Best societies to join?

Rds1989

Hey can anyone recommend any interesting societes for me to join in freshers week. I'm into indie music, history, literature and sports. Thanks

Denerick

Don't join any societies unless you want to descend into the unvirtuous and facile world of student politics. If you are interested in history and literature then read history and literature; if you wish to find like minded people to talk about these things to then you will find them regardless of whether you join a society or not.

PurpleFistMixer

Indie music: DUAMS
History: History Society (not the Hist)
Literature: Litsoc
Sports: there are many sports clubs, it depends on what you like.

Here's a list of the societies, for your perusal, and here's a list of sports clubs.

El Siglo

Joly, Enviro or Geog Soc; small societies, field trips, pub crawls and table quizzes.

The Walsho

What PurpleFistMixer said.

But also, just head in for Freshers' week and see what takes your fancy.

gearoidof

Ignore denerick.

Head in on monday and have a chat with people at each stand.

Give them a chance to persuade you to join their club. Try to keep an open mind too. For all we know, Jugger is a fantastic sport!

fh041205

gearoidof wrote: »

Ignore denerick.

In fairness he makes a decent point if you ask me. I would join;

-Comedy Society, for cheap tickets to comedy gigs
-Players Drama Society, for cheap tickets to any performances they do or host,
-Hist(Historical Society) / Phil(Philosophical Society) for cheap use of the pool rooms in the GMB.


Don't go joining everything, its a waste of time and money. A lot of the clubs are really too small to have any major impact anyway. If you're involved with the people you'll be involved with the club, simple as.

Denerick

Ignore Gearoid.

Head in on monday and have a chat with people away from each stand.

Don't give them a chance to persuade you to join their club. Try to maintain a position of distinguished disregard. For all we know, Jugger is a paedophile ring.

El Siglo

Denerick wrote: »

Ignore Gearoid.

Head in on monday and have a chat with people away from each stand.

Don't give them a chance to persuade you to join their club. Try to maintain a position of distinguished disregard. For all we know, Jugger is a paedophile ring.

Like this?

Larianne

fh041205 wrote: »

In fairness he makes a decent point if you ask me. I would join;

-Comedy Society, for cheap tickets to comedy gigs
-Players Drama Society, for cheap tickets to any performances they do or host,
-Hist(Historical Society) / Phil(Philosophical Society) for cheap use of the pool rooms in the GMB.


Don't go joining everything, its a waste of time and money. A lot of the clubs are really too small to have any major impact anyway. If you're involved with the people you'll be involved with the club, simple as.

What yer man says above.

I'd get involved more so in a sport than a society though..

Darkglasses

I tried joining Jugger last year! Abject failure, not nearly enough people to make the society work. But it does sound like a fun sport if they do have enough people.

Try the Theology society for History and Literature too, it's built out of love! That said, one of the guests coming up this year is Peter Singer. Guaranteed fun, the ultimate controversial ethicist. He's covered animal rights, abortion and even euthanasia...

Possibly a bigger name to come too!

timmywex

Join your courses socieity. Im engineering so am in eng soc basically!

Then join a few random ones, a few your interested in, and a few that might be for a good cause, like cancer soc say. Join loads is your best bet!

PurpleFistMixer

The hell is Jugger?

Aoibheann

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

The hell is Jugger?

Juggling rugby.. something? ¬_¬

gearoidof

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v2Z0fbnwuk

But this is beside the point.

If there's interest, I can write up a fairly objective opinion of societies and sports clubs. Most of them are obvious, though some have expanded into other fields (Sci Fi now does gaming, MSISS now do poker)

sron

gearoidof wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v2Z0fbnwuk

But this is beside the point.

If there's interest, I can write up a fairly objective opinion of societies and sports clubs. Most of them are obvious, though some have expanded into other fields (Sci Fi now does gaming, MSISS now do poker)

Don't you know that the Statutes of 1799 banned shillelaghs from Trinity grounds? Blame that Tone rascal.

Penrose

Check my signature, good site for getting out and about.

andrew

gearoidof wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v2Z0fbnwuk

...what the fuck?

Dante

gearoidof wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v2Z0fbnwuk

Seriously? Rofl...

The Walsho

I've watched one minute of that video and I'm pretty sure Juggler is in fact Quidditch.


Bagsy Seeker!

gearoidof

The Walsho wrote: »

I've watched one minute of that video and I'm pretty sure Jugger is in fact Quidditch.
Bagsy Seeker!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMh3leplzDQ

Trinity don't have a Ground Quidditch team

Penrose

Excellent lol, they need a magic society too

Groinshot

Just make sre you get one with a 2 for one for captain americas card... or the bad ass cafe -best reaosn to join the comedysoc!

tomissex

Groinshot wrote: »

Just make sre you get one with a 2 for one for captain americas card... or the bad ass cafe -best reaosn to join the comedysoc!

