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Letter Blitz Magazine: Telephone: 02 9385 7715 Fax: 02 9313 8626 Address: PO Box 173, Kingsford 2032 by Rob Gascoigne Level 1, Blockhouse, Lower Campus [email protected] he theme for this week’s Blitz is Web: www.source.unsw.edu.au ‘mental health’. It’s an important issue generally, but it’s especially Blitz Advertising: important on university campuses. Advertising Artwork 12 days prior to TThe Uni experience can be daunting for publication. Bookings 20 days prior to Food for Thought 6 a hell of a lot of people. There’s no set publication. Rates and enquiries should structure to your life and there can be a lot be directed to Charlotte O’Brien of pressure bearing down on you as you Phone: 9385 7331 become an ‘adult’ (apparently). It can be Email: [email protected] a pretty easy time to begin to lose your Contributions: foundations. Add to this the fact that Uni Letters, articles, photos and other students generally have analytical minds, so printable matter are welcome. Please they can labour over the elements of their contact the editor to discuss suitability. life they believe to be negative. It can be a volatile scenario and it can lead to a number Publisher: of problems, most specifically depression. Blitz is published each Monday of session by UNSW Source. Kick Out the Jams 10 Of course, Uni students are not the only ones who have to face these issues. It’s a reality for The views expressed herein are not many, many people regardless of sex, race, necessarily the views of UNSW Source, wealth or religion (despite what Tom Cruise unless as expressly stated. UNSW Source says), so it’s important to be aware of it. accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any of the opinions or information contained The most important thing is to make in this issue of Blitz. Any complaints should every effort (and this can be painfully be addressed to the Communications difficult) to get out of it. A friend of mine Manager, PO Box 173, Kingsford 2032 has a wonderful saying that I often steal: ‘misery is a warm blanket’. Sometimes Printing: (and I’m not saying this is true all the time) Printed by Agency, Seven Hills. people can become accustomed to feeling Rates and Enquiries should be directed to In a State of Anxiety 18 depressed and can take comfort in that 8825 8900. familiarity because it can be so hard to push President’s Report 4 through it. But it really is important to try. Blitz Team 2006: Editor: Rob Gascoigne Both this week’s features outline some Reporters: Alex Serpo, Flick Strong Women’s Week 5 strategies for dealing with some of these Designers: Jason Treanor, Narelle Fountain problems. Flick has looked at anxiety Snapshot 8 attacks, a problem that befalls a great many Cover Design: Jason Treanor students, and I suspect that this will be Communications Manager: Understanding Depression 9 an issue for some a couple of weeks from Marina Spurgin, 02 9385 7731 now. She’s outlined some strategies for dealing with this dilemma. Alex has looked Advertising & Sponsorship Coordinator: What’s On 12 at meditation, one of the world’s oldest Charlotte O’Brien and most effective methods of relaxation. 02 9385 7331 Comics 15 Have a look over this and, if you need it, try Marketing Manager: to get through it. It’s hard but it’s important Donna Wiemann Puzzles 16 not to limit yourself or your abilities. Good luck with it and, hey, it’s nearly the holidays. Multicultural Week 17

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This group is holding a special On the subject of volunteers, – Volunteers educated students at open meeting on Monday, October the Source’s annual volunteer UNSW and in local high schools 9 from 12.30-2pm in the Council ball is on in a couple of weeks, about culture and identity Chambers, ground floor of the so it seems a fitting time to through Mosaic Fusion Forums; Chancellery. All students are pay tribute to more than 500 welcome to attend the meeting UNSW students who have given Source volunteers gain a lot of – you just need to rsvp to up their time in the past year. experience through their roles [email protected]. The meeting Some of the tasks carried out by – they develop public speaking is meant to be an opportunity volunteers this past year include: and teamwork skills, project for students to give feedback on management skills, and attributes Last year, the University studying at UNSW and provide – Yellow Shirts and Learning that make them more employable created an organisation suggestions on how UNSW the Lingo leaders helped new when they leave University. called the Student Services could be improved. I encourage students settle in to UNSW Volunteers also meet a whole heap Reference Group, an informal everyone to attend; student life, and life in Australia; of people from different degrees, and have heaps of fun as well. committee made up of feedback is essential in improving – Volunteers organised and ran representatives from all the the environment here at UNSW. themed weeks like O-Week, To all those volunteers out there: different student services on Oktoberfest is coming up very Sourcefest and Artsweek for Thank you and congratulations campus. The group meets fast – next week in fact! With students to have fun on campus; for your achievements this year. twice a session to discuss eight bars, five stages and over ways to improve the student – Volunteers helped out at Kate Bartlett twenty performers, it’s due to experience at UNSW. The cultural events like Mooncake Source President be a massive night. If you would Yum Cha and Oktoberfest; group recently successfully like to volunteer to promote the advocated the removal of event or help out on the night, – Volunteers helped the the $1 charge for students to please email hypesmiths@ less fortunate in the wider access UNSW websites on source.unsw.edu.au or visit our community, through the the Uniwide wireless system. website www.source.unsw.edu. Outback Assist and Shack au to register your interest. Tutoring programs;

