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A number of Young Liberals have been Honi can reveal the identity of several of As we wait for our fries, dozens of people The McDonald’s begins to fill with gas. implicated in a controversy involving de- the individuals, two of whom are students start to run past the window, chased by Children are crying, holding their faces up rogatory comments made in a group chat of the University of Sydney. clouds of rolling, rising tear gas. I stand to their mothers, who wipe their eyes and towards a woman on Tinder, the Syd- by the window, filming until someone noses and mouths with water and ice. Out- ney Morning Herald reported earlier this pulls me away – the police just smashed side, the riot police move in lines, head to week. Four of the individuals involved the glass door, it’s better to stand back. toe in black armour and matching masks, were suspended from the Liberal Party I wonder where Marine and her partner as if to imply their prey are the real threat. for a period of six months, and two were are, where the American academic got to, fired from their state government jobs. Read more on page 4 >>>> or any of the smiling faces we met. Read more on page 8 >>> LETTERS Acknowledgement of Country Honi Soit is written and distributed on the land of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. Without a treaty, this land remains stolen land. Sovereignty was never LETTERS NEWSFLASH ceded, and an illegitimate occupation has been inflicting violence on First Nations people from 1788 to this day. Despite priding ourselves on being a paper that empowers voices lost in mainstream media, we recognise that such a platform has not been adequately extended to First Nations people, and that there have been high-quality horoscopes. Your expired Microsoft Office 97 SRC office bearers finally appointed with collective serious shortcomings in our engagement and solidarity with First Nations people. The editors of this paper occupy the lands of the Wallumedegal, Gadigal, Bidjigal, You don’t collective failure to uphold suite. autonomy breached Dharug and Tharawal peoples of the Eora Nation. More than half of us are people of colour, and we remain acutely aware that we benefit as much as white people make one this feature of Honi’s legacy from the specific form of racism faced by First Nations people. As we are all complicit in a settler-colonial regime, we commit to focusing on the daily injustices compromises any last shreds Yours in litigation, Wednesday night’s meeting bookended the long-running directed at First Nations people from the government, media and legal system, alongside the white supremacist superstructure within which these institutions operate. friend of respect proffered by the Spence, Garton and RepsElect saga with all positions filled. student body. Associates

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Fitbit (NLS), Georgie Brown change. However, Honi has called USYD Women, distinct does). We wish Xiaoyu all the (Lib) and Ellie Stephenson heard that the push for an from WoCo’s traditional best. (Groots). Good luck, losers! early release date was passed publication Growing Strong. The Goings-On in 2018, BEFORE Jacky came Built on the holy trinity of $12,000 for what!?!?! He did! Or did he? into power, and was the result “empowerment, sisterhood Young Labor v Young Liberal debate with them in their inclusive musical university is your chance to fulfil that welcome lunch for spoken word of a collective effort from the and ambition”, USYD Women God-King Jacky and his performance. prophecy… or at least to watch one poetry, speeches, and, well, free food Why bother taking a three-hour bus to Our very own SRC President past SRC, SUPRA and staff. So, features, among other things, entourage of B-List campus of Hughes’ seminal teen dream films and drink. Canberra to survey the shitshow that is 22 Feb / 1.30pm / Main Stage, Front Jacky He, who was recently it’s like, the changes came into an article (or advertisement personalities have become on the big screen (projector). For all federal politics when you can examine Lawns. 22 Feb / 11am / Courtyard. described as God-King in the place during his reign, but they — we’re really not sure) about awfully shy recently. Jacky you no-sugar fiends, Honi has heard the same terrarium of disorder on Counter Course handbook (a had like absolutely nothing to student councillor Xiaoyu and other OBs are required on the grapevine that there’ll be free campus? Future senior ALP and LNP KCAS K-Pop Dance Showcase Bright Ideas: Neon Dream publication he oversees), has do with him! Come to think (Kimmy) Jin’s own brand of to provide written reports kombucha. party hacks battle it out in their annual Weebs of USyd, fear not. The iconic Despite the University completely apparently been engaging in of it, isn’t the phrase God-King jewellery, called Olyeu — an to yours truly. However, if 22 Feb / 6pm / Courtyard. debate on The Issues That Matter To Korean Cultural Appreciation Society disparaging the integrity of the Imagine having no life a bit of old-fashioned taking- from somewhere else as well? interesting variation on “only you flick to page 20, you’ll The Australian People. are doing covers of infamous K-Pop Sydney College of the Arts, arts credit-for-other-people’s- Hmm, but then again, so is you”. We at Burn Book are see that no reports have been WoCo Feminist Lunch 20 Feb / 1pm / Main Stage, Front Lawns. tracks for your viewing and listening and culture has managed to find Honi has been doing some top- work! Lobbying from the SRC Burn Book… always looking for ways to submitted this week. What’s

pleasure. another way in the era of University notch SNOOPING around the has caused the University spice up our wardrobe, so we worse, the Gen-Secs are yet USyd Wom*n’s Collective have been AUSLAN Music Performance corporatisation. Have a gander of soul-sucking cesspool that is to release course materials Not all that glitters is gold decided to give Olyeu a further to create a schedule for OBs 20 Feb / 2pm / Main Stage, Front Lawns. at the apex of feminist organising USyd student Antony Youssef’s student politics, and has found for first year subjects a week look. One quick look at the to submit their reports. Maybe The Disabilities & Carer Collective, in Sydney for over two decades, installation, ‘Neon Dream’ which some students keen to fight earlier than usual this year. In a Arising out of the controversy website reveals a wide range of it has something to do with the Sign Language Society (SignSoc) Courtyard Cinema: instigating change as large as an interrogates the links between the for control of aforementioned Facebook post, Jacky claims this from who will be the Wom*n’s attractively priced jewelry for Yuxuan Yang’s absence over and the Mental Awareness and Health The Breakfast Club Australian Human Rights Commission physical and digital. cesspool in this year’s USU success for himself, writing Officers this year, the elected sale. It even features a touching the summer, completing an Society (MAHSoc) are at the forefront You’d be lying if you haven’t fantasised report into sexual assault on campus. elections! Lmao imagine that a fateful meeting with Wom*n’s Officers Crystal Xu artist’s statement from the internship in China despite 20-22 Feb / 2pm-5pm; 6pm-9pm / of disability rights awareness and about having a John Hughes romance If you identify as a wom*n or non- unironically doing that. In any USyd Staff Communication and Gabi Stricker-Phelps designer! What does it say you being paid an annual stipend Elliot Miller Studio, Science Road. activism on campus. Come together at least once in your life. Perhaps binary student, head along to their case, the individuals are Tom Specialist Judy Douglas is have made their own women ask? Lorem ipsum dolor sit of a whopping 12k (for the Manousaridis (Unity), Nick what brought about the focused publication, creatively amet… (No seriously, it actually second year in a row). 2 3 NEWS NEWS NTEU lodges dispute as backlash grows against Dr Tim Anderson sacked for ‘Security risks’: ICAC Anderson Stuart evictions swastika lecture material hears allegations Alan Zheng Jessica Syed and Joe Verity Alan Zheng The Faculty of Medicine and is made that is likely to have a Honi. Safety (WHS) reports which including academic staff, group Controversial academic Tim Anderson’s employment. Anderson warned that the An Independent Commission subject of complaints lodged Health’s (FMH) plan to evict “significant effect on staff.” To "I was supposed to start reportedly identify critical leaders, postdocs and higher Anderson has been sacked The panel’s majority University’s “censorial abuse” Against Corruption (ICAC) with the Student Affairs Unit researchers and academics date, the faculty’s consultation my honours this year...but my safety risks in the Anderson degree research students, by the University of Sydney determined that Anderson’s would send a “cold chill” inquiry has heard allegations in 2017, according to exhibits from the wet laboratories in efforts have only extended to supervisor is so worried about Stuart Building. Despite was delivered to faculty following the suspension of conduct amounted to “serious through the University, and that the private contractor before the inquiry. the Anderson Stuart Building meetings between individual the future of this lab that they numerous staff requests for management last week. his employment in December misconduct” under the University’s accused Garton of “reactionary responsible for campus security, On mulptiple occasion, by mid-2019 without a firm research leaders and senior don’t feel confident with me the reports, they have not been “It is our concern that 2018. The decision was made enterprise agreement, and added politics dressed up as ethics.” Sydney Night Patrol and Inquiry guards arrived late or wholly relocation plan continues faculty and human resources completing a year of work here provided by the faculty in a the capacity to maintain [the last Friday by a 2-1 majority with reference to the altered Israeli In an email exchange with (SNP Security), falsified up to failed to attend rostered shifts at to spark backlash after the staff. Honi understands a anymore…So I have to find possible breach of University school’s] record of teaching through an employment review flag that it would be “reasonable Garton prior to his suspension $121,239 in timesheets over Sydney University Village and National Tertiary Education meeting between the University somewhere else last minute,” WHS procedures which require excellence will be compromised panel. to find the image offensive.” in October, Anderson accused the last decade under a contract the Law Library. Guards also Union (NTEU) lodged a formal and NTEU representatives took reads one post on Facebook relevant WHS information to by the proposed relocation and Anderson was suspended in Maclean argued against the the Provost of “clumsy, with the University valued at worked an excessive amount of notification of industrial place last week but failed to page Humans of Anderson be shared with workers during dispersal of colleagues,” the late 2018 for circulating lecture panel’s decision, opting instead unprincipled attempts to act as $30 million across its life. consecutive hours, in breach of dispute, and 185 staff and reach an agreement. Stuart which increased from consultation. The continued motion reads. materials which, according to defend Anderson’s conduct political censor.” The NSW anti-corruption SNP’s own workplace fatigue students signed a motion “I left the meeting feeling less than 100 likes in January concealment of the reports The motion comes ahead of to a letter from the Provost on the grounds of academic Friday’s ruling crystallises body is examining allegations policies. of no confidence in FMH bullied, distressed about my to more than 1000 at the start leaves lingering concerns for a turbulent year for the FMH and Deputy Vice-Chancellor freedom. He asserted that the University’s various of bribery, fraud and “payroll The University typically management. future and anxious about what of Welcome Week. unspecified safety risks as with the impending launch of Stephen Garton, contained it was “consistent with the investigations into Anderson’s ghosting” — a process advertises emergency services The University’s 2018- this means for my career, my Honi reported in January 2019’s academic year welcomes the new Susan Wakil Health an “altered image of the Israeli requirements of professional conduct, ending his twenty involving an employee claiming and campus security as contacts 2021 Enterprise Bargaining research students and the 2019 that the evictions were students back to campus. Precinct. flag” featuring a “cropped judgement that staff formulate year tenure, which in recent hours they have otherwise for students in distress. Agreement requires formal undergraduate students that I being justified on the basis The motion of no confidence swastika.” The materials were their own concrete criteria years has been marred by not performed, typically with Campus security are consultation when a decision teach,” one research leader told of tenuous Work, Health and signed by 185 staff and students, allegedly used in ‘Human for the exercise of academic controversies largely relating to payroll creating fake employee conferred power, trust and Rights and Development’ freedom.” his political stances. Anderson profiles, or using the details of responsibility under the August 2018 September 2018 October 2018 November 2018 December 2018 January 2018 February 2019 (ECOP3017). A University spokesperson has repeatedly expressed public existing employees on leave. 2009 Campus Access Rule The panel that handed relayed to Honi that the support for the Assad regime in Photographs and which empowers guards to down Anderson’s termination University would maintain its Syria, meeting with Bashar al- correspondence tabled at remove unlawful entrants on of employment included Janice position that “Dr Anderson’s Assad in 2013. ICAC reveal guards sleeping campus and apprehend anyone NTEU meets with University management but In his public statement, in vehicles and classrooms suspected of an offence. Posters appear on the building’s McLeay, a dispute management continued publication of the fail to reach an agreement. Anderson noted that he is in during shifts, complicating The inquiry is expected windows demanding “hands off specialist and former Industrial material on social media and in Relations Commissioner, lecture slides for students was consultation with the National services coordinated by to continue for another three Staff told that “walk- Ward emails staff Faculty management Anderson Stuart.” Professor Philippa Pattison, disrwespectful and offensive,” Tertiary Education Union with Campus Security, including the weeks and conclude with through” identified saying AS is not “fit organises one-on-one Motion of no confidence in the Faculty the Deputy Vice-Chancellor emphasising that “staff must also respect to a legal appeal of the shuttle bus service operating possible recommendations for concerning but for purpose,” with meetings with lab Executive is submitted with 185 signatures from of Education at USyd, and Dr meet their obligation to engage University Review Committee’s between Fisher Library and further action by the Director unspecified WHS issues. relocation to the heads affected by the Acting Vice Chancellor says affected staff and students. Executive Dean (Prof Neil Maclean, a senior lecturer in debate in a civil manner, and decision. Redfern Station. The service of Public Prosecutions (DPP) A further inspection is Australian Technology relocation, informing “continued investment in wet lab Informal inspection Robyn Ward) and other in anthropology. Maclean was in accordance with our policies An online petition to has garnered a notoriously and improvements to the undertaken by WHS staff, Park or the Medical them of the slated closure facilities doesn’t make economic Honi files formal request under the Government of Anderson Stuart senior staff perform a the only member of the panel and codes of conduct.” reinstate Anderson has already unreliable reputation, with University’s contract oversight affirming still undefined Foundation Building a of research laboratories or research sense,” with no Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) (AS) building wet “walk-through” of AS to vote against terminating In a public statement, begun to circulate. hour-long delays forming the management processes. labs. Building without notice. but critical safety risks. possible solution. by June 2019. reference to WHS issues. for the WHS reports. USyd Young Liberals involved NUS protest Activists rally against murder Hundreds protest in Tinder controversy Jordan Peterson of TJ Hickey child removals Honi Soit Baopu He Himath Siriniwasa Nell O'Grady and Annie Zhang A number of Young Liberals also contributed to the going on to say "sorry to have Protesters gathered in front Peterson, the actual protest was 15 years after the tragic murder of corruption within the police. echoed by Greens MP for 400 people met in Hyde Park One day we will be the ancestral have been implicated in exchange of messages. Sich was started it". of the Sydney Opera House only met with a small number of of Kamilaroi 17-year-old TJ The Hickey family claim Newtown, Jenny Leong. “We to attend the Grandmothers footprint and one thing that our a controversy involving the first to compare the woman Both Gream and Doherty on Saturday to rally against individual hecklers. A moderate Hickey, activists rallied against that a police rescue vehicle need to stop cops investigating Against Removals (GMAR) children need to know is that derogatory comments made in to a potato, going on to add have had notable political controversial Canadian police presence also accompanied the state-sanctioned violence was sent away, and that the cops,” she said. rally on the 11th anniversary we fought to bring them home,” a group chat towards a woman “root and boot her and leave her careers both in and out of USyd. psychology professor Jordan the protest but remained largely that resulted in his death. arrival of the ambulance was 407 Indigenous deaths in of Rudd’s apology to the Stolen she said. on Tinder, the Sydney Morning some HTVs [how to votes].” Gream is known to have been Peterson in response to the unintrusive, allegedly only On 14 January 2004 after intentionally delayed. Constable custody have occurred since the Generations. The government currently Herald reported earlier this Two women in the group a staffer for Adam Marshall, Sydney leg of his 12 Rules for intervening when a speaker used being arbitrarily pursued by a Hollingsworth, the officer at previous Royal Commission in The rally focussed on forced spends $1.2 billion operating week. Four of the individuals chat confronted Gream and the Minister for Tourism and Life speaking tour. a profanity during their speech. police vehicle, TJ was rammed the scene, also refused to give 1991. Activists claim that police adoption laws passed in the NSW out-of-home care services for involved were suspended from Sich during the course of the Major Events in the NSW Previously little known After the speeches at the by the vehicle onto a spiked evidence at an initial inquiry on investigations and prosecutions Parliament by the Berejiklian Australian children. One sixth the Liberal Party for a period of conversation. Liberal Government. Doherty outside academia, Peterson has Opera House were finished, fence. He passed away the the grounds that he would be into such deaths have not Government in November 2018 is spent on support networks to six months, and two were fired “Have some manners boys... is known to have been a staffer attracted notoriety in recent the protestors marched down following day at the Royal incriminated. occurred. which allow children to be strengthen communities. from their state government that’s fowl,” one said. for Felicity Wilson, a NSW years due to his attacks on Circular Quay, chanting, “Racist, Randwick Children’s Hospital. 15 years on, calls to hold The rally had a heavy police removed from their families. “Parliament House forced jobs. “People wonder why women Liberal MP. Sich is known as political correctness and identity sexist, anti-queer, Peterson’s not Approximately 70 activists police accountable continue presence, with police matching Almost 40% of children in the adoption bill, shamelessly Honi can reveal the identity don’t want to join the Liberal a staffer for NSW MP Gareth politics, amassing huge support welcome here” holding banners and community members to unite the community, with at least half the amount of out-of-home care are Indigenous. rushed it through and became of several of the individuals, party,” another added. “Ju st look Ward. bases on online platforms such with slogans such as “Stand began the march in TJ Hickey passionate chants of “they say protesters at any given time. The laws prevent children from law. We’re demanding that these two of whom are students of at this chat.” as Quora and Youtube. with Muslims against racism”. Park in the heart of Waterloo, accident we say murder” and A senior FIRE (Fighting In being returned to their families laws be repealed,” Wright said. the University of Sydney. Alex The group chat contained Hersha Kadkol, the In a media release, Kadkol before continuing through “too many coppers, not enough Resistance Equally) activist after only two years in care. Speaker Tanya Mihalik Doherty, Treasurer of the USyd seventeen members, including Ethnocultural Officer of the stated that the protesters are not Redfern police station. justice.” said that this was a regular “[We stand] not too far Shadow Family and Community Politics Society in 2018, shared Young Liberals President Harry National Union of Students seeking to have Peterson’s speech Protesters demanded a Multiple minutes of silence occurrence at Indigenous from the supposed corridors Services Minister noted “a a screenshot of a text exchange Stutchbury. Honi contacted (NUS), gave a speech before cancelled, but rather, to voice their parliamentary inquiry into the were held: at the memorial in TJ rallies, especially given the of power that have made a letter to the Parliament signed with woman from Tinder Stutchbury, Gream and the crowd. “We cannot afford opposition to the normalisation “gross miscarriage of justice," Hickey Park, in front of Redfern calls for justice against police decision that will continue to by over 80 organisations were to a group chat conceived Doherty for comment. Sich to ignore Jordan Peterson,” she of bigotry which Peterson and a remedy to the oppressive police station and outside violence. endanger our children,” said ignored by Premier Berejiklian. for the purpose of election was not available for comment. said. “[Peterson has become] a represents. Amongst Peterson’s social systems that continue Parliament House. “Our people carry more Anne Walden, a Wiradjuri elder If elected we will repeal this campaigning. Kerrod Gream, Neither Gream nor Stutchbury key ideologue for radicalising controversial views is that white to perpetuate mental health “We’re not going anywhere trauma than anyone else in this and NSW board member of the legislation within 100 days." former USU board candidate, responded. Doherty responded people to the right. [His rhetoric] privilege does not exist, and crises amongst First Nations until there is justice for TJ continent,” said community local Aboriginal Council. The speakers led a march commented on the appearance via a lawyer, stating that he did is waged against the gains that ‘enforced monogamy’ is an communities. Greens MPs and all other victims of state- activist Raymond ‘Bubbly’ Greens MP David Shoebridge towards NSW Parliament down of the woman whose photo not make further comment in hard-won by women, ethnic antidote to male frustration. David Shoebridge and Jenny sanctioned violence,” rally Weatherall. spoke against the policy “[this policy Macquarie Street. Hazel Collins had been shared, suggesting the chat and was "disgusted". minorities, LGBTI communities “It’s not just about his ideas, Leong promised to bring about leaders said. Many in the A petition to reopen an is] ignorant of history, ignorant gave another rousing speech. that Doherty would not want to Further screenshots obtained and their supporters.” it’s about where they fit in in a concrete inquiry into Hickey’s community fear that for young inquiry into Hickey’s murder of what the meaning of sorry is.” “Till the day I die, till the last “bang a potato". by Honi show Doherty saying Whilst the Facebook event this wider shift to the right murder post-election. indigenous people to be held in with 12,000 signatures was Hazel Collins, one of the baby is brought home, I’ll be Jacob Sich, President of the "Well i [sic] think she's gonna page was targeted by online we’re seeing globally,” Kadkol The brutality of his death custody is effectively a “death handed to Shoebridge and founders of GMAR, also spoke. out here and I’ll be holding the Wollongong Young Liberals, vote liberal - you're welcome", trolls coming out in support of told Honi. was underscored by accusations sentence.” This sentiment was Leong at Parliament House. “Our children are our future. government accountable.” 4 5 ANALYSIS ANALYSIS What’s in a name?: O-Week becomes How relevant are USU student services without Welcome Week student activism?

