Student-led pressure to postpone Bush Week to accommodate Splendour commitments

Traffic has come to a standstill on Daley Road as protestors line the streets demanding ANUSA postpone Bush Week festivities to Week 2 of the second semester to permit students to attend 2018’s Splendour In The Grass festival.

The popular music festival sparked outrage by releasing what residents are calling an "extremely respectable" artist line-up on Wednesday this week, despite inconsiderately coinciding with the weekend of the ANU's semester orientation week. A Daley Mail investigation has found no general consensus among the student populus as to preference toward either event, with most resorting to civil unrest to solve the dilemma.

“I went straight from Falls to Santorini last year,” said one anonymous student when pressed about attending both festivities. "My liver can handle both. This is faculty paternalism in the extreme."

Other protesters were quick to confirm their financial capacity to participate in both events. “With Kendrick AND Vampire Weekend this year, I'm happy to grab three weeks' advance pay from my firm,” one resident said to our reporter, conspicuously adjusting a government lanyard over a freshly-printed "FIX ANU" t-shirt.

More peaceful protesters showed resignation to the clash, suggesting that Bush Week may be better bang for buck. “They bring in pizza and nuggs to the bar nights – that’s hard to beat, even if you're David Le'aupepe.” Said one reveller.

A group of first year warriors found by our reporter purported to be excited by the prospect of attending bush week Monday-Thursday, then spending the remainder of the week at the North Byron Parklands.

“Yeah why not? You’re only young once, and FOMO sucks.” They said. “I don't want to see Kendrick through a snap story if I'm only $400 away from breathing the same air as him.”

Although, Splendour was not popular among all surveyed.

“Ugh, couldn’t think of anything worse than spending 3 nights camping with all those gross people” said one resident when questioned at Chifley.

While this comprehensive investigation provides a general consensus, the success of ticket purchases on 19 April will reveal more data as to attendance at both festivities.

Outside opinions, however, suggest that the movement is largely the work of a vocal minority; several second year Burgmann girls stated they weren’t even going to be in this hemisphere to attend either liver cirrhosis-inducing event.

“Yeah Lorde’s alright, but Mum's already paid for flights to Budapest on Sunday morning, so….”