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Tuesday 12-2pm sees a women- Mundine speaking on White Ribbon only poetry workshop take place in Day and positive male action. the Women’s Room, in much the same vane as the zine workshop. On Thursday, celebrate the Be sure to head on over to Esme’s conclusion of Women’s Week by on Tuesday night at 5pm for the coming along to our free women- first of our ‘Gender Spectacular only personal safety programme Spectacular’ guest speaker events, to learn some self-defence basics with Kath Albury speaking on in the Hutcheson Room in the pornography, and a guest from Roundhouse from 12-2pm. Then, the Scarlet Alliance Australian Sex afterwards, head on down to the Workers’ Association speaking beer garden for a celebratory on the rights of the sex worker drink and a pat on the back. and her marginalised place in And, most importantly, from feminism. Both men and women Monday to Thursday there will he Student Guild Women’s On Monday from 12-2pm, a women- are welcome at this event. be an information table outside Department brings many only zine workshop is being held the library from 12-2pm with exciting activities to you, in the Women’s Room (Level 1, At lunchtime on Wednesday, keep all sorts of information and including creative classes, Blockhouse, Lower Campus). an eye out for our ‘Riot Don’t Diet’ T cake and sweet stall outside the freebies for women students. a self-defence basics workshop, Women students are encouraged guest speaker events, an information to head down and get creative, with library. Men and women students For more information on any of the stall, and a ‘Riot Don’t Diet’ cake the aim of producing a Women’s can enjoy a diet-free day for just events during Women’s Week, stall. Whilst Women’s Week has Week zine to be released towards a small donation. Wednesday email [email protected], been autonomously organised the end of session. On Monday night from 5pm at Esme’s sees or call 9385 6703. by the Women’s Collective, some night, from 5pm in the Red Centre the second of our Gender events are also open to men, theatre, a special women-only Spectacular Spectacular guest so read on to find out more. screening of Puberty Blues will speaker events, with Rochelle Braaf Sarah Pisani take place. Lots of squirm-worthy speaking on domestic violence UNSW Student Guild viewing to be had by all! and relationships, and Warren Women’s Director STUDENT PRICES

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 Blitz Magazine Psychology tells us that many illnesses are psychosomatic, in other words our thinking can make us sick. When our bodies become sick, we rest, eat and sleep. But what about our minds? When they become sick, what food or medicine do we have for them? Food for Alex Serpo transcends into meditation, an ancient food for thought.

ven the gods envy those who are awakened and not done as a meditation include ‘Hare Krisha’, or even more broadly in forgetful, who are given to meditation, who are wise, the Christian tradition chants such as the Latin ‘Deus in Adjutorium and who delight in the repose of retirement from the meum Intende’, meaning ‘Oh God, come to my assistance’. world.’ So says the Buddha, here quoted from his There are many legends about spiritual gurus who have attained the collected teachings, The Dhammapada. While the gods highest levels of enlightenment through meditation. The Buddha himself may envy someone who meditates, meditation is now a is reputed to have power over material objects, as well as being able ‘word applied very liberally. It is practised across the world, in eastern Thought E to read minds and converse with Gods. Some say the supreme Yogis religion, in ‘New Age’ religions, in medicine and even in some fringe could levitate. Regardless of what the legend tells us, science has forms of Christianity. However it has a strong foundation in Asia in shown that meditation can improve your mental health in everyday the Hindu and Buddhist traditions. Many words used to describe life. The difficulty of meditation lies in its simplicity. The Buddha said meditation come from Sanskrit, one of the oldest languages. ‘don’t meditate, be in meditation’. It’s a process of being not doing. In the western world, meditation, like yoga, is most widely used for health and happiness rather than as part of an organised religion. For many, it is appealing because it is the antithesis of Try your own meditation! the way we live our lives. City life is life in the fast lane, it demands A common form of meditation is breath meditation. This requires 10 to our constant and complete attention, whereas meditation, in the 15 minutes. Find a quiet place without distractions. Adopt a comfortable words of Buddha himself, is a ‘retirement from the world’. position, the classic meditation positions are sitting, standing or lying down. Starting with your face and head, move down your body and The positive effects of mediation are real and tangible. Susan Teh relax each part in turn. Take your time, hidden tension can be hard to practises and co-ordinates the lunchtime meditation with Unibuds, find. When you are ready, begin to ‘watch’ your breath; be aware of the UNSW Buddhist society. For Susan, mediation is about ‘cultivating it without changing it. Once you have done this, begin to count each the mind, but it also helps people concentrate more’. What does breath in your head: ‘one’, ‘two’ etc. Count up to four then begin again. Susan mean by cultivating the mind? ‘For example a person may Soon you will notice your thoughts beginning to wander. Each time they find that they are impatient with study. Then they make a promise do, try to return to your breath. Try to stay with it as long as possible. like, from now on I am not going to be impatient any more. But With practise, this simple meditation can bring a sense of peace. actually, an hour later they will feel lazy again. This is because we are not being aware of ourselves, and the impatience has arisen without us knowing it’. Interestingly, Susan also says that meditation improved her social life; ‘I have found that I am able to be more accepting and forgiving towards myself and I have been making friends with people I used to be indifferent to or uncaring towards’. Reputable hospitals, medical schools and universities are researching the effects of meditation. One of the first studies done on transcendental mediation was done by Scientific America in 1972. It looked into the effects of meditation on metabolism and found it lowered the biochemical effects of stress, decreased heart rate and induced favourable brain waves. In 1989, a study by the University of Iowa found that meditation increased the lifespan of elderly patients. In 2005, The Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine published a study showing that the effects of meditation were equal to that of exercise in reducing stress. The participants in these studies were not monks. They were not vegetarians and they did not do meditation eight hours a day. They simply sat down a few times a week to do a meditation class. So what does meditation involve? Well, the approaches to meditation are vast and varied. However, there are some common elements in these different varieties of meditation. Meditation is always done in a relaxed way. The classic meditation poses are sitting, standing and lying down. However some forms of martial arts do ‘movement’ meditations, where series of movements are used as a means of meditation. Sedentary meditation broadly falls into two categories; ‘structured’ and ‘unstructured’ meditation. Beginner mediation and meditation you will do in a class is almost exclusively ‘structured’. Most commonly, there is a meditative object or mantra. The object is usually breath, you will be told to ‘watch’ your breath, although other common objects include candles or natural features, such as flowers or trees. Participants will normally sit for a period of time training their focus on the meditative object. Mantra meditations, involving the reciting of a verse over and over either silently (within your mind) or out loud as a group, are also common. A common image of meditation is a group of orange clad Buddhist monks chanting ‘Om’ in a temple before a giant golden Buddha. The repetition of this powerful, reverberating sound can easily produce a sense of rapture. The process is one that seeks to move a person into an altered state of consciousness by a single, repeated action. Using chants to produce a meditative rapture is extremely common, not just in Buddhism but also for many other religions. Other common chants Blitz Magazine 