Jessica Syed and Liam Thorne wonder if O-Week, by any other name, is equally sour. Ellie Stephenson understands we can’t have one without the other. Disclaimer: Author is a member of Sydney Grassroots

This year, both the University of In a 53 page action plan released on effective any such education on hazing St Paul’s. Other colleges at USyd have The University of Sydney Union’s (USU) undermines their history of activism. when we’re faced with material access to tertiary education. The USyd Sydney (USyd) and the University of its website, St Paul’s College outlined would be, when student hierarchies are not publicly released any action plan recent decision to offer free ACCESS Some people might claim that assaults on our welfare and living Disabilities Collective and Caregivers Sydney Union (USU) have changed the how it would implement each of the maintained through a concentration of to implement the recommendations of membership is calculated to improve weakening activism at university is standards. Constantly facing issues Network protested last year against name of Orientation Week (O-Week) recommendations of the Review, . power in “student orientation leaders”, the Broderick Review. Honi reported in student experience — a priority also no bad thing. Right-wing candidates like discrimination and exploitation at the inaccessibility of public transport, to ‘Welcome Week’, reasoning that the One action point involves changing the who will oversee orientation activities. December 2018 that St John’s College shared by University administration in student elections have insisted work, systemic racist violence, sexual something which directly affects the term ‘O-Week’ has become too deeply name of O-Week to Welcome Week. Most problematically, it is went so far as to withhold its internal in light of poor results in national that activism is futile, unwanted harassment and abuse, vicious anti- ability of students with disabilities to associated with instances of sexual Bizarrely, another action point ambiguously described that review into allegations of sexual assault student experience rankings. The by students, and a distraction from LGBT+ sentiment, ableism, and the access a university education. These assault. centres around having “one or more “investigations will continue to be made in the ‘Red Zone Report’, which USU, helped by a million-dollar deal providing tangible services. A common looming threat of climate disaster has achievements illustrate the potential Ever since these decisions of the alcohol free days in the orientation conducted by the Sub-Warden,” was released by advocacy group End with the University, will make Clubs refrain of the campus right, looking a tendency to make you miserable. for activism to focus effectively on University and USU became public programme.” Beyond the fact that meaning investigations into hazing and Rape On Campus during orientation and Societies membership at the to posture as sensible, apolitical, and Student services can mitigate these student wellbeing, provide a voice for knowledge, debate as to the efficacy intoxication can’t excuse sexual sexual assault will transpire internally. week last year and outlined 40 years of start of 2019, with an optional paid student-focused, is that they will issues to some extent, but to truly marginalised students, and remove of such a change was sparked on the misconduct, the notion of limiting The fact that the majority of hazing and sexual assault in Australian membership for students wanting prioritise services for students over address them in meaningful ways, we barriers to accessing tertiary education. most prestigious of forums, USyd Rants. consumption in a model that resembles decision making happens behind residential colleges. to receive discounts at campus food activism. During last year’s Students’ need activism. It is vital for student unions Online opponents of the change have a concentrated form of 1920s U.S. style closed doors is the very thing that has Walkley award winning journalist outlets. Making ACCESS free is a major Representative Council (SRC) election, Student activism isn’t futile. to take on activism to change the broadly stated that changing the name prohibition is unlikely to bode well, invoked significant criticism of college and author of the ‘Red Zone Report,’ step in improving the accessibility of centre-right group Shake Up regularly Looking at the University of Sydney oppressive systems which materially of orientation week will do little to stop as 18 year olds tend to get their hands culture. Processes of accountability Nina Funnell told Honi that “a mere student unionism at the University, claimed to want to start spending Wom*n’s Collective, we can observe harm students. Their role as providers sexual assault on campus. on alcohol even under the most trying remain covert and hidden from the name change is a superficial ‘fix’ to a and has removed a significant financial student money on students, saying how dedicated and radical activism of student services is enriched—not Less publicised is the fact that circumstances. public eye, leading many to believe that deeply ingrained structural problem. barrier to participating in USU activities they would prioritise student services. against sexual assault at university diminished—by improving student the idea for changing the name was Apart from this strange prescription, perpetrators of sexual assault are “let One in eight sexual assaults which and initiatives. Liberal Board Director Jacob Masina led to the productive Red Zone wellbeing on a systemic scale. recommended in the now infamous and despite the name change, most of off” to maintain the reputation of their happen this year will likely happen this Although free ACCESS membership explained to Honi last year that he didn’t report and the End Rape on Campus Challenging political oppression, Broderick Review into residential the changes in St Paul’s orientation particular college. It’s apparent that any week.” goes some way to making the USU believe the Ramsay Centre was relevant movement. The Collective’s work unjust discrimination, and exclusion college culture. This recommendation week practices appear vague. sentiment of change is undermined When some behaviour is so more inclusive, the organisation could to the USU’s work, suggesting the created tangible benefits and change for will always be valuable uses of union was not aimed at the University The action plan notes that students by the fact that the Colleges—as a entrenched in specific institutions, to do far more to engage with and deliver Union ought to focus solely on student women on campus, which no amount resources. In real terms, despite of Sydney or USU, though both will be “educated about hazing”, but separate entity to the University—lack the extent that it is hailed as tradition, action for students. There are many experience. Board Director Lachlan of palatable corporate apologism positive progress by the USU towards institutions have latched onto it. The does not specify by whom or in what sufficient oversight, despite efforts by it’s unlikely that any name change will issues students face, which can never Finch, who ran as an Independent could have created. In 2014 students better access to its services, a neoliberal question remains as to whether the capacity, with little to no consultation the Broderick Review to encourage reduce sexual violence at USyd this be resolved by simply letting students but is affiliated with the Liberals, was organised en masse against the fee and apolitical union operating in the target demographic of the Review’s with feminist groups on campus as to increased cooperation between the two week — at least so long as residential join societies for free. quoted in his candidate Honi interview deregulation proposed in the federal shadow of VSU will never be truly recommendation, USyd’s residential the most effective programs available. institutions. college procedures and accountability Since the introduction of Voluntary as tepidly saying, “I don’t think politics budget, sending a powerful message impactful in improving the lives of all colleges, have followed suit. It’s prudent to question how Not that this secrecy is particular to mechanisms remain clandestine. Student Unionism (VSU) in 2006, has a place in making the best decisions to the government about the need for students. student unionism has been on a steady for the Board.” and seemingly irreversible decline. This The framing of student services as decline is a problem because student in competition with political activism unions, apart from providing valuable is deeply bizarre. It might be easy to Cash Cows and Raised Fees services to their members, have proclaim that activism is a less effective historically been major contributors use of resources than fun runs, textbook Tiffany Vaughan interrogates the reason behind increased tuition fees for international students. to student activist movements around subsidies, faster WiFi and a “#MeToo Australia. Student unionism has movement at USYD” (whatever that Since 2017, Australian universities success rates of each eligible student. tuition fees which appear to serve assessments, allowing direct entry been instrumental in affecting major means), but doing so necessarily fails to have raised tuition fees, particularly This would explain the 54% increase universities’ financial interests over without needing to take more prevailing social progress, often leading protest understand the ways in which for international students, in efforts of international student enrolments their own. exams such as IELTS. movements and facilitating radical injustices in our society affect to contend with the Commonwealth over the past five years. Amanda Suslio, a USyd Medical The lowering of English language activism. students’ ability to access services. Grant Scheme (CGS), whose pool of According to the NSW Audit Office Science student, told Honi that “the standards is no doubt linked to funds is sinking. 2017 annual report, universities have cost of each unit goes up by not universities’ need for international Changes made to the CGS in 2017 dealt with decreased funding provision hundreds, but thousands of dollars.” student tuition fee revenue, despite “VSU makes it dangerous for student unions were predicted to save the federal by substituting in overseas students’ She explained that an international the fact that language barriers would government $2.8 billion in funding tuition fees. These fees have increased student studying mechanical inevitably cause international students to be actively political.” over the next four years. As a result, by 23% across NSW, resulting in $2.8 engineering at USyd commented that to become disadvantaged in tertiary VSU makes it dangerous for student Discrimination, abuse, systemic funding provision was made contingent billion for its universities. Overseas the need for extra money to be put studies. unions to be actively political. When marginalisation, and disadvantage all on particular universities’ student student tuition payments contributed aside for course fees has caused daily The combination of increased dependent on student services and create barriers to accessing services admissions and levels of financial $6 billion to federal university revenue. spending restrictions for their family. tuition fees alongside lowered language amenities fees allocated by universities, and are magnified when student unions transparency. In 2019, more thresholds Imaginably, international students RMIT University academic Jenny standards has some international and in the USU’s case, their own like the SRC and especially the USU fail have been added, such as the individual are bearing the brunt of increased Weight has argued that limited access students’ ability to engage in campus corporate activities, it can be tempting to take strong stances on the challenges to the GGS necessitates universities life. Amaris Jiang, an international for student unions to depolitcise and facing marginalised students. viewing international students as student studying Education at the USyd, appease those with financial power Someone who is being underpaid “huge ‘cash cows’ in a cash poor sector commented that she was “overloaded to avoid controversy. For example, at work certainly benefits from When does your – they’re almost desperately dependent with additional self-taught English in 2013 the USU Board opposed a caseworkers, but fighting for on international student income.” courses” during her first semester number of measures to support staff stronger unions, better pay, and more student visa run out? Beyond financial difficulties, whilst completing other units of study. strikes, concerned that the strikes accountability for bosses helps to stop It is your responsibility to ensure that you comply with all your student visa international students face additional In addition, she became increasingly might affect commercial operations them being underpaid in the first place. conditions, especially the length of stay allowed under your visa entitlement. hurdles. It is often put forward that stressed about the idea of failing a and their bottom line. That happened Someone who faces discrimination You can find out about all the applicable visa conditions and your visa expiry date using the overseas students speaking English unit, “considering the substantial cost again in 2017, when the USU refused to based on their identity or ability may online service (Visa Entitlement Verification Online – “VEVO”) on the Department of Immigration as a second language are expected of tuition fees for each subject.” The shut down its commercial operations appreciate the SRC Legal Service, and Border Protection website. Use this URL: https://online.immi.gov.au/evo/firstParty unfortunate outcome was her decreased to “sink or swim” when keeping up alongside further staff strikes. Last but additionally would benefit from When accessing this online service, you will need your passport number and other with tertiary level material.The ABC involvement in university life in efforts year, the USU took no stance on activism fighting stigma and bigotry. identification details which can be found on the visa grant email sent by the Department. noted in 2018 that English language to distribute time for studying. the proposed Ramsay Centre for USU Clubs and Societies are a great If you are not sure how to use VEVO or have trouble with this online service, you standards are “often too low, or can be Universities’ hoarding of ‘cash cows’ Western Civilisation because multiple way to get involved in university, but can get FREE help from the SRC registered migration agent by contacting 9660 5222. sidestepped via loopholes.” has allowed them to increase their Board Directors claimed not to have without demanding better housing Make sure you put the visa expiry date in your calendar and remember to NOT overstay your visa! Indeed, almost 25% of international funding at the expense of international educated themselves on the issue, affordability and ensuring tertiary Overstaying leads to serious legal consequences which in some situations may require you to students in Australia can now enrol student wellbeing. As alternative despite concerns that it constitutes a education is affordable, regional and leave Australia immediately and you will not be able to come back again for 3 years. in university courses through the avenues of university funding beyond colonialist, partisan threat to academic low-SES students have a difficult English Language Intensive course the CSG appear hazy, maybe a more independence on campus. With time ever accessing them. Therapy Level 1, Wentworth Bldg, University of Sydney for Overseas Students (ELICOS). practical immediate option is the p: 02 9660 5222 | w: src.usyd.edu.au examples like this in mind, it’s clear dogs are pretty cute, but it’s hard to e: [email protected] ELICLOS involves 10 to 20 weeks introduction of ad-hoc English speaking that VSU doesn’t just make student see how they could have a tangible ACN 146 653 143 | MARN 1276171 Art by Mei Zheng of intensive English lessons and programs on campuses. unions smaller—it weakens them and benefit on students’ mental health 6 7 ANALYSIS ANALYSIS Pompous Politicians, Illiberal Eyewitness to an uprising Illegality Lily Campbell is on the streets with France’s Yellow Vests movement.

