Politics, pomposity, and plenty of prattle
In this time of almost universal disappointment in Australian political personalities, the live show of Yes, Prime Minister offers a refreshing satirical take on the hot mess that is world politics. The production was penned by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, the brilliant writers of the original BBC...
We are all Kardashians
This article isn't about Kim Kardashian - it's about you.
Let's look at the hard facts: Kim is wealthy, successful and famous. She's a producer, a fashion designer, an actress, a singer and of course, a socialite. Her fame is indisputable - she was the top...
Sex, Drugs and a Murrays Bus Trip
Nakul Legha investigates your options for surviving that staple of student life in Canberra: the Murrays bus trip.
So you’ve feigned a sudden coughing fit, casually sprawled yourself across both seats, and even done your best to look like a threatening minority. But alas, you luck...
‘This wasn’t a consultation; it was an ultimatum’ says Union
More than three hundred staff and students descended upon Union Court and the Chancelry building today to protest the proposed budget cuts at ANU, and threatened further action if the plans were not abandoned.
The rally unanimously passed a motion demanding that Vice-Chancellor Professor...
What's With The Wireless?
WHEN the Vice-Chancellor can’t use ANU-SECURE on his iPhone, there’s an obvious problem. A memory leak in ANU’s network software, and higher than normal wireless demand, has been responsible for ANU’s unresponsive wireless connectivity, ANU Division Of Information (...
Death To State Funerals
Kerry Packer was not a poor man, but when the end of the financial year rolled around and it came time to fill in his tax returns, the reptilian billionaire got quite good at appearing destitute. Anyone who didn’t try to slither their way out of paying taxes must be barmy, he...
Ian Young, Off The Mark
Ian Young has a conundrum. You can’t graph student ethos. You can’t draw a “line-of-best-fit” for how much students like daily life at ANU. The closest indicator ANU has is the line of students fitting as much free-Thursday-lunch as possible into their paunches....
Caught In The Court: budgets and food
ANUSA’s General Secretary opened the Annual General Meeting via a microphone held not by the oh-so-predictable microphone stand but instead by the steady arm of another member of the executive. Was this a very public attempt at team building? Have microphone stands just become too...
NSW Police Kill Brazilian Student
21 year old Brazilian student Roberto Laudisio Cruti died after being repeatedly electrocuted by three NSW police officers on Sunday March 18.
As he ran shirt-less through Sydney city, he was chased by police who believed him to have stolen a packet of wafers from a convenience...
Rudd Gets Ratfucked in Spillard
Kevin Rudd’s humiliating defeat at Monday’s ballot may have resolved the leadership issue for the time being, but fallout from this bitter feud has caused irreparable damage to the Labor Party brand. It might not have been an episode of celebrity Big Brother, to borrow...
