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Senate fellow speaks out against major governance changes made in secret
A fellow of the University of Sydney senate has blasted major changes passed recently regarding the way the university is governed, describing them as “consistent with the increasing corporatisation”...
View ArticleUniversity appoints member of senate to USU board without consultation
The president of the University of Sydney Union has spoken out against the recent appointment of a new USU board director by the senate, claiming the university did not consult the USU before...
View ArticleOnline campaign gives voice to students’ rental ‘horror stories’
Leaky ceilings, persistent mould, poor ventilation and fungus growing in the shower are all too common problems for renters in Sydney, a demographic larger than ever before. As part of the ‘Standing Up...
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University of Tasmania Union accused of ripping off USU’s OWeek branding
The Tasmania University Union (TUU) has unveiled its OWeek theme for 2016 and… it looks pretty familiar. The promotional material, which features beach-themed imagery, bears a strong similarity to the...
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What about meme?
© The University of Sydney/Victoria Baldwin Midday at the main stage. A mosh forms full of student wearing bucket hats and coconut smelling sunscreen. Summer inflatables ride over waves of hands...
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Fear and Loathing in Canberra
I’m happy to acknowledge that the chances of the 2012 Labor leadership spill being made into a feature film are about the same as anyone actually wanting to see that same movie; which is to say very...
View ArticleSanders without borders
Illustration by Steph Barahona I don’t know exactly what it was about her that gave me an uneasy feeling. We had struck up a conversation at the Bernie Sanders headquarters in Las Vegas, where I was...
View ArticleBig red adult show
When the Wiggles announced they would be holding a one-off 18+ charity pub show, over 30,000 people expressed interest on Facebook. However, thanks to the irrational decision to hold the concert at Dee...
View ArticleWe tried vaping so you don’t have to
Vaping subculture took off at an alarming rate in 2015, taking the world by storm and changing the hearts and minds of the likes of DiCaprio, Miley and that guy on Tinder who keeps telling you about...
View ArticleFourth Islamophobic incident in a month as leaders call for University action
Content warning: Islamophobia and references to rape. In the latest in a spate of incidents, posters on campus have been defaced with Islamophobic messages prompting student leaders to call for the...
View ArticleHepped up on goofballs
The world can safely expect its television screens and muesli bar boxes to be consumed by Olympic branding over the coming few months. Watching dedicated and deserving athletes achieve their life-long...
View ArticleUni employee loses laptop containing confidential disability information
A laptop containing students’ confidential information held in the University of Sydney’s Disability Assist Database was “lost in transit” by a University employee on Monday night. The database details...
View ArticleA room of one’s own
The house hunt can be incredibly daunting. It can be especially daunting when doing it alone. One Wednesday afternoon in February I am faced with four inspections in 90 minutes, and thus prepare...
View ArticleThe end of an era
Art by Brigitte Samaha On Missenden Road, nestled between a hospital and a café, sits a small pub. The tiles lining its faded facade reflect a bygone era, long before the modern pub gentrification...
View ArticleAnonymous and angry
“I’m sitting against the back seats on the left hand side, with a black and white patterned top on.” We meet in Carslaw Kitchen at 11:15am on a Friday. She says she’s in her third year of a commerce...
View ArticleStudent soldiers
In a handful of countries around the world, when boys – and sometimes girls – turn 18, they must heed their nation’s calling. The practice goes by different names: national service, military service,...
View ArticleUSyd’s hotline bling
The University of Sydney has closed faculty phone lines and replaced them with a university-wide 1800 number, causing students to wait over an hour for their calls to be redirected. The 1800 SYD UNI...
View ArticlePolitical Economy at risk from restructure
The study of Political Economy at the University of Sydney has a lively history, characterised by conflict, struggle and compromise. The fight to establish Political Economy courses at the University...
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