That and the cheap tickets to comedians.

mardybumbum

Jazz Soc

Jegger

fh041205 wrote: »

A lot of the clubs are really too small to have any major impact anyway.

sorry, what is this about? since when was the point of a club "to have an impact", clubs are about meeting new people and having fun. The only impact the HIST or the Phil have is on the amount of stupid posters we have to look at walking through the college.

Joseph

What about the Entrepreneurial Society, that any good?

fh041205

JonGaffer wrote: »

sorry, what is this about? since when was the point of a club "to have an impact", clubs are about meeting new people and having fun. The only impact the HIST or the Phil have is on the amount of stupid posters we have to look at walking through the college.

I mean they're too small to achieve the aims that they (presumably) set out in their own charters. With very small societies theres a risk of it being monopolised by a group of 5-6 people who are happy to leave the purpose of the society by the wayside in favour of having a laugh with their friends.

The clubs all have seperate specific purposes, thats why they're here. They must prove the neccesity of that very nature to the CSC before they can even exist. Its not just about having fun and meeting new people, although it does help.

gearoidof

fh041205 wrote: »

I mean they're too small to achieve the aims that they (presumably) set out in their own charters. With very small societies theres a risk of it being monopolised by a group of 5-6 people who are happy to leave the purpose of the society by the wayside in favour of having a laugh with their friends.

The clubs all have seperate specific purposes, thats why they're here. They must prove the neccesity of that very nature to the CSC before they can even exist. Its not just about having fun and meeting new people, although it does help.

I'd appreciate an example here, fh. I don't know of any society which do nothing but sit around and chat to the detriment of their actual aims. You're giving a misleading impression of college societies.

Denerick

gearoidof wrote: »

I'd appreciate an example here, fh. I don't know of any society which do nothing but sit around and chat to the detriment of their actual aims. You're giving a misleading impression of college societies.

No he's not.

fh041205

gearoidof wrote: »

I'd appreciate an example here, fh. I don't know of any society which do nothing but sit around and chat to the detriment of their actual aims. You're giving a misleading impression of college societies.

I don't think it would be a good idea to do that. But you'd be right if you thought I had a particular society or two in mind. Doesn't take a genius to figure out which ones, especially if you've ever dealt with them.

Go through the smallest societies and see which ones you've never heard of, never seen do any events, run events poorly or even cancel events or be generally undependable to fulfill commitments, then you'll find them.

gearoidof

I looked through the list, and so far the societies I've found who I've never seen an event by are: Anarchist (surely a requirement for them?) and the course socs. PM me names, maybe?

PurpleFistMixer

gearoidof wrote: »

I looked through the list, and so far the societies I've found who I've never seen an event by are: Anarchist (surely a requirement for them?) and the course socs. PM me names, maybe?

Course socs?

The anarchist society had at least one event 2 years ago. That's all I can say.

sternn

Deaddude wrote: »

What about the Entrepreneurial Society, that any good?

I am involved in the Entrepreneurial Society this year and I can honestly say we have a lot of big things already planned. You will hear more about them during freshers week.

Craguls

Course soc's generally just bring in speakers for seminars and host receptions at least for science anyway. Bigger ones like Physoc, Mathsoc, DUBES and Engsoc tend to do more for their courses. DUBES having a particularly strong presence from what I can see.

gearoidof

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Course socs?
The anarchist society had at least one event 2 years ago. That's all I can say.

Course socs, i.e. Engineering Society, archaeological society

And the anarchists seem like friendly chaps.

Joseph

sternn wrote: »

I am involved in the Entrepreneurial Society this year and I can honestly say we have a lot of big things already planned. You will hear more about them during freshers week.

Sounds excellent

Denerick

sternn wrote: »

I am involved in the Entrepreneurial Society this year and I can honestly say we have a lot of big things already planned. You will hear more about them during freshers week.

Yeah right. A few hacks will have the wind up their sails for freshers week in order to get new members and ergo funding, after that the society will degenerate, chewing on the carcus of the societies budget, smugly confident they've outwitted the system.

Keogg

gearoidof wrote: »

Trinity don't have a Ground Quidditch team

How do we go about making one?:)

gearoidof

Would you believe, there's actually a very good reason we don't have a Ground Quidditch team...

Far too much effort to train in Santry.