Category: Columns

  • Del and Aglat #4: It’s a Long Way to the Top

    Del and Aglat #4: It’s a Long Way to the Top

    by Nina Greenhill She didn’t want to look at the notice board, with all the ugly mugs plastered on it.  She sighed. They weren’t ugly. That was her trying to hate the people she was going to try and capture. She figured if she hated them, it might make the job easier. Awell and Scut…

  • Procrastination Corner: Editors’ Top Picks #7

    Procrastination Corner: Editors’ Top Picks #7

    August 10 – August 24 Every fortnight the Tharunka editorial team compiles the best media we’ve been avoiding and/or complementing our studies with. Have fun! Books  Axel: I’m still on Moby Dick, I’m sorry to say. The mini textbook on the taxonomy of whales threw me off for a while and I comfort-reread The Raven…

  • Green Thoughts #3: Politics and Coal Dust: Why There Hasn’t Been Action On Climate Change

    Green Thoughts #3: Politics and Coal Dust: Why There Hasn’t Been Action On Climate Change

    Green Thoughts is a new column by the UNSW Environment Collective. The Environment Collective is a group of students from UNSW who believe in collective action on climate change. Here are some stories written by our members which try and grapple with the systemic issues driving the climate crisis, from colonialism to the last pair of…

  • Green Thoughts #2: Investing Into Publicly Owned Renewable Energy

    Green Thoughts #2: Investing Into Publicly Owned Renewable Energy

    Green Thoughts is a new column by the UNSW Environment Collective. The Environment Collective is a group of students from UNSW who believe in collective action on climate change. Here are some stories written by our members which try and grapple with the systemic issues driving the climate crisis, from colonialism to the last pair of…

  • Green Thoughts #1: Cleaning Out Our Closets

    Green Thoughts #1: Cleaning Out Our Closets

    Green Thoughts is a new column by the UNSW Environment Collective. The Environment Collective is a group of students from UNSW who believe in collective action on climate change. Here are some stories written by our members which try and grapple with the systemic issues driving the climate crisis, from colonialism to the last pair…

  • Procrastination Corner: Editors’ Top Picks #6

    Procrastination Corner: Editors’ Top Picks #6

    Every fortnight the Tharunka editorial team compiles the best media we’ve been avoiding and/or complementing our studies with. Have fun! Books  Axel: I started Herman Melville’s Moby Dick expecting to just fill a space in my knowledge of the literary canon, and all the jokes about whales I never got, but honestly Ishmael’s just a…