TC07_UNSW_blitz.indd 2 21/9/06 12:26:52 PM In Week Twelve, in the Science The AUJS revue has been on hiatus What is AUJS and what else does for a few years. Why is that? it do aside from revues? Theatre, The Australian Union AUJS has been in exile for the last few AUJS provides a few important and vital of Jewish Students (AUJS) will years after Moses complained to Pharaoh services, including providing condoms be holding its Revue. AUJS about the new workplace agreements. during Israel week asking the wearer to “Stand Strong” for Israel. AUJS also Revue has been entertaining What can audiences expect from provides free food. Those services are Diaspora Housewives? particularly crucial to the AUJS movement. audiences since 1984 and, after Since it is a Jewish revue, it would be a brief siesta, it’s come back expected that the audience will get good Diaspora Housewives is raising with ‘Diaspora Housewives’. value for the price they pay. The revue money for some community may rival Woodstock in time duration. organisations. What’s up with that? Flick Strong asked cast When I first heard that this revue was to make member Joel Moss about Will there be as much melodrama money I was in utter shock. I mean people as TV’s Desperate Housewives? melodrama and chickens. paying to see Jews act? What’s up with Desperate Housewives is a drama? I took it as that! You could probably find less wooden an opportunity for a free perve at Eva Longoria. performances from trees. But, in all seriousness, Do you think the campus we aim to entertain the community and make has too many revues? you laugh. But we’re also aiming to raise What else is there to do on campus? Study? awareness about Gift of Life and the Australian Saying campus has too many revues is like Bone Marrow Registry. The Registry is in saying Victoria has too many AFL teams. There desperate need of people to take a simple are a few, but it’s just in the spirit of good blood test to identify their bone marrow type. natured fun. Besides, it’s an opportunity for a bit Why did the chicken cross the road? of all-round insanity that is actually acceptable. To go to the Kosher butchery for a “kosher” and supposedly more tranquil death.

Diaspora Housewives will be playing at the Science Theatre on Wednesday October 18, Thursday October 19 and Saturday October 21. The starting time for all nights is 8pm: but patrons are asked to be seated by 7:45pm. Tickets can be booked at http://www.aujs.com.au/revue/tickets or at the stall on the Library Lawn.  Blitz Magazine Dr. Gordon Parker was Head of Psychiatry at UNSW for over twenty years. He was head of psychiatry at Prince of Wales and Prince Henry for over twenty years. With a keen interest in mood disorders, he is currently a director of the Black Dog Institute, an organisation dedicated to the treatment of mood disorders. Alex Serpo lay down on Dr. Parker’s couch to discuss depression. Understanding Depression