James Monaro examines the hypocrisy of the liberal state. This is an abridged version of an article appearing online The effects of an ecstasy pill materialise bugbears are not unprecedented. For the to choose their own way of living and suggests O’Brien, compared to long- Shit, they’ve closed Bercy. I stumble off people who don’t know the meaning even someone who might. We turn march, Oscar and I choose to dip into anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes after 20th century Prime Minister Georges of life, subject to the rights of others”, term smokers, who “by virtue of the onto an unknown metro station in the of hard work. And have they tried into a tunnel and fill it quickly in our a McDonald’s, hoping to catch up with consumption. Most will begin to sense Clemenceau, alcoholism was not one of the Liberal Party is easily the most punitive excise on [their] favoured cold, bleak Parisian morning. No map, eating cake? Despite appearing to thousands. In the tunnel, together, our our new friends later. a euphoria, a reduction in inhibitions France’s three grands fléaux but actually tragic case. vice,” have already paid society for the no wifi, but I swear to god, the French making concessions in December, voices join and strengthen. We all sing As we wait for our fries, dozens of and appetite, and feelings of closeness, “the whole social problem.” Clemenceau This charge of hypocrisy usually services they may eventually withdraw. authorities will not stop me getting to Macron’s overwhelming response – old men, young women, black, white people start to run past the window, love and empathy. In societies which oversaw record-breaking increases in inspires two deflections -- a resort to Yet O’Brien makes no comparable case this protest. Not for the first time this to the Yellow Vests movement has and brown. The most popular chant, chased by clouds of rolling, rising tear criminalise this experience, another arrests for public drunkenness during technical definitions and a taxpayer for abolishing sport, which injured one week, I silently thank my former self been intense police violence. It’s and the easiest for me – ‘tous ensemble, gas. I stand by the window, filming until likely side effect is contempt for the periods of working-class agitation. For argument, both recycled in a recent in 17 Australians and cost the country for taking high school French seriously. been somewhat effective, many are tous ensemble eh eh!’ – all together! The someone pulls me away – the police just law. This contempt is driven by the decades prior, French doctors were op-ed in Quadrant by Peter O’Brien. $1.5 billion in 2003, according to a “Just down the street. 600 metres. Have afraid to come to the protests for NPA crowd adjust it slightly – ‘tous smashed the glass door. It’s better to unsolicited and unaccountable attempts cataloguing the effects of alcoholism O’Brien’s core argument is premised Medibank report with sportspersons fun and be safe yes?” The stationmaster fear of violence and the media can ensemble tous ensemble, grève générale!’ stand back. I wonder where Marine and by police to control not only people’s with growing alarm — a gateway to on a selective quotation of the Oxford between the ages 15 to 29 twice as offers me directions with a warm grin. continue to paint the participants – general strike! Emerging from the her partner are, where the American diets but even civil liberties as basic as inevitable violence, criminality, and English Dictionary definition of likely to contribute to the burden laid One, two, six… a dozen police vans as villains. However, the brutality tunnel I hear a trumpet start. A brass academic got to, or any of the smiling public congregation. death or institutionalisation. In the “condone”, the insight being that pill upon the taxpayer. filled with armoured thugs lines the has also fed the anger of the revolt. band have come along and are playing faces we met. The McDonald’s begins Public debate around drug policy, 1930s the American Bureau of Narcotics testing “condones” risky or offensive Once these extremely basic pavement. Ahead, a roadblock. Not Last week, a video of a former a classic anti-fascist song – Bella Ciao. to fill with gas. Children are crying, especially amid festival cancellations, circulated a pamphlet describing behaviour. One might similarly argue incongruencies in Australian drug the easy stroll I had hoped for. Ten professional boxer beating back an People dance, clap and sing along, our holding their faces up to their mothers, including Mountain Sounds and “Marihuana” as a “killer drug.” that by mandating the testing of reserve law are admitted, one is inevitably led riot police hold the fort, they seem armed officer with just his fists went breath floating like clouds in a sea of who wipe their eyes and noses and Psyfarim this month, consistently fails Even if one generously waives all parachutes, governments “champion” to the conclusion that the Berejikian overdressed for 8am on a Saturday. A viral after he and his family were yellow. mouths with water and ice. Outside, to question whether lawmakers have past abuse of state power, citizens still jumping from planes. government is desperately trying to few fellow pedestrians the riot police move in the right—let alone the aptitude—to possess no right to proscribe hobbies O’Brien also employs another rationalize an illiberal and ultimately ask for directions, lines, head to toe in legislate a Puritan ethic for the entire that cause no injury to others. As the reactionary banality—the “helpless petty tyranny. they receive stern black armour and population. patron saint of classical liberalism, John taxpayer plea” — by refusing to grunts in response. matching masks, as Respectable discourse has Stuart Mill, wrote in On Liberty: “the consider subsidising ecstasy-induced Thirty minutes if to imply their prey focused on health and “pragmatic” only purpose for which power can be hospitalizations, even though later, I find the gilets are the real threat. concerns: those amenable to state rightfully exercised over any member of “evidence from all over the world jaunes. Hundreds of They begin to move compulsion, interspersed with a civilized community, against his will, indicates that significant numbers of them, milling around past the window in expedient concoctions of drug is to prevent harm to others. His own people maintain controlled patterns in the square, smoking formation, through “epidemics” plaguing poor and minority good, either physical or moral, is not a of drug use over long periods... while cigarettes, drinking the gas clouds, to the communities. Lessons from previous sufficient warrant.” Of all the political upholding the obligations of ‘normal’ coffee, chatting to Arc. Behind them, a prohibition experiments are forgotten, organisations one might expect to life,” according to Dr Cameron Duff one another. It’s water cannon pulls and cycles of public fear and outrage defend drug use on these grounds, at Curtin University’s National Drug a lovely sight – up. We watch from predictably continue. especially given their constitutional Research Institute. “Youthful” ecstasy people gathering in the top floor window The Berejiklian government’s ratification of the “freedom of citizens users are peculiarly burdensome, Art by Ludmilla Nunelll the quintessentially and for hours the French tradition of two sides battle. At protest and political times it seems the expression. Almost yellow are pushing Behind Schedule: Sydney Metro is no saviour all the protestors back, armed with have inscribed their nothing but fists vests with unique and fireworks. I feel Nicole Baxter questions the Berejiklian government’s crown jewel. verses of resistance. like I’m watching an Sydney’s train system is failing. Frequent congesting our already busy roads win the next State election in March. While Sydney’s Metro falls to Some carry Roman invasion from on delays are felt across the network and making the bus an even worse Beyond infuriating construction- political whims, students are left numerals to mark high, cheering the due to systemic issues including solution for those with no access to a delays, the Metro Rail project itself wanting. Students typically have very their loyal weekly supposed barbarians. inadequate backup power generators, car. has fundamental flaws. Original plans little disposable income and tend to participation in the We stand in the road shortened crew handover times, slow Major delays within Sydney’s public were rushed through Parliament, be time-poor. For those financially uprising, while others to watch for a while, issue response and an inflexible new transport system are not hypothetical. hastily adjusted by politicians with privileged who own a car in order call for Macron’s until our eyes are too timetable. On January 9, 2019, the city experienced very little knowledge of transport to transit to class and work, loan and resignation, a rise in stung and necks too In June 2015, the NSW Government some of the worst delays in decades, engineering. The system’s heavily petrol payments further strain weekly the minimum wage Art by Baopu He sore from trying to announced plans for a revolutionary with only a quarter of the scheduled expedited plans give us little hope for budgets. Unreliable public transport and an end to corporate catch a glimpse. driverless rail network — the Sydney afternoon train services arriving on the saving grace we were promised. inevitably means students have less tax evasion amongst other demands. teargassed. Today, many carry his Chatting between bites of baguette Back to the metro, where five Metro. The project is now underway, time. For one, the Metro was initially available hours in the day for study or Many abhor the violence of the police name, “Liberez Christophe!”. Everyone and chants, my friend Oscar and I stations are now closed and hushed and the announced routes in Sydney’s Given the centrality of public designed for high capacity, short idle time, only degrading their social and their leader, Christophe Castaner, wishes they could knock ’em down try to decipher the different symbols voices talk hurriedly of yellow northwest, CBD, west and southwest transport in most people’s lives, the distance transport (such as around wellbeing and mental health. the interior minister. like Christophe. and insignias as we march; a flag of disturbances. Across the world, the are scheduled to be completed by 2030. Metro network has become a highly the CBD). Carriages on longer lines, Wasting away on train platforms The people carry slogans rejecting The people here want change, Brittany, various French manifestos parties of the establishment are failing There are 33 confirmed stations to political issue that voters are increasingly like the northwest, will likely fill up and standing on packed trains are the propaganda that slanders their but they call it by different names. (handwritten on cardboard), vests, to provide an alternative to a system be created or converted to the Metro willing to prioritise. Voters are clearly at the first few stations. The potential barely soul-nourishing experiences. movement – “fières et deters, femmes Some carry anti-EU flags, in protest flags, and numbers, 77, 89, on vests in crisis. Our illusions in them can’t system, spanning over 66 kilometres. exasperated with the current system, for congestion-induced delays skipped These woes are compounded for précaires, femmes en guerre,” – fierce of its neoliberal, anti-democratic (perhaps far-right codes?). Innumerable wear much thinner. Even in Australia, The first stage of the project, the especially compared to more efficient stations is high, leaving us once again international students — expected to and determined, precarious women, nature. Many others call for the RIC, tricolour flags wave in the breeze. It sheltered from the economic crisis that northwest line through Chatswood, is systems in cities like Melbourne and with an inadequate transport system. manage unreliable transit whilst paying women at war. I don’t often take the a new form of democratic process, seems many gilets jaunes believe they has wreaked havoc elsewhere, Labor scheduled to be operational by later this Brisbane, which outrank exorbitant tuition fees and barred from mainstream press too seriously, but which they believe will allow them stand in the supposedly true French and Liberal chase each other to be the year. We are being promised peak hour Sydney in almost every concession Opal cards — only further perhaps subconsciously I had absorbed to take back the power through tradition, of revolution and liberty. I better friends of big business and worst services every 4 minutes, and platform aspect of public tran�port straining their work-life balance. the idea that the protesters were better-informed structures. Most can’t help but wince at the nationalism, enemies of refugees and the climate. The screen doors to improve safety and infrastructure. The Light It’s clear that politicians like dangerous, that they were sexists, even overwhelmingly, the gilets jaunes but it’s far from the far right presence I failures and sell outs of social democracy decrease incident-related delays. Rail construction has Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW covert supporters of Marine Le Pen. call for the end of the rule of the was expecting. have meant this anger has lingered and There are still many hurdles to clear seen both major parties Labor Leader Michael Daley have As I peer on my tiptoes looking for rich, and more for the French lower The lack of involvement of political grown cancerous in places, fuelling a before these benefits may be enjoyed. blame the other for prioritised a short-term solution my friend, I catch myself somewhat classes. They demand corporations forces that have capacity beyond catastrophic reemergence of the far For many years to come, expanding delayed project timelines that ensures votes, rather than surprised at the kettle of yellow pay their taxes, a substantial rise spontaneity is clear to all. No more so right. But in Paris, I saw how crisis construction will bludgeon day-to-day and mismanaged funding investing in long-term infrastructure bubbling before me and make a mental in the minimum wage, no taxes than at the end of the march, where breeds resistance and an alternative. operations, putting the Sydney Trains allocation. Labor recently improvements. If future policies note to ignore the opinions of Le Monde on low-income earners and, most we find ourselves 5 hours later, at the The Yellow Vests movement is an network under immense pressure. pledged $8 billion to continue to take this approach, journalists in future. importantly, down with Macron – famous Arc du Triomphe, an enormous outpouring of this energy; unbound by This will in turn increase demand for ‘fast-track’ the project. Sydney’s public transport will always Emmanuel Macron is clearly le the ruler for the rich and powerful. traffic interchange and the site the institutions, but unsure of direction, and alternative public transport services An already optimistic be behind schedule, a never-ending plat du jour here. The detested French After milling around for what yellow vests have fought to reach uneasy about politics. Those who seek — buses, ferries and the light rail. timeline raises questions loop of problems and quick fixes. president, whose popular approval has feels like too long, the people begin week after week. So what happens to change the world should welcome Unreliable public transport will prompt as to how they will be sunk to record lows, just diagnosed to move. Nobody knows where now? We wait for a sign, as numbers the uprising with open arms and take many to drive to school or work, successful should they Art by Shrawani Bhattarai the problem in France as too many we’re going or when to start, or slowly dwindle. After such a long notes from its defiance and success. 88 99 ANALYSIS Free the (Female-Presenting) Nipple Sasha Veber tracks Tumblr’s descent into the binary.

Late last year, Tumblr announced that it thought that stated there was only one penis.” On the flipside of this, there is the the criteria of ‘female-presenting’. The would be banning all posts it deemed to body. This body was said to be female if idea of “the masculine clitoris.” At their policy is a reassertion of a particular contain “adult content.” In the original it was “cold” and “weak”, but male if it core, terms like this are ways to point out kind of binary that a lot of the website’s post circulated by Tumblr staff, “female- was “hot” and “strong.” that even if someone’s identity fits into users are trying to escape. presenting nipples” fell into this category. Since the ancient Greeks, our the male-female binary, the way they It might be time for me and my Both the ban and the gendered language knowledge of the body has become physically present—both to the world queer, “female-presenting nipples” to go received swift backlash from users and more nuanced. Ideas of biological and in more intimate settings—won’t elsewhere. non-users alike. determinism suggesting men and necessarily conform to normative ideas The sexualisation of female breasts women were just like that bowed of what visually makes someone a and nipples is not a new phenomenon. to the idea that gendered behaviour man or woman. For many non-binary Tumblr is following in the footsteps of was learned. In the 1950s, a group of people whose identity falls outside the other social media giants like Twitter academics at John Hopkins University gender binary, their gender is almost and Facebook in its ban, though the were among the first to state that guaranteed to conflict with their wording of the sites’ respective terms biological sex didn’t decide “gender role physical presentation. of service differs. Tumblr’s ban taps into and orientation.” In 1962, psychoanalyst Freckle, a genderfluid character issues of oversexualising the female Robert Stoller published a book that from the comedy web-series The Gay body and raises issues about the nature described gender as “psychological” and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, is a of the body more generally. rather than “biological.” Unfortunately, good example of this. In one scene, One concern raised over the ban Stoller’s work was focused on trying to Freckle slips a dress strap off their was its consequences for queer content. ‘fix’ those who deviated from the gender shoulder to reveal a nipple. “Nip Tumblr, for all its many flaws, has binary and from traditional gender roles. slip,” they say. “Is it?” asks their provided a home for content made by While the Robert Stollers of the friend. “I don’t know,” Freckle says, queer people, who have been able to world still exist, our knowledge (and “is it?” self-affirm their identities by connecting acceptance) of diverse experiences of In a Tumblr post circulated by with other queer people and by posting gender is infinitely more developed. user ‘obovoid’, which notes that a about their experiences. Singling out With the internet and social media, screenshot of the scene has been “female-presenting nipples” threatens transgender, non-binary, and intersex flagged by the sites new system, the sense of safety many people might individuals are able to make themselves it is. And this is a problem. By feel the website offers, because the better known and heard. Discussions banning “female-presenting statement assumes a certain version of about what makes a body one thing or nipples”, Tumblr is not only femaleness. another have become more complex. singling out a certain kind of But what makes a body female? Transgender YouTuber Natalie inadvertent presentation as According to academic Thomas Laqueur, Wynn, for example, often discusses what wrong, it’s making itself judge there was a strand of ancient Greek she terms “girldick” or “the feminine and jury over who or what fits Art by Ranuka Tandan Should we avoid campus loneliness?

Pei Wen Tan and Vivienne Davies argue the good and bad of student isolation. HEAD groups. A limited culture of making new seem like a loner that most ust part of life.” friends runs through USyd’s tutorials friendships you form feel superficial,” Accepting solitude at university is TO where making acquaintances is the norm May* tells me. crucial preparation for later life, where HEAD but true friendships remain hard to find. When expectations of an easy social it becomes inevitable. Solitude forces The combination of commute times and transition into university clash with an you to confront the most important new working pressures blend into a relationship in life — that with oneself. A glimpse at stock photographs in unfamiliar and isolating reality at such potent cocktail which primes students A sociological study conducted University of Sydney marketing a critical juncture of life, it is inevitable for social burnout and disillusionment by the California State Polytechnic spotlights the relentless branding that consequences ranging from an after the initial weeks of semester. University showed that individuals who of universities as optimal places to increased likelihood of depression to removed themselves from their social make lifelong friendships. Amid a social anxiety follow. context were better equipped to reflect whirlwind of expected parties and “There’s so much pressure on the impact of that context. This pub crawls, less emphasis is placed on For isolation (Vivienne Davies) allowed students to recognise why they experiences of student isolation — a to not seem like a loner were feeling lonely —whether due to feeling which many students, adjusted that most friendships you Solitude — the comfortable, self- expectations of prolific socialization at to recent social ‘highs’ from post-HSC form feel superficial” satisfied state of appreciating the university, or because one is used to a holidays and high school networks, merits of alone time — is frequently stable network — and adjust accordingly. have likely not felt for several years. stigmatized as shameful or unsettling, If university is a microcosm for

