words by Hayley Mohacsy On Monday, the 11th of September, I was invited to a dress rehearsal of the Adelaide University French Club’s production of Les Prince des jouisseurs — or in English, the prince of hedonists. The play, written by Quebecois Gabriel Sabourin, is about the life of Georges Feydeau — a famous French playwright, and the aforementioned hedonist. […]
Law School elections are coming! Words by Jenny Nguyen LAW! The only event on the Adelaide University Law Students Society (AULSS) calendar that doesn’t require queueing on iwannaticket dot com, is the election for the 2018 committee. There are two key tickets battling it out for positions on the AULSS and a career update on LinkedIn. […]
Words by Nick Duddy ‘It’s dark, thrilling, chilling and sexy, religious, good versus evil, and it deals with some powerful stuff that human nature responds to…’ From the nineteenth century onwards, Western society’s fascination with vampirism has only grown. John William Polidori’s 1819 short story ‘The Vampyre,’ Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1872 gothic novella Carmilla, F.W Murnau’s […]
Words by Tom Haskell The daily cup of coffee is a cultural institution in many parts of Australia — our university included. For many students, the most widely accepted drug of them all, caffeine, is a necessity to prepare themselves for a long day of studying, or, more likely, procrastinating. Rarely is it that we consider the […]
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 […]
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