By Andrea Bunjamin On 6 October, a strong crowd of protestors gathered in Keith Burrows Theatre on campus in solidarity with Iranian Women in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini. Mahsa Amini was a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who was arrested and fatally beaten by Iran’s Morality Police for not …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Proposal to acknowledge gender diversity to go to Arc-wide vote tomorrow
By Alex Neale Tomorrow evening, Arc will be holding general meeting in which all of its members will have the opportunity to vote on proposed changes to its constitution. One such change has been proposed with the hopes of increasing the diversity of Arc’s gender representation at its top …
Read More »SRC Election Candidate Profile: Environment Officer
By Ishani Gangopadhyay During the election campaign, Tharunka caught up with the candidates for Environment Officer. The successful candidate, Hannah Horton, shares her policies below. What is your Name and Degree? Hannah Cleary Horton, I am studying a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Indigenous Studies, and am currently in …
Read More »SRC’s Unite ticket appears to have folded – the day before the election
By Alex Neale It seems that the Unite! ticket for this year’s SRC elections have up and left, within 48 hours of the beginning of polling. It would mean that candidates Paige Sedgwick (President, Together), Reid Hou (General Secretary, Together), Cherish Kuehlmann (Education Officer, Left Action), and Mya Thit …
Read More »Is AIESEC a Cult? We investigated | part 1
By Emma Partis A Reddit post earlier this year attracted some damning comments from individuals claiming to be former members, urging other UNSW students to avoid the organisation. Numerous Reddit posts from other university pages around the world echo this sentiment, and a Quora post featuring one user damningly comparing …
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