by Tom Molloy Imagine waking up at 9am on a Sunday during a global pandemic. Someone is rattling some dishes in the kitchen downstairs, a lawnmower gently whirrs in the distance, your throat is ticklish, and your head is pounding. You’ve definitely got Covid. Nothing to do with the eleven bottles of Peroni you drank throughout the course of your Zoom meeting last … [Read more...] about How Has the Pandemic Affected Our Drinking Habits
Archives for November 2020
How American politics affect Ireland
By Alice O’Donnell 3 November. US Election Day. I had the day meticulously planned out. Late to bed the night before, then late to rise, classwork followed by a nap between midnight to 3am, and then awake for the results that would inevitably fly in. Bed at 6am, and up for my 10am class. Easy-peasy. Naturally, planning a day always goes more smoothly than the actual … [Read more...] about How American politics affect Ireland
How the White Saviour complex is damaging the environment
Slaine McKenna Be it Skeeter from The Help, Alan Ward from Mississippi Burning or Leigh Anne from The Blind Side you’ve probably come across the White Saviour at some point, the privileged character that helps someone from an oppressed group in a patronising and often historical inaccurate manner. Unfortunately, this arc type is not relegated to the screen. It is … [Read more...] about How the White Saviour complex is damaging the environment
Out of Danger Out of Touch
By Diarmaid Hehir As you’ve no doubt been told in a thousand different ways by a thousand different people, 2020 is far from a normal year. It’s probably not as apocalyptic as some on the internet would have us believe, but its still a pretty crazy year. There’s a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a wild American election brimming with anger and emotion and the … [Read more...] about Out of Danger Out of Touch
Laptop Loan Scheme Easing the Stress of Remote Learning
By Paddy Henry An initiative by NUI Galway to provide laptops on lease to students from low income households has proven to be successful, with over 600 students having their applications accepted. The scheme, which opened in September is run through the NUI Galway’s Access Centre and is part of the package of Covid 19 supports for higher and further education institutions, … [Read more...] about Laptop Loan Scheme Easing the Stress of Remote Learning