Students, Strike. Solidarity!
Words by Stasi Kapetanos and photos by Ivan Bucalo Jankovic. Pictured left (above on mobile): striking West End Brewery workers. Pictured right (below on mobile): Adelaide and Flinders University Students, including Left Action Adelaide University Union Board Director Ana Obradovic, in solidarity with the workers together at the picket. Whatever you think of West End Draught,…
Read moreWomen’s health advocacy club gets the cold shoulder
Words by Michelle Roylance Credit: iStock. Pictured: The yellow ribbon for Endometriosis Awareness Month. “Unfortunately, your expression of interest has been rejected.” This was the message the prospective Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Society received yesterday morning from the AUU, to inform them that their application to be an AUU-affiliated club had not been approved.…
Read morePetition for referendum binned: Students vow to do it all again
Words by Ivan Bucalo Jankovic. Credit: AUU website. Last Friday, On Dit reported that an industrious group of students acquired the signatures needed to call a referendum on whether or not the AUU Board should be removed and re-elected. Campaigners referred to a culture that “needlessly keeps secrets” from students, and a failure to affiliate the…
Read morePetition to remove entire AUU Board succeeds; Board’s fate to be voted on by students
Words by Stasi Kapetanos and Ivan Bucalo Jankovic. UPDATE: The AUU has since decided to dismiss the petition. Read why here. A movement of University of Adelaide students have gained the number of signatures required to launch a vote of no-confidence against the entire Adelaide University Union Board. The petition, having now passed through stage…
Read moreLosing “Progress” candidates contest student election results; call for On Dit censorship
Words by Nicholas Birchall On Dit can today reveal that three losing ‘Progress’ candidates, Harnoor Bandesh, Muskaan Gupta, and Angel Wadhawan contested the results of Education, Disability, and Ethnocultural Officers on the grounds that On Dit’s reporting on the AUU General election constituted a “defect in the conduct of the election which […] materially affected the…
Read moreMemories with Mali: An interview with Peter Malinauskas
Interview by Felix Eldridge SA Leader of the Opposition and Adelaide Blacks player Peter Malinauskas Peter Malinauskas first served in the South Australian Parliament in 2015, filling a casual vacancy in the Legislative Council. He quickly rose up the Ministerial ranks, serving in various portfolios including Police, Health and Emergency Services. At the 2018 South Australian…
Read moreLeah Schamschurin elected to University Council as the 2021 undergraduate representative
Words by Felix Eldridge Leah Schamschurin Over the last few weeks, the University held an election to fill the vacant position of undergraduate representative on the Adelaide University Council for 2021. The University Council is the peak decision-making body at this University. It is responsible for the appointment of the Vice Chancellor, creating the University budget…
Read moreSocialist Alternative raises red flag; Ex members expose all
Words by ex members who wish to remain anonymous For many young left-wing students, Socialist Alternative (SAlt) appears to be the shining solution to the global inequality and systematic class issues found in our capitalist society, and on a surface level, I can’t blame them for thinking so. As a former member myself, I also…
Read moreBody parts are NOT trends
Words by Taylor Jane Bardsley Image credit. Beauty standards have always determined what society deems as “desirable” throughout the ages: from the Flapper Girl of 1920 where a streamlined, up-and-down silhouette was the ideal shape, to the 1950s where screen-queen Marilyn Monroe dominated the beauty world with her enviable curvy, hourglass figure. Beauty ideals are…
Read moreThe lost art of the book
Words by Mikaila Stavrinakis Image credit. Last week I was stumped by something so simple as the act of reading a book. I sat lazily on the sofa, semi-upside down, reading Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain. In my possession for two years, I knew Bourdain wrote like he speaks, so, I thought, Why read the…
Read moreUniversity Council candidates’ views of the climate emergency
Words by the Environment Collective of Students (Left to right) — Leah Schamschurin, Blake Lawrenson, Lachlan Agius Our climate emergency is one of the biggest threats that is facing us now and into the perceivable future. Acting to rapidly curb fossil fuel emissions and to support a just transition away from polluting industries like coal, oil and gas is…
Read moreThe Passion of Nick Drake
Image credit. Words by Ivan Bucalo Listening to Nick Drake’s music, to paraphrase Carl Jung’s words aboutanother great artist, is like watching someone dive gracefully to thebottom of the ocean. Over the course of three albums, his guitarworkmatured into a sparseness that belied a trained musical ear. His lyricismmoved away from the pastiche of the…
Read more2020 Election Prediction and Analysis
