Category: NEWS
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Talking Poetry: Free Verse on RadioU
The university’s very own radio station was formed last semester and features a diverse range of news, music and entertainment hosted by students for students. I got to chat with the two hosts of a poetry show and discovered how they’re hoping to make waves in the local poetry scene. Kirsten: Tell me a little…
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NSW Law Society throws weight behind Voice
The Council of the Law Society of NSW has announced their support for the proposal to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Australian Constitution. Society President, Cassandra Banks, said “the paramount voices in respect of issues concerning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
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Many Voices, and Queer Support in the Regions. Edcon Day Two.
Welcome to the Tertangala’s second daily recap of Edcon 2023. The Voice The day began with a plenary on the upcoming voice referendum. The day started with Patrick Taylor, the NUS’ First Nation’s officer, addressing the conference about the efforts the NUS is taking in the Yes campaign. Bailey Riley, the NUS President, said, “Everyone…
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The University Accords, AUKUS, and Reppin the Regions: Day one of Edcon.
Here’s a recap of the first day of Edcon. University Accords First up was a plenary discussion which centred around the University Accords project. It is the centrepiece of the Albanese government’s higher education policy, and the object of the current higher education review. Edcon was addressed by Mary O’Kane, the chair of the…
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Factional fighting and fanaticism: welcome to student politics.
I think I finally understood a little bit about student politics this morning, as I lined up to confirm my registration for Edcon. It’s 9am. There is an hour scheduled for this (it will take much longer somehow) before the fun starts in the first plenary. There’s a ton of people around, people that look…
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New details on Wollongong benefactor Nazi links
New details have emerged about deceased Nazi collaborator Bob Sredersas, whose art donations helped establish the collection at Wollongong Art Gallery. Last year, former Wollongong councillor Michael Samaris raised concern over alleged links to the Nazi SS in Lithuania, which was responsible for leading the murder of European Jews during World War Two. The Sydney…
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Campus rainbow steps, rainbow crossing vandalised
UOW Security are investigating after the rainbow steps were vandalised this week, which the student union labeled “an attempt to intimidate and upset LBGTQIA+ students.” UOW confirmed this Friday staff removed graffiti messages from the steps and another, unspecified location on campus. Co-Coordinator of UOW’s All Sorts Queer Collective, Isabella Phillips-Bohane, said she was “disappointed,”…
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Capturing the heart and soul of Wollongong: a hand-drawn map by Alex Pescud
Feature image: Instagram/ TheWollongongMap There hasn’t been a birds-eye, hand-drawn map of Wollongong since 1840. Until now. Local cartographer and artist, Alex Pescud, sought to capture a moment in time in Wollongong with his ambitious project, The Wollongong Map. We viewed the nearly complete map in Pescud’s art studio over the weekend and were blown…
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Yeehaw United’s Ela Akyol elected as WUSA President
Yeehaw United’s Ela Akyol has been elected President of the Wollongong Undergraduate Student Association. Running under a joint Labor caucus, Akyol received 302 votes, beating Left Action’s Jack Mansell by 34 votes. In a significant move, both Labor factions decided to run under a joint caucus, making use of Unity, Labor Right’s youth faction name…