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By The Jugular April 1, 2021 opinion/originals/Uncategorized

HE SAID, SHE SAID: Violence against women, when will it stop?

Written by Hannah Yuan; Edited by Yaron Gu They say, don’t wear revealing clothing. They say, don’t walk home alone at night. They say, she was “asking for it”.  She has grown up in a world that puts her at fault. That tells her that she is to blame. That

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By The Jugular March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 opinion/originals/Uncategorized

What to watch to procrastinate on your assignments: Recommendations from our Pubs Subcomm 2021!

By Jerrica Kuan; Edited by Katerina Theocharous Hello, fellow meddies! A whole new school year has begun, and after 2020, who else is excited to return to campus? (Shoutout to the international students like me who are still stuck overseas and waiting for that day to arrive 😢). Nevertheless, our

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By The Jugular October 4, 2020October 4, 2020 opinion/originals/Uncategorized

The Comfort in End of Life Dreams & Visions

By Ivan Shen; Edited by Kaitlin Zhong As Benjamin Franklin once wrote in a letter, nothing is certain but death and taxes. However, while it seems that it is possible to avoid taxes, we have yet to figure out a way to evade death. The concept of death carries a

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By The Jugular October 3, 2020 opinion/Uncategorized

Hippocrates – the not-so-perfect Father of Medicine

By Thulashigan Sreeharan, Edited by Nipuni Hapangama On Father’s Day this year, the medical profession looked back at its estranged relationship with long-deceased dad Hippocrates (circa 460-375 B.C.).  Little is known about the founding father of medicine, but doctors are convinced he was a good dude. After all, he sowed

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By The Jugular September 19, 2020September 20, 2020 feature/opinion/Uncategorized

Cutting the Line of Communication with Detention Centres

By Eleanor Hall “I have always said that I believe in words and literature. I believe that literature has the potential to make change and challenge structures of power. Literature has the power to give us freedom.” These were the words of Behrouz Boochachi, a refugee who spent six years

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By The Jugular August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 opinion/originals/Uncategorized

Quarantine Binge – Medical Kdrama Review (Part 2): Hospital Playlist

By Ivan Shen; Edited by Kaitlin Zhong Although I really enjoyed Doctor John and hoped its thought-provoking themes indicated a new trend for medical kdramas, I still doubted there would ever be another one that deserved even higher praise. But Hospital Playlist (2020) is not only one of the best

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By The Jugular August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 feature/opinion/Uncategorized

Doctors Anonymous

By Jacky Jiang; Edited by Nipuni Hapangama Having recently fallen into a slump and losing all the motivation I had to study, I’ve had to take a step back and reassess my situation.  Why have I been this way and what can I do about it? Of course, a lack

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By The Jugular July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 opinion/originals/Uncategorized

The New Normal: Stay Safe, Stay Hopeful

By Mansimran Loyal; Edited by Rosie Kirk We have been told many times that living alongside COVID-19 is our ‘new normal’. As I write this in a Stage 3 lockdown (again) in Victoria, my expectations of ‘normal’ have drastically changed. I would never have imagined my first year of uni

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By The Jugular July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 opinion

Quarantine Binge – Medical Kdrama Review (Part 1): Dr John

By Ivan Shen; Edited by Kaitlin Zhong Medical kdramas are notorious for all feeling the same despite their drastically different characters and set-ups. Our main characters are always neurosurgeons and are highly skilled but ethically controversial in their actions. There’s always some romantic development which develops within the surgical theatre

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By The Jugular June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 opinion/originals/Uncategorized

Moving Out

By Brian Feng, Edited by Jennifer Qian This table makes me question why Sutherland campus exists. Like…why? Does it exist as a hole for the damned, for those whose stars did not align? Consistent with the metaphysical claim that good cannot exist without evil, I guess popularity cannot exist without

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By The Jugular October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 humour/satire/Uncategorized

“I’m quitting med to become a TikTok star”

By Sarah Lin; Edited by Katerina Theocharous Kitty Dok, a 7th year student, has recently revealed that she is quitting her medical studies in order to devote herself to the art of TikTok. The Jugular conducted an interview to investigate the mysterious past of the new TikTok star. Q. Why

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By The Jugular October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 academics/Uncategorized

The Two Day Rule

By Jacky Jiang; Edited by Rosie Kirk While the freedom to do what I want when I want is something that I highly value, this year has taught me that there is such a thing as too much freedom. I had no morning bus to catch. Lectures were all prerecorded.

