Protest March Report • Sports & Socs News • Dear CIT • Free Hugs All Week CIT SU for Positive Mind & • Picture Galleries Body Week 2012 and Much More

CIT Students’ Union Magazine Volume Fourteen, Issue 3

Welcome Back! in this issue: • Protest March Report • Sports & Socs News • Dear CIT • Free Hugs all Week CIT SU for Positive Mind & • Picture Galleries Body Week 2012 and much more... Positive Mind & Body Week 2012 protest 20th-22nd Nov against rising fees & grant reductions PIZZA FOR €2 STUDENT SPECIAL BUY ONE PIZZA AND GET A ANY PIZZA ANY SIZE SECOND ONE FOR ONLY €2* ONLY€9.95* SAVE UP TO €6 Up to 4am Delivery 7 days a week.**

T&C: *At regular menu prices with up to 3 toppings and must be same ** In selected stores only. €2 charge for delivery after midnight. or smaller size. Please mention o er when ordering. Present voucher at time of purchase. Only available with valid student ID. Not valid with any other o er. Valid for a limited time only and at participating stores. Washington St. 4274555 Wilton. 4546666 Collection or delivery. €1 delivery charge per order. €2 delivery charge per order after 12 midnight. McCurtain St. 4506666 Douglas. 4895577 Contents 6 & 7 4 SU Officers’ Address CIT Students’ Union, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland. 5 Positive Mind & Body Week Telephone: 021 433 5274 2012 lineup Email: [email protected] 6 Look after your mental facebook.com/CITSU and physical health Web: www.explicit.ie 22 Sports news 8 T edx K eeping you in touch with all the expliCIT Production various sports at CIT Design & Advertising - Keith Brown 10 Positive Mind & Body Week Support Services index 24bl Pr o em page So, you think you have problems? CIT Students’ Union 12 Student Protest report President - Danny O’ Donovan 25 Top Ten FAQS ([email protected]) 14 photo gallery Our monthly guide to stuff you need to Vice President Education - Killian Hughes 18 Dear CIT, why am I so know at CIT ([email protected]) Vice President Welfare - Niamh Hayes miserable? 26 competitions ([email protected]) 20 CIT Socs Volunteer Prog Cash prizes on offer for successfully completed entries delivered into the Projects Officer - Richard MaCarthy Students’ Union office ([email protected]) 21 Societies balls 2012/13 Communications Officer - Laura Horgan ([email protected]) Entertainments Officer - Martin Daly CIT Drama Society have been ([email protected]) running amok in the college theatre for the Entertainments Manager - past number of weeks putting together Mick O’Mahony ([email protected]) their semester one production “Stags and Hens” by Willy Russell and they hope it is Advertising Opportunities CIT has almost 17,000 full and part-time students going to pay off! This play follows a soon- with over 1,500 staff. Why not use expliCIT to to-be-married couple, two messy stag/hen promote your business to this large audience? nights and one dingy Cork 70s nightclub. If last year’s successes such as Copy deadlines, advertising rates and technical “Chatroom” specifications are available from our website by Enda Walsh and “Heart-Shaped Vinyl” www.expliCIT.ie or upon request from the by Kilkenny man John Morton are any indi- Publications Office. cation as to quality, this show is bound to be a hit for CIT Drama Society. expliCIT magazine is published monthly by CIT Students’ Union. The views expressed in the magazine are those of their authors and are not The play will be performed on: necessarily those of CIT Students’ Union. All th th articles and pictures are the property of their Tues 27 - Thurs 29 Nov Cast list: Philip Spillane Computing 1 respective owners and should not be reproduced Rory Gallagher Theatre, Áine Stapleton Bryan Humphreys without their permission. Pharma Biotech 3 Chem Eng 2 Fin Duff-White Winners of our competitions from expliCIT 2: D-Block. Christina Hegener Early Years 2 Culinary Arts 1 Crossword: John Keane, DME2 €30 er: Sinéad Walsh Vis Comm 1 Rory Drinan Crawford 3 BrainTeaser: Colin Long, BS2A €50 Special Off Clio Lawton Pharma Gemma Healy r 1 on opening night Biotech 1 Interior Architecture 2 2 fo Allie Glynn Crawford 3 Directed by: kets: €6 / €3 conc. Michael Dinan Paudie Mullally Tic Bar Management 3 Pharma Biotech 3

Your first port of call... Caretakers reception in the main building 14 & 15 Tel: 432 6219 3 Thursday 22nd is Be Yourself Day. There will be two workshops run by Suicide Aware, “Suicide-An Insight” which is fully accredited and based on the work and research of the National Suicide Research Students’’Union Foundation. It will include topics such as cyber bullying and internet safety. This course is open to everyone and will take CIT place in the Exhibition Centre, D Block, at Off icers 9.15-10.45 am OR 11am-12.30pm. Please email [email protected] if you would like to attend with your name and preferred time. OPEN Address Make sure you pop over to the Main Cor- ridor between 11am and 2pm where there DAY will be an “Express Yourself Canvas”. 2012 Mental Health Reform will also be on campus looking for signatures for their petition. few weeks ago we ran a really suc- Have your say by signing it and advocate cessful S.H.A.G. Week, with the for more effective and accountable mental aim of giving information to the A health services to be included in the up- Friday 16th November 11am - 3pm student body about sexual health, con- coming budget. The CIT Dance Society Saturday 17th November 10am - 2pm traceptives, STI’s, unplanned pregnancies will also be performing so watch out for and coming out. We would like to thank them in the Canteen between 1 and 2pm. everyone who helped out and took part in Throughout the week there will be a Wel- S.H.A.G. Week. We hope you all enjoyed it Fair in the Main Corridor where organisa- and learnt something from it. tions such as Suicide Aware, Grow, Cork Our next welfare campaign is “Positive Mental Health Foundation and the HSE Mind & Body Week” which will run next will be on hand to give information and ad- week, from the 20th-22nd November. The vice. We will also be giving free hugs aim of this campaign is to promote men- to everyone in the hope of encouraging tal health and healthy lifestyles, and to il- a positive attitude around college. An ex- lustrate the close link between the two. hibition will be on show in the Exhibition There will be activities and workshops on Centre all week with work by Laura Crotty throughout the week so make sure to get which explores the relentless pressure involved. from the beauty industry and the relent- Tuesday 20th is Love Your Body Day. less pressure for women to conform to the The Marie Keating Foundation will be on body beautiful ideal. Please take the time campus testing the carbon monoxide lev- to get involved in these events. Mental and els in your lungs with the Smokelyzer while physical health are important to everyone. the CIT Gym Department will be checking Christmas is fast approaching which your blood pressure and doing the ultimate means so are the end of semester exams. endurance test. These activities will go on So make sure to put in that extra bit of Further information: from 11am in the Main Corridor. CIT Schools Liaison Office study each day. You would be surprised T: 021 4335396 E: [email protected] Wednesday 21st is Love Your Mind Day, how much you will benefit from one extra www.cit.ie/openday www.facebook.com/myCIT myCIT with the main event being the PleaseTalk hour a day of study. It will also cut down on or contact your Guidance Counsellor myFuture remembrance vigil at 1pm in the Exhibition the stress level in weeks 12 and 13. Centre in D Block. This is a candle lit vigil As you know the library is a noise free to remember all our loved ones we have zone so if you want to take a phone call lost through suicide. or talk to a friend please go outside!

