2008, the Hollywood production of ‘Jennifer’s Body’ certainly promises to blow some life

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screened this year include works by both Takashi Miike (director of the notorious ‘Audition’ and ‘Ichi the Killer’) and Michael Mann (‘Public Enemies’ and ‘Heat’). ‘The Farm’ had its Irish premiere back in September at the Tipperary Film Festival, where it won the prize for Best Young Director. Dáire McNab, director of ‘The Farm’, graduated from Trinity in 2007. He was a committee member of the Filmmakers Society, and made several short films while in college. One of these, ‘Nirvana’, won first place in the National Student Film Festival. McNab, Kearns and Cameron-Coen are currently in preproduction on their second feature film ‘The Gingerbread Men’, a dark comedy based upon McNab’s own college experiences, which will be shot next summer. McNab describes the film as being “like Superbad, but less funny.” Carl Doherty

Without dissecting the plot in detail (oops you got me here- there isn’t really that much flesh to work with), I would recommend the movie (due to be released on 4 November) to anyone with a soft-spot for unconventional horrorfilms and who does not take any of this horror-tschibang too seriously. Unfortunately, there might be a slight dilemma for the film’s success: either it is not regarded funny enough to satisfy the chickflick lovers, or not scary enough for those who count the days to their annual pilgrimage to

The cinema was packed with horror nerds of the male variety grunting Yay or Nay during the trailers at directors’ names I have never heard of

into the lungs of a genre which is not only battling for its survival, but is most of all continuingly dealing with harsh denunciations due to what I would call terrible mal-productions. (Anyone recall ‘When a stranger calls’ and the numerous ‘Friday the 13th’ movies?) However, ‘Jennifer’s Body’ does not fall into this scream-and-run or who-is-behindthis-door sort of horror. At least not completely. It is more like a chick-flick à la ‘Mean Girls’, with the only twist that Lindsey Lohan would be possessed by Satan and eat her friends’ limbs. The banality of the plot is somewhat rectified by the general inappropriateness of teenage language (usage of words like freaktarded and salty), a great soundtrack (including Florence and the Machine, and all-time classics like the 1994 hit ‘Violet’ by Hole) and witty dialogues such as: Jennifer: ‘I think the singer wants me’. Needy (Jen’s ‘bestie’): ‘Only because he thinks you’re a virgin.’ Jennifer: ‘I’m not even a backdoor-virgin anymore, thanks to Roman. By the way, that hurts. I couldn’t even go to flags the next day. I had to stay home and sit on a bag of frozen

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It contains elements of dark comedy, as well as a couple of lengthy torture sequences which have led to some dubbing it ‘torture porn’.

Dublin’s Horrothon. Looking at the other 26 films shown over the October Bank Holiday weekend, none would in any way be comparable to ‘Jennifer’s body’: ‘Trick ‘r Treat’ will not even be shown in Irish cinemas but go straight onto DVD due to its subject matter, and ‘Grace’ (a woman bearing a dead child who turns out to be not so dead at all) might be facing the same fate. Also shown were the zombastic ‘Day of the Dead’, and the Serbian production ‘Zone of the Dead’ where InterPol agents join forces with dangerous prisoners to fight a horde of zombies. I do mourn that special effects literally killed Hitchcock’s ‘suspense and surprise’ movies, however, for those of you who like to see films like ‘Shining’ taken to the next level of gruesome-ness, take note of the annual IFI Horrothon. For all the rest of us who more or less enjoyed ‘He’s just not that into you’, ‘Jennifer’s Body’ is just about enough horror to bear. Gundula Beeler

My top 250 pop culture references Before I came to college I had a long hard look at myself and asked ‘what will best prepare me for student life?’ The first thing I thought of, and thus the only thing I did, was to gather a greater knowledge of pop culture references. This endeavour has stood to me greatly. I rememeber being at some debate about something and someone said Bertie Ahern was like Keyser Soze* and I knew exactly who he was talking about. Keyser Soze that is, I think Bertie Ahern was that sketchy looking chap with the crutches. How I set about learning about references to films, that make you feel smarter than everyone else, was to watch all of the 250 films on the Internet Movie Database’s ‘Top 250,’ a list of films complied from the votes of people with nothing better to do on the internet. Obviously this would make me a better person and bring me closer to achieving nirvana or heaven on earth or whatever ridiculous thing I believe in. I am still working my way through the list but I’ve now seen approximately a lot of the films. My Alfred Hitchcock boxset has been a big help, as has ‘my local DVD store’... *cough*wat chingfilmsontheinternet*cough* During my (tribe called) quest** I discovered loads of fantastic films, like ‘Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain’ (#48), ‘Metropolis’ (#86) and ‘Annie Hall’ (#138) but also I found a waste of time that felt slightly relevant, as it seemed to be a method of self-improvement. It also made me think. If I didn’t like any of the films THAT much, like ‘Se7en’ (#31), ‘Memento’ (#29), ‘The Dark Knight’ (#9 [seriously, cop on]) or ‘The Godfather’ (#2) did it mean I had bad taste in films, or was the list just wrong? Either I had to admit a flaw in my personality or admit my whole endeavour was misguided and pointless. So I came up with a solution that lets us both be right. I could admit the films were good, it was just that I didn’t ‘get it.’ It’s like how people can listen to the Kings of Leon. Clearly different people like different things, and I just wasn’t bothered acknowledging that earlier because, if I had, there wouldn’t have been anything to write this article about. *This is a reference to ‘The Usual Suspects.’ Learn your shit. **This is a reference to the hip hop group ‘A Tribe Called Quest,’ you don’t really need to learn anything about them. Conor O’Toole

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Rameau’s Nephew Denis Diderot

The most prominent arguement concerning Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw regards the questionable reality of perception of one of the principal characters. In one sense it is completely central to the book. On the other hand, the ambiguity increases the attraction. Indeed, it is that ambiguity and wonder in the story that makes James’ most famous novella so great. Subjectivity of perception is one of the main themes of the piece not only due to

I haven’t read Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. I fully intend to but, like many people, I suspect, I just haven’t got around to it. If it is better than The Death of Ivan Ilyich it must really be phenomenal. A fraction of the length of his magnum opus, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a torturously brilliant book that tells the story of the physical and mental dénoument of the title character. The ending is assured from the outset; there is no escaping death. Indeed, the first chapter of the book is set at Ivan’s wake. Death is the framing device of the circular narrative. Once we accept that there is no hope for Ivan we can only follow the fulfillment of the book’s own prophecy.

The Metamorphosis is one of Kafka’s most accesible and famous works and and can be read over a day. If you enjoy it, The Metamorphosis is the perfect base to further explore Kafka’s amazing works. Gregor Samsa is our protagonist. He is a travelling salesman who wakes one day to find that he has inexplicably transformed into a terrible vermin. It might sound like a Rob Schneider movie but, thankfully, The Metamorphosis is a far more accomplished and relevent piece of social and philosophical commentary.

The Death of Ivan Ilyich Leo Tolstoy The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka

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who I will not pretend to be familiar with. The action is primarily focused on the conversation of Diderot and his single-serving friend in a late 18th century chess room. They speak of genius, art, money and social circumstances. Much like an Oscar Wilde text, Diderot and (particularly) his consort reaveal gems of truth and political commentary within a wittily self-subversive irony.

the inclusion and exploration of falible characters, but also due to the falibility of the independent narrator. The result is a book that’s interpretation can often change significantly and interestingly after a second read or between different readers.

Ivan is forced to contemplate his own suffering and eventually both he and the reader come to see that the ultimate cathartic epiphany is death itself.

Jack Kerouac’s Tristessa focuses on Kerouac’s own encounters with the title character, a prostitute in Mexico City. The triumph of the piece is Kerouac’s sympathetic and wonderfully melancholic treatment of his muse. While describing her addictions and troubles, Kerouac constantly casts her in a saintly light of beautiful tragedy. A prominent part of the Beat Generation, Kerouac is an essential author and Tristessa is a wonderful introduction to his work. The obvious evolution (if you ever get the time) would be to follow it by reading his masterpiece, On the Road, which carries many of the same themes and stylistic traits.

Novellas to read

When dealing with a subject connected to Oxford University it can be tempting to dwell on this and this alone.

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tional touchstone Laura, the war separates them. Though by his absence from Sherborne and Eton allowed him to save his soul for Oxford and he ended his life in the role of adored father and husband, it is impossible not to sever him from the image of a slight young writer full of aspirations and ardently seeking out any form of structural or emotional residence. This constant displacement of course resulted in the material he was able to regurgitate into novels would later be said to have summed up a generation, one which could have been lost in that tender place between the wars. Byrne’s handling of the homosexual romances, which to a great extent characterized Waugh’s time at Oxford, is both subtle and deeply compelling - what were the mechanics of these elaborate and flamboyant, sexual and profoundly intellectual encounters? We’re certainly lead to believe there was promiscuity taking place at tea parties and luncheons over scones ecdotes and associations for themselves, (very rewarding for lovers of the novel) and so despite the abundance of historical and personal detail the amount of information is never stifling. The flow of the text is lively and exuberant, an absolute must in dealing with such a vivacious and spirited character. Although Byrne can never be said to indulge in sentimentality or indeed to gush with praise for Waugh, there are at times hints of aggression, or a refusal to believe anything less than savoury about the comedic author. Such statements as “Ann Fleming killed Evelyn Waugh” weaken the strength of the author’s voice, when after reading on a few lines we discover her role was to relay an insult said behind his back years before his death. There are also plural incidents of Waugh describing sexual encounters with child prostitutes, and though it’s the task of the biographer to maintain an objective stance, the pointed lack of comment in such instances reads

and oysters. One ritual of the Hypocrites’ Club was to spend festive evenings at an old inn away from the monitoring eyes of their professors, where “the evening ended in dancing, persimmons thrown against the wall, and couples (all male) having sex.” Though the reader can by all means delight in this debauched spin on the archaic dignity of Greek homosexual love they were said to be emulating, the validity of these relationships and how the young men together forged the “Oxford Aesthetic” is never underrated. Though at such a time and in such a setting the NeoPlatonic view that the face reflects the soul ran rampant, and unashamed narcissism and sexualisation infected not only the aristocracy, what Byrne chooses to leave us with is a sense that this was a time for forbearance and artistic production, and despite everything an emphasis on wit and charm. These traits certainly constitute the majority of Waugh’s dynamic, magnetic character. conjure up the lively, engaging and often inebriated personalities, the book would run the risk of all historical biographies where a great deal about the subject is known i.e. reading as simply one long list of diary entries and quotes. Her skilfully animated caricatures capture, for us, the mood of a changing and ruptured era. This tendency to caricature extends to descriptions of Waugh’s novels, which appear always with affection and sometimes with a certain star struck quality. Despite the specific nature of the title, Waugh’s biographer doesn’t weigh down the reader with constant connections and links. In reading about Waugh’s relationship with Elmley and Hugh Lydon, we are not forced into multiple contrived comparisons with “Bridey” and Sebastian Flyte. The reader can flesh out the an-

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as an unwillingness to delve deeper. This is ironic as Waugh usually reported on himself with unflinching candour – is he at times more honest than Byrne? At times the problems experienced read as so modern and fresh that it’s with a jolt we realise1930’s England was still a place of old world morals and custom; “This had to be held at a private location, since as a divorced man the duke was ostracised from court.” Such historical details, that extend to brief the categories of literature and art, give the book an intellectual and academic buoyancy that could have gone unmissed, given the extreme and erotic nature of Waugh’s social life. Byrne however seems determined to remain faithful to who Waugh was a student and writer. What most permeates her depiction is the notion of a man forever unsettled. The dissatisfaction that came with being the younger and lesser favoured son was intensified by his being sent to Lancing instead of Sherborne, a step even further away from Eton. Initially reared with the mentality of self-sacrifice he is then again and again throughout propelled into the position of a guest embraced for his wit and exuberance but held apart for social standing. Even when he marries his emo-

