The Annual General Meeting took place last Monday. All results are now available on the forum at http://www.uccphilosoph.com/. Congratulations to the committee elect of the 162nd session.
Speaker development has ended for the year. It will resume next year under Sophie Scannell.
The final of the Irish Mace will take place in UCC on Friday, April 8th at 19.00 in the Honan Chapel. John Beechinor and Sean Butler will open the debate. UCD and Trinity College Dublin provide the remaining teams. Food will be served from 18.00 in the Elec Eng building LL1 prior to the debate. Former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald has agreed to chair the debate and address the House. The motion is That This House Would Introduce 50% Gender Quotas into Dáil Éireann. A massive social will follow.
Euros trials are taking place on Thursday and Friday 14th and 15th of April. The format will be individual trials on the first day. The CA team will put teams together for team trials on the Friday. Sign up is currently open on the facebook page and on the forum.
The new committee will take over on June 1st.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The Busiest Month of the Year
March is here, the end of the 162nd session approaches but there is so much to do before we finish up for the year...
Last night saw the Philosoph host a debate on WikiLeaks. The motion That This House Believes WikiLeaks is a Threat to the International Community proved insightful, stimulating and entertaining. The guest speakers, Daniel P McCarthy, graduate of London School of Economics and Dublin Institute of Technology Lecturer Harry Browne gave high quality speeches with an amazing amount of detail and persuasive examples where the leaking of information was both good and bad for the international community. The topic produced some very fine speeches from the crowd and the Philosoph woould like to extend their gratitude to everyone who attended and contributed.
Development will continue every Tuesday at 19.00 outside the Kane. Tonight the format will be Maidens style so people will have the opportunity to work on their oratory skills individually without having to align their arguments with a teammates. This is to prepare people for National Maidens which is on March 18th in Dublin. This is an individual debating competition fo new speakers only and Sophie Scannell is the Debuty Chief Adjudicator. UCC will be sending a large delegation and urge all speakers to come to development tonight and see what it is like. The final of our internal Maidens Competition is taking place tomorrow night, Wednesday March 9th at 19.00 in the North Wing. We hope you all can make it and offer support to the finalists; Saoirse Carberry, Davy Jones, Nick Mishkee Liddane, Ciara Grant, Aisling Ryan and Eva Cummins. The motion is That This House Would Legalise Incest between Consenting Adults.
This weekend is he UL Intervarsities. If you are interested in going but have not yet signed up please e-mail Sophie at competitive@uccphiloosph.com. We are approaching the end of the debating season with only the UL and DCU IVs during the semester. Make sure you attend at least one of these so that can you leave the circuit happy with the year of debating you put in and prepare yourself perhaps for the European Championship Trials (details of Trials will be posted at a later date).
Next Monday, March 14th is the Aid Debate. As usual it will start at 19.30 in Kane G19. There will be two guest speakers and their speeches will be followed by an open floor in which the audience can contribute. Should Ireland continue to provide foreign aid when the money is so badly needed at home? Do we have a moral responsibility to people in develoing countries? Or are we in fact failing in our responsibility to our own citizens by sending money abroad when they are in desperate need? Hear the arguments form both sides, find out what your peers think and share your views with us this Monday.
Nominations for all elected committee positions for the 162nd session are now open on the forum at http://www.uccphilosoph.com/. Nominations close at 18.00 on March 21st. If you are interested in running for any position check out the forums and talk to anybody on committee.
Also coming up this session is the Gold Medal (an internal debating competition open to all UCC students) on Monday, March 21st; the DCU IV on March 25th and 26th; our Annual General Meeting on March 28th and in April we are hosting the final of the Irish Mace.
Last night saw the Philosoph host a debate on WikiLeaks. The motion That This House Believes WikiLeaks is a Threat to the International Community proved insightful, stimulating and entertaining. The guest speakers, Daniel P McCarthy, graduate of London School of Economics and Dublin Institute of Technology Lecturer Harry Browne gave high quality speeches with an amazing amount of detail and persuasive examples where the leaking of information was both good and bad for the international community. The topic produced some very fine speeches from the crowd and the Philosoph woould like to extend their gratitude to everyone who attended and contributed.
Development will continue every Tuesday at 19.00 outside the Kane. Tonight the format will be Maidens style so people will have the opportunity to work on their oratory skills individually without having to align their arguments with a teammates. This is to prepare people for National Maidens which is on March 18th in Dublin. This is an individual debating competition fo new speakers only and Sophie Scannell is the Debuty Chief Adjudicator. UCC will be sending a large delegation and urge all speakers to come to development tonight and see what it is like. The final of our internal Maidens Competition is taking place tomorrow night, Wednesday March 9th at 19.00 in the North Wing. We hope you all can make it and offer support to the finalists; Saoirse Carberry, Davy Jones, Nick Mishkee Liddane, Ciara Grant, Aisling Ryan and Eva Cummins. The motion is That This House Would Legalise Incest between Consenting Adults.
This weekend is he UL Intervarsities. If you are interested in going but have not yet signed up please e-mail Sophie at competitive@uccphiloosph.com. We are approaching the end of the debating season with only the UL and DCU IVs during the semester. Make sure you attend at least one of these so that can you leave the circuit happy with the year of debating you put in and prepare yourself perhaps for the European Championship Trials (details of Trials will be posted at a later date).
