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UPDATE: Game Development Society Disaffiliated from Arc

The chaos continues from last week's Extraordinary General Meeting, with GDS being disaffiliated from Arc due to administrative issues.

How not to run an EGM: A case study of the Game Development Society

Joseph examines what went wrong at this trainwreck of a meeting.

UNSW Pauses International Applications for 2025 Intakes

UNSW has joined the University of Sydney in pausing applications for international students applying to study in 2025.

Why Him?

Billy explores the lessons of the US election result for the 2025 Federal election.

My experience with myExperience

Luke explores the strengths and shortcomings of UNSW’s end-of-term survey.

Autistic joy and truth in The Assembly

ABC's new program featuring young autistic journalists is brilliant.

Rainbow Politics: Pose for the Camera’s, Ditch the Policy

Labor has failed the queer community, posing for the camera’s, then abandoning us

Abortion in Australia

CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of abortion, newborn and infant palliative care and death, and birth trauma

November 2024 SRC Wrap-Up

As the academic year begins to come to a close, with students scrambling to their few remaining lectures and preparing to cram for their final exams, you would think we would find a similarly stressed energy in this month’s SRC meeting. Beyond the usual anxieties that plague every university

UNSW's Race for Academic Board

While the US election dominates mainstream news, voting opened this morning for some of UNSW’s highest student positions.

Club Attendance Grants Slashed Without Notice During Executive Handover Period

On-campus attendance grants now only pay $1 per attendee - a disappointing change for the clubs community

Margin of (T)error

For a race that feels so consequential, that will make history whichever way it goes, it is very, well, spooky, to have no real idea who will become President.

2025 SRC Election Results

After several weeks of tireless campaigning from eager SRC nominees, the numbers from last week’s polls have finally been counted, and the votes are in. So, here are your SRC office-bearers for 2025! PRESIDENT: Diya Sengupta (365 For SRC) GENERAL SECRETARY: Akash Nagarajan (Together Again) EDUCATION OFFICER: Jamie Tyers

NUTS' Pride & Prejudice: Review

To this author, Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice may be one of the most poorly interpreted classical texts in theatre. Modern creatives seem to have this ongoing tension between the ideas of authenticity and accessibility when it comes to this regency text – Jane Austen writing an interplay of comedy

365 is missing the mark on Palestine

Guest Author – Josh Chen On 25th September 2024, UNSW Students for Palestine (SFP) convened an SGM at UNSW, amassing over 500 students, who overwhelmingly voted for UNSW to divest and cut partnerships with weapons companies, and to stand for a free Palestine. The next morning at 9:00 AM, 365

Acknowledging Our Bias

One of the biggest hurdles any journalist must overcome is personal bias, and the editors at Noise are no different. In our last seven months of reporting and, in particular, in the last few weeks as we gear up for our coverage of the 2025 SRC elections, acknowledging our personal

Double Double, Vodka & Trouble

NUTS’ Drunk Macbeth was a celebration of absurdity, chaos, and shots.

“A Lot of Posturing” - September SRC Wrapup

With the SRC election season looming over us like storm clouds foretelling a great flood, you might think the 2024 SRC would be washed away without a second thought. But this week’s meeting – which constituted both their postponed September meeting, and pushed-forward October meeting – proved that this council still

Introducing the Noise Constitution

On Thursday the 19th of September 2024, the Noise editorial team approved a final version of its constitution, which has been drafted in various forms and reviewed since April of this year. Significant portions of our constitution have been lifted from the 2023 proposal to overhaul the Charter of Gamamari,

Five Noise Editors stepped down last week to run for top SRC positions

Noise Co-founders Diya Sengupta and Pepsi left the publication after nominating themselves for top SRC positions. Sengupta is running to be SRC President while Pepsi aims to become her Genreal Secretary, after initiating a third-party ticket intending to challenge the ‘major parties’ of the UNSW SRC, currently run by the

Political rival of Students for Palestine calls their own General Meeting

A petition with over 60 signatures has been submitted to Arc by the 365 ticket in this year’s SRC election calling for sweeping change to the Arc Constitution, forcing the company to disclose its expenditure and cut ties with weapons manufacturers. It comes in the immediate wake of a

The Constitution of Noise@UNSW

1. Definitions & Nature 1.1 General Definitions Unless stated otherwise, in this document: Noise, Noise@UNSW, and The Journal all refer to the publication named Noise@UNSW. The Website means the website https://noiseatunsw.com, as well as any of its subdomains. The Editorial Team refers to all Students

Global Politics

Police Brutality and the Landforces Expo

The recent military industrial expo held in Melbourne has seen significant violence from the Victorian police.

Opinion

The Federal Government is still failing the Queer community

As the 2026 census begins to take its final form, more criticism is being levelled at the Federal government over its refusal to include key questions about the queer community.

Satire

UNSW Student Scrambles to Speed through 1 Week O-Week Holiday

After a horrible exam schedule we find June struggling to book flights to Melbourne

Satire

BREAKING: UNSW to open world-first “no-gender” bathrooms

In a confusing move, the university announces new bathrooms designed to be used by no one at all.

UNSW

The Noise Guide to Results Day

Another term over, another results email to rain on your holidays. Here’s what you need to know.

Macquarie University

Macquarie University Queer space under new management

The university recently reclaimed ownership over the Queer space despite MQU’s Queer Collective previously managing it