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 […]
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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Don’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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Did 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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