On primitivism, by a primitive
I’m currently taking a first year introductory course to modern art history. I approached the semester with a little trepidation – I had technically taken this course before and had vaguely bad...
View ArticleBaird To Reverse Greyhound Ban On Proviso No Dogs Enter Mass Grave After 1.30am
The NSW Baird government has today scrapped a complete ban on the greyhound racing industry, instead introducing new restrictions. The primary change is a prohibition on grave-digging near Wentworth...
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of Indian Studies at USyd
In the mid-70s, Dr Soumyen Mukherjee could be seen gathering his students under the jacaranda tree in the Quad for their weekly tutorial on ‘India in English Literature’. Teaching under a tree was...
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SRC balance of power sits on a knife edge ahead of Executive election
A number of SRC councillors-elect may pull the balance of power from a Labor-Liberal alliance ahead of the election of the SRC executive this Wednesday. Honi has become aware of up to 9 councillors (5...
View ArticleFirst Liberals elected to SRC senior positions since 2011
For the first time since 2011, two Liberal students have been elected to paid positions in the SRC, in an election that saw the balance of power held by a single vote. Alex Fitton (Soft Right Liberal)...
View ArticleCumberland Student Guild dodges charity obligations for 18 months
Cumberland Student Guild (CSG), the organisation responsible for overseeing the student experience at USyd’s Lidcombe campus, has failed to meet its transparency obligations to the charities register...
View ArticleA year in the content mills
It has been just over a year since the USU announced they would be taking their student publications program into “new territory” by ceasing to produce the monthly BULL magazine, and moving towards a...
View ArticlePolice bring end to 65-day SCA occupation
The longest-running student occupation at the University of Sydney ended early this morning when security and police forced activists to leave the Sydney College of the Arts after 65 days of...
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The Jacaranda tree in the Quad has died
The infamous jacaranda tree in the Quadrangle has died. It was found this morning, uprooted in the dew, while a string quartet played a soft melody for the white wedding that was set up on the adjacent...
View ArticleRepsElect to be re-held
An extraordinary meeting of the SRC Council tomorrow could see every executive position re-elected, old alliances discarded or even an inquorate meeting that would leave key roles unfilled. This comes...
View ArticleNew triage system for special consideration as Uni continues not-yet public...
A joint submission from SRC and SUPRA caseworkers to university management has called for a raft of major reforms to the special consideration system. This comes during a University review into the...
View ArticleJustice for Youth: Original Poetry by Dylan Voller
In recognition of January 26, Honi is dedicating its platform this week to prioritising the voices of Indigenous people. Find out more here. In 2016, Dylan Voller appeared in Four Corner’s episode...
View ArticleThe economy of dying
“How about we launch with John 14:1-3?” says the man across the table. His fingers skim the wafer thin pages of the leather bound book in his hands. He pauses, and begins the recital in a booming...
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