Author: Nadia Maunsell
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SOLIDARITY WITH THE IRANIAN WOMEN
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 wearing a hijab properly in…
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General Secretary – Candidate Interview
Tharunka interviewed both candidates for the 2023 SRC General Secretary position. Here’s what they said:* *Due to contracting COVID-19, Vihan Roy provided answers in the form of written responses. What is your Name and Degree? Reid – third-year studying Arts and Law, majoring in Philosophy and minoring in Politics. Vihan – studying…
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Women’s Officer – Candidate Interview
By Ellie Ng As part of Tharunka’s coverage of the 2022 SRC elections, we had the opportunity to sit down and get to know the three candidates running for the position of Women’s Officer: Emerging from a broad range of perspectives and areas of study, each candidate brought different perspectives on concerns for UNSW, and…
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Ethno-Cultural Officer – Candidate Interview
By Alejo Pintos-Lopez Name, ticket, and Degree? Grisha: Grisha Chawla, Unite, B.Arts (Politics and IR, minor in psychology) Harrison: Harrison Zheng, Together, 4th Year B.Comm/Law Shovan: Shovan Bhattarai, LeftAction, B.Science/Arts Have you been part of (or run for) anything student government before, and if so, what were some things you were involved in? If not, have you been…
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UNSW Return and Earn facility closes in response to alleged “punch-ons”
By Harrisen Leckenby The UNSW Return and Earn collection facility, a place where students and members of the public can go to return their bottles and cans for 10cents each, closed yesterday due to ongoing security incidents involving the site. A University spokesperson confirmed that there had been “several” incidents involved with the Return and…
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Highest and lowest ranked UNSW courses according to myExperience
UNSW has publicly released myExperience survey data for the first time. Based on data from 1843 courses, 30 of them received a perfect 100% approval rating and of these, the highest number could be found in the Arts, Design and Architecture faculty and Business School.