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31/07/2024

Ever dreamed about hosting your own podcast? Some great opportunities await for you at Woroni Radio!

Our radio team is currently seeking applications for radio shows. If you have some ideas or a few lines written for a podcast, then don't hesitate to sign up now and get in touch with our radio team! Any genre and content are welcome! If you're interested in becoming a radio producer and make some fantastic shows, you should also scan the QR code now and pave your way for a producer career! If there's any question or concern, please feel free to reach out to us at any time~

Submit your application now and you can yap at our radio room later!

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31/07/2024

Woroni is live-tweeting the ANUSA SRC5 meeting! Follow us on X for updates.

31/07/2024

"A rich tapestry of religion, mythology, politics, class divide, and gender among other complex societal issues that one would ordinarily keep mum about." Anuva Rai discusses Dev Patel's directorial debut 'Monkey Man' and how it conveys messages of politics, Indian community, gender and much more.

Read more through the link below.

Hater pants on, popcorn in hand, and my lip-gloss flawlessly intact, I had made up my mind: when I came out of Palace Cinema’s screening of the highly anticipated Monkey Man, I must and would most definitely be profoundly offended. And not just because I’m a self-proclaimed saffron-loving religi...

30/07/2024

On the 30th of July, the ANUSA Bla(c)k, Indigenous and People of Color Department (BIPOC) Department premiered its 2023 Racism Report documentary. The twenty minute long documentary recounts the experiences of racism of BIPOC students, including international students, black students, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students among others, in classrooms, residential halls and the wider University scene.

Reporting by Raida Chowdhury.

Read more on our website.

On the 30th of July, the ANUSA Bla(c)k, Indigenous and People of Color Department (BIPOC) Department premiered its 2023 Racism Report documentary. The twenty minute long documentary recounts the experiences of racism of BIPOC students, including international students, black students, Aboriginal and...

26/07/2024

Earlier this week, the ANU informed the Gaza Solidarity Encampment it would be switching off power to the site.

An ANU spokesperson told Woroni, “ANU was denied access to the encampment site to conduct an inspection earlier this week”, after which the University cut off power from the encampment. However, the Encampment has rejected the allegations, maintaining that the University inspectors did not ask to view the encampment site.

Read more on our website.

Photography by Benjamin Van Der Niet.

Earlier this week, the ANU informed the Gaza Solidarity Encampment it would be switching off power to the site. An ANU spokesperson told Woroni, “ANU was denied access to the encampment site to conduct an inspection earlier this week”, after which the University cut off power from the encampment...

25/07/2024

Applications close soon!

Woroni is hiring for Semester 2 2024! Positions are available across our Content, Art, News, Radio, TV, and Communications portfolios. Whether you're keen to get involved in reporting on issues across the university and the country, manage our social media, create artistic and visual content, there's something for everyone.

Applications are open until 28th of July, so don't hesitate to apply if you're interested! If you have any question, please let us know!

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Woroni is hiring for Semester 2 2024! Positions are available across our Content, Art, News, Radio, TV, and Communications portfolios. At Woroni we are committed to: producing interesting, entertaining, informative and regular content across our print, multimedia, radio and online media platforms; c...

24/07/2024

Thank you for everyone who visited us at Market Day today!🫶

A reminder that our newest magazine “Journey” is still accepting submissions!! Any pitch, draft or finished pieces are welcome! Please follow the link https://www.facebook.com/share/NwEnyA5GMcvzLccF/ to find out more and contribute! And please don’t worry if your writing is not perfect enough, that’s why we have our amazing sub-editors to workshop your article with you! 😊

24/07/2024

As we welcome Semester 2 with open arms — praying for warmer weather and a fresh start at boosting our GPA — we also fear the state of our Messenger DMs in the coming months. One by one the people around you will begin to fall victim to the plague of matching Facebook display photos, and you may realise that even those closest to you are not above pursuing their dreams of student politics (‘StuPol’) hack-dom.

That's right. It's ANUSA Election season. And no one can escape its wrath.

As we welcome Semester 2 with open arms — praying for warmer weather and a fresh start at boosting our GPA — we also fear the state of our Messenger DMs in the coming months. One by one the people around you will begin to fall victim to the plague of matching Facebook display photos, […]

15/07/2024

The University is currently undertaking consultations as part of the review of its Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) policy. Established in 2013, the SRI policy accounts for environmental, social and governance factors, and outlines the aims and parameters of the University’s investment portfolios. The review comes after months of student demands for the University to divest from weapons manufacturers which are involved in Israel’s current siege in Gaza.

