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Pictured is from left Hayleigh O'Shea from Dublin, Louise Quinlan, Tipperary, Jessika Irwin, Louth and Martha Nolan from Carlow who all graduated from UCD with a Degree of Bachelor of Commerce.

UCD Students’ Union are holding a referendum to decide the student position on UCD becoming a smoke-free campus. If the pro-posed plans were to be enforced it would see smoking banned on campus with students and staff having to walk to the entrances of UCD for a cigarette. The issue was raised at a UCD Health Promotion Committee where Students’ Union President Mícheál Gallagher was in at-tendance. The group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) who advocated for the smoking ban in bars, put forward the motion to the committee who “unanimously supported the concept of a smoke-free campus,” according to a UCD spokesperson. Gallagher, the only student representative on the committee, told the College Tribune that the Students’ Union want to develop its different policies on diverse topics that might be controversial in conjunction with students in an effort to “get students’ feedback.” It was agreed between the Students’ Union and the Health Promotion Committee that a refer-endum would help both parties get

a clear message from students on this issue. The College Tribune has spoken to many students on the matter and their response has been varied. Cillian Fearon, a 3rd year arts student, stated his opinion on the referendum saying that “it would be a great idea in theory to make UCD a smoke-free campus, however, I don't think it would be practical to enforce given the size of the campus.” “If a poll showed that the ma-jority of students were bothered by people smoking then fair enough, but to ban it completely when no one has spoken out against it is crazy,” said Jessie Reynolds, a 3rd year student and ex-smoker. Emma Costello, a 3rd year arts student, said that “a smoke free UCD will not better the college, you'll end up with irritated stu-dents who will be late for lectures, tutorials and such by having to walk to the entrances to have a ‘quick smoke’.” Although students feel strongly on the matter, Gallagher told the College Tribune that “it doesn’t look like anything will happen until October 2014.”

Rachel CareyNews Editor

Campus could be smoke-free by October 2014

UCDSU plan to hold referendum to ban smoking on campus

Students to Vote on ‘Smoke-Free Campus’ Referendum

2/NEWS10.09.2013ContentsFEATURESThe Snowden Saga

Edward Snowden became the news story of the summer when he leaked documents about the surveillance techniques used by the National Security Agency (NSA). Thomas Cullen examines the leaks and looks at how the media and the governments in-volved dealt with the revelations.

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SIPTU have requested a hearing in the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) over plans to introduce paid parking across UCD campuses The proposal would see paid parking introduced on both the Belfield and Blackrock campuses. UCD Director of Capital Ser-vices Eamonn Ceannt stated that UCD planned to introduce charges across all campuses from this month in a letter sent to unions in February. Currently there are a number of large free car parks on campus. This model would see a change in the way parking is managed on campus with students and staff left with no option but to pay for park-ing. The proposal would see the annual cost of parking set at €315 for students and €577.50 for staff, according to a document sent to unions this Summer. UCD staff called on the uni-versity to maintain free - parking on campus at a protest outside the new student centre on the 25th of

June. The protest was organised by SIPTU and IFUT to coincide with a UCD Governing Authority meeting. Planning permission is still in place for a multi-storey car park and commuting facility on a site close to the tennis courts near the Clonskeagh entrance. Speaking to the College Trib-une UCDSU President Mícheál

Gallagher said that the “Students’ Union is not in favour of charges until the new commuting facili-ties are actually in place and on the basis that more spaces will be available. At that stage it would be clear to students what they were being asked to pay for and what would be available to them. Charges should be eliminated when the new facilities have been

paid for.” “UCD permits should be issued immediately to staff and students in order to eliminate the use of Belfield as a park and ride facility by members of the public,” he added. A date has yet to be set for the hearing of SIPTU’s case at the LRC.

Ronan CoveneyEditor

Paid parking dispute heads to LRC

Editorial Team:Editors: Ronan CoveneyAmy WalshNews Editors: Rachel CareyThomas CullenSports Editor:Sean CumminsConall Devlin

A new clubhouse bar has opened on campus a year after the old UCD Student Bar was forced to close its doors after financial dif-ficulty. The Clubhouse is located beside the UCD Students’ Centre and is open to customers seven days a week. The UCD Clubhouse bar had been under construction for an extended period of time, during which it suffered a number of setbacks. In September 2012 the building company that was carry-ing out the construction work, Noel Thompson Builders Limited, was allegedly declared insolvent, halt-ing building work on the site. The Clubhouse is currently be-ing managed by Rubikon Manage-ment Consultants who are based in Galway. According to their website they offer “specialist advice and support to the hospitality industry and create, implement and manage

cost effective strategies that pro-vide measurable results and value” to their clients. UCD Students’ Union President Mícheál Gallagher, who sits on the Clubhouse committee along with representatives of the various sports clubs and UCD’s Director of Student Services, has stated that “the SU plan on working closely with the Clubhouse to bring the best entertainment to their mem-bership for the best value. We are looking forward to creating a posi-tive relationship with them and the feedback even from orientation has been quite good. Students are quite happy with their new social hub.” The clubhouse will make up for the loss of the UCD Students Bar which was forced to close on June 15th 2012 after long-term financial difficulties. The bar staff, some of whom had worked in the bar for almost 25 years, accepted redun-dancy. However, there were delays in the payment of an estimated €215,000 in redundancy payments.

New UCD Clubhouse Bar opens on campusThomas CullenNews Editor

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UCD Students’ Union will hold a ‘preferendum’ at the beginning of October this year to decide its policy on abortion. Students will be asked to vote on the 1st and 2nd of October in conjunction with the class representative elections and the referendum on a smoking ban on campus. The union currently has no stance on abortion, but UCDSU President Mícheál Gallagher believes that it is important to have a referendum on the topic this year. “The reason I thought it was important to have a referendum on it this year is well, fundamentally, I believe in democracy. I believe in our Union having a policy on important topics such as that. We should have concrete policy on issues like this that students regu-larly get in contact with us about,” said Gallagher. When asked why the vote would take the form of a ‘preferen-dum’, Gallagher told the College

Tribune that “in a preferendum you have a multitude of choices. The ballot paper has not been finalised yet but option a could be pro-choice, option b could be pro-life and option c could be abortion in certain circumstances and then option d could be that the union should continue to have no stance on abortion. I really want to put it out there to our membership and get feedback on what our union should be doing for them.” The UCD Pro-Choice society are also in favour of voters having multiple choices, stating that they welcome the referendum taking the form of a preferendum as “we feel this allows a wide variety of options to be articulated and ex-pressed and we feel that with such a large UCD student population this can only be a positive thing.” However, Life Society UCD, who are a pro-life group on cam-pus, have concerns over the poten-tial wording of the referendum. In the orientation guide distributed by UCDSU one of the potential op-tions on the preferendum is “abor-tion under certain circumstances,"

which the Life Society feel is too ambiguous, telling the College Tribune that “we have concerns around the ambiguous wording of the referendum. In particular the wording ‘Abortion under certain circumstances.’ What are the 'cer-tain circumstances' that they refer to in this option? We are going to be talking to the Student Union to get clarity around this wording.” A spokesperson for UCD Pro-Choice has confirmed that they will campaign fully to ensure a successful pro-choice result in the referendum, adding that “this is particularly poignant given the long legacy of being an active pro-choice union we have inherited from UCDSU in the past, notably in the SPUC V Grogan case. It is a tradition we are proud to cam-paign for and one we intend to see upheld.” Life Society UCD wish to speak to the Students’ Union to get full information on the refer-endum before making a decision as to whether they are going to be involved in the debate in any way prior to the referendum. In 2006, a L&H debate on abor-

tion was cancelled when members of the society received calls from members of Youth Defence, warn-ing of violence if the debate went ahead. Gallagher told the College Tribune that precautions are in place this year to ensure the safety of voters. He also added that any official campaign teams need to register their interests with the returning officer who will police all materials, posters and fliers. The Life Society have stated that they support reasonable and informed discussion on the abor-tion issue at UCD, “Life Society has never undertaken or partici-pated in any attempt to shut down debate on abortion at UCD, nor do we intend to this year.” The spokesperson for the Pro-Choice society believes that “because abortion and a woman's right to choose are such divisive issues we expect that the debate will be a heated one.” “ [We are] confident that any pro choice campaigners will con-duct themselves in a respectful and dignified manner,” they added.

Thomas CullenNews Editor

UCD Students’ Union to hold abortion preferendum

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This year UCD students are strug-gling to find accommodation be-fore the start of the academic year. Many students are still homeless and are facing long-haul com-mutes to get to college each day as they struggle to find somewhere to live. Students are finding themselves priced out of the market as rent rates continue to rise. Rent of €500 or more has become the norm that students are faced with paying. Students’ Union Welfare officer Cian Dowling tells the College Tribune that “it is simply too high for students who are already strug-gling with paying the registration fee and costs associated with actu-ally attending college.” Students can also face bias from landlords. Many landlords prefer not to rent to students instead opting to give accommoda-tion to young professionals who are choosing to rent rather than buy. This drives students out of

an already competitive market. According to Dowling, some male students are also facing bias from landlords who prefer to rent to females only. It is Erasmus students and students who are on placement for a semester who are finding it espe-cially difficult to source accom-modation, said Dowling. Erasmus

students only need accommodation for four months and landlords pre-fer to lease to people for an entire year. Many students must compro-mise with digs accommodation, where a student stays in a family home with other students and pays a flat rate for lodgings and board. Third year Arts student Riona Cleary spoke to the College Trib-

une about her struggle to find ac-commodation this year. “I thought last year was a nightmare, couldn’t get a house until October, but this year its way worse. I’ve been to countless viewings, all of which were a disaster, several times I’ve called landlords and they have told me to call back the next day for a viewing and I call and they either

Students Struggle with Accommodation Rachael CareyNews Editor

don’t answer, their phones are off ... It’s frustrating because they can do that.” “I’m still looking. I’m online every day and making about ten calls a day. So seen as college is starting back next week it looks like i’ll be commuting until some-thing opens up, it’s just not ideal for my final year,” she added. Currently the Students’ Union are trying to help those who are experiencing difficulty with advice on their website. They are also encouraging students to consider digs accommodation as they are the most “readily available alter-native” according to Dowling. Students are also being encour-aged to frequently check websites such as Daft.ie to find some form of accommodation. “We have been drawing up several plans we hope to roll out as students come to us in difficulty on the financial side of things. I highly encourage people to complete a Welfare Fund applica-tion form and come see me for assistance,” he added.

