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“What’s long, hard, and full of seamen?” I recall a boy in my Year 7 class asking me and my girlfriends this question. As we stared blankly at him, he enthusiastically responded, “A submarine!” He was disappointed by our lack of reaction, because we were still waiting for the
Culture
Two weeks ago, the American pop star Benson Boone was spotted on the Blue Mile in the heart of Wollongong. What ensued was a media frenzy unlike anything the tenth largest city in Australia had experienced before. At first, it seemed like Sydney’s media might actually be casting an
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On the 21st of October, a rally to oppose the Labor government’s changes to student visas took place outside the University of Wollongong’s library. The changes limit the amount of visa applications the government will take, prevent international students from bringing their family into the country, and restrict
Analysis
The future looks bleak. While the fascist tech-bro billionaires bathe in eyewatering extravagance, life is set to get worse for the rest of us. Incomes not rising above the cost of living, more extreme and catastrophic climate events, and the constant looming threat that tensions between the United States
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It is an odd thing to be both a waitress and to spend eight hours of your week volunteering for a Community Legal Centre, within the chaos of a firm working tirelessly and desperately to oppose the largest coal mine expansion in New South Wales history, only to spend my
Culture
During the brief period where I was a hospitality worker, I witnessed many a strange individual. There were good customers who were kind and understanding when I was first starting out. There were bad customers who were likely on some kind of illegal amphetamines. There were nothingburger customers who were
WUSA
The Tert held a last minute WUSA presidential debate, inviting both TRANSFORM’s Lloyd Toogood and Yeehaw for WUSA & NUS’s Antony Tzamouranis into Building 20 for an afternoon of discussion and questions for the upcoming election. Unfortunately, TRANSFORM’s presidential candidate Mr Toogood was unable to attend due
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By students, for students
On the 17th of September, students went on strike once again against Pauline Hanson. University of Wollongong (UOW) students gathered in front of UOW Library at 12:30pm to take the bus together to Crown St where the strike was being held. Students chanted and marched their way to the
The Creatives Arts and Humanities students and staff went head to head in a friendly albeit competitive soccer match on Wednesday the 9th of September. The game kicked off at 12:30pm following a warm-up period, with some members of staff donning the high-vis bibs to even out
There were scenes of pure jubilation at Ziems Park on Saturday as Corrimal reached its first Illawarra Rugby League grand final in 37 years with a 28-20 victory over local rivals Thirroul in the major semi final. Roared on by a massive crowd, the Cougars raced out to a
In late 2025, the NSW Legislative Council held its second inquiry hearing into the governance of universities in the state. In this particular hearing, the upper house committee focused on the University of Wollongong (UOW). Former Chair of the University of Wollongong WHS committee and CPSU delegate Lisa Simmons revealed
A flurry of points either side of half time proved the difference as the Wagga Kangaroos moved back inside the Group 9 top five with a 28-12 victory over fellow finals contender Cootamundra at Geohex Park on Saturday. After Chantz Carey crossed for the first try 35 minutes in,
On Wednesday the 26th of August, the New South Wales Government announced the first confirmed case of the Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 (also referred to as the ‘bird flu’ or ‘avian influenza’) in the Illawarra. It was detected in a greater crested tern (species of coastal bird) near the
The 887 bus route is an hour-and-a-bit journey from Campbelltown Station to the University of Wollongong (UOW), via a bumpy ordeal through Macarthur, Rosemeadow, Appin, and the winding descent of Mt Ousley Road. It arrives once an hour, with the first bus departing from Campbelltown at about
Just when the news of Dolly Parton passing was still fresh in our minds, the universe goes ahead and throws this. The part that really gets me the most is that they died on the same day. All I'm saying is first Dolly and now Tim. Can someone
There are few universal truths that we as a collective humanity can agree on without trying to kill each other, a few being that all good things must come to an end, that actions have consequences and of course, the most well known, that death is an inevitable part of
A surrealist take on the highs and lows of the hospitality industry, Service is an upcoming dance-theatre production written by Lachlan Grogan. After spending much of his early career working as a waiter, Grogan has endeavoured to produce a performance that is both “a love letter and a breakup
Students strike back against Hanson, again + Corrimal ends 37-year grand final wait with major semi final victory over Thirroul + more!
There is a particular kind of ego death that happens while standing naked in front of a record player. By this point the stylus had returned back to its home, leaving a deafening unromantic silence throughout the room. While crouched over a stack of albums conducting an urgent mental review
