CIT Students’ Union Magazine Volume Fifteen, Issue 2 15TH-17TH OCT S.H.A.G.* Week 2013 Sexual Health, Awareness & Guidance Week ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: • Student Protest • S.H.A.G. Week Schedule • Sports & Socs • Volunteer Abroad • Photo Gallery • Special Features and much more... *S.H.A.G. stands for Sexual Health, Awareness & Guidance J1J1 USAUSA Thousands of Memories... 2014 One J1 Summer WIN a J1 programme, flights, insurance & accommodation! Visit www.j1.ie to enter T: 1850 518 472 SAYIT TRAVEL, 76 Grand Parade, Cork CIT’s Club for 2013-14 is the Savoy. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10.30pm. See you there! For class parties, contact the SU office for the best deals. Email: [email protected] *S.H.A.G.. stands for Sexual Health, Awareness Contents and Guidance CIT Students’ Union, Bishopstown, Cork. 4 SU OfficerS’ AddreSS Tel: 021 433 5274 E: [email protected] facebook.com/CITSU Twitter.com/CITSU 6 SEX Thats right, we said the ‘S’ word! Web: www.explicit.ie 8 S.H.A.G.* Week Timetable expliCIT Production, Design & Advertising - Keith Brown 10 STi’S... geT THe fActs, nOT CIT Students’ Union THE STI President - Danny O’ Donovan [email protected] VP Education - Rich McCarthy [email protected] 12 Photo gallery VP Welfare - Ciara O’Connor [email protected] Projects Officer - Aaron Dennehy 14 SPeciAl feature T urn that face- [email protected] book addiction into your most powerful Communications Officer - Michael Linehan weapon [email protected] S.H.A.G. Week 2013, stars the Gummi Bear Entertainments Officer - Dean O’Doherty 15T VO e fOr yOUr mAin rag Kama Sutra. (No Gummi Bears were eaten [email protected] Week cHAriTy fOr 2014 in the production of this issue) Entertainments Manager - Mick O’Mahony [email protected] 16 ciT SOcieTieS VOlUnTeer 22 WiSdOm Of THe world Advertising Opportunities AbrOAd PrOGrAm CIT has almost 17,000 full and part-time students with over 1,500 staff. Why not use expliCIT to promote your business 22 crOSSWOrd to this large audience? 18 THe inTern The college Project Hard cash prize on offer. delivered Copy deadlines, advertising rates and technical specifica- entries into the Students’ Union office tions are available from our website www.expliCIT.ie or 19 STUdenT PrOTest upon request from the Publications Office. expliCIT magazine is published monthly by CIT Students’ 23 CIT freSHerS Week reVieW Union. The views expressed in the magazine are those of 20 SOcS news their authors and are not necessarily those of CIT Students’ WINNER OF LAST issues CROSSWORD: Union. All articles and pictures are the property of their 21 SPOrTS news respective owners and should not be reproduced without Colin Long, BS3-C their permission. 3 ’Union Welcome to S.H.A.G. Week Students’ So you have just settled back into college and I hope you are enjoying it. There has been lots of stuff happening with theGood Start Programme, Fresh- ers Week, S.H.A.G. Day, protests and lots more. Now it’s time Off icers for S.H.A.G. week. There are lots of fun activities, events and information stands in the main Corridor from the 14th to the 17th October. This is the first of the Welfare campaigns that I will be Address running this year, and it’s a really exciting week. S.H.A.G. stands for Sexual Health and Guidance and this week I aim to run an interactive campaign so that you can get educated on sexual Dear all, health, and to promote GREAT SEX! “Only one in five Irish men and women say one of their major sources of sex The first few weeks have been education was from school. A huge forty one per cent said they got most of their absolutely crazy. With the budget knowledge from friends and peers, thirty five per cent said they turn to books for been held earlier, there was fierce insight, thirty one per cent look to magazines and twenty seven per cent got their pressure on the Union to coordi- education from mainstream television programmes.” nate and mobilize students very This comes from the Durex Sexual Well-Being Survey 2012. This is why S.H.A.G. week early in the year. That time of the is such an important week and such a great opportunity to be involved, Look out for the year is crazy enough with Freshers exhibition in the main corridor from Tuesday to Thursday and our timetable of events which will be going on during the week. There will be giveaways, competitions, games week and all the usual chaos that and workshops so get involved! Also, the Welfare crew will be around during the week goes with everyone