According to a 2017 study, students but experiencing isolation can actually society at large, solitude teaches us to Against isolation (Pei Wen Tan) believed peers were more socially benefit personal growth. stumble through bouts of isolation connected, leading to a lowered sense The struggle to forge meaningful in order to mature. Disappointing Loneliness sucks. A 2015 VicHealth of well-being and belonging, and connections at university can be an social experiences are a fact of life. survey found one in eight young difficulties recognising others were in instructive ethos, capable of breeding That’s not to say we should give up people experience a high intensity of similar isolated positions. “No one wants both contentment in pre-existing meaningful connections altogether, loneliness — an emotional response to seem desperate for friends,” says third relationships, and understanding of or dismiss prolonged or depressive to social needs which are not met — year Commerce student May*, “You qualities valued in friendships. “I’m bouts of loneliness. Rather, we should with correlated impacts on mental and have to be vulnerable to put yourself out more content by and with myself,” understand that contentment comes physical wellbeing. there.” Liang* says. “I’m more appreciative of with being alone and being realistic The stories behind these statistics Even when students attempt to what [friendships] I had versus what I with social expectations are the first aren’t hard to find. Clique-y societies join social circles, the university’s fast- wanted.” steps away from loneliness and towards littered with so-called BNOCs (‘big paced teaching schedule complicates Reflecting on social solitude, embracing solitude. You are not alone in names on campus’), and pre-formed the formation of meaningful, long- students found it engendered deeper feeling lonely - but finding company in social circles dating back to high school lasting connections. Even after making self-growth. “It helps you mature,”” yourself might be the best remedy yet. can be polarising for those outside of acquaintances, it’s possible to feel Liang* told me, admitting, “I don’t think established private and selective school isolated. I’ve felt lonely beyond what is normally *Names have been changed 11 FEATURE FEATURE

when I have been ashamed of my external appearance spend a significant amount of their income in order to not matching beauty standards but this wasn’t entirely respond to the growing pressures of style on campus. due to clothing. But seeing so much fashionable clothing “As much as there is a relationship between does increase the pressure of to look good.” increased brand-ness, increased presence of luxury items and increased visibility of consumer lifestyle orientations, there are also many micro-cultures and The Beautiful Luxury Alienation countercultures within student groups to counter what seems like normal pressures to have consumer lifestyle The widespread perception that international students orientation,” Dr Sinanan said. are constantly clad in luxury brands is, however, But, the emotional and sociocultural impacts of masking an important trend in the Australian luxury clothing and accessory choices on the young and easily- and the Brand industry. A recent report has revealed that domestic influenced can be especially prominent in an insular households are increasingly willing to pay premiums campus environment. Systems of critique have also for luxury, branded products due to their perceived emerged on campus as well in the form of Facebook Karishma Luthria explores the judgements, acceptance and divisions of fashion on campus, with additional reporting by Nell O’Grady superior quality. Their potential for resale, particularly pages—the satirically sartorial ‘USyd Fashion Police’ and Carrie Wen. with the rise of luxury e-retailers that are increasing being a prime example of how campus fashion can price transparency for the younger consumer, is also illicit mockery on social media platforms. Social capita — the currency of social media seen in It’s the beginning of summer and I’m handing out flyers are more striking than what they were before. As a Balenciaga, Coach and Versace. But at the same time, causing a boom in the luxury industry. likes, reactions and comments — begins online. Social on Eastern Avenue on campus to convince everyone result, the campus has transformed into a showroom the blurred line where distaste turns into aspiration But how deeply this trend reflects demographics media platforms like Instagram now reign supreme as (including ourselves) that we love student politics. I’ve for aesthetic identity, often corresponding with typefied for domestic students can be increasingly seen. on our campus is limited in nature. Domestic students the global fashion catalogue. Their design malleability, been standing near Honi Soit’s stall for the past two degrees, classes and student backgrounds. One respondent said, “There have been times often feel strongly about those who wear expensive the immeasurable number of hourly observers they hours and countless feet have passed me, trudging to To further explore perceptions of on-campus luxury attract, and the widespread connections they propagate their next class. One thing simultaneously sets each consumption,Honi conducted a survey of 111 students, “Magazines used to be the go-to make them the perfect incubus for the dissemination student apart and connects them all together — their finding that 80 per cent of students associated luxury of high fashion. The presentation of luxury items on choice of clothing. Every few minutes, a pair of Gucci clothing on campus with international students. for inspiration... now you send Instagram—visually rugged and everyday—suggests sneakers, a Louis Vuitton bag, an ACNE t-shirt or pair Dr. Jolynna Sinanan, a research fellow in Digital a couple of thousand dollars to an authentic link between individual style and social of Golden Goose sneakers pass me by, draped not only Media and Ethnography at the University of Sydney an influencer and it’s instant identity, which is often a useful facade for the money- over international students but an increasing amount making brands. of domestic students as well. “It is a fact that seeing so sell for those companies.” “Magazines used to be the go-to for inspiration A few hours later, I’m crossing City Road, only to and brands paid thousands of dollars for spaces of find a group of men branded with their own distinctive much fashionable clothing does products, judging them as a result of the feeling of advertising,” argues emerging stylist Isabella Mamas style. One is dressed in a long trench coat, and increase the pressure of a need alienation which arises when seeing others wearing “Now you send a couple of thousand dollars to an surprisingly, a class ring on their fourth finger. They’re to look good.” luxury brands. influencer and it’s instant sell for those companies.” carrying the newest collection of an Off-White tote by Respondents who shun the luxury fashion world Direct influencer marketing to online youth Virgil Abloh. Later, as I cross through the Business told Honi that they “find it really difficult to relate to subcultures allow brands to depict a personal School, I see multiple students with variations of told Honi “If one is an international student or a migrant people with high fashion and lux streetwear clothing as narrative for the consumer, particularly among young accessories, mainly Gucci’s Marmont — widely known and attending an institution with the prestige of The it’s not something [they] could ever afford.” people. It is as if they are saying, this piece was designed as the ‘double GG’ vintage motif. University of Sydney, you wouldn’t want to be looking Another student stated that they “sometimes feel specifically for you, even though each piece is mass Every day I see brands on people in real life and shabby. You’re paying for the cultural capital and the out of place when people around [them] wear branded produced. These kinds of interactive and personalised reinforced by Instagram influencers. Hints of luxury prestige of the University of Sydney, so you want to clothing. At other times it reminds [them] of the engagements through social media fashion groupings abound, to the extent that I feel oddly insecure and look like you belong there.” overwhelming materialistic culture society has.” allow clothing choices to also represent a sense of materialistic. All I wear are worn out mom jeans — the Dr. Sinanan’s view seems to support the wide- The presence of luxury clothing in learning belonging. 21st century’s code for high waisted comfortable jeans ranging perception that international students, like environments can often be toxic in the reactions “I don’t think they (high-end brands) sell it for the — along with a loose t-shirt, worn out Adidas Stan those from China, have expensive tastes. But such students mete out to fellow students, as the highly individual. They sell it for the masses. At the end of Smith’s, and a raggedy faux leather tote. economic typification can often leave international visual campus environment often accentuates economic the day, brands will say they represent individual Little did I know, this trend has emerged from students extremely conscious of the impact their differences between students. identity but their main goal is to sell as many pieces as a massive marketing push to capture the young, fashion choices have on students across campus. One respondent stated, “One time I was basically in possible,” Mamas stated. aspirational luxury consumer. All I seemed to notice Lin*, an international student from China, worries pajamas and the girl next to me in the lecture theatre was high fashion lurking all around our campus, on that by wearing high-end clothing she will be judged was in head to toe Gucci... that felt kind of shitty, purely the disciples of the gig economy, and on those who by domestic students. “I do feel ashamed when local because I wanted to have clothes like that” This can be “Anxiety stems from local frequent Sydney’s elite nooks and crannies. friends ask me about what brands I wear, because those a particularly difficult social environment to navigate, students questioning brands are quite expensive”. especially for first years. The ‘Rich’ Collective Perhaps, then, the anxiety stems from local students where their international questioning where their international counterparts counterparts get the funds to Hailing from different parts of the world, the University get the funds to buy luxury clothing brands. Without The Easily Influenced of Sydney (USyd) hosts over 60,000 students, and each any dialogue between the two groups, the perception buy luxury clothing brands.” person brings a unique narrative to life on campus. that rich international students make the campus The on-campus intimidation that luxury products The lived experience of being on campus strings these their runway continues to dwell in the minds of local facilitate are in no way simply related to just the The ironic mass production of “unique”, handmade differences together, ranging from belonging to a club students. exponential rise of international students on campus. designer items, also sees individuals pulling away or a subculture subtly formed by the way people carry The South China Daily reported that, according to Thanks to the pervasiveness of social media in our lives from recognisable branding and moving towards themselves as USyd students. industry insiders, Chinese shoppers, ranging from we have become sponges for information, branding and a less public, more disguised version of high end While individuality makes us all unique, the tourists to Australian born and based contribute advertising. fashion. These trends are visible amongst domestic increasing influx of international students on our towards two-thirds of luxury sales in Australia. This In an attempt to capture young customers, luxury students of arketing or Media and Communications, campus, and their associated wealth, brings with it a could potentially be linked to the of elite fashion brands are employing instagram influencers to or evenwithin elite clubs on campus, rather than fair bit of baggage. Expensive, branded baggage, which adorned by international students on similarly ‘elite’ subliminally market luxurious products, from lucrative engineering or other faculties. What Dr. Sinanan is packed with anxiety for students on campus about campuses like USyd. invites to exclusive launch parties to posing with their says stands true for certain domestic students: “for the increasingly luxurious lifestyles and Some respondents from the survey products as simple accessories or outrightly tagging disciplines like marketing and commerce, getting outfits that surround them. told Honi that they have tried to branded products — we are constantly targeted on social visibility correct through consumption, Thanks to social media and pop hide branded logos so that social media. Such direct targeting, while meant to branding and dress has always been important.” culture, visual connections between people would not hold negative show an individualistic take on fashion, can result in The phenomena of influencer trend setting, and unique personalities and equally impressions of them, further extremely repetitive fashion choices where everyone the perceived sense of belonging by following such unique presentation styles proving that the judgement who is inspired by the brand aspires to own it. influencers has made online shopping an extremely arising from wearing luxury A 2019 luxury industry report by IBIS stated lucrative medium for brands. Research shows that by fashion influences students that,over the next five years, brands will be targeting 2025, online platforms and luxury shopping will claim across campus. In fact, 72% young and cash-rich Australian consumers. In essence, 25 per cent of total sales globally, marking a significant of respondents told Honi brands are attempting to target a wider range of positive growth area for the Australian market. So, if that they perceived an students, regardless of whether they are domestic or social media platforms are the 21st century’s catalyst increase in certain elite international students. This is seen in not only through for fashion trend setting, then campus—where we brand representation the increasing use of social media influencers to market all are constantly swiping through social media—is its on campus in the past the same products, but also in the products themselves, thriving hub. year, such as Gucci, which are comparatively cheaper and more accessible Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Artwork by Joe Verity than before — an example being Gucci’s post-2017 *Some names have been anonymised. line of releases. Often, it can even be seen that people 12 13 MULTILINGUAL MULTLINGUAL

