By the time I arrived as a student at the Australian National University, Jessy Wu was well established as the kind of person people had opinions about.
Every campus has its big names, the students who garner attention or court controversy or stick their heads up and have something to say. They are the ones who are discussed by people who haven't even met them.
Wu was active in student politics and a frequent contributor to Woroni, the ANU's student newspaper. On the same paper, I stumbled into the job of news editor, often neglected my actual subjects and covered student politics, fast realising journalism was not a game for making friends with everyone.