Words by Sebastian Andrew Image credit. I’ll be blunt. I think barring a massive upset, Joe Biden will win the upcoming United States Presidential Election. Despite the same being said about the Democrats in 2016, Biden has led in every nationwide poll since his campaign started and swing-state polls have consistently showed not only large…
Read more“An error of judgment”
Words by Nicholas Birchall — Photo by Lucy O’Connell-Doherty On Dit Issue 88.10’s front cover, featuring Catherine Branson and Peter Rathjen meeting at 11:50am on the 12th of March 2020. All quotes are taken from the ICAC statement on the investigation into “Misconduct by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide”. “On 12 and 30 March 2020 the…
Read morePresidential candidate banned over defamatory remarks
Words by Nicholas Birchall Progress Presidential Candidate Oscar Zi Shao Ong has been banned from campaigning in the Annual Student Elections until Wednesday, over defamatory remarks he made about another student in his SRC presidential report to the AUU. His report alleged negligence on the part of the other student, and has since been proven demonstrably…
Read more“Ah f*ck, here we go again”, students let out collective groan as they realise it’s student…
Words by Gage McGriffin In what has come as a painful shock to thousands of students waking up this morning, it is once again student election week. Corflutes, how-to-vote cards, people you were in a group project with 2 years ago messaging you. This week has it all. On Dit spoke with several concerned students,…
Read more“Connect” faction and Young Liberals put on notice by Returning Officer for “serious breach” of…
Words by On Dit Pictured: email from the Returning Officer to Connect faction In an email sent to the Liberal Club Committee and Connect candidates Friday, the AUU Returning Officer warned them that they had committed an action or actions, constituting a serious breach of election rules. On Dit understands this is connected to a post made…
Read moreAuthoritarianism in action: AUU board resolves to remove three directors
Words by Nicholas Birchall Artist interpretation of Ong’s behaviour this year. — “You are not just a clown, you are the whole circus”. Monday this week (12/10), the AUU Board voted to remove directors Arabella Wauchope (Unite), Ella Shaw (Unite), and Ashely Jayasuriya (Activate). To be removed as a board director, one must be voted out by a three-quarters…
Read moreDon’t be spineless, buy a real book
In my mind, there is absolutely no question of the physical book’s ability to beat the E-book in any physical or metaphysical altercation. Besides the fact that a Kindle’s measly translucent glass could never be a worthy opponent for a leathered hardcover, there are a multitude of reasons for why the physical book is indomitable.…
Read moreAUU moves to restrict ticket based social media campaigning for student elections
Words by Felix Eldridge Above are the screenshots obtained by On Dit regarding the updated rules The AUU recently amended their election rules for the upcoming student elections. The AUU Returning Officer has interpreted the rules very broadly to limit the capacity of ‘ticket’ based social media pages to campaign for the upcoming student elections in week…
Read moreNot all men? A lyrical essay concerning sexism
Not All Men? Probably. As a child, I had the luxury of being isolated from reality and the weight of injustice for a while. I would often sit outside under the trees and build structures out of sticks and scrap metal I found. In spring, the sweet smell of the acacia wattles would sweep down…
Read moreDid William Gibson invent cyberspace?
Did William Gibson invent cyberspace? Sure, we’d have all the technologies and platforms regardless, but what would we have called it if he hadn’t named it already in 1986? William Gibson (1948) is an American fiction novelist and essayist whose career began in 1977 with the publication of his short story ‘Fragments of a Hologram…
Read more‘Misheard by Tom and Danny’ dropped from Student Radio roster over ‘misogynistic’ remarks
Words by Nicholas Birchall Last month, University of Adelaide students Tom Ralph and Danny Macaulay launched their pilot episode of Misheard by Tom and Danny. With support and equipment primarily supplied by the AUU-funded Student Radio, the duo broadcast live from Unibar on the afternoon of Friday the 14th at 4:20pm. Although met with minor praise,…
Read moreA Conversation with the Chancellor: An interview with Catherine Branson
Interview by Felix Eldridge Chancellor Catherine Branson AC QC Of her many prior roles, Catherine Branson AC QC was a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia, former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission and former Deputy Chancellor of the University of Adelaide before becoming Chancellor in mid-July. I sat down with her to ask…
Read moreBREAKING: Student elections moved fully online
Words by Felix Eldridge In a special meeting held at 10pm last night (29th August), the AUU Board resolved to move elections completely online for this coming student election period. Previously, the AUU Board had adopted a quasi-online election format where students would vote using devices such as laptops and iPads. However, students were still required…
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