Opus (magazine)

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Opus
Type	Student newspaper
Format	Magazine

Owner	Newcastle University Students' Association
Publisher	Megan Clement NUSA President
Editor-in-Chief	Steven Schubert Ivan Dixon NUSA Media Officers
Founded	1954
Political allegiance	Left-wing
Language	English
Price	Free
Headquarters	Callaghan, NSW

Website: Opus

Opus is a student newspaper published at the University of Newcastle, Australia by the Newcastle University Students' Association (NUSA). Opus was founded in 1954, at what was then the Newcastle University College of the University of New South Wales, in the Newcastle suburb of Callaghan. It takes its name from the former Newcastle City motto, finis coronat opus which is Latin for "completion crowns the work".

Opus is currently published around eight times a year in print and online. Issues are generally organised around a common theme, such as "Freedom/Slavery" or "Hope/Despair". An orientation week edition, Obook, is published at the beginning of each year. A special edition of the magazine, released in 2002, commemorated the life of Godfrey Tanner, a prominent classics professor at the university who had died that year.

The implementation of voluntary student unionism in 2006 had a significant impact on the viability of student newspapers across Australia, compulsory student union membership fees having been the major source of income for most. Opus has been able to continue publishing despite the new law.

Opus is edited by media officers elected by NUSA members to a one-year term. The current office-bearers are Allyson Horn and Tim Nash.

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The National Student and Emerging Media Conference, bringing together student media makers from around Australia, is held each year in the magazine's home city.

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