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University College Dublin has further increased its interest in China by establishing a new Institute of Health Science and Innovation in Shenzhen Univer-sity during the summer. UCD previously opened the Beijing-Dublin International College which was the result of an agree-ment between UCD and Beijing University of Technology. “The agreement between University College Dublin and Shenzhen University (SZU) to establish a new International College in Health Sciences In-novation is the result of a long and complex process. It required multiple stages of agreement and approval on both sides. Ultimate-ly, the agreement will help to promote and encourage cultural understanding between Chinese and Irish students and staff, and also contribute to the growing positive relations between the two countries,” said a spokesper-son for UCD. Another campus develop-ment in the coastal city of Yantai is expected to be established once talks are completed over the coming months between the China Agricultural University and the Yantai Municipal Gov-ernment. The Yantai campus will primarily focus on agricultural science, food science, life sci-ences and bioengineering.

Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn, has previously praised UCD’s increasing foothold in China by stating at the opening ceremony of the Beijing-Dublin International College that “the establishment of Beijing-Dublin International College is a con-crete example of UCD’s interna-tionalisation agenda, and indeed of the wider interconnectedness between Ireland’s higher educa-tion system and leading educa-tion institutions globally.” UCD President Hugh Brady

Thomas CullenNews Editor

UCD continue expansion into China

The UCD Governing Authority has appointed Pro-fessor Andrew J Deeks as the new UCD President. Professor Deeks will take over the position in January 2014 when Doctor Hugh Brady steps down in December of this year following 10 years as President of the university. Professor Deeks currently holds the position of pro vice-chancellor of science in Durham University.This is the first time in UCD’s history that an exter-nal candidate has been appointed as president. Professor Deeks was born in the UK in 1963 and emigrated with his family to Perth at the age of six. He graduated from the University of West-ern Australia (UWA) with a first class honours in Civil Engineering in 1984. Professor Deeks held the position as head of the School of Civil & Resource Engineering at UWA for five years from 2004-2009. In 2009, he moved to Durham University to take up his current position. This will be UCD’s ninth President since its foundation in 1854 by John Henry Newman.

The dragon-shaped library serves as a central point of the University Town campus IMAGE COURTESY OF UNIV. TOWN LIBRARY SHENZHEN

spoke of “the enthusiastic sup-port we received from both the Irish Government and the Chi-nese authorities.” China is a country where human rights abuses and sup-pression of academic freedom have been recorded. In December 2012 Professor Wang Peijian from China Jiliang University in Hangzhou had his classes cancelled and was later forced by his university to enter a psychi-atric facility after talking to his students about the 1989 Tianan-

men Square massacre. In China “an estimated 500,000 people are currently enduring punitive detention without charge or trial, and mil-lions are unable to access the legal system to seek redress for their grievances,” according to Amnesty International. There are also reports of the surveillance, house arrest, and imprisonment of human rights defenders whilst internet and media censorship has also increased. Last year the executive direc-

tor of Amnesty International Ireland, Colm O’ Gorman, stated that “China is the world’s num-ber one executioner. It is crucial that institutions like University College Dublin use their influ-ence in their contacts with the Chinese government to raise the concerns of many Irish people about China’s appalling human rights record. Academics and students in China have gone to prison for speaking out about hu-man rights abuses. UCD should be a voice for them.”

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UCD and Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) have signed a memoran-dum of understanding which will support the development of educa-tional and creative collaborations between the two institutions. This follows a Higher Educa-tion Authority (HEA) report to the minister for Education Ruairi Quinn which proposed a merging of third level institution in Leinster to enable strategic collaborations. Dr Annie Doona, President of IADT, revealed that the institutes had been in discussions since July 2012 regarding teaching, research and innovation. Dr Doona pointed out that this signing would not affect the position of IADT in the academic field, “IADT will maintain its specialised position within the education landscape and today’s announcement is a step forward in developing relations between our two Institutions.”

Deputy President of UCD, Pro-fessor Mark Rogers, stated that the signing will bring about excellent opportunities for all involved and remarked on the similarities that the two institutes share, “we both promote an entrepreneurial spirit among our students and our staff and I can foresee creative out-comes from the cross-pollination and exchange of ideas between the two institutions.” This understanding reflects on the recent Higher Education Au-thority (HEA) report to the Min-ister of Education, Ruairi Quinn, which outlined the potential for the two institutions to form an al-liance. The report also outlined the importance of IADT’s independ-ence and expects a detailed plan to be proposed to the HEA by the end of October 2013 which “should engage in discussion with Univer-sity College Dublin and National College of Art and Design with a view to developing an alliance that could actively exploit opportuni-ties for cooperation.”

Matthew Hugh FarrellyNews Writer

This September the Students’ Union has completed their pro-posed re-design of their brand. This included redesigning the Students’ Union website as well as the SU corridor and SU shops. UCDSU President Mícheál Gallagher told the College Tribune that the rebrand was one of his top priorities for the year after including it within his election manifesto. Gallagher decided to proceed with the rebrand as a clear majority of students’ voted for this it when voting in Gallagher as president. The rebrand is “a lot younger, more fresh... more vibrant,” ac-cording to Gallagher. The rebrand was designed by Ger Byrne, who won a design competition held by the Stu-dents’ Union for designers who had worked for them in the past. Along with the new logo and posters, the Students’ Union’s website has also been trans-

UCDSURebrandRachael CareyNews Editor

formed. The website now has more functions available such as being able to sell UCD produce and gig tickets. Students will also be able to vote through the website for class rep and exec elections. The website has “practical applications as well as the obvious aesthetic,” said Gallagher. Despite the scale of the rebrand, including the Stu-dents’ Union corridor and the SU shop’s redesign, Gallagher ensured the College Tribune that the rebrand came at a “relatively low cost.”

IADT UCD Alliance follows HEA Outline

NewlygradsFrom Graduand to Graduate, last week’s conferrings were brightened up as the campus became drenched in St Patrick’s Blue and saffron with the newly re-designed robes.

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Edward Snowden became the news story of the summer when he leaked documents about the surveillance techniques used by the National Security Agency (NSA). Thomas Cullen examines the leaks and looks at how the media and the governments involved dealt with the revelations.

On August 1st of this year, Edward Snowden was granted temporary asylum in Russia, allowing him to leave the confines of Moscow air-port and put an end to the bizarre cat and mouse chase between the former NSA contractor and the United States government. Every major media organisation around the globe had followed his story closely, with discussion revolving around which countries would of-fer Snowden asylum and whether the man was a traitor or a whistle-blower. Sadly, as was also the case with US military whistleblower Chelsea Manning, the whistle-blowers themselves often become the story rather than the actual information they have released to the public. Instead of analysing the data that Snowden released, most of the mainstream media focused their efforts on analysing the man himself and watching his every move as he tried to remain outside of the United States far-reaching clutches. So what exactly did Snowden

reveal? He released an estimated 15,000-20,000 documents to the Guardian newspaper in order to expose how heavily the United States government was spying on its own citizens. The leaks showed that in April 2013, a top secret court order was issued to one of America’s largest telecoms provid-ers, Verizon, asking them to hand over all call data from its custom-ers to the NSA on an on-going basis. Obama’s government, like the Bush administration before-hand, was effectively collecting the communication records of millions of citizens regardless of whether or not they committed any crime or were suspected of any wrongdoing. Amongst the documents released by Snowden were details of PRISM, a previously undis-closed program designed to tap directly into the servers of several major internet companies such as Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Skype and YouTube, in order to collect information about its users. The NSA was able to

use the program to collect private emails, chat messages and search histories of people that used the major websites. All of the internet companies involved claimed that they were unaware of PRISM and its capabilities. Soon it was realised that the NSA surveillance spread further than the United States alone. It was exposed that the agency had a spying web that allowed it to ex-amine the personal data of internet and phone users from around the world. The Obama administration targeted certain countries to spy on such as China, Russia, Iran and Afghanistan, whilst other countries such as the UK and Germany were assisted by the NSA in spying on their own civilians. Snowden spoke about how the NSA abused its power even further by targeting journalists who were critical of the US government after 9-11. The NSA also had programs that tar-geted foreign embassies by spying and eavesdropping on them. Many European embassies were bugged after being targeted by the agency.

Thomas CullenNews Editor

Despite the revelations, President Obama told the world that “the main thing I want to emphasize is that I don’t have an interest and the people at the NSA don’t have an interest in doing anything other than making sure that we can prevent a terrorist attack.” He also criticised Snowden’s actions and asked him to return to face trial in America and make the case that “what he did was right.” Obama’s call for Snowden to return for a fair trial did not convince Snowden. This is unsurprising considering the treatment of his fellow whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Manning was held for almost three years under torturous conditions before a farcical trial took place where she was sen-tenced to 35 years in prison simply because she exposed war crimes committed by the US Government. Glenn Greenwald, the Guard-ian blogger who broke the NSA surveillance story after Snowden sent him the documents, was also targeted by the UK authorities in a clear attempt to intimidate him into silence. This was done through the detention of his part-ner David Miranda at Heathrow Airport under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. Miranda was released after nine hours which is the max amount of time the law allows before officers must either release or arrest the individual. However, 97% of such detentions

Both Snowden and Manning were

driven by a sense of duty to their country.

last less than an hour according to official figures and only 1 in 2000 are kept for over 6 hours. Greenwald described the detention as a “failed act of in-timidation” and stated that “they obviously had zero suspicion that David was associated with a terrorist organization or involved in any terrorist plot. Instead, they spent their time interrogating him about the NSA reporting which Laura Poitras, the Guardian and I are doing, as well the content of the electronic products he was carrying. They completely abused

Both Snowden and Manning were driven by a sense of duty to their country. When they wit-nessed how their government was abusing its power and committing crimes, they sacrificed all they had in order to expose powerful administrations. The very least that the public and the media can do is to use the information that was revealed to them to engage in informed debate about the actions of those in power and to pressur-ise political administrations into changing their policies for the better.

their own terrorism law for reasons having nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism: a potent reminder of how often governments lie when they claim that they need powers to stop ‘the terrorists,’ and how dangerous it is to vest unchecked power with political officials in its name.” Despite Snowden exposing the extent of US spying, some people have criticised the former NSA contractor for his actions. Some of the questionable criticisms include the assertion that he has put people at risk by letting them know they are being spied on and that he is a traitor to the American people by informing them of what their elected representatives are doing. Fox News analyst Ralph Peters bizarrely accused Snowden of committing treason simply to get attention and then later called for the death penalty to be brought back for both Snowden and Chel-sea Manning. However, Snowden has mainly received praise for sacrificing his job and comfortable lifestyle in or-der to inform the public about the illegal actions of their government. Daniel Ellsberg, who released the Pentagon Papers about the Viet-nam war in 1971, commented on Snowden: “I have no doubt at all that he’s a patriotic American, as he’s said. And to call him a traitor reveals a real misunderstanding of our founding documents.”