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I’m probably the wrong person to review the latest book on evolution by Richard Dawkins. “The Greatest Show on Earth” is theoretically aimed at people Dawkins refers to as “history-deniers,” putting those who do not believe in evolution into the same rhetorical niche as people who loudly reject the Holocaust. I, on the other hand, think that the theory of evolution is one of the grandest and most beautiful ideas ever conceived by man, a dazzlingly simple truth that embraces almost infinite complexity. It may well be the greatest show on earth. I make that personal point because I fear that the only people who will read Dawkins’ book are people who agree with him, except for a few professional anti-evolutionists who will scan it looking for ways to attack it. The British biologist’s arrogant tone — “history-deniers,” indeed — won’t help attract nonbelievers. But more importantly, there are plenty of good books out there that explain evolution in relatively simple terms, including several by Dawkins himself. And if those books haven’t done the job, this one won’t do it, either. Dawkins is known for being anti-religious; a previous book was titled “The God Delusion.” But this time, after mentioning that many religious leaders, including the archbishop of Canterbury and the pope, have “no problem” reconciling Christianity with evolution, Dawkins writes, “This is a book about the positive evidence that evolution is a fact. It is not intended as an anti-religious book.” He is careful to mention that he has worked with religious leaders to issue joint statements in support of evolution. Dawkins’ new book is at its best when it introduces new research and findings. Particularly fascinating is Dawkins’ story of the scientists who have worked for 20 years with the E. coli strain of bacteria, putting countless millions of the little critters into various environments and keeping track of them through 45,000 generations — more than enough for, say, Homo erectus to evolve into Homo sapiens. The experiment led to wide genetic and physical variations in various batches that seemingly can be accounted for only by natural selection. But such evidence is, I suspect, not going to change any minds. “Well, sure,” an anti-evolutionist might say, “bacteria might be affected by their environments, but that doesn’t mean men came from monkeys.” To that sort of argument, Dawkins responds by pointing out that, in the past half-century, dozens and dozens of fossils have been found of extinct creatures that seem to be at various stages of intermediacy between apes and humans. The “missing link” is no longer missing: There are a lot of links. But that argument will go nowhere with those who have chosen by reasons of faith to reject evolution. Dawkins frustratingly demonstrates that very point by quoting at length from a transcript of a debate he had with a creationist who, in the end, thought she had trumped everything he had said about fossils discovered in Africa and Asia by replying that she believed in “a loving God who created each one of us.” “The Greatest Show on Earth” is not going to win any converts, and Dawkins does himself a disservice with his explosions of rhetoric and his lengthy dissertations on such peripheral matters as nuclear physics and plate tectonics, both of which could be dealt with in a few paragraphs. If you’re looking for a good introduction to the theory of evolution, I could recommend some better books, including a couple of fairly recent ones: the wonderfully anecdotal “The Beak of the Finch” by Jonathan Weiner, which shows the author observing evolution happening in real time in the Galapagos islands; and Dawkins’ excellent “The Selfish Gene,” which explains, among other things, why survival of the fittest doesn’t necessarily end with one man standing over the bloody bodies of all the rest of us. he full title of Paula Byrne’s biography of Evelyn Waugh, Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead, threatens a book of easy solutions to a difficult subject. The languid nostalgic ambience of Oxford is so evocative, that when dealing with a subject connected to the elite university it can be tempting to dwell on this and this alone. Similarly, the sprawling country estate awash with clichéd rolling hills and stereotypical frivolous homosexuals is provocative enough to hold sway for an entire book. But Byrne pushes past the somewhat obvious amber hues of Waugh’s time in Oxford and Madresfield (the real life Brideshead) and produces a portrayal that is astute without being analytical, and sympathetic without being sentimental. With such emphasis on the story of Brideshead and its somewhat chaotic, though always eclectic and endearing, inhabitants, it can be difficult to disassociate Waugh from the persona of an intellect steeped in snobbery and a social networker obsessed with pedigree. During his lifetime he was often criticized for being in awe of the aristocracy and all too readily wielding a sharp tongue. To us this may seem fitting for a supposed socialite and dandy in possession of a cutting wit, but Byrne is adamant that this common misconception is not only unjust, but alludes to a wilful misunderstanding of the author. Byrne’s book acts as both historical companion and confidential intimate, all too willing to disclose to us detail after detail that finally culminates in an image of a man whose primary concern was “The day is wasted on which we have not laughed”, greatly lessening the stereotyped persona that perhaps matches the oeuvre more than the individual. Byrne mirrors her subject in skilfully churning out anecdotal character sketches. A sense of every cast member is achieved (and there are dozens) with a quickness and agility that gives the text the kind of liveliness associated with Waugh’s own fiction. Byrne has managed to immerse herself seamlessly into a world that though in terms of decades is not long gone, is deeply marked with nostalgia and a melancholic sense of loss, with the second world war acting as an irrefutable bookend. Without her ability to

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he purpose of the Central Societies Committee (CSC) is to secure funding from the Capitation Committee, and then distribute this to societies within Trinity College. Each year, members allocate some hundreds of thousands of euro of funding to student societies around campus. How do they decide where to send this money? While ostensibly representative of the student body, the CSC is composed of Students' Union (SU) and society hacks who allocate funding according to ambiguous criteria. Some societies, especially those favoured by certain CSC Officers, receive extremely generous grants. Others less favoured receive more meager grants. This is to be expected in a system which is neither transparent nor accountable. In a perfect world, all students would have an equal say in how college funding is allocated to societies. After all, this is your money and it is being allocated for your benefit. But a CSC composed of some 15,000 members is completely unworkable and would never reach consensus. Thus, we need a central authority to decide how to spend our money. Or do we? Consider the following suggestion. Instead of centrally planning the distribution of funding for student societies, give each student the same amount of 'CSC dollars' (hereafter referred to as CSCs) in advance of Freshers' Week. Students then choose what societies they want to give their CSCs to.

These CSCs are then redeemable for cash from college. If your society receives 1000 CSCs from its members, they can exchange this for €1000. If you can't convince students to give you any CSCs, then you do not get any funding from college. What are the benefits of such a system? First off, it is democratic. No more privileged elites in House 6 deciding where to allocate college funding. Instead, every student has an equal say. You control the same por-

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themselves are. With CSCs, this becomes a reality. If societies are not offering what students want, they won't get any money. If that means they can't spend it on the things that students are not interested in financing, that is a very good thing. However, people are very gullible. Won't they be tricked by false promises during Freshers' Week? Won't societies lie to you to get your CSCs? Firstly, this is an existing problem under the status quo with membership fees,

In a perfect world, all students would have an equal say in how college funding is allocated to societies

tion of funding as everyone else, because everyone gets the same number of CSCs at the start of the year. It will also force student societies to provide a better service before taking your hard-earned cash, and foster competition. Societies have to convince you that you will get more out of giving them your CSCs than if you gave it to any other society. Thus, individual students have the power. Critically, students also decide what constitutes a 'better service'. In the past, this was just the opinion of some SU hack in Front Square. But who is best placed to decide what students want? Of course, the students

so it is not caused by CSCs. Secondly, people are smart, and usually ask questions about the society's track record before parting with their money. There is no reason to think that the current CSC Executive is any smarter than the average student with CSCs. Especially since, after the introduction of CSCs, more than three quarters of money given to societies during Freshers' Week will be directly controlled by older students who have heard all the lies before. They will not be fooled by false promises, and they know which societies will really provide a good-value service in exchange for CSCs. Thus, the CSC

dollar is smart money. There is also the problem with the current system created by membership charges. Right now, if you do not pay extra money to become a member of a society such as the Hist, you do not get any benefit from the thousands of euro they receive from the university. But this money comes from you in the form of registration fees! With the introduction of CSCs, everyone benefits from funding to college societies. How? If you don’t want to get involved with existing college societies and don’t want to pay for other people to have fun, simply offer to sell your CSCs to one of the bigger societies at a discount. You give them 10 CSCs, and they'll pay you €9. Everybody benefits! The Soviet Union tried to tell its citizens what they wanted, and failed. Communism and central planning are rightly regarded today as an abomination. Yet for some reason, we tolerate it right now in Trinity College through the Central Societies Committee. Why should society oligarchs in House 6 decide how to allocate your money? Why should you not be allowed to decide how to spend your money yourself? Abolish the Central Societies Committee. Let individual students allocate funding for societies, freely and democratically. Let the free market reign, and reap the rewards. Jonathan Wyse

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The University Times In the field of excellence ou have heard it said a thousand times that college Y is more than what one learns in

a classroom or a lab. There are many ways to gain experience and skills, in particular the societies, publications, sports clubs, and the unions all offer incalculable advantages in terms of personal and professional development. This paper wants to see Trinity

as the standard of excellence in the field of extra-curricular involvement. How that can be achieved is a particularly interesting debate that covers many facets including the nature, organization, and goals for each body. There is at least two contributions to this debate in the paper today that is the opinion regarding

the reconstitution of the Central Societies Committee (CSC). This argument has its friends and its detractors but what it is, is a part of a debate that must be had. Also there is the opinion by the Education Officer about how to recognise involvment. We saw at the CSC’s Fourth Week commons for the heads of societies and at Pubs Week’s

reception what The University Times regards as some of the finest talent available to anyone anywhere and whatismore, they walk among us. If these weeks were to serve only one purpose it would be to find and nurture that talent–to pass it on and grow it into a broad and strong oak that will stand in this college for year upon year. The College must also lend

Reform, not abolition, first option for Senate E nda Kenny’s surprising recent announcement of his proposal to abolish the Seanad provoked much national commentary, not least in the impugned Seanad itself, where support and heavy criticism of the proposal were not so equally ardently voiced. However, a consensus appeared to emerge during the course of the debate that the current state of the upper parliamentary house was unsatisfactory, ineffective and inefficient and that institutional reform was undoubtedly necessary. This is certainly neither an original nor a recent a notion. There have been no fewer than 12 reports since 1937 recommending various improvements and changes to the functions of the Seanad and the selection process of its members. In addition, a referendum was held in 1979 to extend the franchise of the university panels to all third-level institutions, which although passed, was never implemented due to the necessary legislation not being enacted. Whether it was prompted by a genuine concern over the lack of initiation of reform or just a populist move by Enda Kenny in a political point-scoring game between himself and Eamon Gilmore, the proposal of its abolition has brought to the fore the question

of the Seanad’s remaining utility and whether it continues to serve a valuable purpose. It would be all too easy in this current climate to agree with popular sentiment and demand that a seemingly pointless expenditure of public funds be ended in the form of complete abolition. However, to do that would be to ignore the reasoned ideology underpinning the necessity or advantage of having a bicameral parliament or legislature. Although criticism is levelled at the Seanad that it is undemocratic in nature because many of its members are not directly elected, the converse can be seen to be true and it could be argued that abolition would be of greater harm to democracy than its revised retention through reform. The fact that the Seanad is made up of predominantly non-directly elected members gives it a greater degree of independence than the Dáil, where TDs are conscious that their mandate and potential future mandate for being in the Oireachtas is limited to a specific geographical area – their constituency. As such, inevitably TDs will be conscious of pressures or interests relating to their constituency and will act in accordance with its interests if they wish to seek re-election. Therefore, their responsibility

is to their constituency first and this may result in a certain amount of bias in their decision making. The benefit of the Seanad is that there are no such pressures operating and senators can consequently approach matters of policy and governance with a much more objective stance and with a less narrow focus then a TD might. In addition, senators are theoretically less constrained by party affiliations and can speak more freely. However, as many are in reality political appointees or chosen by panels operating within the party-political framework, this may not be the case and indicates an appropriate area for reform in order to allow less party affiliation and promote the more open debate envisaged. Another argument in favour of the Seanad’s role in promotion of democracy is that in having a second house of the Oireachtas, a further dimension to the system of “checks and balances” is added. By scrutinising legislation intitiated by the Dáil, the upper house helps to prevent badly considered legislation passing into law. The fact that the Seanad is mostly made up of members elected by vocational panels furthers this aim in that people with expertise in a certain area will be best placed to adjudicate on the intrinsic worth of a certain piece

of legislation. However, a revision of the current vocational panels breakdown may be necessary to achieve this properly. Having regard to these merits of the bicameral system, it doesn’t seem accurate to posit the notion that the Seanad has no role to play, and a complete abolition of our upper house of parliament would instead seem to remove a layer of democracy. Admittedly, in its current relatively weak and powerless position due to its total subordination to the Dáil, it can’t meaningfully fulfil its potentially beneficial role. In order for this to take effect, more power should be accorded to the Seanad to enable it to make a more significant contribution. A more appropriate response than an outright abolition, therefore, would be to actually make the longrecognised and much-needed reforms a reality. Abolishing the Seanad without reforming it first would be, as one senator put it during the Seanad debate on 21st October, like “putting the cart before the horse”. If the same or new criticisms can be made of a reformed Seanad, then there is valid reason for the drastic action proposed by Enda Kenny, but not presently. Elizabeth Maye

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Traditionally, fascist parties in Britain thrive on attention and controversy and to give them valuable exposure may seem to work in their favour.

