Stucco, USyd’s student housing cooperative, is defined by its ongoing history.

International House has been home to over 6,000 students since it opened in the 1960s, and is a hallmark of modernist architecture at USyd. So why is it closing?

One need not look further than USyd’s history of ‘Oriental Studies’ to understand how the University has supported the military industrial complex and reinforced structural racism towards Asian cultures.

Despite USyd championing “leadership for good”, the increasingly “skills-based” training that it touts are selling us out for a soulless corporatised workforce.

Against this backdrop, the purpose of the SRC as a student union is to raise students’ voices and agitate for a vision of higher education beyond the bottom line of University finances.

Although less visible and less scrutinised than the SRC and USU, the Senate and Academic Board hold the most power in our university.

Why didn’t anyone challenge these candidates? What has changed? And, most importantly, what does it mean for the future of student democracy?

A small price to pay to restore a historic University feature.

The monumental, doubled-billed production is on at the Seymour Centre until Sep 17.

Student politicians make a case for and against preference deals.