QUT Universe Insists They Have Friends, They Just Work At A Different Newspaper
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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QUT Universe Insults Semper By Calling Them UQ Union, Insults Selves By Attempting Journalism
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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QUT Guild Clarifies Toga Only Unsuccessful Because Of Rain, Not Old Idea Run On Weeknight
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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UQ Launches World’s First Orientation Week To Go For An Entire Year
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 big drama from UQ’s Market Day
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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The Great Debate: Should we change the date of Australia Day?
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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This website hijacked UQ students’ computers to mine cryptocurrency
The creator of a website where UQ students review courses and lecturers has blamed foreign hackers for a script that mined cryptocurrency on visitors’ computers. A member of the UQ Computing Society discovered the malicious script last Tuesday, when the website caused his CPU to run at 100% capacity. A look at the website’s source […]
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Music industry insights Q&A with Anthea Bennett
We chatted with Anthea Bennett, music kween and festival head, about her experiences starting in the music industry and organising a music festival on the Gold Coast, Hey Sunshine. Views: 2981
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5 top tips to survive Student Elections
Today marks a sacred day, or at least a feared one by many ‘regular’ students. If you haven’t already seen them in their bright shirts and eagerness to hand you one of those be all or end all campaign leaflets, you must be living the high life at another campus. But listen up, as someone […]
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Book Review: A Gift from Darkness
By Penelope Webster I often find it difficult to become truly invested in reading certain novels. If the themes, topics or style of writing disinterests me I’ll barely reach halfway, close its pages and never pick it up again. However, never have I felt so perplexed and discomforted by the recounts of a young, Nigerian, […]
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