What is depression? How is depression treated? It ranges from a normal mood state Unfortunately, the dominant model is a through to a reaction to certain stresses severity based model. In this model, the through to a disease. The key feature that treatment is largely dictated by the training or encompass all the levels of depression is background of the particular practitioner. If to feel depressed, to have a drop in your you go to a GP with depression type X, you self esteem, and to be more self critical. are probably going to get a drug. If you go to However, if you went and tapped people a psychologist; you are probably going to get on the shoulder and asked them if they cognitive behaviour therapy. To my mind, that had experienced anything like that, then is a really dumb strategy because I know of no 96% of the population would say ‘yeah’. other area of medicine where the background of the practitioner will dictate treatment. So then we say, how do we distinguish clinical depression from those normal mood It is really important to subtype the swings? In clinical depression, there are three depression, and adopt a horses-for-courses components. Firstly, it lasts a minimum period model. If you went to your GP and you were of time; usually about two weeks. Secondly, it breathless, you wouldn’t want to know has to be impairing or disabling, so you don’t that you had clinical breathlessness. You get to work and if you do get to work you don’t would want to know if you had asthma or work as well. Thirdly, other features creep pneumonia. When you have that information, in, anhedonia (an inability to enjoy normally you know that your treatment is going pleasurable experiences), suicidal throughs to be much more logical and rational. or ideas, loss of appetite or the opposite effect craving foods, and sleep disturbance. If you have melancholic depression, the help that is going to get you out of the episode is Within clinical depression there are several going to come from drugs. However, if you sub types. The first sub type is what we have non-melancholic depression then it may call melancholic depression; this is the be very different. If you go through life feeling quintessential depression, which is strongly constantly inferior, believing the world is a genetically underpinned. Here it is appropriate terrible place, then you could be very good to say that there is a chemical imbalance, candidate for cognitive behaviour therapy. If and the physical features are just as strong you had been sexually abused in childhood as the depressed mood. This is really and never talked it through, then it may very physical, so physical that it can actually stop important to ventilate on that. If you have a people from being able to do anything. marital crisis, then it might be best to have some counselling and problem solving. Then there are the non-melancholic disorders; here the depression is usually a response to a How commonly does depression stressful life event mingling with the individuals lead to suicide? personality style. There are a number of 80% of people who commit suicide have been personality styles that make people more likely shown to have depression beforehand. So, to develop these non melancholic disorders, depression is the most common reason as to and they would include, being an anxious why people kill themselves. Roughly 10-20% worrier, being reserved, being a perfectionist. of people with biological clinical depressive disorders will kill themselves. It’s huge. How common is depression? There is a pretty constant figure that gets How does someone prevent a sufferer rolled out, that one in four women and of depression committing suicide? one is six men are likely to suffer from The best thing to do is to get the right depression at some point in their life. The diagnosis: what type of depression has female preponderance for depression this person got, and then get the right starts about age twelve or so; there is a management. There are a number of rapid increase in the rate of depression factors but the one which is most likely in girls and a gradual increase for boys. to be influential is improving diagnosis Interestingly, the rates of melancholic and management of depression. depression are the same in men and women.

Blitz Magazine  Kick Out the Jams

On Thursday night of Week Twelve, the Roundhouse will be hosting the Twenty-Sixth annual Oktoberfest party. One of the biggest campus parties in the country, Oktoberfest has become famous for good times and, of course, good beer. But, as Rob Gascoigne explains, there is more to Oktoberfest than the amber fluid; it’s also a great music festival.

