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Vale NowUC

Final version of NowUC website.

Launched
28 February, 2010
Australia ‘should lead on emissions cut’
by Ben Kruzins

Put to rest
8 November, 2021
The Hard Pill to Swallow: Women and GPs have to talk
by Lyndsey Turnbull

Well, those dates aren’t strictly correct. While the final, WordPress-powered incarnation of NowUC was indeed launched in 2010, the publication has actually been around since 2003. Unfortunately, the pre-WordPress website is lost to the winds of time except for snapshots preserved by the Wayback Machine. Check out that fresh, Web1.0 design.

Old NowUC website
Lots of editors

And here’s what the relaunched, WordPress-powered version of NowUC looked like in 2010.

First design of the new WordPress site.
RSS! How cute

In the nearly 11 years since that relaunch, journalism and sports media students published over 2,300 articles! That’s a lot of Monster Energy-fuelled, end-of-semester all-nighters.

So, without further ado, let’s dive into Google Analytics and count down the top ten NowUC stories from the past decade, based on the number of page views.


#10

And nothing hurt — A Kurt Vonnegut reading order
by Lucy Monaghan

Screenshot of 'And nothing hurt — A Kurt Vonnegut reading order'
This story was only live for barely six months and managed to make it into the top ten. Impressive

#9

The Canberra roads every motorcyclist should explore
by Felix Bernhardi

Screenshot of 'The Canberra roads every motorcyclist should explore'
Clearly there are a lot of readers and possible motorcycle enthusiasts out there

#8

Most Gluten Free Friendly Places in Canberra
by Samantha Rose

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People with coealiac disease gotta eat!

#7

Cyberpunk 2077: The decade’s biggest flop
by Thomas Hoogendoorn

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Who doesn’t love reading about epic fails?

#6

The Best Bubble Teas in Canberra
by Diego San Agustin

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This story was actually the most-read on NowUC for quite a while but Canberra’s bubble tea fans dropped the ball near the end

#5

The secret beaches on the South Coast the locals don’t tell you about
by Talia Jones

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Canberrans and the South Coast: like peas and carrots

#4

The 5 greatest teams in NRL History
by Thomas Stilling

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This story surely started more arguments than it ended

#3

Top Three Places to Play Pool in Canberra
by Todd Zachary Herzman

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RIP in peace, (original) Transit Bar

#2

The best small towns around Canberra for a weekend getaway
by Thomas Spencer

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Entirely appropriate in an ironic way that this was published during the first COVID-19 lockdown

#1

Love yourself: Top 5 self-love movies of all time
by Reva Ganesan

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Number 1! The search history of readers who found this story is probably … interesting

And that’s it! The ten most popular stories on NowUC from 2011 to 2021. You can still go and read the other 2,308.

You served us well, NowUC, but it’s time to go quietly into retirement. The Owl is the new home of the journalism and sports media programs at UC and we can’t wait to see what our students publish. Onwards!