There are thousands of languages in the world, and every country and region has their own language. We at Honi love languages and La vie universitaire en France the culture they represent, and we are looking forward to see language diversity in our newspaper. That is why we have this most excit- ing section in 2019 — Multilingual! You can read articles in all sorts of languages here, including Mandarin, French, Hindi, Japanese Marina Liu se penche sur son échange. Quand je me réveille, il fait noir. Il y a du verglas à des faits. and more! We hope to create a campus where students from all backgrounds have an outlet to have their voice heard, regardless of j’avais choisie. cause de la neige d’hier soir et il est 6h30 du matin. Je Pour conclure le semestre, il y a des examens pen- their native language. We will try to have all multilingual articles posted in both the original language and in English, so all students Sept sur huit des anciens présidents français suis à Paris en hiver. dant la dernière semaine, et un peu plus rarement, il y faisaient leurs études à Sciences Po. C’est évident dans can enjoy the joys of reading stories and perspectives that they previously would not have been able to access. By doing so, we want to J’arrive à la fac après une heure et demie, où il y a des examens finaux. J’en avais un. le fait qu’ici, il est gratuit d’imprimer 600 feuilles en a une petite foule et l’odeur distinct des cigarettes à La valeur des évaluations est aussi différente. J’ai slowly but surely break down the barriers that have separated many of us for so long. Clichéd as it is, speak to someone in a language noir et blanc à la bibliothèque depuis mon ordinateur l’entrée. Quelque chose de distinct est aussi les agents une amie qui est comme moi, étudiante d’échange, qui they understand and you speak to their heart, but speak to them in their language and you speak to their heart. personnel chaque année. Mais à part de ça, je dirais de sécurité, qui demande de voir nos cartes d’identité suivait une matière avec une valeur de participation que cet élitisme n’existe que dans l’esprit de tout le et nos sacs. Je savais qu’il faut être ponctuel, parce que de 50% De plus, c’est normale de ne pas avoir que r monde. deux retards ici sont l’équivalent d’une absente. Et trois évaluations pour une seule matière. après deux absentes, c’est l’échouement. Je n’ai pas autant de lectures ici, par rapport à Syd- Heureusement, le prof n’est pas encore arrivé En fin de compte, quand ney. Je n’ai qu’une matière pour laquelle je dois faire quand j’arrive. Il entre 40 minutes après le début des lectures obligatoires, et elles sont toutes environ désigné de la leçon. je me suis habituée à ces 20 pages. Mais cela dit, j’avais de la chance. Je con- Nous sommes tous agacés. Nous avons perdu changements, j’étais contente nais quelqu’un qui a besoin de lire environ 200 pages beaucoup de temps en lui attendant, quand nous auri- du fait que la ville lumière chaque semaine pour une matière ! ons pu rester au lit pendant plus de temps. Et c’était la En fin de compte, quand je me suis habituée à ces 新生帮助指南 Carrie Wen / Wanshan Han première leçon de cette matière. m’attendait, avec tout sa changements, j’étais contente du fait que la ville lu- Le prof, il commence par présenter ses excus- chance. mière m’attendait, avec tout sa chance. es, comme on avait attendu. Et puis, il nous dit, « Je 温滢滢 / 韩宛珊 n’habite pas à Paris, j’habite un peu loin d’ici, et je vou- Tous les cours ont une durée de deux heures, et la lais prendre le train à 6h30, mais un arbre s’est tombé plupart de temps, il n’y a pas de pause même de dix sur la voie ferrée ». minutes après une heure. C’est normal de commencer 悉尼大学是一个有着来自130多个国家和60，000 进行更专业的培训，并改进系统的不足，仍然是 多名专业律师和注册移民代理组成，在确保团队 Je me sens un peu compatissante . À Sydney, je à 8h00, et même de finir à 21h15. 学生组成的多元化大学。悉尼大学有着全面的学 个需要关注的问题。 专业性的同时，也提供无障碍的法律服务，并且 prends le train tous les jours, et les retards à cause du Je suis 5 cours ici, mais les heures hebdomadaires 生服务系统，其中包括学生中心，心理咨询服 其中多名团队成员精通普通话，粤语等其他小语 temps ne sont pas rares. sont presque les mêmes qu’à Sydney. 务，学生代表议会，合作的留学生医保等等。此 International House （国际住宿） 种，如果你遇到了法律层面上亦或者签证，工作 Le prof continue avec son histoire., « Et donc, j’ai Il y a des différences entre les évaluations de 文章为留学生提供学生服务更全面的信息和指 上等棘手问题，可直接联系SRC法律援助团队进 fait du stop à Versailles mais quand j’y suis arrivé, les chaque matière par rapport à Sydney. D’abord, les 南，介绍这些服务的同时也让大家全面了解服务 International House（国际住宿）是由悉尼大学 行预约及咨询。可免费协助你处理各种澳洲法律 trains étaient en retard ». présentations orales. Les présentations peuvent être 的不足。 拥有并经营的住宿学院。此住所是来自200多个 问题。 Nous lui pardonnons immédiatement. Il a fait du jusqu’à 30 minutes dans un groupe, avec un partenaire 来自40多个国家的学生的家园。住所提供食物 stop ? Je ne connais personne qui l’a jamais fait. ou individuellement. Normalement, pour chaque mat- 和免费Wi-Fi，除此之外还有丰富的课后娱乐生 OSHC (海外学生医疗保险) Le prof a envie de rattraper le temps perdu, et se ière avec une présentation, il y en a une chaque se- CAPS (Counselling and mental health support) 活。International House位于悉尼大学主校区。优 présente avant de nous demander de nous présenter maine. Pour moi, c’est trois sur cinq, mais ce n’est pas 越便捷的地理位置，不同文化的交流碰撞和丰富 OSHC是澳大利亚海外学生医疗保险（Overseas nous-même, d’où nous venons, et tout ça. étrange d’avoir besoin de faire un exposé pour chaque CAPS 是悉尼大学提供的免费心理健康咨询服 多彩的校园生活使得International House变成了一 Student Health Cover），是为澳洲留学生设立的 Et c’est comme ça que ma deuxième journée à matière. 务。通过预约咨询而得到个人，学术，社交，学 个国际生们心里的居住首选。 保险，其目的是为了帮助澳洲留学生缓解在澳洲 Sciences Po commence. À part de ça, il y a également de dissertations à 习，心理问题等方面的专家意见和治疗。所有的 看病所需要支付的高昂费用。OSHC是强制性购 Avant la rentrée, j’avais une image d’une universi- rendre, et comme un prof a dit, « Il n’y a pas d’équiva- 心理辅导员均为临床心理学专家并且所有的对话 除了国际住宿，悉尼大学还有主校区还有8个住 买的保险，买完保险才可申请签证。这个保险会 taire stricte et élitiste. « Sciences Po, c’est une universi- lent d’une dissertation en anglais. La dissertation, c’est 均为机密。 宿学院（Colleges）和三个学生宿舍（Student- 覆盖从全部签证有效期，根据不同公司政策对学 té prestigieuse », disent les autres étudiants d’échang- français, et nous en sommes fiers, c’est comme du fro- es et même quelques profs. J’ai même vu cette idée Residences），可供将近2000名学生使用。然而悉 生看病就医的医疗费用可以进行不同程度的报销. mage ». La dissertation, c’est un peu comme un « essay dans les yeux du douanier au premier moment que je » en Australie, mais, aussi, pas comme ça du tout. Il 如果学生需要任何心理健康问题咨询，需要做的 尼大学是一岁拥有60，000学生的大学，仅仅2000 一般情况下的OSHC涵盖的内容 可以选择让医院 suis arrivée en France. Il voulait savoir l’université que faut être tout à fait neutre, et on ne doit que présenter 第一步便是通过邮件或者电话进行预约（详细资 个宿舍位置也意味着校区住宿学院的住房可供严 出具医疗证明，一张写明就诊内容的Invoice，并 Art by Mei Zheng 料在悉尼大学官网上搜索CAPS）。在第一次会 重不足。这也使申请学校住房变成一大难题。同 自行付清就诊费，之后上网或到门市店提交Claim 谈之前，学生将被要求填写一份保密评估表，为 时，住宿大学的价格不菲，每周的成本从397澳元 表格，经保险公司批准之后，报销部分的费用会 临床心理学家提供一个起点。在第一次会谈时， 到687澳元不等。由于这些费用，许多学生仍然选 根据你选择的方式退还给你。 心理学家将会评估学生的心理健康问题，并提出 择住在自己家里，并宁愿每天长途通勤。 Studying in the City of Lights 建议，制定以后的治疗计划和预定更多的会议。 虽然每个保险公司都声称有很多合作的医院，但 目前CAPS的心理咨询服务包括个人咨询，遭遇 更有传闻International House传闻会在2019年 其实一般都是一些小医院，或是距离较远的医 Marina Liu reports from la République. 性骚扰专家咨询服务，精神科预约等等。除此之 末被拆除。在之前的Honi文章中作者Janek 院，这使得claim流程冗长且复杂并且等待退款 外，CAPS还提供不定时的教育研讨会和自助资 Drevikovsky提到悉尼大学计划耗费25亿澳元进行 时间偏长。OSHC医疗保险只会涵盖挂号费用， It’s dark when I wake up. It’s half past six in the Wanting to make up for lost time, he introduces -tion every week for each subject with an oreal 源。 2014-2020校园改善计划拆除International House。 拿药、化验等费用是不包含的。例如比较热门的 morning and icy thanks to the snow last night. It’s himself before asking us to do the same, and we each presentation. For the five subjects I’m doing, I have 根据大学发言人的说法，“独立和内部评估得出的 HPV疫苗和看牙费用就是全部不含盖在内的。这 winter, and I am in Paris. After an hour and a half, I tell the class where we’re from, and so on. to do three presentations—but it’s not uncommon to 然而CAPS还是遭受了很多质疑和批判。在2018年 结论是，国际大厦已接近其寿命终结.” 意味着每年交的医疗保险钱除了挂号其他基本都 arrive at uni. There’s a small crowd at the entrance, And that’s how my second day at Sciences Po have to do one per subject. Honi的文章里，记者Georgia Tan 分析了2014年 cover不了，所以是否澳洲政府强制的OSHC是划 and the distinct smell of cigarette smoke stands out. starts. But much like Sydney, I’ve got essays due. Or dis- 学生福利报告（USyd’s Student Wellbeing Report SRC(学生代表议会) 算的并对国际生有益的是一个值得思考的问题。 The security guards also stand out; they ask to check Before classes began, I had envisioned a strict and sertations, rather. A teacher here once said that there’s 2014）的调查结果，并且指出悉尼大学学生心理 our student IDs and bags. elitist university. I’d heard from other exchange stu- no equivalent of a dissertation in English. “Disserta- 健康需求并没有得到充分满足。该报告的结论 SRC的全称是The Students’ Representative I knew I had to be on time to class. If you’re late dents and from a few teachers here that Sciences Po tions are a distinctly French thing, and we’re proud 是，悉尼大学目前未能在提供学生支持服务方面 Council，其中文全称是学生代表议会，是一个 Student centre (学生中心) twice, it counts as an absence. And after two absenc- was “a prestigious place.” When I landed in France, of it. It’s like cheese.” A dissertation is kind of like an es, you fail. Luckily, I get there before my tutor, who essay in English, but also,not like that at all. You’ve got 达到国际标准。根据教学学生体验调查质量指 以服务学生为本的非营利性组织，也是代表着超 even the customs officer was impressed by the insti- comes in 40 minutes after the class is supposed to tution I’d be studying at. to be totally neutral in your argument, and only pres- 标，悉尼大学在Go8大学中排到最低位置为58.7 过35000名悉尼大学本科学生利益的官方组织。 学生中心位于Jane Foss Russell Building的三楼。 start. We’re all annoyed. We’ve wasted time waiting for Seven of the past eight French presidents studied ent facts. At the end of the semester, there are exams ％，远低于72％的全国平均水平。此外，报告发 从1929年开始就由悉尼大学本科学生领导，宗 学生中心可以提供有关学生在大学期间遇到的几 him in the classroom, when we could’ve been sleeping at Sciences Po. The privilege is obvious in the fact that during the last week. More rarely, there are official “fi- 现，前线工作人员缺乏培训和支持，没办法最好 旨则是为学生服务，保护学生利益。SRC的主要 乎所有广泛问题，并给出相应的信息和建议。 这 in longer. And this was supposed to be the first class I can print 600 pieces of paper at the library for free. nal exams.” I have one of these. 地支持学生的心理健康需求和福祉。通过CAPS， 服务可分为两个方面：Caseworker Help和Legal 包括课程选择，入学，学生证，费用，报名，时 of the semester. Apart from this privilege, I’d say that perceptions of The weighting of marks is also quite different. I 学生只有六个课程的资格，辅导员仍然无法为学 Service。 间表，考试，特殊考虑，出国留学和交换，以及 Our teacher fires off a few excuses, as expected. “I Sciences Po as an elite institution are unfounded. have a friend, also an exchange student, taking a class 生的长期潜在心理健康问题提供支持。 毕业等等。学生中心职员会提供一对一，面对面 don’t live in the city, I live further away from here… I All of my classes go for two hours. Most of the which has a 50% participation mark. It’s common to SRC Caseworker Help—为悉尼大学本科学生提供 的服务，你的疑问将会在这里得到回答。 was going to take the train at six-thirty, but a tree fell time, there’s no break––not even a ten minute pause have three separate assessments for only a single sub- 除此之外，在2017年6月的女性和非二元性别的报 包括学术，住宿，社会福利联络，留学生权益等 onto the railroad.” between the two hours. It’s pretty normal to start class ject. 告中，CAPS被指控为“没有能力处理性侵犯心理 问题的免费咨询及服务。例如：小到借计算器字 学生中心的效率众所周知非常慢，虽然悉尼大学 I find myself feeling slightly sympathetic towards at 8am, and finish at 9:15pm. I have less readings to do than in Sydney. Only 创伤”Wo*en’s Officer表明她们收到了许多关于案 典，大到成绩申诉，期末挂科复议，权益侵害等 是一个来自130多个国家和60，000名学生组成的 him. I take the train everyday in Sydney, and delays I’m taking five classes here, but the total weekly one unit has compulsory readings, and they’re only 20 件处理不当的控诉，并指出不会将性侵幸存者转 问题，都可以联系SRC的Caseworker寻求帮助。 大学，但是只有8个办公桌和少量的工作人员， caused by the weather aren’t rare. Our teacher harps hours are ultimately around the same as Sydney. pages all up. I was one of the lucky ones though – a 介到CAPS服务中。CAPS也有等待时间，仅适用 使得学生咨询变成一件很难的事情。