very year, the Source’s space of a couple of hours you can of the UK’s Reading Festival. a fun environment. Burnett notes Oktoberfest party brings a sample your favourite bands in one According to Alex, there’s nothing that, even though ‘not everyone wonderful range of excellent reverberating explosion that echoes like seeing100, 000 people chanting is attending to see you, there is bands on campus and in every gig you see afterwards. On along to the Arctic Monkeys. usually a lot of love and energy 2E006 is no exception. There will be this point, I can present no better Jamie Hanson from Sydney Indie in the crowd’. In such a setting, five stages and over2 0 performers, example than the ‘Boston Tea Party’ band The Mares (darlings of FBI it’s easy to enjoy music you may including Infusion, Entropic, 78 held on May 27, 1969. If you were radio and a great Sydney indie never have heard before. Saab, DJ Peril, Bang Gang DJ’s in attendance there (though my band that will also be playing the and stacks of other great acts. Yep, guess is you weren’t), you would Cougar Club Bar) remembers Indeed, festivals can be the best it’s going to be an amazing night of have seen, in the space of three standing up at a German festival, way to get exposed to a whole entertainment; a festival right in your hours, The Velvet Underground, Led bleary-eyed after a three day world of new sounds. The annual own educational backyard. In fact, Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Joe Cocker and bender, watching Radiohead WOMAD festival is probably the it’s probably appropriate that study The Who. Surely, after you’d been to make their way through Kid A. best illustration of this point, as it and fun are converging. A music that one show, you’d spend the rest brings together world music, art festival can offer you the kind of of your life turning up to gigs and There’s nothing quite like seeing your and dance. Founder Peter Gabriel education we often forget about; a pissing off your friends by saying favourite band headlining a show. claimed that his festival would good festival can change your life. ‘yeah, it was good but I didn’t hear After all that longing, you finally get ‘allow many different audiences to “Sweet Jane”, or “Black Dog”!’ that frisson of musical fulfilment, gain an insight into other cultures Granted, a festival is unlikely to crammed into a few sweaty through the universal enjoyment of make you change your course What lingers after a great festival is moments of perfect sound. Most music’. A festival can bring you a of study or anything like that, but the wonderful sense of satisfaction of us secretly have a dream line up whole world of undiscovered sounds a truly great festival can shape and completion that you carry and musicians are no exception. through the miracle of music. your entire perspective on music. away from it. You amble home, For Burnett, the list includes Led You’re approach is never quite the sweaty and satisfied, with the Zeppelin, Nina Simone and The Moreover, by seeing fresh acts at a same afterwards. Consider Steven perfect certitude that life and music Stone Roses (a muso after my own festival, it’s possible to get in on the Tallarico – later known as Steven can be awesome. A great festival heart) whereas for Jamie Hanson, ground floor before they become Tyler, lead singer of a little band moment can stay with you forever. it’s all about Miles Davis, Hank huge. Consider one of Australia’s called Aerosmith – who decided Williams and The Stooges. That’s a biggest festivals: the Big Day Out. to start a band with his mates only Even seasoned musicians share life-changing experience right there. In 1991, festival organisers Vivian after attending a funny little show this mentality. Alex Burnett, singer/ Lees and Ken West booked a called ‘Woodstock’ in 1969 (along songwriter for Sparkadia, a classic Of course, it’s not all about the three piece act from Seattle that with 499,999 other people). local band that will be playing in the big name acts. In fact, more often had gained minor success with Cougar Club Bar during Oktoberfest than not, one of the best things their debut album for their new A music festival is an exciting (along with DJs from Purple about a festival is that smaller festival. That band (Nirvana) went buffet of sounds and sights. In the Sneakers), has a clear memory acts can put on a great show in on to completely change the shape 10 Blitz Magazine of modern music. Without that a stone’s throw away from your involvement as part of a larger last tute. Oktoberfest has always tour, they would never have made brought some amazing acts to their way through Oz. You never New South. In 2005, we saw the know who you’ll see at a festival. Roundhouse lit up by Entropic, Of course, a festival is not just DJ Static, Sefu and DJ Moto. about the music. It can also be a In 2004, acts of note included wonderfully unifying event. Berlin’s Pomomofo, Kid Confucius and annual Love Parade brings about Bluejuice. In 2003, there was DJ 1,500, 000 people together to Nervous, DJ Ajax, Fruit and The enjoy the driving beats of techno Bird. This year, you’re spoiled for supplied by more than 1,500 DJs. choice once more. It’s small wonder Each year, by the balmy beaches that Oktoberfest has consistently of Ko Samui, Thailand a vast host proven to be one of the most of patrons enjoy the world’s best popular of all campus parties. in House. Whether it be House, techno, jazz, rock or pop, people Not only a great night out with your from all walks of life can come mates, it’s a kick ass music festival together to enjoy a few good acts. and it’s free for UNSW students. Don’t miss out on the chance to Now, as I mentioned at opening, celebrate your very own festival. we will very soon have an excellent festival coming right here, less than

will be held in the Roundhouse October 19 from 4pm. There will be eight bars, five stages and more than 20 performers, covering dance, rock, hip hop and R‘n’B. Entry is free for UNSW Source members. Student tickets are $15 • Non-student tickets are $25.

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“Learn To” session Lunchtime Meditation 1-3pm Tuesday 1:15-1:45pm Equip yourself with the tools of 10 October Revitalise your body and mind. surviving in another country. Contact Susan at 0433 946 550 Cougar Club Bar, Roundhouse or visit www.unibuds.unsw.edu.au Ping Pong for details. Level 3 Squarehouse 11am Roundhouse UNSW Bridge Card Club

October 2-4pm UNSW Poker Club: Beginners absolutely welcome. Photo Booth Poker Tournament Bring your friends! Quad G055 11am-4pm 4pm 15 Choose from our collection of Who wants to play poker at uni? traditional clothing! Quad 1001 Prizes for winner. Rego 3:30, start Capoeira S.A.L.S.A. (next to Student Guild Office) 4:00. For any enquires contact 4-5pm (1-2 people $4), (3-6 people $8) Andrew on 0405698161 A unique art form incorporating Squarehouse room 215 acrobatics, rhythm, music and Free for members, self defence. Dance Studio 1 Day Market $5 annual membership Individual lessons are $10 11am-4pm Main Walkway or Three lessons are $23 Monday Anti-Racism Collective meeting 9 October Thoughtful Foods Food 4pm Time Management Session Co-operative; Training Session Discuss current issues and brainstorm 4-6pm 12-1pm and 3-4pm campaign ideas Guild Meeting Room (Youth for Christ New Catholic Club) Info and training session about Ping Pong Meet new friends, de-stress, be the food co-op and what working 11am Roundhouse inspired and learn how to manage there involves. Backyard of the UNSW Women’s Collective your time. Everyone Welcome! Roundhouse, next to Eats@theRound Gender Spectacular Spectacular Quad 1001 Free Free 4-5:30pm Photo Booth 10:30am–4:30pm (Opening Hours) Listen to some fascinating speakers 11am-4pm discuss pornography, sex workers’ Choose from our collection of Happy Hour rights and sexual health. traditional clothing and have your 5–6pm Chess October - Sunday - Sunday October Esme’s, Upper Campus picture taken! Quad 1001 The happiest hour of the day! 12-3pm 9 (next to Student Guild Office) Unibar, Roundhouse Want to learn better positions? (1-2 people $4), (3-6 people $8) Website: http://www.unswchess.org/ Happy Hour Goldstein Rm G05 5–6pm Unibar, Roundhouse Momentum Dance Studio: Free for members. Day Market Hip Hop/Funk Class 5–7pm $2 for non-members 11am-4pm Classical Ballet Class 6pm Pool Comp Activities and Events! Find out more by For more info 5pm Unibar, Roundhouse visiting the many stalls. Main Walkway www.momentumdancestudios.com.au Queer Boys Casual Class $10, 1–3pm Dance Card (10 Classes) $80 Free food and drinks and some International Student Society Students - have your say Dance Studios Behind Io Myers brilliant company. Queer Space Speed Dating

