CIT Students’ Union Magazine Volume Twelve, Issue 6 • All the latest CIT news • Nominate your Class Rep for an award • Students’ Union General Elections Safety • Photos from recent CIT events • Latest sports and societies roundup and much more... Week March 28th - 31St CONTENTS 4 President’s notes 5 SAFETY WEEK 2011 CIT Students’ Union, Rossa Ave, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland. 6 WELFARE NOTES 7 SU EXEC VOTING PROCEDURES Telephone: 021 433 5274 Fax: 021 454 5343 8 CONTRIBUTERS FEATURE Email: [email protected] ‘Face off’ Web: www.explicit.ie 9 CIT NOTES expliCIT Production 10 ROCK YOUR SUMMER 17 Keith Brown rundown of the music festivals ahead 19 PROBLEM PAGES CIT Students’ Union 11 PHOTOGALLERY so, you think you have problems?! Were you photographed at any recent President - John Lane events? Four pages of pics from tramps 25 CLUBS AND SOCIETIES NEWS ([email protected]) Ball, oscars Ball, €urostar and rag Week the latest news from Floppy soc, drama Vice President Education - Chris Scanlon soc, Headway, Photographic soc, and ([email protected]) 15 HEALTH LGBT Finally, summer ison the way! Vice President Welfare - Vicki Fitzpatrick 26 GAMES ([email protected]) 16 SPORTS Great prizes on offer for successfully Projects Officer - Niamh Hayes interview with dwayne Crowley, Martial completed entries delivered into the ([email protected]) Arts expert. Also, team sports updates students’ Union office Communications Officer - Sandra Hayes ([email protected]) Entertainments Officer - Gordon Forbes Nominate your Class Rep for an award ([email protected]) The Students’ Union represents and defends its members on matters affecting their rights and in- terests as students of the Institute and as citizens and acts as a channel of communication between Entertainments Manager - its members and the Institute and other bodies. The Union is one of the principal conduits for Mick O’Mahony ([email protected]) expression of students’ opinions, and is recognised as such by the management of the Institute. Since its foundation Class Representatives have been at the core of the Union’s growth and devel- Print opment. They form a pivotal role in the two-way communication between students and the Union. Barnaville Print & Graphics Ltd. Their involvement is integral to the success of events, projects and most importantly campaigns organised by the Union. Advertising Opportunities CIT has almost 17,000 full and part-time students A broad outline of the duties of a Class Representative include: with over 1,500 staff. Why not use expliCIT to pro- mote your business to this large audience? • Representing class at Union Council level • Liaising between the Students’ Union and class groups Copy deadlines, advertising rates and techni- • Liaising between the Students’ Union and academic staff cal specifications are available from our website www.expliCIT.ie or upon request from the • Information dissemination Publications Office. • Organisation of class events expliCIT magazine is published monthly by CIT The Union Council Awards recognises the contribution of Class Representative to the Students’ Students’ Union. The views expressed in the Union and to the Institute as a whole. At this ceremony all active Class Representatives are pre- magazine are those of their authors and are not sented with a Certificate recognising their voluntary contribution to Students’ Union activities necessarily those of CIT Students’ Union. All arti- which is endorsed by the Institute’s Registrar & Vice President for Academic Affairs and the cles and pictures are the property of their respective Students’ Union President. owners and should not be reproduced without their permission. Class Representatives are also nominated for Union Council Awards on an annual basis. This year the student body shall nominate their Class Representative for awards. A nomination form has been sent to all students email accounts and we urge to take a few minute to nominate you Class Representative if you deem them worthy. Forms are to be returned to [email protected] by 5.00pm 18th March 2010. WE NEEd YoU! Send us your thoughts, articles, advice and pictures. If you would like to contribute anything to expliCIT Magazine, please contact Keith in the Publications Office, 1st Floor, Student Centre or email: [email protected] 5 3 President’s NOTE Semester two is rocking! elieve it or not we are people visually due to into week six of thir- what happens on campus, Bteen. Semester two of what visual spectacles are 2010/11 is almost over and lined up, and the amount Under the National Frame- what have we done? of emphasis that is put on safety at home, at work, on work 2030 it is envisaged Well, RAG WEEk is