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political office in Ireland. A functioning parliament should be a testing ground for new ideas and debate instead we have a parliament which is utterly domi-nated by the executive. Who talks, for how long, and about what, is determined by cabinet. Cabinet policy is controlled by the Economic Management Council. Enda Kenny decides the business of the council: this leads to mo-ments of spectacular bad judgement like we had on #PROMNIGHT back in February where the Government forced through leg-islation during the media hiatus between the Nine O’Clock news and Morning Ireland for reasons which are still unclear and about which I remain suspicious.Parliament is far less a tool for holding the executive to account than it is a promenade of puppets of the political parties. Beyond the Supreme Court there is nothing in the structures of the State which protects the citizens of the Republic from

the excesses of the executive. Bad Taoisigh have broken

our Republic time and again and our parliament

has been powerless to stop them. If Enda’s referendum was about parliamentary reform then we would see powers conferred upon

the Dáil by the citizens of the Republic.

Instead we see that powers are stripped from the

Presidency while any executive in control of a temporary majority will be able to use the Dáil to fire the Comptroller and Auditor General or the Ombudsmen or the Judges whose role it is to hold the executive to account. Cui bono? Who benefits? The executive, and the civil servants who pull the strings of the executive.I am not in favour of keeping the Seanad because I think the Seanad is a good thing, it, along with the rest of parliament needs to be desperately reformed. I am against Enda’s referendum because it is regressive, it is a step in precisely the wrong direction, it is a step towards a further concentration of power in the offices of the executive, offices which have done so much harm to the citizens of this Republic. Others have suggested that the Dáil will reform itself later but reforms instituted by the Dáil are reforms which can be removed or abused by the Dáil, and the office of the Taoiseach that controls it.

Seanad Reform Debate

“We desperately need real parliamentary and political

reform.

Professor Ben TonraUCD School of Politics and International Relations

...the mind-numbing vacuity and the

self-aggrandising twaddle of the over-whelming balance of the Senate’s historic

membership.

“ “If we had an

efficient and effective bureaucracy

the role our politicians play would be largely

redundant.

My brutal question is; ‘why bother’?

Without substantive constitutional revision the Seanad would – at best – simply be doing that which the Dáil itself should be doing: holding the Government to account and intelligently interrogating its propos-als. In a sense, therefore, Seanad 'reform' as currently proposed would let the govern-ment off the hook of serious and substantive political change and would in fact represent status quo politics. The strongest counter argument here is that abolition of the Seanad would, in and of it-self, do nothing to strengthen the Oireachtas and would contribute nothing to reform per se. In this I think there is logic. The advo-cates of this position insist that the Seanad should be retained at least until the Dáil is reformed in such a way that it becomes an effective parliamentary chamber in its own right. To be flippant, however, one might say that holding the Seanad's abolition hostage to substantive Dáil reform is worse than

pointless. It sounds rather like holding a dead man hostage in

a bank siege; "give us the money or the stiff gets it". If the Seanad's abolition contributes nothing to reform, neither does its continued existence. One can also seriously question the bona fides

of a government with a massive majority in

the lower house that has promised much in terms of

political reform but has thus far delivered little. I appreciate that argument and it has merit. Thus far the government's core argument for abolition has been that it will save between 8 million and 20 million euro. As we witness people demonstrating and dying to secure legitimate and repre-sentative democratic institutions in various parts of the world such an argument is crass in the extreme. Ultimately, however, I come down on the side of the abolitionists as I see a single chamber parliament as simply being a better model for a state of this size. Abolishing the Seanad can then be likened to clearing knotted underbrush or knocking down a dilapidated outbuilding. It gives us a clearer vision of where the problems really reside and what solutions are necessary and pos-sible. Abolition of the Seanad can thus be seen as a necessary but in no way a suf-ficient step on the road to urgently needed political reform.

IIn one sense it is too easy to condemn Seanad Eireann to an oblivion it richly deserves. Constructed as a toothless, elitist, post-colonial sop to minority representation and Roman Catholic corporatist ideology, the upper house has not played a significant political function in the state. The only exception has been its role as a launch-ing pad or holding pen for wannabe/failed TDs, as a pasture for political elders and, in recent decades, as a political echo chamber for civic-minded individuals and social innovators. The contributions of some of these individuals – and we can name them – have been significant. In a handful of cases they have been truly transformative of our politics. To my mind, however, that is not enough to outweigh the pointlessness, the mind-numbing vacuity and the self-aggran-dising twaddle of the overwhelming balance of the Senate's historic membership. I am deeply respectful of those that argue that the Seanad could be made relevant. They argue with passion that the Seanad could be made to work effectively and that it could play a meaningful role in national politics. Many such propos-als have been made over the decades, none of which have been brought close to fruition. The cleverest in recent times is that sponsored by a number of current Senators in direct response to the threat of abolition. The Seanad Reform Bill 2013, co-sponsored by Senators Katherine Zappone and Feargal Quinn, suggests a range of ideas (which do not require constitutional change) that could potentially create a parliamentary chamber worthy of the name. My brutal question is; 'why bother'? First, there is no intrinsic need for a sec-ond parliamentary chamber. Many forward-looking developed states of comparable size have abolished their upper houses in favour of single chamber parliamentary systems. These work far more effectively and respon-sively than anything we have seen in this state. Both Denmark and New Zealand are models in this regard. We can also usefully ask ourselves the question, if we did not now have a Seanad would we choose to invent one; to serve what purpose? Sec-ond, even the Zappone-Quinn proposals can promise nothing more than a 'better' and more representative advisory chamber.

TThe most important political question to ask, when dealing with any political action, is cui bono? Who benefits? This is particularly so in our Republic as the systems of the state have become so re-sistant to change that almost every change, regardless of the nature of the change pro-posed, is vetoed. These changes are routinely precluded as being inconsistent with the status quo or, precedent or, custom and practice or, however one wants to define those systems of the state that blunder from one reckless fiasco of incompetence to the next. In situations where the executive of the state waves the banner of reform it is espe-cially vital for the citizens of the Republic to tease out why this particular change, and not any other, has been proposed. I hold that this particular change is be-ing put before the citizens of the Republic because there is a confluence of interests which are satisfied by extinguishing the Se-anad in lieu of real political reform. We desperately need real parliamentary and politi-cal reform. Any aspiring politician will find that the vast majority of her political work-ing life will be spent fielding queries from her constituents about how they should inter-act with one bureaucratic organ of state or another. If we had an efficient and effective bureaucracy the role our politicians play would be largely redundant.The status quo suits both our bureaucracy, which has little interest in being efficient, and also suits our political class because, in the heavily whipped Oireachtas, our in-dividual backbenchers have no role to play beyond turning up when they are told and voting how they are told. Wrestling with a bad bureaucracy gives our politician something to do; it gives her something to be busy with and something for her to talk about with her constituents when she goes knocking on their doors. I’m sure that the minor victories of being able to help someone who is being shafted by the state gives her a sense of job satis-faction that in some way makes up for the importance of her elected position. But this does not describe a functioning parliament. Parliamentarians are ruthlessly preclud-ed from thinking. Original thought is one of the few things that can get you fired from

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It goes without saying that times are tough in the Irish economy. The hangover from the ‘Celtic Tiger’ lingers on, with unem-ployment standing at 13.4% and rising to 30% for those under 25. Government debt is 127% GDP (a measure of what the country produces in a year) while the government has to borrow 7.3% GDP this year to fund the running of the country. Closer to home, this week we learned that 798 students have lost their SUSI grants as the income threshold was cut by 3%. However, there are signs that things may finally be turning around. Investec’s Services Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose for the third successive month to stand at 61.6. The indication measures the expectations of representatives of a panel of 600 service sector companies. Any reading above 50 signifies expansion. Given that the services sector makes up 70% of the Irish economy, the increased domestic and export demand driving this is encouraging.

Ireland was also recently named 28th in the 2013/14 Global Competiveness Index. The index, compiled by the World Eco-nomic Forum, surveys 15,000 business executives across 144 countries in order to rank countries according to 12 Pillars of Competitiveness. In the accompanying report Ireland was shown to rank highly for its health and primary education system (6th), goods (11th) and labour (16th) markets, as well as technological adoption (13th). Despite this, two measures stood out as major drags to Irish competitiveness. Mac-roeconomic Environment (effectively gov-ernment debt, budget deficit and personal savings) and Financial Markets (soundness of banks, access to finance) were ranked 134th and 85th respectively. Not only that but when asked the most problematic fac-tor for doing business in Ireland, 30.1% of respondents cited access to finance as the biggest challenge. There are signs of improvement in the economy. Fewer people are signing on the live register, the Central Statistics Office reports net job creation for the first time

since 2007 and budget deficit reduction is on track. However, until businesses are able to access credit with relative ease any improvements will be hampered. As the government is so heavily involved in propping up the bank’s balance sheets the state’s ability to finance itself is an impor-tant factor. With this in mind, the coming months are crucial for Ireland’s recovery. In November Ireland is set to exit the €85bn bailout programme, with a return to the international markets for financing rather than relying on the Troika to support government expenditure. This would also mean a lessening of the strict external monitoring of government expenditure that has been necessary since 2008. Ireland has been touted as the poster boy for bailout exits, showing the path for Greece and Portugal to follow. Indeed the NTMA (the agency charged with managing the national debt) has carried out a suc-cessful issue of 10 year government bonds (loans). Yields (the interest paid on loans) have fallen, meaning we have to pay less money to service the government debt.

However, doubts remain about the size of the government being unfeasible. With this in mind Minister for Finance Michael Noo-nan has requested that a €10bn buffer be put in place for Ireland on exit of the bail-out. The buffer would be provided by the European Stability Mechanism, the euro zone’s permanent bailout fund. It would act as a backstop in case trouble should emerge preventing Ireland from raising funding from the markets. The fact that it exists would provide assurance to the mar-kets and prevent a spike in interest rates. While nothing has been confirmed as yet, Eurozone officials have spoken favourably on some measure being put in place. Whether the return to the markets will be enough to ignite Ireland’s recovery or result in a relapse into another bailout remains to be seen. Either way, a sudden upsurge in government spending is un-likely. The budget deficit must continue to be reduced. Given the level of government debt, it is not feasible to continue borrow-ing at the current rate. While we are far from the end of the hardship, one can hope that the end is in sight.

Irish Economy: Where Are We Now?

Michael FanningBusiness writer

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So freshers, you have managed to get into UCD, get onto campus and pick up a newspaper, which is more than most second year arts students did last semester.

