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Hi there, 08 20 15 To hide the fact that the most physical activity we take part in is getting sweaty conquering Basser Steps, we’ve created an entire issue around sport. Not only is it Unigames over the mid sem break (dust off your runners and In this issue... line your stomachs, people) but it’s also a good time of the semester to 11 05 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT remember to stay active. Trust us, it will make that last haul of assignments 06 BITZ & PIECES DAILY WED-THUR more manageable. MON-THURS 08 FEATURE And of course, we strongly recommend de-stressing the gold old fashioned Underwater Rugby LIVE MUSIC FROM 5PM way with an abundance of snacks. Stress Less Week has got you covered with all the free food (and fun activities) you could dream of through W10. 11 THE INTERVIEW + UNIBAR HAPPY HOUR Tom Symonds & Jane Saville BEER If you’re craving some more Blitz goodness be sure to head to blitz.arc.unsw. BLITZ DEBATES edu.au and facebook.com/blitzmag for your fix. 12 HALL 12 Is it ok to post about WED* personal achievments on social media? IN THE Tom Morrison 13 MODEL STUDENTS Student Director, Arc Chair 15 HOW TO... TIGERLILY E [email protected] BEER- W arc.unsw.edu.au/board-blog Not sweat the small stuff JESABEL - NATNOIZ 15 SOCIAL STALKER GARDEN 17 WHAT’S ON MR. WILSON Hey UNSW, 23 UNSW CREATIVE FEATURING MOWGLI MAY By the time you’re reading this we will be very close to the SRC and PGC 25 RECENTLY IN SCIENCE PRETZELS, EATING Arc $10 UNSW $15 GA $20 elections. While you might not know it, the SRC and PGC are responsible for 25 STRUGGLE STREET a wide variety of changes that make your time at university better or just that EXCHANGE DIARIES COMPETITIONS, little bit easier. 26 GERMAN BEVERAGES THUR* 26 27 HEALTH This year your student representatives have worked with UNSW to provide a Wellness Series & UNSW Eats (THE YEASTY KIND), dedicated 24 hour study space in the library, enhanced the amount of funding EVENT PHOTOS dedicated to the roundhouse refurbishment by $10+ million dollars, and 29 SPIT ROASTS negotiated such that the uni will no longer introduce a “Marginal Pass” grade Spring Fest SAMPOLOGY for marks between 50 and 55 - among many other achievements. Whilst it is & MORE! 30 REVIEWS not always overtly obvious, these changes do have a marked effect on your JOYRIDE university life. 32 GET INVOLVED Leadership Labs I would strongly encourage you to engage with the election process this year, FINGERS - BLACK DIAMOND HEARTS 33 PUZZLES and share your experiences with all candidates about how you think we can make UNSW a better place to be. 27 35 VOX POPS HOUSEBEAR DJs Arc $10 UNSW $15 GA $20 Wilson Zhang by photo Cover

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Eden Gillespie Lyndon Christie

What’s your sport of choice? Wrote Bitz and Pieces on P6, Wrote Underwater Rugby Album Review on P30 and Gig on P8 and What’s On UNSW Review on P31 on P17 Roller derby. It’s basically Procrastinating. wrestling on rollerskates.

Yael Brender Serena Dong Gloria Myoung Charlotte Goodsir Catherine Macarounas

Interviewed Tom Symonds on Interviewed Jane Saville Illustrated Blitz Debates Wrote Blitz Debates on P12 P10, wrote Struggle Street on Wrote Blitz Debates on P12 on P11 on P12 and How To on P15 P25 and Film Review on P30 Horizontal running. Does eating count? Eating, sleeping and Underwater basket Swimming. Throwback Basser Steps. weaving. to the time in my life where my natural scent was chlorine.

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Freestyle. Not swimming. FIFA 15. Yoga. Namaste. Just Dance on the Any kind of martial art, Freestyle dancing...and Xbox 360. karate is my thing though. occasionally rapping.

Hope William-Smith Sarah Wu Emilie Sharp Ryan Bautista Ammarah Tasneem

Wrote Recently In Wrote UNSW Creative on P23 Wrote Wellness Series on P27 Wrote Book Review on P30 Wrote Leadership Labs on P32 Science on P25

A solid handball Any kind of dancing. A feisty game of netball. Tumblr. Squash. Reminds me tournament. of the vegetable. Both are enjoyable. BITZBY EDEN GILLESPIE & PIECES

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Oz Comic-Con is here Assignments. They to delight Aussie nerds. may be piling up but at least mid semester break is finally here.

Daylight savings Magpies are more means more crazy than usual time spent on the and don’t forget Library Lawn. your tissues for hay fever season. First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung

Following the memoir of a young girl, this book tells a story of survival under the Khmer Gelato doughnuts are The sun rising early Rouge regime in Cambodia. The girl and now a thing and any means there’s no more her family attempt to hide their education plans for a summer excuses for turning up and city-dweller status in order to survive health kick have flown late to lectures. under the nose of a brutal regime. One out the window. cannot comprehend the horror of life for her family who endured starvation, violence and forced labour. There was no escape from this gruesome reality for millions of people in Cambodia whose stories may never be told.

Urban Dictionary UNSW Love Letters

Throwback Random Factoids Overheard

Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest Girl 1: My friend broke her ankle Peter woman, earns $1 million every and she’s in Spain. Dinklage half hour, or $598 every second. Girl 2: How did she do that? The human brain is only She was running at night in capable of maintaining 150 Girl 1: a forest and tripped over. stable relationships. That’s crazy, I’m never Children grow faster in the Girl 2: going to Spain. springtime than any other season.

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UNSW’s Facebook Page. It’s getting more traffic than usual after the hack.

Zac Efron is to star in a remake of Baywatch. Wonder if he’ll rock the red swimsuit?

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The Fat Jew. The comedian is often accused of joke stealing.

Chris’s wool. The rogue sheep is 40kg down after a shear.

BLITZ MAG 7

FEATURE

Forget about the Rugby World Cup… mention that the game is a contact sport just there’s a new sport taking the world as rough and tough as rugby, so opponents will by storm. Blitz’s Lyndon Christie attempt to tackle, drag, pull and smother you as pulled out his snorkel and trained they swoop to take the ball. with the UNSW Underwater Rugby Team. Not only are they masters of the Once in the water it’s clear to see that a big part weirdest sport on campus but eight of of this game is the ability to stay calm and hold their players have just competed for your breath underwater. As the game played Australia in the World Championships on, I realise that most players are able to stay in Colombia. underwater for up to a minute, swooping and gliding amongst each other. The play is as fast Never before had I played a sport where it was paced as a flurry of speedos weaving in and out, compulsory to wear a snorkel, made me feel like up and down in the vast pool of water. a mermaid as majestic as Ariel, and involved wrestling ... until I trained with the UNSW Now I should probably add that I personally have Underwater Rugby Team and felt a bit like a fish a harrowing fear of drowning. The thought of out of water. being helplessly stranded under water is enough to give me night sweats. I may or may not still Underwater Rugby is a unique fusion of sports. It’s need my floaties when I swim at Coogee. kind of like if water polo and rugby came together and had a baby, and decided that the best way to Yet here I was totally submerged in the UNSW raise the child was to plunge it into the ocean. pool, fighting off shark-like humans as I attempt to score in this game. ‘At first I thought it was a joke,’ said player Sebastian Riorden. ‘But I got into the pool about Lucky for me I was in safe fins with the UNSW three weeks into uni and loved it.’ Underwater Rugby Team. Not only were they the Photo by Bree Tranter first club in Australia but have also begun Teams consist of 12 players in total, six compete in to make waves among the worldwide Underwater the water while the other six act as reserves. Two Rugby community. Eight players from the club underwater goals sit at either end of the pool and recently represented Australia at the 10th the main objective is to get the ball into the other CMAS Underwater Rugby Championships in team’s goal. Simple? No. Because did I mention Cali, Colombia. the entire game is played underwater! ‘We were tremendously excited to compete with, ‘You feel wonderfully weightless, like you are and learn from, the world’s best players,’ said freewheeling through outer space,’ said player Celine. ‘The championships were a huge success.’ Celine Steinfeld. ‘As it is played in a pool that is up to 5m deep there are challenges. We have to It’s pretty clear the team know their stuff and they adjust to the lack of oxygen and learn new ways of are super keen to get more sea dwelling humans/ communicating through water.’ non-humans involved. If there are any aquatic mammals currently studying at UNSW I highly Teams can pass the ball to one another in all recommend you join the squad. directions as they make their way upstream (kind of like salmon) to the all important goal BY LYNDON CHRISTIE basket. And just for good measure I should

Photo by Wilson Zhang For more info check out uwrugby.wordpress.com and youtube.com/uwrugby.

