Author: onditmag

Words by On Dit On Dit has obtained minutes from the Adelaide Business Students Society’s (ABSS) most recent meeting, from 8 August 2017, documenting attempted constitutional changes that aimed to constrict the voting powers of international students. Specifically, the motions pertain to restructuring the election process that currently sees students enrolled in business degrees elected to […]

Words & photos by Jenny Nguyen SATURDAY, 16 September was a warm and pleasant afternoon of clear skies and rainbow flags. Oh, and in excess of 5000 people marching in support of marriage equality outside Parliament House, North Terrace. Aerial shot of the rally King William Road filled to the brim with protestors ‘Jesus didn’t discriminate’ Plenty […]

Words by Brodie Scott Brodie Scott, President of the Adelaide University Union. Next month in the city you might see the arrival of Feast Festival, one of South Australia’s biggest events held annually to celebrate pride. It’ll be turning 21, as old as many of us.  Walking in the march that takes place before it officially opens […]

Words by Leila Clendon The Adelaide University Union’s decision to vote against support for Marriage Equality makes it the only student union in the state, and one of the few student unions in the country not to support the ‘Yes Vote’ in the postal survey. By voting down the motions, the union is not taking a […]

Words by Louis Guglietti Students are still angry over the AUU Board’s decision to not endorse the #voteYES campaign on their Facebook Page “We value, embrace and promote diversity” This is a direct quote from the Adelaide University Union website’s section on vision and values.  When I pay my membership fees to the AUU, I expect them […]

Words by Tom Haskell, Jenny Nguyen, and Jesse Davidson Full room tonight! To much controversy, the AUU Board have decided not to back a motion which would see the AUU endorse the “yes” vote for the upcoming marriage equality postal survey. The board was presented with two motions which were moved by Jack Crawford of Socialist […]

words by Hayley Mohacsy On Monday, the 11th of September, I was invited to a dress rehearsal of the Adelaide University French Club’s production of Les Prince des jouisseurs — or in English, the prince of hedonists. The play, written by Quebecois Gabriel Sabourin, is about the life of Georges Feydeau — a famous French playwright, and the aforementioned hedonist. […]

Law School elections are coming! Words by Jenny Nguyen LAW! The only event on the Adelaide University Law Students Society (AULSS) calendar that doesn’t require queueing on iwannaticket dot com, is the election for the 2018 committee. There are two key tickets battling it out for positions on the AULSS and a career update on LinkedIn. […]

Words by Nick Duddy ‘It’s dark, thrilling, chilling and sexy, religious, good versus evil, and it deals with some powerful stuff that human nature responds to…’ From the nineteenth century onwards, Western society’s fascination with vampirism has only grown. John William Polidori’s 1819 short story ‘The Vampyre,’ Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1872 gothic novella Carmilla, F.W Murnau’s […]

Words by Tom Haskell The daily cup of coffee is a cultural institution in many parts of Australia — our university included. For many students, the most widely accepted drug of them all, caffeine, is a necessity to prepare themselves for a long day of studying, or, more likely, procrastinating. Rarely is it that we consider the […]