RAG week..

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Its Rag week in Galway next week, both NUIG and GMIT are the same week...
Does RAG week upset anyone?? Does any one live in town and have to put up with the added noise??

As a student I'm looking forward it but I can also see how annoying it might be for people living near the centre of town or near the student villages...Messy stuff

snubbleste

Students raising money for charity, why would that be messy, keep people awake or upset anyone?

Chris_533976

I'm staying well away from town. Its just a chance for students to attempt to drink more than they usually do and disguise a pissup as a charity event. Put 10% of the money spent drinking into charity and it'd be far more successful than it will be.

Supermacs will love it tho.

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snubbleste wrote: »

Students raising money for charity, why would that be messy, keep people awake or upset anyone?

Yes raising money for charity is whats going to be happening

Also in the pubs drinking as soon as they open..general mayhem and messiness from about noon every day (depending on the size of the hangover from the night before)

banshee_bones

Going out in town during RAG week is absurd as the lines for the clubs are totally ridiculous. . and im also pretty certain in recent years the "charity" aspect has gone completely out the window.


I think the clubs should turn over a percentage of their door money to whatever charity that could perhaps be decided upon by both colleges so a really large worthwhile contribution could be made, rather than having a few different charities.
Basically the charity aspect should be more heavily advertised and or campaigned. I couldnt tell you what we collected for at any of the RAG weeks i had during college which in my mind tells me they were pushing the activities rather than the charity aspect.

galwayguy22

I've been in college six years an never even realised there was a charity aspect to RAG week.

Every year rag week comes round and I feel I should possible be out and "living it up" with the rest of the gob****es but in all honesty going out drinking just isn't me. I've never really enjoyed it at all. My annual RAG week inner struggle actually gets me down at times. I feel I'm missing out on life a bit by not participating. Oh well.

At least there's the opportunity to see attention whores flash their tits and sometimes get completely naked in the various activities specifically designed to produce flesh.

Wompa1

I have a friend that lives in Woodquay and works. He takes the week off and goes away every year because the noise is too much to bare. The idea of the nightclubs giving 10% to charity is good but they'd never go for it. It will actually be a nice boost for the city this year. Might not be so good for the parents paying for it

cooperguy

I dont know much about RAG week up here but UL has well publicised charity events and the grand total for donations every year is usually 20k at least. Plenty of drinking too though:D

Chris_533976

In Cork it was the same, but a lot of it got culled after a bunch of planks decided to attack an ambulance.

Perrin

who knows what time ya'll have to start quencing this year

toxick

does anyone know if nightclubs do donate anything to the charities during RAG week?

cause i know for the last few years, i always see posters for the mian clubs saying stuff like: "offical RAG week foam party/ offical RAG week night in here" ect ect.

do they actualy donate stuff to charity from the "offical rag week" parties?

kevmy

The clubs don't but then what do you expect. It's not there place to raise money for charity. Students always get emails and **** encouraging them not to go into town blah blah blah.

And they are expecting to raise 20k this year for charity. It's pointless giving out about it. For example if it was cancelled an unofficial one would just start up in it's place and no money would be raised for charity.

This is going to be my 5th RAG week. Every single year the charity/events organised by the college grows smaller and smaller, only to be replaced by drinking.

Organise more events. Get people interested in activites that do not involve drinking, or figure out how to try and control it.

KevR

I'm a student and I think RAG week is overrated. I don't see what's so much better about drinking during that one particular week over the other 51 weeks in the year. I have a good social life all year round. The way some people go on about RAG week, you'd swear it was the best week since the week that sliced bread was invented!

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

This is going to be my 5th RAG week. Every single year the charity/events organised by the college grows smaller and smaller, only to be replaced by drinking.

Organise more events. Get people interested in activites that do not involve drinking, or figure out how to try and control it.

I was always a big big fan of rag week, had some brilliant weeks over the years and Im disappointed I wont be around Galway that week, though I may take a a day off and head up for one day of it.

Now I know it sounds bad but I nor any of the people I know had any interest in events during rag week, the only time we would spent in the college that week would be a trip to the college bar other than that we would be drinking back at houses or in pubs in down having the craic. I would give money if I saw people collecting for stuff alright during the week but events(especially non-alcohol) would never have appealed to us.

paddyb125

snubbleste wrote: »

Students raising money for charity, why would that be messy, keep people awake or upset anyone?

Have you ever been around for a RAG week??

bigeasyeah

I live in town and never had a problem with ragweek.
Its raceweek thats a disgrace.

Mrs OBumble

bigeasyeah wrote: »

I live in town and never had a problem with ragweek.
Its raceweek thats a disgrace.

I've been living in town for one of each, and they seemed equally bad. Except that race-week was more tightly policed, so there was far less broken glass on the streets.

The only charity that will be making any serious money out of the event are the pub/club owners.

IMHO the universities cannot be making their courses hard enough if students can afford the time to take a week off to get plastered.

Kazooie

JustMary wrote: »

I've been living in town for one of each, and they seemed equally bad. Except that race-week was more tightly policed, so there was far less broken glass on the streets.

The only charity that will be making any serious money out of the event are the pub/club owners.

IMHO the universities cannot be making their courses hard enough if students can afford the time to take a week off to get plastered.

The beauty of copying notes is you can afford to take the almost entire year off to get plastered and still pass your exams.

JustMary

JustMary wrote: »

I've been living in town for one of each, and they seemed equally bad. Except that race-week was more tightly policed, so there was far less broken glass on the streets.

The only charity that will be making any serious money out of the event are the pub/club owners.

IMHO the universities cannot be making their courses hard enough if students can afford the time to take a week off to get plastered.

Yes,college is easy.:rolleyes:
I presume you have never been.You think we all take the week off?

snubbleste

paddyb125 wrote: »

Have you ever been around for a RAG week??

yes.

Mrs OBumble

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Yes,college is easy.:rolleyes:
I presume you have never been.You think we all take the week off?

I cannot see that it's possible to do the compulsory weekly assignments that I did in college, and still partake of RAG week festivities to the extent that people do!

GunScope

Rag week is messy, but if you take it at a steady pace and know who to get your notes from .... the world will be in balance and your exams will all be oooookaayyyy.

That and a happy go lucky attitude :rolleyes:

JustMary

JustMary wrote: »

I cannot see that it's possible to do the compulsory weekly assignments that I did in college, and still partake of RAG week festivities to the extent that people do!

I always had at least two labs a week during rag week and I never missed one any rag week even if I was dieing a slow and painful death from drink(or half drunk). Now lectures were a different story most would be missed rag week but a lot of them would be canceled anyway.

Fracture

bigeasyeah wrote: »

I live in town and never had a problem with ragweek.
Its raceweek thats a disgrace.

Raceweek is a messy one alright, but the crowd around for race week is alot more civil than the crowd around for rag week, the sheer number of people around for race week makes it look that much worse, but when you look at the damage some of the students cause during rag week then id be more inclined to say rag week is worse. Especially with the amount of immature boozed up twats that are around during rag week. I know its a minority of students who act the clown but after working in a bar for 3 or 4 rag weeks i have seen plenty of things that only attention seeking students could do. Im glad im not around for them any more.

Caliden

Fun times. A certain lecturer has decided to give out continuous assessment marks for simply attending her class during rag week.

As for the assignment things, I just get a week ahead in all of my work and hand everything up before the monday
You're talking as if people never get the flu and miss a few days of college

dcukhunter

What happened in Glasan Sunday night. I heard it got wrecked again does anyone know or if rag week starting early this year?

ethernet

The official stance is that tutorials and labs are still on. Story can vary for lectures. Not so lucky for seminars -- marks for attendance and lots of questions if absent.

As always, a few will go too far and have close misses with death or serious injury.

bigeasyeah

I refuse to accept that the ragweek crowd are any less civil than that of raceweek.

dcukhunter

bigeasyeah wrote: »

I refuse to accept that the ragweek crowd are any less civil than that of raceweek.

[Rant begins]

I have to disagree here. I have been working both rag and race week for 8+ years now and what goes on during rag week is always worse.

Race week while it is very busy around and the place can be left a mess afterwards the worst I come across is people that think they are someone big. The most often used one's "Do you not know who I am." , "I pay your wages" and the ever popular "I'll have your job in the morning". Well if you want my job your welcome to it most of them dont know what to say then. Aside from them being verbally abused and the whole stuck up, snobbiness of it all its ok and not much trouble.

Rag week is totally different while you get all the same as during race week. The place is always in a worse mess afterwards and along with being verbally abused sometimes it could get physical as well, I have been hit on more than one occasion. I have also witnessed random vandalism such as damage to cars, pulling up flower beds, destroying young tree's, pulling signs out of the ground and more. The petty stealing that goes on when they are on the way home as well taking kids bike's have some sense at least take a full sized one that you can use. The worst I came across was someone had taken a dump on a couch how fu**ed up are you. I have never seen anyone during race week acting like that.

All of this I have seen and witnessed for myself so I know it goes on. Nobody minds rag week the bit of noise and mess will be put up with. It's the ass's that will ruin it for everyone and they are in the minority.

[Rant ends]

bigeasyeah

dcukhunter wrote: »

[Rant begins]

I have to disagree here. I have been working both rag and race week for 8+ years now and what goes on during rag week is always worse.

Race week while it is very busy around and the place can be left a mess afterwards the worst I come across is people that think they are someone big. The most often used one's "Do you not know who I am." , "I pay your wages" and the ever popular "I'll have your job in the morning". Well if you want my job your welcome to it most of them dont know what to say then. Aside from them being verbally abused and the whole stuck up, snobbiness of it all its ok and not much trouble.

Rag week is totally different while you get all the same as during race week. The place is always in a worse mess afterwards and along with being verbally abused sometimes it could get physical as well, I have been hit on more than one occasion. I have also witnessed random vandalism such as damage to cars, pulling up flower beds, destroying young tree's, pulling signs out of the ground and more. The petty stealing that goes on when they are on the way home as well taking kids bike's have some sense at least take a full sized one that you can use. The worst I came across was someone had taken a dump on a couch how fu**ed up are you. I have never seen anyone during race week acting like that.

All of this I have seen and witnessed for myself so I know it goes on. Nobody minds rag week the bit of noise and mess will be put up with. It's the ass's that will ruin it for everyone and they are in the minority.

[Rant ends]

Ive seen the same and worse during raceweek.

foxy_19-89

bigeasyeah wrote: »

Ive seen the same and worse during raceweek.

+1 i think race week is worse

not just because i'm a student but if been workin 2 years for both race and rag weeks. i sapose maybe its because i can relate to the students, but i can relate to the people enjoyin themselves (within reason) on race week.

people during race week are expected to be more sophisticated, yet the amount of extra service that are pulled in for race week are immense, maybe thats why the place looks/seems worse during rag week?

plus the council are more concerened toursits will see the state of the place during the summer than durin february when there are not many here?

dcukhunter

bigeasyeah wrote: »

Ive seen the same and worse during raceweek.

Have you seen someone going into someone else's house and taking a s*** on their couch, make a mess of the place and rob them? Maybe much the same does go on i'm not sure only going by what I have seen personally and from working both for 9 years once this one is over.

Mike...

This thread has inspired me to have a rant on the GMITSU forums,
I really hate RAG week, although it seems the college have wised up a bit, for some odd reason we have tests and assaignments to hand up next week

dcukhunter

foxy_19-89 wrote: »

people during race week are expected to be more sophisticated, yet the amount of extra service that are pulled in for race week are immense, maybe thats why the place looks/seems worse during rag week?

Race week also brings in 3 to 4 times as many people into Galway with less hassle. We have the same amount of people on for both weeks we could even take some people off for the race's but better err on the safe side. Plus i'm not going to tell the boss would only make it busier for me

ethernet

dcukhunter wrote: »

Race week also brings in 3 to 4 times as many people into Galway with less hassle. We have the same amount of people on for both weeks we could even take some people off for the race's but better err on the safe side. Plus i'm not going to tell the boss would only make it busier for me

Indeed, seeing as many of them take the helicopter to the races and avoid the tail-backs of traffic

bigeasyeah

dcukhunter wrote: »

Have you seen someone going into someone else's house and taking a s*** on their couch, make a mess of the place and rob them? Maybe much the same does go on i'm not sure only going by what I have seen personally and from working both for 9 years once this one is over.

Yes I have.However Im loathe to give examples or cite experience to lend credence to a post.
Of course what youve experienced is very bad and not to be tolerated.Thats a given.
Bear in mind though Ive seen a lot worse during raceweek and Ill leave it at that.

EJLL

I never knew Rag Week was associated with charity. I lived by NUIG for 26 years and went to college for 6 of those years and never knew! What a shocker!:eek:

Rag Week has gone downhill and has continued to do so since the late 90's. It's just drinking now and little else. Manys a time I got egged and floured coming home from school in the 80's during Rag Week. It seemed the whole college was buzzing and it did not always involve drink. There were bands playing on top of the concourse, but by the time I reached college it was just drinking in the park or getting smashed in the River Inn druing the day. The mystery tour was a good laugh in first year but it is really only for first years.

When Rag Week conflicts with the Novena then you get trouble.

Apart from that it is a tradition that needs to be upheld but better organisation is required by the college to pump some imagination back into it.

Wompa1

EJLL wrote: »

When Rag Week conflicts with the Novena then you get trouble.

Or you get the best damn Novena of all time! Wooooooooooo Novena!! Yeahhhhhhh Go with Christ!

Wompa1

Fracture wrote: »

Raceweek is a messy one alright, but the crowd around for race week is alot more civil than the crowd around for rag week, the sheer number of people around for race week makes it look that much worse, but when you look at the damage some of the students cause during rag week then id be more inclined to say rag week is worse. Especially with the amount of immature boozed up twats that are around during rag week. I know its a minority of students who act the clown but after working in a bar for 3 or 4 rag weeks i have seen plenty of things that only attention seeking students could do. Im glad im not around for them any more.

Very true...the Monday of last year was pathetic. Alot of students can't handle their booze..who knew?

I'm going to try and avoid town as much as possible during RAG week, by holding alternative events in mine/friends houses. Poker nights, dvd/drinking games.

But I must agree, Race week can be far worse than RAG week.

What ever about rag week, I cannot believe people don't like race week its the best week of the year and I always take a week off for it. 7 days of racing and lots of nights on the beer with a fantastic atmosphere around the city. I was living in the UK last year and I had my flights booked for race week well in advance I can tell you no way id miss it. Then again I'm into racing which no doubts adds to the appeal.

went out to the races, phone went dead, lost all my money, lost my friends, bus home nd had better craic drinkin wit the people who didn't go.. race week is effort, race weekend would be the job.

dcukhunter

bigeasyeah wrote: »

Yes I have.However Im loathe to give examples or cite experience to lend credence to a post.
Of course what youve experienced is very bad and not to be tolerated.Thats a given.
Bear in mind though Ive seen a lot worse during raceweek and Ill leave it at that.

Fair enough we must have just been lucky for the last number of years with the race's and unlucky with the students. Never had any major problems with the race's but we alway have problems with rag week from the Sunday night till Friday evening.

Robbo

As an aside, €17,500 was raised during Rag Week last year in NUIG.

eh was it last year or the year before in nui that they made a loss?!

that was the rumor anyway.. fek all people go to the organised stuff

Captain Darling

Christ all mighty.... Is this the Victor Meldrew thread? This sort of thing has been going on for years.....

Rag week has, and always will be, a glorious excuse for a piss up. I left NUIG in 1999 and thats all it was back then. Its only abit of craic, nobody gets killed, there may be a bit of gawk in the street after it, but its probably the same amount that would be left after a normal saturday night in Galway.

galwayguy22

Where's the best place to see some freshers tities?

Coyotes having a full monty for males and females on Monday.

bigeasyeah

galwayguy22 wrote: »

Where's the best place to see some freshers tities?

Coyotes having a full monty for males and females on Monday.

Not at your place anyway

galwayguy22

bigeasyeah wrote: »

Not at your place anyway

Damn straight. That's why I am asking.

Is masturbating in public still taboo?

Wompa1

Captain Darling wrote: »

Christ all mighty.... Is this the Victor Meldrew thread? This sort of thing has been going on for years.....

Rag week has, and always will be, a glorious excuse for a piss up. I left NUIG in 1999 and thats all it was back then. Its only abit of craic, nobody gets killed, there may be a bit of gawk in the street after it, but its probably the same amount that would be left after a normal saturday night in Galway.

....someone died last year but wasn't 'killed' it was suicide, Its like a Saturday night alright only its during the day when normal people that might avoid Galway City at night not wanting to see the drunkeness are around. I saw some arsehole shout in the face of a child pissed out of his head by the hole in the wall last year and some guy chased a dog that was being walked by an elderly couple in Shop Street (He fell on his arse which was great)...also didn't somebody piss into a letter box? And two arseholes lay on the street infront of the Taxi rank to not let cars move...

Race week is not as bad I think in some ways though I think theres alot of drink driving and more serious offences during that week. That and theres alot of pretentious feckers around..working in the city during it was a blessing and curse at the same time. Depending on the job. The races themselves bore me to tears but thats just me and I wouldn't begrudge others their fun