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Ireland’s Oldest Student Newspaper
Vol. 70, Issue 9
!"#$%&'"#()*(!+!(,-.()&(/0"#1( 2)#3'3)*4&(5'&*)64#78()##"%#243(4742*43( Third year student Faith Olopade was elected CSC Chair following the mixup *<0"=+!!&.>&$! !"#$%&'()*+,'-
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HERE WAS CONFUSION AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) OF THE CENTRAL Societies Committee (CSC) at the end of last month when the
-./0)123/ 4*'5$5*,'/ "6"7$"8/ wrong candidates were mistakenly to Trinity News’ request for societies were granted provisional %,7*,$"'$"8/ recognition by the CSC for Hillary announced as elected before being comment. Following the mix up, Faith term, including three societies who promptly unelected. #$/9,#6/%,5*,/ According to those present Olopade was elected CSC Chair. were previously derecognised. DU Dance, PoolSoc and the at the AGM, the results were Olapade, a third year Computer incorrectly read in reverse order so Science student currently serves as Geographical Society (GeogSoc), 7*%,756 that the candidates with the least an ordinary member on the CSC who were derecognised after amount of votes were thought to have won their respective races. Shortly thereafter, it was announced that a mistake had been made and the correct winners were announced. Speaking to Trinity News, one society treasurer who was present at the event said: “They had basically inverted it. So in races where there were three people, the person who they had read out had actually come third, not first. So it all got flipped.” “It was quite an intense moment. The whole room was like ‘Oh my goodness’”, the treasurer added. The CSC has not responded
executive. Henry James, who is also a current ordinary member of the executive, was elected Treasurer. While Jack Palmer was elected Secretary and Conor Grimes was elected Amenities Officer. Martha Ryan, Anna Sawicka, Bernice Guerrero, Leah Weldon, Conor Casey, Rachel Doyle, Fáolan Doeke-Launders, and Florentina Chelaru were elected as ordinary members of the CSC Executive Committee. The CSC is the College body responsible for the funding and recognition of societies on campus. This year, a record-high nine
failing to submit accounts for two years, were among 14 who applied for recognition by the CSC.To be provisionally recognised, a society must present a petition with 200 staff and student signatures to the CSC. Provisional recognition by the CSC lasts for eighteen months. Provisional societies are eligible for grants. To gain full recognition, societies must submit accounts of the income and expenditure of at least one year, a constitution and evidence showing that the society has 50 or more fully paid-up members.
4"#$#!%. ?0==./"&/ ,$-&"'0% Construction of the main stage of Trinity Ball (T-Ball) on Front Square began on Friday, April 5, as students prepare for the annual campus ball taking place this Friday. Access to New Square, the former site of the event’s main stage, has been lost due to the new Book of Kells experience.
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HE PART-TIME OFFICERS (PTOS) OF TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN STUDENTS’ UNION (TCDSU) along with other positions for 2024/25 were elected at the last council of the year on April 2, with 10 positions elected uncontested. Other positions elected this evening include chair of council, three faculty convenors and Chair of Trinity Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Implementation Group (Trinity BDS). Current LGBTQ Rights Officer Nina Crofts was elected citizenship officer after running unopposed. Aisling Dillon and Patrick Keegan were elected off-campus officer and international officer, both running unopposed. An emergency motion to establish a specific student carer officer position was passed without opposition, with Katelyn Mullan Galvin being elected in an uncontested race. The position was created to allow the union to continue supporting student parents when a *+$!#$,&-.+$./01&.233
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T-Ball tickets sold out in approximately eight minutes this year. Trinity Ball will be headlined by British indie rock artist Bakar.
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Other acts to play at the ball include HorsegiirL, kingfishr, Charlotte Plank, SHEE, The Cope, and Bruising Shins.
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