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An open letter to St Mark’s College,

It’s been a while, three years in fact, since I walked amongst your grounds. Three years since my mother dropped me off inside your gates, a goodbye filled with hugs and tears but also the comforting thought that you would look after me — you promised that. Five months ago I got a message from a friend: […]

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Private school networks help local student politician to boost latest profile update

Words by Jennifer Nguyen Prospective SRC general councillor, Bill Briller, has today announced his candidacy for student elections through their social channels, at “prime time” no less. “Hey guys, it’s that time of the year again”, the post begins coyly, “my name is Bill and I’m running to be your SRC GC”. Accompanying this press release, […]

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Spaces and places in academia

Words by Chloe Cannell Chloe Cannell talks to current PhD students Shawna Marks, Paul Chambers and Simone Marangon about the upcoming Gender, Sex and Sexualities (GSS) postgraduate conference, and their involvement as members of the organising committee. The fifth annual South Australian Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Gender, Sex and Sexualities conference will be hosted […]

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Luther and Confucius at Work: The Convenience of Stereotypes

Words by Rui Sihombing There’s a peculiar narrative of what lays behind the enduring stagnation of the European economy. You’ve probably heard some sort of variation of it, you might even believe it, and just for the sake of rhetoric allow me to present a stylised and exaggerated version of it. The diligent, productive industrial […]

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Three SRC members removed from Council for failing to adhere to Constitution

Words by Ethan Penglase Well…. sometimes Last night, SRC General Secretary Oscar Ong reported that Zi Han Leo, Ricker-Stocker Johns and Isabella Watts had ceased to be members of the SRC for breaching section 6(e) of the SRC Constitution. The Constitution stipulates that a person will cease to be a member of the Council if they […]

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The University Merger: Averting a Consolidation of Damnation

Words by Felix Eldridge Last June, the Universities of Adelaide and South Australia revealed that they were initiating merger talks, with the intention of creating a singular “Super-Uni”. I would like to encourage the University to accept a general set of guarantees for students, so that students are aware of the potential consequences of such a […]

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A Conversation with Greg Sestero

Interview by Austin Frape Have you ever heard the catchphrase “Oh hi Mark”? That belongs to the 15-year-old classic, The Room, a film that has since achieved cult status and was infamously called “The Citizen Kane of bad movies”. Recently, I got to talk with Mark himself, Greg Sestero, who wrote a biography with author Tom […]

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Opinion: a monster didn’t kill Eurydice, our culture did

Words by Imogen Hindson Eurydice Dixon The death of Eurydice Dixon has sparked national debate around violence against women and the culture that allows gendered violence to grow. Eurydice’s body was found at Princess Park, North Carlton during the early hours of Wednesday June 13th, 2018. Jaymes Todd, aged nineteen, was arrested that Wednesday evening for […]

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Disarm Clash on AUU Board

Words by Daniel Neser artwork by ANGVS Tuesday’s AUU Board meeting saw a significant debate about the future direction of the University and the role of student unions. Activists from the Disarm Adelaide Uni campaign sought to win the Union to opposing all University connections with the defence industry. With government funding per student bottoming out (the […]

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Mallrat Review

Words by Andy Nguyen On a gloomy Thursday night in the middle of SWOTVAC, Mallrat kicked off her nationally sold out tour @RocketBar. Having scored #46 in the Hottest 100 with Better earlier this year, Adelaide was ready to brace both the freezing cold and the hellish footy traffic in order to finally get a […]