ISSUE 9 / VOLUME 19 05.04.06 INSIDE 4 PAGE TRAVEL ESCAPE SUPPLEMENT THE THE ECSTACY... AGONY... Holly Irvine snatched victory from ALAN TULLY the jaws of defeat after a month of ...AND THE recounts and appeals to be elected On Friday’s fi nal recount it was Ents Offi cer with a narrow victory of decided that she be announced just four votes. as the winner by a margin of only Irivine ultimately prevailed over fa- 4 votes between them. vourite Dave Redmond, who although This was a dramatic shift from winning the popular vote, and the fi rst the 22-vote difference on the ENTS two recounts, lost out on the large day of election, March 3rd, when amount of transfers in the six candidate Redmond had been in the lead. election. Shelley allowed a re-count as 22 SU Returning Offi cer, Morgan Shelley, votes out of a total after an arduous recount process, re- of 4,400 was seen CONTINUED OFFICER fl ected that the election itself had “been as a very tight mar- won by fi fth and sixth preferences”. gin. 2> College Tribune 2 THIS WEEK 05.04.06 05.04.06 The final countdown 1 The subsequent recount had then brought want to see a wider variety of music, coming CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE 2 the candidates to within 0.2% of the total to UCD in order to satisfy all tastes. I plan to 3 vote separating them, before the next one The newly elected Ents Offi cer, Holly Ir- organise an all UCD trip away, a Rag week, ended in a remarkable stalemate, with Red- vine, was delighted that the election proc- pitting UCD Clubs and Societies against mond elected by virtue of the fact that he had ess had worked out her way. She says that each other in a bid to raise as much money won more fi rst-preference votes. during the counts she had never thought it for charity as possible. And most importantly However, Shelley commented “as the would drag out to three recounts. continuous fun and entertainment through- result was so close, the Returning Offi cers “Myself and my campaign manager, out the year.” were asked to review all of the contentious Michael-Pat, were naturally hoping for a Irvine also had words of sympathy for ballot papers. After a six-hour hearing that change in the result, but we didn’t think Redmond. “My heart goes out to Dave, I 3 NEWS Saturday, where over 180 contested ballot changes in numbers would occur on each know how awful it must be for him, to lose by A victorious Holly Irvine brings an end papers were reviewed, the rulings on three count, never mind on 4 counts, nor did we so few votes. He was awarded the position to a month of indecision. Bebo won’t be of them was overturned, with the result that foresee a turnaround of this size.” three times and then it was taken away. My- banned. Referendum on a new student Holly Irvine was now ahead by one vote. She claims though that had the result self and Dave have remained friends since centre plus ambitious plans to revamp “Understandably Dave Redmond asked been the other way around and the nature the race began and I hope it stays that way, us to perform additional recounts until we of the results been different she would have he’s a great guy and I hope he’ll still be will- the campus. Plus a good deal more had two consecutive results that were iden- conceded after Friday’s recount. But since ing to get involved with ENTS next year.” tical. He appealed our rulings [to the Inde- the results were swinging in the fi rst and A spokesperson for Dave Redmond said 10 ESCAPE pendent Appeals Board] in relation to three second recounts she felt that it was the right that he wished Holly all the best as Ents It’s that time of year specifi c ballot papers. The board, which of both candidates to appeal. Offi cer next year. again when the only met after a long delay, upheld all the “If the result wasn’t consistent I would Morgan Shelley commented that this ex- impending exams decisions of the Returning Offi cers, and we have pushed for another recount. The re- perience should act as a lesson for future started the third recount within an hour of sults changed with each count until the last student elections. He commented that the and the library gets its ruling. The results of the third and fourth two and that’s what we needed to see, a whole process of the initial count, recount, you down. See our recounts were identical to each other, with consistent result. If Dave had been clearly review of contested ballots, appeal to the travel supplement Holly Irvine being declared elected by a mar- winning the last two, as I had, I would have IAB and fi nal two counts should be possible for some much gin of only 4 votes.” done the same thing as him and conceded to complete within ten days. It would appear that spoilt votes played a gracefully.” “I think I’d use that second format straight needed stress relief signifi cant part in the overall outcome. As the On working as Ents Offi cer next year Ir- way in the fi rst recount of any other election counting team had to obey the rules on ballot vine commented, “I’m really looking forward that was this close in the future. I’d also insist 16 DISTRACTIONS spoiling, Shelley observed, “if fi ve people to next year and working in the Students on the IAB meeting on time for appeals on who spoiled their votes had instead validly Union. I want to build on the success of this ballot papers. If the IAB had sat in time, we Apparently Broken Social Scene are voted for Dave Redmond, the result would year’s Ents Offi ce, this must sound like I’m would have had the last two recounts eleven pretty good, so we interviewed them. We have been different.” just reading off my manifesto!! I defi nitely days earlier.” also did the usual load of music and fi lm reviews. We’ve also got pictures of pretty girls in our fashion section SUDOKU 24 SPORT NO. 22 / MEDIUM NO. 23 / HARD Shockingly it looks like 253 1928 UCD’s soccer team 258 4 could be thrown out of the league no matter 43621 32 how well they do. Also 5 76 see report from their draw with champions 5 79263 4 73 Cork as well as an AIL 3 94 review, some Hockey & a bumper Sport in Brief 52897 53 7542 REGULARS 6241514 6 Editor Features Editors Contributors: 8 FAUSTUS Eoin Mac Aodha Alan Tully Ben Blake, Alexa Byrne, , Caitrina Eileen O’Malley Cody, Fionn Dempsey, Dan Finn, 9 EDITORIAL & Design Editor Leanne Hughes, Sinead Gifford, Simon Ward Health & Fashion Editor Laura Greene, Brenda O’Grady, Box 74, LETTERS Caitríona Gaffney Megan O’Grady, Roisin Jones, Student’s Centre, Chief Sub Editor Rúaidhrí O’Connor Music Editor David Hammill, Fiona Hedderman, 11 ESCAPE University College Kingsley Kelly, Jonathon Dublin. Ronan Dempsey 16 FASHION Sports Editor Kilbane, David McLoughlin, Roe Belfi eld, Colin Gleeson Film Editor McDermott, Deirdre McGuire, 21 THE TURBINE Dublin 4. 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College Tribune 05.04.06 NEWS 3 Bebo is A-Ok says UCD Authorities CAITRIONA GAFFNEY Contrary to rumours of internet social network Bebo’s impending closure on campus the college authorities have confi rmed that they have no plans to block access to the popular site. Access to the Bebo pages has al- ready been blocked by other colleges around the country. CIT, UL, Sligo IT and UCC have all taken action to re- Hugh Brady strict students from logging on to the ubiquitous site. Communications Offi cer for UCD Computer Services Niamh Milne re- ******* vealed that there are no plans to ban Bebo from the UCD computer network at the moment. “It is not part of the college policy to restrict access to websites. If it’s Bebo one day, it would be another website the next.” Milne explained. UCD Computer Services run the com- puter network in line with the College, wide. The social network enables us- but UCD is an open education university ers to stay in touch with friends and and refuses to deny students the right to family. use of the internet. and time could lead to a withdrawal of touches on an essay that was worth 33% Although the college policy on stu- In previous years MSN Messenger However, all students are expected to services or severe disciplinary action. of my summer exam. When I reached dents’ use of the internet states that was removed from the tool bar on Col- observe the University’s Acceptable Use One irate student vented to The Col- the computer area, there were no com- students are not to use the computers lege computers, however this was the Policy, which requests that users of the lege Tribune over the lack of available puters available.