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On the Box - Vive Cool City

On the Box – Vive Cool City

WARNING – Nudity Let me start by saying that Vive Cool City (pronounced like ‘fever’ not like ‘five’) is not easy or comfortable viewing. The show is inspired by the website, ViveCoolCity.com, which was co-founded by the shows hosts, Kirk Docker (ex Hungry Beast) and Ryder Susman to tell the stories that television wouldn’t. VCC...
Anticlimactic General Meeting sees second date set

Anticlimactic General Meeting sees second date set

The NUSA Annual General Meeting called for last night attracted only approximately 70 students, falling short of the 100 members required to meet quorum. NUSA President Rose Gosper delivered officer reports and thanked the students present for their attendance. Under the constitution, another AGM must be called for a time no less...
Opus #1 Released

Opus #1 Released

Grab your copy from the NUSA building or around campus!
Game Review - Feast or Famine (iOS)

Game Review – Feast or Famine (iOS)

Developed by x4 Games, Feast or Famine is a side-scrolling action platformer for iOS devices. The aim of the game is simple, get to the end of the level without dying. The way to not die is to dodge death traps while also killing the birds and bison that are trying to escape from...

Part 6: Abe Dullahan and the O-Party of Doom

by Jake Hectic Gillies It is the best of times, it is the worst of times, it is the beginning of O-party, it is the marked end of O-week, it is a time for foolishness, it is time to focus for classes, it is the midnight of childhood, it is the dawn of the adult years. In their multitudes, new and ongoing students congregate in the divine temple of their true god alcohol. The hired-band is yet to begin its sermon of sex, drugs and rock & roll but people are already forming a conga line of spending in front of the bar. The followers relinquish their dollars and cents so they can be inoculated by spirits that inspire dancing, flirting and poor life choices. Outside, the insects teem; preparing their pincers and proboscises for a feast of fornicating flesh.     Mission Command was highly satisfied with Abe’s report of O-week but demanded...
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Opus Meetings – Wednesdays 3pm

Just a quick announcement that the Opus team/contributors/media collective will be meeting every Wednesday afternoon at 3pm in what I am now dubbing ‘The Backspace’ – otherwise known as that room at the back of NUSA (outside the Opus office) with a bunch of couches and whiteboards. You should definitely come along!
NUSA AGM - 5PM Monday 13th

NUSA AGM – 5PM Monday 13th

The NUSA Annual General Meeting with be held at 5pm on Monday the 13th of May at the NUSA Building. An annual general meeting is an obligation for NUSA Inc. as an incorporated association and it’s important that we meet the 100 students required for quorum. Poster by Jordan Hosking  

Next Deadline: Friday 17th May

The next deadline, as previously announced via twitter and facebook, will be Friday 17th of May. So get cracking! As usual we’ll be taking submissions of any shape or form. In other news we’re in the thick of design production for the upcoming edition of Opus, you should see it around campus some time in the...

Abe Dullahan: First Year Student – Part 5

The Adventures of Abe Dullahan- Part 5: The Big O Week By Jake Hectic Gillies Abe is fed up and unfed. This story starts at the cafeteria, where Abe intends to redeem his 10% discount coupon, a gesture of apology bestowed upon him after he was locked in a dungeon for several days. Upon placing his order...

‘Bullying At The University of Newcastle’ – why is this video blocked by YouTube in Australia?

This video is blocked on YouTube for Australian audiences – and no other country in the world. Why? (video)        

‘Stop Bullying at UoN’ Demonstration Today, 1:30pm

Bullying at the University, even if you aren’t personally targeted, affects the quality of your education. If staff and students aren’t free to criticise processes and to report wrongdoing without fear of their careers being destroyed, your education is being compromised. If good academics are forced out because they blew the whistle, the academic talent...

Abe Dullahan: First Year Student – Part 4

Escape at Last: Seriously, I never planned for this to be a three-part story arc and this chapter (and the title that goes with it) is extra-long so please bear with me. Trixie has filed a formal complaint against her employer the Chief Administrator and, as a result, the security in the Uni Hub dungeon has...

Abe Dullahan: First Year Student – Part 3

What Lurks Beneath the Uni Hub?- by Jake Hectic Gillies “What have you done!? His name isn’t on the petition!” The Chief Administrator screeches. She and her three subordinates converge around Abe’s unconscious body. One of the ladies is the same that served Abe top-side; the one that released the trap-door which sent our protagonist down a...
NSW government concedes ground on transport concessions

NSW government concedes ground on transport concessions

It has been announced that full time students who work will now be eligible for transport concessions. In addition to this full time students who are postgraduate, PhD or take night classes will also be eligible. “The eligibility criteria for travel concessions have been around for many years and simply did not reflect how people live and study today – we...

Abe Dullahan: First Year Student – Part 2

Looking at Life through the Eyes of a Uni Hub Abe unsaddles a half-full bottle of unmixed raspberry cordial from his bag, brings it to his lips and finishes the contents with two purposeful gulps. Normally he would put the empty bottle into a bin but he needs to report for duty and can’t afford to...

Abe Dullahan: First Year Student

Hi, my name’s Jake Hectic and I’m an Arts graduate. I came to uni three years ago to hone my skills in the written word and I now know it’s a lifelong struggle to perfect the unassailable. I’ve moved onto a Masters in Secondary Teaching now but I’ll never forget my time in Creative Writing...

Friday Playlist #4 – Songs that remind you of movies

So you’re sitting around with a group of friends listening to some tunes when suddenly, a movie starts playing through your head. This playlist is dedicated to those songs that just remind you, or rather me, of a particular movie. Smash mouth – All Star (Shrek) Weezer – Teenage Dirtbag (Loser) Kenny Loggins – Highway to the Danger...