Sydney University sells economics course
By Emily McCosker
SYDNEY — There was widespread student concern last week over the news that Sydney University's Economics 1 course has been sold to a private college. Up to 50 students who
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and ain't i a woman?: What's in a name?
Geek girls, tank girls, net chicks, guerilla girls ... these are the new labels for women who, in this "post-feminist era" are self-confident, assertive and independent enough to "do it for themselves".
University of Melbourne to introduce fees
By Alison Dellit
The University of Melbourne Council announced on March 13 that, despite student protest, it would introduce up-front fees for selected courses in 1998. Melbourne is the first
The story so farThe story so far
Synopsis, being a summary of what has gone before, for the benefit of those who have only recently joined us: THE HIRED HELP arrive in Port Moresby only to be told to take their bat and ball and go
By James Vassilopoulos
Moses Havini, the Australian representative of the Bougainville Interim Government (BIG) has grave concerns about the deals negotiated at a meeting between Prime Minister John Howard and PNG PM Julius Chan in Sydney on
All-dancing Aboriginal and Islander fun
Gammon Old YarnsBy Naroo Dance Company Review by Brendan Doyle
"Naroo", meaning "shake a leg", is an Aboriginal dance style from north Queensland. Naroo are a performing troupe who present traditional
Gay law reform and the High Court
"Gay Victory": this was how the February 27 edition of the Burnie Advocate referred to the unanimous High Court decision to allow our case to proceed. When we originally lodged our case, the Tasmanian government
By Jenny Francis
SANTA MARTA, El Salvador — In national and local elections held here on March 16, the Salvadoran people punished the ruling National Republican Alliance (ARENA) and gave a solid mandate to the Farabundo Martà National
Â鶹ӳ»'s Easter break
Â鶹ӳ» Weekly will be taking a one-week break over Easter. The next issue will be published on April 9 and will include features on Ireland, red-green politics and the Indonesian election boycott campaign, amongst
Colour in itColour in it
By Brandon Astor Jones
"[Many] working-class black women reject, or are wary of, feminism because they're suspicious of white women. They see feminism as a movement of, by, and mostly for middle-class white
Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement From the 1950s to the 1980SHenry Hampton and Steve Fayer (eds)Vintage Press, 1995. Published in Australia by Random House. 692 pp., $22.95 The Black Panthers SpeakPhilip S. Foner (ed)Da
Campaign against Otway logging bears fruit
By Bronwen Beechey
Residents of the Otway Ranges south-west of Geelong have scored a victory in their campaign to stop logging on the Wild Dog bushwalking track. The Department of Natural Resources
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