There was another shooting in America. On Friday 20 July, shortly after midnight, in Aurora, Colorado, a single assailant entered a screening of The Dark Night Rises. According to reports he was covered in body armour, including a gas mask. He allegedly threw a canister of tear gas into the audience …
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Monorail Hoax Catches Students & Media
Media outlets and students were left puzzled by the hoax Foundation Day announcement that the UNSW Student Representative Council had approved a bid for the Sydney Metro Monorail. The story was picked up by MX and ABC News Radio’s Sandy Aloisi, even thought the press release was riddled with numerous …
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SRC Approves Plans for Monorail
The UNSW Student Representative Council (SRC) voted last night to approve a bid to purchase the Sydney Monorail if it placed on auction after its deconstruction. The plan would cost the University of New South Wales Student Association $1.2 million dollars.
Read More »New Bar May Cost Roundhouse, Whitehouse
Alongside the Roundhouse, the Whitehouse, Southern Wok, and the staff dining-room AGSM, Bar Navitas is the 5th licensed premise at UNSW, and has been operating since the beginning of this year. The name Navitas, a Latin word for ‘energy,’ was chosen, according to owner Chris Glastas, because of its location in the Tyee Energy Technologies Building as it “highlights the energy …
Read More »Ase Ga Daradara Dete Kuru (Sweating Like A Pig)
As the red sun rises in Tokyo, its residents, still in their beds, reach for their smart phones to check the day’s forecast. Swiping the screen feverously for hour-by-hour predictions, they turn to second opinions — large folders full of weather apps — reassuring themselves with all the times Yahoo! Weather …
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