BLITZ MAG 9 THE INTERVIEW

Blitz writer and Roosters fan, Yael like kind of a big deal. Nowadays it’s just another injury rehab, and that way I’d get to stay around Brender, crossed to the dark side to day at the office but in the greatest possible way. the game. As long as it supports healthy living and interview Manly Sea Eagles player and I get to hang out with twenty of my best mates having fun I’ll be happy. UNSW alumni Tom Symonds. every single day. It’s a big squad and everyone is pretty tight. What advice would you give to students hoping What did you get out of your time at UNSW? to make it as a professional athlete? I started at UNSW straight out of high school, and PLAYING MY FIRST GRADE The best advice I can give you is to be dedicated it was a great place to start because there were to your sport but make sure you enjoy it as well.

great parties. But, not long after I started, my DEBUT, I WAS SUPER NERVOUS... These days it can be tough but there are a lot of footy career got intense and I had to go part time pathways towards being a professional athlete. after two years, so the social events died down NOWADAYS IT’S JUST ANOTHER“ There can be a lot of setbacks, but the best thing (bummer)! But my whole experience at UNSW “ I can tell you is to remain patient and persistent was really good, even though it took almost seven DAY AT THE OFFICE, BUT IN THE and really stick at it. years to get my degree in Exercise Physiology. GREATEST POSSIBLE WAY. Do you still have friends you made here? Yes! My uni mates and I catch up for a beer every now and then. One of the guys I met here is What’s your training program like? Are you on Waringa Rats fullback Dave Feltsheer – he’s a bit of a strict diet? RAPID FIRE a local hero. We reminisce about how we partied In a typical training week there’s not many days Piercings or tattoos? together, and how they showed me the ropes in off. We train everyday with weights and field Little bit of both. my first year. I have great memories of one of my sessions. We do video work to study up on how first pub crawls, where everyone was wearing the team is going and who you’re going to play Got a cool nickname? each other’s clothes by the end. and how to beat them. I’ve always tried to eat well Dragon. but it’s not always easy. I’ve been on the paleo How did it feel to make it onto a professional diet for a few years (except with beer). I always Early riser or night owl? Night owl. rugby team? have junk food after the game – my favourite is the I started getting paid at age 18, and went full time Oporto Triple Bondi Burger. Pump up song? first grade at age 20 with the Sydney Roosters. Kid Cudi’s Pursuit of Happiness (Steve Four years later I went to Manly, where I still play. It What do you want to do once you’ve retired Aoki Remix). feels so cool and I’m so lucky to get paid for doing from professional rugby? what I love doing. Playing my first grade debut, I I’d definitely like to do something to do with BY YAEL BRENDER was super nervous but also kind of proud – it felt Exercise Physiology. I’m on a good pathway to THE INTERVIEW

Aussie race walker and UNSW alumni, thought I didn’t want to have any regrets and that. It gave me great courage and confidence not Jane Saville, was 100m from gold that was one thing that kept driving me through just in my career but as a person. It would have at the Sydney Olympics when she my career. changed my world being disqualified but it made was disqualified. Blitz’s Serena Dong me a stronger person if you think in the long run. chatted to her about everything from Back in 2000, at the Sydney Olympics 20km Olympic medals to Kel’s butt wiggle. walk, you were disqualified 100m from the What advice would you give UNSW students in finish line. You were so close to that gold general who were so close to success but in the Why did you decide to become a race walker? medal. How did you feel at that moment? end could not reach it? I did lots of sports when I was young and I didn’t I was winning and to be disqualified was Well I think it’s not just all about winning, it’s about decide until the end of uni I wanted to be a race devastating because it was my biggest dream your personal development as well. So I think walker and still swam a little bit but focused in front of my home crowd. [It was] my biggest having some perspective is really important as everything on race walking. I think that helped me nightmare and everyone was staring at me, well as looking at the big picture, which I’ve had to in the longevity of my career. cameras down my face within a minute of being learn to do.

What did you learn from your time at UNSW? I SAID THAT I WANTED A GUN Did you ever participate in Uni Games? Time management. I studied social science and Yeah I did! I did athletics and swimming. I think economics. Once I got to uni I applied for a Ben TO SHOOT MYSELF AND IT WAS my first one was in Brisbane in 93’ and I think 94’ Lexcen (Sports Scholarship) and financially that “ would have been Wollongong and 95’ was Darwin. helped pay for a lot of uni or some of my trips PRETTY SILLY. HALF AN HOUR I had a really great time. within Australia for athletics. “ LATER I WAS THINKING IT’S What do you think of Kel from Kath and Kim’s What’s on your mind as you walk all race walking tecnique? those kilometres? ONLY SPORT. [Laughs] I’ve got it on DVD and it’s hilarious! I love Obviously you’re thinking of technique but also Kel! He does the bottom wiggle quite well. what’s going on around you and the tactics of the race. Back then you had your watch and your disqualified. I think I was a little bit naïve handling heart rate monitor and I knew where the markings the media. I said that I wanted a gun to shoot were for the kilometres but now everyone has got myself and it was pretty silly. Half an hour later I RAPID FIRE Garmins and things like that so yeah… I’m starting was thinking it’s only sport. I was pretty frustrated Favourite junk food? to feel really old now when I talk about back then. but you know that’s sport. Chocolate.

Guilty Pleasure? What’s your biggest fear going into any race? Do you wish you could go rewind and go back Food. [Thinking] I wouldn’t perform as I hoped, to fix your mistake? especially after 2000 when I got disqualified at the To be honest, there are highs and lows of sport Workout jam? Olympics. That dinted my confidence quite a lot. and looking back on my career I think if I would Last song I remember must have been from In 2001 I was disqualified two more times and one have won then maybe I would have retired ages ago. at the world championships so that was a bit of a because you can’t really get any better than the changing point in my career when I really thought: Olympics. Maybe I wouldn’t have won two more Favourite outfit? do I really want to do this? Is it worth training gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. I A relaxed dress. so hard [when] I could go and get a job and be wouldn’t have had the experience of competing in normal and make money as well? But then I also Athens. I had so many amazing experiences after BY SERENA DONG BLITZ DEBATES

Is it ok to post about personal achievements on social media?

‘YES’ SAYS CATHERINE MACAROUNAS ‘NO’ SAYS CHARLOTTE GOODSIR There are a lot of things on my Facebook feed that I don’t really care I am writing this today as a hypocrite because I am the first person about – click bait, play by play sports commentary and thinly veiled to post my ‘achievements’ online, and yes sometimes they are just and passive aggressive rants, to name a few. However, if a friend of getting out of bed. But today I am coming at you from the point of mine has done something awesome, I want to know about it. view of everyone else.

