Clubs and Socs in DCU

Chipstick · 24-11-2004 2:05pm

TKD is open to beginners all the time, mon 6-7 wed 34 both in the main hall! go for it it's well balanced in all the stuff you need, ie training fun and tkd itself.

nun robber · 01-10-2005 4:01pm

hmmmmm three pages of this and no mention of dcu snowboarding, frankly guys i'm a little hurt :P
if you really want to try something random during your stay here check us out on clubs and socs day
http://www.dcusnowboarding.com
we do happen to be dcu's best club and ireland's largest snowboarding community, quite how that happened seeing as we're constantly drunk escapes me but i ain't complaining

Amz · 01-10-2005 4:06pm

I remain to be convinced.

Rhyme · 01-10-2005 5:46pm

Any idea on a Photography club? i didnt spy them last year and they dont seem to be listed where ive checkd.

Amz · 01-10-2005 7:25pm

Eh ... Photo Soc?

They had a big photography display in the Seminar Room in the Hub last year that I went to. You probably just missed them.

Rhyme · 01-10-2005 7:30pm

Amz wrote:

Eh ... Photo Soc?

They had a big photography display in the Seminar Room in the Hub last year that I went to. You probably just missed them.

Silly me... my clubs and socs day last year comprised of running in, joining redbrick, getting cajoled into joining japanese soc and then being lured to karting soc and running to class. Must spend mroe time there this year.

OFDM · 02-10-2005 12:08pm

nun robber wrote:

hmmmmm three pages of this and no mention of dcu snowboarding, frankly guys i'm a little hurt :P
if you really want to try something random during your stay here check us out on clubs and socs day
http://www.dcusnowboarding.com
we do happen to be dcu's best club and ireland's largest snowboarding community, quite how that happened seeing as we're constantly drunk escapes me but i ain't complaining

What do they do every week? Get together and imagine they're snowboarding?

andrew163 · 02-10-2005 12:44pm

Was just thinking the same thing

Tyrrial · 02-10-2005 5:26pm

Ultimate Frisbee!!

best club ever!! great people, great fun and a really great game!

Kenny_D · 03-10-2005 1:36pm

Snowboarding:

You start of with lessons for four weeks at Kiltiernan dry slope until you get your rider pass then you can go up and use the slope whenever. It's really good actually and it was the only club last year that I was in that was active

red vex · 05-10-2005 8:50am

Join the Canoe club
Heres their website
Its the best college canoe club in ireland(intervarsities winners for the last 2 years).
Any questions just post up on the forum
There is a joint canoe club/snowboarding freshers night out happening thursday night in town as well

Rhyme · 05-10-2005 1:33pm

Joined Foto Soc (hooray), Redbrick (predictable) and Anime & Manga Soc (hi Ross)... the Gamesoc guy was damn persuasive but i fended him off, then stole chocolate from the Media guys. I love Clubs & Socs day... so many stories

markpb · 05-10-2005 1:55pm

Rhyme wrote:

Joined Foto Soc (hooray), Redbrick (predictable) and Anime & Manga Soc (hi Ross)... the Gamesoc guy was damn persuasive but i fended him off, then stole chocolate from the Media guys. I love Clubs & Socs day... so many stories

What's it like this year, many people there? Did you go upstairs at all?

Crucifix · 05-10-2005 4:12pm

markpb wrote:

What's it like this year, many people there? Did you go upstairs at all?

God, I forgot there was more stuff upstairs.
I also forgot it was Clubs and socs day, so I only had 3.35 in change with me.

OFDM · 05-10-2005 6:09pm

Is it €4 per club/soc again this year?

Amz · 05-10-2005 6:24pm

Yes.

Rhyme · 05-10-2005 7:11pm

markpb wrote:

What's it like this year, many people there? Did you go upstairs at all?

Jam packed for most of the day... had trouble moving around, downstairs was mercifully clear... i never ventured upstairs, never knew anything was up there. Tomorrow is another day.

johnniekewl · 05-10-2005 7:46pm

i have been sick the past week and i missed the clubs and socs day today and i will probably miss it again tomorrow, can i still join the clubs after this week?

Amz · 05-10-2005 7:49pm

Yep, just head up to the Students Union and you whenever you get back to DCU and you should be able to join whichever club, or society you want to. It'll still cost you €4 though.

rugbug86 · 05-10-2005 7:50pm

yeah just go to the clubs and socs assistant in the clubs and socs office upstairs in the hub and they'll join ya up.

rugbug86 · 05-10-2005 7:52pm

and ya'll need to bring your student card

johnniekewl · 05-10-2005 7:54pm

have i missed anything good?

