Lifestyle
Hey wounded lovers of UOW. It’s your tragic heroine Jess, back at it again to give you some advice on how to deal with the current plague of situationships. Perhaps one option is revolution, maybe we need a dictatorship of the hoe-latariat? Nevertheless I endeavor to bring you
Culture
Four UOW screen media students have made a splash online with their documentary about surfing localism. ‘Surfing Sandon’, which confronts gatekeeping at the infamous Bulli break, has attracted more than 13,000 views on YouTube, while its Instagram trailer has garnered more than 120,000. “We knew the concept had
News
The Australia United Kingdom United States (AUKUS) Public Inquiry met on the 12th of August at Wollongong Art Gallery to amplify the concerns of Illawarra residents fearing the development of a nuclear base in Port Kembla. The inquiry, led by former Labor MP Peter Garrett, seeks to answer: 1. Will
Culture
The drone of cicadas fills the air. Your icy pole melts in the throbbing summer heat. You’re eight years old, and the world feels so big, and you feel so small. Where else is there to turn but the comfort of art? Drawing with crayons helps you through, it’
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UOW students make waves with Sandon Point documentary, Students say NO to One Nation, and more
Culture
"It does feel very, very Wollongong and very local, and I think it hits close to home."
Sports
Almost two years of heartache was washed away on Sunday afternoon when the Warilla-Lake South Gorillas ended a 708-day first grade win drought with a 12-8 victory over the Milton-Ulladulla Bulldogs at Cec Glenholmes Oval. The two sides headed to the break locked at 4-all
Culture
Oh Victoria, a state of many things. Think sports, the arts, culture, and world-class coffee. Being firmly from New South Wales though, I've long considered it my utmost responsibility to take any shot at Victoria I can get, given our rivalry predates Federation, but even I, a
Analysis
There is a time in every woman’s life where she must confront her sexualisation with ironic detachment. Where the condition of sitting on the line between being desired and being disgusting forms, there is the potential for public spectacle. The process of idealisation can be the basis for the
By Students, For Students
Fresh from RISING Festival Melbourne, the Edinburgh Fringe, and Soho Theatre London, Heartbreak Hotel is a synth-studded dissection of a serious breakup. It combines storytelling with science and a soundtrack of your favourite classic breakup songs to explore what heartbreak does to our bodies, and hopes to leave us
On the last night of July, a line of divas formed outside of Van Q on the corner of Crown and Keira. This show was a culmination of the Illawarra’s finest and most creative minds put into Action. Organised by James Windle, Monty Colwill, Felix Wylla, Quirine Van Nispen,
Project Q Fashion Show review, Warilla ends 708-day Group 7 first grade drought, and more
"Watching what our director Virginia has been cooking up, I’m severely gagged. So I can’t wait for our audiences to be gagged by it as well."
Ethan Floyd fresh off the Global Sumud Flotilla, Come on Aussie: an interview with Playlunch, and more
The Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles are the only remaining unbeaten side in Group 7 after a dominant second half secured the side a 22-14 win over the Gerringong Lions at Michael Cronin Oval on Saturday. The Eagles overturned a narrow halftime deficit with three tries in 18 minutes
Australia is home to some of the greatest things on earth. From the longest continuous culture to the boomerang and Woomera, all the way along to the Hills Hoist, Holden, Victa, and the Wi-Fi all around us. Yep, Australia is certainly home to some great things, and we’re
Painfully one-sided situationship trade got you down? Friends tired of you talking about the same chop hoe non-stop? Want advice about dating from someone who has made notoriously bad romantic choices? The Gala is here to help! We are starting a dating and situationships advice column. Submit your
Days out from Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ budget announcement, large crowds gathered in Wollongong and Sydney to demand a stoppage to proposed cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). As confirmed last Tuesday, the Labor government aims to remove 160,000 participants from the scheme, to save an estimated $35
I had a chance to speak to Ethan Floyd, a 22 year old Indigenous student from the University of Sydney (USyd) and a member of Students for Palestine, who recently arrived home on the 4th of May after joining the Global Sumud Flotilla’s most recent effort to break the
May 15th 2026 marked the 78th anniversary of Al Nakba, meaning ‘the catastrophe’ in Arabic. In 1948, over 700,000 Palestinians were displaced from their homes in a violent dispossession of land. Al Nakba is not an isolated historical event, rather the origin of Israel’s ongoing settler colonial violence
From the 27th of April to the 1st of May, students on campuses around the country observed Nationwide Palestine Solidarity Week by demanding their universities cut ties to weapons industries. For the duration of this week, the University of Wollongong Palestine Society held a banner outside the library for students