considered by the Rag Week Committee no Get Involved with CIT RAG Week 2013 matter how big, small or madcap. Also, you can volunteer to support one of the on campus Rag Week events. dition of CIT and Raise And Give as much Would your Class / Society / Club like to organise a fundraising money as possible. Rag Week 2013 will take place between 28th and 31th January If interested please mail your ideas to: event? nd 2013. This year it is hoped that Rag Week [email protected] by Thursday 22 of CIT students and staff have always been November. very generous in their support of charitable will be student led, and we are looking for and good causes. In the current economic ideas to fundraise, to involve more students 2013 climate many vital and worthy charities and raise the profile of Rag Week. struggle to continue supporting those less fortunate due to financial constraints. Let How to Get Involved us continue on this now deeply rooted tra- Put forward your ideas - All ideas will be 4 CIT SU Positive Mind & Body Week 2012 20th-22nd Nov Tues 20th Nov Weds 21st Nov Thurs 22nd Nov Love Your Love Your Be yourself Body Day Mind Day Day Marie Keating Foundation – PleaseTalk Remembrance Vigil Suicide Aware - An Insight · Test the Carbon Monoxide levels · – Remember all the loved ones · Training Course. This includes in your lungs with the Smoke- lost to suicide with this candle cyber bullying & internet safety lyzer & get information packs on lit vigil, 1pm, Exhibition Centre, – Full accreditation & based on all the key cancers, main corridor, D Block the work & research of the NSRF. 10.30am-3pm Exhibition – Exploring the re- 9.15-10.45am OR 11am-12.30pm, CIT Gym Department – Get your · lentless pressure from the beauty Exhibition Centre, D Block. Limited · Blood Pressure checked and take industry, James Barry Exhibition spaces. To sign up e: suwelfare@ part in the ultimate endurance Centre, D Block cit.ie with preferred time test, Main Corridor, 12-2pm Free Hugs – The Main Corridor, Mental Health Reform Peti- Exhibition – Exploring the re- · 11am-2pm · tion – Have your say & advocate · lentless pressure from the beauty for more effective & accountable industry, James Barry Exhibition mental health services to be in- Centre, D Block cluded in the upcoming budget, Free Hugs – The main corridor, Main Corridor, 12-3pm · 11am-2pm Express Yourself Canvas – · Paint/draw/write your thoughts and feelings on our canvas, Main Corridor, 11am-2pm Dance Society Flash Mob – · Watch out for the dancers in the Canteen between 1&2pm Exhibition – Exploring the re- · lentless pressure from the beauty industry, James Barry Exhibition Centre, D Block Free Hugs – The Main Corridor, · 11am-2pm Wel-Fair in the Main Corridor all week, organisations including Suicide Aware, Grow, Bodywhys, Cork Mental Health Foundation, HSE, Togher Link-Up Email: [email protected] for more details 5 Positive Mind

Look After Your Mental Health by Niamh Hayes

It may seem like a strange concept but we all have mental health. Think about it. Feeling happy or excited about something is part of your mental health, in the same way that feeling anxious or sad is. It is important that you see your mental health in the way you see your physical health, and that you understand how important it is to look after your mental well-being.

mood. Spending time with friends and family Remember the good: It can be easy Top tips for looking after can make you feel good about yourself and life to let the bad things overshadow your day and your mental health: in general. forget the little things that make you smile, es- If you are a student living away pecially when times are tough. Try to get into Budget: the habit of ending your day on a positive. Be- Develop a structured, balanced from home, keep track of your weekly expens- Balance: es and income to make sure you have enough fore you go to bed, write down the good things routine that enables you to complete every- that have happened to make you smile. thing you need to get done but includes time money for essentials like rent and food and for socialising and leisure. some left over for yourself. Talk to someone: If you are feeling stressed or overwhelmed, talk to someone. It Do not be afraid to Take a break and relax: Make sure Accept yourself: you do not overdo it. Being a student does can be a close friend, family member, helpline, accept yourself for who you are. Nobody’s or someone in college supports. perfect, we all have our good points and bad mean quite a lot of work but try to take breaks points. Many different things including person- in between to keep a good balance between College Supports ality are background, race, gender, religion and work and social time. Fit things into your day that help you unwind like listening to music, • If you are feeling down, upset, worried, sexuality make us who we are. Everyone has stressed or just need someone to talk to that something to offer and everyone is entitled to reading or watching TV. Find something that you enjoy that works for you. won’t judge, call up to me in the Students’ respect. Union. We can have a chat and figure out where to take things. Call 021 4335273 or Include thirty minutes of exer- Socialise: Socialising is important for your Exercise: mental health. Starting a course in a new col- email [email protected]. Visit www.citsu.ie for cise in your routine everyday as a way of man- more details aging stress and maintaining good physical lege can be a lonely experience. If you have health. difficulty making friends try joining a club or society to meet people with similar interests. • CIT Careers and Counselling Service is a free, Always make time for friends. integrated and confidential service available Study: Find a study method that suits you. to all full-time registered students, appren- Live well: Your mental health is influenced Get some sleep: Sleeping and student tice students and graduates who were full- by your surroundings, so try to make your living life don’t always seem to go together, but you time students and who have left the Institute space somewhere you want to be. Make your should aim for about eight hours every night. A within the previous academic year. Make an room comforting and make sure your house/ lack of sleep not only causes tiredness but has appointment on 021 4335772 or email agnes. apartment is good enough for you to live in. been associated with mental health problems. [email protected]. Visit www.careersandcounsel- Managing your money is really important too, ling.ie for more details Know the risks: While in college many debt and financial difficulties are very stressful. • Chaplaincy is a dynamic presence at the CIT Living well does not mean spending lots. Being people experiment with drugs and alcohol, both of which can affect your mental health. recognising and responding to the pastoral with friends and taking care of yourself can be and spiritual needs of students and staff. done within a budget. Educate yourself about the risks associated with any substance before you take it and seek An “Open Door” policy exists to enable stu- Eat well: Eat a healthy, balanced diet con- help if you have any adverse reactions. dents to feel welcome and to seek support, taining plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, lean especially in times of distress, illness and be- meat and fish, nuts, seeds and wholegrain. reavement. Call into the Chaplaincy Office on Avoid too much caffeine, sugary food or junk the 1st floor of the Student Centre or call 021 food which can make you feel sluggish and 4335756 tired. Set goals: Set weekly goals for yourself. Breaking down what may seem to be an over- whelming project into manageable chunks will motivate you to get started. Writing out your goals will help keep you focused. Use the SMART technique of goal-setting to help you set specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, timed goals. Spend time laughing: Having a laugh is always a good way to improve your

6 Positive Body

Look After Your Physical Health by Niamh Hayes by Niamh Hayes

Everybody is so obsessed with their weight and looks nowadays that it can be hard to know what’s healthy and what’s not. Many young people worry about their weight but ignore the importance of a healthy body – which comes from plenty of exercise and a balanced diet.