Amz · 05-10-2005 7:57pm

Nah, nothing worth writing home about

You'll just miss out on the lollipops and other sweeties/free drinks that people give out to entice you, but for some clubs and socs if you just let them know your situation after you join they'll probably be able to furnish you with anything you've missed i.e. membership cards, discount cards etc. that all their members receive.

rugbug86 · 05-10-2005 7:58pm

not really... just a lot of ass kissing, people promising the earth moon and stars for you to part with your €4! karting are doing well, think they've 160 members in one day! dunno bout anyone else. the SCC are giving away free club energise, but its the blue one which tastes rotton. i managed to steal, i mean obtain a few bottles of the orange, which was nice!

lizanne83 · 05-10-2005 9:22pm

Hey,
Yeah I love clubs and socs days!
Im on MPS committee so join Media Production Society, for all your DCU FM and DCU TV needs..
Joined redbrick, swimming, athletics, badminton and of course MPS.
Our stand is down at the front of the stage, we've excellent events lined up for the year.
All the chocs and sweets eaten today, just feel sick now!
All again tomorrow.

Liz
DCU fm Tech officer
My website

red vex · 06-10-2005 10:27am

I alway though the hub was a terrible place for having the clubs and socs day.
Its far too packed and people cant comfortably discuss the different clubs.

markpb · 06-10-2005 10:47am

red vex wrote:

I alway though the hub was a terrible place for having the clubs and socs day. Its far too packed and people cant comfortably discuss the different clubs.

It was held in the two main halls of the sports complex until a few years ago. I don't remember why it was moved, I think it cost several thousand euro to rent the hall and carpet the floor for the day. I'm sure there were other reasons too.

StupidLikeAFox · 06-10-2005 12:19pm

lizanne83 wrote:

Hey,
Yeah I love clubs and socs days!
Im on MPS committee so join Media Production Society, for all your DCU FM and DCU TV needs..
Joined redbrick, swimming, athletics, badminton and of course MPS.
Our stand is down at the front of the stage, we've excellent events lined up for the year.
All the chocs and sweets eaten today, just feel sick now!
All again tomorrow.

Liz
DCU fm Tech officer
My website

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cooker3 · 06-10-2005 6:14pm

Well I was on redbrick duty all day, generally been in the hub and annoying people until they join. I joined the usual ridiculous amount of socs. I got free redbrick membership(yay) and also joined pokersoc, karting, mps, trampolining and my weird ones where debating and ecomonsoc. I enjoyed it as ever but would be nice if it was moved to bigger area. I feel penned in at times.

Suaimhneach · 06-10-2005 7:31pm

red vex wrote:

I alway though the hub was a terrible place for having the clubs and socs day.
Its far too packed and people cant comfortably discuss the different clubs.

I happened to be in Trinners the other day and theirs was outside, that was cool, weather being the difficulty.

I thought it went really well. I joined 8 last year, and only two this year. Redbrick and Archery, oh an dCummann Gaelach I guess, though I havent paid them yet.

Some great stands. Love C&S Dayz

Crucifix · 06-10-2005 8:10pm

Down in the venue isn't too bad, but the corridor, the corridor! /me weeps. I kept getting cracked in the head by papier-mache drama soc people.
And now that todays over, I officially joined nothing.

Rhyme · 06-10-2005 8:22pm

Crucifix wrote:

Down in the venue isn't too bad, but the corridor, the corridor! /me weeps. I kept getting cracked in the head by papier-mache drama soc people.
And now that todays over, I officially joined nothing.

Those guys creeped the hell out of me, especially when they went outside and started crying loudly... very very scary, just remember that you can join a club and/or anytime you want... i think

cooker3 · 06-10-2005 8:31pm

I have to say An Cumann Gaelich did really well this year, there posters where very funny and the girls at the stand where dressed rather nicely. Great job.

Mantel · 06-10-2005 8:35pm

rugbug86 wrote:

the SCC are giving away free club energise, but its the blue one which tastes rotton

Hehe, the spar across the road is selling them for 2 for €1

Might want to check the date. The sold of a ton of BPM last year, one of the guys I work with got 10 of them for €4. After he seen the date he just stacked them up on his desk. He did drink one bottle and got insanely hyper.

