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Curtin Student Guild appoints new Education Vice-President

Amber WeirApril 16, 2019

Last week the Curtin Student Guild appointed a new Education-Vice President (EVP), Hana Arai. Her appointment comes off the back of the resignation of Lydia ...

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Universities Australia says that uni budget cuts are bad for the nation

Belicia TjenderaApril 14, 2019

Over the last twelve months, the Coalition has inflicted damaging cuts of $2.1 billion to funding for student places and $328 million worth of cuts to universit...

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The Reluctant Digital Immigrant

Penelope WalkerApril 11, 2019

In 1993, when my mum and dad were respectively fifty-eight and sixty-five, my siblings and I clubbed together to buy them a CD player for Christmas. Mum was a p...

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‘The Great Moscow Circus’ arrives in Perth

Kellie BalaamApril 11, 2019

Roll up, roll up, welcome to the big top! The Great Moscow Circus is in town and if the creepy, giant inflatable clowns positioned around Perth aren’t enough to...

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Shifts for Sustainability

Claudia GohApril 9, 2019

We’ve seen the world’s youth take it to the streets, and the pressure for governments and corporations to commit to an environmentally sustainable future is ris...

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Shisha and vaping: Are they safer than smoking traditional cigarettes?

Adilah AhmadApril 6, 2019

According to the Australian Bureau of statistics, in 2014–15, 14.5 per cent of adults over 18 years old were smoking daily (2.6 million adults); a decrease fr...

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Dates on mates rates: Look after your love life, and your bank account

Cait StruttApril 5, 2019

Dating has it’s issues at any stage, but sometimes it weighs on your wallet, especially after a couple of extravagant dates, movies, dinners, wines and dancing....

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Perth’s Cheap Sheet: Listen up class and Pinterest this article, you’re going to need it.

Belicia TjenderaApril 3, 2019

Australia is currently in a per capita recession. For those who don’t know what that means; our population growth is increasing at a faster rate than our econom...

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Club Life: Curtin’s Robot Enthusiasts

Isabella ClarkeMarch 31, 2019

If programming and tech is up your alley and you love tinkering with things in your spare time, then the Curtin Robotics Club may just be your calling. Last ...

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Curtin Student Guild plans greater engagement with students

Max VosMarch 29, 2019

Last night’s monthly Curtin Student Guild Council meeting was the first attended by Grok Magazine in a long time and was an opportunity for the council to, amon...

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