Peter Hoj named University of Adelaide Vice-Chancellor
The University of Adelaide has announced that Professor Peter Hoj, AC will be its new Vice-Chancellor. Professor Hoj served as UQ’s Vice-Chancellor from 2012 to 2020. For Professor Hoj, it is a return to the University that appointed him a Professor of Viticulture (winegrowing) in 1995, and where he continued to work until 2004, when […]
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A Marxist analysis of Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution (2019) directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Motonori Sakakibara is a remake of the first Pokémon film ever released Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998). The story begins with the creation of Mewtwo, an artificial Pokémon which is a modified clone of the Pokémon Mew. This article […]
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Greater Brisbane to go into lockdown
From 6pm on Friday January 8 to 6pm on Monday January 11, people living in Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton, and Redlands council areas will be required to stay home, as the Greater Brisbane area goes into lockdown. The lockdown comes after a cleaner at quarantine hotel tested positive to a highly infectious strain of coronavirus […]
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Credits, 2018-2020
Yesterday marked my last day as the Chief Editor of Semper Floreat, and the illustrious incoming chief, Matthew Johnson, has given his blessing for me to wrap up the past few years before handing over the quill. I want to start by thanking the readers of Semper. Whether you’ve been picking up the paper just to […]
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UQ Appoints Student Affairs Employee to SSAF Governance Review
In a beautiful end to this editor’s administration, the University has today announced in an all-student email that a review of the governance of the Student Services and Amenities Fee is due to be conducted this December. We have previously reported on the University’s failure to comply with legislation that requires regular consultation with the […]
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Meet the UQ physics student who’s made a breakthrough in time travel research
Germain Tobar is an Honours student in physics at the University of Queensland. This year, the Classical and Quantum Gravity journal has published a paper of his which describes the possibility of paradox-free time travel in our universe. Germain says that the discovery is a shift from previous research which maintained that avoiding paradoxes meant […]
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“It’s a crock”: UQ on political correctness grading controversy
The Courier Mail has today embarked on a total rerun of a 2018 article regarding whether UQ has a university-wide policy for gender-neutral language in assignments. The University had no such policy in 2018, and continues to not have one to this day. In 2018, the policy — which lives its entire life rent-free in […]
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UQ Life Distances Itself From MLM
UQ Life has distanced themselves from multi-level marketing brand Younique. A link to the company’s website was found in a post on the UQ Life Facebook page this morning, but a manager has since requested that the link be removed. “UQ Life was in no formal or informal arrangement or received any money,” the manager […]
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Senator Pavlou walks out on expulsion hearing
University of Queensland Senator Drew Pavlou has walked out of a hearing that was considering his expulsion this morning. Senator Pavlou’s legal representative, Tony Morris QC, explained to press that the Board would not release documents that he considered essential to Pavlou’s defence. “I called for the documents which under the Charter for this body, […]
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Peter Varghese Finally Lifts Single Finger In Direction of Drew Pavlou
University of Queensland Chancellor and noted demi-god Peter Varghese, AO has today raised a single finger in the direction of Drew Pavlou, causing the mere mortal to fly across the room like a ragdoll. Mr Varghese, who has been head of the University of Queensland since leaving his role as Secretary of the Department of […]
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