“Sunday Bloody Sunday, it really encapsulates the frustrations of a Sunday, you have to read all the Sunday papers, kids running around, have to mow the lawn. God, Sunday Bloody Sunday” These are the words of fictional character Alan Partridge when asked about his opinion of Irish culture and more specifically the music of U2. The actor playing the RTÉ journalist then regretfully informs Alan that the song is not in fact about a lazy Sunday but about a massacre in Derry in 1972. It is hard not to laugh at Steve Coogan’s moronic character. Indeed for most Northern Irish people the idea that someone would not know anything about events such as Bloody Sunday is so unheard of, that it could be greeted with an ironic smirk. However, what if people in Northern Ireland were more like Alan Partridge, we would not appreciate the violence and struggles of our past. This would surely be a regrettable situation and disrespect to the vast numbers of life that have been needlessly lost throughout the struggle to unite Ireland. Undoubtedly, the history of the struggle makes for interesting debate. Indeed over the years many have taken place, venues ranging from a local pub, prisons, to the higher echelons of government. On Wednesday the 30th September the venue for the latest instalment in this age old question was the GMB, with the philosophical society. For the purposes of this article I am not going to analysis the merits of the propositions, I merely want to highlight a perhaps somewhat throwaway comment that was made by one of the opposition speakers but has affected me greatly since. The assumption was made that Northern Irish young people are not that interested in a united Ireland, they are not that interested in the thirty years of violence, the Troubles, and they are not that interested in politics. One could relate them to Mr Partridge’s ignorance. To justify this point, the speaker claimed to have participated in a college organised trip to Israel, where he met ten Northern Irish students who apparently did not have much knowledge or interest in Northern Irish politics, past, present or future. Given that these debates last for a number of hours, it is forgivable for a small point like this to be overlooked, but I simply cannot and will not overlook this aberrant assumption for two reasons. Firstly and simply the assumption is wrong. I find it difficult to accept that ten young Northern Irish people represent the views of the 250,000 18-24 year olds in Northern Ireland. I could just as easily locate ten Northern Irish students in that very room who do care

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We are survivors of the Troubles. We may not have had to face the bullets and bombs but the effects are still imprinted in our psyche.

should repeat itself here. Nick Griffin’s performance on Question Time was comparable to George Clooney’s in Batman and Robin. It was a chance for his policies to be heavily scrutinized and for him to offer justification, but this was not an Oscar winning performance. One audience member noted, “Nick Griffin really did not get a particularly good reception. Gradually the audience got tired of his comments. There were sighs of boredom when he started talking” Moreover his appearance has resulted in extraordinary outbursts from within the BNP, Lee Barnes, BNP’s legal officer, criticised his leader for “failing to press the attack” after his weak performance, in which he appeared ambivalent about his attacks on Islam, overawed and evasive. It is for this reason that the BBC were correct to permit the BNP to speak. They were exposed for what they were, a group of racists and bigots. Nick Griffin failed to offer justification or reasoning behind his beliefs and inspired disillusionment rather than support. In light of his performance it would seem unlikely that the BNP will be offered the chance to star in a sequel. Niall Donnelly

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Controversy reigned over the BBC’s decision to allow the far-right BNP leader Nick Griffin to appear on Question Time. Niall Donnelly discusses the consequences. views. Firstly, the BNP are an elected party, they have won seats in the European Parliament, the BBC have a duty of impartiality and must provide a fair hearing to all political parties. Most of the BNP’s beliefs are undesirable and outrageous, but to put a gag on their mouths will only aid the BNP’s cause. Traditionally, fascist parties in Britain thrive on attention and controversy and to give them valuable exposure may seem to work in their favour. Their appearance on Question Time, one of the top political broadcasts, may even give some legitimacy to their cause. Nonetheless, if the BBC had denied the BNP an opportunity to air their views, an air of mystic would surely arise and people might delve into the archives to learn some of the party’s policies. Upon investigating, one might build a moderate skewed impression of the party and thus support their cause, an undesirable outcome. What’s more, the BNP appeals to anti-establishmentarians, they promote the idea of one voice against the masses; to rescind their invite would surely advance their appeal in this regard. Equally, as tradition dictates that the far right parties thieve on attention and controversy, this attention is often short-lived and history

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about the past, present and future political situation in Northern Ireland, but even then I would never be as naïve as to state that every 1824 year old cares about the struggle for a united Ireland. Furthermore, the 12,000 (average) students that study GCSE History, the 5,000 (average) that study A Level History, the 2,000 (average) that study A Level Politics, and the 4,000 (average) that study Politics or History in a Northern Irish University, all study the history and development of the Troubles and the hostility which occurred in search of a united Ireland. Furthermore, parents and grandparents who lived through the terrors of the past three decades recount their experiences in the hope that future generations will never take peace for granted. Additionally, do not forget the countless documentaries, films, books and talks about this debate. No matter what political persuasion you may belong, having gained an in-depth insight into the suffering and violence of the conflict that most of these student have, it is extremely hard to disregard and not care about the struggle for a united Ireland. Indeed I find the mere assumption that Northern Irish young people could turn a blind eye to these insights extremely insulting. Many of the same people will have lost family, friends, and acquaintances as a result of the struggle. This takes me to my second point, not only do Northern Irish young adults undoubtedly care about the past and future struggle to unite Ireland, but they are right to care. Legally speaking we, as part of the 18-24 year old demographic from NI, are survivors of the Troubles. We may not have had to face the bullets and bombs of the late 60’s or 70’s but the effects are still imprinted in our psyche. One could say that as survivors we should move on and try to forget, and to a certain extent in order for peace to prosper this should be held in high regard. Perhaps this could lead to a pathway where parties will be elected for “on the ground issues”, such as Housing or Education, instead of tribal politics. This is possibly an ultimate goal and could be slightly more conceivable than a united Ireland. Nonetheless, I believe that Northern Irish young adults must acknowledge the brutality and violence of the past and have a duty to inform younger generations when the time is appropriate. It is important not to ingrain into the heads of future generations the hatred of previous ones. Nobody wants to create a segregated community, but we can learn from the Troubles. We also can not impress enough on future generations how much of a blessing it is to live in an era where peace prospers in politics instead of violence as the mode to advance change. So much needless blood has been shed; many endless hours of political talking and bargaining have been taken place in order that we can live within a peaceful society. Future generations of Northern Irish citizens must never forget their past; we must never take peace for granted, and we must never be as ignorant as Alan Partridge.

Right to the airwaves? hroughout the flicker of history’s eyelid, controversial politicians have utilised the media as a stage to preach to the masses. Adolf Hitler used his skills of oration and articulation to manipulate a generation of Germans; the same can be said of the North Korean dictator Kim JongIl, with his military style announcements. On the Thursday 22nd of October a new controversial figurehead played the starring role in the latest media stage production. Curtin up, Nick Griffin, leader of the British Nationalist Party (BNP) took his seat on the panel of BBC’s Question Time, and we all hoped he would break a leg, literally. The BBC’S decision to give him the leading role was a controversial one. Mr Griffin is a man who believes that a leader of the Ku Klux Klan, David Duke, was not a violent man. Furthermore, he has previously denied the Holocaust and has called homosexual acts in public repugnant. The outrage amongst the body politic was evidenced by the mass protests outside the BBC during the recording of the programme and gasps from a disillusioned audience. Yet, for all the controversy the BBC made the correct decision to invite Mr Griffin onto the show to air his

its hand in this endeavour by engaging all the bodies in a process to see what can be done it recognise and encourage excellence in our college. We need to make our college the college that a person goes taking a degree and leaving a legacy of excellence and accomplishment in the field of extra-curricular involvement.

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Recognition for learning outside the classroom Ashley Cooke It can be perplexing for a student to see their classmate expend so much time and effort in work for a society or giving up their weekends to write articles for a student magazine. Why do they bother? What do they get out of it? Do they suffer academically? At the moment, College is asking itself the same questions in considering how to best recognise learning outside the classroom.

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runs a society or just wears a t-shirt for someone in the SU elections, their participation enables them to develop abilities in communication, teamwork and leadership and gain invaluable experience. It should be the ultimate goal for any modern university to develop society’s brightest into well educated, well rounded individuals with the necessary skills to

We already have recognition for academic excellence in the form of Foundation Scholarship. Should we perhaps consider rewarding the “involved” student in a similar way? The sort of activity involved in helping run a society or organising a trip away for a sports club is an essential part of what we mean when we speak of the “Trinity Experience”. Whether a student single-handedly

both succeed in life and contribute back to the global community in some form. You have to ask yourself are you learning these essential skills by simply turning up for lectures and submitting monthly essays and lab

reports. Though not exclusively, expertise in areas like teamwork and leadership can usually be seen by students involved clubs, societies, publications, students’ unions and voluntary and outreach programs. Unfortunately, a student can meander through their four years of college and miss out on the chance to fully develop their skill set. However, this is not necessarily their fault. It can be a misconception among white bearded, stuffy academics that taking part in clubs and societies is unequivocally going to result in a student’s studies suffering and that this sort of activity should be discouraged or at best, ignored. It needs to be made plainly obvious to students that taking part in student activities is an integral part of the learning process at Trinity. It behoves an institution of Trinity’s standing to discard this belief and to first encourage and then to properly recognise learning outside the classroom. Though it is commendable that College has begun to address this and excellent work is being done by College officers on the issue and specifically by the Dean of Students, Gerry White, all members of the College community need

to put very careful thought into particular questions concerning recognition of extra-curricular involvement. Firstly we have to ask, what do we mean by recognition? It would fundamentally undermine both the educational integrity of the University and the individual reasons of students that “get involved” to award academic credit on the basis of participation in student organizations. We already have recognition for academic excellence in the form of Foundation Scholarship. Should we perhaps consider rewarding the “involved” student in a similar way or maybe an expanded version of the annual Student Awards where “students who have made an outstanding contribution to College life”, to quote the alumni website, are rewarded with Collegewide recognition? The problem with these notions is that they are grandiose and exclusive. We shouldn’t be aiming to award the student who is head of the Phil or President of the Students’ Union. By virtue of their position in these organizations they already receive a modest amount of peer recognition and their CV’s will speak for themselves upon graduation. This brings us to the second question of who

deserves recognition. We don’t want to end up in a situation where we applaud the student who excels in participation with student organizations but scrapes through their exams each year while at the same time excluding the student who is active in a society or two and is able to reasonably balance all aspects of college life. It is not always apparent to the prospective employer that being an active member of a society, taking up a new sport and getting a decent degree in the end of the day is a full-time commitment and is entirely commendable. It is for this student that College’s recognition of their work is crucial. Students

in the future will suffer from academic inflation. With every Tom, Dick and Harry having a degree, recognition of learning outside the classroom is key to tackling the problem of distinguishing the excellent student.

Off the Record The University Times is a new and distinct newspaper that operates from an office with a history of newspaper making. The most recent of these newspapers is The Record. We take this small part of this page to print some notable articles from previous days in Trinity.

‘New paper breaks all Records’

‘AND THE WINNER IS...’

This was the front page article in the Volume One, Issue One of The University Record

Q. You stated in Hustings on the Dining Hall steps that the student centre would remain permanently in Luce all if that was what the students preferred. Will you now stand over this promise? A. Well,em…I do strongly believe that a student centre is necessary and a good student centre, one that is designed for that purpose. This means that the students need to layout what a student centre should provide, and that it be designed towards those functions………..There’s a lot of pressures at the moment on space especially around this area of college and I’d like to look at all those pressures so that all the problems can be resolved openly.

Trinity College is rocked this week by the arrival of a new newspaper. The University Record, which you hold in your hand, looks set to change the face of Trinity Journalism forever. Record editor Matthew Magee explained the ethos of the new venture, “Student Journalism is all the same: everyone wants to write for The Irish Times or The Guardian; the whole arts section wants to edit NME. That might be alright to write, but I realised that it was time that someone produced a student paper that students actually want to read. The Record is to replace previous newspaper of the Students’

Union, Aontas. Yet it had seemed that the new paper would be in a position to control its own content: Aontas has been overseen by committee elected by the Students’ Union, and so was not in control of its own copy. The situation changed this year as the SU Executive granted the paper an independent news section. Magee sees this as crucial, “it means that the students get the truth and get it straight, with no spin. We mean what we say on the masthead: straight talking. We know it will be the students’ choice. October 1, 1997

After the incumbent provost was elected The University Record interviewed him about his plans. Volume Four, Issue Ten.

