Why Couldn't the Simpsons Handle the 21St Century?
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
The personal, the political, the In defense of the Redfern run: Tracey Cameron: meet the pineapple: literary analysis of a photo essay illuminating Gamilaroi woman fighting to Clive Palmer’s poems / p. 7 art, culture, and history / p. 11 save her own language / p. 6 Why couldn’t The Simpsons handle the 21st century? p. 14 S1W4 / FIRST PUBLISHED 1929 PUBLISHED S1W4 / FIRST H NI SOIT LETTERS Acknowledgement of Country Fan mail We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. The University of Sydney – where we write, publish and distribute Honi Soit – is on the sovereign land of these people. As students and journalists, we recognise our complicity in the ongoing colonisation of Indigenous land. In the Senate and replace them soon regimes in Egypt and Turkey. The recognition of our privilege, we vow to not only include, but to prioritise and centre the experiences of Indigenous people, and to be reflective when we fail to. We Someone likes us with some five unidentified strangers, Someone else Brotherhood’s sectarian jihadists were recognise our duty to be a counterpoint to the racism that plagues the mainstream media, and to adequately represent the perspectives of Indigenous students at these masked corporate busybodies, in league with the al Qaeda’s sectar- our University. We also wholeheartedly thank our Indigenous reporters for the continuing contribution of their labour to our learning. Dear Sirs and Mesdames, et alia, who are not welcome in this sacred likes us ian jihadists from the beginnings of place of learning. Perhaps the words both the Libyan and Syrian conflicts, I have taken this opportunity to write of an old Master of Arts of Magdalen Congratulations to Zoe Stojanovic-Hill in 2011. The toll in death and destruc- Who made this to you, hoping that you find yourselves Hall, Oxford, William Tyndale, may do for the article on former al Jazeera tion has been enormous. Al Jazeera Editorial Contents in good health despite the damp this well here: “Se that none of you suffre.. boss Wadah Khanfar. Zoe gently ran consistent propaganda and its March. Certainly, the paper has been as a busybody in other mens matters.” raised several good questions about journalists (e.g. in Beirut) resigned in edition happen? in good health in the first few issues What an absurd and unbridled insult Mr Khanfar’s former role at the Qatari droves. It’s not clear what backing sec- Letters / 3 this year. It is pleasing to your read- to suggest that “commercial expertise” channel, including the petro-monar- tarian jihadists had to do with ‘dem- Editor-in-Chief: Aidan Molins ers that such principled and penetra- should guide the scholars of this place. chy’s responsibility for funding sec- ocratic stability’. Mr Khanfar’s main News and Analysis / 4 tive reporters as Mr Bell continue to Leadership at this University is not in tarian jihadists in Libya and Syria. In distinction in his later years at al Ja- Editors cover the issues of most import for us the bag; it is in the garbage. It is my the Arab and Muslim world al Jazeera, zeera was to pioneer brazen fake war Long Read / 6 Nick Bonyhady Kishor Napier-Raman (“University Senate commences first sometime hope that we may wake up from 2011 onwards, destroyed its for- news, in favour of those ‘revolutions’, Jayce Carrano Siobhan Ryan confidential external fellow selection from the madness to an institution of mer credibility with partisan and often dressed up as journalism. Why Sydney Culture / 7 Natassia Chrysanthos Michael Sun process,” 3rd week issue). Whereas collegiality and autonomy, and a will- fictionalised stories about the Libyan Ideas thought this made him a credi- Ann Ding Maani Truu my view of the restructure of the Sen- ingness to preserve the good and the and Syrian ‘revolutions’. Wadah Khan- ble speaker is anyone’s guess. Anyway, Opinion / 8 Justine Landis-Hanley ate is public, it causes great sadness right. far was the channel’s key player in the on this occasion student journalism and perturbation amongst many of 2005 reconciliation with the US, after was two steps ahead of those who re- Contributors my peers that the institution of the I have the honour to be, Dear Editors, tensions over the invasion of Iraq. Mr cruit talent for Sydney Ideas. Perspective / 8 Alisha Brown, Garnet Chan, Max Cullen, Eric Senate has been so perverted by the your most obedient and humble serv- Khanfar now claims to back liberal- Gonzales, Cameron Gooley, Imogen Harper, Nick pernicious and successful efforts by ant, and faithfully, ism and ‘democratic stability’ in the best wishes Creative / 10 Harriott, Jacob Henegan, Ruby Hillsmith, Jennifer senior managers of the