Words by Beck Rowse Dušan Marek, born Bítouchov, Czechoslovakia 1926, died Adelaide 1993, Rabaul revisited, 1992, Eden Hills, South Australia, oil, synthetic polymer paint on canvas on board, 50.7 x 61.0 x 4.4 cm; Private collection “There is no finish to the end A beginning follows the end.” When you leave the exhibition you come back to the […]
Reporting by Grace Atta and Ivan Jankovic 130 jobs are at risk under a tranche of cost-saving measures announced yesterday RETRACTION: Since the publication of this article, On Dit has been told by the Univeristy that the proposed restructuring and decision not to re-hire key staff in the Software Engineering program are unrelated. Student intake for […]
Words by Stasi Kapetanos, Tom Wood and Habibah Jaghoori respectively. Illustration by Dean Plesa. Editor’s Note: Displacement of intergenerational Palestinian farmers was one of the first flashpoints between the local inhabitants of Palestine and the Zionist project to establish a Jewish state in the region, it remains a central part of Israel‘s ethnic cleansing campaign […]
Words by a concerned student ‘Sadly enough, despite or possibly because of the trust placed in him by our university, this man’s bad behaviour is alleged to be ongoing.’ How do you know if this sick big brother is watching you? Multiple anonymous sources have told On Dit that a staff member has been spying on […]
Words by Jialun Qi Nobody asked for Barnaby Joyce to become Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister — or did they? Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce. Credit: 9News. Faced with the umpteenth preventable outbreak of COVID from breaches in hotel quarantine, the Coalition government is quick to react with its tried and tested management strategy: the emergency cabinet reshuffle. And away we go! […]
Reporting by Ngoc Lan Tran Parafield Airport. Source. South Australia has followed NSW in approving the return of international students in mass numbers. UofA Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) Jaqueline Lo announced the approval of the International Student Arrival Plan (ISAP) last Friday, 18 June. Details around student eligibility, quarantine requirements, and costs have not yet been finalised. Upon […]
Words and illustration by Chanel Trezise Content warning: misogyny, domestic violence, suicide “…we refer to this as the red pill; when you suddenly realise that society doesn’t work the way you thought it worked.” Over the phone, Robert Brockway, the president of the Men’s Rights Association Inc and a researcher at A Voice for Men, described […]
Words by ‘Emily Davidson’ ‘All I can think about is the things we should have done’ Credit: Al-Jazeera. Trigger warning: Rape, sexual assault, femicide It’s been almost over a month since the March for Justice, an event that Abbey Kendall, director of the Working Women’s Centre described as a ‘reckoning’. But I have to ask: What […]
Reporting by Ivan Jankovic, Grace Atta, and Lakeisha Watkins Last week’s AUU Board meeting also revealed that the term ‘union’ will be retired in the next rebranding project Credit: University of Adelaide website. The chief body in charge of student clubs will consider a reform to bolster democratic governance and transparency, but is unlikely to have the […]
Words by Grace Atta ‘Only applicants born in Australia will be considered’ for the University of Adelaide’s Bundey Prize in English Verse ‘Ned Kelly (1970–71)’, painted by Sidney Nolan. Credit: Tate Museum. Although I am absolutely under no illusion that racism has vanished from 21st-century society, I must admit that each time I am reminded of its ubiquity […]
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