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Not All Men? Probably. As a child, I had the luxury of being isolated from reality and the weight of injustice for a while. I would often sit outside under the trees and build structures out of sticks and scrap metal I found. In spring, the sweet smell of the acacia wattles would sweep down […]

Did William Gibson invent cyberspace? Sure, we’d have all the technologies and platforms regardless, but what would we have called it if he hadn’t named it already in 1986? William Gibson (1948) is an American fiction novelist and essayist whose career began in 1977 with the publication of his short story ‘Fragments of a Hologram […]

Words by Nicholas Birchall Last month, University of Adelaide students Tom Ralph and Danny Macaulay launched their pilot episode of Misheard by Tom and Danny. With support and equipment primarily supplied by the AUU-funded Student Radio, the duo broadcast live from Unibar on the afternoon of Friday the 14th at 4:20pm. Although met with minor praise, […]

Interview by Felix Eldridge Chancellor Catherine Branson AC QC Of her many prior roles, Catherine Branson AC QC was a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia, former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission and former Deputy Chancellor of the University of Adelaide before becoming Chancellor in mid-July. I sat down with her to ask […]

Words by Felix Eldridge In a special meeting held at 10pm last night (29th August), the AUU Board resolved to move elections completely online for this coming student election period. Previously, the AUU Board had adopted a quasi-online election format where students would vote using devices such as laptops and iPads. However, students were still required […]

Words by Nicholas Birchall Content Warning: Sexual Assault Pictured: disgraced former Vice-Chancellor Peter Rathjen After months of speculation, in a brief statement released by the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC), disgraced former Vice-Chancellor Peter Rathjen was found to have made unwanted inappropriate advances towards several female colleagues. This included unwanted touching of their bottoms, and kissing following […]

Words by Taylor Fernandez In Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84, one character asks another if he has read the entirety of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time. Tamaru responds, “No, I’ve never been in jail, or had to hide out for a long time. Someone once said unless you have those kinds of opportunities, you can’t […]

Words by Nicholas Birchall Pictured above: student elections 2018 On Dit can today confirm that electronic student elections for positions on the AUU Board and SRC will not be going ahead in week 6 of Semester 2. In an email to candidates, the Returning Officer detailed how the upcoming elections would not be going ahead as […]

Words by Nicholas Birchall Credit: https://twitter.com/HannahnagroM Today, voting closed for Adelaide University Staff on a proposed 3.5% pay cut. Adelaide University purports this will save 200 of the 400 projected jobs losses “required” to cover the $60 million shortfall in the Uni’s budget. How did we get to this point? To keep things extremely brief, government […]

Interview by Felix Eldridge Former Federal Minister and active student politician Christopher Pyne Rising to become a senior ‘moderate’ in the Liberal Party, Christopher Pyne was elected to Federal Parliament in 1993 at the age of 25, representing the seat of Sturt. He held several Cabinet posts during his 26 years in Parliament including Minister for […]