After 33 years of iconic television, David Letterman has bid farewell to his late-night slot on CBS. Letterman taped his farewell episode of “The Late Show” on Wednesday afternoon before the Foo Fighters closed the show. Details of the show have been kept under wraps by producers but rumoured celebrity guests include Steve Martin, Chris Rock, Tina Fey, Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Carrey. Letterman announced his decision to leave the show in April last year. His successor, Stephen Colbert is moving from Comedy Central to take over “The Late Show” this September. Letterman gave Colbert his best wishes. “I’m very excited, I think…
Author: Alana Mazzoni
Preparation for this year’s Australian Uni Games has started for the University of Wollongong. Over 7,000 students from around the country expected to compete on the Gold Coast in September. Uni Games brings together students from a variety of age groups and backgrounds from universities across the country to compete in a list of sports, including basketball, netball, touch football, and Oztag. First year Communications and Media student Katie Turnbull will compete in the mixed touch football competition. “I only recently joined the [touch] team for fun and one of the older guys I play with told me about Uni games and it sounds awesome,”…
Wollongong’s RAD Bar has become known for its indie/punk gigs. Now the popular music hotspot is set to launch Four4, a monthly event that will international and local techno/house DJs/music producers. Local DJ Jake Walker has produced and organised the event to launch on Saturday. “Capacity is 100 but sometimes it’s actually better when there’s less people so there’s more room for everyone to dance,” he said. Four4 will feature three DJs this week, Sydney act James I.V alongside local producers AKA and Jeromv.
Universities across Australia are facing a possible 20 per cent funding cut in the midst of rising student numbers and increasing staff redundancies, according to unions. The National Tertiary Education Union held a meetung at the University of Wollongong today to discuss the implications of possible funding cuts, as well as the potential deregulation of university fees. Speakers at the union meeting claimed deregulation could see the HECS fees grow by 10-15 per cent. Associate Professor Rodney Vickers ran the one-hour meeting, which also highlighted some potentail positive changes, including a potential three per cent per annum pay rise and…