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Quoting ohhmy from 23:58, 29th Mar 2008 As a former steward and the only one, since Dicky (I believe) to have had every dinner break even I think I have something to add. The situation on Wednesday night was obviously unfortunate. An agreed set price with a restaurant and numbered tickets with food...

36) London theatre director has mid-life crisis and lusts after girl compared to species of shrub and grateful dead album

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"When I came back to Dublin, I was courtmartialled in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

Quoting Jono from 23:01, 28th Jun 2007 Quoting Laura from 12:30, 28th Jun 2007 Laura, with no personal offence intended; is this really what student representation has been reduced to? We’re not entitled to our views because we’re not as clued up on the ins and outs of university governing structur...

I love how people come on the sinner talking about things like the increase in hall fees and overseas students and take a position on them without doing any research into whether what they are saying is right, how the University is governed or what restrictions are placed on a University by governme...

I don't think there is any failure- everyone agreed on it, because otherwise, the University wouldn't have been able to run the residence system anymore and it would have been contracted out. Needs must. [hr] "When I came back to Dublin, I was courtmartialled in my absence and sentenced to death in ...

Quoting Frank from 15:43, 25th Jun 2007 Quoting Laura from 11:39, 25th Jun 2007 'On his watch'- by that statement you are arguing that every thing that has happened since he became Principal should be attributed to him- CEOs and figure heads don't make direct decisions on what should be charged for...

Quoting exnihilo from 13:29, 25th Jun 2007 It's not just this lot, it's the culture of the place, they still have a fairly militant left-wing outlook (cos they're students, apparently) and tend to go for the confrontation first rather than the quiet chat. Still, not to worry. I'll be over on Saturd...

: ( Maybe, I wouldn't know. They seem nice at the moment.
They're coming over to St Andrews tomorrow for lunch.

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"When I came back to Dublin, I was courtmartialled in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

Quoting exnihilo from 11:59, 25th Jun 2007 Oh, now, Laura, be fair - Muir Russell is a really nice bloke as well, and I've never had any trouble getting to see him - or, indeed, bumping into him at the shops. Well I obviously don't know him personally, but the guys at Glasgow don't have the relatio...

Quoting macgamer from 09:12, 25th Jun 2007
But his accent doesn't help, what on earth is it?

Edinburgh.

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"When I came back to Dublin, I was courtmartialled in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

'On his watch'- by that statement you are arguing that every thing that has happened since he became Principal should be attributed to him- CEOs and figure heads don't make direct decisions on what should be charged for things like that. We were in a financial black hole and the Quaestor & Factor an...

Quoting Frank from 21:18, 24th Jun 2007 Quoting exnihilo from 16:23, 24th Jun 2007 it seems a little harsh to judge him as smug when you know nothing of the man, his nature, his humour, or his interests. It does indeed. In fact, I'd normally say it is bang out of order to do so. However... look at ...

We went before it a couple of months ago and it was fine. We kept the late license and stated our usual case about how it is better for people to end up with us as a last port of call so that we can put them on the night bus and keep them as quiet as is possible in the car park. I'm not sure anyone ...

I'm always surprised Brian gets such a hard time from students- he's actually a really nice bloke and is much more aware of what goes on in the student community than most principals are. I think there's an element of just bashing whoever is in authority. Even Sir Kenneth didn't do all of the gradua...

I did it last year and enjoyed it. The course co-ordinator is Alex Davis. I think they don't put the reading list up because they might drop something/put something new on there and it avoids people moaning because they signed up for it because of a particular novel. Last year (2005-6) there was Reg...

I think that quite a lot of the work the DoSDA does with the Careers Service and with the University isn't obvious to the student body, because it is working on long term projects like personal tutoring systems and personal development planning that hasn't really been unveiled yet and isn't likely t...

I actually thought that the world was going to end last night. I was hiding under my covers! I don't think I've ever heard thunder and lightning be so loud. [hr] "When I came back to Dublin, I was courtmartialled in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my...

Quoting exnihilo from 12:01, 29th May 2007 We don't need to wait for the speech. There's not a person in the world who spends their days speculating about what Brian Lang might say in a speech. The story will have been based on an advance copy of the speech sent out by our public relations people. ...

You need to wait until he's actually made the speech- I think he will call for a review and say that a graduate tax, amongst other options (tuition fees) should be looked at as options. I think the press have picked on one of his many suggestions and emphasized it a bit much- but I could be wrong. L...

I think they have genuine problems when people start throwing flour and eggs and that sort of stuff, so they have to be quite strict. I was interviewing wardens for halls in the Quaestor's office at the same time as exams were going on last May and he saw someone out of the window chuck some flour. ...