Q. Space is a big problem A. Space is a huge problem so the current plan under regime is that the sub-space in Luce Hall be designed into a student centre. Q.Although you were the only candidate to make firm promisies over Luce hall you only received 18% of the Student vote. How do

you feel about this? A. Well…. Yes that was interesting alright. In retrospect of the campaign I think the role of the Provost is not completely understood and visibly seen by the student body. There’s a gap between the provost and the students who don’t see this role as a visible entity. To campaign as a Provost candidate amongst the student body is difficult because it is such a dispersed body. Q. Now that Trinity have voted to re-affiliate with USI do you feel thatyou are in a stronger position to haggle with the Government and the HEA over student related issues like the grant and accommodation? A. The whole university sector has to make a case to the Government over this. The university sector is organised under a conference of the heads of Irish universities. If USI as a united body can also make a strong case because it is united then that’s great. Q.The SU is currently entitled to 8

representatives at University Council. The Universities Bill will result in the reconstitution of University Council. There have been mutterings that the SU may lose some of its representation when a new council of all voting members is constituted. Will you as Provost support us retaining our current level of representation? A.I think the whole culture of university is to include representatives from all sectors so there’s no issue about this. I guess I’m not in a position to comment yet because I don’t know what the actual situation will be. Q. We are running out of building space at a rapid pace here in Trinity. Is the idea of a second campus a realistic goal? A. I think the idea of a second campus may arise actually, in time. We certainly are running out of space within the four walls. There is potential still outside the four walls down Pearse St for instance, so there’s a possibility of expanding that way but it’s going to cost more now than it would have a few years ago. As a college we should slow

down overall growth so we can consolidate what we have. Of course we are already on two other sites, St.James’ Hospital and Tallaght aswell. Whether we’ll have another major campus I think we should not consider that just yet until we get our act together first. Q. The Provost’s house on 1 Grafton Street has always fascinated me. Are you excited about moving in? A. Excited about moving? Yes, it’s a fantastic house and I think it has tremendous potential as a home that includes people. Q. Should we expect any wild house parties in the coming years? A. I would say that we would live a strong social life there.

Trinity Term, 2001

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The cheetah’s guide to volunteering With the number of cheetahs in the wild dwindling, the Dell Cheetah Centre has been set up to help re-introduce the animals to their natural habitats. Fenella Heaton-Watson talks about her experience volunteering with the centre and working with these creatures.

ften you hear people explain that they want to volunteer in order to ‘give something back‘. I find this both intriguing and perplexing: what exactly has been ‘taken’ for it ‘to be owed’ in the first place? And to whom is that ‘something’ owed? Alternatively, some people make no attempt to conceal their ego-centrism and freely admit their true motivation: to give their CV an edge over the ubiquitous 500 applicants applying for the same single job. With employment at the peak of competitiveness in the current climate, this is a common motivation with which, as a graduate myself, I can empathise. Both of these groups of people inevitably return to their native countries ladened with hundreds of photos of them clutching African orphans eager to upload them onto Facebook or MySpace to show their 600 online friends their good deeds from the summer. Despite evidence to the contrary, I am not (entirely) cynical about volunteering. In fact, I have personally been fortunate enough to have volunteered abroad on a number of occasions, on projects ranging from wildlife conservation to HIV/AIDS education. Furthermore, I consider my experiences on these programmes to be amongst the most enriching in terms of personal development, friendships formed and cultures encountered. However, once the hurdle of true personal motivation has been overcome, another obstacle on the path to true altruism lies ahead: the integrity of the volunteer organisation. While it is possible to volunteer on an independent basis, in my opinion, the best option by far is to go within the security of an established organisation. There are a multitude of benefits to this approach, not to mention the increased peace of mind for the parents whose child is going forth into the ‘dangerous unknown‘. My parents, like most I would imagine, took infinite comfort in the knowledge that there would be a guardian to whom I (and they) could rely on in case of emergency. However, volunteer organisations are not without their faults. Sadly, there are some corrupt and financially-motivated enterprises which falsely promote a benevolent front. Some organisations even hinder the development of their projects in order to sustain the attention of new volunteers and their financial contributions. I cannot emphasise enough the importance of researching the background of the volunteer organization which you plan to go with. By investigating the ethics and transparency of the organization, you ensure that your money and time goes to those in need and contributes to a sustainable project which responds to and works with the local people and environment. With these sceptisms in mind, I was on a quest to find a volunteering opportunity for myself and a friend. It was by a word-of-mouth recommendation that we stumbled across the Dell Cheetah Centre, located less than two hours from Johannesburg in South Africa. With passion and determination to protect the endangered cheetah, South Africans Pieter and Estelle Kemp originally established the non-profit foundation in 2001. With the help of Erin Sparks and Lizzie Duthie, a qualified safari guide, the Kemps are on their way to achieving their long-term goal of re-introducing

cheetahs back into their natural wild habitat. Volunteers are welcomed to assist the project and play a crucial part in the future of this beautiful species. It is the genuine adoration of and respect for African wildlife which sets the Centre apart from other enterprises. From the moment Lizzie and Erin met us at Johannesburg airport, we began our memorable African adventure. In the car from the airport to the Centre, Lizzie and Erin, who are both originally from England but have spent substantial amounts of time in Africa, took the opportunity to explain everything from the local mindset of ‘Africa time’ to the geography and history of the reserve. The Centre is located on the buffer zone of the Vredefort Dome Impact Site in the Free State, one of the nine provinces in South Africa. Approximately 2

is responsible for sustaining the wildlife inhabiting it. By cutting down these specific trees, which were planted in the reserve as an experiment decades ago, the environment can slowly return to its natural balance and the wood can be made into furniture for the volunteer accommodation. Overall, I found the camp facilities, and the ethos behind it, to be reassuring evidence of the organisation’s priorities which are aligned with a enduring aim towards conservation. During a large and delicious homecooked supper prepared by some of the volunteers, Lizzie and Erin briefed us about our duties as a volunteer. We were expected to interact with the cheetahs on a daily basis by feeding them, cleaning their enclosures, monitoring their behaviour and exercising them. Every

some of the other volunteers had been at the Centre for a couple of weeks, their excitement at seeing these extraordinarily graceful creatures had not faded, something I found quite refreshing. Everyone delighted in telling us quirky snippets of information about the enormous herbivores including the fact that they are capable of reaching their eyes with their tongues (if they felt so inclined to perform such an activity!). The expansive knowledge of the volunteers about the other wildlife in the reserve and conservation in Africa in general amazed me. Clearly one of the central goals of the Centre is to instil a broad educational experience in their volunteers so they return home with a rounded understanding of not only cheetahs, but of wildlife and conservation in Africa on a greater scale.

Cheetahs that the Dell Cheetah Centre are attempting to train so they can be re-introduced to the wild. (left and right) Photos: Jessica Pakenham-Money

Volunteering in Ethiopia

billion years ago a meteorite the size of Table Mountain hit the region causing a dramatic change to the geology of the area resulting in a hilly grassland landscape. The Vaal River, the largest tributary of the Orange River in South Africa, meanders through the reserve adding geographical diversity and attracting countless bird species. On arrival to the volunteer camp we were given a guided tour of the accommodation, which was comfortable and rustic. Some of the furniture was constructed from Blue-Gum wood; trees which Lizzie passionately explained are not indigenous to the area and therefore jeopardise the delicate balance of the local vegetation which in turn

detail was accompanied by an anecdote from one of the other volunteers whose infectious enthusiasm ensured an entertaining evening. The next morning, we were gently woken by the sound of the Cape Turtle Dove. The local saying goes that he calls in the morning to ‘work harder, work harder’ while in the evening he encourages us to ‘drink lager, drink lager‘! With this work ethic in mind, excited by the fresh African morning air and the prospect of our first encounter with the nine adult cheetahs and three cubs on the reserve we set off on foot towards the enclosures. We had barely left the camp before we spotted giraffe on the horizon. Although

I cannot emphasise enough the importance of researching the background of the volunteer organization which you plan to go with.

As the plane makes a stop-over in Khartoum, a city surrounded by vast deserts, you find yourself eager to take off again and head for the vibrant city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital. Ethiopia is well known for its coffee and its world-class athletes, and after climbing a few steps at high altitude, it soon becomes clear how the Ethiopians are in such good shape! There was no end to the kindness of the Ethiopian people, who went out of their way to make sure everything went smoothly during our stay. Although a relatively new charity, Camara already had an impressive reputation for its work in Ethiopia. People were queuing up to try and get into the classes and we worked flat out to accommodate as many of them as possible. Of course, as volunteers, we were allowed some time to explore by ourselves, giving us the opportunity to haggle with taxi drivers over 20c fares or race to class in a rickshaw, crashing only once or twice along the way. There was ample time allocated to discovering Ethiopia’s impressive countryside and getting close-up with crocodiles. The food was delicious, lots of spicy foods but also pastas and pizzas for those of us who weren’t adventurous enough to sample raw meat. Accomodation was generally extremely pleasant bar a certain dodgy hotel/brothel with holes in the ceiling for any

number of creatures to crawl in under the brown sheets with you! Of course if you didn’t want to stay in your room you could always walk over to the bar for a quiet pint, provided you didn’t mind drinking in a pub with no lights and promiscuous ladies lurking in the corners. This trip of a lifetime was an eye-opening cultural experience and well worth the time invested helping out in the charity’s workshop on Thomas Street. Brian Storrs Camara is a charity dedicated to improving computer literacy across Africa. For more information on them and their volunteers visit www.camara.ie.

How to volunteer abroad There are countless organizations worldwide that take on volunteers, but you may be confused as to where to start looking. Suas is an overseas volunteering organisation originally set up in Trinity by members of the Trinity branch of St. Vincent de Paul and they have a society branch in most of the colleges in Ireland. Suas is dedicated towards supporting education in underresourced communities in India and Kenya, as well as Ireland. Visit www.suas.ie for more information.

You can find many lists of these volunteering organisations online. The Careers Advisory Service’s website (www. tcd.ie/careers) has a list of links to various volunteering organisations. Action Without Borders have an online project called Idealist (www.idealist.org), which also lists a large number of organisations you could volunteer with.

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Timesspecial report The sunset on the horizon was ablaze with shades of amber and magenta and the parting words of our fellow volunteers resonated in our ears – “It’s been emotional”.

The three day trip to the Kruger National Park, organised each month, is certainly considered one of the highlights by the volunteers. Not only does it present an opportunity to see the infamous ‘Big Five’ in their natural habitat, an incredible experience in itself, but it also allows you to explore another region of South Africa in backpackerstyle, accompanied by other volunteers and Lizzie. Before we entered the cheetah enclosures, Lizzie and Erin ushered us towards an area which could be casually labelled an ‘outdoor class-room‘. Here, a number of information boards stood clearly and boldly outlining details such as the anatomy of the cheetah, the differences between the cheetah and the leopard and the handling of the cheetahs. Our mentors expertly supplemented each point with further clarification and examples until we had a solid background knowledge of the cheetah. Afterwards, questions were answered and further discussion commenced with regard to the stages of how exactly the long-term goal of re-introducing cheetahs into wild takes place at the Centre. Currently, all of the cheetahs at the Centre have been born into captivity and, although the instinct remains, they lack the knowledge and technique to stalk, capture and kill prey. The first step in the process is to teach the cheetahs how to hunt using a lure machine which simulates a high speed chase, at the end of which the cheetahs are rewarded with meat. Eventually the cheetahs come to associate running and chasing with food. Once the cheetah has proved itself to be competent at this stage, they progress to a larger area which remains enclosed and well stocked with suitable game so

that it can refine its technique. Detailed data collection continues and careful consideration determines which cheetahs are introduced to the same region to ensure the best possible gene pool for potential breeding. Volunteers continue to monitor the hunting and breeding, although there is no direct human contact or interference at this stage. The cubs will grow and become independent of the mother who will be solely responsible for teaching them how to hunt for themselves. After time, they will be relocated to a suitable reserve to start a new cheetah population or alternatively bring a new bloodline into an existing one. On our final evening, we ventured outside to take in the majesty of the African night time sky one last time and to reflect on our time at the Centre. This ambitious project is the first of its kind involving cheetahs and it undeniably relies on the time and enthusiasm of dedicated volunteers to advance the programme. It is at an exciting stage of its development which offers a unique opportunity to rectify the damage humans have managed to inflict on this incredible species. Undoubtedly, Africa had pulled out all the stops as we reluctantly drove away from the Centre. The sunset on the horizon was ablaze with shades of amber and magenta and the parting words of our fellow volunteers resonated in our ears – “It’s been emotional”. That it certainly was. Our time at the Dell Cheetah Centre had subconsciously, yet ingeniously, rekindled my love affair with Africa and restored my faith in volunteering.

