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Adelaidean 9 August 99 Vol 8 No 13 ADELAIDEANVol 8 No 13 N EWS F ROM T HE U NIVERSITY O F A DELAIDE AUGUST 9, 1999 Exchange student AF Jenish on The Vice-Chancellor on the University Profile: Professor Jason White and INSIDE 2 Coping with Goethe 3 and the community 6 addiction research University on show for a successful Open Day ABOUT 12,000 people took advantage of Open Day on Sunday 1 August, with crowds flocking to the North Terrace Campus to get a glimpse of university life. The Career & Course Expo held in Bonython Hall was again a big drawcard, and attendances at course information talks were up by about 30% on last year. Other events and displays, such as the Science Trail, Anatomical Sciences, Engineering and the Humanities & Social Sciences were all busy for most of the day. Muffin Mania had the visitors enthralled in Economics, while a taste of a different kind was on hand at the The Bonython Lions got into the spirit of things by wearing gold and blue History of Food & Drink stall, in the lame bows. form of 19th Century-style pies. The Food Technology & Management group also had mouths watering with their tastings of fresh bread. Music delights of all kinds were on offer, from CASM’s mix of traditional and contemporary, to rock band Revolvar, to rehearsals of Elder Con students. With the smell of food and the sound of music in the air, there was plenty to see, do, taste and listen to at Open Day. This robot was a big attraction in Bonython Hall. Dr Gus Nathan discusses Engineering courses with potential students. Professor Purnendra Jain discusses Asian Studies at Open Day. A family takes a keen interest in the skeletons of Samorn the elephant and a giraffe. Scott Lewis from the Adelaide Uni Gliding Club shows This family was intrigued by the Mallee heath dragon on display. eight-year-old Bruce how to fly. Celebrating 1874-1999 125years Food technology — and its results — were on show at Open Day. Approved For Print Post 565001/00046 For Print Post Approved PAGE 2 AUGUST 9, 1999 ADELAIDEAN COMMENTARY COPING WITH GOETHE Bemused by this agreeable Neither is enter- by that we commun- transactions but couldn’t change Adelaide winter sunshine, I find it tainment far away, AF Jenish icated effectively in gears into the bank’s succinct and easy to forgive Goethe; six months whether in the form Exchange student not the universal businesslike language and, looking back in a vastly different form of of student-run pubs, in Germany language of English, pretty stupid, naturally blamed hibernation I was less meals in restaurants but rather the more Goethe; the teller understood and magnanimous. I do blame him for in the narrow alleys circumscribed and smiled tolerantly. my mortification then and the ill- of the old city, ferry rides on the difficult one of German. In the I completed my eight-month stay chosen advice he offered, which I’m lake, or excursions to major cities public arena of shops and offices, and returned in April this year, glad I obstinately refused. and mountain chalets. It does though, I was often made aware grateful to be home, yet immensely The affair began on 30 August last depend to some extent on an with an impatient reply, a glad I persevered and wilfully year when I was on my way, a individual’s budget, as the cost of condescending smile and the small stuck to my study-abroad plan, mature age student and living in Germany is high. nuance of a raised eyebrow, of my while latterly assailed by participant in the exchange The student abroad, though, soon language inadequacies and status homesickness. Not only did I program between the University of senses the absence of a support as a foreigner. This “German complete my degree, but I also Adelaide and the German state of network—often taken for granted language test” is not restricted to lived with the Germans through a Baden-Württemberg, to complete back home—of family, friends, the Germans, as the Swiss and watershed in their history as the the final semester of my Bachelor customs and in my case, language. Austrians love to apply it too. old government of Helmut Kohl of Arts degree at the University of I used the telephone, email and the The student abroad can feel was voted out and the new Konstanz. After five semesters of Internet access to Australian insecure and vulnerable and needs generation, led by Gerhard tertiary education, I felt ready to newspapers to assuage the to identify personal weaknesses Schroder, took over. intensify study in my major remoteness, and treasured and strengths; I would often ask The experience also helped me to elective structured around the receiving personal letters. what is it I miss, what can I draw appreciate my Australian heritage language, culture and history of Despite this global communication on to survive? Alienation more and sympathise with not only