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CATS is a musical that needs no introduction. Considered the first megamusical, it paved the way for shows from Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera to Hamilton and Wicked, on top of being a massive commercial success in its own right. It’s been produced all over the
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I know it’s unorthodox to review two films with the same star in such a short space of time, but after my review of Total Eclipse last week, I simply couldn’t help it. I’ve been kept awake at night by the thought that I deceived you, dear
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If you read the first film review I ever wrote for the Tert, you’d know I spent an inordinate amount of my teenage years in love with River Phoenix. If you’re reading this one, you’ll learn that my preteen years were almost identical to the later ones,
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“The Los Angeles Times reported that 63% of American families are considered dysfunctional. My god, that means we’re the majority… WE’RE NORMAL!” We all have a favourite stand-up special. Maybe a top 3. If not a top 3, maybe a favourite comedian. Maybe a top 3 of
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“We all see what we want to see. Coffey looks and he sees Russians. He sees hate and fear. You have to look with better eyes than that.” Stand on a shoreline on a clear night and gaze toward the horizon. Somewhere out there, just beyond your view, is the
This week marks 50 years of NAIDOC week, and the UOW Library is celebrating this half-century anniversary across its Wollongong and Shoalhaven campuses with a focus on establishing an attitude of reconciliation and recognition. NAIDOC week is held annually in the first week of July, running this year from
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For more information, check out our article entitled: Changes to UOW Student Union Constitution. I didn’t leave the meeting confused; I left it angry. I was going to rant about the state of student politics: words tossed like grenades, people shouting over each other, not adhering to agreed-upon
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One of The Tert Editors delves deeper into the mind of an attendee of the Student General Meeting, in his opinion piece: WUSA SGM: A Difference of Opinion. On May 29, 2025, the Wollongong Undergraduate Students’ Association (WUSA) held their long-awaited Student General Meeting (SGM): the kind of meeting
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It’s safe to say that Day 4 of the 2025 National Union of Students Education Conference didn’t go quietly. In fact, it ended with a bang, a pow and a flourish – courtesy of one of the more contentious plenaries of the week. Stephen Donnelly, founder of the Dunn
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Keeping true to the commitment to watching Australian movies that I mentioned in my last review, one of my most recent watches was Da Kath & Kim Code, the 2005 telemovie adaptation of the cult classic Australian TV show Kath & Kim. If you’re at all familiar with Kath
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Another two plenaries eclipsed Day 3 of the Education Conference. The first was on Diversity in Education by the Women’s Officer Ellie Venning – whose motivation was to highlight the segregation of university courses through a panel which included Jade Poulton (ANU Women’s Officer), Libby Austin (NX General Executive,