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The Whitlam What?

Nicole Gismondo Photography supplied by the Whitlam Institute. If you’ve never ventured as far as the river on Parramatta South Campus, chances are you’ve never heard of the Whitlam Institute. Situated in the historic Female Orphan School, the institute houses the...

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Dr Kakenya Ntaiya visits campus for IWD

By Nicole Gismondo and Lisa Lewis: During the week of International Women’s Day, Western Sydney University hosted Dr Kakenya Ntaiya on Kingswood campus. Dr Ntiaya is a champion of girl’s education in Kenya, starting a female boarding school to help change the harsh...

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Study Hall Cuts: the Low-Down

By Nicole Gismondo and Kelly Munro: EDIT 1.40pm 23/02/17: the university has issued a new statement and has retracted any previous statements: “The University has reconsidered its position and will reinstate Study Hall. We would like to work with students regarding...

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The Rise of the Geohobby

By Nicole Gismondo Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about Pokémon Go. You probably also saw at least one person walking along conspicuously stopping to swipe their phone. What you probably don’t know is Pokémon Go wasn’t the first hobby...

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1PSQ: A First Glance

By Nicole Gismondo As with any brand spanking new building, there’s an element of shine to everything. One Parramatta Square (1PSQ) or the Parramatta CBD Campus has been heralded as a new and modern campus for Western Sydney U, and it certainly fits the bill. There...

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6 Reasons #nustnatcon is an Alternate Reality

(and the NUS probably isn’t) By Nicole Gismondo: They eat paper In what is probably the most secretly coveted tradition of the National Union of Students (NUS) National Conference (natcon), people eat paper, they chase after people to eat the paper, and this year even...

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Clubs Awards Night 2016

By Nicole Gismondo (W’SUP Editor 16/17) Pictured: HAC Rugby (Tully MacPherson Left, Taylor Alcock Right) took home Best Student Club Overall, as the big winners for the night (note: this is them desperately trying to carry all their awards at once!) What a night of...

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Around the Campus Clubs

By Nicole Gismondo: The clubs scene at our university is still fairly early in its development. We take a look around the campus to find out what the scene is like on your campus. You can find all clubs on OrgSync – the University’s official platform Hawkesbury (13...

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The Magic of UWS Confessions: The Life of a Spy

The wonder of UWS Confessions has been the true barometer of the student experience of Western Sydney for the last 3 years. With Macquarie’s confessions at a measly 157 likes, UTS at 15,097, USyd at 15,029 and the nearest rival UNSW at 22,583 our editor Nicole...

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My Experience in Journalism: Speech for Media Day

Hello and welcome everyone to Western's Sydney Universities Media Day, thank you so much to the WSUP team for inviting me here and letting me be part of this special occasion. First off, I would like to introduce myself, my name is Eugenia Kourkoutas, and I was an...

A Word On WestWords: Advice To Writers

Ally Burnham is the Creative Producer at Westwords, Western Sydney’s centre for Creative Writing. She completed a Master’s in Writing for Performance at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and won an AWGIE in 2020 for her short film screenplay ‘Metropius’. She is a...