Germany. network, lonely decisions must still stimulated my imagination, a Germany but also the many powerful weapon, and gave me the Konstanz, with a population of be made; one student returned nations my student friends so freedom to make sense of and a circa 90,000, is the largest city on home after only one week. Initially graciously represented. I always home in this new milieu. On the shores of the Bodensee-Lake I found it difficult to balance the felt that in a small way, as an reflection, I was trying to mediate Constance—a huge lake bordering academic, public and private exchange student, I was an between the Australian culture Germany, Switzerland and spheres. Yet once lectures ambassador with rights as a guest residing in my heart and the one of Austria. Fishing families were commenced and I familiarised and responsibilities as a my host nation. Although it was living in the region some 5,000 myself with the geography of the representative of my university hard to adjust to the many people years ago and, by the first century university and city, friendships and country. in a small country, the formal and AD, Roman colonisers established were forming with students, critical manners, and the implicit Goethe’s proffered advice through the strategically important representing a veritable “united demands to conform, I felt roused Wilhelm Meister—it is never settlement of Konstanz. nations”, eager to share individual advisable, without special reason, and national heritages; friends at by the potency of coping and Today in the central old part of the to change one’s seized way of life— dances, parties and dinners were sobered by the realization of my city there is ample church and is rational but too cautious, and from such diverse countries as individual and academic dwelling architecture and had I followed it in my life would Estonia, Guatemala, Japan and limitations. remnants of walls, gates and not have gone to university nor Morocco. I developed an enduring respect for been an exchange student in watchtowers dating back to the Germany—the economic power- The community’s life can be shared Germany. Middle Ages. I chose to study at house of Europe—welcoming many through sporting clubs, church I unreservedly recommend the the University of Konstanz, foreign students, confronting groups and service organisations; I Study Abroad scheme to any founded in 1966, because of its reunification friction and helping joined the German Red Cross. student inclined and able to relatively modest size by German migrants, refugees and neighbours There are also numerous festivities participate, as it motivates one to standards (about 10,000 students mired in war and destitution. are enrolled), its interesting in the year’s cycle to celebrate achieve academically in a options offered by the Philosophy together and I found the white I enjoyed going to my German liberating environment where department, which included my Christmas particularly inspiring, lectures, one January morning temporal history is shared, not in a field of English and German New Year’s Eve an almost manic excepted during this harsh nationalistic sense but a common literature, and its peaceful rural occasion with the unrestrained European winter—locals said it one as earth’s tenants. Moreover, setting overlooking the lake, and lighting of fireworks and was the worst in 20 years. I had it is fun to establish a diverse surrounded by beech, pine and Fasching—Carnival—just prior to just spent two hours discussing range of friendships and birch forests. the austerities of Lent, Goethe’s Wilhelm Meisters associations, which lead to therapeutic, since it was publicly Lehrjahre and its idiosyncratic professional and personal On arrival I completed many verb forms, especially in the partnerships, and to look back on a stressful formalities with condoned to dress and act like a fool. subjunctive, and a literary style unique stage of life that will government and university redundant and amusing, when I always proudly echo Tennyson’s sections: securing suitable It was harder to satisfy my desire cycled to the Dresdner bank. There Ulysses: “I am part of all that I accommodation, opening a bank for the freedom of the outdoors, I attempted to carry out my have met”. account, taking out health especially as winter set in with its insurance and registering icy temperatures, fog, snow and separately as a resident, a shorter days. Yet there were foreigner and a student. advantages to this inclement Exchange opportunities for students September exhibited pleasant season: the tourists departed and autumn weather and I attended a the Germans locked their first love, The University of Adelaide has student exchange links with four-week language course the car, in the garage and turned institutions in North America, Europe and Asia.
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