OP-ED: A CR*PPLING APPROACH TO DISABILITY REPRESENTATION
I’m a person with a sensory disability – one with a community, a unique language, history, and culture. I am disabled, yes, but even I know that the word ‘cr*pple’…
Hosting the Dalai Lama so 2015
While the motion changes nothing tangible, it sets a strange standard for how we manage political sensitivities with other groups on campus.
The State of UWA Student Politics
News just in: Guild politics is a hot mess. This is surprising to absolutely nobody, but it’s worth taking stock of how truly messy politics at UWA has become. Let’s…
Changing the Course: Pelican takes a closer look at the HRC’s revealing report
36% of those surveyed witnessed sexual harassment at UWA in 2016, a figure substantially higher than the 25% mean across the other universities surveyed. In 70% of cases, the perpetrator…
The Save the Children Book Sale Preparations: 2017
The Pelican team talks you through how they prepared for the Save The Children Book Sale this year.
All the art in the UWA student guild offices ranked in terms of how much it withers my soul
My name is Harry and I am the Arts editor of this magazine. This is an extremely prestigious position and I do not take it lightly. It is a privilege…
UWA Goes Public With ATAR Data In Ongoing Bid to Claw Back Prestige and Trust
Making good on its promise to the government's Higher Education Standards panel earlier this year, UWA has moved towards greater transparency on its admissions process. Kate Prendergast reports.
What I Want to Wear to Graduation
"The regalia I want when I graduate next year need be clear-eyed about the history here, for history provides the bedrock from which one can live a good life." Robert…
Pelican Speaks to Majdi Fal
Earlier today, a pig’s head was found in a UWA bathroom adjacent to a prayer room and community space used predominantly by Muslim students. When Majdi Fal discovered the head,…
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…