The Student Media Site of William Clarke College

We Are

The Student Media Site of William Clarke College

We Are

The Student Media Site of William Clarke College

We Are

Taken from Apply Board Team 2020
Studying the Right Way
Dimitri N (Year 11) September 13, 2023

I’m writing this less than two days after surviving my final year 11 preliminary exam. Ask any year 11 and you’ll quickly realise that prelims...

Photo from Martin County (2021)
What's the Point?
Cameron F (Year 12) September 13, 2023

Sitting in a dark greasy room with 200 other students, I seem to lose track of anything important. The folded-down red chair is enticing me to...

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Society Hates Ageing
Susannah E (Year 11) September 6, 2023

The current world that you and I live in is obsessed with this superficial ideology of beauty, youth and a ‘wrinkle-free face’. Cosmetic...

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A Modern Moon Landing
Ananya V (Year 12) September 6, 2023

“One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.” Those words have been quoted again and again in memory of the first moon landing...

The Barbie movie was cool… We liked it too :)
The Barbie movie was cool… We liked it too :)
Shari E (Year 12) and Rowen M (Year 10) September 6, 2023

Okay… So, we’ve recently watched the Barbie movie and were quite disheartened to see people missing the message that we and a few other women...

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The Sports Gender Pay Gap Doesn't Exist
Lucy B (Year 12), Editor-in-Chief • August 30, 2023

It would not be a fair or accurate statement to call myself a football fan. My knowledge starts and ends at being able to name three Premier...

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The Importance of a Name
Miriam R (Year 11) August 23, 2023

Recently my church’s youth group changed names from Tribe youth to Ville youth, as in Kelly-ville. As someone who has grown up with tribe at...

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The Barbie movie was cool… I liked it.
Cameron F (Year 12) August 16, 2023

I know I am late to the party on this one, but I thought I would go to the cinema and watch this doll movie that everyone seems to be going so...

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We need Unrealistic Body Standards in Fiction
Timothy S (Year 11) August 16, 2023

In 1960, 500 people gathered in Central Park to protest bias against overweight people. They protested the negative stigma that was associated...

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The Ben Roberts-Smith Memorial
Dimitri N (Year 11), Chief Contributor • August 2, 2023

Over the past few years, and especially recently, Ben Roberts-Smith, a corporal in the Australian Special Air Service, has been a hot topic of...

Taken from Matthew Hamilton (The Move, New York, United States)
Think Inside of the Box
Ellina G (Year 11), Editor • August 2, 2023

This article was written for the Whitlam Institute's What Matters? Writing Competition and has been republished for WE ARE. It takes exactly...

Taken from Timon Studler, Featured in Editorial.
They Say That We Will Die Twice
Abigail FM (Year 12) August 2, 2023

This article was written for the Whitlam Institute’s What Matters? Writing Competition and has been republished for WE ARE. They say that...

Two Perspectives on Abortion: Pro-Life
Two Perspectives on Abortion: Pro-Life
Cameron F (Year 12) June 21, 2023

Author’s Disclaimer: This article contains opinions on sensitive topics around abortion, medical procedures, and death. Please note that the...

Two Perspectives on Abortion: Pro-Choice
Two Perspectives on Abortion: Pro-Choice
Abbey F (Year 12) June 21, 2023

I want to preface this article by saying that this is not written with the intent to persuade your opinion, put down others, or criminalise those...

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Don't Cover Your Eyes
Olivia S (Year 12) June 7, 2023

People speak in languages I don’t understand, they act in ways I don’t like, and they believe things I don’t agree with. This comes down...