No.2 Vol. 61 (2015)

Sam Moran investigates Australia’s crisis of leadership. Walt Whitman’s poem, made famous by the unforgettable scenes of “A Dead Poet’s Society”, reverberates through our hearts and minds as Robin Williams’ students express their gratitude and support for him, his humility and his compassion, in direct contrast to the authoritative teacher …

  By Danny Yap When your university publicly acknowledges the climate crisis but continues to throw money at fossil fuel companies, whose greenhouse gas emissions are most responsible for the problem, you call bullshit. Over 500 people packed the Science Theatre last week for the ‘Risky Business’ Q&A at which …

            By Annastasia Robertson The Science Theatre was buzzing on Thursday evening when some of the country’s most prominent names sat down in front of an audience to discuss risk management in life, politics, business, climate change and medicine. It was also buzzing with police …

Alicia D’Arcy Members of UNSW staff were on strike today with support from students, picketing all 14 gates of campus over bargaining disputes. Striking members from the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) were peacefully handing out flyers and talking to incoming students alongside members of the Student Representative Council (SRC) …

Laneway in Detroit? Inspired or insane? Adrian Pedic gives his verdict. When you think of St Jerome’s Laneway Festival (or just Laneway), there are a multitude of first impressions you could have. If you haven’t yet been, maybe it’s a solid line-up, or the pictures that flooded Facebook a few …

Resident philosopher-cum-theologian Aym Randy elucidates. In the beginning, people spent a lot of time thinking and new things happened all the time and they meant something and meaning had a meaning at that time and time was something that people questioned because asking questions means more than just putting a …