swinburne eases semester 1 impact on studies: students can include or exclude grades from final GPA
Author: Tina Tsironis Photo courtesy of the Swinburne Student Union. Students at Swinburne may request to exclude individual Semester 1 results from their overall GPAs, the Swinburne Student Union has announced. While the university has yet to officially communicate...
what you should drink based on your star sign
Author: Rachel Lloyd-Owens Header image by Mae Mu via Unsplash. ARIES: Beer Your fiery, dad-like energy makes you very entertaining at parties. You’re probably the type of person to ~loudly~ announce that you’re about to do a shoey - good for you. A beer is your...
the hawthorn-adjacent hospo places to support mid-isolation
Author: Grace Ashford Header image courtesy of theresistance.net.au. Everyone’s doing it tough right now, including your regular uni food spots. But you can show your love for the hospitality industry by supporting your favourite businesses and bars...
someone
Author: Rutvij Bidkar Image by: Toa Heftiba You don't need the world, when someone means the world. Grappled by fear in times tough and dark, someone makes it easy like a walk in the park. Attacked by the bullets and devoid of armor, someone...
interview with rachel – one of our favourite hammer & swine bartenders!
Author: Grace Ashford Photo courtesy of Grace Ashford. You all know her sassy, Twitter-fighting, long-sleeve-under-t-shirt-wearing self. Some of you have tried to pick her up, most of you have probably been cut off by her. It’s the OG we all love, The Rachel...
7 ways you can save money on food, without skimping on taste
Author: Swinburne Student Union Image courtesy of the Swinburne Student Union. The SSU have recently set up the Free Feeds Program to help students who are facing food insecurity due to COVID-19. But whether this is a problem for you or not, food and alcohol...
unleashing your inner ‘quaran-queen’
Author: Millie Spencer Image by Taylor Miller. Harsher new social distancing laws throughout Australia means the extrovert in me has copped a blow. It’s easier to list the negatives this virus has caused: no Uni, no Haddon’s coffees, no swims at the gym pool, no...
the rant: edition 1
Author: Grace Ashford We’re all prone to ranting every once in a while. Tell me you haven’t whipped out your phone and filmed a 20 second Snapchat rant about how much so-and-so pissed you off. Maybe you’re one of those people that comments on Facebook...
isolation bucket list
Author: Grace Ashford Image courtesy of Huffington Post. Are you bored at home, with nothing left to do? Already learnt all the TikTok dances you could muster, annoyed every family member you live with and now, are simply moping around the house wondering what’s...
9 highly bingeable shows (and a few films) that’ll ease the blow of self-isolation
Author: Grace Ashford Image courtesy of Netflix According to Urban dictionary, binge-watching occurs ‘when your life has no meaning, so you watch a f***load of Netflix in a depressingly short amount of time’. While your life (hopefully) consists of a little...
digital learning isn’t necessarily ‘smarter’ – here’s why
Author: Vishwa Patel Image by Santi Vendrí Back when tigers used to smoke, everything was paper based. Now, we are in the middle of a whirlpool of tech-dependent-living where ‘virtual is the new real’- and why not? In an era where switching to paperless options is...
social distancing a ‘dignified act’, but we must remember to stay connected
Author: Millicent Spencer Image by S O C I A L . C U T Keep your physical distance but stay emotionally connected to other people while COVID-19 rules, a Victorian GP has urged. Dr Vyom Sharma, who has been active in educating people about social distancing via...