Black Friday

mloc

yeah, its here again. I see there's police on bikes around campus today... I saw a speeding garda car and a crapload of services head up towards a field near roebuck... any idea what was going on?

anyone have plans? Just about to head down to campus now and get my end of year drink on.

Riamfada

http://lastdayofterm.bebo.com

mloc

ah those eijits again... guessed as much.

humbert

In fairness they're been sitting out on the pitches in trinners drinking all week without any hassle, it's just this silly admin getting their knickers in a twist.

Blush_01

70 security guards brought in today (and quite a few yesterday) to clamp down on fun. Excessive? Then again, some complete idiots were setting fire to the skips in Belgrove, according to Scraggs.

gubbie

I spent my day outside the gym on the grass which was absolutely fantastic. I didn't see any badness from security except when a fire was lit but then again what do you expect. Did anyone see anything fishy?

Stabshauptmann

thought they were really cool, more interested in stopping mischief than stopping drinking

mloc

yeah, gotta say they were cool overall. they just let people have a good time, and I think the fact they were relaxed made everyone else less on edge and probably avoided trouble, really.

Font22

what a fantastic day! the atmosphere was so good. best part was playing drunken football on the pitches!

yevveh

That was one hell of a good day. Felt exactly like a festival but with no tents. That's what rag week should be like methinks.

gubbie

Did anyone go into the pit? I've heard mixed reports but apparently it was full of D4s-the B&L/C&E types.

Wouldn't have gone in there had you payed me-expensive alcohol, not able to play games, no sugar! Tsh all the fun was to be had on the fields

SGKM

I was in the pit from about 3 til 9 and it was savage! The only crap thing was the que to the bar was massive, so I was drinking pints of Fosters It was the best day that I've had in ages! I dont know why I left, I ended up getting hammered and went to a house party and then into town.

stolenwine

meeeeeummmm! tree huggin' hippy crap!

Font22

gubbie wrote:

Did anyone go into the pit? I've heard mixed reports but apparently it was full of D4s-the B&L/C&E types.

Wouldn't have gone in there had you payed me-expensive alcohol, not able to play games, no sugar! Tsh all the fun was to be had on the fields

now now. some of us b+l'ers were in the fields!

HappyCrackHead

Nah last day of term is for people to have fun. Some people will organise stuff some will just turn up. There were so many people on the fields that services couldnt do much. the police only turned up coz yeah admin are a bunch of twits with stupid rules. but it was great craic. most of services were skulking in the woods waiting to watch girlies peeing....

only kidding...

people from admin and services read this.

passive

the police only turned up coz yeah admin are a bunch of twits with stupid rules.

People were bleeding... There was an ambulance... I had a can thrown at me... "Fires set, broken glass all over the football pitch (which is now going to have to be reploughed, according to Services who are understandably furious), and overturned vending machines in the library building, which was nearly closed due to the amount of drunk people coming in."

Methinks it's not all that simple...

Font22

there was glass on the pitch? i was running around in bare feet all day and didnt see any glass at all! but i did end up busting my toe open on the pavement outside the library on the way back to the glen. that was fun! i'm loving my sexy stitches and disgusting antibiotics!

mloc

hmmmm... broken glass all over the pitch is a bad, for sure, but on the whole I have to say I encountered no real trouble bar lots of littering and some isolated messing.

I mean, what confuses me the most is, Trinity do something not entirely different every week (The Pav), and recently the Pav has been super busy on a friday. Yet, at the same time, it only seems to take 4 or 5 security guards to clear people out and move them on when they want to close up, with very little or no trouble.

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mloc wrote:

hmmmm... broken glass all over the pitch is a bad, for sure, but on the whole I have to say I encountered no real trouble bar lots of littering and some isolated messing.

I mean, what confuses me the most is, Trinity do something not entirely different every week (The Pav), and recently the Pav has been super busy on a friday. Yet, at the same time, it only seems to take 4 or 5 security guards to clear people out and move them on when they want to close up, with very little or no trouble.

If UCD had a similar system to the Pav, there wouldn't be any problems. It's because we can't drink outside that we want to do so, so badly and that's how occurences like the other day happen. I had a great time though - noticed the fires alright and the litter, but didn't know about the over-turned vending machines and broken glass everywhere (People were rolling around that pitch all day - so there couldn't have been that much glass)!

yevveh

Agreed CaptainNegative, if we didn't have to make the most of it every time we drank outside then it wouldn't happen

That said, if anyone was really sensible I think they'd realise that if they didn't cause too much of a fuss by drinking outside the admin wouldn't see it isn't an issue. But no, fires *have* to be lit, and vending machines *have* to be overturned.

Stabshauptmann

Well TBH, thats the exact problem I have with craic soc. There are people, and even societies, who regularly and without incident drink cans around campus. But no, craic soc have to have conflict and agro and stick it to the man.

scop

The thing about the Pav is that students go around with bags on their own accord and are constantly cleaning the place up as the night goes on. Its normal for them to be able to buy cans and drink so its not a big deal. Only in UCD where students are treated like children is outdoor a problem. Pen people in all year, and hell when they get out they'll act like children.

On the craic soc thing well craic soc were drinking probably the furthest away from the mayhem, and were among the best behaved groups [playing football for gods sake]. To blame them for all this is just the usual nonsense attacks people throw out.