Ferror · 07-10-2005 10:44am

Rhyme wrote:

just remember that you can join a club and/or anytime you want... i think

This is true, although it's better to join in the two days, issue with getting funds off the scc for members that join outside this time AFAIK...

Zem · 07-10-2005 5:41pm

i was on one of the stands during clubs and socs days so only joined 3 other things but the club didn't do too bad even if we weren't in the most ideal position in the hub. i wanted to join archery but never got a chance, sent an email to see if i can join later.

Does anyone else who's running a club wish that the deadline for the Grant App was slightly farther away?

blondie83 · 07-10-2005 7:48pm

Mantel wrote:

Hehe, the spar across the road is selling them for 2 for €1 Might want to check the date. The sold of a ton of BPM last year, one of the guys I work with got 10 of them for €4. After he seen the date he just stacked them up on his desk. He did drink one bottle and got insanely hyper.

That happened to me after I drank my first bottle of it. Trouble was I was in a major study area surrounded by hundreds of quietly studying ppl a few weeks from their exams! I remember I had to go for a long walk to calm down - great stuff altogether

Oh yeah I wanted to join the Japanese soc this year, but they were gone when I got in on Thurs, and seem to be lacking a website/email address/ any sorta contact details! If I go up to the lady in the the socities office to join there will she put me on their mailing list for events, or should I try and contact them some other way?

Rhyme · 07-10-2005 8:03pm

blondie83 wrote:

Oh yeah I wanted to join the Japanese soc this year, but they were gone when I got in on Thurs, and seem to be lacking a website/email address/ any sorta contact details! If I go up to the lady in the the socities office to join there will she put me on their mailing list for events, or should I try and contact them some other way?

I joined them last year and they did nothing... just took my €4 and disappeared, had the cheek to turn up again this year. You'd do much better to join the Anime and Manga Society... they actually exist after Clubs & Socs day

rayfitz · 07-10-2005 8:43pm

Alrite all,
I was doin a bit on the poker stand for the 2 days and we did really well in only our first full year. We got 341 lucky people to become members makin us the 7th biggest club/soc in terms of numbers. Shows how popular the game has become. I also joined pool/snooker, celtic supporters, snowboarding and economics. Don't miss the first poker tournament of the year on tuesday!

Ray (Pokersoc PRO)
www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~pokersoc

Redegg · 08-10-2005 10:53am

ahhhhh who the hell was that thing at the drama stand?!?! sorry but that gave me nightmares. any one know what im on about.

rugbug86 · 08-10-2005 10:57am

i shouldnt throw stones
but i do know what you're talking about

Amz · 08-10-2005 11:05am

He's talking about the 2 guys dressed up in the giant costumes, you're clearly just making a snide comment about someone.

rugbug86 · 08-10-2005 11:06am

my bad

Redegg · 08-10-2005 11:07am

sure he is....

rugbug86 · 08-10-2005 11:12am

Amz wrote:

He's talking about the 2 guys dressed up in the giant costumes, you're clearly just making a snide comment about someone.

dont think he was, and those giant costumes were all over campus

Amz · 08-10-2005 11:17am

There's still no need for you to be snide about someone who uses this forum.

People in glass houses and all that ...

rugbug86 · 08-10-2005 11:19am

exactly, people in glass houses SHOULDN'T throw stones

Amz · 08-10-2005 11:21am

The mind boggles.

rugbug86 · 08-10-2005 11:29am

thats the beauty of it all

scoey · 08-10-2005 11:50am

Rhyme wrote:

I joined them last year and they did nothing... just took my €4 and disappeared, had the cheek to turn up again this year. You'd do much better to join the Anime and Manga Society... they actually exist after Clubs & Socs day

Well they didn't really have "the cheek to show up again"as such, since the people who ran the society last year are now on their year abroad in Japan, so this year it's being run by different people who were pretty much as annoyed as you by the fact that last years people did nothing.

As for joining the Anime and Manga Society instead... if what you're interested in is just watching a few anime shows a week, then yeah, you'd be much better off with them, since I'm fairly sure the Japanese society haven't really got any intention of showing much anime.

I totally agree with you about the guys that ran the Japanese society last year though. They must have organised about 3 things at most throughout the whole year(I think there was a fourth event but when people showed up they were told to go home because the guy who's apartment it was in hadn't been informed....) So yeah, they sucked, this years people are making assurances that they'll be making much more of an effort though.

Clubs and Socs in DCU

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