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Monumental UQU General Meeting One Year Anniversary

Today marks one year since the monumental University of Queensland Union student general meeting. The meeting was held on May 29, 2024. Leading up to the general meeting, there was significant discontent from many students regarding UQ’s inaction towards the genocide occurring in Palestine. In May last year, UQ Muslim Students for Palestine called out […]

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Domestic Politics Through the Ages

1944 – University and the War UQ, like most institutions throughout Australia, took part in the Second World War effort.  Quotas were fixed for the university to meet in regards to research and other special work that arose out of the need to prepare Australia for war.  Courses in malaria control, refrigeration technology and combating chemical […]

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Protests on Paper

I’m sitting in the Fryer Library, flipping through a collection of Semper Floreat issues from 1966. An orange slip of paper is nestled between the pages of an edition published on 17th March 1966. The words “Vietnam Protest Week March 21-27” are in a large, bold font. Some of the items on the agenda include […]

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Academic Advocacy Network

The UQU Students’ Rights Collective, under the guidance of the Academic Officer Lucy Den Houting, launched a new body, the ‘Academic Advocacy Network’ (AAN). During the UQU’s budget meeting, the council voted to encode the AAN in UQU regulation. This means that in the years to come, the Academic Officer must continue to hold AAN […]

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UQ Union Budget Winners and Losers

On Friday, the 28th of March, UQ Union Treasurer Tapenaga Reupena Jr (TJ) handed down his second budget to the UQ Union Council. It was passed by the council after a lengthy discussion on each budget chapter. This is the second budget passed by the Reform political group and includes a number of pleasant surprises […]

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UQ Has a Nephilim Problem

If you’re a UQ student, chances are you’ve heard whispers of the Nephilim, a cryptid-like creature that lives in the secret tunnels underneath the Great Court. The earliest recorded mention of the Nephilim in modern times comes from a post on the r/Brisbane subreddit, titled “Nephilim Under St Lucia” by user Watt073, dated two years […]

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