University ad- region. However Zoe’s article makes Tim Anderson Horton, Owen James, Pranay Jha, Patrick Ryan, ministration to remove divers vener- Finn Gabriel Keogh clear his ongoing identification with Political Economy Photo Essay / 11 James Stratton, Courtney Thompson, Zhixian Wang, able staff and esteemed alumni from Arts V past and current Muslim Brotherhood Mary Ward, Jamie Weiss, Alison Xiao, and Alan Sports and Tech / 12 Zheng. This editorial is dedicated to this man I saw vaping Longer Read / 13 Artists while using a copy of last week’s Honi as an um- Deepa Alam, Natalie Ang, Matthew Fisher, Aiden Got mail? brella to shield himself from the rain. Magro, Ludmill Nunell, Brigitte Samaha, Jenna Best Send your irreverent takes Puzzles / 16 Schroder, Rebekah Wright, and Jess Zlotnick. I salute your Macgyver-like use of our publication and reverent rants to editors@ to keep your head dry, and I salute you even harder for stopping off at the new Law building to trash Regulars / 17 honisoit.com by 12pm each your drenched newspaper and pick up a fresh new Friday for publication. Keep it Honi umbrella to use for the rest of your commute. SUPRA / 18 of the May this week’s edition protect you from wet under 300 words and include weather just as well as last week’s edition did. May SRC Pages / 19 your name, degree, year, your clouds be thick and your vape juice flavours be succulent. Cover image by Deepa Alam. and favourite off-campus AM The Garter Press / 22 Honi Soit, Week 4 Edition, Semester 1 2017. Bless you, sir. Web spot to interview prospective members of your Honi ticket. Disclaimer: Honi Soit is published by the Students’ Representative Council, University of Sydney, Level 1 Wentworth Building, City Road, University of Sydney NSW 2006. The SRC’s operation costs, space and administrative support are financed by the University of Sydney. Honi Soit is printed under the auspices of the SRC’s directors of student publications: Nina Dillon-Britton, Pranay Jha, Isabella Pytka, William Ryan, Katie Thorburn, and Adam Ursino. All expressions are published on the basis that they are not to We’ve recently been informed that Climate change is driving koalas to The Australian National University be regarded as the opinions of the SRC unless specifically stated. The Council accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any of the opinions or information contained not everyone has notifications set up drink, according to a recent USyd Students’ Association (ANUSA) voted within this newspaper, nor does it endorse any of the advertisements and insertions. Please direct all advertising inquiries to [email protected]. for our Facebook posts. Firstly, make study. Koalas typically don’t need wa- to reaccredit to the National Un- sure you turn those on. Right now. ter, but increasingly low moisture lev- ion of Students (NUS) at a general However, if you’re one of the poor els in eucalyptus leaves — which can meeting last week. A representative people who didn’t have them set up be attributed to rising temperatures who voted in favour described the What’s on this week until we just told you to, you may have — seem to be changing their habits, NUS as “rancid” but said, “it needs According to your local rugby team. missed these stories over the week. as this image from the study shows. to be ‘hellish’ before I vote against”. Small Trumpet Presents: Wom*n’s Comedy! Gaius Gracchus Pub Crawl SciSoc Annual Cocktail Party SUDS Presents: A Clockwork Orange Speed Friending When: Wednesday, March 29, 6:30pm When: Thursday, March 30, 6:00pm When: Friday, March 31, 8:00pm When: Wednesday, March 29, to Saturday, April 1 When: Tuesday, April 2, 11:00am Where: Hermann’s Bar Where: Starts at Hermann’s Bar Where: Hotel CBD Where: The Cellar Theatre Where: Eastern Avenue Price: Access $5 | Student $10 | Adult $15 Price: Free Price: Access $40 | Non-Access $45 Price: SUDS $3 | Access $5 | Student $7 | Adult $10 Price: Free Matt: Hey boys, check this out. USyd’s funniest Benny: Hey Matt, you always had a hard on for Dylan: Maybe we can find some science students Benny: Fellas, how about this for some cultural Dylan: Ah, finally. Somewhere I can meet people women are putting on a night of music, comedy, ancient history, right? who can work out why your pass completion is so education? who aren’t complete plonkers like you blokes. sketch, improv– Matt: Hey, the shit’s interesting, man. Better plot bad, Matt? Matt: Wasn’t A Clockwork Orange originally a movie? Matt: Lucky it’s only speed friending, they don’t have Benny: What’s improv? twists than Married at First Sight and don’t try to say Benny: I don’t think you need a scientist to tell you Benny: Nah, bud, it was a book. You ever read one? to put up with you for longer than two minutes.