I RISH S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF THE Y EAR 2007 TRINITY NEWS D UBLIN U NIVERSITY’ S I NDEPENDENT S TUDENT N EWSPAPER J1 SPECIAL BIG BROTHER VOLCANOLOGY The highs and lows of CCTV coverage to be Volcanologists descend heading stateside explored extended on campus on Trinity COLLEGE NEWS P3 SCIENCE P19 TRAVEL P16 & 17 Hilary term, Week 4 www.trinitynews.ie Issue 7, Volume 54 Model behaviour: Trinity’s Next Top Model Flame Heroin junkies throwers axed from replace cruisers festival in Trinity toilets for safety Trinity’s Lightwave • Heroin paraphernalia repeatedly found in toilets festival will no longer feature a • Gardai say there is little Trinity can do in this situation “Flaming Simon” DEIRDRE ROBERTSON “I knew the STAFF WRITER Heroin facts signs to look NIAMH NÍMHAOILEOIN out for and STAFF WRITER Heroin paraphernalia including tinfoil, In 2005 the government spent which appears to have been used to recognised 194.93 on tackling the durgs Plans to hold an attraction in Trinity heat heroin powder, has been the guys issue in Ireland. repeatedly found in the male Arts known as Flaming Simon, which Building basement toilets over the last hanging involves players standing in the In 2006 Heroin addicts middle of four flamethrowers, have six months. This follows last year’s sex around” scandal where an American website accounted for 65% of all those been axed due to health and safety advertised Trinity as Dublin’s top in drug treatment concerns. The attraction was to be location for cruising. part of the a festival of light, to be A male mature student made the 42% of heroin addicts suffer known as “ The Lightwave Festival”, held to mark the opening of the new heroin discoveries but wishes to remain from depression nameless for fear of retribution. The Science Gallery. The “Flaming Simon” is based student has worked in security for 56% suffer from alcoholism. many years and thus “knew the signs to on a 1970’s game called “Simon”. This look out for”. He reports that he game involves memorising a pattern There were 46,539 overdose of four coloured buttons and tones recognises some of the people “hanging Pearse St Garda station, the streets and repeating the pattern the around” the Arts Building and is around Trinity have the highest cases in the period 1996 to computer plays. The flaming version worried that the toilets will become a concentration of drug dealing in Dublin. 2004 (including non-fatal replaces the coloured buttons with regular fixture for addicts. Of the 250 drug dealers they arrest in overdoses). four flamethrowers. Speaking to Trinity News, a this area every year, 80% are involved The aim of Lightwave is to member of the Trinity security staff with heroin. “explore light in science, technology says he is unable to confirm this “Chasing the dragon” is the term Sergeant Seamus Boland of Pearse and art, offering a fascinating glimpse particular incident but says it is not used to describe heating heroin powder Garda station explained that drug into the world of light.” It will focus unheard of to find syringes or other on a piece of tinfoil and then using a addicts use almost every public toilet in on the role of light in science, paraphernalia in the Arts Building tube to inhale the vapours. The tinfoil the area. The toilets on Burgh Quay technology, medicine, fashion and toilets. Bars of chocolate found on the found in the Arts Building toilets is had to be permanently closed and most other aspects of modern day life. floor are another indicator of heroin believed to have been used for this of the restaurants and pubs in the area Entrance to the gallery and abuse, as the users throw the bar on the purpose. Many heroin users begin this have installed neon lighting to deter Lightwave events is free. Science floor in order to use the tinfoil. way before moving on to injecting Ents officer Ed O’Riordan (left of catwalk) admires part of the casual wear collection Gallery membership is also being Meanwhile, according to Gardaí in themselves. • Continued page 2 modelled at Trinity’s Next Top Model last week. Photo: Caroline O’Leary offered for free during the opening period. Highlights will include an installation and discussion by Willie Williams, who has worked lighting shows for U2, David Bowie and The Rolling Stones, as well as LED graffiti Allegations: Junior Dean attempts and Lightwear, exploring the role of light in fashion. Guests will also be able to create their own luminescent hand-cranked jewellery, to experiment with the light equivalent to extend power beyond Trinity of a swarm of bees and to relax in the Daylight Lounge while discussing the causes, symptoms and remedies for JOHN CALLAGHAN News, the Junior Dean, Dr Emma actually disciplined” according to of the Junior Dean to extend its inflence Seasonal Affective Disorder. As part STAFF WRITER