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Words by Tom Haskell, Jenny Nguyen, and Jesse Davidson Sources within the Adelaide University Liberal Club have told On Dit about a growing disaffection amongst members. This comes after a tumultuous election campaign which saw very few office-bearing positions won, a homophobic slur from a senior member, and the resignation of an executive-level member. The […]

Words by Austin Frape Dir. By Francis Lee In the directorial debut of writer and director Francis Lee, God’s Own Country takes place in a family farm in Yorkshire. The story focuses on Johnny (Josh O’Connor), a troubled sheep farmer who reluctantly continues his family business after his father (Ian Hart) had a stroke as […]

words by Jenny Nguyen Dr Helen Mayo was the first recipient of the Doctor of Medicine in 1926. She was also the first woman elected to the Council of the University. If you walk through the campus, you’ll see statues of men. The buildings here are also named after men. The strong, overt symbolism on […]

Words by Tom Haskell The Returning Officer for student elections has suspended Swipe-Right’s candidate for AUU Board, Hugh Sutton, from campaigning for the next 24 hours. On Dit understands that suspension stems from his conduct towards another candidate running in student media elections. This is the second suspension to occur this week. **UPDATE** The other […]

words by Jenny Nguyen The top conversation starters were “do you wanna save the UniBar?” and “what are you wearing to MedBall this weekend?” In the West End of town, the newest polling station for the student union elections opened up on North Terrace this morning. Candidates and campaigners from Activate, Swipe Right and Unite […]

Words by Tom Haskell The Returning Officer for student elections has sent out an email to all campaigners directing them to remove any non-UofA students associated with their ticket from the university immediately. In the email, the RO states that: You can only have registered campaigners involved with your campaign during this election. They must […]

Words by secret subeditor* Urban Dictionary defines a ‘Wank Word’ as In the UK and the Commonwealth, a strongly derogatory and deliberately vulgar term for a buzzword, signifying that it is worthless and meaningless jargon. Wankwords may be short phrases as well as single words. The word is most often used of corporate, official, or […]

words by the secret subeditor* Flinders University stupol hack, Gordon O’Really, of Marion, has been spotted on campus this morning to watch the events of this week’s student elections unfold as a ‘concerned student’. “Yeah, nah, look I’m just here as a concerned student looking to engage with my peers on the issues that really […]

words by the secret subeditor* The route to Ingkarni Wardlii from Napier Throughout their undergraduate degrees, the walk from Napier to Ingkarni Wardlii can be a treacherous trek on a normal day, not to mention during student union election week. This is because there is an increased influx of students on campus; a phenomenon that hasn’t […]

Words by Tom Haskell Just how independent are your student media directors? We asked a very simple question to all political factions and student media teams running in this year’s student elections. Does your team support the idea of independent student media elections? Meaning that political factions putting candidates up for SRC/Board/NUS positions agree to […]