By Jayd Raffoul – Solicitor, Student Legal Services: Imagine this, it’s week 3 and you arrive for your 10am class. The car parks are packed and after circling for the hundredth time, you see a line of cars parked on the grass. You can see a free spot on the grass so...
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Emotion Is Okay
By Laura Day: We live in a society where we have been taught to suppress our emotions, only show people our ‘perfect’ lives, live the right way, do the right things and don’t differ from that path because you will be rejected. Women are meant to be this perfect ideal...
The Future of Journalism
By Helen Megalokonomos: The future of journalism has reached a precipice with budgets shrinking and editorial jobs being cut. The only lifeline for journalists lies in being able to produce content across all media platforms and in adapting to the changing landscape,...
F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
By Sunila Dixit: Two decades ago, a sitcom arrived into everyone’s lives. Little did anyone know that it would take a permanent place in everyone’s hearts then and in generations to come. The sitcom was an instant hit, particularly among the youth. The sitcom was...
Love support services, hate the parking: Beau asks around
W’SUP editor Beau Dunne vox popped at Parramatta: Hir, Jigar and Pooja: What do you like about the university ? Jigar : The library, campus facilities. What could be improved ? Jigar: Sports. Students don’t know about sports....
Language: What separates us from the animals
By Daniel Griffin: You and I have the ability to use language without even thinking about it, literally. We can understand, speak, (and once we are taught) read and write. Animals, too, can communicate in some ways as well (anyone who has ever watched a nature...
Happy Times in Student Land
By Beau Dunne: Like many of my fellow students, I face the difficulty of juggling the multiple demands of working, managing relationships, and attending classes. With so many demands on students it is no wonder that there are more and more media reports of slipping...
#LetThemStay: WSU could take the lead
By Ian Escandor: On February 3 the High Court ruled that the Coalition government had the right to deport babies and women – who had been sexually assaulted – back to offshore detention in Nauru. This cruel government policy has sparked an important new wave of...
Open Letter to Marketing: The Bland Rebrand
By Nicole Gismondo: There is, from the perspective of the outside observer, a certain appeal to the rebranding of the University of Western Sydney to Western Sydney University. From that outside perspective it is a university that embraces its demographic and provides...
Ten days of skating in Tokyo
By Naomi Hastings: As I write this, it’s been ten days since I moved into my apartment in central Tokyo, where I will be living for the rest of this year, as part of a two semester exchange program at Meiji University. It’s also been ten days since I unpacked the four...
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Indigenous Sovereignty: Young Australians Pursuing Change
Read Part 1 here — Indigenous Sovereignty: Welcome to Country Explained Read Part 2 here — Indigenous Sovereignty: Right-Wing Extremism Rises Young Australians Powering the Pursuit for Change The Australian Reconciliation Barometer found 80% of young...
Filmmaker Prudence Bernadette on Doctor Who fandom!
(Caption: Subculture: The Whovians title card. Photo credit: Prudence Bernadette, 2025) Australian filmmaker and musician Prudence Bernadette (aka TheArtGirl) is stepping into the spotlight to debut her documentary Subculture: The Whovians. Produced under her new...
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...


