Introduce yourself

ApeXaviour

With the academic year beginning again, the information in the old version of this thread becomes outdated. So with people moving on and new people joining us, this is the place for everyone to make basic introductions. Any conversations will be deleted or split from this thread. A nice short post in a format something like:

Name:
Year/Course:
Age:
Societies/Clubs/interests:

But feel free to add/subtract headings from the above as appropriate.

ApeXaviour

So to get the ball rolling...

Name: Dec
Year/Course: Just graduated, now a 1st year PhD student in experimental physics.
Age: 24
Societies/Clubs/interests: I'm on the committee of DU Physoc (no, it's cool, i swear! we organise talks and then get pissed) / None, unless they set up a crossfit club / Home-brewing.

Agent Smith

Name: Joe
Year/Course: Irish Revoultions,1798-1803 and 1913-1923.
Age:22
Societies/Clubs/interests: i'll decide on the day

Jonathan

Year/Course: 1st yr Engineering
Age: 19
Societies/Clubs/interests: Havent put much thought in it yet... prob join EngSoc for a start..

SamHamilton

Name: David
Year/Course: 1st Year, English Literature and Psychology TSM
Age: 19
Societies/Clubs/interests: Will probably join the following societies: Modern Languages, Music, Psychological, Chess, Filmmakers and maybe some more. I play guitar, I sing and I write songs so it'd be cool to get some sort of band going. I'm a painter and there seems to be a visual arts society but it doesn't have a website, lazy artists...

paperclip

Name: Theresa

Year/Course: 2nd Pharm (also known as 'being down on the farm'), ex-NCAD

Age: 22 (I turn 23 neatly halfway through the academic year)

Societies/Clubs/interests: Chair of the sign language club, illustrator/erstwhile writer for Trinity News. Maybe something else, will decide based on who I know at the stands. I'm a runner, by the way, running a half marathon on Saturday, but the harriers are too competitive for me, so unless someone sets up a 'penguin running' club, I'll be exercising on my own.

Nehpets

Year/Course: 1st Year Computer Science
Age: 18
Current Mood: Tired and hungry
Societies/Clubs/interests: Any recommendations?

MasterSun

Name: Joey
Year/Course: 1st Yr BESS
Age: 19
Societies/Clubs/interests: I have not decided yet.

shay_562

Name: Niall
Year/Course: JS BESS
Age: 20
Societies/Clubs/interests: Hist, Phil, Ultimate Frisbee, Paintball, LGBT, plus half a dozen more (TFM, Sci-Fi, Comedy Soc, Rifle Club) that I'll be made to join by virtue of knowing people on the stands.

Name: Iain
Year/Course: SS Economics (sounds like a ship)
Age: 22
Societies/Clubs/interests: Players, DanceSoc, Rifle Club, PHist, YPDs.. thats about all I have time for

Kwekubo

Name: Gabriel (like the angel)
Year/Course: 1st Medicine
Age: 20
Societies/Clubs/interests: Depends on who has the best freebies at their stands but probably some languagey stuff, Hist/Phil and we'll take it from there.

qz

Name: Mark
Year/Course: About to begin my first year of Law
Age: 18
Societies/Clubs/Interests: Fiddling with children

MissyRock

Name: Sarah
Year/Course: 1st year/ general science
Age: 18
Societies/Clubs/interests: Dunno yet, haven't decided.

Name: Dónal
Year/Course: Just finished Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, will graduate in a few weeks.
Age: 22
Interests: Raisin & Biscuit Yorkies.

Nietzschean

Name: Ian
Year/Course: Going into my 2nd year of a PhD in computer science
Age: 23
Interests: Snowboarding, stuff

dan719

Name: Daniel
Year/Course: 1st TP
Age: 18
Societies/Clubs/interests: PhySoc, Maths soc, lgbt, english lit, debating, sports etc.

europerson

Name: Mattie
Year/Course: SS Economics (Welcome aboard!)
Age: 21
Societies/Clubs/Interests: PHist. That's about it really. I might try something new this year, but I need to discuss with others to see if there could be a common feeling on the matter.

tolosenc

Name: Richard
Year/Course: JF CSLF
Age: 18
Societies: That's what Fresher's week is for, no?

ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI

Name:: Mark
Year/Course: Junior Sophister, Computer Science
Age: 20
Societies/Clubs/Interests: DURNS
DUCSS (Computer Science Society)
TCD Netsoc

Fallen Seraph

Name: Padraic
Year/Course: JS TP
Age: 19
Societies/Clubs/Interests: DURC, probably the astronomy society this year.

xason1

Name: Sean
Year/Course: 1st Year, Philosophy and Political Science
Age: 17..18 in a week!
Societies/Clubs/interests: MAD ISH, but the academics, bettering the world, student government, bagpipes, languages, music, movies, eating, running (goes hand-in-hand), travelling (i'm from the U.S., suburbs of Boston), and lots of other 'stuff'

Awayindahils

Name: Hilary
Course: Either JS Econ/Politics or SF Hist/Pol
Age: 19
Interests: Shoes, but other than that SU (probably gonna be a School Convenor this year), On Student Statutes Review Commitee, VTP Goldsmith Co-ordinator, Comedy Soc Committee, think I'll do the interview for News Editor for TFM, The Hist social drinker/intervarsities/falling over, Phil (they have drink when the Hist don't), Paintball's Token Pascivist (still). Previous activities avaible on request.

frisbeeface

Name: Ian
Course: Law
Age: 19
Societies/clubs/interests: Ultimate Frisbee, Maryland Cookies, red hats

Crash

Name : Neil
Course : Computer Science
Age : 21
Societies/clubs/interests: well, did the whole SU thing for the last 3 years, branching out into societies now. Treasurer of comedySoc and DUCSS (DU Computer Science Society), Tech Officer for VTP, probably join some random ones, end up working on some random stands, etc. during freshers week.

Oh, and i'll be promoting some stuff for microsoft during freshers week, giving out a few free Office 12 Trials (like 2 months free use) so yee might see me around doing that too.

And being horribly hungover/still drunk in the mornings

xebec

Name: Stephen
Course: SS MSISS (if you don't know what it is, please don't ask, after 4 years I'm fed up explaining!)
Age: 22
Societies/clubs/interests: Dunno what I'm going to get involved in this year. Have done the SU thing in the past but like crash I'm interested in branching out. Oh, and I'm repeating 4th year (don't ask), I should have plenty of free time on my hands so if anyone has any constructive ideas please PM me

Time Magazine

Name: Enda
Course: SS Economics. It's sad to say I'm a final year!
Age: 20
Societies/clubs/interests: My interests are economics and music. But I hope to play tennis this year and maybe get a weekly kickabout going.

Ron DMC

Name: Rónán
Course: CSLL (Gaeilge) JS (hopefully)
Age: 21

Societies/clubs/interests:
This year: Leas-Uachtarán an Chumann Gaelach, Senior Producer Trinity FM.
Previous stuff: SU (probably try and take a step back this year, but who knows), Tradsoc (who are great and I recommend joining. I'll still pop along to as many sessions as I can), and the embarrassingly short-lived RacingSoc (don't ask).

Boston

Name: Joe
Course: Postgraduate with the Computer and electronics department
Age: 22
Societies/clubs/interests: Might restart electro soc, might not.

balzarywex

Name: Colm
Course: SF Human Genetics
Age: 18
Societies/clubs/interests: Durns, thats about it really... Maybe Phil, Hist, an Cumann Gaelach...

thecheese

Name: Gary
Course: JS Physics with Computer Simulation
Age: 19
Societies/clubs/interests:The usual free stuff clubs, paintball and possibly boxing

Barry Aldwell

Name: Barry.
Course: JS Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering. Or possibly SF Engineering if I make an arse of my 2 repeats!
Age: 20.
Has it killed yet?: No, but it's only a matter of time.
Clubs/Socs: I'll see what I get roped into in freshers week.
Interests: Voice projection, (extremely) early morning strolls in forested areas.

claire h

Name: Claire
Year/Course: JS English & History
Age: 21
Societies/Clubs/Interests: This year: yoga, DUGES, and probably a bunch of other things I will join and never ever turn up to, yay. Also writing, drinking, and nerding it up in the library. (Not at the same time. Mostly.)

