As a student, I understand how difficult it can be to sit down the day before an exam and attempt to memorise the contents of an entire book. It’s near impossible, even with the required amount of time to study it can be extremely difficult to accomplish. Memory ability general differs from person to person
There will always be people in this world that do things first and, perhaps more importantly set the course for a series of events that hopefully change the world for the better. Two such examples of this would be in the cases of Juliana Morell and Stefania Wolicka, the first two women known to have
Being a horror fanatic I am constantly asked the question “what’s the scariest movie you’ve ever seen?”. My answer hasn’t always been well received as most people see my choice as an unintentionally comedic project. However, through this article, I plan on explaining its plot and looking at the movie in its entirety from a
Not long to go now with the last six weeks of lectures coming up this can be a particularly challenging time for students who have already worked so hard through the year. It is understandable to hit a slump or hit a brick wall at this time of year. These coming weeks many of us
Since Donald Watson coined the term vegan in 1944, veganism has been one of the most popular, controversial and fast growing diets in the western world! If you can’t imagine not being able to dive into your big mac at the end of your Thursday night out, well you can scrap that Mcflurry too, if
On every Thursday night in Maynooth, throngs of students pack the Roost, dancing and drinking until the wee hours of the morning. Many of these students are girls who dress up for the occasion in heels and dresses designed to show off their figures. What, you might well wonder, is so bad about that? The
Captain of the Maynooth University rugby team, an elite athlete and a partime bartender! You could say that law and business student Ben Doyle has a pretty hectic life. Now in his final year of college I sat with Ben to ask how he manages to balance it all? What advice would he give to
What was a relationship like a few years ago? Being able to have a conversation within physical distance to each other. What is a relationship like now? Nobody can really give you a straight answer to this one what with the internet and fake profiling. Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, you name it and I bet you
What do you give up for Lent? I spend every year deciding before Lent what I am going to give up, most years I end up choosing… Nothing! I can never quite decide what I would be willing to go without for 40 days, and the next thing I know Ash Wednesday has come and
If at any time in the last week you’ve found yourself wanting to throttle the 43rd person that day to offer you a lollipop, you’ve probably had first-hand experience with Maynooth student politics. A long and wearisome affair, campaigning goes on for approximately two weeks. These two weeks can be summed up as a fortnight
It was no surprise to me to find out that University much like almost everything else in life, is not designed with chronic pain in mind. I have first-handedly experienced the difficult and vicious cycle that university brings. It starts off you’re too tired because simply acting like a semi-normal human being with chronic pain
When we look at others it can be easy to only see the best version of themselves. They put on a brave face, smile and act normally. From the outside, everything can look picture perfect. We see the laughter, the happiness, the love but what if all of that is just a mask for the
Last week, NASA unveiled to the world with the use of their Spitzer Space Telescope the discovery of a new star system containing 7 previously undiscovered exoplanets, 3 of which are within the habitable zone of a nearby star. This news sent the media into a frenzy of cosmic proportions. The new system is called
“They’ll only use it as a form of contraception.” Anyone who has ever tried to have a two-sided conversation about the current repeal of the 8th amendment debate will recognise this remark all too well. It seems to be the fall-back retort for those opposing the legalisation of abortion in Ireland. With Repeal Week, run
Many of you reading may not have used the walk-in clinic available for students here in Maynooth University but it nonetheless remains an important resource for all of us. It is for exactly this reason that I feel it is important to address an upcoming and potentially significant issue relating to the clinic, the operating
Deadlines are inevitable. We face the dreaded deadline countdown almost every day of our academic lives. But does having a deadline actually make us more productive? Or is it just a psychological mechanism used to make us feel worse about our work ethic than we already do? In most cases, it does in fact make
I cannot be the only one who has noticed the abundance, some may even say overabundance, of scandal and celebrity gossip in newspapers, magazines, television programmes and more recently social media sites. My Facebook timeline in particular seem to have a nasty habit of being filled with stories about the Kardashians against my will. I
You’re doing your best to sleep right now, but somehow you never seem to be the right height for these head rests. You try to strain your neck upwards, but it doesn’t help, so you let your neck loll forward. The only problem is now the girl beside you is playing music so loudly you
With the Oscars coming up this weekend not to mention the host of other awards shows coming up. We are going to hear a lot of hype over certain movies or music. While these awards show for the most part do have a tendency to indicate how good a piece of work is and why
Sunday the 12th of February saw a night of glitz and glam as millions of people tuned in to watch the 59th Grammy Awards, held at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles. The Grammy Awards are an annual celebration of music and those who create it. As the first music awards show of the year,
