Category: Archive

Words by the Environment Collective of Students (Left to right) — Leah Schamschurin, Blake Lawrenson, Lachlan Agius Our climate emergency is one of the biggest threats that is facing us now and into the perceivable future. Acting to rapidly curb fossil fuel emissions and to support a just transition away from polluting industries like coal, oil and gas is […]

Image credit. Words by Ivan Bucalo Listening to Nick Drake’s music, to paraphrase Carl Jung’s words aboutanother great artist, is like watching someone dive gracefully to thebottom of the ocean. Over the course of three albums, his guitarworkmatured into a sparseness that belied a trained musical ear. His lyricismmoved away from the pastiche of the […]

Words by Sebastian Andrew Image credit. I’ll be blunt. I think barring a massive upset, Joe Biden will win the upcoming United States Presidential Election. Despite the same being said about the Democrats in 2016, Biden has led in every nationwide poll since his campaign started and swing-state polls have consistently showed not only large […]

Words by Nicholas Birchall — Photo by Lucy O’Connell-Doherty On Dit Issue 88.10’s front cover, featuring Catherine Branson and Peter Rathjen meeting at 11:50am on the 12th of March 2020. All quotes are taken from the ICAC statement on the investigation into “Misconduct by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide”. “On 12 and 30 March 2020 the […]

Words by Nicholas Birchall Progress Presidential Candidate Oscar Zi Shao Ong has been banned from campaigning in the Annual Student Elections until Wednesday, over defamatory remarks he made about another student in his SRC presidential report to the AUU. His report alleged negligence on the part of the other student, and has since been proven demonstrably […]

Words by Gage McGriffin In what has come as a painful shock to thousands of students waking up this morning, it is once again student election week. Corflutes, how-to-vote cards, people you were in a group project with 2 years ago messaging you. This week has it all. On Dit spoke with several concerned students, […]

Words by On Dit Pictured: email from the Returning Officer to Connect faction In an email sent to the Liberal Club Committee and Connect candidates Friday, the AUU Returning Officer warned them that they had committed an action or actions, constituting a serious breach of election rules. On Dit understands this is connected to a post made […]

Words by Nicholas Birchall Artist interpretation of Ong’s behaviour this year. — “You are not just a clown, you are the whole circus”. Monday this week (12/10), the AUU Board voted to remove directors Arabella Wauchope (Unite), Ella Shaw (Unite), and Ashely Jayasuriya (Activate). To be removed as a board director, one must be voted out by a three-quarters […]

In my mind, there is absolutely no question of the physical book’s ability to beat the E-book in any physical or metaphysical altercation. Besides the fact that a Kindle’s measly translucent glass could never be a worthy opponent for a leathered hardcover, there are a multitude of reasons for why the physical book is indomitable. […]

Words by Felix Eldridge Above are the screenshots obtained by On Dit regarding the updated rules The AUU recently amended their election rules for the upcoming student elections. The AUU Returning Officer has interpreted the rules very broadly to limit the capacity of ‘ticket’ based social media pages to campaign for the upcoming student elections in week […]