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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 an earlier discussion between UQ and the Ramsay Centre that took place at the end of last year. “With 2018 coming to a […]
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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 previously declared the victors of an uncontested election earlier this semester, but the Guild’s independent electoral tribunal declared the process of calling for […]
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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 held one of the biggest events of the year, and gave it the same theme as the Royal Exchange might for any other […]
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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 where you can locate your very own. For those beasts yet to be captured on film, we have enlisted the help of Semper […]
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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 legislative oversight in Queensland. The process of removing abortion laws from the Queensland Criminal Code has been discussed in state politics for the […]
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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 listicle to wrap up the semester. 1. Cry because Co-Op refuses to refund memberships We called up the Co-Op customer service line, and […]
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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 current governance initiatives in the UQ Union. “Fellas, as nice as the whole denuclearisation idea is, I’m proud to announce that our president […]
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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 with the UQ Debating Society, Underground Productions was a founding group behind UQ’s student union. But a century later, the Society is now […]
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The incumbent University of Queensland Union [FOCUS] ticket has today defied the odds to claim their second unopposed election in six months. Samuel Ngugi was declared Treasurer Friday just after 1:25pm. Semper understands that three people originally nominated for the Treasurer by-election before nominations closed midday Wednesday, but two candidates withdrew their nomination. This unopposed election […]
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QUT Universe has held a media conference today to remind students that they do have friends, but all of them work at a different newspaper. “Nah, yeah, we have social lives, but uhhh… you wouldn’t know any of our friends, trust us. “And none of our friends have Facebook either, because they’re all really shy, […]
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