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By The Jugular October 3, 2020 opinion/Uncategorized

Hippocrates – the not-so-perfect Father of Medicine

By Thulashigan Sreeharan, Edited by Nipuni Hapangama On Father’s Day this year, the medical profession looked back at its estranged relationship with long-deceased dad Hippocrates (circa 460-375 B.C.).  Little is known about the founding father of medicine, but doctors are convinced he was a good dude. After all, he sowed

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By The Jugular September 19, 2020September 20, 2020 feature/opinion/Uncategorized

Cutting the Line of Communication with Detention Centres

By Eleanor Hall “I have always said that I believe in words and literature. I believe that literature has the potential to make change and challenge structures of power. Literature has the power to give us freedom.” These were the words of Behrouz Boochachi, a refugee who spent six years

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By The Jugular August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 feature/opinion/Uncategorized

Doctors Anonymous

By Jacky Jiang; Edited by Nipuni Hapangama Having recently fallen into a slump and losing all the motivation I had to study, I’ve had to take a step back and reassess my situation.  Why have I been this way and what can I do about it? Of course, a lack

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By The Jugular June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 opinion/Uncategorized

Conspiracy Theories: A Rising Threat

By Jacky Jiang You may have heard of the idea that the COVID-19 pandemic was orchestrated by Bill Gates – arguably the most influential philanthropist in the world – so that trackable microchips could be injected into everyone via vaccination. Or maybe you’ve heard that the implementation of 5G networks

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By The Jugular June 5, 2020 humour/satire

HOTTEST GOSS: The REAL WAY to use BBCollab

By Sarah Lin; Edited by Katerina Theocharous Have you been introduced to BBCollab? That’s right, the hottest online teaching platform of choice! Are you having trouble navigating its fluid and powerful controls? Feeling intimidated by its high resolution, cinematic sound quality, and stable connection? Don’t fret, The Jugular has you

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By The Jugular May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 opinion/Uncategorized

Police Brutality: A disease infecting not just the US, but Australia too

By Jess Sawang; Edited by Nipuni Hapangama Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this article contains references to deceased persons. The year is 2020. We are in the middle of a worldwide pandemic and have been for a few months now. But there is another pandemic, one

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By The Jugular May 29, 2020May 31, 2020 opinion/Uncategorized

Beetles, Bottles and the Brain – What is it all really?

By Thulashigan Sreeharan; Edited by Nipuni Hapangama The past few months have been a mix of idleness and turbulent upheaval. They have reminded us of the uncertainty in existence and death’s finality.  As soon-to-be doctors, we will have to accept defeat in the war against death – but what exactly

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By The Jugular May 24, 2020May 31, 2020 opinion/Uncategorized

How Do You Buy Happiness?

By Jacky Jiang; Edited by Nipuni Hapangama We’re all familiar with the phrase ‘money can’t buy happiness’. Teachers, self-help books and even ‘successful’ entrepreneurs seem to love drilling the idea into our heads. There is, of course, validity in their words; they encourage us to pursue a career for fulfillment

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By The Jugular May 2, 2020May 2, 2020 humour/satire

A love letter to ol’ Rona

By Anonymous, Edited by Katerina Theocharous Dear Corona, You’ve had me reeling through a cocktail of emotions these last couple weeks. When I first laid eyes on you, I was spellbound by those luscious curls of RNA and infectious looks. You were so well-travelled and talking about the celebrities you’d

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By The Jugular March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 humour/satire

Cue the Crickets! – More Awkwardness with Online Classes

By Thulashigan Sreeharan The Jugular is committed to providing up-to-date news during these uncertain times. UNSW is now seven days into lockdown, and as Wally looks emptier than most MedSoc council meetings, we decided to do some House style sleuthing into what our students are up to. Our finest reporter

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By The Jugular March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 feature/opinion/originals