甚至在开学 on. “… so, I had to hitchhike all the way to Versailles. Compared to Sydney, there are differences in the friend has around 200 pages of readings a week for 于当前注册的学生，因此，幸存者往往无法及时 SRC Legal Service—SRC法律援助平台帮助留学 的前两周，学生等待时间超过2小时。所有如果 But the trains were late there too.” way subjects are marked. Take oral presentations, for one of their subjects. 获得预约，而且在性侵犯后辍学的幸存者无法获 生解决因不懂法，法律意识淡薄和缺乏正确沟通 学生有任何紧急的换改课的问题，建议是直接向 We forgive him immediately. He had to hitchhike example. When it comes down to it, after I get used to all the 得支持。 根据学校福利审查和性侵受害者的质疑 等被罚款甚至遣返等问题。为悉尼大学在读本科 coordinator发邮件询问，而不要把希望全部寄托 to Versailles? I don’t know anyone who’s done that be- Whether in a group, with a partner, or alone, they changes, it will be comforting to know that the City of 和指控，是否CAPS会采取下一步措施对工作人员 生提供免费的法律援助服务。其法律援助团队由 fore. can be up to 30 minutes long. There’s a class presenta- Light is waiting for me with open arms. 14 15 CREATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Why Humpty jumped On being visibly Muslim at USyd Layla Mkh discusses the pressure white progressives place on her. Iced Mocha To begin with, I in no way believe I many people felt towards migrants, Muslim. However, as I spent more more active member in my second have to justify myself and what I believe Muslims and Western Sydney. I time in political spaces on campus, year. USYD WoCo is probably the to anyone. But I will say that I’ve given distinctly remember one of my unfortunately, such questions started most active collective and organising Humpty D and a wall met on a hill it much thought lately. first year Geopolitics classes where to become more familiar. body within the SRC and they focus There was James, the Wall, a baby called Jack On my first day at the University the discussions on asylum seekers I’ve actually been asked questions a lot on activism surrounding women Behind the wall, a girl prepared to kill of Sydney I was called oppressed and actually made me really upset on everything from “Do you hate on campus. However, despite their A farmer’s daughter bloodied and hacked a terrorist by a young white woman at because I was one of two people Jews?” to “What are your thoughts on important work, I noticed that being in Victoria Park. I was minding my own who outwardly spoke against the abortion?” and quite frankly I’m over those activist spaces did not necessarily The mayor arrived and gleaned the scene business and walking to my first class cruel and inhumane ways of offshore it. They’ve happened both slyly and alleviate the anxieties and pressures I “It was Humpty’s fault — the fucking egg thing!” of the year - a philosophy lecture - from detention. It was only after a year overtly and it’s sad because I’ve literally felt because of being Muslim. In fact, “O be nice,” said James, “he’s a human being” which I remember the first question of growth, being upset and several never heard anyone relate to this. I don’t at some points being in those mostly “Hello all,” spoke the wall, “Jack took a swing” asked was “Does God exist?”. Although arguments in my government and IR like politics. But having an identity that white, left-wing spaces made me feel I don’t recall a time where being Muslim classes, that I decided to join in on is inherently political, whilst studying a further pressured and anxious. “Goo goo ga ga,” said Jack, “twas Humpty D” was not political, having grown up in some student political movements. degree in politics puts me in a position This pressure came in a different Everyone turned and Humpty was silent Bankstown, I was always surrounded form though. It became such that “Defend yourself, a reasonable degree?” by a strong and vibrant Muslim I wasn’t just self-conscious and Humpty became scared, his thoughts turned violent community. Perhaps I didn’t realise it “I can’t help but wonder why I (one of the only visibly hyperaware of my identity but that I also at the time, but my first day at USyd Musllim people invoved in activism on campus) feel like needed to perform to a certain standard O the time had come for Humpty to leave marked the beginning of a confronting of progressiveness. It became such that He jumped off the wall and the rest bereaved I have to prove myself worthy of being in organising spaces process, through which I became more when no one else has to.” I would do things to prove to white left A NEW conscious of who I am. Suddenly, it wing people that I wasn’t conservative A New seemed to matter a lot more that I wore My first impression of the where I have no choice but to speak just because I was Muslim. a Hijab, didn’t drink or do drugs, that I political spaces at USyd was pretty out. I’m not conservative at all. And I’ve Beginning was visibly Muslim. much the same as many people. Towards the end of my first year never felt the need to ever say that out World In my first year, I did not make any During Orientation-Week I was of university, I joined the Wom*n’s loud or justify myself. But now that friends at university. Along with being pressed by some members of the Collective who were perceptive to my I am fully immersed in those spaces I anxious about people’s preconceived Socialist Alternative who began hesitance regarding student politics, can’t help but wonder why I (one of the Art by Annie Zhang ideas surrounding Islam and refugees, their conversation by asking “What specifically with how white it is. I only visibly Muslim people involved Mariessa Lai Johnson Ly I was also somewhat insecure about do you think of the Muslim ban?”. quickly found that USyd WoCo was in activism on campus) feel like I have who I was. I am naturally an anxious I must admit I was a little shocked extremely proactive in organising to prove myself worthy of being in person but some sheltered part of that they would even ask me that activism surrounding women on organising spaces when no one else has Intense nervousness overshadow you, a leap me didn’t realise the actual disdain considering the fact that I was visibly campus, prompting me to become a to. Followed by a sigh of relief, As the UAC App releases your offer. embraced by This marks the start of a new beginning. A raven and a bench: Anderson Stuart’s legacy of strain and pain. From school adolescent Morphing into adulthood insanity from anxiety, research Jumping into excitement: Samuel Garrett reflects on collegiality in Sydney Medical School Into the sandstone and beyond. thrown into the unknown. A stone bench sits on the walkway the bench is an unassuming place, and the eastern entrance for 130 years, a business. The Anderson Stuart Building From the quiet suburban school grounds, incessant doubt shrouds above the inner courtyard of the neo- in its quiet locale, is easily overlooked testament to Anderson Stuart’s own makes clear that there has been an Into the hustling and bustling King Street. gothic Anderson Stuart Building, as a place for reflection. As University humour and a jesting nod to his ongoing and long-term commitment From the old and rundown brick walls of public the mind. a maze of home of Anatomy and Physiology. management now takes steps to evict nickname amongst students, ‘coracoid’ on behalf of Anatomy and Physiology education, A small plaque on the benchtop researchers from wet labs in the (from the Greek for raven), a zoomorphic leadership to create and maintain a To the sandstone buildings holding a century of cataclysmic beauty. commemorates the 43 years of service building, the same peaceful courtyard reference to Stuart’s prodigious nose. culture of respect in research and prestige. of Anatomy Technician Barry Lockett. has only recently transformed into a A second, modern, raven roosts on teaching. When students walk past a haunting blessing. It’s a beautiful vantage to enjoy the late- place of action. Posters with the words the tranquil Body Donor Memorial a memorial fountain dedicated to Let your courage and hope kindle afternoon sun, overlooking the central “Hands off Anderson Stuart!” cover Fountain within the inner courtyard. those who have offered their bodies And fear and doubt dwindle courtyard’s palm trees. Anatomy staff nearby windows. Ghosts of the past inhabit every to science on their way to dissections, As a destination of three to four years lies ahead for fondly remember Lockett’s regular Small vignettes of simple stories, corridor of the building, gazing down it gives pause and room for reflection you to tackle a step smoke breaks there, “perhaps too many,” not grand narratives, colour the from portraits of prominent academics on the historical and personal context says one with a grin and smile. After all, importance of the building for those and staff, including the formidable which they work within. Awaken your spirit to embrace this new academic charged with affected by the University’s ongoing Mrs Ann Macintosh who shaped the The affection for the building felt adventure relocation plans. The bench and its Discipline of Anatomy for over 50 years by those who conduct their research Art by Shrawani Battharai Hold nothing back the light and fight plaque are emblematic of the heritage with her generous bequests funding within, Anderson Stuart therefore Learn and embrace new challenges ahead listed building and the refurbishments to the building’s JT comes as no surprise. It is impossible Embrace ambiguity and problem solving of a fiery mind. its namesake in Wilson and JL Shellshear Museums. For to feel disconnected from a sense of Unlearn orthodox thinking and challenge the University’s her tireless commitments to preserving place and community in a workplace assumptions dance through a constellation founding Dean of the school’s history and reputation, surrounded by personal reminders of Discover wisdom amongst the stacks of books the Medical School. her desk still continues to sit in the those who have come before. While accumulating dust in Fisher Library of scintillating souls. A scratch beneath Shellshear Museum. perhaps each individual story fails to Ignite your curiosity to explore the impossible the surface of the The unavoidable immediacy of the cross into thresholds of grandiosity, Live, learn, laugh an opportunity to converge building’s grand building’s history entrenches tangible collectively they forge a richer and more Treat yourself with a sip of chai latte and soy façade, stained links to the past that cannot simply insightful portrait of the past and better As you hang around Manning enjoying new at a blissful brilliance. glass windows and be ignored. These links are a reminder reflect how most students contribute to friendship and companionship sculpted sandstone that staff and students do not work the ongoing history of the university in a family gathering. or a moment taken and study in isolation but contribute the small stories that make up our own Soon you will be in a home to cast an observant to an ongoing history in which each lives. Soon you will find your rhythm on campus eye over its physical individual plays a part, however small. We would do well to reflect on As you look forward to the start of new beginnings features, reveals a Growing corporatisation of universities and remember the role that physical Along the glistening steps lighting up the pavement |jly| wealth of humble risks sacrificing these links in the name reminders of our history play in in the century-old Quad secrets. of efficiency, without regard for the maintaining an academic community. Enlightening your path ahead A stone raven importance of the past to influencing To ignore this would be to forget what has kept watch over the future of our university and creating gives buildings such as Anderson Stuart Eastern Avenue a sense of place. their value — their status as places of from high above Cutting up the dead is a sensitive teaching and learning at a human scale. 16 17 PUZZLES PUZZLES

