Into the Jacaranda-Garden

‘And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.’ – T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets Laid out lulled in luscious green, sweet muslin drawing on the breeze Springtime in our courtyard with the jacaranda tree Misty mauve effusive, Her visitation draws…

ByAtlanta Gervasoni7 May 2025

Feature

‘The Kid’ from Orange: Phoebe Litchfield’s rise up the order

Mid-November is a time of stress for most 17-18 year olds in New South Wales. Rows of students organised in cold bricked halls across the state, tapping pens and gliding fingertips along the outlines of HSC papers. A flurry of rustling emerges as reading time begins. For Phoebe Litchfield, who sits in a hotel room…

ByClancy Aboud11 October 2022

Review

Drew’s Eats: 5 Lunch Specials Under $15

Looking for a tasty, cheap STUVAC snack on King Street this week? Kiran Gupta has done the research for you and has found the best places within walking distance of Drew’s. As you look for a study break this week and want a break from dining hall meals, it’s great to keep in mind some…

ByKiran Gupta6 June 2021

Review

REVIEW: Stairly – Golden: A stunning melody that soars above the rest

Kiran Gupta reviews Stairly (Alastair Hoskinson)’s new single, ‘Golden’. ‘Golden’ is a song that is very familiar to most Drew’s people now. We have seen Alastair Hoskinson (fR 2020) performing it at numerous jam nights of the last two years, getting the whole crowd up with the phone torchlights and chanting for an encore. We’ve…

ByKiran Gupta8 March 2021

Review

A Drama To Remember: Dramsoc Review

Elisabeth Woodcock reviews St Andrew’s College’s Dramsoc Production. Being interested in all things crime-related and also having a passion for the performing arts means that I’m always desperate to get my hands on entertainment that involves both. I never thought that I’d be complaining about being stuck in isolation with Netflix and a blanket, but…

ByElisabeth Woodcock11 November 2020

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A Survival Manual – How to Read and Write Uni Style

This guide is aimed for fResh who haven’t had much (if any) experience with Reading and Writing for University. Who made this guide? Following a lecture where one of my unit coordinators uncharacteristically outlined so clearly the expectations for general Uni essay writing and reading, I thought I would summarise his main points into a…

ByCommunications Manager10 April 2020

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We Are Strong, Together As One!

Nina Fan talks about the impact of COVID-19 on our Drew’s community and emphasises the importance of us all sticking together. On New Year’s Eve, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) was informed by China of a flu-like disease spreading within Wuhan, a capital province with a population of 11 million. As the clock struck…

ByNina Fan20 March 2020

Opinion

College – a new perspective

The practices and even placement of colleges on university land has polarised wider media for many decades. Most people will already have a fairly fixed view on the colleges at the University of Sydney. While it is not my place to even attempt to change that, I believe that there is a story that is…

ByKiran Gupta29 September 2019