CIT Students’ Union Magazine Volume Eleven - Issue One College Fees Inglorious Campaign Basterds Striking How to Be a a Balance Stingy Student Editorial Opinion CIT Students’ Union Rossa Ave, Bishopstown Cork, Ireland. Telephone: 021 493 3120 Fax: 021 454 5343 Email: [email protected] expliCIT Staff Editor - Killian Hughes Design & Advertising - Philip O’Reilly Contributions Gearóid Buckley John Lane Dee Conroy Mick O’Mahony Dan Collins Gar O’Brien Young Fine Gael Society Eric Marah Eoin O’Loingsigh CIT Students’ Union President - Gearóid Buckley ([email protected]) Vice President Education - John lane ([email protected]) Vice President Welfare - Deirdre Conroy ([email protected]) Entertainments Officer - Kelvin McLaughlin ([email protected]) Hi All Projects Officer - James O’Toole ([email protected]) Welcome back to another year in the great halls of CIT, or in the case of the Fresher’s welcome Communications Officer - Killian Hughes to CIT I hope your time here will be enjoyable. ([email protected]) Just to tell ye a little about myself if you don’t know me already. My name is Killian Hughes, I am Print a third year studying Business Information Systems. And I am the current Communication’s Barnaville Print & Graphics LTD Officer in the Students’ Union. My job is to take lots of photos of all CITSU event’s such as Fresher’s Ball, Christmas Day and Rag Week and well any night out really so be ready to say Advertising Opportunities cheese! If you have any good photos of your friends that you would like to see in the magazine CIT has almost 17,000 full and part-time students please feel free to send them in and we will do our best to get them in. If you feel like writing with over 1,500 staff. Why not use expliCIT to pro- an article or two please feel free to send them in too. This is a student magazine for the students mote your business to this large audience? so it might as well be written by the students. You will see articles on how to manage your money Copy deadlines, advertising rates and technical and about place’s to go out. Well that’s me in a nut shell. specifications are available from our website www.expliCIT.ie or upon request from the As for the upcoming year we have a lot planned and I am not going to ruin the surprise so you’ll Publications Office. all have to wait and see. Freshers week will be lots of fun and I expect to see you all out having fun and making sure that this recession is not getting everyone down because recession means session. Well that is me done for another issue. If you see me around the college please feel free to say hello and stop to have a chat expliCIT magazine is published monthly by CIT Students’ Union. The views expressed in the maga- Shake it easy zine are those of their authors and are not necessar- ily those of CIT Students’ Union. All articles and pic- Killian Hughes tures are the property of their respective owners SU Communication’s Officer and should not be reproduced without their permis- sion. P.S. Check out our new website We Need You! www.explicit.ie If you would like to contribute to expliCIT please contact Philip in the Publications Office, 1st Floor, Student Centre or email: [email protected] • expliCIT 10th Anniversary ne t issue: • Computers & Technology Advice See www.expliCIT.ie for magazine • Freshers Week Photos dates and copy deadlines by Dee How to be a Stingy Student Conroy College is expensive – FACT. We at CIT Student Union are here to help how- If you’re addicted to your morning latte/cappuccino you better break the ever we can and are willing to share our wisdom for free…remember that habit; it’s costing you about €912.50 a year; imagine how many packs of word; it’s gonna be your favourite one in the coming years and you’ll hear noodles you could buy! So forget the caffeine fix; if you need to stay awake it all too rarely… just pinch yourself continually until your arm turns blue….it may hurt but it will be cost effective and you’ll probably increase your pain threshold just First tip; make friends with your class rep and friends working for promo in case you ever find yourself in a Jack Bauer torture type scenario. companies and nightclubs. They’re the ones who can help you out on the social side of things. So ignore any hygiene issues he may have/her annoy- Avoid eating out; but if you’re forced (e.g. your best mates 21st, you prob- ing habit of quoting Sex and the City at every given moment and plant ably can’t avoid) insist on breaking up people into smaller tables; say it’s yourself firmly at their side; at least until re-election time…then it’s your more personal that way (you really just want to escape the large group gra- chance to cut out the middle man and raise your profile to become chief in tuity). Never spend money on your gruaig; find a friend with a steady hand. command and ditch that buzz-kill; just be wary of the new guy/girl who Or if you have no friends look out for hairdressers that run training pro- laughs way to hard at your Simpsons impressions. They’ve probably hatched grammes; they’re usually free or at least discounted. If things go wrong, the same plan; evil geniuses… just say you are copying singer Cassie’s new “half head shaved off, half still long” hair-do! You are sooo on trend right now! Now that you’re on the road to freebies heaven you need to know how to avoid other costs. It may be scary and tiring but it’s cheap so suck it up…get Go to the cinema early in the day, when it’s cheaper; if your object of inter- on yer bike! No more waiting for the bus or a lift for you as you sail past est finds it strange that you want to arrange a date for Friday morning then grumpy commuters with a smug smile…just watch out for rogue bus driv- just explain that you’re not a sheep; you’re a wolf. If she/he looks at you ers and taxis…they hate cyclists and are out to obliterate every one of strangely then it’s just because they’re intrigued. Bring your student card them. everywhere and flash it on all available occasions; if the guy in Spar gets annoyed with you asking for a discount on milk just tell him you have a cal- Although one and two cents coins might be the most annoying thing since cium deficiency; confusing people can work wonders. the Crazy Frog ring tone, they add up so make sure to hold on to them. Save them in a big jar in your room and when it fills go to the bank and Improve your blagging skills; try and walk past bouncers with an air of ruin the bank-tellers morning (if they don’t like counting they shouldn’t be importance and a sideways glance of recognition; if they try and stop you there). Pick up rogue coins on the street; if you’re around someone you smile and say ‘Seriously lads; I’m in here all the time. I’m a friend of Johns’ want to impress use the whole ‘find a penny pick it up…’ thing,it’s cute and (everyone knows a John). If they aren’t buying it, proclaim loudly, “No you will sound much better than ‘yesssss that’s 10 cent so far today!’ (NB being can’t take me out for dinner some time….jeeez” and walk away casually. stingy should be a secretive operation in front of members of the opposite (Especially effective if you’re a guy!) sex). Be aware that these may not always be taken well; some people may catch Make friends with noodles, and beans; not together though - that would on to your meanness and confront you about your Scrooge-like ways. In the be disgusting. Potatoes are another great cheap choice, and traditional; it’s likely event that this happens tell them that you’re doing undercover important to stick to your roots. Make your main meal of the day a nutri- research on how to cut corners as a student in Ireland; not only will they tious and delicious meal in CIT canteen. The food is decent, hot and cheap back-off but it will make you appear interesting and mysterious. And and that will save you having to cook a major meal later on and having remember the best things in life can be free (with a little creativity and your house mates rob half of it! effort). 3 Latest News Campus News Café Fraiche Quits CIT “...I am of course disappointed and frustrated, I understood that they were finding it difficult but not to this degree. ...” Café Fraiche notified CIT just days before the start of term that they will not lease I believe this large space could be put o another use to benefit stu- be returning to the Bishopstown Campus for this academic term. When dents.” ExpliCIT contacted Aramark ( Café Fraiche), they refused to comment on why they are breaking their lease agreement and not returning. When asked if this location could be now used for a bar, Gearóid comment- ed “We cannot speculate on the use of this unit until I am briefed with the CIT Students’ Union President, Gearóid Buckley is shocked and disappointed financial implications for the Students’ Centre and Aramark.