Reporting by Hannah Benhassine.

Photography by Benjamin Van Der Niet.

Woroni will have live-coverage of the virtual town hall meeting discussing the SRI policy, on Tuesday 16 July at 3pm. Find us at Woroni on X (formerly Twitter) to follow the updates.

The University is currently undertaking consultations as part of the review of its Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) policy. Established in 2013, the SRI policy accounts for environmental, social and governance factors, and outlines the aims and parameters of the University’s investment portfo...

11/07/2024

Our second magazine of semester 2 is accepting submissions!! The theme this time is “Journey”. We’re looking for fiction and non-fiction pieces between 500-1000 words, if you have some ideas please follow the link https://www.facebook.com/share/NwEnyA5GMcvzLccF/ to find out more and contribute! Any pitch, draft or finished piece is welcomed!!

Founded in 1950, the ANU's student media outlet Woroni is published in print and online.

08/07/2024

Last month, ANU students and staff, notably from the ANU Gaza Solidarity encampment, contributed to an exhibition at the ANU School of Art and Design (SOAD).

The exhibition featured artwork on student activism, including anti-war and pro-Palestinian activism, and artwork which criticised the ANU’s ties with weapons manufacturers and private corporations. The following day almost half of all the art disappeared from the exhibit, while a poster of the Palestinian flag and the Aboriginal flag was sawn in half to remove the Palestinian flag.

Read more on our website.

Last month, ANU students and staff, notably from the ANU Gaza Solidarity encampment, contributed to an exhibition at the ANU School of Art and Design (SOAD). The exhibition featured artwork on student activism, including anti-war and pro-Palestinian activism, and artwork which criticised the ANU’s...

08/07/2024

Following ANUSA’s fourth Student Representative Council meeting at the end of semester one, Treasurer Will Burfoot (he/him) presented an overview of ANUSA’s finances between the 1st of December 2023 and 13th May 2024. This included the figures for the same period in 2022-2023.

After much number-crunching and sifting through a range of ANUSA reports and documents, Woroni is able to provide a comprehensive overview of the Union’s finances and funding priorities.

Reporting by Dash Bennett.

Photography by Rose Dixon Campbell.

Following ANUSA’s fourth Student Representative Council meeting at the end of semester one, Treasurer Will Burfoot (he/him) presented an overview of ANUSA’s finances between the 1st of December 2023 and 13th May 2024. This included the figures for the same period in 2022-2023. While this format ...

08/07/2024

Last month, ANU announced changes to the graduation schedule that are set to come into effect in 2025. According to the University’s website, from next year all ANU graduations will be streamlined into a single week per year, held from the end of March to the start of April.

The 2025 graduation ceremony will take place from 31 March to 4 April 2025, and is inclusive of graduates who will complete their program and are originally eligible to graduate this December. Meanwhile, the July 2024 graduation ceremony will proceed as usual, becoming the final of its kind.

Reporting by Constance Tan.

Photography by Madeline Grisard.

Last month, ANU announced changes to the graduation schedule that are set to come into effect in 2025. According to the University’s website, from next year all ANU graduations will be streamlined into a single week per year, held from the end of March to the start of April. The 2025 graduation ce...

04/07/2024

In September 2022, the IDEA Governance Committee (IGC) initiated a review of the University’s 2016 Mental Health Strategy, which would inform a new mental health strategy. In May 2023, the ANU officially commenced this review process. According to an ANU spokesperson, “The Taskforce aims to deliver a report by the end of May 2024. Following this there is a 12-month period to develop an Implementation Plan.”

Reporting by Gisele Weishan.

Photography by Chris Jackson.

In September 2022, the IDEA Governance Committee (IGC) initiated a review of the University’s 2016 Mental Health Strategy, which would inform a new mental health strategy. In May 2023, the ANU officially commenced this review process. According to an ANU spokesperson, “The Taskforce aims to deli...

01/07/2024

Woroni is hiring for Semester 2 2024! Positions are available across our Content, Art, News, Radio, TV, and Communications portfolios. Whether you're keen to get involved in reporting on issues across the university and the country, manage our social media, create artistic and visual content, theres something for everyone.

Check out the link below for more info, and to apply!

Applications open until the 28th of July, but Interviews will be conducted throughout the application period.

Woroni is hiring for Semester 2 2024! Positions are available across our Content, Art, News, Radio, TV, and Communications portfolios. At Woroni we are committed to: producing interesting, entertaining, informative and regular content across our print, multimedia, radio and online media platforms; c...

