.. . Prentice• delivers moons on cue V0Y-agersup-p-orls MONASH Uranus theories A senior lecturer in the Department of Mathematics has risen to world REPORTER prominence after successfully predicting the findings of the Voyager probe in its recent encounter with the planet Uranus. Dr Andrew Prentice accurately ed, whirling faster still and sloughing off AMAUll. FOR THE UIIIVERSm predicted the locations of a new moon doughnut~shaped rings of gas from its and a new satellite belt, the chemical equator at precise intervals. Registered by Australia Post - publication No. VBG0435 compositions and densities of the The rings were abandoned where the moons, and that the magnetic field of centrifugal force of whirling, which the planet would be found to be at an pushes material away from the prolo­ angle to its rotational axis. sun's centre - that same force which He also provided an explanation of throws you around in a car as you turn a the astonishing 8 km high cliffs on the corner at speed - exactly matched the surface of the moon Miranda (centre gravitational force pulling material pages). towards the centre. He did so on the basis of his contro- In the Prentice model, the formation versial model of the formation of the of the ·outer planets and their attendant solar system. moons is seen as a re-fun on a minor His initial success in defining the loca- scale. tions of the previously unknown moon and satellite belt received widespread Turbulence publicity in the United States and Bri­ The theories of Laplace were discard­ tain, and he became one of only two ed generally by astronomers, because scientists interviewed on national public there seemed no good mechanism for radio in the US over Voyager's Uranus the shedding of the rings, and their con­ flyby. solidation into planets. Since the confirmation of Prentice's But Prentice thinks he has found the pronouncements on the densities and answer in "supersonic turbulence" - a chemical compositions of the moons of concept first suggested by the Dutch Uranus, the editor of the prestigious physicist, Dr Dirk ter Haar. with whom scientific journal, Nature, has asked him Prentice worked at Oxford University. to contribute a review article on his Supersonic turbulence is a powerful theory. form of convection, the circulation that occurs when warm fluid rises and cooler Proto-sun fluid rushes in to take its place. "At the moment, my model is the In this case, hot eddies of gas are seen only one that can satisfactorily explain as shooting out from the centre of the the formation and composition of the whirling proto-sun or proto-planet entire solar system - and that's not too towards its edge at greater than the bad," he said. speed of sound. The Prentice model is based on the Their place is taken by cooler gas fall­ 190-year·old ideas of the great French ing towards the cente. astronomer and mathematician, Pierre Few of Prentice and ler Haar's col­ de Laplace. leagues, however, actually believe in In the early 1970., long after supersonic turbulence, which means that Laplace's ideas had fallen into disfavor, until now the Prentice model has not Dr Prentice became convinced that they been widely accepted. constituted the best explanation for one Initially it was published only after of the simplest and most curious facts of being rejected some 10 times. the solar system - all the planets travel That is why the latest test of the in the same direction on nearby circular models' predictive power was so impor­ orbits almost all of which are in the tant for Dr Prentice. January, Dr Prentice delivered a paper km. The reporter was mightily same plane. And his success has gone a long way containing his Uranus predictions to the impressed. Laplace pictured the solar system as towards vindicating the concept. American Astronomical Society which A few days later. Voyager found a emerging from the contraction of a hut­ "For the one value of supersonic was meeting in Houston. belt of satellites spread around an ter, whirling proto-sur. which once turbulence, we have been able to explain The Voyager encounter was to be in average distance of 68,(0) km from covered the whole of the space now oc­ the composition of the entire solar late January, but already preliminary in­ Uranus. cupied by the planets. system," he says. formation was beginning to filter back. So Dr Prentice had predicted the posi­ This contracted as it cool- Soon after re"ching Dr Prentice took the floor feeling tions of these two to within 3 per cent ­ more than a little nervous. well within his margins for error. He had just heard a radio report that Not all his colleagues fared so well. A a new Uranian moon had been team from the Massachusetts Institute discovered, but he had no details of of Technology predicted a new satellite where it was or whether it squared up would be found at precisely 76,222 ± 8 with his model. km from the planet, exactly halfway bet· After he had delivered his paper, an ween the newly discovered bodies. interested reporter from the Boslon "It's a risky business. this predicting. Globe approached him and together "They couldn't have chosen a worse they rushed to the nearest newsstand for spot," he says. details of the newly discovered moon. But it was not all smooth sailing for Dr Prentice had predicted new satel­ Dr Prentice either. lites or satellite belts at 68,OClO km and Mathematical models are highly 89,(X)() km from the centre of Uranus. dependent on the quality of the informa­ The new moon measured in at 86,(X)() • Continued page 6 "Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man." So said Pope, so I'll tell how Where'er I went, from birth till now I came across a strange tall bloke With ginger hair and wreathed in smoke. Who robots loves, and music, too ­ I'm sure you'lI find he's known to you. Who is the man 'shrined in this rhyme? For the answer turn to our page nine. MONASH REPORTER 1UtOTFD$A~ Whols New n Educalion, Rffieorch~and CommlXlity Service. No.l-BS --- ~ -- ... - . ~ HUIIIMft- t o .. NO\IUIiMIUt IS. '1115 From. the inform.ation office in '86 MONASH REPORTER is one of ceeding issues 3fe published on the Keith Bennetts, or the secretary, tion of news clippings dealing a number of publications and ser­ back page of each edition. Ruth Keeler. They can be contacted with Monash and the education vices provided by the University's in­ Another major publication is on ext. 2087. scene generally. This is formation office. MONASH REVIEW, a periodical THE MONTH AT MONASH, the distributed two or three times Although a part of the Vice-Chan­ devoted to publicising - mainly off­ advertisement listing University weekly to aIt departments. cellor's section, the office exists to campus - the University's events to which members of the • This is Monash, the annual service the needs of the campus as a achievements in teaching, research public are invited, is another infor­ visitors' guide to the campus. The whole. and community involvement. mation office responsibility. Compil­ 1986 edition is now available. First, MONASH REPORTER. __ It is edited by TIm Tbwaites, who ed by Georgia Tsioukis, the ad ap­ • Press releases and publicity mat­ ters generally. The office is pleas­ This is primarily an internal publica­ can be contacted on ext. 3087. pears around the turn of the month in The Age and a number of subur­ ed to assist in the preparation of tion, published nine times a year. and SOUND is another information ban weeklies. In normal circum­ releases and to advise on publica­ distributed throughout the campus office publication. Sub-titled 'The stances, copy deadlines are 5 p.m. on tions. and affiliated off-campus official broadsheet of Monash Uni­ the third Thursday of the preceding The office also is involved in main­ institutions. versity', this modest journal appears month. The extension to dial is 2002. taining liaison with the Monash It is edited by Lisa Kelly who can on average 35 times a year. There are Other information office services Graduates Association and with be contacted on ext. 2003, and who no fixed deadlines, and items for include: school tours of the campus. Georgia would welcome contributions, letters publication will be accepted at any Tsioukis is the person to contact and ideas. Copy deadlines for SllC­ time by the information officer, • Press Cuttings, a regular compila­ about these. Picture parade of first 25 years The Visual Arts Gallery will hold two special exhibitions this year to mark the University's 25th Anniversary. Contributors will include John The first, Selections/rom the Univer­ Rickard (History), Conrad Hamann, sity Art Collection, opened this week Margaret Plant and Jenepher Duncan and will continue until Friday. April 11. (Visual Arts), Martin Canny (Botany) The second will be a largely photo­ and David Bradley (English). graphic exhibition of the University's The exhibition will be held during the cultural, political and social history. 25th Anniversary celebrations, and will It is being mounted jointly by the be officially opened on Tuesday, gallery, the departments of Visual Arts May 20. and History, and is being drawn from at (Contributions of photographs from least 10 different photographic collec­ private collections - memorable events, tions around the University. faces, student activities, and others ­ A special publication, funded by the will be appreciated. They should be sent, Silver Jubilee Committee, will be pro­ together with a date and brief explana­ iii duced in conjunction with the exhibi­ tion of the contents, to the Deputy are, from left: John Rickard. Jenepher Duncan, Bill tion, and edited by Bill Kent and David Registrar, Mr Jim Leicester, as soon as Cuthbert. Cuthbert of the History department. possible.) The'Alex' goes on tap Annual service The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, the Right Reverend Dr Frank Little, will be guest speaker at the annual University Service, to be held in the Large Chapel of the Religious Cen­ tre on Thursday at 1.10 pm_ Members of the University Chaplain­ cy, Reverend Laurie Foote (Catholic), Reverend Philip Huggins (Anglican) and Pastor Peter Pfitzner (Lutheran) invite everyone to attend the service which will pay special tribute to the University's 25th Anniversary year. The organ will be played by Associate Professor Bruce Steele (department of English), and Dr Alan Gregory will con­ duct the Education Faculty choir. Disarming speaker The Australian Ambassador for Disarmament, Mr Richard Butler, will hold a free public meeting In RI (Rotun­ da) at 7.30 pm on Wednesday, March 12. He will speak on his work at the con­ ference on disarmament in Geneva i now and its new season (where he is chairman), on the work of P;rates of Penzance. Pictured celebrating the completion of this long-awaited addition to the Alex's facilities are, from left, Graham the conference in general, and about the McGuffie (technician), Wendy Todd (bookings secretary). Phil A'Vard (theatre manager) and Michael Lee of Buildings Branch, who Australian Government's policies on designed the bar. Photos - Tony Miller. disarmament and arms control. MONASH REPORTER 2 MARCH 5, 1916 US responds to 'parochiat' jibe Sydney will host an international conference on health care, law and "This can raise tremendous conflicts etblcs because Monash visitor, Professor Margaret Somerville, told the and problems for members of the health Americans they were too parochial. care professions, who need help to deal Speaking at a conference in Boston model for many other relationships. with the changes!' last year I she complained that the "It crystallises some of our deepest Professor Somerville is widely known American Society of Law and Medicine and most important values - or con­ throughout North America and parts of was not looking far enough afield. flicts - and people can personally iden­ Europe for her participation in public The society promptly set up an inter­ tify with situations or problems. debate on these matters, especially on national liaison committee and ap­ "With the new technology. medicine television, radio and in the press about pointed her to the chair. has become a field of uncertainty. issues like AIDS, patients' rights, over· When asked where she would like to "Paradoxically, a lot of fears of treatment and over-use of medical tech­ hold the first big international con­ earlier times, that hospitals were harm­ nology, organ transplantation, ference on health, law and ethics, she ful places where you went to die, were euthanasia and new methods of repro­ said Sydney, "because it was the far­ raised again by the 'miracle' technology. duction. thest place I could think of". Uinstead of being places of neglect, She is also part of the legislative After a few seconds' hesitation,- the hospitals became places of over-atten­ machinery which is trying to determine AustraliarH"'"'~a:~ua~i~~r:~: S""",rvilile is a Americans said: "Why not?", so the . tion, with the machine being the subject new guidelines in all' these areas. and professor in the F of Law and Medt­ conference will be held at the Sheraton­ and the patient merely the object. during her visit to Monash she is giving cine at McGill Universjty, Montreal. She is Wentworth Hotel in Sydney from "It depended on whether you saw advice to Victorian Government bodies, consuhant to the Law Reform Commission August 17-21. medicine as being to benefit people, or including the Department of Health and of Canada, director and secretary of the Professor Somervi1le, who is visiting people being the object on which the Law Reform Commission. Amerk;an Society of Law and Medicine, a the Centre for Human Bioethics for four medicine was practised." She believes it is not possible to legis­ consuttanl 10 the Medical Reseach Council months while she writes a book titled late right decisions regarding many of (Canada) Standing Committee on Ethics in Reproduction Technology: A continu­ Informed consent the issues of medical ethics, but that the Experimentation. consuhanl to the Cana­ ing challenge to consistency in values, law must insist on Uright decision-mak­ dian Association for the Mentally Retarded. The next phase had to be the integra­ legal adviser to the Committee on Concern policy, attitudes and legislation, holds tion of caring and technology. ing process". for the Dying and much, much more. Her Chairs in Law and in Medicine at McGill Throughout North America a legal "Often we can't legislate right deci­ prizes and awards Include the Pax Orbis ex University in Montreal. doctrine of uinformed consent" had sions because circumstances can vary, Jure Gold Medal awarded by the World She says the centre at Monash has heen adopted. science can change so quickly," she Peace Through Law Associatoo. Berlin, given Australia an international identi­ This required doctors to share with says. 1985, and the University 01 Sydney Medal, ty in the field of human bioethics. patients their doubts and uncertainties "You can't legislate that treatment 1973. Professor Somerville's activities in­ " Countries have a tremendous in­ about the outcome of treatment they should or should not be withdrawn You clude speaking at international conferences terest in each other's approaches to the could offer, and to accept patients' deci­ have to look at all the circumstances and and meetings. and writing in the fields of law, medicine and ethtcs. controversial and highly public legal and sions about going ahead with treatment make a decision for each case, using ethical issues raised in the medical con­ or not. proper and adequate procedures. treat - though I don't believe in killing. text. uThis is an outgrowth of emphasis on "There is under-treatment. over­ "There is possibly more universal in­ the rights of the individual; the applica­ Middle