By WSU Hawkesbury students: As students of Western Sydney University who have benefited greatly from our engagement with the Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre we are aghast at the University’s decision to close the centre. We appeal to Professor Barney Glover to reconsider...
By WSU student What’s your general thought about the queer community and religion? It seems like there is a general push towards atheism. Sol, pansexual, non-binary, Muslim: Yeah there are a lot of people who don’t respect religion and oversimplify it as inherently...
By WSU student Dear baby queer, now that you’ve finally made the right decision to be queer or trans or just other than “normal”, it is my pleasure to welcome you to my lovely world of rainbows. Attached you’ll find your magical unicorn and glitter, enjoy! Now down to...
By WSU student If you meet me you’ll probably think I’m British, with my pale skin and very weird, unplaceable accent. But I’m here to inform you I’m not. Yes, I am white and yes, I am European with a long list of countries and uncertainties including, Croatia or...
Dear culturally and linguistically diverse people of UWS: It’s not you, it’s me… The most unsparingly utilised break up excuse in the history of man, usually said in order to ease someone’s heartbreak or somehow make them feel better about the shit situation they’ve...
When Bianca Tropiano started studying a Bachelor of Communication at Western Sydney University, she hadn’t picked a major. She undertook the ‘Introduction to Journalism’ subject. Whilst she didn’t really like it, she's now set to graduate with a major in journalism, a...
The Lifeblood Challenge is a yearly competition organised by the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood where each team attempts to collect as many blood donations as possible in a set amount of time. From August 1st to October 31st, Western Sydney University (WSU) is working...
Josh Bouman (he/him) is the Queer Social Club (QSC) co-founder. The QSC runs events such as, picnics, hiking, queer trivia, beach days, game afternoons, brunches, trips to a café, craft-days, karaoke and craft-days. ‘[The Queer community] is very important...
July 2025 saw Penguin’s ‘Fantasy Fest’ arrive in Australian cities, readers enjoying exclusive previews of upcoming fantasy novel releases and extensive author panel discussions. In 2023, Penguin Random House Australia, one of Australia’s ‘big five’ publishing...
Diversity Fest was once the booming heart of Western Sydney University’s social life. This year, the campus was silent, with attendees few and far between. This begs the question: Has Diversity Fest lost its spark or has a shift occurred with how students...