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Gami Chicken – now in Penrith!

Gami Chicken – now in Penrith!

(Pictured: The facade of Gami Chicken’s new branch in Penrith located in the Nepean Shopping village)  Korean cuisine is relatively new to Penrith and as such, Gami inherently stands out from the crowd. While Gami is known for its fried chicken, it also offers a range...

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Lacquer Art and Me

Lacquer Art and Me

Author: Junhaoran Li (Oliver) - Edited by Nataša Aster-Stater (Credit: Junhaoran Li (Oliver) Before studying arts and crafts, Oliver wasn’t aware of what lacquerware was - though his home had items made through the lacquer technique, he was unaware of it due to my...

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Strength in solitude

Strength in solitude

Sometimes, the air in Sydney feels soft, sweet, and safe. I see this land as more of an embodiment of home to me than 'home' ever was - how else can I express that a daughter forced to leave a motherland 9143 km behind might be seeking safety, might be brave enough to...

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Vaping in young people – Where should we stand?

Vaping in young people – Where should we stand?

Western Sydney University has had a smoke-free campus since 2014, but vaping has still been an issue of misconduct. This confusion is primarily related to the different environments that vaping creates compared to smoking. We can smell smoke and tobacco with...

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Boys will be boys

Boys will be boys

Many of us would be familiar with the adage ‘boys will be boys’, but in light of recent global movements – such sentiments only highlight the absurdity of this way of thinking. Let’s start with what’s happening in our own backyards. The role of what a man is and how...

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Cup49 makes DIY bubble tea a reality

Cup49 makes DIY bubble tea a reality

By TILEAH DOBSON With Australia being a multicultural country, it was only a matter of time for Taiwan’s boba tea to make its way Down Under. With the rise of franchise chains like Chatime, Gong Cha and Sharetea, bubble tea has become a popular beverage. Prompting...

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Lithgow Campus: Reimagined for 2021

Lithgow Campus: Reimagined for 2021

Lithgow Campus: Reimagined for 2021 What happened to the Lithgow Campus and where is it now? The Entrance of the Lithgow Campus Indicates its History Photo Courtesy of WSU   Do you remember the Lithgow Campus? Did you know that it closed? Do you know that it’s...

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My Experience in Journalism: Speech for Media Day

Hello and welcome everyone to Western's Sydney Universities Media Day, thank you so much to the WSUP team for inviting me here and letting me be part of this special occasion. First off, I would like to introduce myself, my name is Eugenia Kourkoutas, and I was an...

A Word On WestWords: Advice To Writers

Ally Burnham is the Creative Producer at Westwords, Western Sydney’s centre for Creative Writing. She completed a Master’s in Writing for Performance at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and won an AWGIE in 2020 for her short film screenplay ‘Metropius’. She is a...

Creative Cloud Crisis: Is Western Really the Adobe Creative Campus?

Vice President and Adobe Managing Director Katrina Troughton, described Western Sydney University as “the first Adobe Creative Campus University in New South Wales”. However, students can only access Adobe programs at certain times of the year.  Western students have...