What Would You Do?
Two weeks ago, Ben bought a couple of $5 Space Invader scratchies and his life changed forever. Salient Chief Reporter Phillipa Webb spoke to Ben about the ups and downs of winning $100,000… Read more »
Two weeks ago, Ben bought a couple of $5 Space Invader scratchies and his life changed forever. Salient Chief Reporter Phillipa Webb spoke to Ben about the ups and downs of winning $100,000… Read more »
Every douchebag in the world has some variation of “music is my life” adorning their Facebook, but we can probably all agree that music, and culture in general, is a pretty essential part of modern life. But how essential? $12.99 essential? Taxpayer-funded essential? Well. Read more »
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Politicians and political hacks like to pretend they know much more about the world than you do. They use a whole lot of wanky jargon, hoping you think they are smarter than they really are. Luckily, Salient is here to fix that. Welcome to our guide to decoding the budget. Read more »
News
Goodnight, Sweet Prince Read more »
Dirty cleaner banned from University property. Read more »
Authorities slow to act on assignment-order service; Vic in the clear (says Vic). Read more »
Treasury documents have a lot of numbers and can be quite confusing, but to help you make sense of it all, here is Salient’s Budget breakdown for 2013. Read more »
Navigating the loan scheme while you travel the world. Read more »
Arts
She goes beyond the interesting but dry world of social criticism and feminism to a laugh-out-loud, incredibly relatable, and important read for women. And men too. Read more »
Whenever the media reports on another famous painting being auctioned off for millions, it comes across as not just incomprehensible, but ridiculous. So what makes people spend their fortunes on a piece of canvas, and is any piece of art really worth it? Read more »
Every year, thousands of eager filmmakers compete in what is arguably the most hectic film-production contest known to mankind. Salient Film Editor Gerald Lee sat down with student filmmaker Michelle Kan to discuss the competition and its appeal. Read more »
It seems to me that ‘video games’ as a whole get a whole lot of flak for being violent, and that this mainly comes from people who have either never played a video game or seem to think shooters are the only type ever made. Read more »
Here is a compilation of choice Bandcamp and Soundcloud selections for the discerning and thrifty student. Read more »
Comments
Haha! Well said! I was disappointed by powershift too but I think its important to not let yourself get distracted by the rhetoric etc. I'm sure some people really did get inspired by t ...Read more
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Hey man, thanks for posting this. I consider myself a pretty onto it guy as well, and was disgusted by Powershift too. It's nice to know that other people were thinking and realising ho ...Read more
One cannot write "openly" with a pseudonym, Josh. xx ...Read more
Your argument is like a sieve, it has so many holes ...Read more