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1 Group run by UNSW counselling. UNSW Debating Society: Sydney Morning Herald Trivia a few minutes! Now that’s efficiency! RSVP [email protected] Watch a Debate! 1pm Revenue will go to charity 6-8:15pm Beat smart people at their own game. Unibar, Roundhouse $5 A great time for new debaters to join Unibar, Roundhouse Free Human Rights Week Talk as we all learn British Parliamentary 1-2pm debating! Visit www.debsoc.unsw.edu. Tuesday Night Roast The National Children and Youth Legal au for details. Old Law Tower Foyer Women’s Collective 5:30pm Centre will talk about children’s rights 1–2pm Clems, Roundhouse $5 and how students can get involved in Women’s Room, Blockhouse Free

Week 1 Week protecting children. CLB 3 International Trivia 6-8pm Human Rights Week Film If you don’t wanna play for fun, Human Rights Week Talk Screening – Rabbit Proof Fence Queerplay play for the prizes! 1-2pm 5:30-7:30pm 1–3pm Cougar Club Bar, Roundhouse Academic guests will explore the issue A follow up from the forum Scintillating conversation and the of Indigenous rights in Australia. at 1pm. CLB 2 occasional game.Queer Space Law Theatre G02 – Applied Sciences Building 920 Toastmasters 6:15-8:30pm Come to Toastmasters to gain more “Learn To” session Learn the Lingo Coffee Meetings confidence in speaking in a friendly 1-3pm 1-2pm and supportive environment where Equip yourself with the tools of Improve your English, make new you ‘learn by doing’. All welcome. surviving in another country. friends and learn more about Australia! Quad 1042 Free Cougar Club Bar, Roundhouse ISS Lounge, Level 1, East Wing, Red Centre Free

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International Student Society BBQ Pub Grub Wednesday 1-2pm 5–6:45pm Clems, Roundhouse 11 October Eat for a good cause, you’ll feel better afterwards, guaranteed! Next Thursday, Oct 19 Main Walkway INFINITUS Life Ping Pong Coaching workshop 11am Roundhouse 6-8pm Be there between 4-6pm Gold Coin Donation Book now!!! Call Igor on for your chance to 1 “Learn To” session 0405 164 116 or email Day Market 1-3pm [email protected] WIN an ANZ $500 11am-4pm Main Walkway Equip yourself with the tools of Drawing Room, Roundhouse Free – Monday surviving in another country. Bank account Cougar Club Bar, Roundhouse with the compliments of our Thoughtful Foods Food Learn to Massage ANZ on campus branch. Cooperative; Training Session 7-8:30pm 12-1pm and 3-4pm Free used stationery distribution Learn the skills and benefits that Backyard of the Roundhouse, 2-3pm Quad lawn Free come with power of knowing how next to Eats@theRound Free to massage. UNSW Lifestyle Centre 10:30am–4:30pm (Opening Hours) Students/Staff $100 UNSW Go Club meeting 2-6pm Chess Environment Collective Beginners and advanced players Ultimate Frisbee 1-3pm 12-1pm welcome.Quad 1001 Eastern Suburbs League It’s a mating game. 9 Quad 1001 (or Quad lawn) Free Free for members 7-9pm www.unswchess.org/ October - Sunday The UNSW Ultimate Frisbee Club runs Goldstein Rm G02 a weekly league for players-beginner Free for members. Riot Don’t Diet Cake Stall Photo Booth or advanced. Village Green $2 for non-members. 12-2pm 2:30-4pm $35 for the session Stuff your face with yummy cakes Choose from our collection of and sweets. Brought to you by the traditional clothing and have Human Rights Week Talk Women’s Department. Library Lawn your picture taken! Quad 1001 1-2pm (next to Student Guild Office) Thursday Andrea Durbach, Australian Human (1-2 people $4), (3-6 people $8) 12 October Rights Centre will talk about economical, Gold Coin Donation social and cultural rights in Australia. Pottery Studio Inductions Quad Level 1-Macauley Theatre 12:30-1pm Wrestling Training Thoughtful Foods Learn how to use the Source Pottery 3-4pm Food Cooperative Studio from our Potters in Residence. Learn how to wrestle. 9am–6pm (Opening Hours) Learn the Lingo Coffee Meetings Pottery Studio, Level 2, Blockhouse Judo Room, Unigym Backyard of the Roundhouse, 3-4pm next to Eats@theRound Free Improve your English Coffee Republic, Blockhouse Library Lawn Band: Tyrolean Echos UNSW Women’s Collective 1pm Gender Spectacular Spectacular Traditional German Oompah Oompah Ping Pong 4-5:30pm 11am Roundhouse UNSW Ultimate Frisbee band! Oktoberfest is coming! A set of Mixed Gender speaker Club Training Library Lawn forums. Listen to female and male 4-5:30pm 15 speakers talk about Domestic Violence Photo Booth Village Green. Free for members