around the park. The following tips may give • People can and do recover Top tips for looking after you some motivation: • Eating disorders can affect anyone An eating disorder can be very destructive, your physical health: Exercise controls weight both physically and emotionally, and people Exercise can help prevent excess weight gain can get trapped into the destructive cycle of Healthy eating or help with weight loss. When you engage in the eating disorder without knowing how to physical activity, you burn calories. The more cope with it. The longer it is established, the Eating a balanced diet gives your brain the intense the activity, the more calories you more it takes on a life of its own, so early inter- energy it needs to function properly. By eating burn. You don’t need to set aside large chunks vention is really important. small meals at regular intervals, there are fewer of time for exercise to reap weight-loss ben- fluctuations in blood glucose levels. Many stu- efits. If you can’t do an actual workout, get An eating disorder is not just about food and dents eat too many processed and fast foods. more active throughout the day in simple ways weight, but also about a person’s sense of Also, most soda and caffeinated beverages — by taking the stairs instead of the lift or rev- who they are. Understanding the emotional contain large amounts of high fructose, corn ving up your household chores. background of the eating disorder is crucial syrup and other high-caloric contents that are to developing an appropriate response and contraindicated in a healthy diet plan. We all Exercise combats health treatment approach. Therefore treatment of know that there is a strong link between what eating disorders will require attention to both we eat and been well. However, demands of conditions and diseases the physical and the psychological/emotional college life as well as food or lifestyle prefer- No matter what your current weight, being ac- aspects of the person. ences can get in the way of healthy eating. tive boosts good cholesterol and decreases There are three main categories: Anorexia It doesn’t always have to be that way. No unhealthy triglycerides. This keeps your blood Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating matter what our lives are like, small positive flowing smoothly, which decreases your risk of Disorder. changes can be made. Maybe it’s as simple cardiovascular diseases. In fact, regular physi- Typical eating disorder patterns include: as eating an extra piece of fruit a day, cook- cal activity can help you prevent or manage a • Self-starvation - by fasting and/or food re- ing foods a different way, or even trying a new wide range of health problems and concerns, striction food. Developing healthy eating habits is sim- including stroke, metabolic syndrome, type • Purging - by self-induced vomiting, over- pler and easier than you might think and you 2 diabetes, depression, and certain types of exercising, or laxative abuse will look and feel better. cancer, arthritis and falls. • Bingeing - by consuming quantities of food Try these tips to help you make a positive Exercise improves mood beyond what the body needs to satisfy hun- step towards a healthier diet: ger. • Eat a wide variety of different foods as no Need an emotional lift? Or need to blow off Recovery depends on: one food will provide all the nutrients we some steam after a stressful day? A workout • A will to change need at the gym or a brisk thirty minute walk can • An acknowledgement that the eating disor- • Try to be less generous with the size of por- help. Physical activity stimulates various brain der is a problem tion you serve up chemicals that may leave you feeling happier • W orking to build up a strong sense of self • Eat slowly so your brain gets the message and more relaxed. You may also feel better and a new, healthy way of coping that does when your stomach is full about your appearance and yourself when you not need the eating disorder to feel safe. • Choose lower fat or lower sugar options exercise regularly, which can boost your confidence and improve your self-esteem. If you are worried about a friend/family when available member, here are the signs to look out for: • Eat plenty of fruit and veg Exercise boosts energy • Continuing with a diet having already • Eat only when you are hungry reached their target weight • T ry to limit your use of salt Regular physical activity can improve your • Showing a marked over-concern with body • Never go food shopping when you are hungry muscle strength and boost your endurance. shape, weight and size • Try not to regularly buy foods that you find Exercise and physical activity deliver oxygen • Becoming obsessed by food hard to resist and nutrients to your tissues and help your • Making comments about their body size be- • Drink plenty of fluids especially water cardiovascular system work more efficiently. ing abnormal when it’s not And when your heart and lungs work more • Suffering visible deterioration in the condi- Physical activity efficiently, you have more energy to go about tion of their teeth which can result from self- Want to feel better, have more energy and per- your daily chores. induced vomiting haps even live longer? Look no further than ex- • Regularly leave the table as soon as they ercise. The health benefits of regular exercise Eating Disorders have eaten and physical activity are hard to ignore. And An eating disorder is characterised by severe • Feeling depressed and isolated. disturbances in eating behaviour and can be a the benefits of exercise are yours for the taking, If you have any issues with your health or are regardless of your age, sex or physical ability. complex, potentially life-threatening condition. An eating disorder may be a way of coping worried in any way about yourself or a friend/ Starting is the hardest part, because it’s when with emotional distress or it may be a symp- family member, call up to me in the Students’ you’ll be most unfit. It’s going to be hard work, tom of underlying issues. It is important to Union. You can also call 021 4335273 or email and you’re going to want to crash out on the acknowledge that: [email protected] and visit www.citsu.ie for couch in the evening and not go for a run • Eating disorders are not primarily about food more details. 7 Tedx IT’S ALL A TREND By Alan McGee, Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Market- ing, Year 4. Social Media Manager of TEDxCIT Over the summer I had the opportunity to get involved with the college’s first TED event, TEDxCIT. As Social Media manager for the project, one objective was to get #TEDxCIT “trending” on Twit- Ted X page ter. We succeeded and #TEDxCIT was bouncing between the top 3 most talked about things on Twitter, in Ireland, that day. To get something trending, the same phrase/word needs to be rep- licated over and over again within a short space of time by different people. Cynics may argue the importance of getting something “trending” on a micro blogging platform. For TEDxCIT, it brought the event and views of the 100 people within the main auditorium of Cork School of Music to a wider audience and enabled both promotion and conversation on a national scale. People who were sitting at a bus stop in Dublin or having an afternoon meeting in Galway were now seeing and learning about #TEDxCIT on their smart phones and laptops. This was particularly important for this event, as the principle of a TEDx event, is “Ideas Worth Spreading”.

