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 for Jeremy Lwin’s Open Door Policy. Get Out of the Rain Precipitation is at 60% and the wind is 23km/h today, so today’s […]
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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 the UQ Union Complex as ‘the place where Guzman y Gomez lives’. But the Complex is also a monument to the age-old institutions […]
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The GPA. A dreaded culmination of three to five years of blood, sweat and alcoholism. And with each passing day, the university student gets closer to being branded by a final number that will haunt them for the rest of their professional career. All GPAs are equal, but some GPAs are more equal than others. […]
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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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The editorial staff at Universe has today called a press conference to explain their manifesto that the best way to deliver quality journalism is to act as an uncritical mouthpiece for the Guild. “We completely reject the recent claims from our competitors that you can improve a publication by not stacking it with stupol hacks,” […]
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The QUT Guild has explained today that the only possible reason the Toga Party could have failed was the weather, and not that they have run the same event for a decade. “We see no reason that an event like this shouldn’t be successful on a Thursday night,” explained a spokesperson for the Epic party. […]
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The University of Queensland has today announced that, thanks to great feedback to 2018’s O-Fest initiative, they will be continuing Orientation celebrations for the entire academic year. “Being a part of #UQLife has always meant setting ourselves apart from other universities, and one of the best ways to set ourselves apart is to step back […]
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The Scoop UQ’s famous Market Day has delivered all of its usual fun this week: freebies, ear-splitting basslines from the main stage, and student politics drama spilling onto the Great Court. UQ’s Labor Left Club have petitioned the UQ Union President to disband a new committee that investigates clubs for misbehaviour after the committee banned […]
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We asked two members of the UQ Debating Society to give us some considered arguments on whether to move Australia Day. The Semper editors would accept thoughtful responses to these arguments to appear in the first print edition. Message us on facebook, or email us at semper@uqu.com.au. The Case for Moving Words: Joshua Taylor Let’s start […]
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