position treatment and proper treatment - and terest here than in any other area, cer­ tion of principles and concepts of "With defective new-born babies, it is what we need is proper treatment." tainly in any other area of law." human rights to the medical milieu," totally wrong to say their lives should She believes the Monash IVF team is McGill University was passing a says Professor Somerville. depend only on whether the parents an exceptional group with a highly­ resolution to set up a similar centre "As a free and autonomous person want them treated or not. marketable product. which, it was hoped, would interact with the patient has a right to choose the ac­ "In my view, that is an insufficient "Others have access to the same Monash, as well as with other centres in tion to be taken. decision-making process; it could mean techniques and they are not achieving North America and Europe, she said. "This new phenomenon requires you had two babies with identical pro­ the same results. Australian-born Professor Somerville health care officials to change their own blems, but one might live and one might "There are more than 60 IVF units in is in the forefront of moves to recon­ priorities; to give up their paternalistic' he allowed to die. France and some have never achieved a sider the role of modern medicine. authority and adopt a more egalitarian "I would want the opinion of a pregnancy, which is just horrific for the She teaches law, medicine and ethics approach. properly-constructed ethics committee patients. to students and practising physicians, "Difficult situations can arise. For 10­ in each case." "When you consider the success rate and says changes are working their way stance, this approach requires respect Professor Somerville says she takes a here, and we can anticipate it will con­ through the medical system from the for a Jehovah's Witness' refusal to have "fairly middle position" on life-or­ tinue to improve, the Monash team has bottom up. a blood transfusion, even if that leads to death issues. something of value to sell. "The medical model is often the the patient's death. "I don't always want to treat, or not • Continued page 11 Monash to moot for Australia again When the successful Monash mooting team broke up last year, it seemed the Law Faculty, and to Jonathan "New Zealand asked Harry if the tbat many years of steady progress towards tbe ultimate goal, the Jessup Sionim, one of last year's team. Both winner of the Australian competition Cup, had gone for good. have been prime movers in getting would moot New Zealand to give them But the ghosts lingered on, and the University in the finals and Stuart (Dia­ Monash into the Jessup competition. some practice. 1986 team, under-peopled and mostly mond), who had to argue both sides for "Jon played an important part in "We started in Canberra, and will fly inexperienced, repeated last year's vic­ us, was adjudged best oralist." keeping up our efforts; he contributed to New Zealand on our way to Washing­ tory at the Australian finals of the The third team member, Jennifer to general coaching and listened to our ton for a return bout." will again represent Australia at the Jessup International Law Moot Com­ presentation. The international finals will be held international finals in the United States, petition in Canberra. "He stepped in whenever Harry from April 5 to April 12. Donations where it was runner-up last year. Monash is the first university to win couldn't,' she says. towards the team's expenses would be "Our win was a shock to the Law the competition for a second time, and it Monash also became involved in a appreciated, and further information Faculty," says team member, Edwina lalor, is the only one of last year's goodwill exercise - a Trans-Tasman can be obtained from the Dean of Law Bell. mooters to remain in the competition. competition. on ext. ' "Every other university had a full Edwina, a fourth year law student, team: four mooters and a solicitor. gives full credit for the 1986 victory to "Despite we beat coach Reicher, a senior lecturer in

• Left: Stuart Diamond and Edwina Bell. Above: The 1985 mooting team, clockwise from top left: Alan Swanwick, Jonathan Slonim , Kate Schneeburger,John Jarrett,coach Harry Reicher. Jennifer Lalor (also on this year's team). Andrew Hamlyn-Harris and Carmel Bianchi. MONASH REPORTER 3 MARCH 5, 1916 Cityswamp should become waterbird refuge Seaford Swamp should be developed as a waterbird sanctuary and major environmental resource, says a new report from the Graduate School of Environmental Science. The report. sponsored by the and Mrs Andrea Lindsay of the Oandenong Valley Authority and the Graduate School of Environmental City of Frankston, says the swamp is a Science. The overall project was super­ drought refuge for many wetland­ vised by Trevor Blake of the graduate dependent birds and is one of the few school. significant wetlands remaining in the Their 15-month study was aimed at metropolitan area. developing a strategy to enhance Most species of wetland birds occur­ ecological conditions while protecting ring in southern Victoria have been flood storage capacities and providing recorded there, and several species compatible facilities for passive recrea­ abundant at Seaford are not found at tion and environmental research. other nearby wetlands. "The individual species for which the They have outlined a program of swamp is most notable is Latham's improvements to occur in three five-year Snipe, a relatively rare migratory wader stages. It would depend on the which is protected by a bilateral treaty maintenance of higher water levels, between Japan and Australia; and is therefore requiring the installation of typically present in quite large numbers pumps to deal with flood threats. each year/' the report says. The first stage would concentrate on The swamp's present 120 hectares in cleaning up, and measures such as Mordialloc are part of the once­ perimeter fencing, vehicle barriers, weed extensive Carrum-Carrum Swamp, control and the planting of buffer and which stretched from Mordialloc to bushland areas. Frankston until major drainage works A major feature of the second stage began in the 1870s. would be the creation of a public access Together with agricultural and urban area on the eastern margins, with off­ development, this drainage program street parking, picnic area and elevated • Dr Tim Ealey, right, head of the Graduate School of Environmental Science, presents caused the elimination of most wetland bird hide. Further habitat rehabilitation the report on Seaford Swamp to Councillor Albert Knowles. Mayor of Frankston, in the City habitat except in seasonally inundated and creation of new wetland lagoons of Frankston council chambers. areas as at Seaford. would also occur. passive recreation would create a The Dandenong Valley Authority is The authors of Ecology and Manage­ resource of major regional significance. shortly to consider the report's recom­ ment 0/ Seaford Swamp are Master of The third stage would involve the ac­ mendations. quisition of private land on the northern Environmental Science candidates On February 17, the City of If it concurs, a capital expenditure of Alister Donnelly, Carol Kunert and Paul and north-eastern margins to extend Frankston adopted the report and up to $600,000 and a recurrent annual Schleiger; their individual work has been shallow wetland and bushland habitat resolved to implement the proposed expenditure of$150,000 will be involved supervised respectively by Professor areas. strategy, at least to a level equivalent to in a major program for environmental Mike cullen and Dr Sam Lake of It is expected that the expansion of stage two. with the possible implemen­ restoration and multiple-use Zoology, Dr Bob Congdon of Botany facilities for environmental studies and tation 0/stage three in the longer term. management.