We have created this Freshers' Guide to ensure that you feel warmly welcomed into UCD - UCD's culture of inappropriate banter that is. This guide includes our annual 'A-Z of UCD,' 'Col-lege Life Hacks' and our guide to Dublin for 'country people.' We feel that after reading these pieces, you will be thoroughly integrated into UCD's student culture or at the very least you will have learnt the alphabet. We have also included a guide for mak-ing friends. If this doesn't help, you could always write into our very own agony Aunt Al Porter. Being a fresher is exciting and nerve wrecking. Enjoy the college experience while it is shiny and new, untainted by deadlines and exams. If you would like to write for the College Tribune, register your interest on col-legetribune.ie or pop down to our office under the the arts block, to the left of Readers. Writing for us is clinically proven to boost your popularity rating.

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With plans for paid for parking put on hold now is a good time to reflect on the situation. It is obvious to anyone who commutes via car into the Belfield campus that parking is a problem. Driving around the campus look-ing for parking spot is not some-thing that students and staff should have to be face on a daily basis. University management have a solution to this - build a number of multi storey car parks and com-muter facilities around campus. However the questions surround-ing the funding of these facilities is an important one. Should students and staff be forced to pay for the building of the new facilities? With a cap of 3,600 car parking spaces in place by Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council and a condition of the planning permis-sion for the commuting facility that paid parking be introduced,

Paid ParkingRonan CoveneyEditor

Students are set to go to the polls over whether UCD should enact a campus wide smoking ban. While the proposal is well intentioned and has the health and well being of students and staff at heart, it is difficult to see how it will be implemented. Is it realistic to ask staff and students to make their way to the cam-pus perimeter to smoke? Will students in the arts or science block be able to manage this on a ten minute break between their classes? UCD has a track record of failing to implement even the simplest of smoking bans, most noticeable at the entrance to the arts block. What are the costs associated with ensuring that UCD is a smoke free campus and could these funds be utilized elsewhere for a better purpose?

UCD management have left them-selves in a precarious position.Students are being pushed to the brink financially. With a student contribution fee creeping its way up to €3000 and on top of that a student levy set at €208, students are not pushed to pay extra for parking. Meanwhile staff have seen cuts to their pay via the Croke Park and Haddington Road agreements.UCD’s neighbours have to be taken into account too. Should we force residence in the environs of UCD to bring in paid parking to police traffic as students and staff park there to available of the free parking This contentious decision is in the hands of the university and its management. It’s over to you Hugh.

SSmoke free campusAmy WalshEditor

A Freshers WelcomeThis year freshers face more hard-ship and challenges than when I started college in 2009. A recent survey by The Irish League of Credit Unions suggests that 80% of parents are shelling out over €400 per month to their children in 3rd level education. Findings also suggest that more than a third of students have jobs. In 2009 students were less burdened by financial difficulty and the atmosphere of fresher’s week was less fraught with fears of how to pay the registration fee, how to afford books and how to meet the chal-lenges of renting away from home. The full cost of my three year degree in UCD was €5,500. For a fresher entering UCD this year that same degree will cost €8,250 in fees alone. That is not to mention grants, which were catastrophically delayed last

year, with students being forced out of courses due to late payments. The registration fee is a big ask for cash-strapped families and that is before you consider bus pases, lunches, laptops, rent and bills. This situation has pushed many students to their limits by trying to balance work and college commitments, with many more students working long hours which compromise not only their social lives but their health and well-being. It is important that students are represented politically and that we continue to fight for a free and accessible education system but it is equally important for the university, student representatives and student liaisons to adapt to this new state of affairs and develop a much needed understanding of the new student state of mind.

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a lock-in in Cartagena and finally we spent a day cliff diving and snorkelling on a booze cruise off the the shores of Tayrona National Park. After a brief stopover in Dublin which involved an obligatory fry-up, pints in town and many catch-up coffees, we were airborne, en- route to Mumbai. Finding our-selves on an almost empty flight, we tried to convince the handsome BA steward that it would be in his interest to boost us up to first class. Despite our best efforts, we had forgotten to “dress for upgrade.” Apparently gringo pants and hoodies do not a frequent flyer make. It was not completely fruitless though as we were offered unlimited com-plimentary wine and the steward gave us a recommendation for a restaurant in Bangkok called Cabbages and Condoms. Intriguing. Cabbages and Condoms supports birth con-trol and sexual health in Thai villages and was worth it if only to check out the giant blossom tree sculpture in the reception made entirely of johnnies. You don’t get travel tips like that in first class - I’ll tell you that for nothing. India was a colourful collage of spice, smiles and smells. We had a chance meeting with author Gregory David Roberts while people watching in the Taj Mahal Hotel, floated down the Keralan Backwaters on a traditional houseboat and tried not to melt in 42 degrees heat (Wicked Witch of the West style), while visiting the Amber Fort in Jaipur. There were also many, many uniden-tifiable and delicious meals and flavours to enjoy. After our Indian adventure, our first week in Southeast Asia was a happy blur. In our last stop, Dehli, we followed sage cultural advice to avoid unwanted attention, keeping all of our skin covered, despite the intense heat. In a complete reversal we now fixed our eyes unashamedly at the girls strolling down Khao San Road in hotpants and tank tops. Luckily we soon acclimatised to being back in the society of young, reck-less travellers. We drank buckets at the full moon party, visited elephant sanctuaries and took a cooking class in Chiang Mai, where we learnt that the level of spice in your

cooking equates directly to how sexy you are - basically, the hotter the better. We flew to Hanoi and savoured Vietnamese street food and spent two days kayaking and rock climbing on a privately owned party island in Halong Bay. I visited generation emigra-tion friends living in Singapore and Hong Kong, climbed volcanoes in Indonesia, biked through rice paddies in Bali, and spent a week road tripping across the national parks in the Northern Territory of Australia. I tried to ignore the reality that my trip was coming to an end. I was running out of time and blank passport pages.

Of course it’s easy to remember the good times and brush over out the bad times. Believe me, there were bad times. If I had a rupee for every instance of Delhi belly that may have been omitted from my most recent status update, well I’d rather be poor. There were missed flights, fake money scams, dodgy taxi drivers, even dodgier bus journeys and worst of all, a plethora of what a friend had coined ‘d**khead travellers’ or ‘DTs’ for code purposes. DTs are perennial wander-ers who claim to be the sole individuals who have had the ‘true’ traveller experience. They will boast about having trained a parrot to rap the entire Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme tune while running an underground bar in Cambo-dia, nick your bunk bed while you’re out par-tying and try to avoid your rath by insisting they live in an aboriginal commune which rejects materialism. If in doubt, DTs can be identified by the lack of any visible forearm due to an infinite number of beaded, leather and woven bracelets that look like they are carrying strains of e-Coli or rabies. However, all this is part of the package. Some of the best stories I heard were most definitely to be taken with a pinch of salt, but that is the beauty of travelling. You have to have faith - faith in the tuk-tuk drivers weaving through rush hour traffic, faith in the new friends who promise to mind your rucksack while you urgently run to the bathroom and faith in your ability to communicate the need for ‘water’ without a word of the local language. Writing this article has brought back a feeling of warmth equal only to lying on the beach on Koh Tao, sipping a mango smoothie and wondering if anyone remembers that at one stage the night before you introduced yourself as Molly Malone. So I offer you this advice: dig out your passport, book the flights, call your bank and download the Shazam app. You’ll want a playlist of those tunes to remind you of how good you had it when you’re sitting down to write your masters dissertation in the library. So really my advice to you is this, if you have ever had even the tiniest desire to see the world, take a leap of faith. You can figure the rest out once you touch down in Bali.

A Leap of FaithGráinne O’HoganTravel Writer

If I had a rupee for every instance of Delhi belly that may have been omitted from my most recent status update, well I’d rather be poor.

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It was a typical Monday morning at work. Phones were ringing and co-workers were exchanging drunken Saturday night sto-ries. The potent smell of instant coffee was permeating the open plan office. All was normal, except for me. I was the account ex-ecutive perspiring excessively at the corner computer. Today was the day I would hand in my notice. Since graduating I had spent 18 months in a good job, on a good salary, until I decided that I’d had enough of post-college grown-up life. I was going to trade in paperwork and meetings for a rucksack and guidebook and travel the world for six months, taking in South America, India and South East Asia. Two weeks later I was sitting on a Boe-ing 747 alongside three of my friends, all newly unemployed, buzzing with caffeine and the prospect of adventure. We had just boarded a flight to Rio de Janeiro. Our trip of a lifetime had begun! As budget con-scious travellers our first point of order was loading up on free booze which sparked discussions about our choice of mind-broad-ening films on the in-flight entertainment system. Hours later we glimpsed the wide-spread arms of Christ the Redeemer as we descended into the city famous for its epic Carnival street parties. We spent five blissful days in Brazil. First, we lay on the famous beaches of Copacobana and Ipanema, then we witnessed world-class twerking at a rave-party in the Favelas and finally we took advantage of some Kodak moments in the hip Santa Teresa district. Our first hurdle arrived when we learnt a crucial point of information about South America - it is ac-tually pretty big. In our small-island minds, we had thought it completely achievable to make it from Rio to Bogota in seven weeks. That is until our first bus journey which was scheduled for twenty-six hours dissolved into chaos - three breakdowns, two thunder-storms, no on-board food or toilets. Thirty-six hours later we reached our destination of Iguazu Falls in Argentina. Back to the drawing-board. Although we had adjusted our itinerary, we still managed to take in magnificent steak and wine in Buenos Aires, the serene Salt Flats in Bolivia and a mosquito ridden three days sleeping in stilted huts in the Amazon, fishing for piranhas and swimming with pink dolphins. Unfortunately, our plans were disrupted yet again when I returned from the latter trip with food poisoning and ended up spending three days in a Bolivian hospital (big shout out to the staff at VHI Assist). Nonetheless, within a week of my release from hospital we had succeeded in getting up and down Macchu Picchu in one piece before reluctantly forking out €500 for an obligatory flight from Peru to Colombia. The land described so vividly by Marquez was worth every cent. We bathed in a mud mountain, slept in hammocks on Playa Blanca - a tiny Caribbean beach with glitter-ing white sand, true to its name. We enjoyed

THE COLLEGE TRIBUNE10.09.201312/TECH

5 Sci-Fi technologies we have right nowRobotsThis list was always going to start with robots, they are the quintes-sential sci-fi technology and we've got them. They build our cars, our computers, our phones. They find our amazon orders and they are even kind enough to explore other planets for us, but we never quite got proper robots. Well, now we do. An American company named Boston Dynamics has a whole range of mechanical beasts that look like the T-800's pet shop. Among these are the Big Dog, a quadrupedal robot about the size of a horse whose job it is to help soldiers by carry-ing up to 340lbs of equipment for them. Then there's the Petman and Atlas robots which are about as roboty as a robot can be. They are fully mobile humanoid robots capable of walking, climbing stairs and even doing push-ups.

www.bostondynamics.com

SoylentThe future of cheap and easy food could well be this satisfying smothie. Created by Rob Rhinehart it contains absolutely everything the body needs to function and can be produced for as little as €2.15 per meal. It may or may not taste like tasty wheat.

