I can haz general discussion?

PrivateEye

Bank statement suggests it's time to focus on the oul' studies. Semester II will be different should be on every students fridge.

BuroniKiisu

PrivateEye wrote: »

Bank statement suggests it's time to focus on the oul' studies. Semester II will be different should be on every students fridge.

On the fridge, wardrobe, cistern and back of every door in the house.

Wendero

Semester II will definitely be different for me, since I'll take 35 credits (only had 25 this semester). Will be tough for sure But I guess it's good to get used to it since third year is supposed to be real tough.

Norrdeth

1st semester for me was the worst, and it's not over yet. =(
All I have for next semester is a small thesis, a lot of composition and some counterpoint. Can't wait!!

funky penguin

One lecture, portfolio and thesis next semester. Graaaaand.

rcaz

Next semester means computational physics for me, w00t!

No more composition lectures though :mad:

Wendero

For me, it means loads of math with strange greek letters.

Ah well, if I can survive the exams, nothing is impossible I guess :P

rcaz

Wendero wrote: »

loads of math with strange greek letters

You say that like it's a bad thing!

Wendero

haha, honestly, it's not all bad: It makes you feel smart once you know what they mean (there's no ego boost like the one you get from discussing the ISLM curve with your friends who haven't done economics - and yes I'm a geek).

But it's easy to get them all mixed up And it sucks when that happens.

banquo

*stretches and yawns*

*one foot on floor*

*sits on side of bed staring straight ahead*

"Must. Make. Newspaperrrrrrrrr"

mickstupp

1st semester for me was much worse than 2nd in both first and second year. Hopefully it'll be exactly the same story this year. Everything settles down once you've the 1st semester results. You know exactly where you stand and what you have to do.

Michellenman

Going to see Home alone tonight with LeixlipRed (rip :pac:), they doing a showing of it in Screen cinema! Can't wait!


Ireland is fucking freezing.

Wendero

Freezing? As I'm writing this, it's about 20 inches of snow outside and -12 C (and this is a warm day, btw). It's been snowing all day. We haven't seen the sun in a long while, it only stays up for like 6 hours each day, and usually the clouds will cover it.

But I love it. This is where I feel home Finally got into christmas mood.

Ireland's cool, but nothing beats a Swedish winter

Seren_

Mint aero bubbly hot chocolate = nom ^_^

Speaking of next semester, we're going to be studying Maus in English. And Sylvia Plath \o/ I love that subject.

squishykins

mickstupp wrote: »

1st semester for me was much worse than 2nd in both first and second year. Hopefully it'll be exactly the same story this year. Everything settles down once you've the 1st semester results. You know exactly where you stand and what you have to do.

I so hope this is true...I have that awful exam-time-but-still-can't-study feeling...

rcaz

Does anyone fancy hearing some lovely tunes from a fellow Maynoothian? (Well, I account for a quarter of it, and I think they're lovely, anyway...)

We just got a proper Facebook page up and running.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Peaks/112440432162558

</shameless plug>

Daemos

Thank God, for one horrible moment I thought you were one of the Rubberbandits :eek:

Norrdeth

Then he'd be half a bandit! But which half?

rcaz

Has anyone here seen Like a Little? Can we get one? It'd be hilarious

Oh, and who's Tom Collins?

XxMCRxBabyxX

El Pr0n wrote: »

Has anyone here seen Like a Little? Can we get one? It'd be hilarious

Oh, and who's Tom Collins?

Lol, I was about to suggest the same thing!

irish_goat

El Pr0n wrote: »

Has anyone here seen Like a Little? Can we get one? It'd be hilarious

Oh, and who's Tom Collins?

Already signed us up a few days ago. :P

Need more founding members apparently if anyone is interested?

XxMCRxBabyxX

irish_goat wrote: »

Already signed us up a few days ago. :P

Need more founding members apparently if anyone is interested?

Link? I can't find it!

Nvm, got it! And I voted!

leopoldbloom

El Pr0n wrote: »

Oh, and who's Tom Collins?

Tom Collins is the President of NUI Maynooth.

rcaz

leopoldbloom wrote: »

Tom Collins is the President of NUI Maynooth.

Since when? I went looking on the NUIM site and couldn't find anything. John Hughes' term finished this year didn't it?

leopoldbloom

El Pr0n wrote: »

Since when? I went looking on the NUIM site and couldn't find anything. John Hughes' term finished this year didn't it?

Tom took over on an interim basis from October until March / April, when a new President will be appointed. He was promoted from Dean of Teaching and Learning and Vice President for External Affairs. Earlier in his career he was Director of Dundalk IT.

PrivateEye

Here he is doing his thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aae6WpmeJyk

Wendero

do you have any idea how to find out which courses you are doing next year if you're doing a business minor? I think it's supposed to be on the website but can't find

banquo

Does the department have a student handbook? You can usually pick them up from within the department or, in this weather or at this time of year, there's often a PDF online. Best I can suggest I'm afraid.

Jimmy Iovine

What's the crack with the library's website. I was trying to get onto the past exam papers section there and then all of a sudden the visible screen reduced to the size of a matchbox.

Only way I can seem to by pass it is by right clicking and opening in a new tab. Is there a reason they aren't opening as a separate pdf file or whatever anymore. Used to be handy saving them to my computer instead of having to open them the whole time this way

Seren_

^ Hmm it worked okay for me (as in the usual way) last week... Maybe it's your browser? I was using Chrome (<3) fwiw.