The Certainty of This Uncertainty

By Shaddy Hanna What is it about our current situation that leaves us so unnerved, so disturbed, and so perturbed? Is it our lack of control? Is it the overwhelming sense of insecurity and instability? Or is it the fear of the unknown? I’m sure it’s many of the above,

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By The Jugular March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 originals

Water Clock

 By Sandra Goria “Dreams and Disillusionment in Medicine” Writing Competition Winner Two days before the start of my first day of Medical School.  We sat on the towering rocks just beside the small pool on the edge of Coogee beach, his hands warming me as we waited in the pre-dawn

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By The Jugular March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 originals

Blameless

By Jonathan Cheng “Dreams and Disillusionment in Medicine” Writing CompetitionRunner-up Present In an almost autonomic fashion, Stefanos stared down the bottom of his glass pensively before draining its contents. He delicately lay down the glass next to empty bottles of Penfold Grange of various years in the 1950s. The whiteness

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By The Jugular March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 opinion

Love and Hate

By Brian Feng Everyone has things they love and hate. Just using food as an example, I was shocked by the blasphemous nature of a conversation I had with my friend. F: “I don’t eat sushi because I hate seafood.” Me: “Why would you hate seafood?” F: “It’s just slimy…and

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By The Jugular February 27, 2020March 3, 2020 opinion

A Letter to the First Years

By IVAN SHEN To the class of 2025, I write this letter to you to first congratulate all of you for finally fulfilling your dream. Strangely, while getting into medicine can feel somewhat like the finish line, it really is the opposite; it is the start of a journey which

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By The Jugular April 1, 2021 opinion/originals/Uncategorized

HE SAID, SHE SAID: Violence against women, when will it stop?

Written by Hannah Yuan; Edited by Yaron Gu They say, don’t wear revealing clothing. They say, don’t walk home alone at night. They say, she was “asking for it”.  She has grown up in a world that puts her at fault. That tells her that she is to blame. That

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“I’m quitting med to become a TikTok star”

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The Two Day Rule

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Hippocrates – the not-so-perfect Father of Medicine

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Cutting the Line of Communication with Detention Centres

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Doctors Anonymous

opinion/Uncategorized

Conspiracy Theories: A Rising Threat

humour/satire

HOTTEST GOSS: The REAL WAY to use BBCollab

opinion/Uncategorized

Police Brutality: A disease infecting not just the US, but Australia too

opinion/Uncategorized

Beetles, Bottles and the Brain – What is it all really?

opinion/Uncategorized

How Do You Buy Happiness?

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A love letter to ol’ Rona

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Cue the Crickets! – More Awkwardness with Online Classes

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The Certainty of This Uncertainty

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Water Clock

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Blameless

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Love and Hate

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A Letter to the First Years

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Medical student takes P- history, blames lack of empathy on MBTI type

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Meddie gets off at ANZAC Parade – Discovers there’s another side to UNSW…

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What to watch to procrastinate on your assignments: Recommendations from our Pubs Subcomm 2021!

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“I’m quitting med to become a TikTok star”

The Two Day Rule

Hippocrates – the not-so-perfect Father of Medicine

Cutting the Line of Communication with Detention Centres

Doctors Anonymous

Conspiracy Theories: A Rising Threat

HOTTEST GOSS: The REAL WAY to use BBCollab

Police Brutality: A disease infecting not just the US, but Australia too

Beetles, Bottles and the Brain – What is it all really?

How Do You Buy Happiness?

A love letter to ol’ Rona

Cue the Crickets! – More Awkwardness with Online Classes

The Certainty of This Uncertainty

Water Clock

Blameless

Love and Hate

A Letter to the First Years

HE SAID, SHE SAID: Violence against women, when will it stop?

Medical student takes P- history, blames lack of empathy on MBTI type

Meddie gets off at ANZAC Parade – Discovers there’s another side to UNSW…

What to watch to procrastinate on your assignments: Recommendations from our Pubs Subcomm 2021!

#73045 Looking for Tachycardia: A UNSW Med Student’s Plea for Love

The Art of Ending It All: What makes a good ending?

EXCLUSIVE: Med student comes clean with MedFac in reflection