settling in, not with Welfare Bear and Super Sperm so keep an eye out for them too and get a picture to mention throwing a protest on with them. Remember to stock up on condoms that will be given out free during the top of it. week. Don’t forget we will have off-site campus days the following week. Have a great week, enjoy it and practice safe sex! We suspect that the government If you have any questions or want to get involved with the Welfare crew please don’t may have scheduled this way in hesitate to contact me: E: [email protected] Tel: 0214335273 other to weaken the student move- Ciara O’Connor Vice-President Welfare. ment but on the contrary, I’d like to thank everyone who came on and showed your support on the Important Academic Calendar day. The shouting and roaring that was done on the day was very loud Amendments 2013-14 (Exams) and condemning and the fact that Semester One CIT students made the Irish Times, The Examiner, RTE six one news, Day Month Event Evening Echo, RedFM and 96FM 14-21 December Examinations would support that case. Semester Two Note of importance. There have Day Month Event been lots of negotiations regarding the academic calendar so please 06-08 January Examinations see below some important changes. Finally I would just like to bring to your attention that some drunken student fell into my car on Tuesday night and caused a nice amount of damage. He woke up the morn- ing after with a sore head and he’ll have sore pockets by the time I’m finished with him. Moral of the story is there are some stupid ass drunk people around the place at the best of the times. Don’t be that person. Danny O’ Donovan 4 Hi all, My name is Dean O’Doherty and I’m your Entertainments Officer for the academic year 2013/2014. I Hope everybody enjoyed the many events of Fresh- Class Rep Elections ers W eek, and now that people have settled in. I understand that many of you are Since the start of week two the Union interested in organising class parties etc. I am here to assist in that matter whether Officers have been visiting first year you want to go bowling, paintballing, go karting, to a bar or anything wacky you classes to host the formal elections can think of, I am here to help. I can be contacted via email at dean.odoherty@my- of Class Reps. We were met with im- cit.ie with any queries. I will do all within my power to accommodate your needs. If mense enthusiasm and competition you have any ideas of events for the year or RAG Week, I would love to hear them. from a high standard of candidates. Regards, Dean O’Doherty For those elected congratulations, you just opened a door to an endless world of opportunity. Make sure to register at: citsu.ie Voter Registration On Wednesday 25th and Monday 30th September the CIT SU in con- junction with USI ran the voter regis- tration stand in the main corridor with enormous success. The aim of the strategy was to get students signed up to SERD (Student Elector Reg- istration Database) that will contact students directly about elections and referendums. For students to legally register to vote they completed the form sent to them and followed the instructions provided. Over 700 students signed up mean- ing we all now have an even stronger voice when tackling rising fees and grants cut. More proof that students Important Academic Calendar do vote, students care and should be looked after not exploited. Amendments 2013-14 (Exams) Student Apologises for Reckless Behaviour... The Students’ Union organised an event whereby damage was done on the day and a subsequent event had to be cancelled. The type of damage that was done SUSI Campus tour was scandalous and it will not be tolerated. The apology below was volunteered On Thursday 26th September the and for that reason leniency was shown and it was decided that this issue would CIT SU invited John Conroy, Head of be resolved as locally as possible. The apology was accepted with a commitment Communications at SUSI, on campus from the student to contribute to the wellness of the community in CIT via involve- to assist any students with questions ment in Students’ Union activities. they had about the grant landscape and help those with cases left unre- Dear Students of Cork Institute of Technology, solved. Mr. Conroy managed to settle Please accept my deepest and sincerest apologies for my actions in regard to over twenty five cases on the day as “the damage I caused to the bus on the Seisúin Mór event which was so kindly well as countless answered queries.