Trinity...the A to Zed or Zee

Randomness

In an obvious attempt to distract myself from studying for exams I thought it would be cool to create a "Trinty..A to Z" Guide.

The basic concept, post a reply using whatever letter comes next using some Trinty related thing....and your thoughts about it etc.

I'm kinda talking bout places, things, random happenings, unique to Trinity which people have happy thoughts about and want to share!! Oh god i'm gonna get sick....

Ok hmmmm A is for ......Arts Block - my home from home, a testimate to 1970's architecture, funky brown/orange seats, the one and only Ed Burke...ok there is much more stuff but i'll either have to save it for when A comes around again or just bring them up using other letters!

ok NEXT....

Attractive Nun

B is for the Buttery - the recently renovated restaurant that really was much better before because it had a bar. Useful due to the abundance of average food at average prices, and ample seating for anyone looking to waste the day sitting around. Notable Buttery foibles include those ridiculously uncomfortable bubble chairs, the curious availability of cans of bulmers (though people who buy these cans will do so discreetly, understandably) and doors that are strangely difficult to open.

M450

I suppose C for the Campanile... and that great myth that if you walk under it you'll fail your exams... its a nice structure all the same.

I have to say it took me till second year to put it to the test, and ended up only failing one subject (Passed by compensation though! )

Time Magazine

C is for the Campanile



The iconic image of Trinity College, Dublin. Double-belled, was donated by the Archbishop of Armagh in the 1850's. Suitably cheap for an at-the-time stripped-for-cash College, it is perhaps the most mysterious structure on campus; not least due to the curse of undergrads who walk 'neath it.

Cantab.

D is for: Dublin University Boat Club

europerson

E is for the Enquiries Office

This is a classic to try to explain to those people who wonder where "the reception" is in Trinity. Home to the nicest people in Trinity (Mary and Elizabeth), the Enquiries Office can help with a wide range of, well, enquiries. It's kind of like Ronseal in that way.

So, if you're a student and you need clarification on that seemingly odd Calendar entry, or, if you're a guest and well and truly lost, keep in mind the wonderful services of our humble Enquiries Office.

the_syco

F is for fail. Also linked to R

Cantab.

europerson wrote: »

E is for the Enquiries Office

This is a classic to try to explain to those people who wonder where "the reception" is in Trinity. Home to the nicest people in Trinity (Mary and Elizabeth), the Enquiries Office can help with a wide range of, well, enquiries. It's kind of like Ronseal in that way.

So, if you're a student and you need clarification on that seemingly odd Calendar entry, or, if you're a guest and well and truly lost, keep in mind the wonderful services of our humble Enquiries Office.

The word "administrator" makes my blood boil, but I have to say, I find the Enquiries office people brilliant. It must be tough having to deal with grumpy academics and students on a daily basis!

Cantab.

G is for Goldsmith Hall

aka "Wormwood Scrubs"



Here's a good description of what we put our PhD students through:

http://tiny.cc/vmrY8

Marshy

H is for Hamilton...or maybe Hamilton toilets

Jonathan

H is for: Hamilton Building





Home to TCD's Engineers, Scientists, Mathematicians and the MacNeill

Cantab.

Jeez, Michael McNamara's construction company have been kept busy these last couple of years. I wonder what institution educated his architects?

Can we file for compensation given the architectural raping we've gotten over the last ten years?

Ron DMC

I is for IONA Technologies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IONA_Technologies

One of many companies that started life in the Computer Science Department of Trinity College Dublin.

Cantab.

J is for the Junior Dean, Emma Stokes

Cantab.

K is for the Knights of the Campanile



http://www.knights.tcdlife.ie

Crash

L is for the Lloyd building, my unfortunate home away from home over the last few months, and for the next few.

Cantab.

çrash_000 wrote: »

L is for the Lloyd building, my unfortunate home away from home over the last few months, and for the next few.

Ooh lovely. Another one of McNamara's finest.

M450

çrash_000 wrote: »

L is for the Lloyd building, my unfortunate home away from home over the last few months, and for the next few.

I would have went with L for Luce Hall... RIP

Cantab wrote:

D is for: Dublin University Boat Club

grasping at straws there... were you too late for B???

Ron DMC

M is for Museum building

By far my favourite building in College (if not anywhere). Located between the cricket pitch and New Square, it is best viewed from the cricket pitch on a summer's day. The daunting Ussher and Berkely libraries flanking it to the left can never compare to its box shaped simplicity.

It was designed by Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward and was actually considered to be quite old-fashioned when it was built between 1853-57. This may have been to prevent it from looking out of place with the other architecture of the college at the time, namely the Old Library. Since then, architects haven't been afraid to try a more modern approach, sometimes, arguably disastrously (see A for Arts Block).

Located within its walls are the oldest lecture halls in use in the College, most importantly the Geography Lecture Theatre (featuring cool slidey blackboards).
Other gems within its walls are the majestic stairway from the main hall, and the Irish Elk and Deer skeletons as you enter. There are also pieces of moon rock to be found within the Geology Department samples (forgotten by NASA after being lent to the College back in the 70s apparently).

