Will We Catch ‘Em All?

By Melissa Swann: Pokémon GO shattered download records when the Californian developers Niantic let it loose upon the world. While the craze took much of the world by surprise, the huge mobile hit didn’t happen overnight. The 21 year old Pokémon franchise aside, the...

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We Came, We Gamed, We Conquered

We Came, We Gamed, We Conquered

By Melissa Swann: For 24 hours over June 2nd and 3rd, the Western Sydney U Nerdfighters hosted a charity gaming marathon at The Cottage on Werrington South campus. We dubbed this ambitious adventure ‘Game Hard or Go Home.’ You may have heard about the event in the...

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Nerdfighters Gaming Marathon at Werrington

By Melissa Swann: The Western Sydney University Nerdfighters are holding a 24-hour Gaming Marathon at The Cottage on Werrington South during stuvac! Who are the WSU Nerdfighters? We are a club for self-professed Nerds, based at Kingswood and Werrington campus but also...

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poem: War and Back Again

poem: War and Back Again

By Melissa Swann: shore leave, years ago too many to keep count now, all he knows is it had to be around the time he stopped remembering how to not feel bare without the uniform on   a girl with eyes too bright for the thick exploited air of a mining town,...

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Alexandria Burnham and ‘Swallow’: WestWords and Publishing

  Read Part 1: the Writing here.    Award-winning writer and WestWords Creative Producer Alexandria Burnham’s debut novel ‘Swallow’ will be released in November 2025, after she announced in May that WestWords Books acquired publishing rights.    From Creative to...

Alexandria Burnham and ‘Swallow’: the Writing

  Award-winning writer and WestWords Creative Producer Alexandria Burnham’s debut novel ‘Swallow’ will be released in November 2025, after she announced in May that WestWords Books acquired publishing rights.    ‘Swallow’: Australia’s Untold Story  The novel is set in...

Liverpool’s Ganesh Chaturthi: Perseverance Against Protests

(Caption: Bharatnatyam dancers at the religious event. Photo credit: Samina Rakhshani, 2025) Hundreds of people gathered in Liverpool to celebrate the birth of Hindu deity Ganesha on Suday, 31 August 2025. The event coincided with large nationwide anti-immigration...

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...