Maybe we like to live vicariously through other peoples’ lives, or Seriously, no one cares if you’ve had brunch with your super maybe we are just inherently nosey, but not only is it ok to post attractive gal pals at a waterfront restaurant eating organic and about your personal achievements online, people WANT to read sustainably farmed smoked salmon on a bed of lettuce farmed by about your achievements. children in Africa who have been adopted by Brangelina’s school for the gifted and talented #nofilter #bestfriends #hotgirls #sun Have I ever posted about my personal achievements? Hell. Yes. #sky #sydney. There have been times in my life where I did something I was proud of and wanted to share it with a big group of people. I’ve always But I’m still going to like your photo. Because I am all about being received supportive responses too, which shows how sharing your a supportive friend while I’m procrastinating, trying to understand achievements with others can be a really positive experience. how you can do this with a million and one essays to write.

Of course there are boundaries. It’s a thin line between inspiring I think everyone deep down knows that no one has the life they a ‘like’ sharing your excitement, and causing such annoyance that say they have on Instagram or Facebook. So why are we lying to your post gets screen shot and spread around at your expense. ourselves? Why are we constantly updating the lie that we are living Whilst I’d be excited to read about how you got a new job, baked a the life of a celebrity when really we are all just sleep deprived uni cheesecake from scratch or ran the City2Surf, no one wants to see students on the lookout for the next free food stall?As Alexa Chung you rub in the HD you got on your last assignment. once said: ‘No one is as happy as they seem on Instagram.’

Overall, it is completely fine to share personal achievements on Posting your achievements on Facebook is ok, but only if you’ve Facebook. I want to see what cool things you’ve been up to – I’ll got your priorities right. Getting a new job= ok. Not being that hung probably throw you a like too! over after getting more than tipsy last night: not ok. GLORIAMYOUNG.TUMBLR.COM ILLUSTRATION BY GLORIA MYOUNG MYOUNG GLORIA BY ILLUSTRATION

12 BLITZ MAG MODEL STUDENTSBY CYNTHIA ISKANDAR

Tahj Angel Sheehan Natassja

Landscape Architecture Journalism Master of Commerce (Marketing) Commerce/Arts

You’re wearing: You’re wearing: You’re wearing: You’re wearing: Wrangler denim jacket, H&M black Supre top, Target long sweater COS flannel shirt and tee, Weekdays Valleygirl cardigan, Cotton On t-shirt polo, Zara wax denim backpack, cardigan, ASOS skirt, Zara boots. I black denim shorts from Berlin, and leggings, Zara side zip boots and Wrangler black jeans, Adidas think my belt is Dotti and my socks Converse black leather hi tops, Ray- Collette bag. Superstars and a Cartier Love are from Sportsgirl. My gem necklace Ban Clubmaster in aluminum/gold. bracelet in yellow gold. and rings are from the UNSW Arc You in three words: You in three words: Flea Markets. Tall, sarcastic, introvert. Stressed over exams. You in three words: You in three words: Fun, sassy, bitchy. Your most treasured item: Preppy, sassy, chic. Your most treasured item: My bed. Definitely. I spent a lot of I’m going to be materialistic and say Your most treasured item: Your most treasured item: money on my bed. When I moved my phone. I use it a lot and when MY CAT! My beautiful puss, because This black skirt from Zara I got in here I decided the days are going to you don’t have it…yeah. I love her, bro. She has her own IG @ Singapore with a zip that goes all the be long and hard and if I’m not out chikitaphapakdy – make sure you way from top to bottom. It’s really I’m going to be on my bed. Your fashion inspiration: follow her. convenient; you can take it off in Probably the style of Kendall Jenner one zip. Your fashion inspiration: because it’s simplistic and I like Your fashion inspiration: The model Francisco Lachowski things simple. I dress how I feel. I AM the fashion Your fashion inspiration: from Brazil. He’s married now and inspiration. Nah, today I woke up Essie Button on YouTube (Estée has a little son. His IG is @chico_ and thought I’m Kylie Jenner. Bro, I Lalonde). She has a Scandinavian lachowski. Chico is actually his son’s don’t even like Kylie Jenner. minimalist look. I really strive to look name…I know too much about like her but I literally can’t. this haha.

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Listen to music Plan and prepare Listening to your favourite music and belting it out Organisation is key. By seeing everything you have is proven to reduce stress, so whether it’s 1D or due on a calendar it allows you to plan easily, and Whitney, a bit of Iggy or Bruno turn up the stereo not have a night-before freak out. Mr Pimp Good Game and forget about everything that’s due – it’s only @MrPimpGoodGame three minutes of your day. Have you ever gone on Instagram and been bored by the same monotonous uploads of shameless selfies, inspirational quotes and fancy milkshakes. WELL THEN…I have no solution for you…but check out MrPimpGoodGame anyway and wake up everyday to the most amazing selfie game you have ever seen – so good he puts that girl on your facebook who changes her DP to a different selfie every week to shame.

Pakalu Papito Buy a fluffy animal Do hot yoga @pakalupapito Alive or not, it doesn’t matter. Seriously, have you Here you will not sweat the small stuff. You will seen them. So cute. Much cute. More cute than sweat litres and litres of water that you didn’t even Let’s face it single people. We’re all going to be this essay. CUDDLE TIME. know your body had. Seriously your eyeballs will forever alone, let’s at least embrace it. Pakalu be sweating. Papito is a fictional indian convenience store clerk who uses amazing puns and irreverent Don’t miss Stress Less Week in W10. humor all based on the #SingleFeels. Who needs Check out facebook.com/ArcUNSW for more info. bae when you have Pakalu?

BLITZ MAG 15 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 10-12 free yoga 10-11 bike n blend 10-12 free yoga

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WHAT’S ON UNSW 21 SEP - 11 OCT

After all the tireless assignments are out of the way, it’s time to treat yourself to some sweet winding down. And what better way than to hit it off old school.

Try taking a dose of The Great Gatsby’s extravagant 1920s parties and another dose of James Bond’s Casino Royale and you will get the Roundhouse’s Mid Session ‘Prohibition’ Party.

Welcome to the roaring 20s with endless riches and champagne. You will be treated to the best beats by live DJs and scoring at the ‘casino’ tables.

As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said: ‘so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back WHERE: Roundhouse ceaselessly into the past.’ So lay your cards right and be there in your best Daisy Buchanan or WHEN: 8pm, 24 September Jay Gatsby get-up and jazz up with your fanciest PRICE: $10 (+ Booking Fee) flapper dresses, pearls, top hats and suits. MORE INFO: facebook.com/UNSWRoundhouse VERDICT: A little party never killed nobody BY NADIA YEO TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 10-12 free yoga 10-11 bike n blend 10-12 free yoga Pokémon Trivia

12-1 adult colouring in 10-3 free fairy floss 12-1 how to deal It’s time to dust off your GameBoy and get your Master free popcorn with stress Ball’s out, the UNSW Roundhouse is hosting a Pokémon 1-3 free massages free chai lattes Trivia Night and even Ash Ketchup will be there! free bubble wrap 1-3 free massages 10-3 free fairy floss free lolly bags You’ll have to study up on your Pokédex and the regions of Kanto if you have any hope of coming home with a prize. Do free popcorn bake sale 10-3 free fairy floss you know the difference between Pidgeotto and Fearow? free chai lattes RSPCA toy sale free popcorn free bubble wrap free chai lattes candle stall Or what would happen if you gave a thunderstone to the free lolly bags free bubble wrap elusive Eevee? bake sale 10-3 lawn games free lolly bags RSPCA toy sale bake sale We all know the original 150 were the best, let’s be honest RSPCA toy sale We’re here. here Call us. to hear Charmander is ridic cute and Bulbasaur was practically the 10-3 lawn games candle stall after-hours student helpline first leader of the Australian Greens party. And who could inflatable twister WHERE: Roundhouse forget Nidorina and Nidoran whose skin colour has been 10-3 lawn games WHEN: 6pm, 22 September challenging gender stereotypes since 1995. throwback Thurs 9385 4832 PRICE: Free prize wheel Now operating 9pm-7am Every trainer and gym leader in the land is invited to arc.unsw.edu.au every night during semester MORE INFO: facebook.com/ attend, so get yourself out of Pallet Town and on the road to UNSWRoundhouse becoming a true Pokémon Master. heretohear.arc.unsw.edu.au VERDICT: Gotta catch ‘em all! BY LYNDON CHRISTIE BLITZ MAG 17 WHAT’S ON WEEK 9

