Everything you need to know about joining clubs and societies at UC
The best piece of university advice you will ever get: join a club, join two clubs, join every club!
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Witches and Faggots, Dykes and Poofters: A Review
In celebration of the 25th Mardi Gras Film Festival and the 40th Anniversary of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, the National Film and Sound Archive (NSFA) recently showcased the restored 1980 documentary Witches and Faggots, Dykes and Poofters. Director Digby Duncan tells the history of the very first Mardi Gras, which occurred on the evening of the 24th of June 1978. […]
Continue ReadingShaking up politics: founder of Flux, Nathan Spataro
Founder of Flux, Nathan Spataro recently visited UC to speak to students about the party that is here to change up politics. Flux touched down in UC for the first time last year, starting its own club for supporters here on campus. The unique party aims to elect members who will place their vote in parliament based solely on the […]
Continue ReadingFilm Review: The Fate of the Furious
I was pleasantly surprised after walking out of the eighth – and staggeringly, not the last – instalment of the ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise. For a series with pretty much the same plot line in every film, the filmmakers have somehow made #8 feel different. Once again, it’s a film full of nice cars and insane stunts, but this […]
Continue ReadingAmerican Media Pulls Out of White House Correspondents Dinner
American financial journal Bloomberg announced today they will not be attending the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Bloomberg are only the latest addition to a growing list of media outlets who won’t be attending the event in protest of President Trump’s treatment of the media. Earlier this year, both the New Yorker and Vanity Fair […]
Continue ReadingUCSA Election Results
Results are now in for the UC student elections. 1. UCSA PRESIDENT Following a count of votes I declare Mr Darcy EGAN elected. 2. UCSA EDUCATION VICE-PRESIDENT Following a count of votes I declare Mr Will REDMOND elected. 3. UCSA WELFARE OFFICER Following a count of votes I declare Mr Luke CATANIA elected. 4. UCSA […]
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Terry Watson looks to make UCSA election elementary
After seeing the 2016 UCSA as an organisation transitioning rather than achieving, second year Arts/IT student Terry Watson has put his name forward for the 2017 UCSA presidency as the head of the “Reboot your UCSA” ticket. While acting as the Welfare Officer for most of 2016, Watson lists his achievements as shining a light […]
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James Sellers wants you to buy into his UCSA
If 2016 is the year of the political outsider, then James Sellers is positioning himself as the Bernie Sanders of the UCSA election. Sitting down to chat with me, James is quietly confident that his non-political approach to politics will be the difference in this campaign, despite murmurs that he is only making up the […]
Continue ReadingCanberra Liberals Pledge to Change Parking at UC
The Canberra Liberal party has pledged to makes changes to parking at UC if they win the ACT election on Saturday. 2500 pamphlets were distributed across UC on Thursday by the UC Liberal Party with the proposed changes. Parking has been the hot button issue at the University of Canberra this year after Curieux revealed in August […]
Continue ReadingUCSA Election Date Finally Confirmed
The dates for the UCSA general election have been set. This year’s election will be held from Monday, October 31 to Friday, November 4 with the results expected to be announced the following week. These dates are almost two weeks after the proposed original dates. Yesterday, Curieux suggested the UCSA was “disorganised” due to the fact […]
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