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Self Driving CarsWe spend so much of our time driving and a lot of it we would rather spend doing something else. Well, we will soon be spending it doing whatever we want. We are less than a decade from the largest revolution in transportation since the introduction of the automobile. Google have had cars driving themselves more than half a million kilom-eteres around the roads of america and they are by no means the only people getting in on the action. Mercedes, BMW, Volvo, Audi, Nissan and GM all have plans to sell self driving cars in the next ten years with Mercedes plan-ning to include autonomous steering, braking, acceleration and parking in its cars as soon as September this year.

Mind Controlled ProstheticsThe quality of prosthetics has been increasing for some time but they have always been passive solu-tions. This is rapidly changing as both the American military and private sector businesses are doing research into direct nerve control and sensory feedback in prosthetic devices, which allow users to di-rectly control robotic limbs with all of the functionality of regular ones while being able to touch and feel exactly what they are doing. Prosthetics with some of this functionality are currently available.

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Private SpaceWe have been to space, the moon and we have even sent robots to mars. Until now it has required the dedication of the most powerful countries in the world to achieve the goal of space exploration, but not any more. There are currently two companies leading the private sector into space. Space X is founded by Elon Musk and has already taken over cargo missions to the International Space Station for NASA using their Dragon spacecraft. Virgin Galactic, founded by Richard Branson and Burt Rutan are currently selling tickets to space to anyone who has a quarter of a million dollars.

www.spacex.comwww.virgingalactic.com

Ken Robinson: How Schools Kill Creativity

Tony Robbins: Why We Do What We Do

Sarah Kay: If I Should Have a Daughter

David Christian: The History of our World in 18 Minutes

Elizabeth Gilbert: Your Elusive Creative Genius

Brené Brown - The Power of Vulnerability

Bryan Stevenson: We Need to Talk About an Injustice

Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts

Jane McGonigal: The Game That Can Give You 10 Extra Years of Life

Amanda Palmer: The Art of Asking

Top three inspiring talks to get you in the mood for college….

Neil Gaiman’s Commencement Speech at the University of the Arts 2012

J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement

Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech

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The best place for hard science, articles on news from any area of science.

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Science & Technology websites

Wired has the best quality and variety of articles of any publication on science and technology and the culture that surrounds it that I have ever found.

www.wired.com

All the news you could ever want on the latest in the tech domain.

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Internships: The Inside LineThe College Tribune investigates the merits and drawbacks of the summer internship experience.

Summer internships are back in the spotlight after the sudden death of a 21 year-old Bank of America intern in August who had allegedly worked until 6am for three consecutive days before he died. Top em-ployers are being called upon to conduct top-down reviews of employ-ment policies to safeguard the health of employees, with the subject of internships driving the debate. Internship programs are increasingly more important for third-level students hoping to secure full-time employment or a place on a graduate scheme when leaving university. This article looks at the merits and drawbacks of an internship and asks some savvy UCD students to share their experiences.

Beats the Lecture Hall

In an internship, some of what you learn in the classroom actually becomes relevant. Reading basic financial statements, compar-ing companies, assessing the macroeconom-ic environment and formatting large data are all day-to-day internship activities on the finance side of things. Conducting market research, controlling the social media func-tion, following up leads and creating online content are common on the sales and mar-keting end. Although most of the above is covered in business education, there is more satisfaction to be gained from completing these activities in a commercial setting.

“‘I spent this summer interning at a public relations and media training company based in Dublin. Like all interns, I expected the summer to primarily involve making coffee and photocopying...However my experience has showed me that by showing initiative and enthusiasm, internships can provide invaluable experience. By the end of my three months I was independently deliver-ing training courses for businesses on Social Media, Public Speaking and Presentation Skills, and have now agreed to continue working for the firm once a week for the next year - a student teaching the profes-sionals! Any student, regardless of their field of study, who is serious about career development, should explore the possibility of spending the summer interning.’”

Goodwill

Interns come and go. They come in at the bottom of the pecking order in a firm which in many cases translates into fewer responsibilities on a day-to-day basis. This represents a prime opportunity to network with senior people from other teams and divisions. You are not bound by the hierarchical structures which full-time employees must negotiate and as an intern wanting to secure full-time employment, you have a clear agenda. A good tip is to find out early which area or division you would like to join and flag it early with people in senior positions who can get you there.

‘‘I did a sales and trading internship at an investment bank in London this summer. I had anticipated the hours to be long beforehand, in reality they were much longer than I had actually envisaged. I expected the internship to be a bit of a ‘rat race,’ this wasn’t the case at all. All the interns got on great together and helped each other where possible (everyone had different skill sets and levels of knowl-edge) even though everyone was essen-tially competing against one another for a limited number of grad positions. I loved the atmosphere, there’s a constant buzz on the trading floor and the people who worked there really made time for you. There were always events being arranged for us, ie we went dragon boat racing and had networking drinks nearly every week. I disliked that some of the desks gave you very menial admin-based work (which was a bit boring and didn’t give you a feel for what their job entailed) while other desks were very “hands on” in their ap-proach to helping you learn and gave you challenging/stimulating work – that’s the luck of the draw though.’’

Converting your Internship

Many employers make interns keenly aware that not everyone will get a job offer on the other side, something which fosters an atmosphere kind of competitiveness. For in-stance, Morgan Stanley had a 40% conver-sion rate in 2012. Moritz Erhardt, the BoA intern cited above, previously completed internships at Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and KPMG, and was still endeavour-ing to gain a full-time offer. However, if you are not fortunate enough to get an offer straight from the internship, you will have a distinct advantage over peers should you reapply to the firm separately through the graduate scheme or to other firms.

Imbalance

The reality is that the intern needs the employer more than the employer needs the intern. You are rarely in a position to say no to any incoming request or project. Increasingly, interns have to go above and beyond the scope of their employment to be in with a chance of a full-time job offer upon completion of their degree. Students undertaking in-ternships are faced with the challenges of increased competition for fewer graduate places, lower remu-neration and longer working hours. In some cases, an internship constitutes a white-collar version of slave labour.

Undoubtedly, the benefits of doing an internship dwarf any of the downsides which this article points to. Interns have to endure periods of intense scrutiny and fully deliver on their objectives, while simulta-neously make decisions as to whether the firm and industry is for them. Making the decision to apply for the internship you want is the most important step. Of course, there are no guarantees. You may, like me, end up as a glorified admin assistant for the summer, but chances are you will learn more in that summer than the sum of your university education to date. The sooner we, as students, confront the unknown quantities that are our futures, the better.

Social

Internships can be a lot of fun. If you happen to be part of a large intake at one of the bigger corporates, you are likely to make a lot of friends with very similar interests and ambitions to your own. In fact, the social side is one of the main tools used by firms to win the interns over. Char-ity events, race days and intern socials are often strategically incorporated into the programme to enhance the experience and increase interns loyalty towards the firm. The complementary food and alcohol at such events are surprisingly well-received too. As employers like to accentu-ate the fact that their culture is superior to that of rivals, extra emphasis is placed on these events. Firms view these activities as differentiators. Do be careful though, HR are always keen observers in the background.

"I interned at a Dublin-based start-up company last summer. I wanted to gain some business-related experience and was too young to apply for any large corporate’s internship program. The company was barely a year old when I joined as a sales and marketing intern. I expected to be heavily involved in developing the marketing strategy, to roll out online marketing campaigns and to meet with clients on a daily basis. The real-ity was very different. As a startup, the firm had virtually no sales when I joined, just leads - lots of leads. Much of my job involved cold-calling potential clients who broadly fitted into one of our ‘verticals’ (target markets). Apart from creating monthly newsletters and writing up some blog entries, I was a glorified admin assistant.”

“Apart from creating monthly newsletters and writing up some blog entries, I was a glorified admin assistant.

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Sceálta an tSamhraidh 2013...-Beirt chailín a raibh eispéiris éagsúla acu thar lear

J1 i Chicargo Deirtear gurb í Nua Eabhrach an chathair nach gcodlaíonn, ach i ndáiríre, cé comh álainn gur féidir a bheith i ndiadh oíche amuigh ar an tear – breathnaigh ar éinne a bhí i gCoppers aréir – GRÁNNA! Sin an fáth nách bhfuil náire ar Chicago – no Chicargo mar a dheireans muid sa bhaile – admháil go bhfuil sí sásta sos a ghlacadh i lár an lae len í féin a choimead úr. Tá gach rud aici atá ag Nua Eabhrach, agus a thuil-leadh. Glan, suaimhneach, agus álainn. Ní bhíonn strus ar mhuintir na háite riamh. Tá sé go deas agus cúrsaí ag dul ar aghaidh go séimh. Bhí cónaí orm díreach in aice le Wrigley Field – an áit is fearr riamh; ‘sé Wrigleyfield baile na Chicago Cubs, croí na cathrach. Rud a d’fhoghlaim mé go han luath ná go bhfuil muintir na cathrach GAFA le spórt, idir iad féin, na Blackhawks i rith an tsam-raidh, agus na Bears le linn an gheimhridh. D’éinne nách bhfuil a fhios acu, bhuaigh na Blackhawks an Stanley Cup (craobh haca oighre) agus muid ann; níl a leithéid feicthe agam riamh. Tháining milliún go leith duine amuigh chun céiliúrtha. An t-aon rud go bhféadfainn a chur i gcomapráid leis ná Maigh Eo ag buachaint i gceann trí seach-tain!. An rud is tabhachtaí le tuiscint faoin J1 ná go bhfuil sé difriúl ó rud ar bith eile atá déanta agat do shaol, agus a dhéanfaidh tú riamh! Tá saoirse faoi leith agat, sa chaoi is go mbíonn do thuistí 3000 míle uait.

Aoibhinn Ní Chionnaith ag caint ar shamhradh caite i measc na bponcán...

UCDVO i HaitiCaitheann Emma Nic Lochliann súil siar ar samhradh i Haiti le UCDVO....

