Results from the anticipated annual WUSA election have been announced and students are gearing up to see changes on campus. An Instagram post celebrated Yeehaw’s achievement of being successfully elected into the WUSA council for 2025. The Wollongong Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) is a 15 student-run council elected annually. View this post on Instagram A post shared by YEEHAW for WUSA & NUS (@yeehawuow) The new president of WUSA and student union Yeehaw Hanzel-Jude Pador is ecstatic with the outcome. “All of us in Yeehaw are excited to hit the ground running,” he said. “We can’t wait to…
Author: Jessica Freeman
The Federal Government has raised concerns over social media and mental health issues, proposing changes to legislation. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the changes in the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill earlier this month. The Albanese Government will introduce a minimum age for access to social media later this year. In a media release, Mr Albanese said that social media caused significant harm to young people. “Australian young people deserve better, and I stand with them and with all Australian parents in protecting our kids,” he said. “The safety and mental and physical health of our young…
Beekeepers are feeling the sting after an increase in harmful bee-killing diseases, and small businesses are concerned for the safety of their hives. Former Canberra Region Beekeepers Association committee member, Justin Freeman, was devastated when two of his six hives became infected with the American Foulbrood (AFB), a fatal bacterial disease that affects the honeybee brood. “The bee eats the AFB spore, … and rots its offspring from the inside out,” he said. “There’s no real treatment, “The hives were destroyed by fire.” According to Mr Freeman, the media coverage had so far covered the Varroa mite, however, he believes…
A student’s recent Shangdong obsession has created a niche community of food lovers on social media who eagerly await the next feast. Food review account @rafeeatsshangdong has changed the recipe of Instagram, reaching a population of students through his promotion of Okuma Sushi, a Chinese restaurant located at the University of Wollongong. UOW engineering student Rafe Jolley has been famed for his ratings of Shangdong, the crispy chicken and rice combination that has been deemed the ‘most popular’ dish consumed on campus. “We weren’t intending for the account to blow up, ” Mr Jolley said. “But now we have a…
University of Wollongong students are embracing the affordability of op-shopping, discovering funky outfits for themed parties in student accommodation. Students on tight budgets are finding innovative ways to make the most of social events by dressing up in second-hand clothes. Kooloobong village resident Zara Carson frequently visits the Green Connect Uni-Op Shop on campus. She is glad that it allows her and her friends to be more creative when it comes to finding an outfit that checks all the boxes. “It’s become a trend to go to a second-hand shop because you get something that no one else has,” she…
The nail-biting psychological thriller ‘Gaslight’ is on at the Wollongong Workshop Theatre (WWT), which will run until August 24. WWT is the longest running amateur theatre group in the Illawarra, having produced high-quality performances for over 70 years. WWT director Michael Cremona has been eager to showcase his creative freedom in the reproduction of the 19th-century English thriller, written by Patrick Hamilton. “This is the first project I’ve directed,” Mr Cremona said. “Last year, the theatre called and asked me to be involved with a couple of shows. “I was keen to work on a creative project and it’s a…