Stokes, refused to comment on the sources within Irish Rail. However even in this matter and urged any students of the Gallery’s education and matter but subsequently issued the such an unofficial arrangement would who felt they had been targeted under development goals, there will be a following one line response throught raise serious concerns over “big any such arrangement to contact him presentation by students from inner Sources within Irish Rail have revealed the College Communications Office: brother” style policing on the part of the directly. city schools, which they have that incidents involving Trinity students “The Office of the Junior Dean has not College. Large numbers of students developed with the help of a team of “urinating on, vomiting on, and smoking put such an arrangement or anything Questions could also be asked in regularly use the evening rail system engineers, technologists and in trains” have risen sharply in recent similar in place with Irish Rail or any of regard to Irish Rail’s involvement such from Pearse and Tara Street stations designers. times, becoming a major issue for Irish its subsidiaries.” an agreement. The Data Protection Act travelling to venues outside the city The festival will take place from Rail staff responsible for maintaining Before going to print, Irish Rail 1988 states that data “shall not be used centre, particularly since the 2-9 February to mark the opening of security on their services. Press Officer Barry Kenny was unable or disclosed in any manner introduction of the Student Travelcard Trinity’s newest innovation, The These sources go on to say beyond to confirm or deny whther Irish Rail incompatible with one or more specified which offers student discounts. Under Science Gallery. The festival will the standard actions taken by the had issued instructions to its staff to and lawful purposes”. The Act continues, the Criminal Justice Act of 2003, feature a range of dramatic light company, staff are also being actively record student ID numbers or whther it “appropriate security measures shall be intoxication in a public place, which displays, installations, events and encouraged to note student ID was to be a policy to pass these on to the taken against unauthorised access to, or includes methods of public transport, is interactive work by engineers, numbers, listed on College ID cards. Office of the Junior Dean. alteration, disclosure or destruction of, an offence commanding a fine of up to scientists, lighting designers and This information is now to be passed on One suggestion, in light of the the data and against their accidental loss €127; however, this figure can rise to artists from around the world. These to the Office of the Junior Dean, where denial issued by the Junior Dean, is that or destruction.” €635 following “offensive conduct” and experts will also be making it is hoped the matter will be dealt with Pearse Street Station where the majority this arrangemnet could be an unofficial Andrew Byrne, Students’ Union up to €1500 if a person gives incorrect presentations and speaking about for a second time, within college. of incidents have occurred. one where “trouble makers are brought President, told Trinity News that he their work. When contacted directly by Trinity Photo: Martin Mckenna to the attention of the Dean but not would oppose any moves by the Office • Continued page 2 tn2 Trinity Arts Festival: feature and timetable • Vicki Notaro: the morning after 2 The Dublin Film Festival • Los Campesinos! • Fashion for the mature student Shedding light on the arts in Trinity ARTP16 THAT FACEBOOK FEELING 4 Love, life, and relationships all through the news feed 19 RACHEL ALLEN The TV chef reveals her top tn tips for student cooking P2 TRINITY NEWS Hilary term, Week 4 CollegeNews The Numbers Game Trinity’s Next 4 The amount of flamethrowers involved in each Flaming Simon. It Top Model: was proposed that Flaming Simons be included in the Lightwave fes- tival to mark the opening of the Scince Gallery 57 not a Trinner The amount of seconds consideration given to teh abover proposal before it was ruled out on safety grounds Embarrassment for LGBT organisers €850,000 CAOIMHE HANLEY photographers and model agents, who were interested in all potential models, The estimated value the contract signed by the College with gas COLLEGE NEWS EDITOR company VAYU whether from Trinity or not. As Keegan noted, “I can’t stop First Options from The organisers of Trinity’s Next Top signing whomever they want to sign… Model, which took place on Tuesday 22 We are just grateful to have them on €9million January, have come under scrutiny as it board”. This slip-up led to some was revealed that male winner, Morgan confusion on the night, as winner Estimated profit generated by the College from the lease of Foster Murray, was not a student in Trinity.