Students should be encouraged to recording the momentary grasp of math­ Why must literary people make simple refer to our university exclusively by the ematical beauty before reflection reveals things so complicated and, dare I say it, name 'Alma Mater Monashina'. the vanity of hoping to understand it. dirty? For publicity reasons, higher officers We mathematicians are simple folk Sex isn't everything, you know, there of the University should be encouraged but we do not lack compassion. That ti­ is also Mathematics. to express their regrets in the media that, tle, "You or me", has nothing to do Peter Fincb despite sincere efforts, it has been with French eroticism. It simply means Professor of Mathematics impossible to attract the Venerable Bede that Miss Sender is not elitist. She is to a sub-professorial position at this not claiming to be different from other • The poem appears below. place of learning as Bede, out of sheer students. spite, passed away in 735, thus only one YOU OR ME year before foundation. Staring at no distance, I may be wrong, after all: how could mute, open-mouthed like a trout 10 Clayton's Jubilee? Maimonides (1135-1204) know what the with a dandelion skipping across the meniscus on the other side of air, I must draw your attention to the bot­ meaning of 'jubilee' was back in 736? behind those eyes that hold a mind's aimless inertia, tom left corner of Monash University's · "A Confused Reader" you chase, in pretraced tracks, latest stationery edition showing to reci­ (Hans Lausch a silent pity's run. pients of letters by this University's staff Department of Mathematics) My empathy is from our symmetry; a logo type design '25th Jubilee'. while unwinding, unbound, along After consultation of specialist liter­ we grasp our reflection in a moment ature on jubilees, e.g. Maimonides, Open-mouthed again of beauty before vanity. Joanna Sender Rules/or sabbaticals and jubilees, it was While it is good to know that a math­ easy to establish that a jubilee is a period ematical wordsmith has won the of 50 years (compare: I Olympiad = 4 Monash University Prile for Poetry, Chronic pain is a challenge years, I century = 100 years, etc.), 1985 (Monash Reporter. 9-85), I am Needless to emphasise that Mai­ puzzled by Professor Bradley's inter­ The management of chronic pain Patients with such pain should be sup­ monides is an expert on jubilees as only pretation of Miss Sender's winning entry represented one of the great medical ported with proper care, responsibility last year he celebrated his 17th. and quite lost as to why it occurred to challenges for the general practitioner, and skill, said Dr Murtagh. It is therefore an uplifting experience the judges that she is a mathematician. said Dr John Murtagh of the depart­ Doctors should promote a holistic ap­ to teach at a university which is eight I would like it clearly understood that ment of Communily Medicine. proach by advising patients about nutri­ jubilees older than this great medieval none of this department's courses in­ It was a yardstick of the excellence of tion, stress management and drug scholar. volves the study of moments of emo­ the doctor-patient relationship. control, Dr Murtagh said. After receiving advice from VAX 8, it tional intimacy. "When we challenge the authenticity "We should use physical therapy in is thus beyond doubt that our university Contrary to what the judges saw, Miss of pain we lose credibility and often lose preference 10 drugs and inactivity. was founded in the year 736 (VAX 8 did Sender'S poem is clearly about her the patient," he told members of the "This includes mobilisation and a 1986 - 25 x 50 for me in almost zero fellow students. Australian Pain Society. manipulation techniques, injection CPU-time, but queuing led to an actual But her relational perception is truly therapy, electrical therapy and muscle computation time of 19 minutes 27.03 remarkable. "We have to be careful not to surrep­ energy techniques; the best of these is an seconds). Perhaps it is her symmetric empathy titiously create the 'good riddance' active exercise program." I propose, in order to keep in the which allows her to stand briefly in the syndrome." Dr Murtagh was speaking last month spirit of the foundation year, that hence­ lecturer's place. In general practice, the common sites at the Eighth Annual Scientific Meeting forward lectures, seminars, tutorials, How else could she see her fellow and causes of chronic pain were: low of the society. held at the Royal practice classes, laboratory sessions, etc. students as we see them? "Mute, open- back pain, neck pain, headache, the Southern Memorial Hospital. be exclusively conducted in Latin. mouthed like trouts with eyes holding a pain of terminal cancer, osteoarthritis of Other Monash staff members involv­ Further the motto Ancora impara mind's aimless inertia". the hip and knee, rheumatic arthritis ed in the meeting included Dr Jean Olley ought to be changed for the obvious And yet, in her closing lines, she and post-herpetic neuralgia (post­ of Pharmacology and Dr Robert Helme anachronism. becomes again the eternal student. shingles pain). from Prince Henry's Hospital. MONASH REPORTER 4 MARCH 5, 1986 'Ageist' governor acclaims Third Age The exislence of Universities of Ihe Third Age was a salulary reminder of the true character of univenily educa.ion, said Victoria's new Governor, Dr Davis McCaughey. They showed learning for its own 'sake In any case I remember clearly, as I was a self-justifying activity like art and grew up from childhood through adoles­ music, he told participants at the first cence, being exhorted "to be my age". Australian conference of the U3A What does it mean to me to be my age movement. now? and in particular what does it The conference. held at Monash on mean to speak of Universities of the Wednesday. February 19. was the first Third Age? official engagement for Dr McCaughey Let me try to articulate some reasons after he had been sworn in as Governor why the juxtaposition of age, old age if the previous day. you like, and the idea of the University This is an edited version of his speech. is singularly fortunate: some reasons why we must all be glad that this educa­ There is, confess, something tional enterprise altached itself to appropriate* that the * first responsibility] * universily-style teaching and learning. fulfil on becoming Governor should be The juxtaposition would, of course, to speak at a conference of the Univer­ come as a surprise to many: Do we not MoC81"1lt\8y ad

MIu.NDA A former graduate student, Dr Kerry Hourigan, has already taken the model part of the way - up to the point where ------the heavier material falls together via gravitational attraction to form a central dense ring inside the doughnut. PROTO-URANUS Dr Prentice argues that this ring would then coalesce into a number of small blobs of matter around the ring, which would eventually collide to form a single satellite moving around the same track. But the detail is not clear. "I would like to produce a computer '~..., --~------+----~--~--~-+--~~,~.------~,,~--~~--~--~~ program to be used to make a video Distance ill 28.200 kin) presentation of the whole process." n .. n ....01... • The broken IItJrface of Miranda. The diff face "" MONASH REPORTER , MARCH 5 ••'" When the former Dean of Science, • Kevin Perry waits for his VIP passenger. Professor John Swan, was Pro-Vice­ Chancellor, he "had a mouthful to say" to the truck driver who ran into the rear of the University car in which he was a passenger. The incident, at a city intersection, was the only time that the Vice-Chan­ cellor's driver, Kevin Perry, had been in­ volved in a car accident during all his years' work for the University. "The lights were playing up and a policeman suddenly stopped the traffic; Prof. Swan was horrified when the truck hit us," says'Mr Perry, who was last month awarded a 20-year National Safe­ ty Council Safe Driving Certificate. He started here in 1962, as one of the team of general drivers, and became a personal driver at the request of the then Vice-Chancellor, Louis Matheson. 'St· .ur He drove the car that brought the pre­ ~nJH.l l sent Vice-Chancellor, Professor Martin, and his family to Monash, and has been driving them to official functions and .. other appointments ever since. Mr Perry, 58, who lives just two streets from the University, spends Univ.n,itystalf in December to weekends at his property at Tooradin honour the retiring Comptroller, Mr Len Candy, centre, and the retiring Registrar. Mr Jim where he raises and trains horses. Butchart. Tribute was also paid to Mrs Isabel Butchart who has played an active role in fund-raising for the University. He is also known for his success with