Cinnte, tagann tinneas baile ort ó am go chéile, ach ní mhaireann sé i bhfad mar tá an oiread sin le feiceál agus le déanamh. Ná bí ag súil le teacht abhaile le hairgead. Chaith mé m’airgead uilig ag déanamh gach sórt ruda… Skydiving, Lollapalooza, ag tai-steal go Bostúin agus ag glacadh le roinnt chultúr! An rud is fearr a dhéanamh ar J1 ná casadh le daoine! Tá an oiread sin daoine suimiúla sna Stáit Aontaithe nach féidir fiú cur síos a dhéanamh ar leath chuid acu Mholfainn le héinne ag dul gan é a dhéan-amh i ngrúpa mór, gan dul le níos mó ná ceathrar. Sa chaoi sin is féidir casadh ar i bhfad níos mó daoine, agus tá sé níos éasca do ghrúpa beag goil isteach go clubannaí oíche agus thú faoi aois. Gabh go cathair mhór, ní áit bheag, sa chaoi sin ní bhíonn tú ag casadh ar na daoine céanna an t-am ar fad. Tá i bhfad níos mó le déanamh. Bhí Chicago iontach sa chaoi go raibh an oiread stuif saor in aisce le déanamh comh maith. Mar shamplaí, chonaiceamar Glen Han-sard saor in aisce, agus tá turas bhus slán ar chostas ann. Comh maith le sin tá com-hlacht ann d’arbh ainm Hop the Pond a thug an-chabhair dúinn ag eagrú turais go Sky-dive Midwest, go Six Flags srl. Agus mé ag scríobh an ailt seo, níl cliú agam conas é a dhéanamh go gonta. Ní ath-róinn rud ar bith. Bhí an samhradh is fearr riamh agam is a bhí riamh agus ní fhéad-fainn cur síos níos fearr a dhéanamh air.

Bhí an t-ádh liomsa an deis a fháil taist-eal go Haiti le UCDVO an Iúil seo imithe tharainn. Chaith mé an mí ab fhearr de mo shaol ann, i mbun campaí samhradh agus tionscnaimh tógála, agus seo mo chúntas pearsanta air. Nuair a shroicheamar Port Au Prince ar an 28ú Meithimh tar éis 30 uair a chloig ag tai-steal, bhíomar tuirseach traochta. Bhí easpa codlata orainn agus boladh an taistil uainn! Bhí an ghrian ag spailpeadh síos gan aon trócaire orainn agus bhí ár leapacha uainn. Ach nuair a thosaíomar an turas bus amach as an gcathair bhuail an fhírinne ghéar linn. Chonaiceamar sráidbhailte nárbh iontu ach pubaill, botháin mhiotal agus adhmaid ina raibh teaghlaigh ina gcónaí, agus na mílte mílte daoine ag cónaí ar na cnoic lasmuigh den chathair mar thoradh ar an gcrith talúin a tharla i 2010. Tar éis cúig uaire an chloig ar an mbus sin, thánamar ar Gros Morne, baile beag i dtuaisceart an oileáin ina bhfuil an tion-scnamh bunaithe. Chaitheamar an chéad deireadh seachtaine ag buaileadh leis na daoine a oibríonn leis an gcatharnacht, ag cur aithne ar mhuintir an bhaile agus ag leagadh síos na bunclochanna don mhí. Nuair a bhuail an chéad lá oibre linn, is cinnte go raibh gach éinne sceitimíneach agus neirbhíseach. Bhraith mé thar a bheith amhrasach – d’fhill mé ar na seisiúin trae-nála agus lean mé na treoracha a tugadh dom, ach fós, ní mhúinteoir mé! Níl mo chuid Creole láidir, níl aithne agam ar na páistí seo! Bhí an iliomad smaointe ag rith tríd m’aigne mar gheall air, ach nu-air a shroicheamar an camp, glanadh gach rud diúltach agus gach amhras amach as m’aigne. Lom díreach, bhíomar ag rince agus ag canadh le ceithre céad páiste! Chaith mé mo chéad lá ag cur aithne ar mo rangsa agus ar pháistí eile ar fud an cam-pa, ag súgradh is ag canadh leo, agus ag foghlaim mar gheall ar a gcultúr. Chaith mé gach lá i ndiaidh sin ag baint suilt agus spraoi as an saol in éineacht leo. Rith sé liom nach raibh aon rud ag teast-áil ó na páistí seo ach taitneamh a bhaint as an mhí. Thaitin mata leo, thaitin tír eolas,

Béarla, Fraincís agus ealaín leo. Ach níos mó ná aon rud eile, thaitin an chraic leo. La-ethanta, chaitheamar an lá ar fad ag canadh is ag rince. Laethanta eile bhí áthas an domhain orthu a bheith ag foghlaim. Páistí spraoiúla, réchúiseacha, lán d’fhuinneamh agus do ghrá ab ea iad. Tá siad ionspráide-ach agus ní dhéanfaidh mé dearmad orthu riamh – bhí tionchar ollmhór acu orm agus fós bím ag smaoineadh orthu chuile lá. Mar aon leis na campanna samhraidh a reachtaíomar, san iarnón bhí dhá thion-scnaimh tógála ar siúl againn – balla chun cosc a chur le tuillte, agus áis stórála bia Bhíos féin ag obair i dtaobh an balla . B’obair chrua í an tógáil. Bhíomar i mbun oibre déine fisiciúla i mbarr teaspaigh ós cionn 35 céim Celsius, gan traenáil ná taithí, i ndiaidh lá fada sa champa. Agus in ainneoin sin, gach lá ag a haon a chlog bhíos ag tnúth leis. Bhaineamar taitneamh as, chaitheamar na laethanta ar an láithreán ag canadh agus ag gáire. Bhíomar ag obair i sráidbhaile cónaithe beag agus tagadh muintir an tsráidbhaile ag caint linn gach lá. Seasadh na páistí inár dtipmeall agus sinn ag obair. Bhraitheamar iontach tar éis an lae oibre agus gach lá nuair a chuamar abhaile bhímis ag tnúth leis an gcéad lá eile agus á phleanáil. Chomh maith leis sin, gach lá i ndiaidh an lae oibre bhí a fhios agam go rabhas ag dul abhaile le 22 buanchairde. Rinneamar caidreamh dochreidte lena chéile. Táim deimhneach de go mbeidh na cairde seo agam ar feadh na blianta tar éis na rudaí a rinneamar le chéile ann. Ní h-amháin sin, tá a fhios agam go bhfanfaidh an taithí seo liom ar feadh mo shaoil. Ag deireadh an turais, is ar éigean go raibh aithne agam ar an gcailín a chuaigh ann lán d’amhras agus faitíos.

Bon bagay!

Déanann UCDVO sár-obair i dtíortha difriúil ar fud an domhain. Más spéis leat é, caith súil ar an suíomh idirlín leo: www.ucdvo.org.

I dtosach, ba mhaith liom céad mile fáilte a ghabadh ar mhuintir na céad bliana atá ag tosnú saol na hollscoile. Tá an Cumann ar cheann de na cumainn is mó chun tosaigh ar an ollscoil, agus táim ag tnúth le casadh ar chách ag an seastán le linn seachtain na bhfreisear.

Beidh Caife agus Comhrá ar siúl arís ag a haon gach Déardaoin sa Sheomra Caidrimh (Áras Newman, seomra B207) Táim ag súil le seomra plódaithe le gach duine ag caint ar chúrsaí an tsamhraidh agus gach rud amach romhainn i mbliana. Bíonn brioscaí agus banter i gcónaí ann!

I mbliana beidh muid ag tosnú “5 a side” trí Ghaeilge sna cages ar an gCéadaoin. Seo deis dúinn an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn i mbealach sláintiúl, cairdeas a dhéanamh taobh amuigh den sheomra ranga, agus dar ndóigh chun feabhas a chur ar ár scileanna sacair le go mbeidh an bua againn in aghaidh Choláiste na Trionóide le linn Seachtain na Gaeilge.

Nuacht an Chumainn Ghaelaigh UCDScéalta an Chumainn curtha ina luí ag an reachtaire Aodh Ó Cannáin Beidh céilí agus taispeántais rince ar siúl sa bheár ar an gcéad lá mí Dheireadh Fom-

hair.

Arís i mbliana beidh muid ag dul ar thuras rúnda ar an gceathrú lá mí Dheireadh Fom-hair. Pé ceannscríbe a bainfear amach, beidh an chraic ar an mbealach isteach chuige!

Ag tús mí na Samhna beidh Oireachtas na Samhna ar siúl i gCill Áirne. Seo an féile is Gaelaí ar domhain. Anuraidh bhí os cionn 500 mac léinn ann, bígí i measc an tslua i mbliana! Freisin, tá beirt ag teastáil le bheith ar fhoireann díospóireachta CÓBÁC chun páirt a ghlacadh sa chomórtas Ghlóir na nGael. Abair le héinne atá ar an gcoiste más ann do shuim.

Beidh neart imeachtaí eile ar siúl i rith na bliana: céilithe; díospóireachtaí; ranganna yóga/zumba; Bál na Gaeilge; Seachtain na Gaeilge; oíche rasaí na gcon; sraitheanna léachtaí; ceolchoirmeacha; agus a leithéidí! Bígí linn. Ní tír gan teanga!

WE ARE IN THE SU SHOP,LIBRARY BULIDNG, GROUND FLOOR.

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Hello everyone,I hope you're settling back into college well and a big welcome to all new students. This summer I've been busy working on projects such as redeveloping the SU Shops & rebranding our organisation, be sure to check out our new look SU Shops & website. This week I'll be out encouraging students to run for class rep- I ran for rep when I was in �rst year and highly recommend it!

Welcome back to UCD!Great to see so many new faces around campus. I've been working on SUSI grant cases over the summer, as well as working with UCD library to make sure their resources go to good use. For the next two weeks I'll be campaign manager of the "Run for Class Rep" campaign. If you are interested in running for class rep yourself, send me an email.

Hey all, �rst o� - welcome to UCD!This summer I've been working hard on bringing opportunities to graduate students to increase their employability on graduation. I've also been creating new structures to ensure graduates are fully represented. Over the next two weeks I'll be recruiting the highest ever levels of graduate class reps across Smur�t & Bel�eld.

Hey hey, Welcome to/back to UCD! Over the summer I've been working on redeveloping the �nancial assistance funds available for students, as well as developing a new healthy eating campaign. This week I'm running the #ucdsel�es competition as well as recruiting members of the welfare crew. If you need assistance or con�dential advice getin contact with me and I'll help.

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“Breslin and De Brún no longer

relevant“

" First year does three

Jagerbombs and is fine"

" New President Deeks said to be big down under"

" Ben Dunne says you can use him personally as a bicycle for the

price they charge at UCD Gym "

"Shock as Pat Kenny sounds the same on

Newstalk"

" Students give glowing review following trip to

Fukushima"

It’s Satire, STUPID!

WBC support UCD in surprise turn of events

A move to ban “fags” from UCD Campus has garnered un-likely support from America’s no-torious Westboro Baptist Church.

In a bizarre mix-up, the church - known for its anti-gay preach-ing - were said to have been de-lighted when they heard that UCD were to take a firm stand against what they term “ungodly fag behaviour”.