Two volunteers with the Dell Cheetah Centre pose with one of the animals (top-left) while one of the centre’s trainers entertains a cheetah (above). Photos: Jessica PakenhamMoney

This ambitious project is the first of its kind involving cheetahs and it relies on the time and enthusiasm of dedicated volunteers.

Fenella Heaton-Watson

Volunteering in India

Summer in the City of Joy The University Times spoke to two students who volunteered in Calcutta, the “City of Joy”, during the summer of 2009. Nicole Byrne is a final year Sociology and Social Policy student who has just returned from ten weeks volunteering with Suas in the Vikramshila Education Resource Centre in Kolkata (Calcutta). She worked on an ‘Education to Employment’ scheme in a secondary school for boys. She worked with these students to improve their confidence and communication skills, culminating in an English language public speaking event. Nicole also spent two days a week as a teaching assistant at Nabadisha centres for street and slum children in areas of the city with particularly high crime rates. She spoke to the University Times about her experience. Oliver Welfare is in his Senior Sophister year in Medicine and spent his summer in Kolkata working and learning with MOVE (Medical Overseas Voluntary Electives) in the Premananda Memorial Leprosy Hospital. Over the past 30 years, Trinity medical students have worked with MOVE in developing countries all over the world including Samoa and Malawi. MOVE also raises money to buy equipment, supplies and medications for these hospitals in order to improve patient services. Why did you decide to volunteer with Suas/MOVE? NB A number of my friends had participated in the Suas programme in both India and Kenya and came home raving

about the experience. Voluntary work overseas was something I had wanted to do for some time and Suas had a great reputation. They provide training for volunteers and a key feature of the volunteer programme is that the work is sustainable, which is vital. OW Having been there [in Kolkata] 3 years earlier (travelling with friends on my gap year) there was some feeling and buzz about the place that drew me back. For me, it was a matter of finding a suitable hospital in Kolkata. How was the volunteer experience different to the tourist experience? NB Having had the chance to do some travel around India after volunteering I can honestly say that there are important differences between living and volunteering in a place and visiting as a tourist. I will just mention one: [when volunteering] you get the chance to form relationships with the children you are teaching, the staff you work with, your neighbours, the local chai seller! Every day on my way to school, I was greeted innumerable times with a friendly “hello ma’am, how are you today?” By the end of my time in Kolkata, I really felt part of a community and this was largely due to the unquestionable welcome offered by all the children, their parents and the local people. OW I loved it then, [when visiting as a tourist,] but you cannot get the true

feel of a place until you live and work there. As a tourist you stay around the backpacker haunts, follow the crowds and no matter how individual you feel you are being, there is always someone else who was listening in on that special advice or tip off you got from a friendly Bengali. When living in the city you get to know the people around you, not only those you are working with. I was working in an area called Maniktala which does not see many volunteers and so the locals made special efforts to chat to me and make me feel welcome. Also, learning a few phrases of Bengali so as to hold the most basic of conversations with the fruit-seller makes shopping the next day a pleasure – he may even throw a few plums in for free, without any regard to how hard you try to pay for them! What were the highlights of the experience for you? NB Having the opportunity to teach such wonderful children and seeing their progress is certainly up there on my list. The first day in the secondary school, many of the boys were reluctant to stand up and answer our questions in English and yet, by the end of just ten weeks each and every one of them stood up on a stage in front of an audience of two hundred other students and spoke all on their own about everything from their hobbies to their favourite cartoons. The transformation was incredible and I

was so proud to see this. The unbelievable excitement in relation to our presence and the eagerness to learn among the younger children in the Nabadisha centre was also an extremely enjoyable part of my experience One day I took out a set of dominos I had made and the children just squealed in delight and spun around, that enthusiasm and energy was so moving and encouraging and definitely one of the my highlights from programme. I left the Nabadisha centre at the end of every day with a massive smile on my face. OW I would always leave the hospital quite drained, both physically and emotionally. Having said that, every day I would also see something that has changed someone’s life forever. A patient might be able to leave the hospital and work again as she has had a new prosthetic leg fitted or the physiotherapists might have sufficiently mobilised a patient who has had their foot amputated so that the patient can get to the bathroom and not soil their bed. The smallest breakthroughs can be the most important for the patient as it gives then the confidence to proceed with their treatment. In my first few days, some of the inpatients were a little wary of me but by the end they greeted me like an old friend. Some, in particular, would call me over and chat to me in broken English for a few minutes, just to ask me how I was liking the hospital. What was the toughest part of your experience? NB India is an extremely different place to Ireland in so many ways, and things are done differently. Seeing extreme poverty on a daily basis was obviously very tough. Things that are unacceptable in Ireland are often acceptable

in India and it’s hard to come to terms with that. Also, saying goodbye to all the students and staff I had worked with over the course of the placement was difficult and upsetting. That was something I had not anticipated when considering the challenges before I arrived. OW One case particularly affected me. He was being treated for leprosy but was having a reaction to one of the drugs. This was causing him unbelievable pain in his ulnar nerves in his elbows; imagine hitting both your funny bones incredibly hard and having 5 times that pain 24 hours a day for 3 weeks. He could not sleep or eat, and he was crying silently all day. There were not enough advanced pain drugs to control it and he was coming close to death, all because of pain. He would deteriorate further every day. His wife stayed by his side to support him but would come to beg us to help him whenever she knew he wasn’t looking so as not to hurt his pride. It was heartbreaking to watch him dying. Miraculously, I heard he was on the mend in an email a couple of weeks after I left, something which the doctors could not have predicted! Has your perspective on things here at home changed? NB It would be impossible to return from over ten weeks volunteering in Kolkata and not to have a changed perspective or different views in some way. I think it will take me some time to realise just how much this experience has influenced me but one thing I can definitely say is that following this Summer I will have a long term commitment to volunteering and issues surrounding education in India and development in general. OW When there I vowed never to

complain about the HSE or NHS again, as although not perfect, they give a decent service, and we don’t know how lucky we are to have free or subsidised health care. (Just look at the struggles Obama has been going through!) What advice would you have for students thinking about volunteering abroad? NB Do it! My time in Kolkata volunteering with Suas has been one of the most, if not the most, incredible experience I have ever had. Think it through fully and realise that there will be a lot of work involved, lows as well as highs. If you still want to go ahead and you believe that you can commit to it and give your full 100%, then I would highly recommend it. OW It was one of the toughest experiences I have ever had, but also one of the best. I got to work with patients I would never come across at home and live in a different culture. It is such a special privilege that should never be passed up. It is not always easy to get in contact with the people in charge if you are organising yourself rather than through an organisation used to dealing with volunteers, the key is persistence. Do not give up. If you do, you will be missing one of the greatest experiences of your life. Compiled by Róisín McGrogan Róisín is the Careers Advisory Service’s Civic Engagement Officer. Information on volunteer work can be found on their website at www.tcd.ie/careers.

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Wave of

Communication Conor Smith looks at Google’s shiny new product, Google Wave, and examines whether or not it really is going to be the “new email”.

arry Page and Sergey Brin started Google as a Stanford University research project in 1996. Just over ten years later the word google was added to the Oxford English Dictionary as a verb meaning, “to use the Google search engine to find information on the Internet.” This is just one example of how Google have time and again managed to change the world and the way we communicate. Their latest effort to do just this is certainly one of their most ambitious to date. Google Wave was announced in May with the modest goal of replacing email, instant messaging and most other tools we currently use to communicate online. Google describes their new product as a tool for “real-time communication and collaboration”.

using a wave or four people or five or – you get the idea. Waves can also be used to create collaborative documents, similar to the already existing Google Docs though with a few improvements, where users can edit each others’ work. Waves can also have photos and videos embedded in them directly. The product was announced at the Google I/O conference on May 29th of this year. You wouldn’t be to blame for thinking that it was another of Google’s famous hoaxes, which in the past have included the bogus beverage Google Gulp and Google TiSP, a service that purported to provide Google customers high speed broadband access through their toilet. Wave is no hoax however, as you will see if you have the stamina to watch

Google Wave may completely change the way that we communicate and interact. Users of Google Wave will be able to create and share ‘waves’ with one or more of their friends. Waves are partconversation, part-document and incredibly flexible. Depending on the way a wave is used it can function like a traditional email conversation, with parties replying to each other in their own time. Waves update in real-time though, so if two people have the same wave open at the same time they can use it like an instant message conversation. The same can be done if three people are

their eighty minute video on it – yes, eighty minutes. If you can get through the less-than-perfect presentational skills of Google’s developers, you will realise that Wave has the potential to do exactly what they say it will: it could completely change the way that we communicate and interact. Google have good reason to want to create something to replace email. The email protocol used today was developed in 1982 for a very different Internet, one that didn’t even have web

pages. Over the last three decades the ways in which we communicate via the Internet have changed drastically yet we still use email, a communication method that is highly susceptible to spam and fraud. On top of the basic functionality of Wave as described earlier, there are plenty of bells and whistles to attract the masses – a vital step in the process of replacing email. Web developers are able to write their own ‘robots’ for Google Wave. These robots are little applications that can be added to waves to perform certain functions. Some robots already demonstrated with Wave include polls for Wave users to vote, Google Maps that can be inserted and collaboratively edited, and an automatic translator that can translate conversations between forty different languages in real time. Anyone with the skills can develop a new robot for Google Wave. Accounts were given to web developers this June and so far they have developed a plethora of widgets. Some of these independently developed applications include the Ribbit Conference Gadget, used to conduct real-time audio conference calls in a wave, LabPixies’ Sudoku Gadget, used to collaboratively solve Sudoku puzzles in a wave, and Mediawiki Wave, used to make edits to Wikipedia articles via waves. There are countless other uses for these robots, including having widely-used web applications such as Facebook and Twitter integrated with Google Wave.

Google Timeline January 1996 Stanford Ph.D students Larry Page and Sergey Brin begin thesis on searching the web. September 1997 The domain google.com is registered. September 1998 Google Inc. is founded. October 2000 Google starts to sell adverts in their search results. One of the most promising parts of Google Wave, and the part that guarantees its potential to usurp email, is that Wave is what is known as an open protocol. Building on the company’s unofficial motto of ‘don’t be evil’ Google will be releasing the majority of the code behind Google Wave to anyone that wants it. This means that anyone can set up their own customised Wave system, completely independent of Google. However, all these independent “Wave providers” will be able to interact with each other, much like how you can email a Hotmail account from a Gmail account. Five years from now you could find yourself ‘waving’ your friends from your Microsoft Wave account, while they use their Google, Apple or even Tesco Value Wave accounts. At this stage you may be thinking about getting a Google Wave account

of your own, but you may have to wait a while. The current ‘preview release’ version of Wave accounts are currently being given out on an invite-only basis, so you’ll need to find someone who already has an account to get one of your own. You can also visit the Google Wave site and request an invitation directly from Google, though this is basically the equivalent of begging. Perhaps ten years from now we’ll be looking at another Google-related additional to the Oxford English Dictionary – to wave, v. “to communicate with a person by Wave Federation Protocol.”

April 2004 Gmail launches, offering users 1 gigabyte of storage. October 2004 Google open their Dublin offices. June 2006 The verb google is added to the Oxford English Dictionary. October 2006 Google aquires YouTube.

Conor Smith

September 2008 Google Chrome, their new web browser, is launched.

You can find more information and sign up for an invitation for Google Wave at wave.google.com.

May 2009 Google Wave is announced.

