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  • Tamara Tuchin

    Tamara Tuchin has honed her writing skills during intense bouts of procrastination. Oddly enough, her writing has improved dramatically since she started university. After two years of journalism, she suffered a slight quarter-life crisis, and is now heading into her third year of animal science and zoology. You'll find her - you guessed it - procrastinating.

    Tamara joined the W'SUP editorial team in March 2025. She has a published short story, Dance Baby Dance, and won W'SUP's Editor's Choice Award in 2024.

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More Avaliability… Period.

More Avaliability… Period.

In 2022, Western Sydney University trialed the provision of free period products in Parramatta City campus bathrooms. In 2023, it was announced that two high traffic bathrooms on each campus, including an accessible gender-neutral bathroom, would dispense free...

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Clubs Crossword Solution

  View Crossword in W'SUP News' October print edition 2025. View Crossword solutions here.   Q4 Crossword Giveaway Terms and Conditions 1. Entry is open to any currently enrolled student studying at Western Sydney University. Only the first 10 entrants who...

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Finding Nemo (Another) Therapist

Finding Nemo (Another) Therapist

What could possibly be worse than a father eating his son because he’s deformed? Well, you’re about to find out. This is part two of finding Nemo a therapist (yes, Disney’s Finding Nemo). Why? Because clownfish are slightly traumatising. Click here for part one if you...

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Generation Science

Generation Science

“Re-Gen Z Science” is headed by Western Sydney University’s Dr. Mark Jones and School of Science Engagement Officer Loise Graham. With a focus on making science relevant to younger generations in the Hawkesbury, the program covers how science can address some of the...

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Finding Nemo a Therapist

Finding Nemo a Therapist

Disney’s Finding Nemo. A 2003 childhood classic, full of laughs, tears and family bonding. Haven’t seen it? Here’s the whole plot.   And here’s an out of context, no spoiler version:  A serial killer brutally murders a mother (Coral) and almost all of her children...

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Highlight of The Hawkesbury

Highlight of The Hawkesbury

For Western Sydney University students, the 9th-11th May 2025 was filled with cows, science, and more cows at the Hawkesbury Agricultural Show. Known as the place where the country meets the city, it’s the second biggest agricultural show after the Sydney Royal Easter...

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Nothing Much

Nothing Much

“How are you?”   I hate this question. Because, well, what do I say?   I’m running off the sugar in my coffee, and the fear of not paying the rent this week? I was okay an hour ago, but something shifted and now I’m not? I want to lay in bed with my cat...

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Bachelor of Sacrifice: Navigating Work Life Balance

Bachelor of Sacrifice: Navigating Work Life Balance

There are 168 hours in a week.   According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australians spend an average of 10 hours and 35 minutes a day on necessary things like sleeping, eating, personal care, health, and hygiene. That’s 74 hours a week.   An average of 3...

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P’s Get Degrees

P’s Get Degrees

Yes, we all want distinctions and make the Dean’s Merit List. We all want to be top of the class. But sometimes, cruising in the middle is the best you can do. And just because you’re not top of the class, it doesn't mean you’ve failed. Besides, I know significantly...

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Imagining Extinction

Imagining Extinction

Imagine.   You and your family are, for some reason, one of a kind. Maybe you can fly, maybe you have 8 arms, maybe you’re made of a precious material.   You’re special. Unique.  Your purpose is to exist, to continue your species.   There’s 3 members of your entire...

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Rise of Australian Romantasy: Braidee Otto

With the romantasy genre continuing to captivate readers worldwide, Australian author Braidee Otto is celebrating the release of her debut novel Songbird of the Sorrows. From secret princesses to spies uncovering dangerous truths and unlikely heroes facing impossible...

Citizen Science: How Western students can help scientists

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Rise of Australian Romantasy: Lily Crozier

Lily Crozier was born in London to a family of book collectors and quickly followed in their footsteps. Now based in Sydney, she is building her career as a literary influencer and publicist at Penguin Random House Australia. Her debut novel, ‘Vow of Eternal Night’ is...

2026 SRC President Statement: $4 Million of Your Money Spent on You!

Statement from 2026 SRC President Bailey Anderson Hello WSU Students! My name is Bailey, and I'm your Student Representative Council President! As a key feature of the transition to the Student Union (SU), it is now a legal requirement that over $4 million dollars of...