Hailing the university as a bastion of true biblical teaching, they are determined to travel to Dublin in order to participate in the upcoming referendum. Stu-dents of UCD can therefore look forward to meeting the notorious Fred and Shirley Phelps during this semester. No doubt they will bring along signs that will rival only UCD’s registration process in their ineffective nonsense.

Phelps recently posted one of his notorious videos dealing with the situation. In it he claimed that “darkness and smoke would consume the college if it didn’t carry through on its ban on fags,” a sentiment shared by most of the anti-smoking lobby.

Spokespeople for UCD are

said to be both bemused and in-trigued by the strange turn of events. While they worry that the presence of the homophobic mob on campus may reflect badly on UCD’s international image, they are also intrigued by the possibil-ity of creating further links with the Russian government on the back of the move.

This may in turn lead to fur-ther international investment in the university. One spokesperson commented to the Turbine team, “sure isn’t that what we do best, herd in a load of foreigners, milk them dry, and throw a pointless piece of paper at them before they leave. It’s a really great system when you think about it.”

Links between Russia and UCD have decreased somewhat since the fall of Stalin, though the university had continued its tra-dition of implementing a series of five-year plans under chairman Brady.

This may yet prove to be one of the more colourful referendums that UCD has seen in recent years. For now however, it seems confusion reigns in Belfield.

From Belfield to Beijing there are cries of woe. Oh dear Hugh, why must you go? Did not we satisfy world expectation?Or was higher wage too much temptation?

Those Academics we know they’re bad.Their talk of integrity, yes it’s mad. We’ll scrap their tenure come what may,If you remain just one more day.

We’ll shut the library the books can burn.Despotic regimes we will not spurn. Each student will learn to speak Mandarin And human rights will be a sin.

You brought us horizons and modularisation, But you’re leaving us now numbs all sensation. You’ve built the campus and made it growMade UCD a whore on show.

We’ll sell our wares to the highest bidder,But none like you will ever deliver. Our global minds, are they now redundant?Are they safe in the hands of the new incumbent?

Oh gentle Hugh we pray don’t go,We’ll study hard and grades we’ll show. We vow to achieve good global ranking And open a campus over in Nanking.

Oh sweet Hugh don’t leave us cry, As our twenty-four hour campus now will die. Fire the staff and raise your wageAnd we will name this the Brady Age.

10 Years Too Few

-Candi Wilde

“Shock as booking error sees Freshers’

Ball go ahead as planned“

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WBC support UCD in surprise turn of events

Leinster kicked off their Rabo-Direct Pro 12 campaign against Scarlets in Wales on Friday night with a 42-19 points vic-tory. Leinster’s newest recruit Jimmy Gopperth stole the show at number ten scoring 22 points in total. The New Zealand half back kicked three penalties, four conversions and crossed the line for a try of his own. In an impressive display from the signing, it seems Ian Madi-gan may have a serious chal-lenger for the kicking rights this season. Other tries from Dave Kearney, Darren Hudson, Jordi Murphy and Martin Moore ensured a decisive win and a bonus point after a well-fought game. Leinster are now top of the Pro 12 table after their first game with a positive start to the season. Speculation surrounded how Leinster would fare after a summer which saw them lose their star man Johnny Sexton to Racing Metro, their coach Joe Schmidt and also Isa Nacewa. The loss of these three pivotal characters is hard to stom-ach and could leave any team in disarray, but Leinster are holding firm throughout this turbulent period. One posi-

A season of transition for UCD fuelled Leinster Rugby sideJack PowerSports Writer

tive aspect from the departure of Sexton is that the future is looking bright for Ian Madigan, who will bear the pressure of Leinster's number 10 jersey and the place kicking responsibili-ties. Madigan showed his class last season as he got more and more time on the pitch, scoring 6 tries and over 156 points from the kicking tee. He will look to continue to improve and im-press for club and country and will be a key player for head coach Matt O’Connor in the upcoming season. When Joe Schmidt took up the position of head coach for Ireland it left Leinster searching for an adequate replacement, which they have found it in new head coach Matt O’Connor. The former Leicester Tigers coach will seek to maintain Leinster's attractive style of attacking rugby and improve the team defensively. O’Connor has signalled his desire to give homegrown Irish players a chance and will look to the cov-eted Leinster Academy for qual-ity young players who can step up to the challenge. Speaking on his appointment, O’Connor said, “I look forward to working with the province’s established and burgeoning talent from the renowned Leinster Academy”. UCD is strongly represented

in the Leinster Academy with thirteen players from UCD RFC in the squad. One particu-lar player who has caught the eye of many is Adam Byrne, the nineteen year old back can play on the wing or at fullback with a good blend of strength and pace. Byrne has represented Leinster and Ireland at U-20’s level and made his debut ap-pearance for Leinster against Connacht last season in the RaboDirect Pro 12 as a substi-tute. As the dynamic winger Isa Nacewa hangs up his boots for Leinster, a season of transition could be a season of opportuni-

ty for the UCD starlet and By-rne could find himself playing a much more prominent role this season for Leinster Another UCD player who will look to shine in the Acad-emy is prop James Tracey, the powerful forward made his debut against Ospreys last November. This talented young prop appears to be a real prospect and one to watch out for in the future. Other quality UCD players who have yet to make their first appearance for the Leinster team include the Brisbane born Sam Coghlan Murray, winger Andrew Boyle,

Conor Gilsenan and scrum half Luke McGrath. They all will continue to play for the Acad-emy this year and grow their game over the next season. So as Leinster start the season they will look to defend their title in the RaboDirect Pro 12 and will also begin their campaign to claim a fourth Heineken Cup title. With Lein-ster missing some big names this season, it remains to be seen which of the current crop of players will have what it takes to step up to the mantle.

Reality Bites As Ireland’s World Cup Dream FadesDarragh ConnollySports Writer

After the draw for the World Cup Qualifiers was made in 2011, Irish fans hopes of enjoying the beaches of Brazil in 2014 hinged upon the race for the second place play-off spot in Group C. With Germany seemingly certain to progress as winners of the group, Ireland’s competition appeared to stem predominantly from Sweden and Austria. The fixture list suggested a crucial period of matches in qualify-ing would begin last Friday night. Beginning with the visit of Sweden to the Aviva Stadium, subsequently followed by a pre-carious away trip to Austria five days later. Added importance was placed upon these two particu-lar matches due the results in their corresponding fixtures,

ated a number of opportunities on the wings, the rest of the Irish midfield showed a distinct lack of quality in attack. Even Ever-ton’s new £13-million signing James McCarthy was anonymous throughout. Many will feel that Trapatoni is at fault for continu-ing to leave Wes Hoolahan on the Irish bench while Ireland continued to struggle in games. Both Richard Dunne and John O’Shea made a number of vital interceptions in the centre of defence, however their age and lack of mobility was exposed on a number of occasions by the Swedish forwards. With the Swedish result, Ireland’s away trip to Austria tonight looks like it will be a fruitless endeavour. The stub-born Trapattoni has been quoted as saying that he still believes Ireland can qualify. The truth remains that Ireland lie fourth in Group C and only a minor mira-cle will now get us to Copaca-bana and Brazil.

of the match. Their dominance in play was reflected in their second goal. The ever-impressive Ibrahimovic played a perfectly weighted pass through the non-existent Irish defence for Anders Svensson to finish. The introduc-tions of Simon Cox and Anthony Pilkington did little to improve Ireland’s feeble performance. As the game petered out in the final minutes, the future of Gio-vanni Trapatoni was once again called into question by many. The Irish fans in the Aviva Stadium certainly voiced their displeasure at the Italian and at the team’s overall performance. It certainly appeared that Trapatoni’s tactics were once again to blame. The negativity displayed by the Irish players on the ball was reflected in the lack of chances created in front of goal. While James Mc-Clean showed tenacity and cre-

the pitch, when after an encour-aging start and with the Aviva in full voice, Robbie Keane put Ireland ahead with a trademark poacher’s goal. After a brave challenge on the Swedish goal-keeper, Keane received the ball from a fortuitous ricochet off the post and slotted home for Ireland to take the lead. However as so often has happened during this qualification campaign, Ireland failed to press on with their early advantage. Sweden soon made up the deficit with a quick-fire goal from Johan Elmander on the half hour mark. The Swedish striker, currently on loan at Nor-wich City, made a terrific move towards the front post to send a powerful header beyond David Forde in the Irish goal. After the halftime break, Sweden proved to be far more composed on the ball and began to dictate the pace

where Ireland were wasteful and exceedingly cautious, resulting in draws which could have so easily been victories. In particular, the home leg of the Austrian game will be remembered as three points lost for most fans. Before last Friday’s game, all three teams in contention for the runner’s up spot sat on eleven points each. Therefore the hopes of qualifica-tion depended largely upon the result of the Swedish match, a team led by the enigmatic Zlatan Ibrahimovic. There was a certain degree of optimism before the game, which was palpable amongst the sell-out crowd of 50,000 in the Aviva Stadium. Even our trio of RTE Sports stalwarts in Giles, Brady and Dunphy expressed a belief that a winning result was within the capabilities of the team. This feel good factor continued on

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Students Stay Safe at the Seaside

When all is said and done this year UCD may well be looking back upon this game, and in particular the perfor-mance of their defense, as a pivotal moment in their push for survival. Under pressure for large swathes of the match, the back three of Mick Leahy, Tomas Boyle and David O’Connor kept a lively Bray attack at bay and were instrumental in salvag-ing a point in an otherwise lackluster performance from the students. The early exchanges saw both sides finding opportu-nities. Ismahil Akinade and Kieran Marty Waters estab-lished their collective pres-ence by linking up nicely in the first attack of the game only for Waters’ shot to sail harmlessly across the goal mouth. David O’Connor was then able to cause havoc in the Bray box as he beat the defender with some deft footwork before playing in a driven cross. Ping pong ensued before the ball was eventually cleared. Indecision and poor organization at set pieces had led to more chances for UCD and they managed to capitalize on 22 minutes as Barry McCabe’s quick free kick found Cillian Morrison in behind the sleeping back line. Morrison then judged it perfectly, waiting for Darren Quigley in goal to commit before slipping it passed him for the opening goal. From that point on UCD slipped into the role of spec-tator. Bray began to enjoy large periods of possession and plenty of space. Howev-er, the UCD defense was able to effectively limit Bray’s chances despite Akinade’s dominance in the air. It wasn’t until the 34th minute

that Bray posed any signifi-cant threat to Ger Barron’s goal as Marty Waters found acres of space on the left only to blast his shot high and wide. It was an omen of things to come however. In a near identical play two minutes later, Waters once again stormed down the left. This time however he had the presence of mind to look up and play the pass to Jason Byrne coming through the middle who had the simple task of tapping the ball home for the equalizer. As half-time approached, UCD had a chance to retake the lead. Again it was a set piece, this time a free kick following Kevin O’Connor’s cynical body check on Dean Clarke. Once again the Bray defense was exposed, howev-er Hugh Douglas could only head over the bar.Bray came out in the second half and again dominated the possession, utilizing the pres-

ence of 6 foot 3 inch Ismahil Akinade at every opportunity with long balls. Despite a spate of half chances, sights of goal and dangerous balls the seasiders failed to find any clear cut chances.Meanwhile, UCD found some urgency again on the coun-ter attack with both Dean Clarke and Hugh Douglas forcing Quigley into saves. But as suddenly as it began, the good play from UCD degenerated back into sloppy passing and rushed clear-ances allowing Bray to once again control the tempo of the game. Akinade continued to be a thorn in the side of UCD defenders. However the Bray management struggled to find a role for him, deploying him on both wings, deep as a link man and up front as a big tar-get. None of these could help in breaking down the resolute UCD defense however and the sides stayed level. UCD brought on Robbie