J.. I , Professor I was month for a sketching session. The sketches will form the of a portrait the I has COlnlTlla,lorled ~,owing, upper right, is about eight kilometres completion of Professor Martin's lo-year term as Vice-Chancellor, in January, 1987. Photo - Tony Miller. MONASH REPORTER 7 MARCH 5, 1986 KS Educational guide will be Third World gift A report on educational development in Pakistan has been published for distribution to organisations in the Third World, thanks to a subsidy from the department of German, and publish­ ed by Peter Lang, Frankfurt. the Monash University Publications Committee. This is a compilation of papers Priorities in Educational Develop­ by the Centre for International Educa­ presented at an international conference menl in Pakistan - Projects and Tra;n­ tion and Development at the University on Satire and the Modes oj the Comic, ing Programs will be distributed free of Alberta, Edmonton. held in Melbourne in November, 1983. or at low cost, through the UNESCO The Publications Committee has also It contains articles by a number of network, to educational institutions, assisted in the publication of Dr Philip other Monash staff, including Leslie ministries and libraries. Ayres's essay. The Nature 0/ Jonson's Bodi (German), Alba Romano (Class­ It is the report of an international Roman History. in the prestigious ical Studies), Marko Pavlyshn (Slavic seminar held in late 1983 at Allama Ig­ American journal, English Literary Languages) and Clive Probyn (English). bal Open University. Islamabad. Renaissance. The Monash University Publications This seminar followed a series of The essay was accepted by the editors Committee was established in 1963, and training programs in educational in December, 1984, but it could only be each year it has about SIO,OOO to. administration conducted at t.he Monash included in this month's special issue on allocate as subsidies for approved Faculty of Education by senior lecturer, Renaissance Historicism if Monash publications. Dr Warren Mellor, and funded by would meet the printing costs. Its secretary. Charles Lucas, is the UNESCO. Other books published under sub­ University's Publications Officer, and The book was edited by Dr Mellor sidies from the committee include Com­ he can offer help and advice to anyone and Dr M. Athar Khan, co-ordinator of ic Relations: Studies in the Comic, on campus about all aspects of Educational Planning and Management Satire and Parody, edited by Pavel Petr, publishing. He can be contacted on ext. at the Open University. It is published David Roberts and Philip Thomson, of 2042 or 2072. WHO makes new moves against killerdisease A potentially fatal disease normally associated with animals strikes down elude farmers, dairymen, abattoir Leptospirosis has also been found hundreds of Victorians each year. workers, rice and sugar-cane workers. among water-skiers and white water The disease, leptospirosis, is often not tion on control and treatment. But cases recently recorded in this canoeists and raftsmen using inland recognised in time to prevent serious The result, Guidelines for the Control State include a Monash zoology student waterways in Europe. It is believed complications. 0/ Leptospirosis, was offset from a who contracted the disease while trap­ bacteria from contaminated water enter "It must be diagnosed in the first day manuscript produced in his department, ping native rodents in the Dandenongs their bloodstreams through minor cuts or so," says Professor Solly Faine of the and published under the WHO imprint during field work. and abrasions. department of Mi~robiology. in 1982. "Unfortunately the symptoms are not It is a compilation of articles by 24 characteristic; at first it looks liks 'flu, contributors from 11 countries, and is and most recover at that stage. widely used as a teaching and reference "Later, in severe cases, it becomes manual. recognisable with typical symptoms in­ Now WHO has recognised its value cluding bleeding, jaundice, central ner­ with editions in other languages, in­ vous system involvement and liver and cluding Arabic and Chinese. kidney failure." Japanese and French versions are also Leptospirosis is worldwide and causes on the way. many deaths, particularly in developing Professor Faine says leptospirosis is countries. very hard to detect in animals, and those Professor Faine, who has been resear­ which recover become carriers, passing ching it for more than 20 years, was ap­ bacteria out in their urine to infect other proached in 1980 by the World Health animals and humans. Organisation about publishing informa­ People most at risk in Australia in- o Overseas writers first on lunchtime program Two international writers visiting Adelaide for Writer's Week will be first on the program of Monash Lunchtime Readings for 1986. Indian poet, Kamala Das, will read Later in first term, Hector Monro's and discuss her work on Thursday, comic poem, Don Juan in Australia, will March 13; and English novelist, David be launched, and so-metime during the Lodge, Professor of Literature at Birm­ year there will be readings by Monash The group is inviting donations of ingham University, will present excerpts poets on campus, as well as a Back to goods for its own stall, including house­ Cut-price from his acclaimed books, Changing Monash reading by three widely-read hold linen, cutlery, crockery, electrical Places, Small World, and the newly­ poets, Alan Wearne, John A. Scott and goods and other items of use to students published How Far Can You Go?, on Laurie Duggan, who began their careers setting up in flats and rooms. tickets Thursday, March 18. here. For bookings and further information Students will benefit from the newly­ Both sessions begin at I. J0 pm in R3 Other visitors will include Dimitris contact Mrs Rosemary Mitchell, introduced "youth" price for tickets to (Rotunda). Tsaloumas and Chris Wallace-Crabbe. 5703337, or Mrs Gloria Parker, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's The series of readings is again being 876 1609. ]986 Perspectives series a1 Robert Black­ presented with assistance from the Vera Last year, the group raised $7.009 wood H.II. Moore Fund, the Dean of Arts, and the which was distributed as follows: The new rates. mostly less than half Literature Board of the Australia Coun­ BRIEFS Main Library $2310 price, apply to people under 21, or to cil. Hargrave Library $1200 students up to 25 years (inclusive). Phillip Martin of the department of University Union 822 They are: A Reserve $8 (Adults English, who organises the readings, Garage sale Robert Blackwood Hall 450 $16.20, Concession for pensioners and says the Literature Board is continuing The Monash University Parents' Faculty of Economics 450 unemployed $13); B Reserve $6.50 ($13, to offer its support because it believes Group is inviting sellers and buyers to Faculty of Education 133 $9.80); C Reserve $5 ($9.80, $8). the series is worthwhile. get together in the Humanities Car Park Faculty of Engineering 510 Perspectives is part of the ABC Con­ "It's not just for people associated (next (0 the bus