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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 […]

Words by Nicholas Birchall Content Warning: Sexual Assault Pictured: disgraced former Vice-Chancellor Peter Rathjen After months of speculation, in a brief statement released by the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC), disgraced former Vice-Chancellor Peter Rathjen was found to have made unwanted inappropriate advances towards several female colleagues. This included unwanted touching of their bottoms, and kissing following […]

Words by Taylor Fernandez In Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84, one character asks another if he has read the entirety of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time. Tamaru responds, “No, I’ve never been in jail, or had to hide out for a long time. Someone once said unless you have those kinds of opportunities, you can’t […]

Words by Nicholas Birchall Pictured above: student elections 2018 On Dit can today confirm that electronic student elections for positions on the AUU Board and SRC will not be going ahead in week 6 of Semester 2. In an email to candidates, the Returning Officer detailed how the upcoming elections would not be going ahead as […]

Words by Nicholas Birchall Credit: https://twitter.com/HannahnagroM Today, voting closed for Adelaide University Staff on a proposed 3.5% pay cut. Adelaide University purports this will save 200 of the 400 projected jobs losses “required” to cover the $60 million shortfall in the Uni’s budget. How did we get to this point? To keep things extremely brief, government […]

Interview by Felix Eldridge Former Federal Minister and active student politician Christopher Pyne Rising to become a senior ‘moderate’ in the Liberal Party, Christopher Pyne was elected to Federal Parliament in 1993 at the age of 25, representing the seat of Sturt. He held several Cabinet posts during his 26 years in Parliament including Minister for […]

Words by Nicholas Birchall Picture: SRC President Oscar Xi Shao Ong and his email to the SRC Executive In an email obtained by On Dit, SRC President Oscar Xi Shao Ong rejected motions to – Promote and endorse the August 7 protest against staff cuts on the Adelaide University Student Representative Council Facebook page – Promote […]

Words by Nicholas Birchall In a strange turn of events, former SRC President Ali Amin has today announced his candidacy for the next Vice Chancellor of The University of Adelaide. In an email obtained by On Dit, Mr Amin expressed his interest for the position to current Chancellor Catherine Branson. This comes days after the Australian […]

Words by Nicholas Birchall In an email from acting Vice-Chancellor Mike Brookes, the university endorsed the “broad principles of the Black Lives Matter movement.” Brookes noted that the University is “committed to the continued pursuit of equity by contributing to closing the gap of disadvantage faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people both in our […]

Words by Nicholas Birchall Pictured: former UofA Vice-Chancellor Peter Rathjen In a short email from newly-appointed Chancellor Branson to University of Adelaide staff and students, she detailed how the University Council had accepted Rathjen’s resignation, citing “ill health”. This comes after months of speculation following Rathjen’s indefinite leave amidst an ongoing ICAC investigation surrounding allegations of “improper […]