24. Warning cry to an 8. Galop Tintin! (6) Get a clue? CrossSoc’s cryptic explainer ACROSS imperilled coward (6,4) 13. Dammit! Sub is hilariously Cryptic 3. Aliens & Son (1.1’1) 27. Particular tone! (4) hiding car (10) Crossword 6. RAF flew dangerously in 28. Greater without never- 15. Reverend’s Organ Classes, Get down with Tournesol and get across cryptic crosswords. one that goes on (7) ending beer (5) for the Hard-working Beast (9) 7. Newton is Twin Peaks’ 29. Octopi ran happily holding 17. Globe made out of a white Most people (probably you) glance at clues for indicators like containing, for OO. Bear this in mind when solving think again. Clue formatting, including primary character (5) an aggressive fish (7) onion (5,4) the cryptic crossword and then almost concealing, or holding as in 29-Across. Twin Peaks in 7-Across. The fodder’s punctuation and capitalisation will 9. One time, on this day (4) 30. Insult Pluto (3) 20. Checks out active young immediately glance away when reading Read closely through the fodder to find odd or even letters can be indicated often lead you astray. 10. Teenager enclosed at boys (6) Honi, preferring to complete the a word equal to the definition. Hiddens simply by the words odd and even, such Give cryptic crosswords a go. You’ve organisation (10) 21. Morning-tea at residences, Sudoku, or read about how the world’s can also be combined with reversal as in 12-Down: Giant sees odd doors. gotten your ounce of knowledge so now 11. Skinny monarch is pensive tipsy without Enid (6) gone to the dogs, or even put down the clues, in which part of the clue has to Take the odd letters of GIANTSEES to all you need’s the ton of practice. It’s (8) DOWN 23. De ‘Catalogue X’ (5) newspaper entirely and do something be put backward to reveal the answer. get a word for doors. In ways such as worth it. And if you feel like practising 13. Direct ailing Reverend in 25. Newton is Twin Peaks’ 1. Fair, and therefore spot on else because you’re not fifty-three. And Take 23-Down: Very perverse lump of this, specific letters can be inserted or with a gang of the grandest peeps about, Scottish football club (6) primary character (5) (4,2) this is a tremendous shame. Because stalwart lube. Very is the definition; deleted from words. Sometimes a word and having fun with other puzzles and 15. Karate hall should finish 26. Ashkenazi on display in 2. Breach gov organisation not only are cryptic crosswords a perverse the reversal indicator; lump will be a container that goes around games too, then join the shamelessly love with sweetheart (4) Jerusalem (4) with former world leader (9) rewarding mental work-out, they are of the hidden indicator. So, a word another part of the clue. For example, in self-spruiking Crossword Society. Find 17. Treebeard and the Queen 3. Mad at raised pool joining also incredibly fun. Presently, you meaning very is hidden within the 20-Across, Sister, SIS, goes around the us in Welcome Week, attend our Friday come in (5) the front-yard (5) probably look at a cryptic clue and think phrase stalwart lube written backward: smallest state, TAS, to make staying the solving session, and get clued in. 18. Header of The Epoch Times 4. Sounds like a jumper went it’s utter tosh. Go on, have a look at one. EBULTRAWLATS. Can you spot it? same, STASIS. (morning paper) (4) on weird Amish holiday (10) Now, think how satisfying it would be to Double definitions are punchy and Lastly, we have &lit. clues, 20. Sister goes around the 5. Kant smashed aquarium (4) take that seemingly nonsensical phrase pleasing. Rather than wordplay, the clue customarily signalled with an smallest state, staying the same This article and 6. The Spanish Evil reportedly and extract from it a word, fresh and contains two definitions for the same exclamation mark. These both provide (6) followed Sheeran to Alpine firm and glistening with lexical dew, word, like in 30-Across and 19-Down. wordplay and literally define the the corresponding 21. Latest Bond film doesn’t icon (9) and then place that newborn word into If you find them difficult, just focus on answer. For instance, in 27-Across, end with you and his boss in a puzzles were 7. Grieve for my Greek, right a pristine interlocking set of its little finding an answer for one of the words Particular tone!, particular is the range of colours (8) now! (5) friends, held together harmoniously in then see if it fits the other. anagrind, tone the fodder. And, on top brought to you by: black and white. Homophone clues are based on of this, the answer NOTE is literally a All you need to be able to complete particular tone. These types of clues are Word cryptics is an ounce of knowledge and a delightfully devilish, as well as rare, but Target Sudoku ton of practice. So here’s your ounce of “All you need to be are often the most fun to solve. knowledge to get you started. able to complete Well, that’s a start. Even knowing Jumble Target Rules: A cryptic crossword clue contains cryptics is an ounce of all the different types of clues does not Match each language to two things. First, a definition, just like fully decode them; they aren’t called Find them at their Minimum 4 letters per word. its word for WELCOME. in a quick crossword, at either end of knowledge and a ton cryptic for nothing. The setter always Friday afternoon Unjumble them first! the clue. In the crossword opposite, the says what they mean, but they might not of practice.” DRAIN MAN (8) definitions are underlined, so if you’re always mean what they say. If the bear solving session, 10 words: Debating Soc upstart MILK WOMEN (9) not feeling up to the challenge you what a clue sounds like when read in 22-Down makes you think of ursine 2pm at Hermann’s 15 words: SUDS wannabe RISK HUT (7) can pretend it’s only a quickie and get aloud. Indicators are words related to mammalia, and the PMS in 1-Down 20 words: Stupol hack UNEVEN BIT (9) on with your day. Otherwise, take a speaking or listening like says or hears. makes you think of menses, then MANGER (6) gander at the second part of each clue: In 14-Down, the indicator is reportedly, 30 words: Crossword HOLDING SIZE (3, 8) the worldplay. The clue’s wordplay is a and abandoned Doctor Who actor is compiler ANTI ALI (7) tricksy verbal suggestion of the answer, the fodder. All you have to do is find ATALANTA GEMS AD (7, 6) equivalent to the definition. The the right synonyms for the fodder, ...... NINA EDISON (10) wordplay also has two parts: the fodder in this case LEFT TENNANT. (Yes, ...... HI GAY NUN (4, 4) is the words we’ll end up putting in our there are over a dozen Doctors, but answer, and the indicator tell us how it’s not meant to be easy.) What does USU LANGUAGE ...... to do so. Each clue is an equation; the that sound like but the commanding ...... fodder is the numbers, the indicator the officer LIEUTENANT? (Note that this EXCHANGE ...... operation. does not work with the American ...... There are many different types of pronunciation). cryptic clue. Here we go, one by one. A whacky variant of homophones ...... Charade clues are very common, involves spoonerisms, wordplay in ...... and can incorporate lots of other types which the starting sounds of two / FLEXIBLEFUN / FREE ...... of clues. A charade clue breaks a word words or syllables are swapped, such Solutions into parts and gives a clue for each. For as ‘tasting a worm’ for ‘wasting a term’...... This Way and That 11-Across, Skinny monarch is pensive, Though tricky to figure out they’re ...... Cryptic Crossword think of one word meaning skinny easily recognisable, ‘Reverend’ and HOLA ...... Credits: and one meaning monarch; put them ‘Spooner’ their only indicators (The together and get another meaning Reverend Spooner their progenitor). In ...... Cryptic crossword pensive. THIN + KING = THINKING. 16-Down, ditch is MOAT, moray EEL...... and Word Humple by Quick maths. Swap around their initial sounds to get ...... Tournesol. Anagram clues also abound. An porridge. Simple as that...... anagram is a word or phrase made by Words in clues will often stand rearranging the letters in another, such for their abbreviations. Gold may / FREEFUN / FLEXIBLE ...... Target, This Way and as LEMON for MELON, or I AM LORD manifest as AU or Germany as DE...... That, and Suduko by VOLDEMORT for TOM MARVOLO Queen could be Q (as in a deck of Cloudrunner. RIDDLE. 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For hour musical odysseys (most likely wanting to return to the days of double- bizarre Facebook statuses and videos, Palmer himself, it would surely be a courtesy of Pokémon developers), this denim and spandex. He’s even created and likewise branded himself as the welcome change. Until the release of The eponymous “humble meme merchant.” Humble Meme Merchant, an abysmal Now, we are witnessing a peculiar GEOPOLITICS: Saudi missile accidentally BREAKING: Student accidentally calls it side-scroller with 4.1 stars on the App evolution in billionaire populism. misses school and hits actual rebel base. >>P12 Store, his most notable achievement Ross Perot never had an app. Donald O-Week, literally nothing happens. >>P16 was a crumbling Queensland Nickel Trump, his inheritor, had Twitter. Are refinery in Townsville. Or perhaps the gaming apps the next logical step? remnants of Jacqui Lambie’s political If The Adventures of Clive Palmer is career. anything to go by, then no. From the outset, the game’s Should Palmer be elected to Young Lib women embroiled in WHS debacle intentions are somewhat ironic. Its Parliament later this year, it won’t be players, who control Palmer as he because of this pixelated push for the bounds across major Australian cities, disaffected youth. It will be because after breaking glass ceiling could not possibly believe its title. many people find solace in Palmer’s What humility could there be in a man place on the Forbes Rich List and their Jessi Bishop reports on the real-life dangers of gender parity. whose self-absorbed billboard slogans shared disdain for ‘establishment’ types. have all the detail and nuance of Maoist The phenomenon was best Two women staffers in Gladys Some male employees wishing to male staffer, disagreed entirely with the employment contracts remain propaganda playing cards? And believe summarised by Christopher Hitchens Berejiklian’s office are facing threats of claim compensation from the alleged promotion of the women. “I don’t think unaffected by the alleged WHS breach, me—your journey to Canberra will in a 1992 article in The Nation, referring legal action from male co-workers for have breach have noted that their there should be women in the Libs, to as investigations continue. Ruby Kelp, Art by Tanvi Patel familiarise you with a great number to contemporary Perot supporters: “I having breached WHS regulations. important policy work was irrevocably be honest, cos like, I don’t know, like who has been promoted to the position of these party lines: “Demand lower cannot possibly hope to satisfy. a game that harks back to Super Mario have found that despite their many In the very same moment the interrupted by the incident. Staffer why but yeah basically hahaha.” of Senior Sniffer Dog Advisor, told the power prices for all Australians”, The first parody is a play on Labor’s Bros and Donkey Kong. But if he wants charms and courtesies, they want a women were promoted to more senior Ed George Lachlan was particularly Michael-Aaron appeared surprised Dependent that she would be saving “Aussies aren’t going to cop it anymore”, 1972 “It’s Time” campaign number, to bring us with him, he’ll have to offer revolution that is painless to them. They positions, the glass ceilings, glass walls, aggrieved. “I was writing all this shit when the Dependent informed him that her extra earnings from the role in and the novel “Make Australia Great / a song which predates his target something more substantial than a have the self-pity of the self-satisfied.” and glass floors of the conference room about how bad pingas are, or something, his employer, the leader of the Liberal order to finance a consultancy start- Put Australia First” double-header. demographic by decades. The second is billionaire chasing Tim Tams and lyrics But, as apt as this is, it will likely be began initially to snap, then broke for work, and these bits of glass just party in NSW, Gladys Berejiklian, was up. “I’m really interested in renting out Across the levels, a plane flies overhead a legally dubious reworking of Culture so egotistical they would make Noel an older quote that best encapsulates entirely, causing shards of glass upon fucking went into my eye and smashed a woman. “What the fuck haha. Since apartments in Barangaroo.” carrying a banner which reads “Fake Club’s “Karma Chameleon”, coming Gallagher blush. the Palmer legacy, game and all: the scores of male staffers on the floor into my computer screen.” when. I thought it was ScoMo.” News Corp.” from the fluorescent depths of the early It is easy to mock the efforts of “Nothing beside remains. Round the below. Stephen Michael-Aaron, another At this point in time, the women’s All these unoriginal faux-pas might 1980s. All of this presents a rather Palmer’s development team, but the decay of that colossal Wreck, boundless possibly be bearable, were it not for the deflating image of a man whose best game has both a target and a message. and bare, the lone an level sands stretch excruciatingly repetitive soundtrack years featured the Bee Gees and Joh The 2019 federal election will see the far away.” Why I love working Jordan Peterson follows up 12 In Defense of the Mighty Ibis: at Uber Rules for Life with another 800 Actual Campus Mascot at USyd There are only silver linings and no clouds for Uber driver Jordan Peterson writes about himself in third person. Edward Said. Crystal Yi Xu introduces the campus bin chicken. I’m driving on the M2 at 4 am, the meetings or reading through a long University of Toronto Professor of erroneous references to Daoism, creatively told The Dependent that “life Okay first-years, I know you’ve all seen hidden in dirty bins. What’s weirder, you to stand out amongst the legions fresh breeze caressing my face, as a and tedious list of worker rights. I’ve Psychology Dr Jordan Peterson, has a lot of meaning but it also does that fucking white bird on campus. their white feathers contrast with a of other indifferent students. If not, white teenager vomits out the window even taken time out to learn some self- renowned for his groundbreaking not — it depends on your perspective.” They are quite inescapable, aren’t they? tail that’s as black as the head and neck, I encourage you to check the page in the passenger’s seat. We’ve had an defence after being racially assaulted insights into crustacean politics, “[Dr Peterson] told me I haven’t been As a university student, you’ve whilst the undersides of their wings out. invigorating conversation: he’s asked three times. At Uber you learn life skills recently published a sequel to 12 Rules standing straight which explains why probably met them when getting closer have rosy pink streaks only visible in Student William Edwards me about where I come from and how and have fun at the same time! for Life to less critical acclaim than in the last week, I’ve been kicked out to their bins, or simply lying on the flight — a truly odd kaleidoscope. was an ignorant first year busy my night has been. He’s also taken Uber also gave me the opportunity thought humanly possible. of my unit by my landlord and received Eastern Avenue lawns . 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If you look approachable and conquered their traditional habitats. emotional connection with Boy, do you meet some interesting I also got a new set of English skills evil” However, New York Times columnist they feel brave, they will come and stare And yet, in admiring this majestic flock the Australian white ibis people in this job! through classes given to me at an Dari Beiss praised Peterson’s work, into your soul, as if they’re planning to of birds through the window when on campus. Of course, the benefits of working affordable price of $300. I can now The 7800-page, eight-part sequel, describing it as a “a spectacularly steal whatever you’re having in the very they fly as a group and make a long V “We students and for Uber aren’t just limited to the finally avoid those damning 2-star entitled “800 commandments for philosophical book and much needed next second. shape in the sky, it is clear that urban academics are not content colourful characters you get to meet. 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Being out on those shower, walking on the street, dancing, overwhelmingly hated by the majority Despite occasionally overhearing explanations, sociological solutions, our leftovers, and no-fucks-given even able to eat two entire meals—who empty roads at odd hours of the night eating food, consuming liquids, using of students, who are yet to grasp what students claiming to “like” ibises, my and so forth.” attitude. knew you could get such a maximum really does give me the opportunity to the toilet and eating, amongst other TECHNOLOGY: they mean to the campus environment. interpretation of their use of th word Surprisingly, the seed Edwards Whilst there are some who choose out of minimum wage. be alone with my own thoughts. things. “Ibis birds scare me,” a student says. “like” is that they enjoy their infamy as planted as an ibis lover has now grown to meet in anger on ‘Glare at an Ibis Many of my friends complain about For anyone out there like me, with “Life is terribly evil — only darkness “I’m pondering my “It’s only because they seem like they walking memes on campus, and their into a sapling. More and more students Day’, there are also those among us who overbearing bosses who simply won’t four dependent family members and awaits mankind,” said self-identified are trying to steal my lunch and will be role as the butt of many, many jokes. If on campus now love to hang out want to fight back. The Ibis is now part leave them alone. Luckily for me, Uber two other jobs, I can truly say there atheist Peterson before he disappeared own mortality”: vicious should I not comply.” you are one of the 4000 followers of the alongside this curious creature, and of USyd culture and identity, even if Support can take up to four weeks to is nowhere better than Uber! So what into the night. Admittedly, their face looks like a ‘Sydney University Ibis Watch’ Facebook regard the bird as a campus mascot. they do continue to occasionally wreak respond to worker enquiries. Talk about are you waiting for? Your quick-fix Peterson, who has garnered a Student drops taper that connects with the extremely page, then congratulations! Your There is much to be gleaned from their havoc by sneaking food and chasing a hands-off approach to management. solution to the suffocating woes of reputation responding to distressed phone and cracks long and bendy beaks that are often impassioned reactions have enabled charming personality, commitment to after baguette-wielding students. Additionally, I remain unburdened late-capitalism “will be arriving in 5 student enquiries with excessive doses by commitments like attending union minutes.” of existential nihilism and empirically screen. >>P18 22 23 ww

