Stories by media students @ Ultimo TAFE
BY CONSTANZA AHUMADA AND STEPHANIE ATHANASSIOU To be able to travel back in time seems only reachable through our dreams and imagination. The 1960s – 2000s was a time of classic humid weather, striving revolutionists and outback civilisation. To be able to understand the deeper meaning of the common slang “g’day mate”, the Australian Vernacular […]
By Evander L. C. Martinez As a TAFE student, it can be hard to find the time to cook for yourself, let alone other people, what with studies and work stealing most of your day. This is a common problem; Hungry TAFE student wanders into the kitchen and finds it full of wonderful ingredients and […]
Embed from Getty Images BY S.J. ALEXANDER @samoz94 What: NRL Round 2 Who: Manly Sea Eagles v South Sydney Rabbitohs Result: Manly 14-12 When and Where: Friday March 14 – Bluetongue Stadium Crowd: 15,120 Match Rating: 7/10
BY ALI JEFFREY “We are on the dawn of the death of education and the birth of learning.” – Stephen Heppell, educationalist. Many educational reformists, both locally and internationally, recognise that the world we live in now is very different from the post-industrial one of last century. As manufacturing and many other professions are tossed out the […]
BY HUGH WIDJAYA In the history of sports, bad calls in important games live on in infamy on the Internet, where every play from every angle can be viewed again and again, and debated over until blue in the face. Here are five of the worst. The Chicago Bulls vs Utah Jazz – NBA Finals […]
Story and photos by Keyhan Farahmand ‘Afghanistan, hidden treasures’ and Khadim Ali’s ‘The haunted lotus’ are two exhibitions showing at the Art Gallery of NSW. ‘Hidden treasures’ is a collection of valuable artefacts from Kabul’s national museum, and originally from four parts of Afghanistan: Ai-Khanum, Begram, Tepe Fullol and Tillya Tepe. ‘The haunted lotus’ shows painting by artist […]
By Sam Alexander Australian representative and Sharks destroyer Andrew Fifita is set to become the highest-paid prop forward in Rugby League’s 108 year history. Fifita, one of the most talked about talents in the modern game, is set to join the Canterbury Bulldogs for an astonishing $850,000 a season, The Australian reported today. Dwindling away […]
By Cassie De Pedro Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius vomited as a graphic testimony of Reeva Steenkamp’s injuries was read in court today during his ongoing murder trial. The testimony came from pathologist Gert Saayman, who gave a report of the autopsy examination he performed the day after Steenkamp died. According to Saayman she had suffered […]
Loser: Michael Edwards, who came to be known affectionately as Eddie The Eagle. Photo: Montage Communications/flickr LACHLAN MCGREGOR lists the greatest sporting losses in history. 10. Dan Jansen, 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France: Speed Skating Dan Jansen from Milwaukee in the US failed to get a medal in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games […]
BY JOE COTTON Former England and Arsenal defender Sol Campbell claimed this week that he would have been the captain of the English national team “for more than 10 years” if he was white. The now-retired premier league winner has been the centre of attention throughout his career, most notably when he claimed he would […]