25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 22: Drinking $10 Koolaid
Day 22 of guild elections, and I’m still not really sure what is going on. I honestly cannot name one STAR policy platform, despite the fact that there are green…
25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 21: We don’t feel like doing this today
As you know, the general idea behind these posts is that the we try to polish the turd that is the 2015 UWA student guild election with ‘hilarious’ self deprecating…
25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 20: Well that escalated quickly
It’s been an intense couple of days in the Pelican universe. Lucky for us, it’s Sunday, and Launch’s campaign manager is probably sitting at home with some Netflix and a…
25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 19: Some sad realities
Pelican regrets to inform you that we have temporarily pulled our “25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 18: It’s all Fun and Games Until…”, post in order to protect both…
25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 18: It’s all fun and games until…
It was almost overwhelmingly tempting to ignore these screenshots, which have been circulating for a while. Not because they’re irrelevant to this election, or because they’re not disturbing. No –…
Review: Friday the 14th (UWA Pantomime Society)
Never seen a pantomime? Unsure of what to expect, or wary of awkward cues seeking audience participation? Never fear: this high-energy production from the UWA Pantomime Society will soon see…
25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 17: Hard Hitting Interview
Pelican’s journalistic integrity has been called into question in recent days, with weighty accusations flying around that we are “not taking this seriously”. To prove our naysayers wrong, we present…
Thomas Pynchon’s Paper Bag Masked Party: A Oral History
JONATHAN FRANZEN: I was sitting in Kirschbaum’s Bakery one morning, halfway through a strudel, when this girl walked up to me, all Helvetica-light glasses, braided hair and jelly sandals, and…
25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 16: The UWA Guild Presidential Debate 2015 Presented By The UWA Debating Union
Ah, The UWA Guild Presidential Debate Debate 2015 Presented By The UWA Debating Union. Given the weight of such an occasion, for today’s column your Pelican editors have diarised the…
Students Protest Against Arts Cuts at Academic Board
After 10 years without a student protest, two in the space of six weeks! UWA has returned to the simmering voice of student dissent, what next? Burning our draft cards?…