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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License JAMES DYSON AWARD LONDON FASHION WEEK NEWS P5 LIFESTYLE P20 Supported by DIT News Soc 10th October 2012 Vo2 No 2 www.edition.ie DIT Students assaulted Charlie Heasman were punched, the girl hard in the face with Speaking a few days later to The Edition, from the Gardaí is to think about where phone can be snatched in an instant in a a closed fist. The assailants ran off with she said: “The punch in the face was bad and you are walking, try to remain in a crowded street. Students are being warned to take their bags. enough but I’m tough, I’ll get over it. I just group, and use public transport or taxis Students are advised to keep a firm hold precautions in order to stay safe on the The students contacted An Gardaí, want my stuff back.” wherever possible. This is not always easy on personal possessions and to be aware of streets of Dublin. The call comes after who were sympathetic and helpful, but A source in An Garda Síochána, who to do while subsisting on a student grant, people around them at all times. Bicycles the latest reported incident which took by this time the attackers had long since does not wish to be named, said that in but these two had decided to save the bus should be locked to a secure object when place last Monday night. disappeared. The female student came off reality there was very little chance of fare by walking and subsequently paid the left unattended, preferably through the Two DIT students, one male, the other worse in the incident because, while her her regaining her property, “except for price. frame rather than one of the wheels. female, were walking home along the friend had little of value in his bag, she lost her empty bag and books dumped in an Street theft does not necessarily have to One Mountjoy Sq student returned to his North Circular Road at 11pm when they her credit cards, iPod, house keys, mobile alleyway somewhere, perhaps.” include an element of personal violence. locked bike last year to find that all that were attacked without warning by two phone and library books. Such attacks, although uncommon, Many students have reported the theft of remained was the back wheel, a situation youths. They resisted the attack but both She was left badly shaken by the incident. unfortunately do happen. The advice unattended bicycles, and a bag or mobile which he described as being “almost worse than losing the whole thing.” Socs Fair split in two – “These things happen at DIT” Alistair McConnell These two much smaller areas created Deputy Editor some problems in terms of space, with several societies putting in a big effort to The new year of DIT societies began make themselves stand out to students. on a chaotic note, as the annual ‘Socs Societies play a vital role in college Fair’ was relocated only 24 hours before life, and are effectively launched each commencing. It has emerged that only academic year by the fair, which generates one day before the fair was to launch, a huge amount of attention for each Aungier Street staff were informed that group, and attracts the vast majority of the courtyard space had been double sign-ups. Speaking to Teri O’Boyle, booked. As yet, no explanation has been Communications and Volunteering Officer released by the college. in the DIT Societies Office, The Edition Conflicting with the Societies Fair this has heard that the reorganisation of the year was the annual Guidance Counsellor fair was indeed “last minute.” Open Day, which brings counsellors “It was stressful enough,” she says. from schools across Ireland to DIT to “There was a double booking in the discuss the college’s teaching styles and courtyard, so we were put into the foyer. disciplinary approaches. The meeting has We only found out about 24 hours before. a prominent place in the DIT calendar, in “It worked out fine on the day, I terms of advertising the college, forming suppose. The fair was more in the links with schools, and attracting future students’ faces because of it, in front of students. everyone as they walked in. Space was Once the conflict came to light, it was tight but we worked around it. These the Societies fair that fell victim to the things happen at DIT.” error, and were forced to split in two and But despite the significant upheaval relocate to the foyer area of the campus, as well as the basement’s communal area. continued p4 Societies Week on Aungier St. saw the event split in two to accomodate an annual guidance councillor meeting NEWS LIFESTYLE MONEY CULTURE Music Students Murdered Movie night rained off London Fashion Week Living Cheap Mumford and Sons’ and Sorcha Richard- Fundamentalist Islamic group in Nigeria Meeting House Square canopies fail to The Edition talks to DIT student Brian The Edition’s Student Shopper is your sons’latest offerings are dissected. targets students for SU activity. keep Dublin drizzle off for Anchorman. Conway about working with top designers. guide to having maximum fun on a P13 P3 P2 P10 limited budget. Socs Fair shoved over A Day in the Life P6 Film Health Centres back Double-booking in Aungier Street forces Jacki Moran, a graduate from the 2012 Bring them your ills; DIT Student clinics Looper, What Richard Did, and the Perks Clubs and Societies fair relocation. Event Management class, tells the Edition reopen after summer break. SCIENCE of Being a Wallflower. P4 about her first career steps at Croker. P14 P2 Students Awarded Manly men in Winter Scéim Cónaithe DIT entrants win big at Undergraduate Do lads even bother with a winter ward- Students and STIs Festival Gaeilgeoirs get gaff discount under DIT Awards as inventive graduate nominated robe? The Edition’s tame fashion guru Students are the most likely group to be Hard Working Class Heroes festival Irish language residency scheme. for James Dyson prize. makes a stirring call to (covering) arms. infected. Got an itch? reviewed. P4 P5 P12 P6 P13 2 www.edition.ie THE EDITION Wednesday October 10 2012 NEWS Numbers Ron Burgundy says: No! 5, 4,7 60 Ireland soccer matches Number of new jobs created in won, drawn, and lost against a Dublin animation studio, after upcoming rivals Germany. BBC re-commissions a children’s TV show 2% Irish population that emigrated last year 407,892,669 8,000,000 Number of YouTube views, at the time of writing, of South Korean Number of contraband Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’. cigarettes seized at Dublin Port Health centre back Amy Grehan the north side, in Bolton St, and one on the south side, in Aungier St. In the words of Professor Farnsworth of Consultation with a Doctor is by Futurama, good news everybody! The appointment only. Students are encouraged DIT Student Health Centre is open for to make appointments as early as possible another year of business. as both clinics tend to book up quickly. According to health centre staff ‘The A consultation with a nurse can include student health centre is extremely busy, we the following; general health discussion, see about five hundred students per week’. contraception advice, sexual health ‘It’s a great service for the students advice, acne management, management of DIT students were denied seeing Will Ferrell’s most colourful creation on the big screen here in Dit’ says media student Aoife Asthma, smoking cessation advice, smear Deegan. ‘As students we are often tight for tests, dietary advice, routine injections, Colin Layde was scheduled as part of the annual DIT with little alternative but to cancel the money so it is a relief not having to pay a removal of sutures, wound dressing, and Deputy News Editor Society and Clubs Festival. The event was outdoor screening of the film; MAD hopes consultation fee’. Psoriasis management. also to act as a showcase for the Dance, to reschedule the screening for a later The health centres mission statement Consultations with both the Doctors and A planned open air showing of Juggling and Samba societies, who were date. states that ‘The DIT health service provides nurses at the DIT Student Health Centre Anchorman: The Legend of Ron scheduled to perform. Money raised from ticket sales was to be a holistic approach to health, providing are free. However, there are some charges Burgundy had to be cancelled due to Anchorman follows Ron Burgundy, a donated to the Well For Zoe organisation on campus health care to those students for specialist clinics, services and products. heavy rain. dim-witted and chauvinistic San Diego The charity works in Malawi, providing pursuing full time & apprenticeship The clinics are open Monday to Friday The screening of the Will Ferrell film news anchor, as he adjusts to the presence clean drinking water to poor and remote courses.