Tips on using Twitter: 1. Get to know your Twitter market Leading up to the event we focused on our Twitter Market, TEDxCIT organising committee not your traditional target market, but people who are active, vocal, and opinionated on the Social media platform. Call them” twiterati” or call them heavy social media us- ers, many of the twitter community have a lot of followers. TEDxCIT Speakers – A Perfect Blend of If someone has 5,000 followers on Twitter and that person mentions #TEDxCIT , then that is effectively the cheapest form of advertising/endorsement that most companies Technology, Entertainment and Design could only dream about. 2. Utilise Twitter Lists n the 6th September, 100 guests gathered at the Cork School of Music to take part in Additionally we utilised “Twitter Lists”. Within these lists CIT’s inaugural TEDx event. “Creating our Future Together” was the theme of the TEDx- were the Main organising team and student volunteer team. CIT conference which featured speakers who engaged attendees with a variety of topics, This allowed everyone to get to know exactly, who is in- O volved in the event. It also encouraged “conversation” about ranging from education, technology, entertainment and philanthropy. TEDxCIT, a week or so before the event even took place. Cork Institute of Technology was well represented among the speakers by academics includ- 3. Promote the #HasHtag ing Gearoid O’Suilleabhain whose particular areas of interest and expertise reside in the Another key factor was promoting the #hastag in the build- up to the big day . PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT HASHTAG fields of gaming, eLearning and social media. Dr. Siobhan O’Sullivan also took up the theme YOU ARE USING! Therefore in the build-up, every tweet that of eLearning and talked about the potential use of e-portfolios in documenting learning, re- was sent from the #TEDxCIT account, included #TEDxCIT. flective practice and in the engagement of students in learning. Capt. Bill Kavanagh from the The hashtag also brings people to a stream of tweets from National Maritime College of Ireland was joined by Dr. Valerie Cummins, Director of the Irish people who are talking about #TEDxCIT and allows people to Maritime and Energy Resource Cluster (IMERC). Together they highlighted the opportunities see what is being said and join the conversation. that maritime activities offer the Irish economy. Dr. John Barrett presented a fascinating talk 4. Integrate Social media with your event At the event itself, the hashtag #TEDxCIT was put on the on “the internet of things” and focused on the potential of technology to radically alter our way back of all t-shirts worn by student volunteers. This acted as of life over the coming years. a visual cue and reminded people that it’s okay to be on your smart phone tweeting throughout the event, in fact we en- Just before the interval, Joanne O’Riordan took to the stage. In terms of inspirational speakers, courage it. If you want to be part of the conversation, include it is hard to top this remarkable 16-year-old Millstreet girl. Joanne is one of only seven people the hashtag. It was also imperative that we announced the in the world with Total Amelia, which means she was born without limbs. She came to national Hashtag at the beginning of the event. prominence when she lobbied Ireland’s politicians over proposed cuts to disability services. 5. Create a value exchange. At TEDxCIT, Joanne captivated the audience by telling them of her extraordinary life and her The idea here is not to waste your time asking people to follow you on Twitter, instead give people a “reason” as to why quest for independence through the use of technology. they should follow you! While the event was live, I provided “How technology has changed story telling” was the topic of former CIT student Will Sliney’s a running commentary of what was happening i.e. who was speaking, what their talk was about and how the audience talk. Comic book artist Will used animations and drawings to illustrate the theme of his talk. were responding to each speaker. This allowed people who His work has achieved world-wide acclaim and he has certainly contributed to bringing comic were not present in the venue to keep up with the “goings books back into mainstream entertainment. on” at Cork School of Music. Of course this is just the tip of the ice-berg. There are also things that you should be very Cork man James Whelton and well-known entrepreneur Bill Liao took to the stage together to aware of when managing a company’s or Institute’s social share with the audience the story of the Coder Dojo initiative which aims to teach children how media. That however, is a whole different kettle of fish! to programme software at an early age. James has used his talent in the technology sector to give back to the wider community through establishing and developing a wide range of Coder- TEDxCIT Student Volunteers Dojo networks both nationally and internationally with the guidance and experience of Bill Liao. Additionally, it was announced at TEDxCIT that Coderdojo training would now be available free of charge to second and third level teachers and lecturers at Coderdojo Mahon Point. TEDxCIT was the brainchild of lecturer Catherine Murphy from the Department of Accounting and Information Systems. A long-time fan of TED talks, Catherine marshalled the efforts of a dedicated group of CIT student volunteers over the summer months which culminated in the TEDxCIT event on 6th September. Catherine noted “the event wouldn’t have been possible without all the help for our enthusiastic student volunteers – many thanks to you all!” Check out the TEDxCIT videos on YouTube. 8 CIT SU Posti i ve Mind & Body Week 2012 Support Services • Bodywhys – provides a range of support • Irish Cancer Society – National cancer • PleaseTalk.ie – Talking is a sign of services for people affected by eating care charity. strength, not of weakness. disorders, including specific services for Helpline: 1800 200 700 Email: helpline@ www.pleasetalk.ie families and friends. irishcancer.ie www.cancer.ie • Samaritans – provide a 24-hour emo- Helpline: 1890 200 444 Email: info@body- • Irish Heart Foundation – National tional support service to anyone experienc- whys.ie www.bodywhys.ie charity fighting stroke and heart disease. ing distress, despair or suicidal thoughts. • Cork Mental Health Foundation – Helpline: 1890 432 787 www.irishheart.ie Helpline: 1850 60 90 90 Email: jo@samari- advocates for those with mental health • Marie Keating Foundation – “making tans.org www.samaritans.org difficulties. cancer less frightening by enlightening”. • Safefood – Safe and healthy eating in 021 4511100 Email: [email protected] 01 6283726 Email: [email protected] Ireland. Helpline: 1850 404 567 www.corkmentalhealth.com www.mariekeating.ie Email: [email protected] www.safefood.eu • Get Ireland Active – promoting physical • MEAS – Mature enjoyment of alcohol in • Suicide Aware – Cork based voluntary activity in Ireland. society. organisation who deal with the issues of Email: [email protected] 01 611 4811 Email: [email protected] depression and suicide in Ireland. www.getirelandactive.ie www.meas.ie 087 9454202 Email: suicideaware@gmail. • GROW - mental health organisation which • Mental Health Reform – promoting com www.suicideaware.ie helps people who have suffered or are improved and prioritised mental health • Togher Link-Up – Reducing the demand suffering from mental health problems. services in Ireland. for drugs in Togher and the surrounding Helpline: 1890 474 474 Email: [email protected] 01 6121422 Email: info@mentalhealthre- areas www.grow.ie form.ie www.mentalhealthreform.ie 021 4323839

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he 5th of November saw CIT students march from Bishop- stown and then to the Glasheen Road constituency offices Tof Fine Gael TD Jerry Buttimer. The march, which set off at 12pm was part of a nationwide series of student demonstra- tions planned ahead of Budget 2013. Turnout was strong with some commenting that the CIT delega- tion seemed larger and more organised than UCC’s represen- tation. The crowd marched down College Road, up Highfield protest Avenue and down to the Glasheen Road offices where they were awaited by Mr Buttimer and national media. CIT SU President Danny O’Donovan, spoke to the crowd gathered and to Mr. Buttimer in particular. “We are giving you the opportunity to state your stance but you should know that should you not stand in solidarity with students then we, as your constituents, will make sure that you will not be re-elected to office.” we are the future of the nation Fee Hikes Grant Cuts 2013 - €2,500 2012 - 3% Cuts 2014 - €2,750 2011 - 4% Cuts 2015 - €3,000 2010 - 5% Cuts 12 CIT SU Protest

protestProtest march report, Monday 5th November UCCSU President Eoghan Healy called upon Mr. Buttimer to sign up to a pledge to oppose any budget 2013 proposals which include cuts to the grant and an increase in the student contribution. Mr Buttimer stated: “Education is the passport for us as a society to regrow, to rebuild and to regenerate our country. There is however no easy solution and those who tell you there is are not telling you the truth…” Mr Buttimer was then cut off by chants of “Sign the pledge” and handed back his microphone to a CIT representative. The pledge was not signed! The CIT Student Union President later commented, “The positive out- comes of education budget cuts is as a short term bandage on the wound of past and current poor financial and operational planning within our government but lays no foundation for the future of Ireland. You can’t have a tea party without any tea and you certainly can’t have a knowledge economy without every potential innovator uncovered and nurtured.” The CITSU, UCCSU and USI Presidents along with Sam Ryan, UCCSU Dep- uty President/Campaigns Officer then met privately with Mr Buttimer in his office. Kate Acheson, Campaigns Officer of USI congratulated the crowd for “standing up for third level education” in the first of what is planned to be a series of local protests nationwide.

