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A curry to die for
“It might be okay for you, but it’s not okay for me.” In late 2008, Robert Cordover was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). The illness was not unfamiliar to Robert, who watched his own mother...
View ArticleWho’s afraid of Barry Spurr?
One month ago, on the week of the fourth of July, someone at The Australian received a book in the mail. It was brand new and had been printed in Charleston, South Carolina, via a small Sydney press...
View ArticleBrother of NSW Finance Minister faces court for alleged sexual assault at St...
A UNSW student and younger brother of NSW Finance Minister Dominic Perrottet is due to face court on charges of sexually assaulting a woman at a St John’s College event in 2015. Jean-Claude Perrottet,...
View ArticleStudents disrupt USyd open day with Columbia-style mattress protest
Around 20 students occupied Eastern Avenue auditorium to an audience of prospective parents and the Chancellor, Belinda Hutchinson, to protest the University’s failure to take action on sexual assault...
View ArticleUSU under fire from student groups over CUB contract offer
The University of Sydney Union Board has come under fire from student political factions on campus over its consideration of a deal that would see all taps at USU outlets replaced with products from...
View ArticleComplementary medicine and academia
Art: Michael Lotsarias Teaching complementary medicine at universities is a controversial subject. By definition, complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) are practices that have not been...
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Sydney University Labor Club unregistered following failure to meet financial...
The Sydney University Labor club has been unregistered from the University of Sydney Union’s (USU) Clubs and Societies program, a circumstance alternately attributed to factional obstruction of club...
View ArticleSydney Uni lets go of 60 casual staff in mass firing
60 casual staff from the University’s Student Centre were sacked this Friday morning, with many complaining of inadequate notice of termination, and some claiming they had been assured work until...
View ArticleGraduating with a useless degree? Move to Avenue Q
From start to finish, the USyd Intercol Musical’s production of Avenue Q is riotously funny. The story of a group of young adults trying to find employment with useless degrees, reconcile themselves to...
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‘They forced me to do it’: Senate candidate and former Liberal Party adviser...
Photo: Harry Rogers Colin Whitchurch, a candidate contesting the position of Undergraduate Fellow at the ongoing Senate election, has been caught standing over students after instructing them to vote...
View ArticleAn acquired Taste
Picture James Gandolfini’s Tony Soprano. Now cast aside his standover tactics, underworld connections and his penchant for the lewd. But keep his relentless migrant work ethic; his prioritisation of...
View ArticleUndergrad degree options cut from 122 to 42 in 2018
Students commencing at Sydney University in 2018 will have a choice of just 42 combinations of 24 degrees instead of the current 122, according to a proposed degree structure endorsed by the...
View ArticleWhy didn’t people see the faculty revues?
In 2011, just over 1,700 students attended the Science Revue’s production of NASAblanca. It was a turnout that saw the Seymour Centre’s York theatre (with a capacity of 781) comfortably full across the...
View ArticleEditorial: This Senate election is a sham
Last Sunday afternoon, an Honi editor was studying in the quiet zone of Fisher level four, when a Senate candidate asked for her vote. He said he wanted to lower university fees. As he walked away, she...
View ArticleSRC President misses nearly two thirds of University committee meetings
Sydney University Students’ Representative Council President Chloe Smith has been absent from two thirds of the meetings of the Academic Board and its committees this year. As President, Smith is...
View ArticleAn (un)likely pairing
My thatha sways back and forth, perched on his rocking chair out the front of his home in Chennai. 82-years-young, the oasis he has built in the middle of sticky South India remains his favourite...
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Protesters removed from campus following banner and camp-in SCA demonstration
A tent city constructed by Let SCA Stay activists was removed from campus this morning at 6.30am by campus security and police officers. Approximately 20 people were removed from the site, at least...
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