Arc FLEA MARKETS POKÉMON TRIVIA

Bike-ology 12-2pm @ TKC Balcony (Outside Arc Reception) MON SEP 21 Get pedaling over to the Bike-ology workshop and WED SEP 23 pimp yo’ ride... and by pimp yo’ ride we mean finally Stationery Reuse fix your bell. Stationery Reuse 10am-4pm @ Stationery Reuse Centre, Quad 10am-4pm @ Stationery Reuse Centre, Quad Building Building There’s free stationery on campus. Yep, enough said. Free Bingo Who could say no to a free folder? 1pm @ Roundhouse Make like a pensioner and scream BINGO! Campus Bible Study Tea Society Weekly Gathering 1-2pm @ Matthews B 11am-1pm @ Colombo House Foyer People of Colour Collective Meeting Sip on a cuppa with friends. Rumour has it they have 1-2pm @ Arc Precinct an assortment of teas to taste. Yum. Choreography Class 2-3pm @ Arc Dance Studio Learn how to choreograph your own break and hip Campus Bible Study Free Quad Games hop routines with the D2MG Hip Hop Society. Find 1-2pm @ Physics Theatre 12-2pm @ Quad Lawn out more at facebook.com/d2mg.hiphop.unsw Ignore those W9 readings and have some fun with the Arc Street Team. There’ll be games, competitions The White House Happy Hour and best of all free food. Free Ping Pong 4-5pm @ The White House 2-8pm @ Roundhouse The fanciest bar on campus at its cheapest. Don’t forget your sweatbands and visor. Shit’s going Free Giant Games down at Ping Pong. 1-3pm@ Roundhouse Free Poker Embrace your inner child and take on the giant games at the Roundhouse. It’s guaranteed to be 5pm @ Roundhouse more fun than your Wednesday arvo lecture. The White House Happy Hour It’s sure to be a FULL HOUSE at poker so make sure 4-5pm @ The White House you go STRAIGHT there. Kick off the week with a deliciously cheap drink. Popping Dance Class Advanced Salsa Class 2-3pm @ Arc Dance Studio Free Trivia Pick up some moves to pull out on the dance floor 5pm @ Level 3, Webster with the D2MG Hip Hop Society. Find out more at 5pm @ Roundhouse Show off your salsa skills and move those hips at facebook.com/d2mg.hiphop.unsw In Friends what word did Rachel misspell on her this class with the Latin Dance Society. It’s $10 for Arc resume? members and you can find out more at facebook. com/latindanceunsw Social Soccer Game Roundhouse Happy Hour 2.30pm @ Village Green SAM Seminars Series: The Sublime Come and play a casual game of soccer with the 5-6pm @ Roundhouse UNSW Social Soccer Society. Whether you can You made it through Monday. Reward yourself. 5pm @ Webster 327 bend it like Beckham or have two left feet you’re Catch a free talk on ‘The Sublime: A Scientific guaranteed to have a good time. Theory’ with the SAM Seminars Series. Find out more at sam.arts.unsw.edu.au/events Free Pool TUE SEP 22 Roundhouse Happy Hour 3-5pm @ Roundhouse Get husslin’ and have a shot at pool... just be careful 5-6pm @ Roundhouse not to sink the cue ball. Stationery Reuse Sip on a cheap bevvie with mates to wrap up 10am-4pm @ Stationery Reuse Centre, Tuesday. QuadBuilding Fulfil your ultimate stationery fantasy and snag The White House Happy Hour some free stuff. Boo yeah. Free Live Acoustic Music: Alex Johnson 4-5pm @ The White House 5-6pm @ Roundhouse End hump day with friends. Kick back with some sweet acoustic tunes. Arc Flea Markets 10am-5pm @ International Square Queer Collective Meeting Sort through a treasure trove of preloved and MODsoc Dance Team 4-6pm @ Level 9, Chemical Engineering handmade items to find a bargain. 6pm @ Marsh Room Roundhouse Try out your best moves and attend an open dance rehearsal with MODsoc. Roundhouse Double Happy Hour Cheer Soc Bake Sale 5-7pm @ Roundhouse 10.30am onwards @ Library Lawn Enjoy double the fun with Double Happy Hour. Nibble on some delicious baked goods with Cheer UNSW Policy Society Meeting Soc. Yum. 6pm @ Main Library Discuss an area of policy at the Policy Society’s Free Open Mic Night weekly meeting. More details are available at 7pm @ The White House Veggie Soc Lunch facebook.com/unswpolicy Have you got the guts to step up to the mic? 12-2pm @ Roundhouse Precinct Bring your singing out of the shower and into the Channel your inner herbivore and munch on a plate spotlight. of vegetarian or vegan food for only $6. Pokémon Trivia 6pm @ Roundhouse Grab your Pokeball, charge your Game Boy and come down to the Roundhouse to battle it out. PULL ME OUT AND TAKE ME WITH YOU!

MID SESSION PROHIBITION PARTY AUSTRALIAN UNIGAMES

Mambo for Miles BISTRO SPECIAL WEEK 9 7.30pm @ Io Myers Studio THU SEP 24 Catch this musical blend of Latin Conjunto and the contemporary Jazz Orchestra. Find out more at sam. Stationery Reuse arts.unsw.edu.au/events 10am-4pm @ Stationery Reuse Centre, Quad Building Sift through to find free stationery gold. Mid Session Prohibition Party 8pm @ Roundhouse Frock up and party like it’s the roaring 20s. Find out Enviro Collective Meeting more at facebook.com/UNSWRoundhouse 11am-1pm @ Arc Precinct

Women’s Collective Meeting 12-1pm @ Women’s Room (Arc Precinct) FRI SEP 25 Bike-ology Women of Colour Collective Meeting 12-2pm @ TKC Balcony (Outside Arc Reception) 10-11am @ Arc Precinct ASSORTED Sing Queen as you learn the tricks of the trade at the Bike-ology workshop. TORTILLAS $9 Stationery Reuse 10am-4pm @ Stationery Reuse Centre, Quad Campus Bible Study Talk Building 1-2pm @ Webster B Forgot your pen? No problem. The Stationery Reuse Centre has got you covered. DRINKS SPECIAL WEEK 9 Education Collective Meeting Social Soccer Game 1pm@ Arc Precinct 2.30pm @ Village Green End the week with a casual kick around. All skill Hip Hop Dance Class levels are welcome so there’s no excuse for not 5 SEEDS JUGS having some fun with the Social Soccer Society. 2-3pm @ Arc Dance Studio $14 Prep for that next dance battle with the D2MG Hip Hop Society. Find out more at facebook.com/d2mg. The White House Happy Hour hiphop.unsw 4-5pm @ The White House You made it through W9 and it’s finally mid semester Breaking Class break. Celebrate! 3-4pm @ Arc Dance Studio Learn how to break it down without breaking your Roundhouse Double Happy Hour face with the D2MG Hip Hop Society. Find out more at facebook.com/d2mg.hiphop.unsw 5-7pm @ Roundhouse It’s finally Friday! Live it up at Double Happy Hour. The White House Double Happy Hour Free DJ: Mowgli May The Roundhouse encourages the Responsible Service of Alcohol 4-6pm @ The White House 5pm @ Roundhouse *Not available during major events Ah yes, there’s nothing like Double Happy Hour to Oh it’s a banger. Welcome the weekend with some top off Thursday. good music.