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When the sun didn’t shine The solar system formed billions of years ago from nothing but dust and gas. Cathal Reilly looks at how it all came together. Before coming to Trinity I never thought about why the Earth existed, how it was made or what it was made of. Then again, who did? The study of meteorites, the solar system, space and how everything came to be is utterly fascinating. It is certainly the most enjoyable topic I have studied in my four years here, especially when you’re being taught by Ireland’s leading meteoriticist. Our story begins almost 5 billion years ago when what we know to be the solar system didn’t exist. In its place was a giant cloud of dust and gas consisting predominantly of Hydrogen. Being gravitationally unstable, these particles began collapsing in on one another, and clumped together to form the beginnings of our sun, releasing energy from nuclear fusion when hydrogen forms helium. As this new sun gets bigger and bigger, its gravity increases and it pulls the rest of the cloud around it into an enormous disk with the sun at the centre. This disk is known as a proto-planetary disk and it continues to feed the sun and is also the source material for the planets. About 4,567 million years ago the matter in this proto-planetary disk is constantly colliding and starts to clump together to form larger and larger chunks until eventually mini-planets or planetesimals, up to several km

in diameter, begin to form. The composition of these planetesimals is what is known as ‘primitive chemistry’. Primitive chemistry is the chemistry of the original proto-planetary disk and, as such, the original composition of everything in the solar system. This information is obtained from the study of meteorites that fall to Earth and are believed to be the result of collisions between early planetesimals. Meteorites can be divided into three main categories: stony meteorites (or chondrites), iron meteorites and achondrites. Chondrites are by far and away the most abundant, accounting for almost 86% of all the meteorites we know about. Their name comes from the fact that they contain tiny spherical grains known as chondrules that were once molten rock. Achondrites do not contain chondrites as they have been melted and their components equilibrated since formation. The study of chondritic meteorites, which are believed to be the building block of our planets, is fascinating and is the chief evidence we have for how our solar system formed. Chondrules in particular are extremely good indicators of what our solar system was like at the time of its formation. The minerals in chondrules are mainly silicates and would need to have been heated to about 1600 degrees Centigrade. Several theories exist as to how

this heat came about and thus how planets were originally created. These include the zapping of small dust and gas particles by gamma radiation from nearby proto-planetary systems. However, a theory originally proposed by Herb Zook in 1980 and more recently resurrected by Trinity College Meteorite expert Ian Sanders, is becoming more and more popular. Dr. Sanders is a lecturer in the Geology Department and does not believe that gamma rays were responsible for chondrules. Instead, the theory is that “when planetesimals grew to about 30 km in radius, the heat produced by the radioactive decay of 26Aluminium in them would have been sufficient for the entire body to exist in a molten state”. When these molten planetesimals collided, they would splash molten droplets into space – chondrules! Gravity would bring these droplets back to a larger planetesimal and the process would begin again. About 2 million years after the beginning of this process, the 26Aluminium was so depleted that the chondrules could no longer be melted and were frozen as

droplet sized spheres housed in these planetesimals. Accurate dating of old chondrules and other early solar system components has confirmed that they are indeed about 2 million years younger than the stony matter found surrounding them. After this many more collisions took place and planetesimals grew in size to form the planets we see today and meteorites which are mainly the result of planetesimal collisions. The composition of chondrites is very similar to the bulk composition of the Earth and there is little disagreement that these are the early building blocks of our planet and the other rocky planets of the solar system. Although only about 6 new meteorites each year are recovered for scientific work, they are undoubtedly the greatest storytellers to have come our way and narrate to us a story of astronomical proportions from billions of years before any life on Earth existed. Cathal Reilly

Last week Facebook announced via their blog that they will allow friends and family of deceased Facebook users to have their profiles ‘memorialised’. These memorialised profiles will remain on Facebook and friends of passed users can leave comments on their profile Walls “in remembrance”. Privacy settings on memorialised accounts will be increased so that only already existing friends will be able to see the profiles of their deceased friends. Sensitive information such as contact details and status updates will also be removed. Max Kelly, a member of the Facebook development team who announced the new feature, said, “ when someone leaves us, they don’t leave our memories or our social network.” He seems to be missing that there is a difference between a person’s social network and a person’s social networking web applications. Personally, I’d prefer that in the event of my death my Facebook profile would be removed and not left there to accumulate messages of remembrance from people who I only added as friends because they kept nodding at me on the street. This new feature seems to have been created as a direct result of the website’s latest face lift. A new addition in the redesign launched last week included automated suggestions to “reconnect

with” friends that you haven’t been interacting with via Facebook recently. This lead to a number of Facebook users being asked to reconnect with friends of theirs that had died, but whose profiles’ remained. Facebook have set up a form that allows family members or friends of a deceased user to memorialise their profile. They require “proof of death” in the form of an obituary or newspaper article. Depending on exactly how much they actually look into the memorialisation applications, it could easily lead to many still-living Facebook users being declared deceased. These potential pranks can be pulled off comfortably just as long as you know a few personal details about someone, which you can retrieve from their Facebook profile, and you can get someone to mockup a local newspaper website’s obituaries section. Social networking sites such as Facebook have managed to ingrain themselves effectively into our lives, but trying to stay with us in death – that’s not something I like. Conor Smith To read more about memorialising accounts visit blog.facebook.com.

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The University Times | Tuesday, November 3rd

Sports

Irish eyes seek the American Dream in California Gavin Moran takes a look at how many Irish sports people are forced to leave Ireland in order to become professionals. Interviewed here is Bray native and former Dundalk goalkeeper Ryan Coulter who emigrated on a sports scholarship to the University of San Diego.

What encouraged you to seek a scholarship in the United States? I always had a great interest in obtaining a scholarship to an American university. I’d heard only positives from peoples experiences in America, the particular element that caught my attention was that so many professional goalkeepers were produced in America, and I note Kasey Keller, Brad Friedel, Marcus Hahnemann and Tim Howard as four great goalkeepers all who progressed through the college system here. I spoke to several of my coaches both here and in Ireland and they all agreed that America was a sensible move for a few years for me to mature both on and off the pitch. My ambition in life is to play football at the highest level that I can. I feel that this journey will facilitate my goals and will assist me in every way possible. I see it as being four years which ultimately will shape who I am going to become as a man. Has your perception of America and Americans changed since you started living over there? Having travelled to America on many occasions, I felt that I had a fair idea of American culture. I knew it was always going to be different from home but it wasn’t alien to me, at least I had a rough guideline of what I was setting myself up for! I had only seen the college systems online and had never seen one in person. They looked amazing from the pictures, but sometimes you have to see things in person to really appreciate it. My perception of the Americans in general hasn’t changed much however I have found proof that Californians live the life and are an extremely relaxed group of people. The West Coast people from my impression of the few I have encountered here in San Diego, don’t really know how to slow down and enjoy life. They are always looking for what is next and living their lives at a fast pace. From my own experiences so far, I have felt that the Americans are very accommodating and welcoming to foreign students. I have yet to receive bad treatment or feel unwelcome in any way, and this has been a massive factor in my settling into the environment here. We hear so much about the funding of sports in America is this reflected in the facilities you have seen and how do they compare to Ireland? In my opinion the facilities in America and Ireland are on completely different levels. University of San Diego is a small private institution which caters for a mere 7,000 students. Our cross town rivals San Diego State however host a breathtaking 70,000 students. Our facilities are smaller compared to theirs for obvious reasons however our facilities still provide us with all the necessary equipment and tools to

compete at the highest level. Our baseball, men’s soccer, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball teams are all nationally ranked and for a small private university this is a remarkable achievement. Most of the Division 1 schools (top level) have stadiums to host 6080,000 people per home game. Comparing the facilities from college set ups to the professional leagues in all sports at home is somewhat embarrassing to be honest. Our private stadium seats nearly 8,000 people and is equally as nice as most grounds in the League of Ireland. The sports scene even at college level, in terms of facilities is years ahead of home and this is largely down to the lack of investment in Ireland into the sports scene.

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or determination among 99% of the population to achieve these goals and dreams that people may have. Unless the dream is gift wrapped and handed to them, it seems to be seen as something that will never happen, and this is just accepted as the norm. I have set my goals from an early age, I have worked hard to get to where I am, and I will continue to work even harder to get to where I want to be. In the US, already I can feel the determination and will to succeed among all the athletes. Training starts at 6.30 am many mornings and I laugh to think how people would react to getting told to train this early. There is a different level of professionalism here and the people around you understand and appreciate your goals instead of laughing in your face. This is where I have wanted to be for

Comparing the facilities from college set-ups to the professional leagues in all sports at home is somewhat embarrassing to be honest

What are the differences between studying here and over there, have you found that you have had to adapt hugely on certain subjects or topics like History? The system is different here in several ways. For starters, all universities must carry out a core group of classes before the student may begin to study their major. For example, I currently find myself studying The Vietnam War, world religions, introduction to communications and American dialects. All freshmen and sophomores have to complete 10 core module classes per year before they can begin to study their intended major. I have found it sort of difficult to adapt to the change in History topics, however the professors are more than helpful with any issues I may have. For the majority of subjects, the information required is fairly standard to be honest. Is the attitude towards sports in the U.S. more conducive to churning out world class athletes than here? My main problem with attitudes at home, is that anyone with goals or aspirations that may seem far stretched is looked upon as wasting their time. I found this with my goal of becoming a professional footballer. I felt that from an early enough age, it was viewed as stupid to want to achieve something so ‘unachievable’. In my opinion anything is attainable, you just have to work hard enough to get there. At home I feel there is not the drive, will power

a long time and I will be using this opportunity for all it is worth. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity and I am not prepared to let it slip past me without giving it my best shot. The way I see it is ‘’If you aren’t going to go all the way, why go at all.’’ How much of a factor has the weather been for example having to adapt to the heat? Training in the heat is a drastic change from the swirling wind and rain in chilly Dundalk! It is a pleasant change all the same! For the first few weeks of pre-season, we trained at the beach several times a week and for me this was the closest feeling to death I have ever experienced! The heat of the ever present blistering sun beating down on me while we carried out pre season fitness training was an unforgettable experience to say the least. The end of the session couldn’t come soon enough, but when it did come, the swim in the sea was well worth the wait. I found it difficult enough to adapt to the heat in the beginning, but a few weeks down the line and I feel that it has no effect on me and doesn’t hamper my performance in any way. Now I feel like I can train hard in the San Diego sunshine, improve as a goalkeeper and work on my tan, what more could I ask for! I am happier knowing I may be a little hot training, than knowing I am going to be freezing cold and soaking wet that’s for sure!

Ryan Coulter in action for Dundalk FC. He made one first team appearance against Bray Wanderers in April 2009.

Training outdoors regularly must be extremely beneficial? Training outdoors is always going to be beneficial in my opinion particularly when it is in lovely sunshine. We train every day and I am yet to experience bad weather. We have trained at the beach and I feel that training outdoors in nice weather sets you up better to enjoy the session more. You have the feel good factor and I feel that I can train better when I am happy and I’ll always be happy so long as the sun is out. It is better for your health and well being to be outside training hard and I see it as a win-win situation here. As a sports scholarship student there is obviously pressure to excel at your particular sport, is this pressure helpful? There is a certain pressure put on the athletes to perform to the best of their ability. We train hard every day, bond well as a team and get good results. There is a great relationship between the coaching staff and the players, I feel that this is half the battle to get a team to perform well. If there is a bad performance, we analyse what has gone wrong and we just work on it the next week in training. We have video analysis weekly and pinpoint key areas to work on so if there is a weakness, we work on it. The coaches never pressure us into performing well, but as I mentioned already, there is a level of professionalism around here and the players know what we have to do and will do anything to do it right. I like playing under pressure anyway, so I never feel any serious focus on me to perform well either in training or in a game. I love the game and enjoy playing it every time. I can’t see how I could feel pressure doing something I love! Do you feel more emphasis is

placed on your sporting performance than your academic performance? There is equal emphasis placed on both academic and sporting performance. We must meet a minimal 2.5 GPA (C+) or we are deemed ineligible to play and must sit out until we meet the academic requirement. As all the wise people say here ‘’You are a student before you are an athlete.’’ I have to admit, I am not too fond of this statement! We are provided with personal teachers and a supervised study hall in which we must record 6 hours of study time per week. I want to make sure I don’t fall behind in class and have made sure that I have been present for 19 hours of study hall time at least for the last two months. I have achieved good grades and am happy with how I am performing in both the classroom and the pitch. Has the experience lived up to what you expected? Living in San Diego was not exactly something that I dreaded to be honest. I felt that leaving home was always going to be difficult but I saw it as an opportunity to do something different and to assist me in achieving my goals and aspirations. I see it as a small sacrifice for something that could hopefully one day come good. The experience has lived up to all of my expectations.