Next Monday, March 14th is the Aid Debate. As usual it will start at 19.30 in Kane G19. There will be two guest speakers and their speeches will be followed by an open floor in which the audience can contribute. Should Ireland continue to provide foreign aid when the money is so badly needed at home? Do we have a moral responsibility to people in develoing countries? Or are we in fact failing in our responsibility to our own citizens by sending money abroad when they are in desperate need? Hear the arguments form both sides, find out what your peers think and share your views with us this Monday.
Nominations for all elected committee positions for the 162nd session are now open on the forum at http://www.uccphilosoph.com/. Nominations close at 18.00 on March 21st. If you are interested in running for any position check out the forums and talk to anybody on committee.
Also coming up this session is the Gold Medal (an internal debating competition open to all UCC students) on Monday, March 21st; the DCU IV on March 25th and 26th; our Annual General Meeting on March 28th and in April we are hosting the final of the Irish Mace.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
WikiLeaks
This Monday, March 7th at 19.30 in Kane G19 the Philosoph and International Relations Society are debating the pros and cons of WikiLeaks. There will be a two person debate which will be followed by an open floor debate in which the audience will have the opportunity to share their views on the controversial site. Does WikiLeaks contribution to the upholding of ideals like freedom of information outweigh the danger it poses to international security? Some advocate it is not a danger to security. What do you think?
WikiLeaks exploded onto the scene last Novemeber when it began publishing over 200000 US embassy cables. All sources are anonymous. Does WikiLeaks have a right to publish confidential documents? And if so do states have any right to compell employees to sign confidential and secrecry contracts if such staff can leak information to WikiLeaks anonymously without repercussion? Do the rights of freedom to information and expression extend as far as WikiLeaks advocate? Or is it right to limit them? Come on Monday to explore these issues and more and help us grapple with the questions that have been forced upon the World by Julian Assange.
WikiLeaks exploded onto the scene last Novemeber when it began publishing over 200000 US embassy cables. All sources are anonymous. Does WikiLeaks have a right to publish confidential documents? And if so do states have any right to compell employees to sign confidential and secrecry contracts if such staff can leak information to WikiLeaks anonymously without repercussion? Do the rights of freedom to information and expression extend as far as WikiLeaks advocate? Or is it right to limit them? Come on Monday to explore these issues and more and help us grapple with the questions that have been forced upon the World by Julian Assange.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
UCC Student Union Presidential Hustings
The race has begun! The candidates have declared. Signatures are being collected. Manifestos will be released on Monday. And to kick start the week leading up to voting on March 8th and 9th the Philosoph are hosting Presidential Hustings.
Keith Moynihan O'Brien is running again. He thinks he deserves another term in office. But what is he promising? What has he failed to do in this term that we should allow him another term to succeed at?
Ben Honan has returned from the Belfast ghettos and feels that this gives him the experience to lead the Student Union. He empathises with us because he too is a broke frustrated student. So why does that exactly make him a better candidate than Christian boy Keith or Tory Greg Higgins?
Higgins, current SU Education Officer will run if 1000 join his facebook page http://ko-kr.facebook.com/group.php?gid=243786302276&ref=mf. But does being good at cricket, being an "avid" arts student and having good tatse in cigars qualify him to lead our Union?
Make up you own mind on Monday when we take their manifestos apart and discover the depth behind the facebook pages. Everyone is welcome to Kane G19 at 19.30 on Monday, February 28th!!!
Keith Moynihan O'Brien is running again. He thinks he deserves another term in office. But what is he promising? What has he failed to do in this term that we should allow him another term to succeed at?
Ben Honan has returned from the Belfast ghettos and feels that this gives him the experience to lead the Student Union. He empathises with us because he too is a broke frustrated student. So why does that exactly make him a better candidate than Christian boy Keith or Tory Greg Higgins?
Higgins, current SU Education Officer will run if 1000 join his facebook page http://ko-kr.facebook.com/group.php?gid=243786302276&ref=mf. But does being good at cricket, being an "avid" arts student and having good tatse in cigars qualify him to lead our Union?
Make up you own mind on Monday when we take their manifestos apart and discover the depth behind the facebook pages. Everyone is welcome to Kane G19 at 19.30 on Monday, February 28th!!!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
UCC Comedy Competition
The Philosoph have teamed up with Comedy Soc to bring you the biggest and best yet UCC Comedy Competition on Monday, February 14th at 19.30 in Kane G19.
The competition is open to all UCC students. E-mail auditor@uccphilosoph.com. Competitiors will be afforded up to 15 minutes on the stage but there is no minimum requirement. There are substantial prizes courtesy of the UCC Cummings Library Humour Bequest. The winner will receive €650 and a slot at the City Limits Comedy Club. First and second runner up will receive €450 and €250 respectively while there is also a prize for the best new comedian. So if you have never done stand-up comedy before, now is the perfect time to start. There will be a panel of three judges and a guest MC.
We hope everyone can make it! Entry is free but donations will be taken at the door for the RnG Charities.
The competition is open to all UCC students. E-mail auditor@uccphilosoph.com. Competitiors will be afforded up to 15 minutes on the stage but there is no minimum requirement. There are substantial prizes courtesy of the UCC Cummings Library Humour Bequest. The winner will receive €650 and a slot at the City Limits Comedy Club. First and second runner up will receive €450 and €250 respectively while there is also a prize for the best new comedian. So if you have never done stand-up comedy before, now is the perfect time to start. There will be a panel of three judges and a guest MC.
We hope everyone can make it! Entry is free but donations will be taken at the door for the RnG Charities.
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