USYD Staff Strikes: Here’s what you missed on the picket line
Missed the staff strike this week? Wondering why you couldn’t get onto campus on Wednesday or Thursday? Christine Lai has you covered. The previous 2 days have been electric on the picket lines at USYD. An entire campus shutdown following a vote for industrial action has seen many vibrant grou
Strikes & Pickets: A Beginners Guide
USyd staff are set to strike for 48 hours this Wednesday and Thursday (11-12th May). This protected industrial action was voted overwhelmingly in favour by members of USyd’s National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) last month and is a response to growing casualisation that has left a systematic ma
USU Launches 2022 Creative Awards Competition
While the Art Gallery of NSW has been busy announcing the 2022 Archibald nominees, the University of Sydney Union (USU) has been busy cooking up it’s own art competition. Open to all students of the University of Sydney (USyd), the USU Creative Awards gives students the opportunity to have the
USU Board Candidates on Campus Facilities
Who will free the Holme Building (SURG studio included) from the great mould/asbestos infestation of 2022? The USU Board candidates have answered as best as they can. Given the unusually low turnout of campaigners along Eastern Avenue this week, it’s quite possible that you might not be aware that
Retrospective: The Legacy of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, 20 Years Later
In light of Jon Watts’ ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’, which shattered box office records in December, the decade-old question re-emerged: Who is the best Spidey? Yes, it is impossible to deny the charm of Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland. However, to many fans who grew up in the 90s and early 2000s
SURG to cease broadcasting for 48 hours in support of Staff Strikes
SURG stands with the staff of the University of Sydney in their fight for better working conditions, stronger jobs security and improving learning environments at the University. SURG will not broadcast for 48 hours, during the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) strike from the the 11th to 13t
Songs to Soundtrack this Current Break-up Season
Tis’ the season of break-ups. It seems everyone I know is going through some sort of relationship kerfuffle. I’m not sure if it’s the fact that Sydney’s nightlife is finally opening up again after two years of lockdowns, or that Mercury is about to be in retrograde. Whatever the ca
Harry Styles and Florence Pugh star in bonkers ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Trailer
For the last two years, Actor/Director Olivia Wilde has been quietly sitting on a pop culture juggernaut waiting to happen. Combining the internet’s crushes of Harry Styles, Florence Pugh and Chris Pine, Don’t Worry Darling is an upcoming psychology-thriller inspired by the likes Incepti