Roundhouse Happy Hour 5-6pm @ Roundhouse Cheap drinks. You shouldn’t need any more convincing. MID SEM BREAK Australian Unigames BLITZ Free Live Music: John Clancy Band 27 September to 2 October @ Gold Coast 5pm @ Roundhouse Beergarden Compete against students from all over Australia in PICK OF THE WEEK Pair your Happy Hour beverage with some killer your chosen sport. Shout out to all the Lawn Bowls tunes. competitors. MID SESSION PROHIBITION PARTY Acoustic Sessions:Oliver Goss It’s time to welcome the mid 5-7pm @ The White House semester break we’ve all Unwind with the acoustic tunes of Oliver Goss. been praying for and what better way than with a 20s MODsoc Dance Team Prohibition Party. 6pm @ Marsh Room Roundhouse Groove with MODsoc at this open dance rehearsal for students of all dance levels. WHAT’S ON WEEK 10

ADULT COLOURING IN AMERICAN DINER

STRESS LESS WEEK The White House Happy Hour Free Goodies and Lawn Games 4-5pm @ The White House 10am-3pm @Quad You’ve been waiting for it all day and it’s finally here Stress Less Week has endless fun for your Wednesday. Pick up free fairyfloss, popcorn, chai lattes, lollybags and even bubble wrap. There’ll MON LABOUR DAY Free Poker also be lawn games, a candle stall, a bake sale Ease into W10 with a day off. 5pm @ Roundhouse and inflatable twister. Check out facebook.com/ Fake it ‘til you make it at poker. ArcUNSW for more info. Advanced Salsa Class RSPCA Toy Sale 5pm @ Level 3, Webster 10am-3pm @TBC Show off your salsa skills and move those hips at Support this initiative run by Volunteer Army. Check TUE OCT 6 this class with the Latin Dance Society. It’s $10 for Arc out facebook.com/ArcUNSW for more info. members and you can find out more at facebook. Free Yoga com/latindanceunsw Stationery Reuse 10am-12pm @ TBC 10am-4pm @ Stationery Reuse Centre, Quad Get stretching and start off W10 with a clear mind Building with Stress Less Week yoga. Check out facebook. Roundhouse Happy Hour com/ArcUNSW for more info. 5-6pm @ Roundhouse Picking up free stationery is basically studying, right? Nothing makes you happy like a cheap beer with Free Goodies and Lawn Games mates to finish off a long Tuesday. Tea Society Weekly Gathering 10am-3pm @Quad 11am-1pm @ Colombo House Foyer Stress Less Week has got you covered on your first Free Live Acoustic Music: Aliyah Take a break from those Wednesday lectures and day back. Pick up free fairyfloss, popcorn, chai 5-7pm @ Roundhouse Beergarden unwind with some tea and good company. lattes, lollybags and even bubble wrap. There’ll also Sip a beer and enjoy live tunes with your mates be lawn games and inflatable twister. Check out Free Giant Games facebook.com/ArcUNSW for more info. UNSW Policy Society Meeting 1-3pm @ Roundhouse 6pm @ Main Library Building a giant Jenga tower is definitely more fun RSPCA Toy Sale Discuss an area of policy at the Policy Society’s than that Wednesday arvo tute. 10am-3pm @TBC weekly meeting. More details are available at Support this initiative run by Volunteer Army. Check facebook.com/unswpolicy Social Soccer Game out facebook.com/ArcUNSW for more info. 2.30pm @ Village Green Beginners/Intermediate Salsa Class A casual kick around is the perfect way to get Stationery Reuse 6pm @ Level 3, Webster through hump day. Come and play a game of soccer 10am-4pm @ Stationery Reuse Centre, Give salsa a try with this class from the Latin Dance with the UNSW Social Soccer Society. It’s guaranteed Quad Building Society. It’s $10 for Arc members and even better to be funner than that afternoon tute. Save your coins and avoid splurging on stationery. than the dip! You can find out more at facebook. com/latindanceunsw .Free Pool Adult Colouring In 3-5pm @ Roundhouse 12-1pm @ Stationery Reuse Centre, MODsoc Dance Team Take a shot and show off your pool skills. Quad Building 6pm @ Marsh Room Roundhouse Who said colouring in is only for children? Get stuck Groove with MODsoc at this open dance rehearsal The White House Happy Hour in to your fave past time with a session of colouring for students of all levels. Find out more at facebook. in for Stress Less Week. com/MODsoc-Ministry-of-Dance-UNSW 4-5pm @ The White House Happy hump day! Top it off with a cold drink Veggie Soc Lunch American Diner 12-2pm @ Roundhouse Precinct 7pm @ Roundhouse BeerGarden Queer Collective Meeting Please your mother by getting your daily veggie Feel like Sandy and Danny with classic American 4-6 pm @ Level 9, Chemical Engineering intake and grabbing a plate of vegetarian or vegan Diner food and a movie in the BeerGarden. food for only $6. Roundhouse Double Happy Hour 5-7pm @ Roundhouse Bike-ology A cheap drink will go down perfectly with the live 12-2pm @ TKC Balcony (Outside Arc Reception, tunes. off Basser Steps) Ride over to the Bike-ology workshop to fix your bike WED OCT 7 and pick up some new skills. Free Live Music: Jae Haydon Amazing Race 5-7pm @ Roundhouse Free Bingo TBC @ Roundhouse Rock out with your mates and a Double Happy Hour 1pm @ Roundhouse Compete in UNSW’s very own Amazing Race and go beverage. Oh yeah. It’s competitive. It’s intense. It’s Bingo. in the running for some awesome prizes. Free Open Mic Night People of Colour Collective Meeting Bike N Blend 7pm @ The White House 1-2pm @ Arc Precinct 10-11am @TBC So you can belt out Shake It Off in the car but can Be sure to catch all the Stress Less Week fun. Check you step up to the mic? Warm up those vocal chords Free Massages out facebook.com/ArcUNSW for more info. and show off your skills (or lack there of). 1-3pm @ TBC What better way to unwind than with a free American Diner massage? Check out facebook.com/ArcUNSW for 7pm @ Roundhouse BeerGarden more info. Feel like Sandy and Danny with classic American Diner food and a movie in the BeerGarden.

PULL ME OUT AND TAKE ME WITH YOU!

FREE YOGA FREE MASSAGES

Roundhouse Happy Hour BISTRO SPECIAL WEEK 10 5-6pm @ Roundhouse THU OCT 8 Get rid of that loose change and top off your day Free Yoga with a drink. 10am-12pm @ TBC Get stretching and start off W10 with a clear mind Free Live Music: Deevs with Stress Less Week yoga. Check out facebook. 5-7pm @ Roundhouse BeerGarden com/ArcUNSW for more info. Rock out to some great live music.

Free Goodies and Lawn Games Acoustic Sessions: Kieran Smith 10am-3pm @Quad 5-7pm @ The White House Don’t miss out on the fun of Stress Less Week. Pick Thursday is almost Friday, right? up free fairyfloss, popcorn, chai lattes, lollybags and even bubble wrap. There’ll also be lawn games, a MODsoc Dance Team candle stall, a bake sale and a ThrowBack Thursday Prize Wheel to win some sweet free stuff. Check out 6pm @ Marsh Room Roundhouse facebook.com/ArcUNSW for more info. Try out your best moves and attend an open dance rehearsal with MODsoc. MARGARITA RSPCA Toy Sale American Diner 10am-3pm @TBC 7pm @ Roundhouse BeerGarden PIZZA $9 Support this initiative run by Volunteer Army. Check out facebook.com/ArcUNSW for more info. Feel like Sandy and Danny with classic American Diner food and a movie in the BeerGarden.

