Editors’ Welcome

This year is going to be a good one. We had a nice, sunny summer for the most part (a shame for those who have just arrived in Ballarat and won’t -6 Month Pull Out Calendar ...10 see the sun again for 9 months) and we survived -Ballarat Events ...12 the apocalypse. Now we just have to survive uni. -Horsham events ...14 -Ararat and Stawell Events ...14 Some students are in their final semester or final year, their hard work paying off as they reach the end of their studies. Some are in the middle of their studies, eagerly awaiting the next year (or dreding it in some cases). Most though, are at the -Taking Flight from the Ashes ...15 beginning of their studies. -Les Miserables ...15

The first year of uni is always the most exciting and the most scary. It’s a new city for many students and that means having to make new friends. Luck- ily, UB has great a great social community. There -3 of a kind... Unusual Sports ...16 are so many different clubs and societies that peo- -Bag a Bargain ...16 Contents ple can join and there are always events being put -Helpful Hints ...16 on by the Uni. So make the most of it, and make -Milly’s Top 5: Tricks to Living an Affordable Social the most of this year whether it be your first, sec- Life in Ballarat ...17 ond or last year. -Golden Opportunities ...18 -Top Ten Tips for Keeping On Track ...19 Until next time, -Unisports Memberships ...19 -Writers, Editors, and Artists Wanted ...19 Melita and Alexandra

Editor Assistant Editor Melita Knight Alexandra Meerbach

Cover Design -On the Move ...3 Lauren Powell -UB Wants You! ...3

-New Water Refill Stations ...4 Contributors -Help for Job Seekers ...4 Teghan Johns -The Student Advisory Service ...4 Angela Kern -The Roadtrip to End Poverty ...4 Alexandra Meerbach Courtney O’Neill Kim Savige Amelia Siebring Sharra Veltheer -Epic Fundraiser for an Epic Battle ...5 Staff Panel Irene Warfe- Program co-ordinator of Diploma Professional Writing and Editing Lesley Speed- Program co-ordinator of Bachelor -Chicken and Kangaroo Burgers ...6 of Arts/Diploma of Professional Writing and Edit- ing

Thank you to Jeannie King, the Director of Student Connect. -Comic ...7 Thank you to Assoc. Prof John McDonald and the -Sunlight on their faces, Part 1 ...8 contribution of the Behavioural and Social Scienc- es and Humanities Society and Further Education. Whether you live on Res, in a shared it. with come that chores new citing into the adult world andall the ex thrownbe youwill fortodo; mum home washing your taking or cash on low you’re when food parents’ your raiding of option no is there you would have left your family, so of Many state. across moving and ence between moving across town differ major a is there However, independent is scary, but fantastic. of our young adult lives. Being fully ones biggest the of one probably is ofhome out moving daunting; is transition or change of sort Any through thecampus. firstbreak wave timersnew will of expect.likeBut every year,other a to what of idea good a havedents stu- year fourth and third routine;second, become it’s myself, ing Uni is back. For some of us, includ at www.ballarat.edu.au/student-senate counted.Nomination forms be can found be won’tThursday, it on or 3pm March 7 by in is nomination your 18 Febru- sure Make ary. Monday, open nominations and Senate the into voted are Students environments of UB. technological and cultural physical, the procedures regardsin to student life; and and UB’s policies spent; is Fee Amenities opin Services Student the how their on: heard ions have to chance a It gives students is making. it difference the see already can you but endeavour new ly relative- a is This Senate. Student the ing join about think should you then above If you answered yes to one or more of the the University? youDo want to become more involved in Do you want to meet new people? Do you like having power? - - - evcs t h Uiest, don’t University, the at services support the of er.Takeadvantage easi- things make will it me, Trust it. to stick and try and do to need you else everything timetable, incorporate studying a out Write stress, itcan bedone. don’t but much, too seems all it down written order.When that in necessarily had—not be to needs fun and cleaned tobe roomsneed done, be to needs studying paid, be to need Bills you. of top on get most skilled at; but don’t let things you are is something crastination you’reif prolikeanythingand - me day, the in hours enough not are Unfortunatelythere it. do to need we since day the of end the at but VCE, heads our into drummed been much pretty has It agement. eyes atnext this word—time man- rollingyourbe will youknow I and ing and possibly working, with Uni; cook cleaning, of tasks everyday learn how difficult it is juggling the soon will youyourself by or house - - - oe f or raet friends. greatest Have thebest time! your meet of will some you where place the life, your of exciting most the be to supposed are Uni at years your tures with. Don’t become isolated, lec- and tutes your share you ple peo- the talkto people, new some meet and festivities O-week the of advantage Take rut. a in stuck get don’t house, the of out get to remember though, this of all With suddenly ran outoftoilet paper. they’re free,freak don’t so youif out and have on, low running be ple, everyday items that you might sim- available makes also Uni The available. services counselling are there tough bit a gets all it when to talk to someone need you if or dosh; some get you help can Hub Career the Student a job finding help need you If campus. the on one with appointment an make rush into town to see a doctor, just By Courtney O’Neill -

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5 Spotlight The best thing about this recipe is that it takes very little effort to create but is sensationally tasty. Perfect for the end of summer BBQs, a quiet night in or a pre-boozy night charge. Kangaroo is remarkably cheap and the difference in flavour from beef is barely noticeable. It is also a more vi- Hot Pot able agricultural alternative to cattle and the meat is exceptionally lean so you can eat more without the extra fat.

