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Words by Ethan Penglase The Adelaide University Union Election Tribunal has today decided that former Director-elect Zihan (Leo) Liu (International Voice) will not be elected to the AUU Board after finding that allegations of misconduct were legitimate. Separate complaints were made by Progress’s Oscar Ong and Stella Woo, and Swipe Right’s Angus Heaton. Complaints were also […]

Words by Edgar Daniel-Richards In the wake of Trump’s recent string of tariffs there are debates raging around the world about the merits of protectionism or free trade. These are long standing debates in the history of capitalism from the debates over the Corn Laws in 1840’s Britain, the early Australian electoral contest between the […]

Words by David Faber If there is one thing from which Green thinking and practice suffers, it is the lack of an over-arching historical and socioeconomic conceptualisation of the dynamics making for the trashing of the environment as habit for humans and other creatures. It is one of the ironies of history itself that this is […]

Words by Ethan Penglase A practitioner of “age play” Kink, defined as the “use of unconventional sexual practices, concepts or fantasies”, has recently made its way into public discussion. From ABC’s You Can’t Ask That hosting BDSM (bondage and discipline, sadism and masochism) partakers to SBS’s coverage of men who get sexual gratification out of pretending to […]

Words by Leila Clendon In January, the Fair Work Commission banned the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) from holding a 24-hour train strike in Sydney, as part of negotiations to win a 6% wage rise per year. This was despite the union following all of the Fair Work Commission’s many rules including giving well over […]

Words by Francesca Castandiello Going way back into our childhood, many of us are familiar with the notion that “hard work always pays off”, or that things, without fail, will turn out the way we want to as long as we put in the effort. In primary school, as long as we completed our homework […]

Words by Kathryn Simons Are Arts degrees easier than other degrees? As an Arts student myself, this idea has irritated me since the beginning of my degree, but lately I’ve been wondering whether there might actually be some truth in it. Arts might actually be easier, but not necessarily for the reasons you think. Less contact […]

Words by Jennifer Nguyen High profile national acts have withdrawn from a festival line up at St Mark’s College in North Adelaide. Two interstate acts (Alice Ivy and KLP) and two local acts (Venice Queens and Runaway Weekend) were all booked to headline the sold-out college event in October.   The annual “Oktoberfest-inspired” beer and cider festival […]

Words by Eman Elhelw Muslim women are _______ to wear veils such as the hijab/burka a. forcedb. not allowedc. free to choose 2. The reason why Muslim women weren’t allowed to drive in Saudi was: a. It is prohibited in the Quranb. For economic reasonsc. Regressive cultural interpretations of religious texts 3. Forced marriages: a. Are […]

Words by Tom Auld Alexander Downer Adelaide University, once again, cannot help itself but but fall behind some of the world’s most despicable war criminals. The decision to give right wing Liberal Party hawk, Alexander Downer, an honorary doctorate shows our university’s commitment to celebrating the rising tide of militarism in society. Downer, as Foreign Affairs […]