More images (please note that nothing compares to actually being there, so if you've never set foot in the place, wander over now).

Cantab.

This thread is not restricted to just building you know!!!

Ron DMC

Cantab. wrote: »

This thread is not restricted to just building you know!!!

Oh I know that, I just love the museum building.

M450

Wow... I've spent so much time in the Museum building but I don't think I've ever really looked at it!!! Pic no. 2 is quite impressive.

Ron DMC

M450 wrote: »

Wow... I've spent so much time in the Museum building but I don't think I've ever really looked at it!!! Pic no. 2 is quite impressive.

They're just ones I found online. I've taken some nicer photos on my phone before, but can't seem to find where I saved them.

JC 2K3

N is for the Naughton Institute, Ireland's first purpose-built nanoscience research institute, which also hosts a science gallery. A roof panel blew off it last month, smashing a car window and causing a road to be closed.

Cantab.

JC 2K3 wrote: »

N is for the Naughton Institute, Ireland's first purpose-built nanoscience research institute, which also hosts a science gallery. A roof panel blew off it last month, smashing a car window and causing a road to be closed.

Oh look! Also built by McNamara...

(hopefully she'll hold up to tonight's storm)

dan719

O is for orange, which is the colour of many students in Trinity....totally naturally of course.

Awayindahils

P is for PAC rooms with printers which often don't work.

[PAC = Public Access Computer Rooms]

ApeXaviour

Ah here...

P is for the Pav

nuf said

Degsy

Q is for Queues..at the library counter!

Crash

R is for Ross.....Shane Ross, independent Senator elected by Trinity alumni.



Hey, I know this could've just as easily gone for S, but meh

Ron DMC

S is for Shane Ross....... dammit.

Degsy

S is for short skirts,the airheads in the arts block seem to favour them to take the attention away from thier utter innablity to speak properly.

Degsy

Degsy wrote: »

S is for short skirts,the airheads in the arts block seem to favour them to take the attention away from thier utter innablity to speak properly.

and long may it last

tolosenc

T is for Trinity College. Naturally.

Awayindahils

Or Trinity Monday or Trinity Ball

Ron DMC

Or more excitingly Tunnels. I mean come on, Trinity College? Where's your imagination?

Tricity Bendix

Since Shay hasn't gotten here yet, I suppose I better go ahead: U is for Ultimate Frisbee. One of the wierder sports in a college with a lot of wierd sports.

Awayindahils

Ronny Mitchell wrote: »

Or more excitingly Tunnels. I mean come on, Trinity College? Where's your imagination?

In an essay on the American Congress.

Ron DMC

Awayindahils wrote: »

In an essay on the American Congress.

I didn't mean you. You mentioned the ball, which is a little more exciting but I was saving it for when we got back to B.

europerson

V is for the Visitors, the curious link between the University and the College. See Chapter III of the Statutes for more.

europerson

europerson wrote: »

V is for the Visitors, the curious link between the University and the College. See Chapter III of the Statutes for more.

you can't leave me hanging like this...

Crash

Most mysterious name chosen ever. EVER.

xeduCat

Not really. Lots of things have capital-V Visitors, like prisons and psychiatric institutions. We're in good company. Ahem.

(Seriously, though, most old institutions have Visitors, especially in the UK. And what they carry out is a Visitation (which used to happen on a regular basis as it still does for prisons) or even an Extraordinary Visitation. That, I'll give you, is a weird name).

Europerson, I have an entire file on links between the University and College which stuff that is much more bizarre than the Visitors (who are, by Trinity standards, a relatively understandable institution), and will talk with you about it if you like, but I'd advise against asking if you value your free time.

Crash

Oh I know that the idea of Visitors exists in lots of places - just always makes me think of dodgy sci-fi or horror books I read when I was a kid.

Marshy

W is for the Walton theatre.

Good luck with X, Y and Z.

Degsy

Y is for Your Laptop which WILL go missing if you leave it unattended and piss off for an hour to have coffee in Sol.

Ron DMC

You forgot X. Cmon, it's easy. X ray machine. There must be one somewhere on campus.

If there isn't than X stands for X ray machine: there aren't any.

paperclip

Z is for...eh.... Zither!
There's got to be at least ONE zither player in the Music department, right?

(I'm disappointed that no one thought to add 'Schols' for S, especially since that's what I'm taking a break from right now.)

bright

X-ray machines are probably commonplace in the TCD section of James'.

z is for the zebra crossing near the Pav that lets students across one of the very few on campus ''roads''...

Randomness

agh jeez what's a girl to do! you start a thread, go away and do your exam, come back and it's back at A again!!........

hmm okey

A is for Atrium

curious structure.....lots of timber....home to some socities and random gatherings.....has benches......

as you can see my A imagination hasn't gotten any better in one day!

paperclip

B is for BOOKS. Lots of them around here!