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Words by Ethan Penglase Earlier this week, the Adelaide University Student Representative Council launched its campaign “Break the Silence: Keep College Students Safe”. The campaign was launched after a 60 Minutes episode exposed a culture of debauchery and bullying at St Mark’s College. “A spotlight has been shone into shocking instances of hazing, ritualistic humiliation […]

Words by Nix Herriot Art by angvs.art “More relationships with defence than any other university in Australia.” So boasts Christopher Pyne, Minister for Defence Industry and chief proponent of Abbott-era $100,000 university degrees. He’s declaring his fondness for the University of Adelaide’s extensive militarisation. On our campuses, war is more immediate than we might imagine. […]

Words by Terry Hughes Perhaps because looking up the word gay figures so pivotally in my own itinerary in identifying as such, my first instinct in meditating on the meaning of queer is to refer to the musty, standardising dictionary — a flawed and dangerous method, if conservative fixation on a standardised definition of marriage should have […]

Words by Olivia De Zilva Artwork by Adam Hamilton Like many young Australians, I have been on a Contiki tour. Three, to be truthful. I’ve done it all. Tactical vommed at The Tower of Pisa, done a shoey on the shores of Loch Ness, was absolutely hung when I saw The Colosseum for the first time. […]

Words by Kyriaco Nikias Idris’s article about gay histories in the “Islamic world” treats a fascinating theme in history, and we should welcome his attempt to voice it. This reply serves less to disagree with Idris as to add some points which I think are important to remember when looking at the histories of societies […]

Words by Tom Haskell Artwork by angvs.art I stopped watching QandA sometime ago. It was about when I realised just how formulaic the whole thing is. There’s usually a Labor MP, a Liberal MP or an IPA fellow, some random academic, some SBS comedian who isn’t funny, and then some random US panelist who is […]

Words by Idris Martin Last year, two miniature paintings by 18th century Ottoman artist Abdullah Bukhari were quietly sold as part of an exhibition by legendary London-based auction house Sotheby’s. Faded slightly from age, bright colours draw your attention to this iconography that could fit onto the page this article has been printed on. The […]

Words by Oliver Hales I’d like to talk a little about the immature culture of insulting other local universities. This has become most prominent on the Facebook group Overheard at the University of Adelaide, which every year, like clockwork, goes through a hurried wave of anti-Flinders/UniSA memes. These posts, which often get quite a bit […]

Interview by Ellie Stamelos George Spyrou Meet Adelaide university student George Spyrou, the powerhouse creative behind collaborative musical project Koriko Treehouse. The project not only allows George to explore his musical genius and blend elements of funk, soul, hip-hop, rock and jazz, but also provides him with an outlet to create visual art, dabble in […]

Words by Daniel Neser As results were filtering in on election night, a picture was starting to build of what South Australia would be facing for the next 4 years. As the Liberal Party looked to be ascendant, the victory speech of Steven Marshall indicated clearly it was not he who won the election, with […]