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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License Wednesday 25 October 2017 THE EDITION@edition_ie edition.ie www.edition.ie Supported by DIT News Society DIT counsellingHumans Of waiting DIT - Pg list 8 - Pg 3 VolleyballBack to facilitiesStars Hollow a must- - Pg Pg 9 24 GetDoctor to know Strange your Review Socities - -Pg Pg 15 15 Grangegorman Canteen’s - Page prices 4 under scrutiny - Page 5 DIT to introduce Student Levy By John Patrick Kierans DIT are planning to introduce a to get to that point,” he added. student levy of up to €150 to pay “We hope the levy will include so- for a number of student services in cial and recreational space, which Grangegorman. would be on the ground floor of The long awaited campus, which the student accommodation and is not expected to be fully com- a new build in the first phase of a plete until 2022, will see students new sports hall. pay the added fee in order to use The levy is being introduced be- facilities such as the planned new cause the Irish Government won’t sports hall. fund sports recreational spaces Other student areas the institute that colleges build. is planning to build include a bar, The Government only pay for along with a bigger clubs and socs educational spaces that will benefit space. students. Student Fee March // Nikki Murphy Paul Horan, Head of Campus Plan- Mr Horan continued: “Basically for ning for Grangegorman, told the the medium term, in order to de- Edition: “We’ve been discussing a velop sports recreation space, the STIs on the Rise By Kasper Delaney-Petersen & Robert Geoghegan levy with the student bodies and national policy is that the Govern- the student’s union for a while. ment doesn’t pay for that.” Sexually Transmitted Infections are on the serious infections. “I think…with STIs there “We haven’t been able to say for rise in DIT, according to figures from DIT GP, is a huge increase I suppose…but there is no certain what spaces we will be get- Doctor Brendan Clune. particular epidemic or anything like that”. The greater danger around the spread of The rise in STIs in both DIT and nationwide ting, because the student accom- STIs stem from many factors that have arisen has also been attributed not specifically to modation has been a long while in in recent years. Students are “forming dif- more people getting infections, but to the gestation so we don’t want to go ferent relationships” to previous years, with adaptation of modern technology allowing out to the student body for definite Continued 2 students refraining from “secure relation- for more efficient diagnoses. until we can say here’s the propos- ships”. This has lead to an increase in gon- orrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and other quite al. It’s going to take another year Continued 2 NEWS FEATURES CULTURE SPORT DIT counselling Leaving the Liberties behind Hurricane Ophelia Socities Spotlight waiting lists What effect will DIT leaving the How would it be to spend a Get to know your societies Fit2Go - Here come Long waiting periods to be Liberties have on local whole day in a pub during a this year the girls! combated in new moves businesses? storm? DIT’s Fit2Go launches 7 10 15 exclusive girl’s club 23 with new ‘access point’ That time in 3 Picture Essays Coppers... See the first picture essays of Be Sound Be Well When a memorable night Sports council DIT still without a this year’s Edition, following 8 11 in Coppers turns into a nominations 24 student drugs policy 6 the Student Fee march. nightmare 16 2 The Edition Wednesday 25 October 2017 NEWS THE EDITION DIT to introduce Student Levy Editorial Staff “They pay for educational spaces to do colleges such as UCD, they’re on their the levy monies. This condition calls for of Limerick; and Dublin City University with the delivery of teaching but sports third tranche of their 10 to 15 year levy, ‘all monies received by DIT be placed have passed referendums on student Editors and recreational facilities aren’t paid in which they build their first phase of under the management of an agreed levies in order to develop new student Nikki Murphy & Dan Grennan for”, he added. sports, they did another levy for their legal entity, the board of management facilities on their campuses. [email protected] “So in all the other institutions the big student centre, they’ve introduced of which will contain a majority of “The UCD Student Centre and the UCC sports and recreation spaces have all another levy where they built their students appointed in a manner to be Sports Facilities have been funded by News Editor been developed over the years by stu- swimming pool,” Horan went on to say. agreed between DIT and DITSU.’ student levies, while the UL Student Nikki Murphy dent levies. We’re hoping to introduce DITSU President Boni Odoemene “We believe that as this is student Centre is currently at planning stage [email protected] a similar process,” Horan went on to believes that if a levy is introduced, money being spent, students must have following a recent referendum.” say. students should have their own say on a majority say as to how it ought to be But in order to introduce a levy, stu- “One of the biggest projects we’re what the money is spent on. spent and where it’s being spent, and dents will have to vote in a referendum. Culture Editor working on is trying to deliver student He told the Edition: “In regards to a unfortunately the institute see things “A decision to introduce a levy in order Jesse Melia accommodation on campus. We have proposed student levy for student facil- differently. This is only one example of to provide excellent student facilities [email protected] the potential to deliver up to 2,000 ities on Grangegorman, this is some- where there is disagreement between for future generations of DIT students beds, so we’re looking at approximately thing that DITSU have been negotiating DITSU and DIT in relation to the pro- would require a democratic decision of Sports Editor half of that to go out in a similar way on behalf of the students of DIT for a posed introduction of a student levy. the student body, backed by students Jessica Ni Martin to the private sector, asking the private number of years now. “This year we have set up a Student voting in a referendum. [email protected] sector to come in and design, build, op- “The plans we are aware of is for a stu- Levy Working group that has been “DIT has developed a levy proposal erate and maintain them for a lengthy dent levy to be introduced that would tasked in ironing out the technicalities with the objective of generating a fund period,” Horan added. pay for the building and operations of a and disagreements around the negotia- of €20 million. This would secure the Features Desk “But in return we would get back the brand new student center. tions for a proposed student levy. development of a top class student cen- Dan Grennan ground floor for free if you like. Finan- “Your Student Council passed a policy “I am hopeful that this will allow us to tre and indoor sports facilities (such as [email protected] cially, given the values, we reckon we in 2016 laying out the terms and con- take some positive steps forward.” SU Offices, Student Media Centre, Black can get most of it back as an empty box ditions of levy negotiations. For only A spokeswoman for DIT reiterated that Box Theatre; Multi-Purpose Venue, Web Editor or shell. So to fit those out we’ll need a when completed may a proposal for a the Department of Education do not Campus Bar and Sports Facilities: Sports Nick Moloney considerable fund of money,” he added. levy be brought forward to Council for provide funding for sports and student Hall, Gym, Fitness studios, Strength [email protected] “We also want to develop an indoor approval. centres. and Conditioning suites, changing sports. So that will provide space for a “A number of these conditions have She said: “To fund these important facilities, and Climbing Wall). “There good permanent home for things like a been completed, however there are facilities, students in all Irish Univer- has been no formal agreement as yet Sub Editors student bar, clubs and socs space, DIT- still conditions that are a cause for sities have so far contributed through with student representatives around Samuel McHugh & Jack SU space and some sporting functions,” contention.” what is known as a student levy. For the introduction of a levy in DIT but McGuire Horan added. He continued: “Most notably is the example, over the last five years Dun- discussions are on-going.” [email protected] “The way it varies compared to other condition around the governance of dalk IT; Maynooth University; University Production Editor Jenny Murphy Byrne [email protected] STIs on the Rise The total number of students screened for the among men compared with 934 for the same EDITORIAL Sub Editor year 2015/2016 was 490, with 269 being “symp- period last year, an increase of 60%.