On the 28th January, Luke Grehan, a Senior Sophister computer science student, gave the annual Introduction to Git talk. Git is a program used for managing source code in a distributed manner. It allows a group of developers to collaborate on a single software engineering project with ease. It is particularly important for the computer science software engineering group projects in the Hilary term. As such, the event was targeted at those groups of students. The event was marketed both through the school of computer science and online which helped greatly to generate interest in the event.
INTERNET SOCIETY INTRODUCTION TO GIT
The event was a success with a large turnout from computer science students and lecturers alike. Luke managed to capture concisely why Git is an important tool and how students could use it effectively in their software engineering projects.
Our favourite event of the year had to be the Burns Supper, the annual celebration of Scotland’s most famous son Robert Burns. It simply epitomized Scottishness. On the 29th January, we served up whisky galore and a traditionBURNS SUPPER al two-course Scottish meal: a sumptuous gourmet haggis main followed by a desert of wild-berry cranachan. But, first, of course, we had to parade the mighty haggis around the banqueting hall to the raucous musical accompaniment of an Edinburgh bagpiper. During the meal, we heard speeches from our two guests, Charles Maclean, the internationally-renowned whisky expert and actor, and Dr Margaret Robson of Trinity’s School of English. And, as part of the traditional inter-gender banter, a few scores were settled by our committee members with the addresses to the laddies and lassies.
CALEDONIAN SOCIETY
After the dinner, we dashed off three rowdy Scottish reels, to the exuberant musical accompaniment of TCD Trad Soc. We then relocated to Arthur’s Pub, where we segued into boogieing - pretty versatile bunch we are! Burns Supper was special in the way it combined revelry and deep cultural appreciation and our members came away with more than just sore heads and full bellies the next day: a lasting impression of the best of Scottish culture and heritage.
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