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Artist: Jonsi Title: Go Grade: C+ Hooray! The Sigur Rós frontman – famed for singing in the made-up ‘Hopelandish’ language – introduces some English lyrics to the songs of…
UCD Students’ Union has confirmed details of the successful candidates for next year’s SU Executive positions. Four campaigns officers were elected to the positions of Women’s Officer, Environmental…
It beats the average student job because it pays more, carries extremely flexible hours, and you have better chances getting a raise. Colin Sweetman speaks to semi-pro student poker player…
UCD has pledged to pursue a project forcing two schools within the College of Arts & Human Sciences to swap office space, despite significant staff complaints at the…
In the course of a rather intense Facebook conversation, Music Editor Grace Duffy and otwo supremo Colin Sweetman battle their differences… GD: My proposition is to show you that the modern collusion of contemporary and…
Let’s see how good Irish cuisine really is… with Colin Sweetman With so many people telling me they think I have a meditterrainean complexion, I reckoned I was the best person…
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but Colin Sweetman will still share a few experiences… We were somewhere after Barstow on the edge of the desert when sleep began…
On Wednesday 17th February the UCD Suas Society broke the world record for the largest mat used in a game of Twister. Between 350 and 400 students took part…
No, this isn’t Pat Kenny asking Colin Sweetman what he’d like to eat – it’s merely his comparison between radio and television presenting… Interviewing someone who himself has been interviewing…
Colin Sweetman enters a world where men have to work their way up, and where women just sleep with a producer The subtitle of this article really only explains…
As Queen’s global super-smash hit musical visits The O2 this month, Colin Sweetman charts the musical’s success Queen and Ben Elton’s sensational worldwide smash hit musical We Will Rock You first appeared in…
In the first of a two-part series, Colin Sweetman talks a little about heading to the south-coast corner of America for students planning a J1… Rather than give you a…
UCD Medical Society (MedSoc) has confirmed that it raised €43,814 over the course of Med Day 2009, which took place on 8th October. The University Observerunderstands that MedSoc is due to…
Dublin Bus have discontinued services after 11pm on the number 10 bus route after further anti-social behaviour earlier this month. The decision has been described as being “not…
A minor fire broke out in the UCD Science Centre South, informally known as the Chemistry Block, last Wednesday afternoon, 13th January. Crews from two units of the…
University College Cork has postponed all lectures due to take place this week after extensive flooding of the university’s grounds. The flooding occurred as a result of heavy…
The UCD branch of St Vincent de Paul (UCDSVP) raised over €4,500 during their Homeless Week, which took place two weeks ago. Student volunteers for UCDSVP slept outside…
This week’s spurious internet adventures involve a look-in to the World’s Most Amazing Yet Totally Useless Talents. Now don’t stop reading yet; instead I advise you to get to…
A multiple choice exam (MCQ) was cancelled in the Quinn School of Business last week following allegations of cheating amongst some students. The exam in the Financial Accounting…
After selling out the National Concert Hall in Spring, Colin Sweetman checks out the offerings for the UCD Symphony Orchestra’s winter recital in O’Reilly Hall The time of…
Colin Sweetman researches ways of increasing wireless signal levels on your laptop – along with increased levels of embarrassment No joke: until recently, I was able to walk to…
The UCD Islamic Society raised over €1,000 during their Charity Week, which took place from Monday 26th October to Sunday 1st November.Throughout the duration of the week, which…
A new after-hours supervised student study facility will open to students later this month, to be located in the space underneath the campus restaurant, adjacent to the Rendez-Vous…
Blackboard services have been reinstated following a major disruption which occurred between the hours of 11am and 11pm on Tuesday 13th October. An unforeseen technical error resulted in a…
For this issue, otwo decided – after seven nonstop years – to give up smoking for a week in the ambition of saving €60, writing this story, and driving one…
Not wanting to “sell the leads” of the play in this article, Dramsoc offer us up the brass tacks in this neat twisty taste of Chicago business life…
Taking his life into his hands, Colin Sweetman tries thumbing from Galway to Dublin Preparing oneself for an otwo Attempt as potentially dangerous as hitchhiking demands delicate and considered research….
Gigging throughout California last week, Frank Turner speaks to Colin Sweetman about his upcoming Irish show and new album Frank Turner is not someone you would recognize as…
Just off Eyre Square lies a gig-hosting club known to Galwegians as Club Cuba. CitiZen chose the venue for their single launch, ‘C’mon, Go Rising’ – and otwo’s Emma…
Colin Sweetman meets Michael Webster of Essex boys Baddies Quantity of voices – lots of it. Baddies go for the overkill effect of image making, so much so that…
Colin Sweetman relates to scraped arms and wet seats in this public toilet mediocrity Some may find this article offensive or disgusting; others may find its effect of truth…
It’s the end of a long day, and you decide to settle down with a nice pint of Guinness. You wait patiently at the bar and say, in…
New Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy graces the Belfield campus once more in this brief interlude with Colin Sweetman “NEVER SLAG ARTS STUDENTS!” Yes, after battles of pens and swords, Ryan…
Consolidation is the key word for this story. With the necessity to get the best from the worlds of pop and Indie rock, former acts the Chalets and…
Although not as flashy and disorienting as Vegas or Reno, Dublin’s seedy alleyways can provide some mid-night entertainment at a time when you seem almost invisible to all…
Beginning their trade by the simple curiosities that little boys possess, Puppetry of the Penis does exactly what it says on the tin, writes Colin Sweetman Many would find…
On a typical Wednesday night in high summer, between the quiet town of San Ysidro, USA and the hustle-bustle of Tijuana, Mexico can be heard something familiar to…
Size2shoes are the launch-pad for a whole new approach to the rock-star mentality. Surprisingly, the only addition to the well-known formula of “Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ roll”…
For aul’ ones it’s relaxing, for kids it’s one of many sun-beamed memories, for students…it’s just another sunny place to go partying, writes Colin Sweetman. THINKING OF SUN holidays…
After winning last year’s Battle of the Bands, Gran Casino’s frontman, Caimin Gilmore reassures Colin Sweetman that the band is still alive and jamming. COMING TOGETHER in the…