Poetry Slam May 24 Bankstown campus

Poetry Slam May 24 Bankstown campus

It’s back due to popular demand. Bankstown Poetry Slam comes to Western Sydney University. You have three minutes on the mic, an audience prepared to love you, glory within reach, questionable prizes. Original words, no holds barred. Register on the night. Music and...

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Name this paper

Does cruWsible need a new name, now that we are no longer UWS ? If you have any suggestions, send them to us at cruWsible@westernsydney.edu.au Suggestions so far… FROM DANIEL GRIFFIN: The “cruwsible” sounds like a Christian magazine. Here are my new name suggestions....

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Stress Less

Stress Less

By Aneira M W Prakash: The human mind and human behaviour are tricky and complex operations to understand, especially if you’re not a doctor or in the medical profession (as I am not). But I realised I may have a distinct advantage in this field, not because I study...

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Own or stream ? Music now

Own or stream ? Music now

By Fenella Henderson-Zuel & Samantha Bulloch: There is rising popularity among young people to stream their music via digital platforms such as Spotify, Pandora, and the newcomer, Apple Music. The ease of use, convenience and portability of these digital music...

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A Western Sydney identity

A Western Sydney identity

am. Hundreds of students celebrated the university community’s fifth annual Diversity Fest at the Western Sydney University Kingswood Campus. The Student Representation & Participation Unit initiative was created as an opportunity to unite by reflecting, sharing...

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Zines Taking the World by Storm!

(Caption: Zine Fair stall workers and attendees. Photo credit: Garish (Luci) Kugathasan, 2025)  On the 20th September 2025, School of Zines hosted Parramatta Zine Fair, an event encouraging zinesters to show off their talent and content to the community. Printed media...

Indigenous Sovereignty: Right-Wing Extremism Rises

  Read Part 1 here — Indigenous Sovereignty: Welcome to Country Explained    A 2024 report from the Australian Reconciliation Barometer found more than half (54%) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience racism in Australian society. This...

Western Alum Annie McCann on her Author Journey

  Annie McCann is a published author and a Western Sydney University alum. As an Indonesian-Australian Muslim emcee and writer, she is deeply passionate about diverse voices.    ‘My Harimau King’  McCann’s debut Middle-Grade novel, published by Melby Rose...

Indigenous Sovereignty: Welcome to Country Explained

  On the 31st of August 2025 NITV’s Bronte Charles and Yasmine Alwakal reported a ‘brutal, terrifying and traumatising’ Neo Nazi attack at Melbourne’s Camp Sovereignty.  The peaceful protest with a smoking ceremony on sacred land turned into a violent, hate...

War Here and There, Conflict Slowly Turning into a Genocide

The proxy war being waged in Sudan has reached a new level of urgency that demands the world’s attention. Reports by Al Jazeera indicate mass-civilian killings have taken place, leaving 1,500 dead, with bodies spotted on satellite images.   In 2023, clashes between...