The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville commences with the love-struck Count Almaviva attempting to serenade his true love, Rosina, on the steps of her home. For the next three hours, the audience will discover whether...
View ArticleThe Parent Trap
At just seven weeks old, the University of Sydney’s youngest law student sits quietly in the back row of a contracts seminar in the new Law School Building. Like many students, Pippi naps during class,...
View ArticleBend and clap: MUSE presents Legally Blonde
As I step into Manning Bar, the Legally Blonde cast are feverishly running lines, finding some pre-show Zen, or screaming incoherent vowels at each other (I’m told this is called a “vocal warm up”)....
View ArticleRiot police clash with students protesting Federal Education Minister
Riot police and student protesters have clashed inside Sydney University’s Fisher Library, spurred by the presence of Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham on campus. Birmingham was on campus to...
View ArticleUnion slams ‘dishonest’ NUS textbook campaign
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has slammed an anti-tariff campaign run by the National Union of Students (NUS) aimed at lowering the price of textbooks as “at best naive and at...
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“International student pigs”: Business School head tutor under fire for...
Wu Wei, the head tutor of the Business school subject FINC2012 (Corporate Finance II), has allegedly called Chinese students “pigs” in a series of posts to social media. “One of those [Chinese]...
View ArticleA cheapskate’s guide to Sydney life
While it’s all well and good attributing negative gearing and the changing nature of the workforce to Gen Y, there’s a basic truth that most students face – being broke. It sucks. As a generation...
View ArticleFamily practice
At least once a year when I was a child, I caught a cough from another kid at school. I would do my best to hide it from my parents by holding my breath. At night I would sleep fitfully on my stomach,...
View ArticleUnion Board candidates revealed
Nine students will contest the upcoming University of Sydney Union (USU) Board Director election, Honi Soit can reveal. The candidates attended a compulsory election ethics training meeting this...
View ArticleFriendlyjordies: ‘there’s no real satire in Australia’
“Fucking Buzzfeed.” Jordan Shanks – the face of Friendlyjordies – slouches into Yen’s Vietnamese on Botany Road, Redfern. He’s frustrated with the media fallout after an April 6 Buzzfeed article...
View ArticleSCA exhibition accused of stigmatising mental health
An art exhibition at the Sydney College of the Arts (SCA) has been slammed by a psychiatrist and Sydney Medical School associate for its “unethical” representation of mental health care. Robert...
View ArticleUSU scraps new society funding model after backlash
The 10-events-per-semester funding policy introduced by the University of Sydney Union (USU) in January has been repealed at the organisation’s April Board meeting on Friday. Under the policy, Clubs...
View ArticleGolliwogs: how are they still a thing?
The Golliwog doll is an infamous symbol of racism in Australia and around the world. That’s why Sydney University student, Jonathan Zaharias, was shocked to spot several proudly displayed in a toy...
View ArticleIncreasing Indigenous access to sexual health
Late last year, Professor George Yancy took to The New York Times with a letter titled “Dear White America.” Amongst other things, he stated, “all white people benefit from racism and in their own way...
View Article200 years on…
For the past 15 years, the Appin Massacre has been commemorated on the Sunday nearest April 17 at Cataract Dam, just south of Campbelltown. This year, for the first time and on its 200th anniversary,...
View ArticleUSU backtracks on threat to deregister EU
The Evangelical Union (EU) will not be deregistered, with the University of Sydney Union (USU) deciding at its April Board meeting to amend clubs and societies (C&S) regulations to allow...
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Dereg delayed until 2018 in tepid election budget
Fee deregulation is off the table until 2018, tonight’s Federal Budget has revealed. In an overwhelmingly tame election budget, the Turnbull government appears to have simply shifted pennies around....
View ArticleSenate fellow resigns, creating casual vacancy
The Postgraduate Student Fellow, Simon Hill, has resigned from his position on the Sydney University Senate, creating a casual vacancy to be filled. The vacancy has arisen because Hill will soon...
View ArticleKim, Cara and the rest of us
Before Kanye, or even her ill-advised 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries, Kim Kardashian came out as a psoriasis sufferer. A true activist, with her 2011 admission Kim championed the plight of the 2.6...
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