This story originally appeared in our fifth edition, published in May. I’ve gotten more letters than I can count which are all basically the same. “I want to date, but I don’t…
Five Fantastic UQ Beasts And Where To Find Them
Pleasure seekers and trophy hunters, roll right up, because we have the scoop for you! We present to you all the mythical beasts that are rumoured to haunt this campus, and exactly…
UQU Finally Allows Queensland Government To Decriminalise Abortion
In a landmark decision last night, the UQ Union finally allowed the State Government to pass a law decriminalising abortion. UQ’s Student Union was established in 1912 as the peak body for…
UQ’s Co-op Bookstore has closed. What can you do now?
Straight out of nowhere, the UQ Co-Op Bookshop has disappeared and been replaced with allegedly over-priced ‘School Locker’. News broke on StalkerSpace last night, so Semper got on the case and churned out a Universe-style…
Bizarre Scenes As Union Governance Director Intrudes On Singapore Summit
Reporters in Singapore covering a summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have described the bizarre scenes that unfolded as Zachary Thomas entered a private meeting between the pair to discuss…
ABC Announces Budget Winners And Losers, Confirms QUT Students Gigantic Losers
Scott Morrison made the unexpected announcement last night that, even if he diverted all of Australia’s tax revenue to them, QUT students would still be the biggest losers to walk the planet.…
How Dance Mums Are Killing UQ’s Oldest Student Society
This story originally appeared in our third edition, published in March. UQ’s original student society faces financial problems if Union Council doesn’t rule in their favour this month, their members claim. Along…
A Hitch for the Durry Ban
At the February meeting of UQ Union Council, your student representatives voted to condemn UQ’s proposed smoking ban. You’ve probably seen the big purple signs all over campus announcing that UQ will…
What To Do With Jeremy Lwin’s Open Door Policy
UQ Union President Jeremy Lwin likes to tell people about his patented Open Door Policy, but some students aren’t quite sure why it actually exists. Here are some of our top uses…
The Big Redevelopment
As part of their commitment to Creating Change™, the University administration announced in 2016 that the UQ Union Complex was due for a complete demolition and reconstruction in 2017. You probably know…