Welcome Week is not as welcoming as you think.

1/8 campus sexual assaults happen during orientation weeks across Australia.*

68 college students are raped weekly in Australia.*

College students are 7 times more likely to be raped than non-college students.*

It doesn’t take much to see that Welcome Week is but a thin veneer to mask widespread, entrenched cultures of misogyny and sexual violence.

Here are some useful resources:

numbers to dial

RDVSA NSW Rape Crisis Hotline • 1800 424 017 • 24/7

Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia provides 24/7 telephone and online crisis counselling for anyone in Australia who has experienced or is at risk of sexual assault, family or domestic violence, as well as their non offending supporters. RDVSA also has access to a free telephone interpreting service.

RPA Sexual Assault Clinic • 16 Marsden St, Camper- down • 9515 9040

The clinic provides medical services, such as forensic kits and STI testing, alongside face-to-face counselling.

places to go

Wom*n’s Room

The Wom*n’s Room is a room that only wom*n and non-bina- ry identifying people can use to rest or study. Email the convenors of the Wom*n’s Collective at [email protected] if you need to access it.

Queerspace

The Queerspace is a room that only queer-identifying people can use, also to rest or study. Contact the Queer Officers [email protected] if you need to access it.

*Funnell, N. and Hush, A. (2018). The Red Zone Report. End Rape On Campus (EROC).