Join the Bankstown Writers’ Group on Mondays and receive feedback from award-winning writers Fiona Wright and Luke Carman. All students are welcome to bring their writing – creative writing, essays, articles – to room 1.1.112 on Mondays in August, September and...
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Diversity Fest Writers Needed
August 24 is the deadline for the big Diversity Fest edition of W’SUP. We need your stories on what Diversity means to you. We need your articles, artworks, rants and poems, investigative journalism and everything else. Send to wsup@westernsydney.edu.au
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...
Western Sydney Community Forum Federal Election Q & A
By Lauren Nicholls: The Western Sydney Community Forum launched its Q&A breakfast series at Penrith Council Chambers on Thursday, June 2nd. The panel was collated to discuss the impending federal election, and consisted of representatives from a wide variety of...
What is an Ally ?
By Marija Yelavich: An Ally is a volunteer (staff or student) from the Western Sydney University community who is committed to cultural change and who provides support to LGBTIQ community members at the University. University Allies: can be identified by the display...
RESPECT. NOW. ALWAYS. update
On Friday 27 May, the Parramatta Campus Council hosted a free student movie screening of the short film, The Hunting Ground. The film is a controversial documentary that explores the culture of sexual assault on American university campuses. The movie was used to...
Women’s Rooms in the Multi-Faith Spaces: An Alienating decision
By Nicole Gismondo: You probably don’t know that Western Sydney Uni has women’s rooms, so you probably also don’t know that it has two rooms in multi-faith centres. These rooms are autonomous safe spaces for female-identifying students to use. I recently visited the...
Tampon tax poetry-slammed
Winning poet Sharnay at Poetry Slam Bankstown campus May 24
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Lead, Engage, Aspire, Develop (LEAD) is a SSAF funded leadership program to help student volunteers and employees build their leadership capacity, as well as develop communication, team building and employability skills. The LEAD program involves: * A two-day...
Free Hip Hop Dance Workshops: Bankstown campus Tuesday lunchtimes
Join the Hip Hop Revolution with free Hip Hop dance workshops Tuesday lunchtimes at Bankstown campus tennis courts. May 17-June 21, July 19-Aug 9. 1-1.45pm All levels, all ages, staff and students.
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Boy Sober: Lessons From Celibacy
I am 22 and I haven’t had sex in 3 years, because ever since I was a little girl I have believed that romantic love should be a priority in my life. The media I consumed heavily informed this belief. I loved the 1999 romantic comedy Never Been Kissed starring Drew...
Understanding Academic Burnout
As we approach the end of our studies, some of us will be feeling drained and debilitated from exhaustion with no motivation to do the things we once loved to do or to complete those last rounds of assignments. You may be contemplating “Why am I so lazy? Why do I...
Tempting Taboos
I open my laptop, with an email staring back at me, as if it knows exactly what I feel, a wave of curiosity and a high tide of shame. “TODAY ONLY: Bellessa air vibe PRO 60% off get yours today.” How does a chunky, curvy vibrator like that even fit inside anyway? In...
Forging bonds across borders: A globetrotter’s semester exchange student’s account of forming human connections in a foreign country
Let me take you on a heartwarming journey of platonic love, friendship, family and community, all in a foreign non-English speaking country; I welcome you to the warmth of Indonesia. I want to preface this piece by informing you that prior to landing in Jakarta, I...
Afterpay: are students paying the price for buying now?
In 2022, the Australian Finance Industry released a report that showed how Afterpay created a catch-22: people would use it to pay for essentials, yet it's been reported some would also need to cut back on essentials just to make the required repayments. Today, 40% of...