By Paul Kleynjan: Diversity, the experience of difference, or the way we experience race, culture, sexuality, gender, class and ability is a big part of campus life at UWS. There are, apparently, parts of us that we consider the same or different from those around...
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Abandon Tolerance, Dissolve Multiculturalism
By Chris Lamerton: I am positive that throughout this special publication of this volume, aimed at celebrating diversity, there will be a number of calls for ‘tolerance’, to allow the other to exist peacefully. This call for tolerance does two things. First, it...
Ask Quai why skate
Q&A with Skuws skater Quai by Naomi Hastings: When did you start skating? I started skating when I was in year 5, about 11 – 12 years old. What’s your favourite thing about skating? My favourite thing about skateboarding is the feeling you get when you accomplish...
But where are you originally from ?
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...
Do it Properly or Dont: Multiculturalism and Diversity
By William Nguyen: The diversity we know of in Australia is extremely superficial. It is superficial to the point of merely acknowledging there are people of different cultural backgrounds and not being racist towards them or avoiding them, but merely trying to know a...
My Pessimism and Optimism
By William Nguyen: During my 3 years at UWS, this is the conclusion I have come to. UWS was a university established to cater to the poor, struggling and geographically disadvantaged. It was to give those who generally came from a working class a chance at social...
Diversity me
By Jacob Moriarty: Irish Catholic born and raised, but forget that. I met my mate at a Dr Who event, where he wouldn’t shut up and I wondered if he was gay, and he really spoke so much, but that didn’t matter, because he seemed cool and liked the same thing as me, so...
What makes us the same? What makes us different?
By Margaret Amos: I felt that I had to write an article for the special Diversity Fest edition of the crUWSible now that I have experienced three semesters at UWS (plus Summer School). What makes us all the same? Firstly, we are all at UWS trying to complete a...
I’m different and so are you
By Jisna Saji: I cannot even begin to understand a person who refuses or shows hatred towards someone, just because of their identity. It is unbelievable just how many people are rejected because they are different, and how easily it occurs right under our nose. It is...
Media internship to India so much better than ”life changing”
By Curtis Mayfield M-H: I was sitting in a sushi restaurant with my friend Jackie when I got the call telling me that I was going to India to work as intern for a newspaper. As I swallowed the rest of the delicious raw fish wrapped in rice and seaweed my thoughts...
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W’SUP’s New Perspectives Launch Event: A Photo Essay
The W’SUP community held their first launch for the Spring Magazine Edition named “New Perspectives” on the 23rd of October. This spring edition of the magazine was about reflection, highlighting the importance of understanding and caring for yourself and raising...
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Lydia Feng Encapsulates the Integrity of Journalism at WSU Guest Lecture
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Sydney’s Japan Foundation hosts Nobuhiro Shimura’s exhibition on local cinemas vanishing legacy
(Nobuhiro Shimura's "Afternote: In the Shade of Cinema" exhibition at The Japan Foundation Gallery. Photo by: Khanh Linh Pham, 2024) “Afternote: In the shade of cinema”, is a new exhibition by Japanese artist Nobuhiro Shimura, running from September 13, 2023, to...