loop) on Sunday, March Faculty of Science 1134 cert Music program, and was previously with the English department - it's for ]6, for a Monster Garage Sale. known as the Monash Series. all staff, students and members of the Selling sites may be hired at $8.50, Since the group was formed in 1966, it It presents a wide range of music public who enjoy hearing writers read $12, or S15, and the sale will run from 8 has raised more than $95,000 for the which explores some outer reaches of and discuss their work," he says. am to I pm. University'S benefit. the art. MONASH REPORTER 8 MARCH S, 1986 Ripping yarns served asocial purpose discussing is that developments in Bri- For Australians post 50, tbe phrase early stories, Tom's school days at "boys school stories" arouses deep Rugby and the regrettable demise of nostalgia for t.e Magnet and Gem, foolish little Eric, had such a great im­ published In England for more than 30 pact, only to be followed by a compara­ yeo.. up to tbe beglnnln, of tbe last "'ar. From Brown to Bunter tive lull, until the genre became revital- They were weekly p.pers, surely by Peter Musgrave ised by Reed and others, and then, hav­ superior to "eomks". ing changed greatly in its inner ideas and Probably nothing we have met since Routledge and Kegan Paul, London feelings, became modified into the in print has given us so much simple fun. (SuboldlMd by the Mona... Unlvenlty Publications Commltt.., modern modes of the first half of Ihis In Magnet, the heroes of Greyfriars - century. Harry Wharton, Frank Nugent, Hurree 28 names before he died in 1961 at the the genre over the years, to questions of One of the best illustrations of how he Jamset Ram Singh (who would arouse age of 84, he hardly ranks in fame or social class in Britain, and to religion, does this, in the 2S9 pages of his text, is readers' shrieks against racism today) achievement with other creators. politics, economics, the Empire, and his examination of the forces within Bri. and Billy Bunter, that quintessence of The seminal names include Thomas whatever else his eye sees as relevant. tain's economic and political frame· greed, cowardice, ineptitude and Hughes, author of Tom Brown's The outcome is that, even for those works, religion and morality, the family stupidity, acted out a fantasy which, Schooldays (published in 1857), and who have never known Magnet or Gem, and the education system - what he strangely, we could identify with from Dean Frederick William Farrer, creator and may not have been aware of school calls the "social structural supports" ­ our different circumstances on this side of that cautionary tale, Eric or Lillie By boys' stories more than briefly at any in the second half of last century. of the world. Lillie (1858), together with the astonish· time, Professor Musgrave creates a mir· Population rose, schools increased, In Gem, Tom Merry's gang at St ing Talbot Baines Reed, who, while ror in which we can see reflected a great with education becoming compulsory Jim's included that comical fop, Arthur carrying on an active business career, deal of ourselves. from five to 12 under the 1876 Educa· August D'Arcy - a Superpom indeed! and meeting many social respon- tion Act. The proportion of society seen - but, without a Bunter, ran only se- sibilities. produced a stream of boys' as "middle class" increased. Greater condo It never occurred to us that the stories, as serials, books and single yarns wealth and wider literacy arose. whole lot, anyway, were by a single over 14 years, towards the end of the At the same time, both patriotism and man! century, as a pillar of the Boys Own Imperialism flourished, and writers We didn't care who wrote the stories. Paper. could tap more effectively the swelling We didn't wonder for a second how they Other writers far better remembered sentiment of the British white man's du­ came to exist. It never crossed our minds today have their roles in Professor Mus- ty to the spread of British power abroad, to ask what part they had in their tradi- grave's story - Rudyard Kipling (cer- and to the peoples it overwhelmed. tion and society. We never stopped to tainly a crucial figure), P. G. Wode- Religious feeling - non-Catholic ponder the effect they might be seeking house, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, Alec Christianity _ was still "very central" to have on us. Waugh (and in a lesser way his brother, to many Victorians~ particularly among Peter Musgrave, newly-retired Pro- Evelyn), Charles Dickens, of course, the higher social classes (although being fessor of Education, was not SO content John Buchan, E. M . Forster, Rider challenged after 1859 by Charles Oar. to leave these and similarly fruitful ques- Haggard, Somerset Maugham, George win's Origin of Ihe Species). Morality tions alone. Orwell, Charlotte Yonge and Hugh was ciosely linked to concepts of In From Brown to Bunter he studies Walpole among them. patriotism, honor and duty to Britain British boys' school stories from the ear- The tapestry becomes complex as Pro- and the Queen. Honor was linked to Iy 19th century to beyond the last war, fessor Musgrave sets out to "describe " purity" . working largely at Cambridge. the meaning (of the genre) for those Manliness and the muscular ideal For us Magnet-Gem buffs, with our alive then, and ... to uncover its struc- were related within the family to ideas treasured memories, Professor Mus- ture and the ways in which this was link- tish education, at both the private and about the nature and roles of women, grave has a chastening message. Those ed to the wider society." State school levels, came to shape in- and to the expression, or suppression, of stories, far from being at the height of He not only gives biographies of ma- fluentially the ideas by which natural emotions. the art, and central to the genre, were jar writers, and summaries of the most Australians have been educated in their In the schools, the problem of games rather on the faded side, at the dying important stories, but reaches farther to turn. or brains was still not settled .. . but end of things. describe how each major book. was A key problem that Professor Mus- ideas of "character", endurance. And although their creator, Charles received in its time, and its effects. grave faces is how to explain why, energy, and of initiative within the ap- Hamilton. was an amazing man who Not content with that, he relates following on the appearance of a few proved social system were deep. Fas­ turned out more than 7000 stories under single works, and the broad stream of What happened over the years he is· Noel Hawken Did you Ken? The mystery the first stanza of a mighty epic penned by Peler Le Poer Dar.ail for the farewell feast of former Dean of Engi­ neering, Ken Hunl. (The rest can be viewed by contacting the author on ext. 3445., Professor Hunt, who retired at the end of last year, was feted at Deakin Hall by some 100 present and former Fund; Professor Jiri Marvan, i colleagues, including the University's Emilia Foundation; Jaroslav Mychailyszyn, secretary. i I Studies Support Pavtyshyn, Slavic Languages; Dr Vladiv, Slavic Languages; Professor Vasyl Markus, Loyola University, Chicago; Mr Eugene Slavic first Vice-Chancellor, Sir Louis Languages; Mr John Browne, Vice-Chancellor's Department. Seated:.Mr Stepan Lysenko. president, Association of Ukrainians in Victoria, and Professor Ray Matheson. Martin, Vice-Chancellor. He was Ihe fifth staff member hired