Stationery Reuse 10am-4pm @ Stationery Reuse Centre, Quad Building DRINKS SPECIAL WEEK 10 Need a new notebook? The Stationery Reuse Centre has got you covered. FRI OCT 9

Enviro Collective Meeting Stationery Reuse 11am-1pm @ Arc Precinct 10am-4pm @ Stationery Reuse Centre, Quad COCKTAIL JUG Building Get inspired for that essay with some new, free $11 ‘How To Deal With Stress’ Talk stationery. 12-1pm @ TBC Go along to the ‘How To Deal With Stress’ Talk and learn how to minimise those end of semester Women of Colour Collective Meeting worries with Stress Less Week. Check out facebook. 10-11am @ Arc Reception (Arc Precinct, off Basser com/ArcUNSW for more info. Steps)

Women’s Collective Meeting Social Soccer Game 12-1pm @ Women’s Room (Arc Precinct, off 2.30pm @ Village Green Basser Steps) Have a shot at social soccer. All levels of skill are welcome. Bike-ology 12-2pm @ TKC Balcony (Outside Arc Reception, The White House Happy Hour The Roundhouse encourages the Responsible Service of Alcohol off Basser Steps) 4-5pm @ The White House *Not available during major events Flat tyre? Broken chain? No problem. Bike-ology You made it to the end of W8. Enjoy. will help you out and teach you some tricks along the way. Roundhouse Double Happy Hour 5-7pm @ Roundhouse Education Collective Meeting Oh yeah. The best Happy Hour of the week has 1pm @ Arc Reception arrived and the Roundhouse has made it a double. Free Massages Free DJ: House Bear BLITZ 1-3pm @ TBC 5pm onwards @ Roundhouse What better way to unwind than with a free Get grooving and welcome the weekene. PICK OF THE WEEK massage? Check out facebook.com/ArcUNSW for more info. BakeSoc Bake Class: Truffle Decoration STRESS LESS WEEK 6pm @ Roundhouse Breaking Class Tie on your apron and learn how to decorate truffles 3-4pm @ Arc Dance Studio to perfection. Find out more at facebook.com/ The end of semester is Learn how to break it down without breaking your unswbakesoc. approaching but there’s face with the D2MG Hip Hop Society. Find out more no need to fret. Free your at facebook.com/d2mg.hiphop.unsw American Diner 7pm @ Roundhouse BeerGarden mind and beat assessment The White House Double Happy Hour Feel like Sandy and Danny with classic American 4-6pm @ The White House pressures with fun at Stress It’s everyone’s favourite two hours and almost Friday Diner food and a movie in the BeerGarden. Less Week. so celebrate. AROUND TOWN: WHAT’S ON SYDNEY AP A E $ H $

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ART AFTER HOUSE Where: Art Gallery Road, The Domain When: Until 10pm, every Wednesday night Cost: Free More info: artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art-after- hours Got a free Wednesday night and nothing to do? Then grab your mates and head to the Art Gallery of NSW, which holds a range of free social and cultural events. Until 10pm, Art After Hours offers a regular round of live music, lectures, celeb talks, film screenings (we could go on and on, really). On 23 September, become a mixologist with a cocktail making class, or share some late night laughs with comedy hotshot Ronny Chieng. Now who said art galleries were boring? Image source: cantonteaco.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/shutterstock_948318-SMALL.jpg source: Image

PARTY Malaysia Festival FIESTA DARLING HARBOUR Ever wondered why your Malaysian friends use the word WHERE: Pyrmont Bay Park Where: Darling Harbour ‘lah’ at the end of every sentence? Keen on seeing Malay, Chinese and Indian wedding traditions? Wonder what Teh WHEN: 12pm-9pm, 27 September When: 3-4 October Tarik and Nasi Lemak is? Well you don’t have to travel 4112 PRICE: Free Cost: Free miles to find out. MORE INFO: malaysiafest.com.au More Info: darlingharbour.com/whats-on/ fiesta/ VERDICT: Satay-licious This year’s Malaysia Festival (MFest) is to become its best Sydney’s biggest annual celebration of Latino one yet as it celebrates its Silver Jubilee. Expect bigger, movies, music, dance and food is back. Pump better and bolder than ever before, as this year is sure to make an impact in Sydney’s cultural hub. some divertido (fun) and free entertainment into your October long weekend as some of the Come and be serenaded by the sweet tunes of one of Malaysia’s rock legends, Amy Search, while you hottest local and international Latino bands, check out the many cultural activities. Rock a cool tattoo at the Henna painting booth that uses traditional DJs, dance acts and delicious food bring even Indian temporary and natural ink. And of course, there will be food. No festival is complete without some more life to the city’s celebration precinct. You’ll scrumptious food in hand for that ultimate Instagram post. Malaysia prides itself on its local cuisine that is get to embrace your sultry side, with outdoor rich and complex in flavor. There will be around 20 stalls to sample the goodness. dancing under the spring stars at Darling Quarter from 6pm. Then, kick back and relax Come along and be a part of Sydney’s largest Malaysian cultural event. Last year the event attracted around with free flicks from ‘the best of’ the Sydney 30,000 people so it’s sure to be a big one. Latin American Film Festival, showing on a big outdoor screen from 7:15. Si amigo? Sí. BY JANELLE TAI UNSW CREATIVE

STUART RYAN

Blitz’s Hope William-Smith caught up What instrument did you start out with before What secret talents do you have? UNSW music student and percussionist you moved into being a percussionist? I have perfect pitch. It’s been extremely useful to Stuart Ryan. I started out on piano up until my HSC. I’ve been me in my musical career. I also really love writing learning percussion since I was 9 but only after my music. I’m kind of boring non-musical-talent-wise What is it about music that you love? HSC did it take on much more significance. I also though, I don’t really leave myself enough time to I’ve always been around music, my mum is an played bass clarinet in my high school concert get good at anything else. accompanist and piano teacher so there was band because they needed one so why not? always music at home while I was growing up. It was kind of inevitable that I would love music.

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT RAPID FIRE Do you get nervous when you perform? “ Drink of choice? Absolutely. I’ve always had a hand tremor which STANDING IN FRONT OF A FULL Iced chocolate. can get worse under the slightest stress, or if ORCHESTRA AND BEING REALLY it’s early morning, or the stars aren’t aligning Favourite way to exercise? correctly, or my hands just feel like being “EXPOSED THAT MAKES FOR A Moving percussion from one end of UNSW to annoying. Although I’m generally getting better the other... then back again. with nerves, it still can be a major problem. The VERY INTENSE EXPERIENCE. times when I’m least nervous are when I manage Describe yourself in three words: to pretend that I’m completely emotionally How do you stay focused and organised with all Quiet, creative and open. uninvested, or if I’ve already performed the piece your music and instruments as a percussionist? several times and I really do know it backwards. I guess you just learn to juggle lots of things at Where would you like to be right now? once and multitask. Classical orchestra music isn’t A Viennese cafe. What are the best performances you’ve too bad in terms of running around, most of the particpated in? time you stay on the one instrument, but modern I’ve had great experiences both inside and outside orchestra and wind band (and brass band) pieces BY HOPE WILLIAM-SMITH the uni. I played the snare part in Ravel’s Bolero in can get quite complicated. It’s just another skill my first year with the orchestra which was much you pick up, being able to plan ahead, while more enjoyable than you might think. Outside uni playing, to what you’ll have to do in a few bars. there are too many things I do to list (like playing in musicals, operas, and many other orchestras/ What’s your most memorable experience? bands), but the upcoming ones I’m most excited Probably the concertos I’ve done. There’s about are playing Steve Reich’s Music for 18 something about standing in front of a full Musicians in a few weeks and playing a concerto orchestra, being really exposed and with the Sydney Youth Orchestra next year, having in control of the piece, that makes for a very recently won their competition. intense experience.