I've seen a lot of last days at this stage, and I still cannot believe how UCD students get only one day of the year like it when colleges all over the place do this causually on a Friday.

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Kaptain Redeye wrote:

Well TBH, thats the exact problem I have with craic soc. There are people, and even societies, who regularly and without incident drink cans around campus. But no, craic soc have to have conflict and agro and stick it to the man.

It's unfair to blame craic soc. Half the college were either at the pit or down on that field on Friday and I assure you that craic soc were not the first group to be drinking on that field. They were over at the other side of campus and services moved them over to the field with the rest of us a bit later on.

mloc

the vending machine was actually a rather elaborate accident and from what I've heard probably would have happened anyway.

I've been in the pav the last few fridays, and the atmosphere is great... relaxed, good fun and generally good willed. It was great to be able to do similar on friday in ucd, but the novelty aspect of it seemed to make people go a bit mad. If it was a regular occurance and better organised, then I think it may have not been quite as... messy.

Stabshauptmann

Wow, Im not blaming them, Im not giving them any credit

Ive been to a few craic soc things and drank with a few of them times other than their events [sic] and frankly I find there "us V them" thing rediculous. The college isnt out to get us and if you're mature you wont get hassle.

Petty vandalism and harrasment. And the mixing of politics and drink. Big no nos IMO and thats why I didnt go to it this year. I dont know who ran it (well, one name was brought up) but the origional craic soc ppl have all left college.

Im not saying they were involved in any crap on friday, just that I think the fight teh powaa mentality that caused **** is how I'll always think of craicsoc.

Though, my big complaint of them last year was there lack of discretion, and a bigger effort was made this year to leave it sekrit, but still gardaí were there before kick off.

pretty*monster

The craic soc group was like a little oasis of calm away from the mayhem on Friday.

Vainglory

Kaptain Redeye wrote:

Wow, Im not blaming them, Im not giving them any credit

Ive been to a few craic soc things and drank with a few of them times other than their events [sic] and frankly I find there "us V them" thing rediculous. The college isnt out to get us and if you're mature you wont get hassle.

Petty vandalism and harrasment. And the mixing of politics and drink. Big no nos IMO and thats why I didnt go to it this year. I dont know who ran it (well, one name was brought up) but the origional craic soc ppl have all left college.

Im not saying they were involved in any crap on friday, just that I think the fight teh powaa mentality that caused **** is how I'll always think of craicsoc.

Though, my big complaint of them last year was there lack of discretion, and a bigger effort was made this year to leave it sekrit, but still gardaí were there before kick off.

what petty vandalism and harrassment were craic soc ever responsible for?

Spectator#1

mloc wrote:

the vending machine was actually a rather elaborate accident

It'd be really funny if there was someone stuck in it now and no-one bothered to check. Surviving on Hunky Dory's and Picnics and waiting for the Bank Holiday Weekend to end!

Well, funny or bad... You'd never eat sweets again would you?

Stabshauptmann

Vainglory wrote:

what petty vandalism and harrassment were craic soc ever responsible for?

What a stupid question. How do they advertise their events?

There was even a fundraiser to help pay for their fines last year.

Vainglory

lol man, that was nothing to do with craicsoc. i know the guy who was caught doing that. and definitely nothing to do with craicsoc, trust me.

for a start he wasnt even a student and hadnt been for quite a few years.

edit:this post is a bit out of place now as the post it was referring to is now gone.

Vainglory

Kaptain Redeye wrote:

What a stupid question. How do they advertise their events?

There was even a fundraiser to help pay for their fines last year.

what are you talking about? as far as im aware they advertised using a bebo page?

and because they were fined doesnt mean they were responsible for "petty vandalism and harrassment"

Vainglory

did you delete your post about a guy graffiting the quinn school?

Stabshauptmann

Craicsoc advertise their events by graffiting all over college what, when and where. Ive seen the graffitt in the computer room in Roebuck, the bathrooms in Quinn, the library bathrooms, "A" in the arts block, etc etc
And thats not just this year, theres graffitti on a pillar outside science from years ago.


This year they graffitied all over college the bebo address. What use is a website if noone knows its there
Its been a criticism of mine (and Im sure others) for a long time that graffiting when/where is stupid cos then services show up. Fair play for attempting to be discrete this year.

About the edit:
The graffiting of the Quinn school I was pretty sure was craic soc, since a guy I knew from craic soc approached me about a fundraiser to pay the fines and said it was craic soc.
I changed my post, before you wrote a reply, because I thought of a far more obvious point. Whether or not they were responsible for Quinn school incident, craic soc advertise every event through graffitti.

Vainglory

i thought craic soc used stickers. if other people want to take up the cause by using graffiti then i guess thats up to them. although i cant say for sure who did what as im not involved.

but i can tell you for definite that the fines received by two people last year were not for the graffiti on the quinn school, which was an entirely separate incident, and nothing to do with the people who were fined. the fines were for drinking on campus.

edit: what about the "harrassment" you claimed though?

Vainglory

but, no matter anyway.

back to the main point.

friday was fun. totally the college's fault. how they can expect people to queue for 3 hours for a pint of warm fosters in the forum on the sunniest day of the year is beyond me.