and potential solutions. October Learn the Lingo Coffee Meetings 11-4pm Esme’s, Upper Campus 1-2pm Have your picture taken! Quad 1001 (next to Student Guild Office) Nite Market Improve your English, make new 4-8pm (1-2 people $4), (3-6 people $8) friends and learn more about Australia! Sydney Morning Herald Trivia Food, performances and fun! Esme’s, Upper Campus 5pm Main Walkway Like a test…with beer, and prizes. Lunchtime Meditation Unibar, Roundhouse 12:15-12:45pm Bar Bingo Happy Hour Contact Susan at 0433 946 550 or 1pm Unibar, Roundhouse 5–6pm Unibar, Roundhouse Beer Garden Band: visit www.unibuds.unsw.edu.au for Sarah McLeod details. Level 3 Squarehouse Free Human Rights Week Forum Beer Garden: 1-2pm Quirk The Gimp 5-5:45pm Quad Band Oliva Forum that looks at disability rights 5-7pm Tongiahoe-Pacifica and ways that students can help those Famous as the lead These Aussie guys create music that with a disability. CLB 4 singer for The Superjesus, 1-2pm inspires unity and evokes dance and Sarah is now a solo artist. CASOC club which is promoting thought. Enjoy! Roundhouse Beergarden, Roundhouse Pacifica on campus. UNSW Bridge Card Club Quad Performance Space 1-2pm Webster 301 Free Buddhism Talk in Chinese 6-8pm

Queer Girls Contact Boon at 0422 866 515 or visit Education Action Group 1–3pm www.unibuds.unsw.edu.au for details. 1pm Happy Hour Queer Space – Applied Sciences Level 3 Squarehouse Student Guild Free, all welcome 5–7pm Unibar, Roundhouse Building 920 Free!

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1 Non-Trivia Night Human Rights Week Forum 7pm 1-2pm Sunday State UNSW Second Year Social Work Forum that explores International 15 October Fundraising Team presents three human rights and human rights Final rounds of ‘non-trivia’. Snacks in general. Details about the provided. Great prizes! Bring a team! Diplomacy Training Program will Spring Festival Grab a bag of FREE popcorn, Proceeds go to the Aboriginal also be addressed. 11:30am-4:30pm get cosy and enjoy a screening Mental Health Service. Tickets Law Theatre G02 Spring Celebration and Fair. Stalls of the winning U Film entries must be purchased in advance of jewellery, crafts, treasure troves, from NSW in 2006. Contacts: Jackie on 0404 071 079 garden sculptures and mosaics. or Mel on 0404 129 432 or UNSW Go Club meeting |Enjoy good food and coffee, and 2-6pm 6:00pm - 9:00pm [email protected] listen to great music from fantastic The Lounge, cnr Darlinghurst Road & Quad G022 singers and choirs including the thurs 12th Oct William Street, Darlinghurst $15 Free for members legendary Ecopella, Note Tonight Uni Bar Josephine, gospel groovers. Alchemy, Voices from the Waters & Special Roundhouse Friday Arvo Sessions Friday with DJ Cadell guests: jazz singers Mery Stevens FREE ENTRY!!! 13 October 4:30 pm and Natalie Alaimon. UNSW Community Garden, Dragonfly, Roxy, and Judge and guest speaker rear of 12 Arthur St, Randwick Soho regular DJ Cadell Greg Waters, has scripted starting your weekend Ping Pong short films that have screened off right 11am Roundhouse at major film festivals in Beergarden,

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16 Blitz Magazine Multicultural Week by Gary Kew M-Week is here! The theme? “Embrace Diversity”. And embrace it we shall, from the Blockhouse in lower campus to the Biomed building in upper campus; UNSW is celebrating its cultural and racial diversity with style!

It all kicks off this Monday, There will be skill learning sessions screening of the Bollywood classic Of course, one of the main events October 9. Be sure to check out as well; important for survival if, Devdas. On Wednesday at 6pm in is the Night Market to be held on the stuff happening around the say, you drank too much, mistook Goldstein GO4, we’ll be screening Thursday evening. The climax of Uni walkway. The main walkway that plane door for your apartment Hotel Rwanda and Sandstorm. M-Week boasts plenty of traditional will be lined with booths full door, and you wake up the next performances and glorious food. 2006Throughout the week, a photo of hyper students promoting day in a foreign country. You If you’re too busy during the week plenty of fun activities. can learn useful foreign phrases, booth will be set up on campus. and can only make it to one event, must-know customs, and exotic Try out clothes from different make it this one. Be sure to come Enjoy Trivia? Test your cuisines, all free-of-charge. cultures and have your picture to Uni on this day dressed in your awesomeness in the Global taken. It’s a cheap and easy traditional clothing. You might get Trivia Night. So, brush up on your There are various types of technique for fooling the gullible something special if you do. Then, European History, memorize the entertainment available as well. into thinking that you’ve actually once you’ve had your fill of cultural location of the African countries, Tired of the same old crap been to another country. You can goodness, head on down to the drink lotsa beers and prove yourself Hollywood has to offer? mix and match too. Who knows, Roundhouse to conclude the night. to be the Top Dog of the litter. Why not try some international you might set a new fashion movies? On Tuesday at 6pm in trend by say, putting a checkered So, make sure you check out the Goldstein GO6, there will be a skirt on a man and making him schedule in the “What’s On” section play the bagpipes. Oh wait… and enjoy the fun. Don’t forget!

