Social Media: Slow Down!

Silicon Valley’s tech behemoths are powerful. In 2018, the average time spent on social media per day for an internet user was 136 minutes.[1] If you think that’s alarming, consider that your average Australian spends 9.4 hours each day in front of an electronic screen. Combine the time you spend eating, travelling, working and being…

ByXavier Eales2 September 2019

Opinion

Slowly, Slowly: Climbing Kili

Have you ever heard a silence so impenetrable, so complete that you can actually feel it? The world around you is so quiet and tranquil that you don’t want to move or make a sound for fear of disturbing the absolute peace and stillness that surrounds you. Climbing out of my tent for a middle…

ByZoe Latham29 August 2019

Opinion

Should I be at University?

“Everybody is a Genius. But If You Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree, It Will Live Its Whole Life Believing that It is Stupid.” - Albert Einstein This quote is often cited as a mantra for the problems with formal education. A fish can’t climb a tree. Albert seems to be…

BySean Stuart29 August 2019

Opinion

Populism — a misunderstood reality of liberal democracy

While we reluctantly settle back into the dreary university grind, the dining hall continues to provide a source of comic relief as we are temporarily teleported back to sunnier holiday paradises. Stories by those fortunate enough to have been abroad to #sailcroatia or #europe2k19 leave us hysterical or choking on chicken à la king with…

ByHogan Wang29 August 2019