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‘Going to the chapel ...’

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CIT 90210 Guess who didn’t get the shift Smokin 14 Photo This month - Business and Engineering Balls, Student Thursdays @ eclipse , Halloween Bash - Pics by CIT SU and Martin Dunne Gallery

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Even skeletons need a little lift sometimes We’re best friends, as friend eye, eye. Lookin good girls should be 15 Review By Grushenka Arnold belong to, you just don’t know. A 3D experience also brings the garish ghouls to life, depicting neon and fluorescent skeletal faces on the walls: A great touch! As you move from room to room, zombie corpses follow you around tudent A Scare at Bedtime or hide in every corner, and you can feel their presence even before S cold dank night set the scene for what was about to be they appear. As the hairs stand erect on the back of your neck, witnessed inside. A hearse strategically placed by you anticipate every bang, crash, and uninvited leering; but, hursdays Athe front door contained the bloody remains of a you are never really ready for it. You search in the dark- T shrouded creature. A clown faced menace jeered and ness and feel for the walls. You have no idea what you heckled, warming up a shivering, unknowing crowd. might reach out and touch! Spine tingling chills let Music from hidden speakers pumped loud and fast, you know you are not alone! You grab a hand, but in unison with my ever increasing heart rate. whether or not it belongs to the person you came in with, well, you just hope! Anxious revellers formed a lengthy queue, and I marvelled at the fact that, men, women and chil- Decomposing corpses invite you to come into their dren had voluntarily come forward (in their droves) to layer and play! The Dentist with the filling drill, the have the excrement extracted, or for the want of better Butcher with his meat hook, all oozing with drying words; to have the living shit scared out of them. Nerv- blood! Limbs and half dead creatures line the floor, en- ous laughter ensued as the revellers neared the portal of no suring an unclear path as you navigate towards what you return. Boisterous banter and goofy giggles covered up the anxiety think might be the exit. Sporadic lighting occasionally might let that was beginning to surface. you find your way, but only just. Entering into the Nightmare Realm feels like you’re travelling down In between laughs and stifled screams, you pray for the exit, but se- the birth canal for the second time. If I could remember the first time, cretly hope it doesn’t end. As a friend said to me, like a mantra on the I would imagine it is just as frightening and just as claustrophobic. A night “ITS NOT REAL! ....ITS NOT REAL!” It was well worth a visit, for a white inverted bubble envelops you, chews you up and then spits you fun night out! With all ages from 13 to 90 in attendance. out into the darkness. The darkness is accompanied by eerie noises, The nightmare Realm has been running since 2009, so if you missed creaks, hollers, shrieks and blood curdling screams, which can be it this time, there’s always next year if you fancy a scare at bedtime! heard from somewhere else in the building. But, who the screams a4 Pad €0.80 Pen €0.20 ’’Union a3 envelope Wallet €0.80 Pencil €0.20 Students a4 envelope Wallet €0.40 Poly Pocket (single) €0.05 acetate €0.10 Poly Pockets (Box of 100) €2.50 Office calculator €11.00 Pocket display Book €1.90 cds €0.60 Presentation Folder €0.50 Shop correction Fluid €0.50 Project Book - divider €3.00 dvd + rW €0.80 reinforcements €0.90 dividers - 10 part €0.30 ring Binder €0.90 goggles - Protective €2.50 rulers €0.30 glue stick €0.50 science Book €1.90 Cheapest Prices graph Pads €1.40 spiral Pad 160 pg €1.20 hardback copy €1.40 spiral Pad 320 pg €2.20 on CIT Campus lab coat €10.00 usB - 8gb €9.00 leaverarch File €1.40

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17 Dear CIT... why am I so miserable? The following letters are complaints lodged by the students of CIT. In light of the responses given, is it any wonder that the people of this country have become renowned for their predilection not to complain?

Dear Ms O’Reilly, Dear Ms O’Reilly, My name is Peter Gough and I am a Web Development student My name is Barry Woods; I am a student here in Cork In- at Cork Institute of Technology. I ought to declare from stitute of Technology. My class is ITS2. the outset of this correspondence that we are known to each I would like to lodge a complaint regarding the heating other - I attend your Communication module. I find the module in the lecture rooms and labs. I do not know who is in to be adequate. charge of the heating system, so I hope you can help me. I have a very important issue to raise with you in the hope Every Monday morning these rooms are very cold and it is that you can somehow take this matter to the correct au- not until late afternoon before they feel warm enough to thorities both on my behalf and that of tea-loving students hold classes in them. I think the optimum temperature and lecturers throughout the Institute. For some time now, for classes is 19 degrees centigrade. When it is really sadly, I have been aware that there are no water boilers cold I have to wear a thermal padded jacket to keep warm for personal tea making in the college. I have previously and this restricts my movement when using a computer. I purchased expensive tea in the canteen for €1.25; then when also have to wear a wool hat because apparently you lose funds were lower I bought (yes) hot water in a paper cup for 90% of your body heat through your head and as my reced- 25 cents; of late I bring a flask to college which limits my ing hair-line does not act as an efficient barrier against daily intake to a mere two cups of camellia sinensis. This this heat loss, I am unable to fully participate in the most recent solution fills me more with dread than with tea class. as I am in constant fear that the flask will leak onto my Would you please make enquires with the relevant authori- laptop when we three are in transit. ties regarding this problem in the hope of resolving it. I thank you for taking the time to read this correspondence. I look forward to hearing from you soon regarding this It is truly my hope that I have entrusted this request to matter. one who is willing to take the battle for refreshment to the highest levels. Regards,Barry Woods Regards, Peter Gough

Barry

Peter Dear Mr Woods, Dear Mr Gough, I appreciate that temperatures are not at optimal I am afraid that I will have to dash your level this Semester. hopes. While I do have a modicum of sympathy for you, Thank you for recognising that I am the ideal given your advancing years and your receding hair- person to bring the battle for refreshment to line, I would beseech you to try to look on the the highest levels. Indeed, this shows that bright side and attempt to take a lateral approach your judgement can be relied upon, which is to this problem. crucial if I am to escalate this issue onto I would suggest that you bring in a hot water the next Agenda of the Institute Executive bottle on Mondays. I find the hot water bottle to Board. be an ideal companion, offering both portability However, your judgement that you find my mod- and flexibility. It can be strategically placed on ule ‘to be adequate’ undermines my confidence various body parts, depending on where the discom- in your ability to make objective observa- fort is most acute. tions. As you will note, I have copied this email to the As a result, I will not be in a position to President of CIT, Dr Brendan Murphy, whose own ad- take this matter further. vancing years will, no doubt, elicit a sympathetic response to your predicament. Regards, June Regards, June

