Am I Good Friend? is a live scientific experiment in which Yve Blake tries her best to measure her ‘friendability’. This new one-woman show uses ‘life-data’ from her real life along with homemade music, truth and some arts & crafts to gauge how good a friend Yve really is.
She speaks with Tharunka’s Kylar Loussikian.
Male feminists. Oxymoron? What does it actually mean?
What does being a feminist actually mean? Why does this sound like a blog post from Jezebel?
Recent discussion of body modification, specifically female body modification, has inflamed cultural sensitivities and ignited serious academic debate over the role personal context has in determining what is considered the ‘inhumane’ subjugation of women.
Questions of what should remain unchallenged in the name of cultural sovereignty from an outside, often Western, judgement are raised from this.
Shark-finning is the process where a wild shark is caught, dragged abroad a boat and clubbed or stabbed to be pacified.
The fins are hacked off and the animal thrown back overboard, where it can take several days to die from starvation, drowning or being eaten by other predators. This is the standard practise; the rule, not the exception.
Eastern Beaches Local Area Command has been sending police officers dressed as students to parties held in the Roundhouse, and the Student Representative Council (SRC) has raised concerns about possible consequences carried by violent incidents with undercover police, including the accidental assault on a police officer, which carries greater punishment than student on student.
The issue was only brought to the SRC’s attention relatively recently after a student reported feeling uncomfortable around what they suspected was an undercover officer during a session party.
I hate playing catch up with the mainstream media but sometimes you read so much rubbish there’s nothing left to do other than put your rants onto a piece of paper and distribute thousands of copies amongst the students of UNSW.
Earlier this month Bob Brown, the long-term (and only) federal leader of the Australian Greens announced his resignation from the leadership and from the Senate, handing the reigns to his deputy, Christine Milne.
The 2012 Annual General Meeting of the UNSW Liberal Club was cancelled this Monday evening, the 16th of April.
The President of the UNSW Liberal Club Nick Kaurin, on the advice of Student Development Committee Convenor Chris Antonini, informed Liberal Club members that the meeting had to be cancelled due to Occupational Health and Safety Regulations where the number of attendees was in excess of the maximum occupancy of the ASB room.
UNSW Sports & Recreation services may see changes including a possibility they will be tendered to an external provider under a management change proposal being discussed by University administration.
Whilst the changes have long been rumoured, Neil Morris, Executive Director of University Services, told Tharunka the University had only begun a consultation process, and any decisions were a long way from being made.
This year, Tharunka continues with its interview series “Spotlight on UNSW,” where we speak to outstanding and inspiring members of the UNSW community.
In our first spotlight, Cameron McPhedran spoke with the Honorable Michael Kirby. A High Court Justice for thirteen years and winner of the Gruber Justice Prize in 2010, Justice Kirby is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at UNSW where he writes, teachers and mentors students.
He wants to savor the moment, to draw it out. He knows what the package contains and is equal parts delighted and intimidated. He carefully unknots the bow, peels back the wrappings.
Speedos. Blue Speedos, Liberal Blue.
