Category: Features
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Bagel Liberalism: A critical take on the Daniels’ latest A24 hit
When Everything Everywhere All at Once released earlier this year, many Asians in diaspora viewed the film’s success as a major win for Asian representation. Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (‘the Daniels’), the maximalist comedy-drama received critical acclaim for its unique take on the multiverse narrative. Many Asian viewers praised the film for […]
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Meet your 2023 PGC President
Tharunka sat down with incoming PGC President Anthony Sunjaya to discuss his plans for the postgraduate community 2023. Q: What is the role of the Postgraduate Council (PGC) at UNSW? Sunjaya: The PGC represents the approximately 30,000 postgraduate students at UNSW. The PGC is the voice of the postgraduate community to university management and the […]
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Is AIESEC a cult? | What about the money? – Part 2
By Emma Partis While AIESEC markets itself as an NGO that develops leadership in young people, ex-members have expressed concern that their AIESEC experience was less about leadership, and more about selling its own products. This apparent money-focus is also a reason why some have labelled AIESEC as a ‘cult’ or ‘pyramid scheme’. AIESEC executives […]
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Arc Legal on how to avoid rental scams
By Pia Lenarduzzi International students have emerged as the new victims of Sydney’s worsening rental crisis, with UNSW’s Arc legal and advocacy team receiving increasing numbers of complaints about young tenants being exploited by unscrupulous landlords. According to an Arc Legal and Advocacy representative, who asked that their name not be used for the article, […]
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An Investigation on a Novel Contract Cheating Model: Ghost Class Services
By Amiabelle Kong I had an undercover conversation with an agent working for a cheating company to understand what it’s like inside the cheating industry. The following is a conversation I had in a UNSW student group on WeChat about students coming to UNSW in 2022. Me: “There are a lot of excellent […]
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SRC Tharunka Address – t3 2022
By Nayonika Bhattacharya The UNSW Student Representative Council (‘UNSW SRC’) is the peak body representing allinternational, domestic, onshore, and offshore students across all levels of study at the University ofNew South Wales. The UNSW SRC is responsible for advocating, furthering, investigating studentissues, and pushing for student change across UNSW Kensington, Paddington campuses.The UNSW SRC is […]