18 Dear Ms O’Reilly, Dear Ms O’Reilly, My name is Joseph Foley and I am a second year Student in ITS My name is Stuart Exshaw and I am a second year IT Manage- (Internet Technology Support). ment student in your communications class. I am writing to I have been using the studying facilities in the library for you to raise some issues I have about the CIT timetabling the past year and find that when it rains the roof leaks. I service. know you could say that in this country when does it not rain? Since I started college last year, I have been a regular But as you can appreciate when you are trying to study for user of public transport to the college, specifically the exams and drips of water keep falling down onto the desk. It number 219 bus. As I am sure you are aware, most classes is quite distracting not to say my books and I are getting begin on the hour and end on the hour, however this causes wet. You would think that in a college that has an engineer- a problem with the No.219 bus. This particular bus runs ing department that the roof would have been designed much hourly from the college, on the hour also. This creates better and without leaks, or was this part of the design to serious problems for myself and others like me, especially have a indoor water feature? The cost, the college must incur when attempting to get the bus home from college. There to repair and clean the desks and floor after the rain damage have been many times I have been making my way towards must be quite high. But if you were to visit the library and the Rossa Avenue bus stop, only to feel my heart sink as see the state of the desks and chairs you would have to ask I watch the bus pull away, taking with it any hopes and the question where’s the money spent? Not on the desks and plans I had for getting home on time that evening. This chairs maybe on the water feature. situation arises as a result of lecturers who selfishly use I would like you to look into this matter to see if a contrac- the full amount of scheduled time for their class. The tor could be hired to fix this problem before the winter ap- only alternative to getting the No.219 bus is to get the proaches, or as you enter the library the library staff could No.205 to the city; however this requires another bus to equip you with a waterproof jacket or an umbrella. be taken from the city and lengthens the overall journey I look forward to hearing from you. time. Clearly that alternative is highly undesirable. Regards, Joseph Foley I would be grateful if you could help me in my campaign to get class times shortened by five or ideally ten minutes, by passing this e-mail to the relevant authorities in the college. I believe reducing class times in the fairest way to allow students to reach the bus stop in a timely fash- Joseph ion. This would reduce the tremendous amount of stress I feel as I frantically rush to the bus stop in the hope of being on time. Dear Mr Foley, I look forward to hearing from you soon on this matter. Thank you for informing me of your discomfort with the Regards, Stuart Exshaw library features. I must inform you that this leakage is indeed a water feature designed by the internationally renowned ar- chitects, De Blacam and Meagher. I would advise that you sit away from this feature, particularly since you obviously have no appreciation of its aesthetic quali- Stuart ties. As you have correctly observed, there is no maintenance Dear Mr Exshaw, of the library furniture. This would be regarded as a waste of good money that could instead be spent on in- I sympathise with your predicament and applaud your commitment creasing staff salaries. I would suggest that you stay to using public transport. within the confines of the computer laboratories and Something certainly needs to be done about those ‘selfish’ lec- that you avoid the library altogether. As a student of turers you have observed who insist (as you point out) on de- computing technology, you surely have no need for such livering the’ full amount of scheduled time for their class’. antiquated relics of the past. This fact will have to be circulated widely in our national media as it is further evidence (if any is needed) that public Please do not waste my time with such ill-educated servants are really milking the system. I would suggest that observations. you immediately contact the Sunday Independent where your in- Regards, June formation will be gobbled up with relish. In relation to your desire to co-ordinate the bus timetables to the college timetables, since you are always missing the At this juncture it is necessary to clarify the nature of the correspond- bus because of present arrangements, I propose that you con- ence. The students were in fact set an assignment to write to their tact the Department of Mathematics. lecturer, June O’Reilly, recounting their discomfiture with the Institute. If the Faculty of Mathematics could determine the likelihood June in turn adopted a satirical tone in her response, demonstrating of your missing the bus no matter what time you run for it, the propensity for those who deal with complaints to adopt a dismiss- we could use this information to tailor the system to your ive and or defensive tone instead of taking steps to resolve issues. particular needs. Although the exercise is somewhat humorous in its tone, the underly- As you will see, I have alerted one of the most distinguished faculty members with a zeal for Mathematical Explorations – ing issues are of a serious nature. It vital that issues such as these are Professor Michael Brennan – who will take your issue on board. brought to the attention of the Students’ Union, who will address these matters on behalf of the students. I hope this proposal is to your satisfaction. Regards, June To be continued ... 19 I thought it would be nice if somehow the mural could consist of their CIT own drawings and the teacher really liked this idea. Since thirty two Societies drawings would be a bit much we decided to have the children make Volunteer group drawings, so that I would end up with six or seven drawings. I Abroad would then make a design of them and draw that in large on the wall. program Preparing the wall and drawing the design took up the first week. The second week was a painting week for the children and they were having a ball and the nuns were almost she could send for some food which of course Theresia Gevers, Fine Art student. equally enthusiastic! This truly was a heart warming experience and it was great to was offered to me. It is very humbling to expe- see the children being so proud of their mural. rience that hospitality in those circumstances Guatemala, south of Mexico in Central America – at the same time it is hard to eat from what In the second project is where I volunteered for three weeks through is offered when you know you’re the one who I worked in a soup EIL, staying with a lovely small family of two needs it the least. – mother and daughter – in a small village. kitchen: twice a At the premises of the Guatemaltecan sister The added bonus was that the mother was week a lunch organisation of EIL I also received Spanish les- a great cook. They