Spending time at the beach on weekends, adapting to the American environment, and living my life day by day trying to reach my end goal. It is all what I hoped for and I have no regrets at all. This is the place for me. Would you recommend this path to other young sports’ students and what advice would you give them? Absolutely. For any athlete who is serious about making a living in a particular sport and wanting the best chance at doing so, I strongly advise America as the place to be. I feel home here and feel like every athlete around me wants a real shot at making it as a pro. This is the environment you would want to be in. It is competitive and everyone is focused, determined and driven. I would advise them to decide early and make sure they pick the right university for them and keep concentrated and focused towards their main goal in tough times.

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GALWEGIANS GO THROUGH TO NEXT ROUND! I still have some residual love for the GAA. Well mainly my home team. GO BALLYBAY!!! My cousins Christopher McGinnity and Stephen McGinnity play for the team, they’re great. At the last match I went to Christopher was number 13, but it wasn’t unlucky! Ha ha ha! They won the match because they had twice as many points. Well done lads, win it for the ‘bay! That was a great day. I got a mars bar and a cup of tea and I was happy out! I’m retired from sport now but I am still very good at table quizzes. If you want me on your team for a quiz email me at publicity@ducac.tcd.ie. I did a quiz hosted by my old teacher in my local GAA club last month and it was all on things he’d taught me as a child but it appears my brain has decided it doesn’t care what city the River Boyne flows through. It’s not like I’ll wake up beside a river and the only signposting in the area will be a sign that says ‘River Barrow’ and I’ll be like ‘noooooo! If only I knew what this flowed though!’ That’d be a ridiculous circumstance to be in. I guess when I was six you couldn’t be too careful. I think table quizzes should be in the olympics. It’d be like ‘Who wants to be a Millonaire’ multiplied by ‘Mastermind’ plus national anthems. That equals ‘my Granny would like this.’ By the way, the thing I said about county anthems was made up, I didn’t mean to confuse you all!

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9 Michael McLoughlin

10 Dave Joyce

12 Richard Brady

14 Neil Hanratty

15 Shane Hanratty

gians defence and passed back inside to Alan ‘Dozy’ Mathews who ran in under the posts. Joyce converted. At 19-12 the game was evenly poised. Both teams had their opportunities. Trinity perhaps played too much rugby in the wrong part of the field. Eventually they were punished for this and gave the home team a soft try. To their credit the visitors came straight back and from a line out Kevin Buckley showed impressive strength and crashed over from close in. At 24-17 Trinity were still in with a sniff. But again they were penalized under their posts while in possession. Galwegians kicked the points with the last kick of the game. Next week Trinity are back in College Park and AIBL action. They host DLSP at 2.30pm.

and experienced men. In the 25th minute the referee made what looked a harsh decision and sin binned Trinity tight head prop James Gethings. This was particularly harsh when other repeated transgressions seemed to be ignored. During this 10 minute spell, Galwegians scored three tries to take a 19-5 lead. Two of the tries came from the scrum. Trinity could have helped themselves on two of the three tries as the defence was poor. In the second half Galwegians pressured hard to finish off the game, but scrambling Trinity defence kept them out. Kevin Bukley replaced Mark Murdoch in the 55th minute and he made a telling contribution later in the game. The students then had their purple patch and came back into the game. Out half Dave Joyce ran through a gap in the Galwe-

Trinity travelled to Galway on Saturday to play in the 2nd round of the AIB Cup. Their opponent Galwegians are in the 1st Division and fielded a very experienced XV with several Connacht players in their squad. Trinity started brightly dominating the opening stages of the game. They enjoyed field position into a slight breeze and tried hard to settle into their pattern. In the 15th minute the students were first on the scoreboard, when after several phases of play Centre Richard Brady broke the line to put his partner Conor Colclough through a gap. Colclough in turn fed hooker Mark Murdoch who drew the last defender and put left wing Colin Murphy in for a well executed try. Trinity continued to look good in all aspects of their game, they stood up well in the physical exchanges against far bigger

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trying to re-build his managerial reputation with Darlington in the bottom tier of English football and Ireland has a new savior, an Italian no less, Giovanni Trapattoni has transformed this Irish team into a side capable of grinding out results of getting the job done with what limited resources he has available to him. Despite what was said by particular pundits regarding the sides performance against Italy in Croke Park a few weeks back the truth lies in the fact that when the draw was made with us as 3rd seeds against the current World Champions and a very talented Bulgarian side we would have taken a playoff place pure and simple. efore the start of the 2010 World Cup qualifying the Republic of Ireland soccer team was at quite possibly its lowest ebb for many a decade. Embarrassed 5-2 against Cyprus in Nicosia and a manager who was made a complete and utter laughing stock of amongst the general public, no thought of what had gone before the 102 caps won for his country forget about the unstinting service he had given to his country over his international career that didn’t seem to matter anymore all that mattered is the state of the Irish soccer team was s**t to say the least. Fast forward 18 months Steve Staunton is

I think table quizzes should be in the olympics. It’d be like ‘Who wants to be a Millonaire’ multiplied by ‘Mastermind’ plus national anthems.

Galwegians: 27 Trinity: 17

A tale of two late arrivals. After a week-long build up the most eagerly anticipated game on the college UG vs Graduates calendar commenced Friday last at around 6.20 PM. Undergrads: 10 Both teams were understrength at kick off as the Graduates: 6 predictable unreliability of non-Trinity students reared its ugly head again. The Graduates got off to a flying start here settling nicely with a 2-0 lead after 5 minutes, however complacency set in and a quick fire double from Moran made it all square before a stroke from Davison’s left wand leaving Donohoe with no chance put the young guns in front. Enter Richard Boyd. The impact sub, and what an impact he made. A 3-2 lead quickly became a 5-3 deficit as Keane and Murphy combined well in the middle and their intricate moves were finished off by a man who couldn’t move, David Byrne. This revival was helped by a horrendous howler from Tallon mind you. Cue the arrival of Jonny Blackmore. 5-3 up becomes 8-5 down and even though a mishap by the otherwise commanding Moran left him with an easy goal, the damage had already been done.Stephen Quinlivan arrived late on and his sluggish movement did nothing to help the old boys cause as a sweeping move containing Davison and Moran was finished with composure thus securing the first win of this series for the kids. One wonders after observing this game will there even be a rivalry? Gavin Moran

In Trap we trust B irt birds. Absolute dirt birds. That’s what I said last week when I heard that soccer players in the UK had to be warned that spitting on pitches was being discouraged because it may spread swine flu. If they listened to my granny they’d stop not just because of the viral repercussions but also because it’s a filthy habit. ‘I wish you wouldn’t spit,’ she’d say, ‘it’s disgusting.’ Then again if we listened to her rugby matches would just consist of the national anthems being played and then Ronan O’Gara doing drop goals for half an hour. She’d love that. One thing GAA always missed out on was the anthems thing. I guessed they’d just play ‘Amhrán na bhFiann’ twice. Let’s be honest here, there’s not a hope in hell of them playing ‘Ireland’s Call’ or ‘that Protestant song’ as it’s generally referred to. Either that or they could play the county anthems. I don’t think the crowds are ready could sit through the 23 verses of ‘Oh Cork’ again. Never mind the Dublin anthem, which reached number 3 for DJ Spiral in 2006. I remember back in my sporting youth, I played hurling (different from men’s camogie, get it right) and I was pretty great. I remember one time I scored a goal against my coach and I was really proud. His hurl was broken at the top but I still think I did a good job. I was eventually thrown off the team because my Irish wasn’t good enough. I didn’t know my 11 irregular verbs. It was my fault, I see that now.

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continued to ensure his team grind out the results when they really matter. Over the next 180 minutes of football to be played on the 14th and 18th of November we shall see whether he truly is our footballing messiah or yet another nearly man. As I write this article the squad for those crucial matches has been announced and yet again the growing calls for the talented Sunderland playmaker have fallen on deaf ears and Andy Reid will have to cheer on his country from the comfort of his home in England’s North East. Even more surprising is the omission of the Sunderland mans namesake Stephen Reid whose powerful play from midfield would be something of great use against this talented French side. However the simple fact of the matter is every Joe Soap who knows little or nothing about the sport has an opinion on whom they think should don the green jersey come the 14th but when it comes down to it our opinions mean nothing. Whether I feel one or both Reids should be included or whether everything should be done to entice Stephen Ireland back is simply irrelevant. Trapattoni is the man who calls the shots and the man has done soccer in this country a monumentous favour and restored pride to the national side and its time we put our trust in him. Because despite all the criticism, the questioning and the snide remarks we ended the qualifying campaign undefeated, we have the best opportunity to qualify for a major tournament we have had for many years. Two years ago we would have bitten FIFA’s hand off for the opportunity we now find ourselves with. The job may not be done but we are getting there. This side has dragged itself up from the bottom and become a team to be feared. Were it not for that ridiculous ‘’seeding’’ system introduced at the last minute Ireland would quite possibly be in a much better situation than they currently find themselves in. Instead through FIFA’s shameful attempt to ensure that all the games brightest stars attend the greatest sporting spectacle on Earth teams like Ireland who have worked hard have been given the short straw and have to continue to fight an uphill battle to get to the World Cup. All is not lost we may be drawn against a French team packed to the rafters with world class talent the names Thierry Henry, Karim Benzema and Nicholas Anelka are just some of those who would strike fear into many an opposing team. The fact of the matter is that we have no need to fear this French side; this team simply isn’t working off the same hymn sheet and there seems to a distinct lack of respect for the much maligned Raymond Domenech as manager. Certainly if this game was to just be about talent and nothing more then the French would win time and time again but, like every sport, the most important aspect is not necessarily talent itself but drive ambition and work ethic which this Irish team has in spades. They are the reasons why Glenn Whelan and Keith Andrews can mix it with the likes of Pirlo and De Rossi because despite not being the most talented midfielders ever to pull on the green shirt their work ethic is unparalleled for 90minutes time and time again. Trapattoni despite all he has achieved in his relatively short time as Ireland manager as well as having no background in the Irish game has taken his ‘’fair share of stick’’ from the media regarding his sometimes strange selection choices. He so far has been unable to entice Stephen Ireland back to the international fold and for reasons known only to himself, he has chosen to ignore the growing calls for the re-inclusion of Andy Reid. However despite his continued exclusion of Reid who is quite possibly the most creative player at his disposal Trapattoni has

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Sweden’s Larsson plays his final game The world of football wakes up this morning all the poorer as one the game’s greatest players over the last 10 years walked out on the turf for the last time. Henrik Larsson, the mercurial Swedish striker, announced his retirement from the game at the age of 38 and took the field for the last time during his home town club Helsingborg’s 0-2 loss to Djurgarden in the Swedish Larsson in his Celtic days, postLeague. Larsson over the course dreadlocks of his career had played for some of Europe’s finest clubs beginning his career with his home town club Helsingborg before moving to Feyenoord, Celtic, Barcelona and Manchester United before returning home to Helsingborg once again. During this time he scored over 300 career goals and became a cult hero wherever he went. During his 7 year tenure at Celtic he won worldwide acclaim as his goals helped the Hoops win 4 League titles in that time. It was not uncommon to see dreadlocked wigs adorning the heads of fans packed into Celtic park. Larsson accomplished something that is becoming all the rarer in current game; no matter what team he played for whether it be in the Swedish League or gracing the Champions League Final with Barcelona he was always a success and his talent was there for all to see. All too often nowadays players seem to settle into a niche where they only seem to be a success in particular leagues and simply cannot play beyond their comfort zones. Larsson was different he seemed to effortlessly fit in whatever team he adorned and was never over shadowed by some possibly more glamorous names who played along side him. He played over 106 times for his country and was in the opinion of many the finest footballer Sweden has ever produced. Tributes flooded in for exceptional striker during his final game from some of the biggest names in football including Alex Ferguson, and his international strike partner Zlatan Ibrahimovic were played at the ground at his final game. A clearly emotional Larsson was given a standing ovation from the crowd as his famous number 17 shirt was retired by Helsingborg. One thing is clear Sweden have lost their greatest player and football has lost one of the finest strikers of the modern era.

