University of Sydney Union

Revues have been financially supported by USU over the past 3 decades, usually tied to a faculty or cultural identity group.

The interior is decorated with three murals by the artist Virgil Lo Schiavo: the Sulman-Prize-winning Tribute to Shakespeare (1945),[6] the Sulman-Prize finalist Characters from Dickens (1951),[7] and in the main hall, Mankind (1970).

It hosts the Sydney Uni Band Comp, launching the careers of The Jezabels, The Laurels, and Cloud Control.

[11] In February 2020 it was announced that Manning Bar would no longer trade during daytime hours, but would remain active as a music venue.

In July 2009, the Verge Gallery opened in the Jane Foss Russell Plaza as a new student art space on main campus.

[15] Today, the union is operated as a non-profit membership organisation, with a board of directors elected by the students at the university.

Distinguished former editors have included Thomas Bavin (1874), H. V. Evatt, John Le Gay Brereton, James McAuley (1937), Jock Marshall (1941), and a duo of Les Murray and Geoffrey Lehmann in 1962.

It was relaunched as Arna in 2008 by Rebecca Santos and Khym Scott, alongside the revival of the Sydney Arts Students' Society.

In recent years, the Recorder became a monthly publication; however, due to rationalisation in the face of VSU, it was announced in the November 2005 issue that it would become an annual publication as of 2006[update], with BULL Magazine taking its place as the primary repository of student content to be published monthly.

[22] Since its creation at the start of 2016, PULP Media, successor to BULL Magazine has boasted a number of successful breaking news pieces, such as editor Aparna Balakumar's "Rackweb".

PULP has been distributed as a print magazine since 2022. Notable past Presidents & Board Directors of the University of Sydney Union include: