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  • #62
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    pjtb wrote: »
    Is it that bad?:confused:
    Ah, I like to be overly cynical about the place, it's not ALL that bad, once you get used to it. If you'd like, An File and I will be on campus next week, we can show you around. Anyone else, feel free to reply back on this, I'm sure An File will be up for it! :cool:


  • #63
    munsterdevil
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭munsterdevil


    Just a suggestion, but if Mary I is not going to have its own forum on boards.ie, can we at least make this thread a sticky? it tends to get buried from time to time, plus it would make Mary I students more aware that the college has a forum.


  • #64
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    I completely agree, at least make more people aware of it.


  • #65
    RonMexico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭RonMexico


    So how was orientation for any freshers???


  • #66
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    I hope I didn't frighten them all off with my naysaying :P


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  • #67
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,856 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Wish we could turn this into a regular discussion thread for Mary I...


  • #68
    munsterdevil
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭munsterdevil


    An File wrote: »
    Wish we could turn this into a regular discussion thread for Mary I...

    Whats the process for making it a sticky? Who decides?


  • #69
    rmacm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭rmacm


    munsterdevil wrote: »
    Whats the process for making it a sticky? Who decides?

    Ask one of the mods Peteee or sceptre.


  • #70
    DJCR
    Registered Users Posts: 986 ✭✭✭DJCR


    I should see them both at some stage tonight!!!

    I'm all up for a Mary I sticky..... I'll keep at them till they do it!!!:D:D:D


  • #71
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    I'm so proud of you guys! *sniffs*

    How's everyone settling back in? Teaching Practice is poo, I have nothing to look forward to for the next ba-zillion months :(


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  • #72
    RonMexico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭RonMexico


    I noticed there are hand cleaner units up all over the college, haven't seen a single person use them yet!


  • #73
    Insect Overlord
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    RonMexico wrote: »
    I noticed there are hand cleaner units up all over the college, haven't seen a single person use them yet!

    D4RK ONION uses those things obsessively! :D


  • #74
    RonMexico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭RonMexico


    I'd drink it if it made it more effective.


  • #75
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,856 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    What course are you doing, if you don't mind me asking?


  • #76
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    An File wrote: »
    D4RK ONION uses those things obsessively! :D

    I wouldn't say it's obsessive, I just don't want to risk being sick for TP, plus they make your hands tingle and shiny clean! :D

    For the record I suppose, I'm in 3rd year B.ED.


  • #77
    RonMexico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭RonMexico


    Postgrad.


  • #78
    Peteee
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,432 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peteee


    Stickied for the time being. Hopefully ye continue using this thread!


  • #79
    munsterdevil
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭munsterdevil


    Peteee wrote: »
    Stickied for the time being. Hopefully ye continue using this thread!
    Thanks, I suppose creating a different forum for Mary I was impractical in fairness, but a sticky is a good idea.


  • #80
    RonMexico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭RonMexico


    Thanks for that !! So what does everybody think of the new building?? About time some money was invested in the place.


  • #81
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,856 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Thanks Peteee, I hope this is one of the stickies that people actually read!

    @RonMexico, the new building seems to be coming along nicely. Rumour has it some facilites may be available as early as the beginning of next semester. It's a much-needed addition to the college.


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  • #82
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    And it makes the place look so much better. I feel like one day this place might actually not be an eye sore. The mocked up pictures over by the reception certainly look very shiny.

    And thanks for the stickey peteee!


  • #83
    RonMexico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭RonMexico


    Yeah now if only they could do something with the exterior of the library. I was trying to figure out what it reminds me of and then it came to me in a flash - a sticklebrick! Ugly ugly building.

    If they fix that, open the new building, get rid of the prefabs and tidy the place up it would be quite an improvment.

    Then there is that awful awful roof on the corridor by the SU. :eek:


  • #84
    Insect Overlord
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    RonMexico wrote: »
    Then there is that awful awful roof on the corridor by the SU. :eek:

    That new coat of paint only highlighted just how bad the ceiling really is! :D


  • #85
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    Yes, the new coat of paint cetainly did wonders over there, but the roof has to go. One year I saw a plant growing down through the roof into the hall. It was actually disgraceful. I laughed, then I took a photo.


  • #86
    RonMexico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭RonMexico


    Lets be honest here for a minute - we are talking about one of the busiest corridors on campus and the "roof" is actually the kind you would find on an old garden shed.

    There is thick green sludge growing on it. :D

    I bet the Erasmus and American students are highly impressed :pac:


  • #87
    D4RK ONION
    Moderators Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭D4RK ONION


    I'm sure they go home to their families and speak in whispers of the hallowed, mouldy halls of Mary Immaculate College. :p


  • #88
    munsterdevil
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭munsterdevil


    D4RK ONION wrote: »
    I'm sure they go home to their families and speak in whispers of the hallowed, mouldy halls of Mary Immaculate College. :p
    Look at it this way, UL has got the Living Bridge, Mary I has the Living Roof!:D


  • #89
    RonMexico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭RonMexico


    Having attended other colleges and studied abroad I have to say despite some of the faults evident in Mary I (mostly due to funding) the college is GREAT.

    1: The size is a bonus in my opinion - in large universities you are just a number in a very large crowd. There is a much friendlier atmosphere in Mary I.

    2: Having spent a considerable amount of time getting soaked to the skin walking around U.L. in the middle of winter I am glad that I can get around Mary I quickly and generally unscathed by our cruel weather. :D

    3: Smaller groups usually means that you get to know the lecturers and tutors which is important if you have a problem and need help. They are all usually very accommodating.

    4: Forget The Stables - You can't beat the pint of Guinness in Fenesseys.

    5: Last but not least - you are surrounded by gorgeous wimminz :pac:


  • #90
    munsterdevil
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭munsterdevil


    Forget The Stables - You can't beat the pint of Guinness in Fenesseys.

    That is a fact, one of the best, if not the best pints in Limerick.


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  • #91
    RonMexico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭RonMexico


    Am I the only one here who reads the Daily Bitch about U.L. thread and afterwards thanks the gods that I am in Mary I ? :D

    Would a daily bitch about Mary I thread have so many problems ??


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