18/06/2024

Founded in 1994, the Centre of Arab and Islamic Studies is Australia’s leading Middle East and Central Asia research institution. It offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and majors, as well as a PhD program. Its work focuses on the politics, economics, and culture of the Middle East, and also the North Africa region. Language courses such as Arabic, Turkish, and Farsi are among the Centre’s most highly regarded offerings. No other university in Australia offers programs on Central Asia.

In 2020, the ANU announced major funding reallocations in response to budgetary pressures and changing student interests. Major cuts were made to College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) faculties – in particular to CAIS. The reduced funding and staff shortages have impacted the CAIS’s ability to conduct high-quality teaching and research. This has had negative implications for ANU students and threatens the valuable work done by CAIS.

Reporting by Dash Bennett.

Photo taken from CAIS website.

In 2020, the ANU announced major funding reallocations in response to budgetary pressures and changing student interests. Major cuts were made to College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) faculties – in particular to the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (CAIS). The reduced funding and staff sh...

03/06/2024

Last week, the ANU published a reminder from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Grady Venville regarding “being respectful during exams.” The reminder directly addresses “ANU staff and students protesting on the University’s campus.”

The ANU Gaza Solidarity encampment, which has been an ongoing protest since the 29th of April, is currently located in the North end of University Avenue, facing the Haydon-Allen Lecture Theatre. The encampment is near buildings designated for exams, notably Melville Hall.

Photography by Benjamin Van der Niet.

Last week, the ANU published a reminder from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Grady Venville regarding “being respectful during exams.” The reminder directly addresses “ANU staff and students protesting on the University’s campus.” The ANU Gaza Solidarity encampment, which has been an...

02/06/2024

Our first magazine of Semester 2 is still accepting submissions! They're open until the 14th of June 🕺🕺🕺🕺

We’re looking for non-fiction or fiction pieces between 500 and 1000 words. Here are a couple prompts to get you started!

- Is it okay to comment on a friend’s relationship choices? How do you navigate supporting them as a friend while also trying to help them out?

- Why is it so taboo to be cringe/genuine these days??? Is our pursuit of constant irony bad?

- Were there any off-limits topics in your household growing up? Write about how you navigated these silences and the effects that they had.

- Write a piece on how the younger generation has created different norms or attitudes toward the workplace that may have been considered ‘taboo’ in the past (e.g. ‘quiet quitting’).

Email [email protected] by the 14th of June with any ideas, pitches, drafts or completed pieces

Check out the Woroni Contributors page for more prompts!

31/05/2024

Emails accessed by Woroni reveal that over the past month, the ANU Gaza solidarity encampment made multiple attempts to negotiate their demands with the University, initially through “open dialogue at the camp” and later through the encampment’s delegated mediation team.

This comes after the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Grady Venville's announcement, that the ANU, in collaboration with ANUSA, will be re-examining the University’s Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) policy through the ANU council. She wrote in a University-wide email, “Protestors have been invited to meet with the University leadership to meet with the University leadership to discuss the matter. So far, they have not taken up the offer. The offer still stands.”

Read more on our website.

Photography by Benjamin Van Der Niet.

Emails accessed by Woroni reveal that over the past month, the ANU Gaza solidarity encampment made multiple attempts to negotiate their demands with the University, initially through “open dialogue at the camp” and later through the encampment’s delegated mediation team. The earliest email sen...

29/05/2024

Directly following the 2024 Australian National University Student Media Inc. (ANUSM) Annual General Meeting a discussion was held on the use of the name 'Woroni'. Given the attendance at this discussion, the ANUSM Board has elected to provide this forum for feedback to be gathered from the ANU student community regarding the use of the name.

Please contact the Editor-in-Chief at [email protected] if you have further questions.

Directly following the 2024 Australian National University Student Media Inc. (ANUSM) Annual General Meeting a discussion was held on the use of the name 'Woroni'. Given the attendance at this discussion, the ANUSM Board has elected to provide this forum for feedback to be gathered from the ANU stud...

27/05/2024

Breaking: ANU Gaza solidarity encampment moves overnight

Overnight, the ANU Gaza solidarity encampment moved to the north end of University Avenue, facing the Copland lawns. In a media release this morning, the encampment explained this move came after students “overwhelmingly made the decision to relocate.”

They maintain, “our goal was never to occupy Kambri Lawns. Our goal has always been to, and continues to be, to ensure our ANU degrees are no longer contributing to genocide. Our goal is for the ANU to disclose and divest,” continuing, “No location change, no intimidation tactic, and no threat, will change that.”

