Trigger Warning: This article contains themes regarding self-harm, sexual abuse, rape and suicide. Please note there are resources for support listed below. It was an ordinary day and I opened Facebook. Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne had been accused of sexual...
Fools
By Dina Capilnean: Can’t do these assignments no more Can’t work for the man no more Don’t wanna be a corporate girl No more listening to the world Not gonna listen to your whines and cries And pick you up from your hangover nights Try to be me for just one day My...
A Chocolate for a Dream
By Dina Codrina Capilnean: A little while ago, it was my father’s fiftieth birthday. We celebrated as our family normally would – music, games and laughter, but my father had a few too many beers and he started to make a speech. “I am fifty years old, and I have not...
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“The lights danced to my music”: Student Composer Bailey Pickles Speaks About Big Dreams
Bailey Pickles, aged 20, is studying the University of Sydney’s ‘Composition for Creative Industries’ at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. “This is the perfect course for me,” Pickles said. “It’s been a fantastic experience because I’m surrounded by so many...
Libby Austin: The 19-year-old Penrith City Council member representing Western Sydney youth
On the 9th of October, 19-year-old Libby Austin was sworn in for her 4-year term as a councillor on the Penrith City Council. The teenage Western Sydney University student was listed on the 5th spot of the Labor party’s PCC East Ward ballot. Austin was elected...
Interview With Tamara Tuchin, Winner of the Editor’s Choice Award
Tamara Tuchin didn’t expect to win the 2024 Student Publications Committee Editor’s Choice Award for her article “Imagining Extinction.” In her own words, the recognition was a “total surprise,” but for anyone who has read her piece, it’s clear why she stood...
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Enrolling in your course can feel complicated. This guide provides information on activating your account, accepting offers, registering for subjects and more. If you need assistance with your enrolment, please call Western Sydney University on 1300 668 370. ...
Joel Edgerton Receives Honorary Doctorate & 100 New Doctors Graduate
100 graduates from Western Sydney University’s Doctor of Medicine program attended their graduation ceremony on the 17th of December 2024. The University invited Joel Edgerton to the graduation in the Sir Ian & Nancy Turbott Auditorium at the Parramatta...