By Sean Ayres
It’s a dark and nebulous time at Murdoch University when anonymous submissions to Facebook page Confessions at Murdoch call out “commie scumbags” and “red fascists” and call for the defunding of the Murdoch Communist and Socialist Club.
Read MoreBy Aaron Angel
Let’s face it; being a student is hard enough without the added stress of financial, academic or health worries. Your brain is getting stuffed with new ideas on a daily basis, your flesh sack of a body seems to always require nourishing with edible matter, and deadlines incessantly approach much like the inevitability of death only much more tangibly. So it’s no surprise that sometimes we could all use a little help to keep us going, and that’s where Student Assist steps in.
Read MoreBy Zenna Sparkes-Santos
In a statement, Murdoch said they were “encouraging unit coordinators to gather a critical mass of students in seminars, ideally between 25 and 45 attendees”. Yes. Twenty-five to forty-five students per class. There won’t be cuts to units, lectures or tutorial time; just to the number of tutorials being offered.
Read MoreBy Sarah Smit
The 24/7 Learning Common on level 2 of the Geoffrey Bolton library, long known as the bane of any student unwise enough to have a laptop with a non-infinite battery life, has been completely refurbished.
Read MoreBy Sarah Smit
After four months of delays, the first stage of Murdoch’s new Student Hub has just managed to open in time for O-week.
The Student Hub was originally slated for completion in August 2017 and is a high tech space which replaces and expands the long-closed Refectory.
Read MoreBy Harry Cunningham
Murdoch Casino anyone? To help you find something positive about going back to uni for semester 2, we’ve picked the best events and things to do on campus this month.
Read MoreBush Court is a vibrant hub for outdoor chilling, studying, and enjoying the sun. If you’ve been on Bush Court you’ve either seen these people or you’ve been one of them. We took some time to identify some of the diverse and humorous characters you can find on this sunny stretch of grassland… Enjoy ;).
Read MoreFind your Way around Campus
Our Campus has evolved over the years and with it we have seen movements of schools, rooms and facilities to meet the needs of our staff and students. As our facilities grow, we want to ensure everyone is able to get around easily and vitally, not get lost!
Read MoreFormer Murdoch University Vice-Chancellor Richard Higgott viewed adult material on his work laptop and had complaints made against him just six months into the job, according to a recently released report.
The Corruption and Crime Commission have been looking into alleged misconduct by the former Vice-Chancellor and his closest members of staff since October 2014.
Read MoreBy Caris Horton
Most bus shelters around Murdoch have had their roofs taken off after one collapsed near the Student Village.
On Friday the 13th of May, it was alleged that a Murdoch student and their two friends made a bus shelter collapse after swinging on it.
It is still unknown who the student is or whether they sustained any injuries.
Read MoreBy Caris Horton
The Murdoch University Sustainability Team (MUST) are bringing events to campus that will encourage students to hop on their bikes.
The week has kicked with a screening of UnReal, a mountain biking film, on Bush Court at 7pm tonight to get students in the spirit.
To emphasis the power of the humble machine, MUST will also provide smoothies generated by pure cycle power during this Thursday’s market day stall.
Read MoreBy Roland Belford
METIOR will be highlighting student run clubs, programs and initiatives on campus this year. If you would like your club, group, event or whatever profiled, contact Roland.
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO START THE GROUP?
The inspiration for the club mostly came after the drive to bring back Humans vs Zombies (HvZ). Our staff came to the decision that as a ‘gaming club’, we could organise or help out with other games that create the same sense of competition and fun that HvZ always has. That’s also where the club name came from: we’re endeavouring to get people together, having fun and competing.
Read MoreBy Madura McCormack
An estimated eight Australians are diagnosed with leukaemia every day, with 1, 720 people losing their battle with the cancer in 2014.
Murdoch student and Guild Sustainability Officer Lauren Hodson knows too well what it’s like to be drawn into the crossfire, losing her father to the disease ten years ago.
On March 13, Lauren will take to the clippers and lose her long locks in a bid to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation.
Read MoreBy Madura McCormack
Elected to the position during the Guild elections in October 2015, Rachael Davidson has stepped down as Events Officer for this year.
One of the three members of the ACTION ticket to be elected to the 40th Guild, Davidson was elected unopposed after a last-minute disqualification of the TMNT nominee.
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Highlights
By Madura McCormack
The final Guild meeting for the year has yielded some major changes for Murdoch students, with the axing of some Guild positions, changes to the Clubs Room and tough financial decisions.
The outgoing guard, helmed by Raeesah Khan, have removed a number of Guild Council positions, including the Rural Regional and Interstate representative and closed the Rockingham Student Association (RSA).
Read MoreBy Madura McCormack
Professor Eeva Leinonen will become Murdoch University’s Vice-Chancellor from 2016.
Professor Leinonen is the university’s first female Vice-Chancellor and replaces Professor Andrew Taggart, who has been acting in the role since October 2015.
The university has been on the hunt for a new Vice-Chancellor since the controversial resignation of Richard Higgott late last year.
Read MoreBy Madura McCormack
Murdoch was ranked top 91-100 universities under 50 years old by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) earlier this week.
The 40-year-old university is joined at the bottom end of the chart with Charles Darwin University and the University of Canberra.
Read MoreBy Madura McCormack
Western Australia’s auditor-general, Colin Murphy, released a report today detailing concerns about the security of sensitive information stored by agencies.
Murdoch University was one of the seven agencies involved in the audit, which also includes Curtin University and the Legal Aid Commission of WA among others.
Murdoch University makes up 31 of the 115 failures logged in the report, seven of them extreme.
Read MoreEvents Officer Rachael Davidson would have claimed this title, however TMNT’s candidate Daniel Puls was disqualified after polls opened for not being a registered Guild member and it is unclear what the vote division would have been had this not happened. The final count for Events Officer was 208 votes for Rachael Davidson and 55 for Adrian Gallo.
Better than 2014
Apart from the large increase in votes, 2015 also sees the number of vacant positions drop to 13 out of 45 positions compared to 2014’s 20.
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