Trinity Student Cards...

Thirdfox

Hey there guys,

I was just wondering why we don't have our date of births printed on the card? That means we can't use it for official I.D. - unlike the students from DIT and UCD, Dublin (;) ) who have their DOB on their cards and can get into nightclubs etc with them...

Any special reason?

Barry Aldwell

Probably for the reason you just stated - it's a college id, not something you should use to get into nightclubs. This stops any possibility of ill will towards the college if a bunch of students use their student cards to get into a pub and then proceed to get drunk and wreck the place. TCD has a reputation to uphold, you know, not like those other 2 uncouth colleges you named

Thirdfox

Why be afraid if you have nothing to hide? I thought Trinity students upheld the spirit of Trinity wherever they went ?

ApeXaviour

Thirdfox wrote:

I thought Trinity students upheld the spirit of Trinity wherever they went ?

You'd be surprised

snorlax

my card has gotten me into doyles on many occassions...it also got my friend in once (photo is very dark)

wheresthebeef

As barry said, its a college ID and not designed as a form of legal identification.
Your college ID card has a yellow bar under your photo, if this bar extends across the full face of the card, it means your under 18. This is for the benefit of the college bars.

The only type of ID that a place serving alcohol should be accepting is a Garda National Age Card, Passport, or Driving License or in the case of a refugee their Dept. of Justice Issued ID Card/Document.

What colour do we reckon they will be next year? Could they get any worse? Is it on a rotation of colours???

John

I'm hoping for beige or vomit brown. Mainly because I won't be there to have one.

ApeXaviour

Unfortunately I will be, going into my 5th year here :mad:

Then guess what? Yes I will likely (pending any better offers) stay for another four years.. that's right! Anybody hoping to usurp my position on these here boards, you can screw that thought right out the window I'M HERE FOREVER MUWAHAHAWAHAW

Oh and btw:
I heard from an undisclosed source that next year's card is going to be purple.

europerson

God forbid they might be white...

Nietzschean

white is staff cards no?

i dunno i'd say i hope for something worse next year since i won't be there, but is there much worse than pink in fairness?

Ron DMC

pink's good though.

John

I like the pink. It's far better than the orange.

wheresthebeef

purple would be nice
blue would be really nice.

all the other colleges use white. i think?!?!

ApeXaviour

Ronny Mitchell wrote:

pink's good though.

I like the pink.

Please tell me you're both taking the pisste?

They had blue only 2-3 years ago wtb..

snorlax

pink goes with my new runners ...another vote for pink

snappieT

Your college ID card has a yellow bar under your photo, if this bar extends across the full face of the card, it means your under 18. This is for the benefit of the college bars.

On that note, I just turned 18. How do I go about getting a card without the full yellow stripe?

Closing Doors

snorlax wrote:

my card has gotten me into doyles on many occassions...it also got my friend in once (photo is very dark)

Since when do they have a bouncer in Doyles!? :eek:

snappieT

snappieT wrote:

On that note, I just turned 18. How do I go about getting a card without the full yellow stripe?

Just go to Student Records, in house 5. You'll get a new card then, free of charge.

On a slightly related note, I'm currently on my 8th card.

Eric_The_Great

Closing Doors wrote:

Since when do they have a bouncer in Doyles!? :eek:

They always have a boncer after 6 in doyles. not always at the door.

snappieT

EduMyth wrote:

Just go to Student Records, in house 5. You'll get a new card then, free of charge.

On a slightly related note, I'm currently on my 8th card.

Why thank you.

DrIndy

The cards are on a 6 year or so rota and the colours just change like that. I remember all those colours.

Eric_The_Great

you should be able to choose your own background for the card. obviously something that wouldnt interfer with any important bits on the card, but the ability to express one's creative side would be nice.

wheresthebeef

some girl doing my course thought she was great exclaiming "oh look. nurses get pink cards"

I corrected her.

Eric_The_Great

you owned her.

wheresthebeef

i believe the expression is "pwned"

Barry Aldwell

EduMyth wrote:

On a slightly related note, I'm currently on my 8th card.

Lose them often, or can TCD just not get rid of you?

Pet

A good tip: Never try to cut through cardboard with your student card. It WILL snap and you WILL get locked out of the Hamilton building and laser huts at 3 in the morning with no way home. The end.

Thirdfox

That's why I always have my trusty penknife... well that and for stabbing people...

Time Magazine

DrIndy wrote:

The cards are on a 6 year or so rota and the colours just change like that. I remember all those colours.

What are the colours? And d'ya know if there's a particular reason for this or anything?

Pet

I'd imagine it's to make it easier for security to identify old cards..

Time Magazine

Sorry, should have specified; why the particular colour set? As in why pink, why orange.

Boston

Thirdfox wrote:

Hey there guys,

I was just wondering why we don't have our date of births printed on the card? That means we can't use it for official I.D. - unlike the students from DIT and UCD, Dublin (;) ) who have their DOB on their cards and can get into nightclubs etc with them...

Any special reason?

It's not offical ID of any sort. Clubs and Pub can do what they want, I've got past bouncers with my trinity ID.

also there is a little yellow bar on the ID's of underage students, for the pav and the buttery.

ApeXaviour

Angry Banana wrote:

Sorry, should have specified; why the particular colour set? As in why pink, why orange.

You may as well ask why the sky is blue.. Because the angle of the sun only refracts a small wavelength range of visible light spec.....

europerson

Angry Banana wrote:

Sorry, should have specified; why the particular colour set? As in why pink, why orange.

I don't think you'll find TCKS material there!

Pet

ApeXaviour wrote:

You may as well ask why the sky is blue.. Because the angle of the sun only refracts a small wavelength range of visible light spec.....

Oooh, oooh, I learned that during the (precious little) study I did for Geography!

*is proud*

Pythia

Thirdfox wrote:

Hey there guys,

I was just wondering why we don't have our date of births printed on the card? That means we can't use it for official I.D. - unlike the students from DIT and UCD, Dublin (;) ) who have their DOB on their cards and can get into nightclubs etc with them...

Any special reason?

You only get your DOB printed on a UCD student card if you're under 18.

Agent Smith

tbh i want a silver one,


then i'll be happy

Thirdfox

Sterling silver?

I'd prefer white gold :eek: