Favourite and least favourite things about NUIG

WesternNight

Apologies if this has been done before.

I thought it might be nice to have a thread where we can share our appreciation and/or frustration of different aspects of college life in Galway.

I'll start. I'm in first year so I'm sure there's loads more that I've not yet discovered.

Favourite: Fridays. One class in the morning and then my weekend starts. Politics lectures, surprisingly. Striking up conversations so easily and yet also being almost completely anonymous.

Least favourite: 9am starts. 9am Monday morning starts. Kirwin and O'Flaherty in the afternoons...jesus the heat. The scrambled eggs *gag*. The Salmon Weir Bridge.


What are everyone else's favourite and least favourite things about NUIG?

Mr Maroon

What's so bad about the Salmon Weir Bridge?

WesternNight

Mr Maroon wrote: »

What's so bad about the Salmon Weir Bridge?

Being a pedestrian on it.

emeraldstar

WesternNight wrote: »

Being a pedestrian on it.

Yep, it's one scary experience. I'm quite surprised I survived unharmed for a whole year in Galway despite walking over that bridge at least twice a day, every day :-/

nobbo

Hates: That boring bloody economics lecturer! Makes a very interesting subject mind-nubbingly boring!

Loves: Fridays off!:p:D

Niamhf

Loves: smokey's sausage rolls, veg soup in the bialinn and aikido!

Hates: people packing up 10 mins before the end of lectures while the lecturer is still talking!

poisonated

Loves:the student bar,most of my lecftures especially psychology,Subway on campus,living so close to campus

Hates:the way the student bar closes so early,thinking about how fat and generally unhealthy I am going to be at the end of the year:D

axiom32

it can attract pricks like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwbbjAKtlu0&feature=player_embedded#

Weidii

The best thing: Moving out of home and lectures in general, I love my subjects.

The worst thing: Having eggs and cups of ice thrown at me at high speed from cars every fecking week!

Carsinian Thau

Weidii wrote: »

The worst thing: Having eggs and cups of ice thrown at me at high speed from cars every fecking week!

Where does this happen?!

Twilighter

Love: History and Soc & Pol lectures. Brendan Flynn (Soc&pol lecturer ) Subway on campus. 1 class on friday, hometime. So close to Dunnes, Galway Shopping centre and omniplex (:

Hates: Economics, lecturer is soo boring, 9am monday mornings, 10am every other morning =/ Queue's for computers in the library. RAGE!

EuskalHerria

axiom32 wrote: »

it can attract pricks like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwbbjAKtlu0&feature=player_embedded#

That looks to be on Bohermore where i'm living for this year. A lot of elderly residents around and I pray for the day cnuts like that try that on our door.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

poisonated wrote: »

Loves:the student bar,most of my lecftures especially psychology,Subway on campus,living so close to campus

Hates:the way the student bar closes so early,thinking about how fat and generally unhealthy I am going to be at the end of the year:D

Wheres the subway on NUIG campus!? I graduated years ago, havn't been there for years.

christina_x

georgiecasey wrote: »

Wheres the subway on NUIG campus!? I graduated years ago, havn't been there for years.

In the Bialann!

Love: The banter, the student bar, my class (all 16 of us:P), the lift in aras moyola, how everybody is so friendly

Hate: 9 am starts, nature of nursing, cheese toasties (i miss the luxury of a home cooked meal)

WesternNight

Would have to second Brendan Flynn...great lecturer.

And would also second the stuff said about Economics. I'm so glad we have a good tutor for tutorials to make up for it.

I haven't used the lift in Áras Moyola...is it fancy or something? :P

christina_x

WesternNight wrote: »

I haven't used the lift in Áras Moyola...is it fancy or something? :P

LOL! Nope, but after you trec though the campus on 2 hours sleep and slightly hungover to discover your ment to be on the 3rd floor.. you loooove the lift;)

johnmct77

emeraldstar wrote: »

Yep, it's one scary experience. I'm quite surprised I survived unharmed for a whole year in Galway despite walking over that bridge at least twice a day, every day :-/

Is this bridge adjacent to the cathedral on the way 2 eyre square?
If so,jeez that path is so narrow, 'out of my way japanese/spanish tourists taking photos!'

Carsinian Thau

johnmct77 wrote: »

Is this bridge adjacent to the cathedral on the way 2 eyre square?
If so,jeez that path is so narrow, 'out of my way japanese/spanish tourists taking photos!'

That's the one.

Had a few near misses around there....

johnmct77

nobbo wrote: »

Hates: That boring bloody economics lecturer! Makes a very interesting subject mind-nubbingly boring!

Loves: Fridays off!:p:D

A fellow commerce student? Hugh kelley economics? Aka wannabe mr.indiana jones! I'm sick of ure hieroglphics and symbol+ shorthand

english4490

johnmct77 wrote: »

A fellow commerce student? Hugh kelley economics? Aka wannabe mr.indiana jones! I'm sick of ure hieroglphics and symbol+ shorthand

Hugh kelley..... grr.... yay so i'm not the only one who cant read any of that writing!!

Black_Knight

EuskalHerria wrote: »

That looks to be on Bohermore where i'm living for this year. A lot of elderly residents around and I pray for the day cnuts like that try that on our door.

Certainly is there, beside cill ard. I pass it everyday on the way to my girlfriends house. Theres 2 cameras there, I usually throw a wave at them, say hello.

nobbo

johnmct77 wrote: »

A fellow commerce student? Hugh kelley economics? Aka wannabe mr.indiana jones! I'm sick of ure hieroglphics and symbol+ shorthand

Nope in Financial maths have that eejit Martin Keane or something like that, pure tool. Makes me dislike a subject i used to love

Jordonvito

Twilighter wrote: »

Love: History and Soc & Pol lectures. Brendan Flynn (Soc&pol lecturer ) Subway on campus. 1 class on friday, hometime. So close to Dunnes, Galway Shopping centre and omniplex (:

Hates: Economics, lecturer is soo boring, 9am monday mornings, 10am every other morning =/ Queue's for computers in the library. RAGE!

Brendan Flynn, what a man!!

Hate the strict nightclubs

PomBear

Loves: The music scene,the way there is always something of interest in the evenings, cuba, legal science, ógra shinn féin and decent friendly students

Hates: Snobby students, I.T., the wat no one in the college knows to turn down the f**king heater, crap lecturers, lazy lecturers, the price of a decent meal on campus

Dman001

johnmct77 wrote: »

A fellow commerce student? Hugh kelley economics? Aka wannabe mr.indiana jones! I'm sick of ure hieroglphics and symbol+ shorthand

Ah a few Commerce students. What I'm hating at the moment is that we won't have that MIS lecturer anymore.

johnmct77

Dman001 wrote: »

Ah a few Commerce students. What I'm hating at the moment is that we won't have that MIS lecturer anymore.

Martin was a legend,lectured in a interesting way, quick witted and knew how to hold our
Attention. MIS the one lecture very few missed!:-D

TheCosmicFrog

One thing I find really annoying is the lack of plug sockets in the IT building. The sheer number of people in that building using laptops (including me) surely warrants the installation of more plug sockets?

Dman001

johnmct77 wrote: »

Martin was a legend,lectured in a interesting way, quick witted and knew how to hold our
Attention. MIS the one lecture very few missed!:-D

Ha Ha! Yeah I really enjoyed his lectures. It was funny how people made sure not to miss his lectures. I dont think we will ever forgot that the purpose of MIS is to reduce risk.:p

aido179

loves: meeting loads of legend new people. Most of my lectures...thank god. striking up random conversations with people at college bar/ smokeys

hates: not living in the city and commuting / not having somewhere convenient to crash. salmon wier (im shook...i got clipped by a car on wood quey last week). assignments.

WesternNight

aido179 wrote: »

salmon wier (im shook...i got clipped by a car on wood quey last week)

On one of the windy days recently my scarf nearly got caught on the mirror of a bus on that bridge. Had visions of being dragged along and being strangled at the same time. Scary stuff!

nia87

Loves: the canteen and it's noise, the arts millennium building, having luch outside beside the curry chip statue (big yellow thing) when its sunny and of course; The College Bar (esp durin rag week or the day after the arts ball)

Hates: how the canteen sold its soul to install a subway, the smell of subway wafting through the entrance to the library, libocop telling me to shush when all i'm doing is packing up my books!!

aido179

WesternNight wrote: »

On one of the windy days recently my scarf nearly got caught on the mirror of a bus on that bridge. Had visions of being dragged along and being strangled at the same time. Scary stuff!

buses on that bridge are a nightmare! there isn't enough room for them to turn onto it. if your on the path and he over shoots it your pasta!

poisonated

nia87 wrote: »

Hates: how the canteen sold its soul to install a subway, the smell of subway wafting through the entrance to the libraryQUOTE]

ah now it's great to have subway:D

I agree with the library cop comment though,well Im not sure if its the same person but the guy at the entrance takes his job a little too seriously.

Twilighter

Jordonvito wrote: »

Brendan Flynn, what a man!!

i know, he's a babe
the economics lecturer for arts is michael keane. such a dose!

rivalius13

Best: It's in Galway!
Worst: It's in the same city as GMIT

SugarRush

Niamhf wrote: »

Loves: smokey's sausage rolls

They are delicious!!! Perfect way to start the day.

brianthebard

hate; the canteen, its smaller than NUIM's, which has half the student population.
Library, for the same reason.

Like pretty much everything else, although beginning in a college as a postgrad is a different experience to doing your BA, so there's stuff I got to miss like ****ty lecture halls and (for the most part) early starts.