Tag: Stupol

  • Many Voices, and Queer Support in the Regions. Edcon Day Two.

    Many Voices, and Queer Support in the Regions. Edcon Day Two.

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    Will Olteanu
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    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…

  • Yeehaw United’s Ela Akyol elected as WUSA President

    Yeehaw United’s Ela Akyol elected as WUSA President

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    Ty Seeto
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    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…

  • Protestors hit with capsicum spray at AFR Higher Education Summit

    Protestors hit with capsicum spray at AFR Higher Education Summit

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    Ty Seeto
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    Protestors have been capsicum sprayed by police during a protest at the Australian Financial Review (AFR) Higher Education Summit in Sydney last Tuesday. The protest was organised by the National Union of Students (NUS) as well as student activists groups from the University of New South Wales, the University of Technology Sydney and the University…

  • Proctorio protest postponed after heated union meeting

    Proctorio protest postponed after heated union meeting

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    Sam Lefoe
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    Last night student reps at an unofficial meeting of Wollongong Undergraduate Students’ Association (WUSA) discussed the clash between their anti-Proctorio protest and the third day of graduations tomorrow. The Council was largely split down factional lines. Labor councillors pushed to postpone out of respect for graduating students while Socialist Alternative (SALt) members said the disruption…

  • Top 5 jankiest student election promises

    Top 5 jankiest student election promises

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    River McCrossen
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    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…