Category: OPINION
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Censor – Film Review Friday
It’s the coke-fueled era of the 1980s, ‘Scarface’ is in theatres bursting with gratuitous violence, everybody’s tuning in for the Live Aid concert where Freddy Mercury will give possibly his greatest performance and the government is cracking down on the rotten and filthy video nasties that plague VHS stores with the express intent to make…
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Barbie Was Already Kenough
Written by K.M.D. I’ve always been a Barbie girl. Ever since I was little. My favourite of the Barbie films was Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses. I had over 30 Barbie dolls which are now lurking in some tub under my bed. Oh, and one Ken. So, it was no surprise that I went…
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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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EDITORIAL – In support of Semper Floreat
*The Tertangala does not endorse shoplifting or any crime in that matter. However, we understand that many will have to do what they have to do to survive. This editorial is not reflective of the Wollongong Undergraduate Students Association (WUSA) or the University of Wollongong. The outrage against our University of Queensland counterpart for their shoplifting guide…
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OPINION: UOW can’t let students hit by foot-and-mouth outbreak fall behind
*This open letter was originally published 5 August, 2022. Dear Professor Patricia M. Davidson, The Wollongong Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) is deeply concerned with the recent news surrounding a possible outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. We believe that an outbreak of Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) would disproportionately affect students from regional and farming backgrounds. FMD is a…
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OPEN LETTER TO VC: Proctorio risks student privacy, mental health
Feature image: Ernest Ojeh/ Unslpash (left), River McCrossen (right) Dear Professor Patricia M. Davidson, The recent announcement from the University of Wollongong regarding online exam invigilation using the controversial ‘Proctorio’ is of concern to both the Wollongong Undergraduate Students Association and its students. WUSA has since received consistent feedback from both representatives and students over…
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We must demand sexual violence stays in the spotlight
Yesterday, the National Student Safety Survey (NSSS) results were released. They were confronting, to say the least. Confronting, distressing, disappointing and harrowing are just some of the words I’ve heard students use to describe them. The NSSS had 43 189 university students across Australia who took part. Of this, 1052 UOW students participated. The results…
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Top 5 jankiest student election promises
If recent participation rates are anything to go by – under four per cent of undergraduates voted in the 2020 WUSA election – the goings on of the student union tend to go unnoticed. Pair that with political opportunism and you can get some weird election promises that candidates hope you’ll be too disengaged to…
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Opinion: Australia can’t afford to look like Britain’s Asia outpost
Images: River McCrossen, Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images Australia has been a sovereign nation for over 120 years, we have created our own education, welfare and health systems to take care of our citizens. We have a society which values mutliculturalism, fairness and honest work and we should be able to have one of our own…