The Ukrainian community will con­ agreement to support the Lectureship in The association has established a by the new University y and was Founda­ tinue to underwrite a lectureship in the Ukrainian, presently held by Dr Marko committee to raise $500,000 to put the tion Professor of Engineering, and Dean department 01 Slavic Languages follow­ Pavlyshyny for another three years. future of the course beyond doubt, and unlil 1975. Ing the success 01 the lirst three-yeor Ukrainian Studies at Monash is the this goal was given a massive boost late He will be awarded an honorary ocreement "'hlch established tbe first tertiary course of its kind in last year with a donation of land worth degree, Doctor of Laws y at the Science scheme. Australia, and is seen as playing a vital at least SIOO,OOO from a Bailaral couple, and Engineering Graduation Ceremony Officers of the Association of Ukrai­ role in keeping the language and culture Joseph and Emilia Pona. on Wednesday, April 23, when he will nians in Victoria have signed a new alive. also be the Occasional Speaker. MONASH REPORTER MARCH 5, 1916 Dangers in tying the reward to the r-oduct In an occasional address to Monash graduates in December, Mr Hugh Stretton, Reader in History at the University ofAdelaide, lO

Learn more about California exchange An opportunity lor Monash students Students will be selected on academic to spend an academic year at a US uni­ grounds, and on the basis of their aim in versity will be ginn a boost on Wednes­ wishing to study at the University of day, March 12, with the arrival on cam­ California. pus 01 Professor Sam McCulloch, the Each student will be responsible for Uaiversity of California student ex­ his or her travel, living and incidental change scheme's Director for Australia. expenses. Under an agreement negoliated bet­ These are estimated to be at least ween the Monash University Council SUS 10,000, excluding return air fare and the Regents of the University of and assuming on-campus housing. California, up to five undergraduates or Inquiries should be directed to the graduates will be allowed to continue Academic Services Officer, Mrs Joan their academic work at the University of Dawson, Registrar's Office (ext. 3011). California without payment of tuition Catalogues for the nine campuses of fees for one academic year, beginning in the University of California (Berkeley, January or March, 1987. Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, The agreement also enables a similar San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Bar­ number of University of California stu­ bara and Santa Cruz) may be seen at her dents to enrol at Monash. office. Professor McCulloch will be available Applications for the scheme close on Doctorate for son of ex-VC for consultation about the scheme in Wednesday, 23 April, 1986. • TIm Scott, son of former VIce-Chancellor Prof.ssor W.A.G.(BiII) Scott and Mrs Margar•• Room 110 on the first floor of the is pictured with his parents aHer the December 4 graduation at which he Humanities Building on March 12 from his Ph.D. for a thesis .ntnled The Elizabethan double 10 a .m . to 12 noon, and from 1.30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Any Monash student in the scheme Conference Conserving household energy would continue to be a candidate for a Monash University degree, and, depend­ The Arts and Crafts Centre's aulumn Sunday, March 16: Massage, Fabric ing on the choice of subjects, it would be term began this week, with several new collages, Fabric designs for woven possible for studies taken at the Univer­ on 'rules' subjects added to the old favourites, garments, Printing from color slides. sity of California to be credited towards including vegetarian cooking, advanced Saturday, March 22: Calligraphy, that degree. silkscreen, alternative jewellery making Soap and cosmetics, Seminole ·for AIDS and home energy reduction. patchwork. Sunday. March 23: Fragrant crafts. The weekend workshop series has also IMPORTANT DATES • From page 3 been expanded and the March program Free brochures are available from the is as follows : centre, or by phoning ext. 3096 or 3180. The Registrar advises the following ..A separate question is whether it Saturday. March 15: Basketry. Prin­ Students receive a 50 per cent discount. importaOi dates for students in March: ought to be sold, and whether it ought to ting from slides, Chocolate making. and staff, JO per cent. be sold by a university. -- - 3 First Term begins "I think the sale is very acceptable First Term begins for Medicine I, II because the money is coming back to and III HISTORY help further research." CAMPUS First half-year begins for B.Ed., Prof J. HOFF-WILSON Indiana Jun '86 for She says the IYF program is one 6 weeks B.sp.Ed., Dip.Ed.Psych., M.Ed.SI. and LL.M. by coursework. where there should be great emphasis on HUMAN BIOETHICS Cenlre for VISITORS First Term begins for M.Eng.Sc. by letting patients down gently after treat­ Prof M. SOMERVILLE McGill Jan-Mar '86 ANATOMY coursework ment failure. Mr A. T-P. LEUNG Hong Kong 26 Nov '85 LAW IO Orientation for parHime and mature­ "I have a lot of belief in the Mr N. GASKELL Southampton Jan '86 for for 12 monlhs age students (family day) 12 noon. psychological component of medicine, 'Dr H. D. M. MOORE Inst oj Zoology, II months Sports and Recreation Centre. Prof S. LIND Florida Jan '86 for 6 months and no area is as fraught with London 13 Nov '85 for 3 months I I Publication of results for Law Summer psychological components as the IYF 'Prof J. C. SHARPE Omaha May '86 for -Prof K. IWASAKI Ehime May '85 for 10 Term. months one. 6 months. 14 Closing dat~ for change of course, Dr W. ZHONG-XIONG Ouangdong Res MATHEMATICS subject or unU laughl in the firsl halF­ "There is a great risk of anger, disap­ Insl oj Family Planning, China 16 Dec ·Prof J. FUGATE Kenlucky Jan-Jul '86 year or onr the whole leachine year. pointed expectations - and sometimes a '85 for 15 months. Dr O. HALL Aberdeen Jan-Mar '86 Last date for discontinuation of all law suit - in dismissing a patient after BOTANY Dr L. C. JOHNSTON Victoria, Wellington Siudies by nOI.for.odegree. diploma. failed treatment. -Dr B. GOTT Ausilnsl Abor Studies I Jan· Jan-Ott '86 bachelor d~aree and Master "People generally don't sue when Jun '86 Dr J-E. PIN Unil:ersite Pierre el Marie Curie Preliminary c.andidales. and by Master they feel they have a good relationship 28 Jan-Mar '86 candidates ddined as COUrKWOrk COMMERCIAL LAW & APPLIED with their doctor even when things have candidates, 10 be eligible for 10007. LEGAL RFSEARCH Cenlre for MECHANICAL ENGINEERING gone dramatically wrong - they sue Prof B. J . VICKERY Weslern Ontario 17 ~fund of Ihe .986 Union fees paid when they feel physically and psycho­ Mr R. YORKE, QC English Bar Apr '86 for (not applicable to studeOis taking Feb-2 Mar '86 logicallyabandoned. I month Summer Term subjects. ) MEDICINE EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Closing date for new enrolments for "If they are suddenly dropped they Prof W. J. WILLIAMS SUNY Apr '86 for 2 ~nlre for LL.M. by coursework not taking try to re-establish a bond with the doc­ weeks Dr M. MONK University Coli, London Feb· Summer Term subjects. tor, if necessary through a hostile Apr '86 MICROBIOLOGY 19 Graduation Ceremony - Science relationship, so a proper 'de-briefing' is ECONOMICS Dr S. MAN-HUA InSI Epidem & Microbiol. 