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A Graduate’s Guide to Making Friends In College

The beginning of college is exhilarating and terrifying. In the weeks building up to the start of first year, everyone you meet tells you it will be the best time of your young life. Nodding along and muttering something associated with ‘Can’t wait to start!’, the back of your mind niggles away at you – ‘Is college really for me? What if I don’t like my course? What if I can’t make friends?’ This enters almost every prospective student’s mind, so don’t worry too much. In fact, think of it as a positive. Worrying about something is a solid indicator that it holds importance to you. As you frantically think […]

Expectations Versus Reality of an Irish Freshers’ Week

Ah yes, the most awaited week of the year for any college student, old and new. The week in which we all get absolutely hammered, despite the overwhelming amount of work thrown at us. For people starting out college, freshers’ week is seen as a magical time. A stage where in which one can completely forget about the agonising leaving cert they just sat and begin their college life. However, expectations are ALWAYS set quite high and I am not here to disappoint you, but to warn you that freshers’ week is not one big TGIF music video by Katy Perry. The Disappointing First Day From growing up, we all […]

What You Should Be Watching On Netflix Right Now

Netflix has done another great job at adding some top titles to their ever-growing library this summer. Check out our recommendations of the best movies and TV series to watch right now. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Star Wars fans will have to wait until December of this year for Episode VIII, but this stand-alone chapter of the saga (part of the Star Wars anthology series) is a great addition to the series. Set before A New Hope, the movie follows a group of rebels which are trying to steal plans for the Death Star, the Empire’s main superweapon of the original trilogy. Not featuring the traditional opening crawl […]