Benson who made an imme-diate impact with a danger-ous shot just over the Bray crossbar - that would be his only significant contribution. Cian Clarke will have been aggrieved to have been taken off on 77 minutes having been one of the few bright sparks on the UCD coun-ter attack. His replacement, Samir Belhout, added little to the game in the closing stages. The final ten minutes saw few clear chances, but when Bray’s John Mulroy managed to beat his defender with a smart turn only to fire yet an-other shot wide, UCD began to play for the final whistle. Thankfully for the students it came with the point intact.In a game where UCD failed to fire in midfield, scored a lucky goal and had serious is-sues holding onto possession, the chance to keep their ri-vals still five points back will be taken as a good result.

BRAY WANDERERS.......1 UCD...................................1

Patrick FlemmingSport Writer

Bray Wanderers: Quigley;S.O'Connor, Mitchell, Danny O'Connor, Earley; Zambra, K.O'Connor,Dempsey (Knight 89),Waters; Byrne, Akinade (Mulroy 85).

UCD: Barron, Douglas, Boyle (Benson 68), Leahy, Langtry; Russell, David O'Connor, McCabe, Walsh, Clarke (Belhout 77);Morrison.

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Fourth place - the so called leather medal - is always the hardest result to accept for an Olympic athlete. But for both the 2012 Olympic sailors who collected their respective Laser European titles today after a thrilling final day on the sparkling waters off Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, winning the first big championship since they finished fourth in the La-ser Olympic regatta marked the first steps on the long road from 2013 Dublin Bay to Rio 2016 on Guanabara Bay, with a key title victory. For 23 year old Science student Annalise Murphy from Providence Team IRL it was a fairy-tale win, her first ever major Laser title, won on the waters where she learned and trained as a youngster and the same sea to which returned to the Laser in the freezing cold of last November, her first time back in the boat since the bitter disappointment of losing an

UCD’s Annalise Murphy makes up for Olympic heartbreak with European Goldwww.irishsportscouncil.ie Olympic medal on the last race.

Murphy had lead overall after the first two days of her first Olympic regatta, winning four races in succession and went in to the Medal Race finale as one of four girls who were only one point apart. Just over a year ago Mur-phy proved to be the one who finished empty handed and dis-appointed in but as she trium-phantly topped out the Euro-pean Championship standings today, with eight wins from 12 starts, she left Holland's 2012 silver medallist Marit Bow-meester in her wake as run-ner up, a conclusive 22 points behind, and Belgium's bronze medallist Evi van Acker 31 points adrift. Britain's Alison Young took third overall. Murphy was carried up the slip of the National Yacht Club shoulder high by her fellow Irish sailors still in her Laser, smiling broadly. "It was pretty tough after the Olympics. It hurt to have finished fourth, especially to have been in a

medal position all the way through. It made me train pretty hard this year, I have been pretty focused these last few months and I knew I had a goal here. I was not too sure how everyone else was going to perform. I am so delighted."" It is so special to win here at my home club. My mum and dad are here, my sister is here. It is awesome, it is great to

see all the club members here sharing it with me. They have been such a huge support for me over the last two years. It is great. Rio is still three years away. I have a lot of training to do and a lot of racing, But this feels great to win my first big event." "I have not done any more or less training here or before Weymouth. I have always done

plenty. I have another year's experience. I was extremely nervous after my first two days at the Olympics after winning the first four races. But here, after winning so many races, I did not have that same nervous feeling, because I knew what not to do. I was a bit apprehen-sive today but mostly I want to just prove I could go out and have another good day."

UCD ran out comfortable winners against an Old Bel-vedere outfit in the second of their Leinster League pre-season fixtures at Anglesea Road last Friday night. The students showed a glimpse of great promise and a strong display of handling from the forwards and backs alike, which set them well on their way to a fairly effortless rout of their meagre opponents. The students started brightly with Eoin Joyce going over inside the first 10 minutes. Joyce had a fan-tastic game in the loose all night; his running lines were outstanding and his footwork exemplary. Old Belvedere reduced the deficit to five points and managed to gain territory, however this was

largely down to UCD’s poor discipline at the breakdown. Befitting the nature of the pre-season contest, the game ebbed and flowed. The han-dling wasn’t quite there, but when it clicked UCD were fantastic. After a few niggely exchanges at the breakdown, Niall Earls, brother of Irish international Keith, extended the students lead with a 47 metre penalty. However, this was cancelled out when UCD infringed at the restart. Earls added a further penalty before UCD scored a bizarre try. Prop-turned-flanker Mark McGroarty threw a misplaced pass on the ground which bounced up favourably for number-eight-turned-winger Sam Coughlan Murray, reminiscent of the famous bounce which lead to the opening try of the classic Leinster Junior League final of 2006. He went off at a canter, chipped the covering defender for centre Stephen

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Murphy to score. Old Belve-dere thereafter failed to capi-talise on Adam Clarkin being sinbinned for persistent bad language, with the first half ending 6-18 in favour of the visitors. Coach Bobby Byrne read the riot act at half time and the Students upped it a gear or two in the second half. A fine move started when Stephen Murphy fixed a defender beautifully, passed to Joyce who stepped inside sharply and showing great pace made a 20 metre break. He rode the tackle of the full back and off loaded to James Tracey who, swamped by the covering defender, attempted to offload to Mark McGroar-ty who made a handling error, preventing a fantastic try. However Old Belvedere’s set piece was falling apart which meant the Students had the lion’s share of the possession and they eventu-

ally began to make it count. A turnover at lineout time led to the ball being worked into the hands of Murphy, via at least three forwards in the line. He rounded the Old Belvedere 6 and passed to Barry Daly who then of-floaded to Tracey who pow-ered over. The Collidge ran 60 metres in just 7 passes in this incisive breakaway try. Old Belvedere were subsequently reduced to 14 men and this did nothing to advance their cause. Barry Daly added two late trys the latter of which was outstand-ing; receiving the ball in the wider channels, he zig-zagged around eight defend-ers to score from seemingly nothing. While UCD were well worth their victory, if that is the best team Old Belvedere can muster they’ll be stav-ing off relegation this year. Onwards and upwards.

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UCD GAA players, past and present, will become footballing foes on Sunday week when Dublin and Mayo lock horns in the All Ireland Final. Defender Chris Barrett, man of the match for Mayo against Tyrone, and 2012 GPA All Star nominee Kevin McLoughlin both starred in Sigerson Cup campaigns in recent years, which have served as a springboard to county success under James Horan. They will pit their wits against a Dublin side boasting current students Paul Mannion, Jack McCaffrey and Davy Byrne, and past students Rory O’Carroll, Michael Dara McAuley and Cian O’Sullivan. Speaking on the representation from the college UCD Head of GAA, Dave Billings, was delighted that UCD Foot-ball has provided a stepping-stone. “I wouldn’t want to claim any glory for it, but Sigerson football is as near county football as you are going to get. A lot

of players are scouted through Sigerson success. Kevin Heffernan was always preaching its value and it’s great to see the players doing so well.” Looking ahead to the tussle, a particu-larly intriguing tactical battle may well take place between said UCD students. The dynamic wing half back play from Jack McCaffrey has been a prominent feature in all that Dublin have done well under Jim Gavin. Though subdued against Kerry, his phenomenal pace has generally set the Leinster champions apart in transitional attacking football all year. A matchup with Kevin McLoughlin, however, one of few who could go toe to toe in terms of speed with McCaf-frey, would be the ultimate test for the Clontarf clubman. McLoughlin is having a stellar campaign thus far, but is due a performance akin to twelve months ago if Mayo are to triumph. Meanwhile, at the other end of the pitch, Chris Barrett gave a masterful exhibition against Tyrone in nullifying the threat of starlet Darren McCurry, and may well be squaring off against

the guile of Paul Mannion on September 22nd, should the 19 year old retain his place. Barrett’s two points before half time were the turning point in Mayo’s releasing the shackles on a determined Tyrone team, and his elusiveness going forward will be a new challenge for Dub-lin to overcome. Stylish left footer Mannion, like Mc-Caffrey, didn’t marvel his undeniable talent against Kerry, but has otherwise slotted into a stacked forward line and has been lethal all year. Lacking obvious muscularity in his 6’1 frame, Mannion deploys a low centre of gravity to wrig-gle free of markers and blistering pace to leave them behind; his runs are economic and not showy. Barrett has formed a formidable full back line partnership with Lee Keoghegan and Ger Cafferkey this year, but they will have their hands full in what should prove a gung-ho contest. UCD and St Vincent’s Dublin club through and through, Dave Billings was excited about the prospect of players he has mentored squaring off, and was full of support for the Connacht champions.

“If Mayo were playing anyone else, I’d like to see Mayo winning. I think it’s a hard one to predict- later in September the weather can get very patchy, but I’m expecting a great game of football. Look-ing at the Hurling, stranger things than a draw could happen!” If Mayo are to upset the odds and the weight of history, they will either need a remarkable recovery to Cillian O’Connor’s dislocated shoulder, or another mammoth performance from a deputy sharpshooter. Alan Freeman tormented Tyrone when it was asked of him after O’Connor’s injury in the semi final making him, one would surmise, a marked man for the 22nd,. James Horan remains optimistic that O’Connor will feature, with physio visits twice daily to the Ballintubber star. It remains to be seen whether Andy Moran can reignite form of yesteryear, or Enda Varley can provide the surprise package to a suspect Dublin defence in the same way Kerry’s James O’Donoghue rose to stardom in their semi final. Dublin to win.

Conall DevlinSport Editor