BLITZ MAG 23

RECENTLY IN SCIENCE BY SARAH WU

Space-grown salad eaten for the first time

For the first time astronauts can enjoy red romaine lettuce grown on the International Space Station. Half the leaves will be cleaned with sanitising wipes containing citric acid before being served and the other half are being sent back to Earth.

Scientists use the power of acoustics for real-life levitation

Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have found a way to use sound waves to float droplets of liquid in what looks like a cool party trick – except it’s more than that. The real benefits are for the pharmaceutical industry. Sound waves can help scientists see how drugs react in a solution with minimal contact.

LG Display unveils incredible new flexible televisions

Your next TV could be paper-thin, 55 inches wide and weigh less than 2kg thanks to LG’s new flexible TV panel – all while still offering high definition. The best bit? You can roll it up or stick it up on a curved wall with magnets!

STRUGGLE STREET

TAKING LAZINESS TO A NEW LEVEL BY YAEL BRENDER

The theme of this issue of Blitz is sport. In my Making plans with a bona fide lazy-bones is a thing While other people are majoring in stuff like opinion, people who actually like sport are divided that should only be attempted by someone who ‘Science’ and ‘English’, we Laziness Experts major into two distinct categories: those who live to play has experience in the area of social interaction in something called ‘I’m Not Doing That.’ We it and those who live to watch it. And by watch it, with lazy people. Being on time is a joke. That’s get HDs almost every time. Prescribed electives I mean put the TV on one of the channels that has because Laziness Experts’ best friend is their include eating in bed, reaching for stuff and sport on it then lie down on the couch with one couch, whom they occasionally cheat on with the laughing at people who do exercise. Optional eye shut, with an esky and a determination not to bed (or someone else’s bed), and getting up from electives include ordering stuff on the internet move unless it’s 100% necessary. This is dedicated on top of their best friend is way, way harder than so that you don’t have to leave the house to go to all those wonderfully lazy humans that fall into it looks. Other things that are harder than they shopping and randomly bursting out with life- the latter category - my brothers and sisters in look: getting dressed, finding shoes, finding your affirming statements, such as, ‘THERE IS NOTHING laziness. Some call them couch potatoes. I call keys, finding the front door and finding the will to I ENJOY MORE THAN SITTING ON MY ASS.’ And we them Laziness Experts. leave the house. really mean it.

BLITZ MAG 25 EXCHANGE DIARIES

Blitz tracked down UNSW media as an addition. It’s pretty disgusting but it’s the Did you brave a Canadian winter? student Georgie Meredith to chat about ultimate drunk food. I didn’t even know what winter was until I arrived studying abroad at McGill University in in Canada. I landed in Montreal on New Years Montreal, Canada. What surprised you about Montreal? Eve where it was a mild -27ºC and remained at The community that’s been formed by the sub-zero temperatures for a good two months. I What university did you go to in Montreal? students at McGill. Students have such pride for actually remember the first day it was above 0ºC I studied at McGill University in Montreal. It’s their school and genuinely love getting involved – I’ve never seen so many people outside before. main campus is this gorgeous, old building that in everything they do whether it’s playing It sounds unbearable but it was so different from looks like a castle in the centre of the city, and all football or being part of the theatre society. The what I’m used to and made the warmer months the faculties are spread out among little terrace city is buzzing with young people meaning that there even more enjoyable. buildings along the streets. everything is cheap and easily accessible. Every single one of the beautiful little houses around the Any tips for students going on exchange? Why did you decide on Montreal for exchange? campus are occupied by students of the university Don’t just think about living on campus or in I’d never been to North America before, but meaning there’s always a party or something fun international accommodation. I moved into a the idea of going to a European city was also going on. house with four Canadian girls who became my appealing. Montreal fell perfectly in-between the best friends – we literally did everything together two in terms of culture and lifestyle so I thought: What’s the biggest challenge you’ve faced and through them I made so many other friends, why not? I initially knew nothing about the city or while on exchange? all of whom are Canadian. Don’t hesitate, just do Canada itself so had no expectations or any idea Having to leave. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so at it. You can travel any time you like but you can what to expect. I can safely say that choosing to home in a different country before. I also don’t never study and live with students like you can on study in Montreal is the single best decision I’ve think I’ve cried as much as I did in the cab leaving a university exchange. No matter where you go ever made. for the airport. you will have an incredible experience.

What’s been your favourite tourist activity? There’s been so many it’s hard to choose. Getting RAPID FIRE to sit front row of a New York Knicks game in I DON’T THINK I’VE EVER FELT Madison Square Garden was so much fun. Hiking Exchange in three words:

through Banff National Park in Canada was SO AT HOME IN A DIFFERENT Kappa Kappa Timber. out of this world. And scuba diving among the

shipwrecks off Barbados’ Carlisle Bay was just “COUNTRY BEFORE. I ALSO DON’T Ice hockey or lacrosse? insanely beautiful. “ Beer pong? THINK I’VE CRIED AS MUCH AS What’s the craziest thing you’ve gotten up to Your opinion of maple syrup? while abroad? I DID IN THE CAB LEAVING FOR It will always and forever be better in Canada. The McGill Winter Carnival, 2015. It’s kind of like Unigames but without the sport. I don’t think I THE AIRPORT. Have you started adding ‘eh’ to the end of can say much more than that. It was the most all your sentences? outrageous seven days of my life and a hell of an How’s your French? Did you have to speak I swear it comes naturally now. introduction to life at McGill. French at all? My French is pretty limited. Although the city is What’s the weirdest food you’ve eaten? French-speaking, most of the students at McGill Keen to go on exchange? Check out Montreal is famous for a dish called Poutine. It’s are from outside of Quebec and all the classes student.unsw.edu.au/exchange were in English so it was pretty easy to get by French fries and cheese curds smothered in a thick for more info. gravy. A lot of people get smoked meat or bacon without speaking any.

26 BLITZ MAG HEALTH

WELLNESS SERIES BY EMILIE SHARP

It’s getting to that time of semester where your brain needs a little boost; a helping hand to get through the long nights of cramming. Instead of burning out on energy drinks that are packed with sugar, consider some of these brain-boosting foods that are just the right size to sneak into the library as a study snack. Your cranium will thank you for the nourishment when you can remember those vital facts during your next exam.

Avocado It may not seem a likely study snack but FLOURLESS BANANA CAKE avocado on toast is the smartest way to BY MANA OHORI start the day. It’s a powerhouse of a fruit (that’s right folks, it’s fruity in nature) and PREP TIME: 10 MINS is rich in omega-3, omega-6, vitamin E and COOK TIME: 40 MINS DIRECTIONS K and potassium. Combined with some DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM fresh, wholegrain bread, your brain and SERVES: 6 1. Pre-heat oven to 200 ° (180° fan forced). your belly will be thanking you all the way to lunch. For extra yumminess add some 2. Put all dry ingredients in blender and blend grilled haloumi. INGREDIENTS them for 10 seconds until they become coarse powder. Almonds Dry 3. Mush banana with the back of the folk. Though you may need to be rich to buy them, these bad boys are definitely rich in 1 cup rolled oats 4. Add all the other ingredients including blended benefits. They’re a great source of protein, powders from 1. 1 cup desiccated coconut or coconut flakes zinc and vitamin B6 and E which all help 5. Mix well. to boost your energy, repair brain cells and 1 tsp baking powder slow down the ageing of brain cells that 6. Transfer the mixture into a cake tin with baking impact memory. paper lined. Sprinkle some nuts on top. Wet 7. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes. Blueberries 2-3 ripe bananas Small but powerful, researchers have 8. Eat while it’s hot or toasted the next day 2 eggs found that binging on a bowl of blueberries with butter. in the morning can boost your memory 100g butter or coconut oil and concentration up to five hours later. 2 tsp cinnamon powder Full of antioxidants, they will help improve TIPS the communication between neurons, 1 handful sultanas improving memory, learning and all 1 handful nuts (walnuts, cashews, pecans) You can slice one banana into coins instead of cognitive function. mushing them all. It will melt as you bake it inside Brown sugar (optional) the bread. For all things health and fitness check out sport.arc.unsw.edu.au All the ingredients are available at Thoughtful Foods, Get more health hacks from a volunteer-run organic food co-op providing ethical, minimally Emilie by following her packaged, affordable whole foods on campus. on Instagram @emsharp24 Find out more at thoughtfulfoods.org.au

