In recent years, there has been growing concern about the treatment of academic staff in Australian universities, particularly around issues such as job security, pay, and conditions

Participating in politics and student unionism has given me a voice to speak and fight for my community.

Rio Tinto should not have a place on campus while they continue to exploit the environment for their own gain while majorly contributing to the climate crisis that we face.

“After dinner, I finished all my homework and while I was sitting in my dorm room, I heard someone whistling outside. I thought it was the same woman again. When I looked out my window, she looked at me and spoke with a smile.” - Ebru Aslan

“La Trobe is a shell of a place that was once vibrant and bursting with life” - Piper Horvat

“Filled with the sounds of laughter and the singing of nature, student life on campus is truly unique.” - Lara Silvio

“The friendships you make here will last you a life-time throughout academia and the professional world.” - Gage Colclasure

“Nowadays, things around La Trobe don’t feel quite the same. The air is different, but I also think perhaps I’m just a bit jaded and rooted.“ - Leah Holden

“We have such a good social culture here and there are so many opportunities for students to meet people and have an involved university experience” - Meaghan Heyward

“The university should be more receptive to the needs of their students and open these rooms (which they promised at the start of the year).” - Georgia Ibrom

“Last weeks LTSU council meeting began with unforeseen dissension as the General Secretary challenged the President for his chair position”
- Callum Burkitt

“The message is clear. Students want to see more action in regard to period poverty.”
- Georgia Ibrom

“These students are supporting themselves and are experiencing the struggle that is keeping up with the cost of living. For a lockout fee to be $45 in proportion to the average students’ income is absurd.”
- Hamish Grundy

“Their motion was still voted down by the rest of the council. When this happened, I was thinking “this must be the end of the shit flinging, the next motion is actually relevant to a number of students at La Trobe, surely this will be productive?” oh how wrong I was.”

“Period Poverty is an endemic issue which entails a lack of accessibility to hygiene products, whether this be due to financial, cultural, or social reasons. Moreover, there is a distinct lack of education around hygiene, safe menstruation practices, and waste management. Menstruation is the basis of all human existence; Having a period is normal physiological process, and needs to be treated as such.”

- Georgia Ibrom

Whether you have a passion for politics, an interest in instruments or a fascination with floriculture, there is something within the lively student culture of La Trobe for you. Building on our previous article covering information for new and returning students, Rabelais brings students a hotlist of fun and engaging clubs and societies at La Trobe, as well as information on how to start and affiliate your own.

We welcome all students to march with us and the entire union movement on Friday March 25th 12PM at the Old Treasury Building.

With face-to-face O-Week and classes returning in 2022 after a long 2 years of awkward breakout rooms, we at Rabelais feel it necessary to provide helpful information and suggestions for things to do on campus for all students at La Trobe.

Shady side-deals, corruption allegations, and personal agendas. The creation and operation of the La Trobe Student Association is marred with impropriety.

Arts and Humanities students get a lot of flak from the other faculties and our culture. We're usually the first soldiers out of the trench when the battle for funding begins and the first to fall.