23 Orientation day for parents of first­ very important." Dr G. SAMPSON UNC TAD 2) Dec Beijing Jan '86-Jan '87 year undergraduate students 11.00 am Professor Somerville will be a speaker '85-3 Feb '86 MIGRANT & INTERCULTURAL Robert Blackwood Hall . at a national conference on Acquired 27 Last date for return of T.E.A.S ECONOMICS & OPERAnONS STUDIFS Cenlre for Immune Deficiency Syndrome at ·Prof W. BESCH Bonn Feb-Apr '86 appli ca tion forms to the RESEARCH Commonwealth Department of Clunies Ross House, Melbourne. next Mr B. P. M. McCABE Leeds I May -Dr K. de BOT Nijmegen Jun-Jul/ Aug '86 Education in order 10 receive payment month. '86-Jan '7 Prof K. ENLICH Dortmund Apr '86 for 7-10 of entitlements retrospective to I The conference, organsed by the Cen­ -Prof T. KINAL SUNY late May-Aug '86. days January 1986. tre for Human Bioethics, and titled PAEDIATRICS EDUCATION 28 Good Friday Holiday AIDS: Social Policy, Ethics and the Prof P. NIKNAPS Kerman Jan-Sep '86 Mr M. BEN-PERETZ Haifa May-Aug '86 31 Easter Monday Holiday Law, will look at questions of -Prof L. M. CANTOR Loughborough U oj PHARMACOLOGY discrimination, confidentiality, the need Tech mid-Feb-mid-Apr '86 Dr S. SO H Malaya Feb-Aug '86 for blood tests and the kinds of advice Dr R. J. CARNEY Alberta May/ Jun '86 for PHYSICS COURSES AWARDS 6 weeks & that should be given about avoiding or Mr M. GUI-SHENG Xuzhou Teachers' Jan­ dealing with AIDS. -Prof R. D. GIDNEY Western Onlario Jul­ Mar '86 Three fellowshi ps are available for 1986 for "We have to be extremely careful in Aug '86 Dr C. G. WINDSOR Atomic Energy Res established scholars and librarians to usc the -Dr J. HARDING Chelsea Coli, London Eslab, UK 2-16 Feb '86 National Library facilities for three to six using the law, so that it does not do IS Mar-23 May '86 more harm than good ," says Professor PHYSIOLOGY mOOlhs. Benefits include travel costs and Dr D. WHITEHEAD London Apr-May '86 Somerville. -Assoc Prof R. J. HARVEY DIogo 29 Nov grant·in-aid. Application rorms are available ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE '85 for 9 months from the Director-General, National Library "We must keep in mind that the Mr D. EVANS Melbourne early '86 for 6 Prof A. IGGO Edinburgh early Mar '86 for 3 of Australia, Canberra 2600. Applications overall goal is to keep the disease from months weeks close on April 3D, 1986. spreading. Emer Prof A. NAESS Oslo Mar-May '86 ProfW. KOZAK Carnegie-Mellon 10 Jan '86 ..A law which carries something sym­ GENETICS for 6 months bolising alienation or stigmatisation The Clive and Vera Ramaciotti -Dr H. MATSUMOTO Shinshu Jun '86-May ZOOLOGY * * * might defeat the whole purpose." ' 87 Foundations a re currently inviting Prof M. F. WILLSON /IIinois 15 Jan-14 May applications for 1987 resea rch grants in the (The conference will be held on Mon­ GERMAN '86 field of medical research. Applications close day. April 7, and registration can be ·Prof W. BESCH Bonn I Mar '86 for first with Mr Bruce Shields on Monday, June 30, made through the Centre for Human term -Visitor accompanied by spouse. 1986. Bioethics, ext. 4083 or 3373.) MONASH REPORTER II MARCH 5, 1916 ,

One small step ... This is the first in an (possibty) occa­ sional series on car parking spaces which offer food for thought Even the powers-that-be felt uncomfortable about the obvious discrepancies bet­ ween the "Disabled parking" designa­ tion and the in-built obstacles, left, so sometime during summer vacation the problem was remedied. MONASH REPORTER The next issue will be pub­ lished in the first week of April, 1986_ Copy deadline is Friday, .... March 21, and earty copy is much appreciated. Contributions (letters, ar­ ticles, photos) and suggestions should be addressed to the editor, Lisa Kelly, Information OffIce, UniversIty OffIces, or ring ext_ 2003_ Chess club champions await your move Ready (0 develop your chess? If so, you'll be in champion company at Monash where the chess club has taken out top honors for the State two years running. Last year's victorious team are, from left to right, Guy West, Murray Smith, Ross Thomas and Matthew Drummond, winners of the A-grade premiership in the Victorian Chess Association's Inter­ club competition. But don't be disheartened by the high club standard; everyone is welcome from beginners to master strength. The club is almost as old as the University and its rooms, upstairs in the Union Building (next to the Mature Age students' lounge) are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays. This year there will be regular Mon­ day night tournaments as well as the usual informal arrangements for games, and newcomers are invited to call at the club rooms. movements from the Planets migrant", by Dr Gillian Fulcher, Suite, Holst - Mars, Venus, Sociology, Monash. 7.30 pm. Jupiter. R.B.H. Admission free. R6. Admission free. Inquiries: 1.15 pm . ext. 2245. 17: LUNCHTIME CONCERT ­ MARCH DIARY 13 & 15: EVENING CONCERT - "The Victor Sangiorgio - pianist, Spirit of India", featuring the presenting a special program of graceful Kuchipudi Dancers. The events listed below are open to the Possibilities", by Ian Bell. Herb works following a tour of Direct from the Adelaide Festi­ public: "RBH" throughout stands for Feith, Ron Hatley (Politics). Europe and London. R.B.H. val, sponsored by Monash Dept. Robert Blackwood Hall. There is a BASS 11 .15 am Room 515, Menzies Admission free. 1.15 pm. of Music and Jataraj Cultural ticketing outlet on campus at the Alex· Building. Admission free. 21: Centre. 7.30 pm. R.B.H. BLOOD BANK - Ground ander Theatre. Inquiries: ext. 2197. floor, Menzies Building. From 9 Admission: adults S14, stu­ 6: RELIGIOUS CENTRE ­ am to 3.45 pm. dents/pensioners/u nemployed 3: ARTS & CRAFTS - Courses Service to mark 25th Anniver­ 22: 1986 ANNUAL CONCERT ­ SII, children S8. and workshops for first term sary of the University, with guest Chinese music by the Chao Feng starting. Free brochures avail­ speaker, the Roman Catholic 14: EVENING CONCERT - "The Chinese Orchestra. 8 pm R.B.H. able. Inquiries: ext. 3180. 3096. Archbishop of Melbourne, the Spirit of India", featuring Inquiries, bookings: 662 1980. 5: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Rt Rev. Dr. T. F. Little, organist Amaja Ali Khan and Madurai 24: LUNCHTIME CONCERT ­ FORUMS - " Beginning the Assoc. Pror. Bruce Steele, and Sheshagopalan. Direct from the "II Pastor Fido" presents music course" - st udents' past exper­ ttle Education Faculty Choir, Adelaide Festival, sponsored by of Vivaldi, Tel e mann. iences and course directions. conducted by Dr. Alan Gregory. Monash Dept. of Music and Holteterre, Duphly. Elizabeth MARCH 12: "Experiences of 1.10 pm . Inquiries: ext Jataraj Cultural Centre. 7.30 Anderson (harpsichord), Garry the course" - present students' 3160/ 112. pm. R.B.H. Admission: adults Morcom (baroque oboe), Gary perceptions. MARCH 19: "Stafr " -22: COMIC OPERA - Gilbert & S 14, students/pensioners/un­ Ekkel (baroque nute). Paul - Biographies and world Sullivan pres. "Pirates of employed SII, children $8. Jones (cello), R.B.H. Admission views." MARCH 26: "Appro­ Penzance", starring June 16: MONSTER GARAGE SALE­ free. 1.15 pm. priate technology education: The Bronhill and Norman Yemm. 27: EVENING CONCERT - The experience of a Centre for Alter­ Nightly 8 pm. Matinees 2 pm, 15 Monash University Parents' Group invites sellers and buyers Preston Symphony Orchestra native Technology", by Damian and 22. Alex Theatre. Inquiries: conducted by Philip Green, Randle, Wales. Environmental 543 2255. to get together in the Humanities car park from 8· am 10 I pm. together with the combined Science Seminar Room. All 12: PUBLIC LECTURE - "Dis­ Monash University Choral forums at 5.15 pm. Admission armament and Arms Controls", Inquiries and reservations: 5703337,8761609. Society and the Melbourne Uni­ free. Inquiries: ext. 3839. by Richard Butler. Australian versity Choral Society. Soloist: 6: SOUTH EAST ASIAN Ambassador for Disarmament. 17: MIGRANT STUDIES Linda Smurden (soprano). STUDIES SEMINARS - "The Admission free. 7.30 pm. RI. LECTURES - "From the Suzanne Ward (mezzo soprano). National Election in the Inquiries: Frank Wess, 611 5449. outside looking in: A Victorian Lawrence Allen (tenor) and Philippines", by Amando 13: LUNCHTIME CONCERT ­ perspective on ethnic women's Jergy Koslowski (bass). Pres. the Doronila (Politics). MARCH 20: Melbourne Symphony Orch­ affairs", by Hanifa Dean­ Verdi Requi em. R.B.H. "The West Papuan Challenge to estra, conducted by David Oswald. Ethnic Affairs Commis­ Admission: adults $8, concession Indonesian authority in Irian Measham: Symphony No. 25 In sion. I pm. R6. MARCH 24: $5. 8 pm. Inquiries, bookings: Jaya; Old Problems. New G minor, Mozart. Three "Finding the handicapped 544 5448. MONASH REPORTER 12 MARCH 5, 1986 Prinled by Waverley Offset Publishing Group. (03) S60 5111 . Typeset by BP Typesetting Pty. Ltd .• (03) 561 2111