Griffin1983

Name: Adam
Course: Going into 1st year OT
Age: 24 (i know your visualizing a wizened old man now, bent and twisted by such extreme age)
Interests: kickboxing, running, swimming fighting crime and general super hero type tom-foolery.
Societies/Clubs: prob rowing, boxing and a few more sporty types after that just planning to go to freshers week with about €50 quid and go bananas joining anything that sounds like a laugh.

Ravelleman

Name: Rich
Year/Course: 1st Year, European Studies
Age: 18
Societies/Clubs/interests: The Hist probably

bright

Name: Barry
Course: JF BESS
Age: 18
Societies/clubs/interests:Phist, DUFC, anything that grabs me at freshers week.

F(r)ancy

Name: Franziska
Year/Course: One Year Erasmus Student / Computer Science UBC
Age: 22
Societies/Clubs/interests: No societies so far, but I hope to join something includiing singing or other music

wowy

Name: Rory
Course: SS Business Studies (yes, that's BESS, and I'm darn proud!)
Age: 21
Societies/Clubs/Interests: Phil is about it for active involvement this year. May take up a sport. Need to lose this mini keg before it becomes a big keg and the JD bans me from campus.

Marshy

Name: Eoin
Course: 1st Year, BESS
Age: 18
Socieites etc.: Sports mainly

mathew

Name: Mathew
Course: 1st Year Engineering
Age: 18
Societies: Engineering, Hist, Gaeilge, any other ones that attract me with free stuff!

manicmonoliths

Name: Nick
Course: 1st Year BESS
Age: 18
Clubs/Societies: Hist, Phil, Chess, Europa, Metaphysical, Amnesty, Astronomy and Space, Business and Economics, Enterpreneurial, Greens, Internet, Literary and maybe more.

prothalamium

Name: Niamh
Course: JS Film Studies and English Literature
Age: 22
Clubs/Socs/Interests: DUGES, Filmmakers, Labour, Choice Ireland, fashion industry, journalism, smiling etc.

duffman90210

Name: Ciarán
Course: TSM: Music/French
Clubs/Socs/Interests: Hist, Phil, Durns, Music Soc, An Cumann Gaelach, Trinity Choral Society.

Leidenfrost

Name: Tom
Course: Medicinal Chemistry
Clubs/Socs/Interests: Ladies, Incendiary Explosives, Guns and drugs.
Age: 18

-Loop-

Name: James
Course: Engineering
Clubs/Socs/Interests: Eng Soc, DUPA

DirtyLemons

qz wrote: »

Interests: Fiddling with children

wow. 9ct gold fresher there.

Name: David Fouhy
Year/Course: 1st yr engineering. no i didnt know it was guna b utter ****e.
Age: 18
Societies/Clubs/interests: hope to make my own tea and buiscuits soc. how dya spell buiscuits...

iodine

Name; Éadaoin (female, just in case you work in the college maths department and wouldn't know a girls name if it bit you in the ass...)

Course; JS TP

Extra College Stuff; Treasurer of the Juggling Society, on the mathsoc committee too. Member of comedy, physoc, DUCSS and TASS.

irishpacker

Name: Conor O'Shea

Course: Just finished 3rd year ESS (Business and Politics)

Interesting Stuff: Captain of the Trinity College Thunderbolts, American Football team. Ex-Oarsman for DUBC. Casual DJ. Grade 8 on piano and guitar. 225kg max squat... if you're impressed by that sort of thing!

karlr42

Name: Karl R

Course: Going into SF Computer Science

College Activities: Um, I'm a good customer of the Hamilton SU shop! Does that count? :P

Interests: What I like to think of as an eclectic mix of techno music, sci-fi of almost any form and drinking!