didn’t speak English, but was cooked for sons from a young local woman. I was her first since I learned some basic Spanish through a about a hundred student; she was lovely and very dedicated and computer course the month before we could at children of a that easily made up for her lack of experience. least talk a little bit. Being from The Nether- very poor area. I Besides that I really like it that somebody lo- lands I brought for each of them one little gift learned to make cal gets the opportunity to gain this kind of from Holland and one from Ireland along with nice flat, round tor- experience which possibly will contribute to a postcards of both countries – all of it greatly tillas and a little more brighter future. It helped improve my Spanish appreciated. Spanish since the two cook- ing ladies didn’t speak English. When there was anyway, so I definitely benefitted from it. I worked on two different projects in two other time left I played with the children. The leader of Last but not least I have to say that the peo- villages, I had to travel with the local ‘chicken this project was very sympathetic and an amaz- ple of the organisation in Guatemala were ex- bus’ to them – an experience in itself! The main ingly energetic man who had helped already tremely supportive: upon my arrival I received a project was in a place managed by nuns. For a a lot of the families with basic home improve- very useful and practical introduction and when small group of children, who for some reason ments. He was eager to teach the children as I needed to visit a doctor one of them accompa- can’t live with their family, this is their home; much as possible in a fun way, and had estab- nied me to translate. Also I was invited several for many children this is their school. Three lished a whole routine before lunch was served: times to come along to visit some other places days a week I worked here on a mural in the the children had to wash their hands, then they they were in touch with like a mental hospital classroom of thirty two, five-and six years old were handed a multivitamin, then they were for teenagers in Guatemala city, another school, children. checked to see had they eaten the vitamin. When and a painter who once a week gave free class- everybody was ready for lunch they started sing- es to disabled children. ing some nice and silly songs (boys against girls, I was lucky to have this opportunity to volun- young against older, the cooks alone etc). All in teer, and in conclusion I can say that for me all a lovely atmosphere and an impressive pro- Guatemala was a great choice: I experienced ject. being in a beautiful country with very warm Unfortunately the project was closed dur- hearted and hospitable people despite many of ing the third week of my volunteering time, them being poor, and learned about a culture because the project leader had to go to visit previously pretty much unknown to me. sponsors of the project and didn’t have any- body who could take over. I hope rather sooner than later he finds somebody who can run the project when he can’t be around. When a A project depends on just one person it is quite pplications NOW open. vulnerable. And besides that the lunches are The closing date for pretty much a necessity for many of those kids. Applications is 3pm on I visited one of the cooks in the third week and Monday 10th Decemb she literally didn’t have money to buy her chil- er 2012. For further info dren some food. Although they are probably email: aoife used to getting by I found it very difficult to [email protected] comprehend. or www.citsocieties I visited her place to take photos of the collec- .ie/volun- tion of bags and hammocks she and her hus- teerabroad band make. These photos will be used to make a little catalogue to help sell their products. It wasn’t until after I bought one of her bags that 20 Societies Societies Balls 2012/2013 ust off the suit jacket and get that dress to the dry cleaners cause the Societies Balls have been just announced! The ultimate chance for your Dclass and friends to make a night of it, with meal tickets at just €22 which include a four course dinner served in style. A live band will be on stage each night and a suitably chosen décor theme to make it a night with a dif- ference. Of course complimentary buses from Bishopstown are included in your ticket price and start returning from the hotel from 1.30am. 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21 Sport Msc in Marketing Practice students drive promotion of annual GAA Fundraiser The Msc Marketing students would like to thank everyone for their time and generosity at the Coffee Morning on the 7th of November in aid of CIT GAA and Suicide Aware. The event was used as a platform to launch the main annual GAA Fundraising night at Curraheen Greyhound Stadium. The Coffee Morning turned out to be a great success for both the students organising it and more importantly, the charity benefiting from it. All those who supported the morning enjoyed the relaxed, welcoming atmosphere and received great words of wisdom from both of the speakers present. The raffle tickets that were being sold on the morning were very well supported and the winners of that will be announced shortly. Last year CIT GAA had a successful event at the greyhound stadium and this year’s event promises to be bigger and better with celebrity appear- ances from those in the Cork GAA and Lockdown Model Agency who will act as judges for ‘Best Dressed’ on the night. This year, a portion of the proceeds from ticket sales and the Coffee Morning, will be donated to CIT Ladies-Intervarsity Hockey Plate Suicide Aware. Suicide Aware Cork is a local subsidiary of a national voluntary organi- Winners 2012 sation. It was founded in June 2009 with the aim to help deal with the The Hockey Intervarsities took place in Cork from the 28th - issues of depression and suicide in Ireland. Guest speaker Declan Ad- 30th October. Three days of hockey, twenty+ college teams, amd commended the work of the students, “the MSC students showed and with over 400 people, it was a great weekend of sport. a collaborative initiative to raise funds for the GAA club and of course, for CIT Hockey Ladies Team caused a shock when they came away from this year’s Intervarsity competition with the Chile- Suicide Aware organisation who greatly appreciate any fundraising done an Plate. The only Institute of Technology to now be engraved in our name.” on the silverware were not given an easy group with the likes of last year’s winners UCD, comprising mostly of international players, and NUIG who also have a strong outfit, but after finishing third in their group they showed their true colours on the final day in the Plate competition in Garryduff. Ladies Panel Emma Lydon, Business 4 Christine O Neill, Business 4 Cliodhna Sargent, Research Masters Sinead White, Accounting 1 Yvonne O’Byrne, Rec & Leisure 3 Jedda Desmond, Architecture 1 Cliona Barrett, Business 2 Nicole Flanagan, Fine Art 1 Tracey Johnson, Child Care 1 (absent from picture) Deirdre Cronin, Business 4 Grace Sweetnam, Marketing 2 Ruth O’ Callaghan, Business 1 (absent from picture)

