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Songs For Every Stage Of Your Relationship

Words by Nicole Wedding Image by Emily Savage Did you think love songs were just for lovers? Think again. Whether you’re confused, crushing, heartbroken or just in love with the concept of love — there’s a track for that. You’ve got a new crush: Blue Bird — Dirty Projectors “The Palace Versailles is nice / but if I am honest, […]

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The Fourth Wave: Feminism and its Legacies

Words by Dylan Rowen Artwork by Emily Savage. The feminist movement over the last century can’t be contained or neatly arranged into any one ideological box, but its development in the term of “waves” is incredibly useful in understanding its complexity and crucial historical relevancy. Its legacies and after-effects are constantly crashing and seeping into each […]

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FUCK#!NG ADELAIDE — underrated urban space and place in this great city

Words by Sarah Hamilton Image by Emily Savage Adelaide, the city of wine. Adelaide, the city of culture. Adelaide, the city of nostalgia? Although us Adelaidians love to project our home as being this pulsating creator of artisanal foods, contemporary arts and international festivals, we still have a soft spot for the places which have always […]

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Problematic in Paradise: Exploring Toxic Masculinity in ‘The Bachelor in Paradise’

Words by Olivia De Zilva Content Warning: Domestic Abuse The Bachelor in Paradise cast 2019. Image via Network Ten Roses and banana daiquiris aside, this year’s Bachelor in Paradise series is proving to be anything but paradise. Starting innocently enough, dozens of genetically blessed clones congregated around an island bar in the middle of Fiji. All […]

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How Big Data undermines democratic governance

Words by Ana Obradovic Art by Emily Savage We know our data is increasingly being collected, combined and algorithmically analysed. The Snowden leaks demonstrated how deep the spying (sorry, “data collection”) goes. Just like in Minority Report, predictive policing, targeted advertising, and facial and optical recognition abound. The predictive capacities of new technology can infer information […]

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April 8th: AUU proposes massive changes to student media elections

Words by Felix Eldridge Report of the 8th April AUU Board meeting. The meeting began at 6.17, following the annual Board photo. After a few smaller matters and reports, the AUU President Oscar Ong gave his Presidential report. He outlined new events and grants for clubs, noted the upcoming RCC survey which has faced various […]

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Patrick Kennewell elected University Council undergraduate representative 2019–20

Words by Felix Eldridge Over the last two weeks, the University held an election to fill the vacant Undergraduate Representative position on its University Council. Patrick Kennewell, a fourth-year medical student has emerged victorious from a pool of four candidates. Patrick has experience as a former health and medical sciences faculty board member and is a […]

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In the Game of Thrones: You Default Or You Die

Words by Madeleine Pemberton It’s almost April, which means two things to most students: Uni returns, and so does Game of Thrones. For 6 weeks, Uni work will be on the back burner, but for some, the analysis won’t stop on Monday nights. George R.R. Martin has made evident that he has researched and focused […]

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SRC takes leave of its senses — motion to pardon AWOL members fails

Words by Felix Eldridge Report of the SRC meeting that took place on April 1st. The meeting kicked off at 6.33 with the SRC President Ali Amin commenting that a motion passed at the last meeting regarding leave of absences was passed in the wrong format, saying that it should have been raised during ‘apologies’ […]

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Brexit

Words by Nicholas Falcinella You don’t hear of many couples divorcing after forty years. There’s too much baggage, too much shared history. Perhaps even more prohibitive to a conscious uncoupling is the inevitable intermingling of finances and assets. Who gets the house? The kids? How do you prevent reinstating a hard border between the Republic […]