Almost 75 per cent of student voters in UCD rejected reaffiliation with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) this week. More importantly, they did so by an even larger margin than in the original 2013 vote to disaffiliate. The Editorial Board has established its view on the importance of USI’s work and why UCD students should want to be a part of that work. But we hope not to be so self-indulgent as to assume that our writing, or indeed any writing in this paper, is necessary or sufficient enough to influence opinions on the ground at a university both geographically and culturally removed … Continue reading A Top-Down Campaign for Yes at UCD Undermined an Already Uphill Battle