Residents at King’s College at the University of Queensland have created a website condemning the college administration’s sudden decision to open the college to women in 2020. In March, King’s College Council…
Why is UQ fighting its students over the Schonell?
The recent reappearance of the Schonell Theatre in news headlines seemed to present an unmissable opportunity for us to wax lyrical about the building, and to remind readers why it’s important that…
Indian Feast at UQ Underpaid Workers
Semper has obtained documents that reveal Indian Feast at UQ’s St Lucia campus has been underpaying their employees, and that UQ knew about this. One previous employee, Prijwal (not his real name),…
UQ announces it will consider degree “in favour of Western Civilization”, just in time for Australia Day
The University of Queensland will be considering the Ramsay Centre’s pro-Western Civilization degree, according to an email to UQ staff from Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Høj this Monday. The email refers to…
Epic Voted Out at QUT, UQU Elections Still Not Final
Students at the Queensland University of Technology have voted out the current governing party for the Student Guild, the Returning Officer announced tonight, but UQ Union election results remain undecided. EPIC was…
The Pub Crawl That Must Not Be Named
In case you missed it, four of UQ’s student societies recently teamed up to host a ‘School Themed Pub Crawl’. Yes, that’s right. School themed. Four teams of highly-talented, creative student executives…
3 Easy Ways To Make Yourself More Dateable
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…