This decision comes after the University sent UniSafe members to the encampment yesterday morning with the order for students to vacate. Later in the day, the University threatened to take police action if students had not vacated the camp by 12 pm, on the 28th of May, 2024.

The ANU explained that the protesters were in the “primary evacuation zone for the Kambri precinct.” However, during a fire alarm earlier today, residents at Fenner Hall were not obliged to use the Kambri lawns, instead they were gathered in the area between the lawns and the hall.

Students at the encampment pointed out that concerns regarding evacuation zones, “were never raised with the encampment in good faith dialogue.” They maintain, “Instead, the university engaged in reckless and unjustifiable intimidation tactics”.

The students argue, “It is Vice-Chancellor Bell who’s actions…have put the safety of students and staff at an unacceptable level of risk,” saying, “If her response to campus safety issues involves police intervention, we, the students, question her capacity to lead the University.”

Yesterday, amongst rumors of a pending move on order, more than a hundred students defended the encampment and formed a human barricade around the area, whilst others staged a sit in protest in the grounds of the encampment. Woroni understands that there were no instances of violence or aggression from the students.

Today, they had said, “By relocating, we have demonstrated our willingness to cooperate with Vice-Chancellor Bell’s demands. It is now time for Vice-Chancellor Bell and the ANU leadership to start engaging with ours.”

For almost a month now, students at the encampment have demanded the University disclose and divest its military ties with Israel. A rally at 10:30 am will go ahead on Kambri lawns.

27/05/2024

Earlier today, students at the encampment were ordered by the University to vacate the Kambri grounds of the encampment. In a media release sent to Woroni early this morning, the ANU explained that the University, “directed the small number of remaining participants in the encampment in the University’s Kambri precinct to immediately vacate the site as it poses an unacceptable safety risk.”

They continue, that their orders are “reasonable and non-negotiable direction, on the basis of safety and wellbeing for the ANU community, to immediately remove their belongings and vacate the site,” detailing that, “Failure to comply with this direction, issued to ensure safety and wellbeing, will result in disciplinary action.”

This statement comes directly following UniSafe action at the encampment this morning. At approximately 8:30am, members of the encampment were informed by UniSafe, including head of security Lucas Owen, that they were required to immediately vacate the premises.

Reporting by Charlie Crawford and Raida Chowdhury.

Photography by Maddy: Instagram .

Earlier today, students at the encampment were ordered by the University to vacate the Kambri grounds of the encampment. In a media release sent to Woroni early this morning, the ANU explained that the University, “directed the small number of remaining participants in the encampment in the Univer...

27/05/2024

Breaking news

At 8am today, members of the ANU Gaza Solidarity Encampment were informed by UniSafe that they were directed to vacate the Kambri Lawns immediately.

By midday, many supporters had arrived at the camp, with total numbers exceeding 100. The student members of the encampment voted to not follow the University’s direction, and instead to keep the encampment on Kambri lawns. Supporters are now surrounding the encampment, linking arms and chanting.

Dozens of AFP and UniSafe Officers are in Kambri, but the protesters greatly outnumber them.

Follow our stories for live updates.

Photography by Maddy: Instagram

26/05/2024

Woroni would like to thank everyone for participating in our Semester 1 2024 elections!

Congratulations to all those elected - see the results down below

Woroni would like to thank everyone for participating in our Semester 1 2024 elections! The incoming editors will join our new Editor-in-Chief Charlie Crawford and the other ongoing editors in leading Woroni’s creative direction into next semester. Congratulations to the following candidates who h...

24/05/2024

The ANU has adjusted their Extenuating Circumstances Application (ECA) policy on consecutive exam deferrals, allowing a second and “final” ECA to defer an already-deferred exam when a student experiences “exacerbated or different extenuating circumstances” than at the time of the initial deferred examination.

The change was announced on the ANUSA Instagram on Friday May 24, which positions the change as a response to ANUSA’s advocacy for ECA changes.

ANUSA previously told Woroni that they had received negative feedback from students about the ECA policy, in particular that it prohibited students from applying for additional adjustments on a singular piece of assessment, even if additional or varying extenuating circumstances had occurred.

The change alters section 34 of ANU’s Student Assessment (coursework) Policy, which now states that:

“Students may not apply for more than one ECA for the same assessment task. Where a deferred examination is granted as a result of the ECA and the student experiences exacerbated or different extenuating circumstances at the scheduled date and time of the deferred examination, one final ECA may be considered.”