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Gayby Baby As If! Yuck

Directed by Maya Newell By Jen Chaney By Alpine

Maya Newell’s feature film debut, the crowd- ICYMI, Clueless is an adult now, having turned 20 Alpine wins the most misleading album title funded documentary Gayby Baby (2015) follows last month. Ugh, as if! Cher’s iconic catchphrase of the year with Yuck. The album hints at the lives of four kids, Gus, Ebony, Matt and is also the name of this book, and boy, oh boy, ecstatic pop but reigns in the excitement, Graham, whose parents all happen to be gay. As it’s a 10/10. Would recommend this book to maintaining a cruisy and laidback persona. Airy each child wrestles with the inevitable personal anyone who is, like, totally butt-crazy over vocals continue to be a signature for Alpine, change of growing up, the world around them the movie. complemented by the steady guitars and drums wrestles with the issue of marriage equality, which lie at the very root of their sound. Ratings and whether or not kids of same-sex families In it, Jen Chaney deserves two enthusiastic of Yuck will depend on the listener’s preference are at risk. The film was five years in the making, thumbs up for interviewing the Clueless squad, for consistent, recognisable sounds or new nominated for an AACTA this year and reminds covering everything from the casting process to influences. If you’re okay with well-meant everyone that there is more than one way to why the 1995 classic still endures today. repetition which aims at creating a vibe rather make a family. than music to theorise upon, this album is one So, if you ever wondered who else was, like, in to add to your playlist. Gayby Baby is a compelling look at children of the running for Cher and Dionne, As If! has got same-sex couples, as told by the children. It’s a you covered. Okay, and does it cover, like, how Foolish and Damn Baby are sensual tracks, full compassionately made doco that’s ultimately all the movie’s slang came about? Yep, As If! has the of dreamy lust. The innocent-sounding vocalists about our similarities and not our insignificant, answer. Sweet, and does it, like, cover the time are anything but hilariously dirty minded surface differences. The best part of the doco Cher and Tai made a cameo at the Val party? Uh individuals who love to swear. This contrast is is that it’s funny, heart-warmingly so, with a huh, As If!’s got it. In fact, there’s, like, a chapter unforgettable when watching them perform charming innocence that only an unscripted dedicated to the key scenes of the ‘90s gem, so |and getting knocked out by their vivacious on- child can achieve. no sweat, pal! stage personalities.

The vibrant, outgoing personalities of the four Without 90 minutes of iconic amazingness, we Alpine have succeed at delivering chilled out children are at the heart of this fly-on-the-wall, wouldn’t be wearing double plaids, we wouldn’t tunes that any Triple J lover will appreciate largely observational-style documentary. The realise the greatness that is Coolio’s Rollin’ with (myself included). It doesn’t seem fair to film’s underriding message is that two loving my Homies, and this book wouldn’t even exist. restrict the band to indie pop when they are in a parents–ANY two loving parents, whichever And like the movie, the book is such a Betty. gradual process of evolving their sound, even if gender they may be–equates to the best-case only by taking small steps. If you get a chance to scenario for their child. BY RYAN BAUTISTA see the band live, don’t pass it up, on stage the girls dress like David Bowie’s twin sisters Whilst politics obviously play a part, Newell and their running commentary will keep you largely allows the drama to unfold naturally. wildly entertained. Thus, the film is more about traditional parental struggles rather than in-your-face activism. BY EDEN GILLESPIE

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Wayward Pines Season 1 Paper Mario: Sticker Star Joe Mande

FOX Nintendo At The Giant Dwarf

Moving to Wayward Pines would mean getting With the game changing Mario Maker out, what Joe Mande started his show by apologising for your dream white picket fenced home fully better way to indulge your Mario obsession than his lack of jokes. I thought this was an odd thing furnished for free and a comfortable job without with the nostalgic goodness of Paper Mario: to do for someone who makes a living out of needing an interview. The downside, your every Sticker Star? This puzzle-based game is an being funny. movement is monitored by surveillance cameras instant classic complete with enough challenges and microphones and you can never escape its to keep the player engaged for hours on end. ‘I usually walk around a city trying to think of electric walls. jokes. All that I wrote down was that Sydney The blend of both 2D and 3D animation within seems like a nice place to live and there are lots Based on The Wayward Pines Trilogy by Blake the game is a far step away from the usual forms of Asians. More of a racist observation than a Crouch, it follows FBI agent, Ethan Burke and of Mario games. joke,’ he said. his unfortunate fate of being stuck in Wayward Pines. There’s no way out as he tries to unravel The increased interaction with the toad people He then compared America to a meth addict the mystery behind the town and it’s very within Princess Toadstool’s kingdom is one of because it has its own measurements and odd residents. the games most notable features as it really is super powerful and paranoid. ‘America’s a gives the game a unique flair. The overall style strange place. You realise that after you’re out of Produced by M. Night Shyamalan, the man within the game can only be described as the the country a while,’ he remarked. behind The Sixth Sense, The Last Airbender and cutest depiction of Mario characters to have ever Devil, Wayward Pines scores well with the creep graced my miniature 3DS screen. It was a comedy show with no boundaries. and thrill factor. You will definitely be hooked He talked about his time at Jewish summer with each episode unravelling tantalising The ingenuity of the animations presented camp where an episode of explosive diarrhoea segments of the mystery. There is no reason not in this hand-held game is nothing short of brought him closer to god, after other kids to add this series to your watch list. brilliant. The free-roaming levels, combined blamed the event on a small bear (until they with a completely soothing soundtrack, create found his stained boxer shorts in the bathroom). With the end of Pretty Little Liars and Orphan a charming and engaging video game that Black, it’s time to fill your empty TV schedule deserves plenty of praise. I walked out from the show feeling satisfied and with similar shows with mystery and suspense. giggly. After suffering from a case of the butt So get ready to stay glued to Netflix for 10 full Paper Mario’s method of drastic changes to numbs, my only suggestion is that Giant Dwarf episodes of suspense. gameplay is something to be embraced and replaces their lawn chairs with something softer celebrated. With the release of the re-vamp of on the backside. BY NADIA YEO the paper Mario series, Nintendo truly did create something magical. BY EDEN GILLESPIE

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What sport do you find confusing? I don’t get why people play croquet. It’s a more pretentious version of golf and golf is already pretentious. Do you follow any sport? I’d rather not watch a bunch of sweaty people do activity together. What is your go-to song to de-stress? The DK rap from the game Donkey Kong 64 - the lyrics are simply inspiring. VOX POPS []BY JANELLE TAI Sarah Sharon

Do you find any sport confusing? Do you find any sport confusing? League of Legends. Maybe because it’s not Curling. I have no idea what they are doing. physical. What would be your beverage of choice at Pikachu or Charmander? Unigames? Pikachu because it’s Pikachu. You can’t Gin and tonic. choose Charmander! Do you follow any sport? What is your go-to song to de-stress? Australian Open from start to finish. It’s a No music because I like the music of silence. family affair.

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