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Micro-Territories and Major Auras: The Politics of Where You Sit at Uni

You’re not looking for an empty seat. You’re choosing a personality for the next ten weeks. A survival guide to the unspoken politics of the tutorial table.

If TV Characters went to UNSW: Part Two

The long-awaited part two, where Hayley makes weirdly specific assumptions about the university lives of fictional characters you know and love.

Alleyway Kitchen: Yay or Nay?

Gabriela checks out Alleyway Kitchen, the new Chinese place on campus.

Top 10 Best Places to Cry on Campus

Caroline explores the comfort spots for when you just need to have a good cry :')

How To Actually Start That Assignment

While I wish this article wasn’t relatable, uni students are unfortunately prone to stress, procrastination and anxiety.

UNSW Toilet Review: Behind the Stalls

Maddie uses her journalism degree to tackle only the most serious of topics.

Plan For Your Week 9 Meltdown in Week 1

Stop your stressing! Plan well in advance for your end of trimester meltdown.

Where to Nap in UNSW

From Alumni Park Lawn to Law Library, Shaye shares the best places to count sheep on campus.

To begin, or not to begin — that is the question.

Whether it’s nobler in the mind to suffer the anxiety of impending deadlines or to take arms against a sea of distractions, procrastinate, and by doing so, delay them.

UNSW Love Letters Has Peaked, and Now Romance Is Dead

UNSW Love Letters isn’t dead. It’s just… in its situationship era.

Brew-tal Decisions: A Student's Guide to Caffeine

From jittery energy drinks to ritualistic matcha, Parul explores which beverage best supports your degree, your deadlines, and your delusions.

How to Procrastinate Productively

With exam season coming up, Cheryl provides us with some tips to procrastinate productively.

If TV Characters Went To UNSW

Hayley asks if its just her, or has anyone else wondered what would happen if your favourite TV characters went to UNSW?

5 Tips for Getting Through Term 3

The last leg of the year has finally begun, and a lot of us don't feel like we have it in us to finish the year. Nina provides us with some great tips on finishing the term.

A Guide to Making Friends at UNSW

Look, nobody wants to be sitting alone in every class for the trimester. SO Here's A Guide To Making Friends at UNSW!

Where to Eat in UNSW

The gang at Blitz recommends the best places to eat on campus.

Worst UNSW Zoom Fails

Carla has a look at the worst fuck ups made by students (and lecturers) over Zoom for the past two long years of online learning.

How To Develop a Study Routine

HD student, Spencer Toohey, teaches us their tips and tricks to acing uni courses.

UNSW Fit Check

In this exploration of student styles, we dive into some of the eclectic closets that tell stories, merging the realms of fashion, music, and personal identity on this bustling Kensington campus

How to study STEM smarter

Joey takes you through the best methods for studying smart, not hard, in STEM degrees

Philosophy for Fun

Tradies of UNSW strike fear and admiration into the hearts of female student population with stream of Foucault references in casual conversation.

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: UNSW Edition

Five love letters, leaked.

We Reviewed UNSW's Staff-only Restaurant: The Lounge

The one and only valid source for the truth behind how mid UNSW's staff-exclusive restaurant, "The Lounge" is. The bottom line is... the food court has tastier options.

How to Ruin Your Uni Outfits: A Simple Guide

With my laptop, charger, extension cords, cables, notebooks, random circuit boards, and probably whatever else you could name, Reet's backpack weighs as much as a small house.

An Analysis of UNSW Students’ Music Tastes

Alind crunches the numbers of what UNSW is currently listening to.

My Exam is Next Week, What Do I Do?

It feels like only yesterday that exams were months away, yet here we are staring at the pointy end of T1. If your exams have accidentally snuck up on you, it’s best to get cracking! Use these tips to help get yourself sorted.

10 ways to know you're studying the wrong degree

Whether you’re four years into a law degree, considering transferring from science to teaching, or just dipping your toe into chemical engineering, there’s a little voice in the back of your head that whispers ‘is this the right place for me?’