America’s NFL has been growing in popularity recently. Grace O’Malley tells all about what we’re missing this side of the Atlantic.

hysicality, toughness, grit, determination and most importantly, heart, are just a handful of the traits one requires to play of football. It is a game of twists and turns, bumps and bruises, glory and despair – the only predictable thing about the game is that it will be unpredictable. It is the latter observation more than any that has drawn crowds of tens of thousands on a consistent basis for the best part of the past six decades. I am fortunate enough to have experienced the consistent thrills this game has to offer since the year 2006 when I first discovered it in rather unusual circumstances. As the evenings became darker and the once sunsoaked front lawn outside my living room window became ravaged by rain and inclement weather, I didn’t need a calendar to tell me it was September and the seasons were changing. Little did I know when I sat down on my sofa that Sunday evening that my usually uneventful Sundays were about to change dramatically. I scanned through the channels and happened upon “NFL Live” on Sky Sports. In the past, I was inclined to flick past such programmes, opting instead for the safer option of repeats of the Simpsons or other comedies. This was different. I watched men on the screen scratch and claw for every yard they could come by and unite for a common cause. This was

no game – it was a battle of wills, a war without firearms. As a sport, it was the perfect storm. Suddenly I awoke to the realisation that this game demanded a second look. Never before that night had I taken the time to process it, instead dismissing it based on hearsay stories like “It’s just big men in tights”. The National Football League was so much more than that, and I was on the cusp of finding out just why it gained such popularity. Sunday evenings spent watching the game became commonplace, with my interest growing as the weeks progressed. Most people are of the opinion that the game of American football has not yet made its mark on Europe and the rest of the world. This could not be more untrue. The NFL has already played two regular season games in the United Kingdom, drawing full houses to Wembley Stadium each time. I attended both games in person and I have no doubt that this is the beginning of a surge in popularity that is long overdue. On Sunday October 25th the NFL hosted its third regular season game in Wembley Stadium, when the New England Patriots, winners of three Super Bowl championships in the past decade, took on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, whose owner may be familiar to soccer fans as Malcolm Glazer, the Manchester United owner. Needless to say, a sellout crowd attend the game. The

NFL is making baby steps towards enhancing its reputation and fan base all over the world, with the UK and Ireland being its primary focus in the short term. Many more international games are being scheduled for the future. This is a game that will not go away any time soon, and will only go from strength to strength in the next decade. As a matter of fact, Trinity College itself has an American football team known only as “Trinity Football” or DUAFC (Dublin University American Football Club). A good friend of mine happens to play for the team and through that connection I witnessed firsthand the kind of enjoyment he experienced being involved with such a tight-knit group. This year marks the team’s first year in the Irish American Football League (IAFL) after participating in a mandatory year in the developmental league to hone their skills and equip themselves properly for the future. This is a club that should only grow in membership as we approach their regular season. I have barely scratched the surface of the game of American Football, merely giving you

The New England Patriots played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Wembley Stadium last month (above). Trinity’s American Football team take on UCD (right). Photo: DUAFC

all a brief introduction to what you have been missing out on all these years. However, with the popularity of the game increasing exponentially and increasing television and internet coverage, you can join this great community of fans who

every week expect the unexpected, experience a whole spectrum of emotions and enjoy this most unique of sports American football. Grace O’Malley

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Crossword Across 4 Exams from which one obtain half a decade of free room and board from college 6 Now deceased: Affectionate name for our best known eastern mute 7 Home to the college’s theological society 9 In the mid 1800s, Thomas Dean and Benjamin _ designed the current home of geography, geology and civil engineering 11 The health science’s library 13 Trinity’s most successful sports club in terms of intervarsity wins 14 The pages of the Book of Kells are made from this durable material 15 Traditionally, term one 17 The only current Irish International rugby player boasting a Trinity College education 18 Oscar Wilde’s field of study at Trinity 21 Oldest house at Trinity Hall 23 BLU’s L’s forename 24 This college official has offices on the first floor of West Theatre 26 Auditor of the Hist AND president of the Phil in his time in Trinity, this graduate is most famous for his 1897 novel set in the Carpathian mountains 29 Tennis bay formally used to study plant biology 30 Hall currently home to boxing and squash; also rumoured to be the future home of a student centre and venue 31 Our premier provost 32 Attended Trinity from 1744-1748,

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founder of a debating society and now visisted by hundreds every day 33 Trinity professor recently appointed governer of the Central Bank Down 1 La pin came as a monument to Parliment Square 2 The Provost, Fellow and Scholors of the Holy and undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth _ Dublin 3 The Treasurer of Trinity College: Ian _ 5 Mom cons the brightest students at dinnertime 8 Mains place for physics and chemsitry students 10 Rob _ ; Editor of the University Times 12 Located in college park, these 22 yards can also be found in crumpled clothes 16 Science Gallery exhibition at the time of the H1N1 virus outbreak 17 Science students may spend time here wondering who was awarded the Andrews’s professor of Astronomy BEFORE completing his undergraduate degree 19 Giving arts students a Michaelmas term headache this year, a research institute serving the arts, humanities and discursive social sciences 20 Watering hole on college park 22 Boots stereotypically sported by BESS girls 25 First female chancellor of the University of Dublin 26 Trinity Senator and lecturer in the school of law

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Troublesome Words Some words are regularly misused. Using the wrong word detracts from your journalism, and prevents you from saying what you really wanted to say. Here are some words to look out for: Assassination should be kept for the violent deaths of royalty and seriously prominent members of society, such as political or religious leaders. Everyone else is murdered or killed. Cohort originally meant the tenth part of a Roman legion, and when statisticians use it, they mean a group with a shared characteristic. Despite recent American usage, it does not mean a group of colleagues, cronies, friends, Romans or countrymen. Crescendo is a gradual increase culminating in a climax, so it is wrong to say that something rose to a crescendo.The word you want is climax. Decimate originally meant to kill every tenth person but is now often used to indicate the destruction of a large part of something. Devastate or destroy are just as good. Disinterested means impartial; uninterested means not interested in. Draconian is much overused, usually by people with no idea who Draco was. (If asked, say he was an Athenian judge who ruled that the penalty for almost everything should be death.) Try severe or harsh instead. Electrocution means death by electric shock. As such, it is always fatal. Execute means to put to death after a legal process. Terrorists or criminals do not execute people, they murder them. Forensic does not mean scientific. It means belonging to courts of law, so a forensic expert knows a lot about the legal process. Forensic scientists produce evidence that might be useful in court cases. Avoid forensic tests; you probably mean scientific tests. Immolate is not another word for burn. It means to sacrifice or give up something in exchange for something else. Ironically does not mean by an odd coincidence. Irony is using words to say the opposite of what they literally mean, and something is ironic if it is the opposite of what might have been expected. It is a subtle concept and is probably best avoided. Massive is regularly misused. As the word implies, it concerns mass, weight and bulk, not quantity. Surrogate means substitute, so it is the mother who is a surrogate, not the baby. Transpire means to come to light or become known, as in, “It transpired that the editor had been to school with his secretary’s brother. It does not mean happen or occur. Unique has a unique meaning, and it is that there is only one of something (uni as in unicycle, unicorn or unisex). Nothing can be almost unique. You should be saying distinctive or unusual.

t is 00.14 and I am officially starting this fourteen minutes after my deadline. It was also about half an hour ago, after a ridiculous argument/debate over a couple of pints that I decided to change what I had planned to write about. Needless to say I’m not completely convinced how this decision is going to work out for me…… Just to let you know my original article was to be about Student Fees, the Students’ Union single handedly making sure they didn’t come in (eh-hem…), ignorance, selfishness, a government on its knees and a green party desperate to stay there……All that, however, seems irrelevant to the importance of the pub talk!! As this just occurred and was something I got passionately involved in, I can’t promise how well constructed this will be. I’ll try. Oh and I promise no cursing this time! Basically it revolves around Andrei Agassi’s recent revelation in his autobiography and the shockingly unsubstantiated perceptions that apparently go along with it. For those of you not familiar with the story, Andrei Agassi recently admitted to doing Crystal Meth in 1997, while he was a professional tennis player. Agassi had previously burst onto the scene as an amazing talent and a huge character in the world of tennis. A brief ebb in his career circa 1997 was followed by an impressive comeback by a more professional, mature Agassi who went on to win all the majors in his career. The point that was originally made was that he was stupid to reveal such a thing. It was then suggested that he had made enough money and had no need to say such things to sell more copies of said autobiography. I was already aghast. Surely, his objective in writing his autobiography was obviously to make money but also to tell his story. After all, he is refreshingly someone writing his autobiography well AFTER the end of his career unlike many other sports people these days. (Gavin Hastings comes to mind!). Surely this is his opportunity to tell it like it was, give us all an insight into who is Andrei Agassi and what trials and tribulations did he go through, not only as a tennis player but as a person. Kudos to him I said and that I personally wish there were more like him. Surely he shouldn’t be vilified for admitting such a thing anyway!? He didn’t exactly come out and encourage it or big himself up for it! It was around this time that things got a little hairy. I still can’t figure out if I was being wound up or if this is actually what people think. Not just people, friends of mine, intelligent people, I thought even tolerant people who could think for themselves and establish their own point of view. Basically, it was suggested that Agassi’s “career (as a tennis player)” was called into question because he admitted to trying Crystal Meth. I cannot even begin to explain how difficult it is to think coherently and slow this all down for you. First of all, people’s personal life should not have that much of a bearing on their professional life. Now please don’t misunderstand, one’s personal life can (and does) impinge on one’s professional performance. It even did in Agassi’s case. What I mean is that in one’s professional life, one should be judged on how they perform. To weigh every success someone has against previous failures, mistakes or errors of judgment is to make life impossible. If most of you reading this divulged to a possible future employer how you behaved and what you got up to in college, you quite frankly wouldn’t get a job!

I still can’t figure out if I was being wound up or if this is actually what people think. Not just people, friends of mine, intelligent people, I thought even tolerant people who could think for themselves and establish their own point of view. It was then put to me that his whole career was called into question because by admitting that he tried Crystal Meth, it was then more likely that he was also on performance enhancing drugs………WHHHHATT?? On what planet does that hold any weight? To make matters worse, this was more than one person’s opinion! And, now we come to the crux of the matter. Apparently it is a moral thing! This is the part that irked me so and has me all riled up. How can cheating by taking performance enhancing drugs be compared to almost de-railing your career by taking an altogether non performance enhancing, recreational drug? The obvious similarity is drugs but the moral issues involved are very, very different. If anything I believe Agassi showed himself to be morally courageous for telling the truth. Despite the fact that I pretty much knew where the whole fruitless argument was going I had to ask, what was morally reprehensible about admitting to doing Crystal Meth and how could it in anyway suggest someone was more likely to take performance enhancing drugs? The answer I got, quite predictably, to both questions was that they were both illegal. First of all, I would like to point out that many banned substances for sports people aren’t actually illegal. They are banned in sports because they are performance enhancing. For God sake, caffeine and ephedrine are far from illegal drugs but are banned substances in sports people. Secondly, and my main point, is that just because something is illegal doesn’t mean it’s immoral. Surely everyone can agree on that? There is obviously some correlation between morality and law (rape, stealing, murder…), but to suggest that something is immoral because it is illegal is just plain wrong. Morals are a set of standards that we live by. Everyone has, or should have their own moral compass, their own set of standards, their own belief in what is right and wrong. It is the basics of being a fully functional member of society. But the simple fact is that you shouldn’t be told your morals. Rape is wrong because it is a vulgar act and takes away someone else’s free will and hurts somebody else. Murder is wrong. Stealing is wrong. To suggest, that somebody choosing, of their own free will and not impinging on anyone else’s life, to sample drugs because they are illegal is morally reprehensible is just ridiculous. I cannot see how that works. Laws should not tell anyone what is moral because then it is not by definition their own set of morals – it is somebody else’s. Nor should somebody breaking one law suggest that you are immoral and likely to break others on a whim. Some laws are to be taken seriously, some aren’t. Jay walking is not immoral. Drinking a pint at the age of 16 is not immoral. Smoking a joint is not immoral. Why? Because even if they are illegal, they do not make you a bad person. They won’t make you a bad accountant, solicitor or doctor. Just like, no matter how wrong it was, trying Crystal Meth does not take away from your achievements years later as a professional tennes player. FACT! barry@universitytimes.ie