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U65533_b he first time it happened Kate had no idea what was going on. She had T been sitting in the movie We live very stressful lives and it is no wonder that excess stress and quietly then all of a sudden she started to feel weird. It wasn’t like worry can manifest itself in some pretty nasty ways. Flick Strong has she was physically going to throw investigated anxiety disorders, a common response to increased up but the weirdness was starting to freak her out so her breathing stress and workloads, familiar to students facing the stresses of started to contract. She’d had exams, part time work and the responsibilities of being a student. enough. She pushed her way through the aisle and went and washed her face with water. Almost immediately, she felt better. After that, she started to notice it would happen in confined spaces – buses to work, on the aeroplane home to visit the family, in lecture theatres. It would start with a weird feeling of detachment and then her breathing would increase; her In a heart would race and she would feel like she wanted to vomit. This is not an excerpt from a piece of fiction. This is a true life encounter of a student suffering anxiety. Kate was experiencing what is commonly known as a panic attack, a physical response to a perceived threat, in which the body reacts with the fight/ State of flight response and starts to prepare for action. For Kate and many others who suffer from anxiety, the first few attacks are a puzzling, and often scary experience. In fact, it is estimated that one in every 30 people will experience some form Anxiety of significant panic in their lifetime.

18 Blitz Magazine Anxiety is commonly defined as two-thirds of people with anxiety As well as offering one-on-one with social anxiety; ‘Panic Stations’ excess worry that affects every day and depression do not seek out consultation, the counselling for coping with panic attacks and life. It can manifest itself in numerous proper treatment. One of the service’s Compass program offers ‘What? Me Worry!?’, assisting with physical and psychological ways reasons for this may be the fairly a group workshop called Taking controlling excess worrying. Each of and every person will experience generic symptoms that accompany Charge of Fear and Anxiety which is the models works through problems it differently. Panic attacks, like anxiety. However, this lack of running eight groups this semester. with a self assessment survey as the one Kate experienced, are treatment is strange because there According to Penny Shores from you move through the modules. one such anxiety related problem are effective treatments available the Counselling Service, the student as well as specific social phobias for all anxiety associated disorders. response to the groups has been The thing to remember with any such as agoraphobia (a fear of In fact, treatment can be fairly very encouraging with over 100 form of anxiety disorder is to seek having a panic attack in public) easy to access. CRUfAD has students taking part in the groups. help. Although problems like panic as well as generalized anxiety. established a website to assist The sessions are now full for this attacks can be embarrassing and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder people who believe they have session, but counselling hopes to sometimes socially awkward, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder anxiety disorders. The site includes run more next year. So, if you have the important thing to remember are also related to anxiety and, a self help section, as well as a a problem with anxiety, check out is: (a) you are not crazy and (b) like panic attacks, they can be referral based clinical section. these services. this happens to a lot of people, physically and socially debilitating. so seek help! As explored in this On campus, the UNSW Counselling Another useful resource is the article, the internet is a wonderful The Clinical Research Unit for Service has a fairly comprehensive Centre for Clinical Intervention (CCI) tool, but remember that for Anxiety and Depression (CRUfAD) website on the symptoms and which is administered through the serious problems it is always best is an enterprise partly funded by possible treatments for anxiety North Metropolitan Health Services to contact a professional. L the UNSW School of Psychiatry disorders. Some of the help it lists in WA. It offers a step by step in collaboration with St Vincent’s are physical relaxation exercises; program of modules to help the Hospital and its World Health cognitive strategies; and behavioural patient through anxiety problems. Organization Collaborating Centre. techniques. The website also offers The different self-help programs they The unit identifies the physical a number of reference websites and run are: ‘Shy No Longer’, for coping manifestations of anxiety as feeling books to read up on the various nervous, fast heartbeat, shortness treatments for anxiety. But, most of breath, dizziness, shaking and importantly, it suggests that if you The Centre for Clinical Intervention sweating. CRUfAD says that, do think you have an anxiety www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/consumers.cfm whilst a low level of anxiety can be disorder then you should definitely Some healthy in every day living, persistent seek assistance from one of their UNSW Counselling symptoms of anxiety can become counsellors. The counselling service useful www.counselling.unsw.edu.au difficult and often require treatment. is free for current UNSW students or call 9385 5418 Anxiety can be caused by a number and is totally confidential. Check out links on of lifestyle and psychological their website before you call them as The Clinical Research Unit for changes, such as high levels of there are a few different methods of Anxiety and Depression (CRUfAD) stress, poor diet and health. seeing a counsellor, including the anxiety http://www.crufad.com emergency drop in service as well One interesting conclusion reached as pre-booking a session. by CRUfAD is its estimate that up to

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