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STUDENT NEWS
WHAT IS THE CSC?
The Central Societies Committee (CSC) is the College body which regulates student societies, granting recognition and funding as well as overseeing activity. Formally established in 1969, the CSC is now responsible for 98 societies covering diverse interests.
The CSC would like to invite Trinity alumni who are interested in finding out about society life on campus to contact them. If you were involved with societies during your time in Trinity and would like to be added to an alumni mailing list or have a general query please email Emma Matthews (e.
emma@csc.tcd.ie).
TRINITY’S NEXT TOP MODEL (TNTM)
TNTM 2008 showcased the modeling prowess of over forty of Trinity’s hottest (or bravest) students, secured eight professional modeling contracts and crowned four Top Models. It also earned the CSC prize for Best Event at the Society of the Year Awards.
2008 TRINITY ANNUAL FUND STUDENT AWARDS
Brendan McGuirk from the School of Chemistry and Robert Kearns from the School of Business and School of Social Science and Philosophy were announced as the winners of the 2008 Trinity Annual Fund Student Awards.
The purpose of the awards is to recognise students who have made an outstanding contribution to Trinity life in the past year. The Trinity Annual Fund is funded by Trinity graduates for the purpose of supporting and enhancing the Trinity experience for students.
For more information, see
www.tcd.ie/Alumni/support/taf_awards.php.
(Photo captioned: Brendan McGuirk, Robert Kearns and Robbie Woods, three finalists of the 2008 Trinity Annual Fund Student Awards.)
DU PLAYERS’ 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
DU Players celebrated its 75th Anniversary year with a two-week festival in February 2008. The Festival opened with the annual Players Ball at The Button Factory on 11 February, a black-tie night with a diamond theme. The committee wishes to thank all the members, past and present, who made this society what it is and who contributed to the anniversary festival.
All alumni wishing to keep up to date with Players can simply drop into the theatre, email
info@duplayers.com, check out
www.duplayers.com or look up DU Players on Facebook.
LGBT Society Celebrates 25 Years
To mark the anniversary of its official founding, and to recognise the pioneering attitude towards gay rights which led to its existence, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Society marked its 25th birthday with The Wilde Ball in the Unitarian Church on 5 March 2008. The first official gay society in any Irish university, the Dublin University Gay Society was formed in 1983. This society promoted the Movement for Homosexual Law Reform, which ultimately achieved the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993. Its founders were Senator David Norris M.A. (1968) and Her Excellency Mrs. Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, M.A. (j.o.), LL.D. (2000 h.c.) (1985) – then lecturing in law in Trinity – and it later took on Dr Mary Robinson LL.D., M.A., S.C., LL.D. (h.c), H.F.T.C.D. (1967) as its lead counsel. DU Gay Soc soon went on to add lesbians to their title, and later bisexuals and transgender people, eventually becoming the vibrant and active LGBT Society that exists in Trinity today.
For more information on the LGBT visit
www.trinitylgbt.com.
TRINITY COLLEGE TEAM WINS IRISH TIMES DEBATING COMPETITION
Chris Kissane and David Kenny of Trinity College's Historical Society were the winning team in the final of The Irish Times Debate 2008, held on Friday 29 February.
Former winners of the competition include broadcaster Marian Finucane, comedian Dara O'Briain, Justice Adrian Hardiman and geneticist Professor David McConnell B.A., F.T.C.D. (1966) amongst others.
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