Ingredients

-Lillydale chicken burgers - although you could make some patties with chicken mince, an egg, and some bread crumbs. -Kangaroo burgers -Tomato -Cucumber -Beetroot -Cheese and the cooked burger on top. This allows the -Lettuce cheese to melt. -Satay sauce -Relish (your mother's home-made, local market bought 4. Add the satay sauce to the chicken burgers, rel- or store bought pickle) ish to the kangaroo. -Fresh rolls 5. Top with chosen salad additions. Grated car- Method rot works really well with satay chicken and if you want to go for a fresher option, grated beetroot 1. Fry up your chicken and kangaroo burgers (cook them works wonders with the kangaroo meat. separately). Whilst they cook, slice your cucumber, to- mato, cheese and lettuce. If you're cooking for multi- 6. Top with lettuce and the other half of your roll. ple people it may be best to place all the ingredients on a platter so that people can build their own burgers to If you’re conscious of losing weight, then delete taste. There will always be someone who doesn't like the roll (especially if this is for dinner when you tomato or, unbelievably, beetroot. least need the carb fuel). Have the same set up but with lots more lettuce on the bottom - have 2. Cut the rolls. You can butter the buns if you like but a burger salad instead. Tastes just as good, but what is the point, you can barely taste it with all the good requires knife and fork. stuff on it. Best served with beer and/or sparkling. 3. Add the cheese. It's best to place cheese on the base Calories

Chicken burger = 491 Chicken salad = 332 Kangaroo burger = 391 Kangaroo salad = 232

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Comic and artwork by Sharra Veltheer 7 Creative Corner hard at thosewalls, willingthemto crumble. filth and that own of their environment. their Many of them stared in covered selves, former their of shells than more nothing to reduced now men; as broken.lost.The creaturesThe identified thatonce si The mad. the constant,of The silence otherwise, lence. aching But curse. whispered odd the and door, the at left tray metal dented the from fallen for crumbs looking animals unidentified small, of scurrying the were sounds other only The cell. the of black pitch the in deafening almost been would have breathing own inmates’ the of sound The to witness myriad internal struggles. borne have centuries, half a and one after standing still and mortar lime with together Ballaratheld old Gaol, the of brickslocal and basalt quarried The days. these improved substantially is They continue to bask in the warmth, but their view laid. were they since sun the than more up soaked have bricks Those wishes. dark deep, and secrets intimate of keeper reliable a hardship, and fering seemingly innocuous yet witness to unbearable suf sun, midday the in warm and smooth is stone The ened soulsandfrighten thebiggest men. hardmost- the shock would them inside happened tellto bravethose toenough listen! thatthings The If only the walls could talk. 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Their much not often were hell, this of curators supposed wardens, The tive experience for those already suffering from mental suffering illness. already those for experience tive a posi been have not would it say unhealthy to Suffice men. already in issues health mental to led havewould This obsessive. paranoid and becoming ity to focus their attention or to shift their attention, inmates would have suffered long-term from inabil and noted be can behaviour bizarre and turbances psychologicaldis serious dark cell. weeks,few a only Within the in hours a few only after occur can damage that suggest Psychologists cell’.‘dark the in stay indeterminate an to perpetrator the entitle spitting; contraband; or other misdemeanors would or orders;talkingfollow failureto that: known well cord solitary confinement of only hours or days, it is registersofficial the While re- 1800s. ceratedthe in incar be to enough unlucky inmates for continued Gaol Ballarat old the at punishment of cycle This observed by those only a little less mad themselves. alone, madness to path the walk slowly to devices; away, and too cold to describe were left to their own - - - - was inside (often there was not) due to the layout. The Quakers originally developed solitary confine- The access and egress to the tower were masked by ment as an alternative to the squalid conditions in zigzagged openings with no doors or lights; this en- prisons around the turn of the 19th century. They sured that the inmates would never know when or focused on punishment and reformation. The dark if a guard was entering or exiting the tower, lending cell at old Ballarat Gaol is underground; local his- to the idea that they were forever being watched. torians and archeologists have as yet been unable Prisoners would always have the central tower to obtain permission to go in and survey the room looming before them as a reminder of their loss of and report on its condition. No-one has been down freedom and identity. there since the 1970s. There are only two other in- tact dark cells in Victoria; one at Castlemaine and Michel Foucault in his 1975 work Discipline and one at the notorious J Ward in Ararat. The original Punish: The Birth of the Prison, said of panopticism iron lacework gates of the Gaol are still standing that ‘the effect is to induce in the inmate a state however, as are the watchtower, turnkey’s resi- of conscious and permanent visibility that assures dence, governor’s residence, and parts of the orig- the automatic functioning of power…to arrange inal wall. These have been incorporated into the things that the surveillance is permanent in its ef- Gaol’s current reincarnation as a university. fects, even if it is discontinuous in its action’. Prison- ers were given jobs to do in their cells and guards The prison was a panopticon. Designed by - Jer would check on them 4-5 times every hour. To add emy Bentham, a British philosopher and social re- to the mental uncertainty of being watched con- former in the 1700s, this was the perfect design as stantly, guards would remove their shoes, wearing it required less staff to observe inmates due to its only socks on their rounds so as not to make any unique characteristics. The Ballarat Gaol was built noise under foot as they were approaching. Prison- using the same plan as Pentonville in the UK, which ers would only know of the guards’ approach once Creative Corner was modeled on the Eastern State Penitentiary in they could see them peering into the cell. They America. This involved a central tower where the were in their cells for up to 23 hours a day, with no guard would sit, with the cell wings radiating out access to sunlight. from the tower. This meant that the guard could look to any direction at any given time; the prison- By Kim Savage ers could see the tower but not whether anyone

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