25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 11: Time to start unfollowing
Blackout period is OVER, Y’ALL! You might wanna switch over to Google + for the next couple of weeks – things are about to get horrifically real. Nobody is safe.…
25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 8: We’re being watched
I’ll begin by saying hello to our friends at the Federal Department of Parliamentary Services – who are apparently big fans of these posts, according to the Pelican website’s stat…
‘Tis But A Scratch: Getting Down with UWA’s Foremost Medieval Society
In an effort to discover more about one of it’s most iconic but esoteric campus clubs, Pelican hung out with the University of Western Australia’s branch of the International Society…
25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 7: I’ll be your papar-paparazzi
Wasn’t the weather today divine? I sat on the Oak Lawn and watched a group of lithe, bright eyed freshers frolic under dappled sunlight for hours. Apparently it’s going to…
25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 5: Literally nothing happened today, obviously
Sorry that this is so late – turns out that it is even harder to pretend to care about guild politics on a weekend. I hope that you, beloved reader,…
25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 3: What I dreamed about last night
I’ve never believed in the phenomenon of the cheese dream. I kind of thought that an adult claiming wild dreams after a bit too much jarlsberg was kind of the…
25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 2: Only one official complaint received so far
I’m dedicating today’s post to the kind man who offered me some Cheetos at 1am this morning in the Arts computer lab, and also to English lecturer Ned Curthoys, who…
25 Days of Guild Elections, Day 1: Yep, looks like we’re committing to this
Yesterday in the Pelican office, our ninth viewing of Taylor Swift’s new video was interrupted by loud clapping and chanting coming from the Sue Boyd Room. Because we prefer to…
Hard Times: What Socialist Alternative Can Learn from Wrestling
The first thing you notice about the Socialist Alternative-led protest against cuts to Arts majors is that none of its speakers, despite their presumed experience, know how to cut a…
Proposal to cut Arts majors passes through Academic Council
The UWA Arts Faculty’s proposal to cut its Gender Studies, European Studies, and Medieval & Early Modern Studies majors has passed through Academic Council this afternoon, despite student dissent. UWA…