over. I the road or in the water. It that a new Technological must commend all the CIT “ is a week that can teach students for their support, University Sector be every one of us so much, but also their behaviour dur- so make sure to get in- created. CIT is in high level ing the week. Our neighbour- formed. exploratory talks with ing college had a lot of anti- social behaviour incidents which dramatically Make sure to check your emails as well re- WIT and IT Tralee as to an overshadowed any incidents we had, garding the UNIoN CoUNCIL AwardS. amalgamation of the three which were a few, yes, but nothing of any This is your chance to nominate your colleges in the future. great seriousness. This year we raised class rep for an award, if you feel that they money for very grateful Cork Charities. deserve it. Have they looked after any is- This would be quite a It is currently undecided what the break- sues in the class? Did they help you bond significant leap from the down of funds for the various charities will as a group? Did they organise parties? It current set up be but we will keep everyone informed. is up to the students of the college to tell us who the good reps are! This month sees the SU ELECTIoNS. The positions will be filled by candidates As some of you may be aware, under the voted in by their peers. Please make sure National Framework 2030 it is envisaged its five campus locations, including Black- to inform yourselves of the issues and to that a new Technological University Sec- rock Castle Observatory. The full schedule question the candidates on whatever you tor be created. CIT is in high level explora- of events is now confirmed and available may feel is appropriate. It is important to tory talks with WIT and IT Tralee as to an at http://www.cit.ie/currentnews?id=178” choose the best student reps that you amalgamation of the three colleges in the can as they bring your views and your is- future. This would be quite a significant I hope the month goes well for you all, and sues to the management of the college on leap from the current set up. if you should ever need anything or have a daily basis. any questions, always feel free to ask. CIT this year hosts INNovatioN WEEk SAfETY WEEk is also lined up for the from 7th - 11th March 2011. Entrepre- Wishing you all the best, end of the month. Of all the Welfare Cam- neurship and Innovation are among the John Lane paigns, Safety Week is the most high pro- hot topics under discussion at a week- file around campus. It affects the most long series of events taking place across Booze myth # 1 Think she can hold her drink as well as he can? False - sorry ladies, its genetics! Check out drinkaware.ie for the full story Booze myth #2 Think you’d feel better if you hadn’t mixed your drinks? False - it’s not the number of different types of drinks that give you a hangover, it’s the number of drinks full stop. BOOZE MYTHS Booze myth #3 Think alcohol is a stimulant? False - although alcohol may be initially stimulating, it is essentially a depressant. UNCOVERED Booze myth #4 Think it was the booze that made you text your ex last night? False - researchers around the world have proved it’s possible for people who have been drinking to control their behaviour if they want to. Booze myth #5 Think certain drinks make you act unlike yourself? The booze contained in every alcoholic drink is pretty much the same stuff, ethanol with flavourings. Booze myth #6 Think lining your stomach with milk will stop you puking after drinking? False - Lining your stomach only delays how quickly alcohol finds its way into your bloodstream, it doesn’t prevent it. 4 Safety Week 2011 oad safety is the main feature of may not know too much about the course and in people with heart problems, a large CIT safety week. In 2010 212 peo- so the questions below will hopefully percentage of the victims are people with Rple died on Irish roads and it is the provide you with all the information you no known risk factors. SU’s aim to highlight safety tips and in- need! formation throughout the week. What does the Irish Heart foun- The safety messages which we want all What is Defibrillator? dation say about AEDs? students to be made aware of during the Automatic External Defibrillator is used to The Irish Heart Foundation and the Ameri- week include: Reducing speed, wearing administer an electric shock to a person can Heart Association strongly supports a safety belt, never ever driving while who is having a cardiac arrest. AEDs are having AEDs in public areas such as sports under the influence of drugs or alcohol, designed to allow non medical personnel to arenas, office complexes, schools, doctors’ never texting or making phone save lives.