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To write, to put one's thoughts on paper and place them before an audience, is, in my opinion, a small act of courage. While spoken words can be swallowed and eaten up, eclipsed by a quick clarification or a huffed laugh, there is a permanency to the written word; a solidity that invites scrutiny. Just…
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With more than eighty countries having held elections, 2024 was the “Year of Democracy”, confronting pluralist politics with its “biggest test” as its already battered ideals were tried over and over. While clear trends emerged – global sentiments of anti-incumbency, the emboldening of election challengers – perhaps the most salient of these was a broad…
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Over a year ago, my mum was accepted into Oxford for her Master’s in Global Health Leadership. While this achievement may be a significant personal milestone to some, for our family, it was a generational milestone. My mother was raised in apartheid South Africa by a single mother who could no more imagine studying at…
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Discovering your ‘political self’ is yet another challenge of emerging adulthood for university students.
Differentiating through generational bias, parental influence & programmed thinking, to find at one’s core what they hold as ‘just’.
Yet, in the chaotic realm of social media and growing partisanship, how are the political views and behaviours of Gen Z influencing…
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“The whole procedure will take roughly twenty minutes. You’ll feel a slight pressure behind your eyes.” Dr Abram peers through bushy black lashes and narrow, wire-rimmed spectacles, his face contorting into an expression of concern. A neuroscience researcher, it’s no mystery why he didn’t pursue general practice. This strange, neurotic little man’s weirdly contrived attempts…
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My first encounter with the bizarre world of corporate sponsorships and naming rights was at the age of 11, during the construction of a new ice hockey arena in Detroit, Michigan. This coincided with the death of professional ice hockey player Gordie Howe. The timing seemed perfect for a posthumous tribute to a beloved Michigan…
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In a world where it’s not “what you know, but who you know,” third-year marketing student Ellie Cartwright sips on her third oat latte of the day, claiming, “I’m playing life while life is playing you.”
The third latte involves some overly eager nodding at an acquaintance who just landed a “dream internship” at their cousin’s private…
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There is approximately 11,500 km of distance between Sydney, Australia, and Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
That’s a completely useless fact that will mean almost nothing to you – if you are a man, it means even less. But if you are a woman, that distance is a blessing.
The Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion…
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DANCER, FIGHTER
The lamp rests steady
Behind a sea of black lingers.
The flame, dances and rides,
Upon the rhythm of passing breeze
Bringing a light,
A little bit of warmth,
To the surrounding darkness.
And for long the flame rages
Neatly seated in her little glass cage,
Petit to any wandering eye
Yet ferocious…
