Tag: college
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Six students expelled and 21 suspended from St Paul’s College after extreme hazing incident
Content warning: sexual harassment and violence. If you need to talk to someone right now contact the 24-hour service 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732). USYD’s St Paul’s College A residential college at the University of Sydney has expelled six students and suspended an additional 21 after an incident of sexual harassment and violence. The incident…
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Are Colleges Sexist or Safe?
By Abby Butler Twelve months ago, I decided I would never go to college. Whilst Hollywood had spent years assuring me that college life would be full of football games and acapella groups, the news was telling a vastly different story. Fast forward to this February, and something had changed. As I set up my…
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Leaving Home (Life Was Never Good to Us)
Fifteen minutes walk from the University of Sydney lies the Sydney Uni Student’s Housing co-operative, Stucco. At 193 Wilson Street, it is tucked away from the buzz of nearby King Street. Hypnotically peaceful, as I walk down Wilson Street I encounter numerous parks, bikes whirring down towards the city and sleepy cafes. The crisp Autumn…