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CIT STUDENTS ‘FATHER TED’ EVENTS RAISE €1,625 FOR CHARITY IT corridors were alive with energetic students numerous Father Ted inspired costumes. Thankfully and staff hurriedly making their way to and this wasn’t some sort of fashion travesty, instead it from class. In the midst of this hectic ebb and was the heartwarming efforts of the students at CIT Cflow sat a very peculiar set of tables. Layers of pink supporting their fellow classmates in their charitable satin and tumbling vibrant orange silk made for an cause. By Niamh Hayes unusual table setting while the backdrop of rather The night kicked off with a rush to the stage as MC generously sized ladies underwear, beauty pageant Muriel Foley quizzed the crowed about ‘Ted Facts’ sashes and theatrical pink gentleman’s ties caught each correct answer was given a voucher for a local the curiosity of college goers. cork business, which had kindly been donated ear- The added efforts of the college DJ society, namely lier in the week. Next the stage saw a sudden influx Steven O’Sullivan and Richard Murphy, 4th year of girls all trying to gain the title of ‘Loveliest Girl’ and business and accounting students, with a talent for that illustrious eurosaver diamante crown. The girls remixing, helped draw even more attention to the answered a series of very revealing questions and bizarre scene. Eye-Catching posters of Father Ted of the lucky few in Ireland to walk away without any then faced the daunting challenge of weaving their Crilly and Mrs Doyle, characters from the Father Ted effects. As she spent a lot of her summer holidays in way through the tricky obstacle course comprising TV show, overlooked the exciting event. So what hospital at her father’s bedside she noticed the vol- of three luminous orange traffic cones. Similarly we could this unusual boudoir setting mixed with ecu- ume of people coming into the neurological depart- saw the boys were also in favour of taking the title menical imagery be home to, I hear you ask. A cake ment in Cork’s University Hospital and was shocked of ‘Loveliest Boy’ home with over 30 boys taking to sale of course! Trust the students of CIT to take an by how many young people were affected on a daily the stage- almost twice the amount of entrants for unusual spin on fundraising. basis with brain injuries. ‘I saw a lot of young people the ‘Loveliest girls’. The students behind the impressive array of cakes around my own age come into my dad’s unit with The end of the night came with the most anticipated explained they were helping to raise funds for BRÍ acquired brain injuries through sport injuries or car event, ‘The loveliest bum’. Lunges, squats, ‘picking Ireland, a small independent charity organisation crashes. I had never thought about brain injury like up pretend pencils’ and flexing were all part of the that provides support, information and advocacy to that before and had never seen it as something that intricate scoring process. After a long debate the people with brain injuries, their families and carers. affected so many of my own peers. It was so sad to judges finally came to a decision; a tie, between two ‘BRÍ is an Irish word that stands for strength and see, I knew I wanted to do something to help’ equally deserving contestants who possess great understanding,’ said Maureen Cournane one of the This quirky cake sale was the second that week pride in their award winning ‘lovely bums’. Public Relations masters students involved in or- and acted as a promotional aid in advertising their The night was a complete success and was the last ganising the event. Isabel Rossiter, Chairperson of Father Ted themed charity night hosted by the PR in a series of seven charity fundraising events Kate the Idea Hub Society; CIT’s entrepreneurial society class again in The Loft Bar in Bishopstown that had organised including the three with the Idea and the rest of the Masters class joined together to night. The trendy suburban bar located upstairs in Hub Society and the PR class. The total of all the raise funds for the charity. McCarthys bar and restaurant was transformed into fundraising has come to €1,625 which is a fantastic When asked why BRÍ Ireland was the chosen charity an even more elaborate and ridiculous mix of Father achievement for full time students. Thank you to all Kate Power another member of the Masters course Ted props and Bordello-esque touches. The scene in CIT who supported this worthy cause. in PR explained that during the summer her father was completed by the array of creative people suffered a massive brain hemorrhage but was one dressed in woolly Aran jumpers, bobble hats and 23 Prob If you have any problems Page you that you want our agony o you think aunt (& uncle) to solve, S please email them to: [email protected]. We will have problems do our best to help you! I am quite an active person, go to the gym a few times I started my course a couple of weeks ago and loving a week, eat fairly healthily, but I can never seem to it but recently, one of the women who is in her mid-30’s Q shift any weight. Now I wouldn’t consider myself mas- Qstarted like sniggering at questions I was asking and then sively overweight but I’ve always been a bit bigger I heard she was saying things behind my back like calling than my friends. I am a confident enough sort of - per me fat etc. It’s starting to bother me as some of the other son but when it comes to dressing up for a night out, I girls have also started to join in with her. I have given them always feel uncomfortable because I compare myself no reason for them to hate me. I don’t even know some of to all my friends and end up feeling quite down about them. I went to my class co-ordinator and she said I was my appearance. Any advice would be much appreci- best to just ignore them but I can’t. I can hear what they ated. I have tried cutting down on my food intake quite are saying now and it is really putting me off my work, it considerably and increasing my exercise but nothing doesn’t make me want to go into college at all. By law, is seems to work so I end up getting fed up and giving up. the college meant to do anything about it or am I expected Please help! to put up with this for the next three years? If so, honestly, I would rather quit college. You may not realise it, but this is a very serious problem you have. It seems that the whole topic of your Bullying is always looked on as a problem that ex- weight is a massive problem for you, and is one that ists in schools because people think that college is affecting your life in a big way. The fact that you are students are too mature to take part in that sort of comparing yourself to your friends and feeling down behaviour. Your problem knocks that thought out of on nights out is worrying. You are obviously very the water, because the alleged bully in this case is in self-conscious and this will not go away until you her 30s. Bullying is a huge problem within colleges deal with the issues that are causing this. Another and the sooner society realises this, the sooner worry is that you have in the past down cut down on your this problem can be investigated and solved. I am food intake and increased your exercise. This screams to very sorry that you have to go through this. Nobody de- me that you would do anything to lose some weight, in- serves this, especially not an innocent party. Bullies usu- ally do not give up until something is said to them so that cluding taking extreme measures. Again this is very wor- is exactly what needs to happen. Because your class co- rying because this has now become a mental health issue ordinator wasn’t very helpful, you need to go straight to as well as a physical health one. We all know that both are your head of department. They will be able to speak with so closely linked so it is extremely important that you take your lecturers and ask them to keep an eye out on you, immediate action and talk to someone about your issues, in class. You can also call to the Welfare Officer of the such as one of the Counsellors in our Careers & Counsel- Students’ Union who will talk through your options, such ling service. as talking to the class, or taking further action by going to college management who will take this issue to the Stu- If you talk to any health expert they will tell you that dent Disciplinary Committee. The choice will be yours. If you need to find a balance between what you eat you find that this has affected you in a big way, it might be and the exercise you do. Obviously you have been better for you to make an appointment with our Counsel- trying to do this, but maybe the problem is that you lors to talk through the issue. do not know exactly what you should be eating or the right types of exercises you should be doing. Do not quit! If you quit then you are letting them win! So for that reason I would recommend that you My advice is you go up to this woman and you tell speak to someone who is qualified in this, such her that you do not appreciate what she is saying as any of the CIT gym instructors. They will be able to about you behind your back and that at her age in life tell you if there is some information you are missing. You she should have the cop on to act her age and not her have clearly been trying to lose weight with some time so shoe size! If she says anything to you tell her that perhaps there is an underlying problem to the fact that it you will take it further as bulling is ILLEGAL! I bet doesn’t seem to be shifting. Maybe you should talk to your that will soften her cough! Yes the college is meant GP or a nutritionist about this because there is a chance to do something about this as it is illegal to bully someone. you could be allergic to some sort of food and that could If this doesn’t stop after talking to this person and telling prevent you from losing weight. Whatever the reason is, as her how you feel then I suggest that you contact either the I said previously, you will need to talk to an expert on this. Students’ Union or your head of department and complain this student. The issue is very serious and the college will act on it. Hope this helps. 24 FAQ Top Ten Our NEW monthly guide to FAQs Stuff you need to know in CIT September By Laura Horgan, Communications Officer 1. Where do you go to bind notes? Reprogrophics - It’s next to the Card office outside the Student Centre building stairway entrance. 2. Where can I top up my student card? In the Card Office outside the Student Centre or online at mycit.ie with a laser or debit card, or the college shops. 3. Where can you go if Open Access is full? Prepare to be entertained in association with MaryMount Hos- Contact your head of dept or class co ordinator to find out what lab pice and St. Patrick’s Hospital. 24 Hours of FUN FUN FUN..!! rooms are available for your class to use when they are free. From Storytelling, to Music to Laugh Out Loud Comedy, there 4. I am a class rep and missed training. How do I find out information is something for everybody. Young to Old come along on the on my duties as a class rep? 23rd of November at the newly opened state of the art facility Call up to Killian in the Students’ Union or any of the other officers and prepare to be entertained. and they can fill you in and give you a training manual. 5. What do I do if I haven’t received my grant payment? Or If you would like to participate in the event, please e- Go to the fees office in the admin building and ask them for the mail [email protected]. Your participation would be relevent imformation. greatly appreciated. 6. When does the Nite Bus run? http://www.facebook.com/pages/Entertain-a-thon/218170201648156 From November 13th the nightbus will only run on Thursday nights. 7. When and where can I get it? It does four runs - 1.45am, 2.15am, 2.45am and 3.15am, leaving from outside Four Star Pizza on Washington Street. 8. How do I access my mycit email? Enter your full email address as the username. If you do not know FANCY A your email address send an email to [email protected] with your name, date of birth and student number. 9. When is the sexual health clinic in CIT? Every Tuesday. An appointment should be made in advance and there FREE TAXI? is a charge of €10. The nurse advises making your appointment on the Thursday or Friday beforehand as some students book it too early in advance and forget to turn up! If you book your Taxi the Smart Way 10. Where can I submit an article or piece for Explicit magazine? on our Smartphone App and if our Email Laura at: [email protected]. We look forward to receiving your contributions. Free Taxi turns up...... YOU DON’T PAY!!

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