Melissa Swann

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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Expanding my cultural horizons in Japan

(Credit: Simran Prasad) Earlier this July, I participated in the Venture Makers Global Exchange held in Kansai, Japan’s innovation capital. The program saw students from universities across Japan, Canada, the UK, India, and Australia collaborate on tackling real-life...

Go Global: My South Korean Odyssey

Written by Richard Xu | Edited by Luci Kugathasan Introduction  On March 1st, 2024, I attended Go Global’s South Korea study tour at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, an institution that prides itself in advancing scholarship and peace. The trip provided me with insight...

Street Library Launch

Written by Lidya Rivai | Edited by Luci Kugathasan   Whether you live in suburbia, near a CBD, or you’re just out for a stroll, you’re bound to spot one of these little street libraries, housed in a cosy nook of your neighbourhood.   (Two members of Book...

Blak, Loud and Proud at Parramatta South Campus

The theme for NAIDOC Week 2024 was Blak, Loud and Proud: Keep the Fire Burning. At Western Sydney University’s (WSU) Parramatta South Campus the Yarramundi Lectures explored the importance of the Indigenous community at Western Sydney University (WSU). The Yarramundi...