This means that where previously students could get an examination deferred once and were subsequently obliged to take the examination at the deferred time, now, students can defer an already deferred exam to a later date if exacerbated or different extenuating circumstances arise.

The change only applies to examination deferrals, not other adjustments like assessment extensions.

In the lead up to the Semester One exam period, students looking to apply for an ECA, including for a deferred examination, on the ANU's website.

Reporting by Sophie Hilton.

23/05/2024

Starting July this year, the ANU will launch a 24/7 staffing model across most on-campus residences, which involves introducing a new paid “Community Support Officer” (CSO) role for after-hours duties.

The University explained that this new staffing model is designed to “provide a package of support where after-hours staff work collaboratively with the residential community, and particularly the Senior Residents.”

Reporting by Constance Tan.

Photography by Chris Jackson.

Starting July this year, the ANU will launch a 24/7 staffing model across most on-campus residences, which involves introducing a new paid “Community Support Officer” (CSO) role for after-hours duties. According to a University spokesperson, the role of a CSO “will be similar to that of the .....

23/05/2024

The 2024-2025 Federal Budget was released on Tuesday last week and bucked the trend we’ve seen over the last few budgets of limited investment into education. This year, the Labor government allocated $1.1 billion from the 2024 to the 2028 period, and an additional estimated $2.7 billion for the 2028 to the 2035 period to address 29 of the 47 recommendations in the Australian Universities Accord Final Report.

This includes creating an Independent National Student Ombudsman, and a National Higher Education Code to address gender-based violence in higher education, develop and implement regulation for Purpose Built Student Accommodation(PSBA), placement payments, Fee-free university ready courses among others.

It’s a step in the right direction, but does it do enough?

Reporting by Sophie Hilton, Ruby Saulwick and Raida Chowdhury.

Art by Jasmine Small.

The 2024-2025 Federal Budget was released on Tuesday and bucked the trend we’ve seen over the last few budgets of limited investment into education. This year, the Labor government allocated $1.1 billion from the 2024 to the 2028 period, and an additional estimated $2.7 billion for the 2028 to the...

19/05/2024

On Wednesday, seven students from the Kambri Gaza solidarity encampment were asked to meet with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Grady Venville to discuss the encampment’s future.

The meeting came after three students were invited individually to speak with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in the week prior, which the students declined to do.

An ANU spokesperson told Woroni, “The meeting was to discuss how ANU students could continue to protest in a manner that ensures the health, safety and wellbeing of everyone at ANU.”

However, almost three weeks into the protest, he says, “not one of these demands have been addressed publicly or privately [by the University].”

Read more on our website.

Photo taken from NTEU ACT.

On Wednesday, seven students from the Kambri Gaza solidarity encampment were asked to meet with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Grady Venville to discuss the encampment’s future. An ANU spokesperson told Woroni, “The meeting was to discuss how ANU students could continue to protest in a ma...

16/05/2024

Two months ago, the ANUSA Environment Collective commenced a campaign demanding that the ANU end its network of academic partnerships with weapons companies. The petition, which currently has over 600 signatures, targets the University’s ties with Northrop Grumman.

This petition has now been followed by increasing student demands for the University to "disclose and divest" from weapons manufacturers.

Woroni probes the extent of Australian academia’s defence partnerships, as well as the potential ethical and practical consequences of such military entanglements.

Read more on our website.

Reporting by Madhav Kacker.

Photography by Benjamin Van Der Niet.

Two months ago, the ANUSA Environment Collective commenced a campaign demanding that the ANU end its network of academic partnerships with weapons companies. The petition, which currently has over 600 signatures, targets the University’s ties with Northrop Grumman. The Northrop Grumman scholarship...

14/05/2024

Jim Chalmers’ and the 2024 budget’s key message is “responsible economic management.”

The 2024-2025 budget details 5 focuses — cost of living relief, building more homes, investing in a ‘future made in Australia,’ strengthening the care economy and advancing equality.

This year the underlying cash balance is at a surplus of $9.3 billion — and is the “first time we’ve seen back-to-back surplus in nearly two decades.” The labour government is attempting to prevent ongoing losses by being responsible, however it remains to be seen whether it’s enough to target the cost of living crisis.

Read more on our website.

Reporting by Raida Chowdhury, Ruby Saulwick and Sophie Hilton.

Jim Chalmers’ and the 2024 budget’s key message is “responsible economic management.” The 2024-2025 budget details 5 focuses — cost of living relief, building more homes, investing in a ‘future made in Australia,’ strengthening the care economy and advancing equality. This year the und...