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SEMESTER 2 WEEK 9 22 SEPTEMBER 2010 One Nation? Australia's Race Problem Arts Hole: Washington Faking It: 21st Speech Preview of the SUDS Major Profile: US Comedian Jamie Kilstein 2 the aussie flag doubles as a This Week's: CONTENTS HONI SOIT, EDITION 21 cape, right? Most Inspiring Speech on YouTube: Phil Davidson running for Stark County Treasurer. Worst Moment: Spilling fried rice on the floor. Lots of it. 22 SEPTEMBER 2010 Best moment: Popcorn. It makes noise and then you can eat it. Most unexpectedly over-used phrase in this edition: “Fuck cabinet”. The Post 03 Pristine Ong quacks with the best of them. 10 Letters. Lots of them. Katherine Connolly gets her spice on in Glebe. The Uni-Cycle 04 David Mack speaks Greek with the USU President David Mann assures us that directors of the SUDS Major. 11 everything is above board on Board. Joe Smith-Davies checks out all the Georgia Flynn looks at the Korean Film Festival singles in town and tells you which ones coming to town. are A-OK. Bridie Connellan discovers a USyd student who’s Chris Martin thinks that Washington discovering the bare bones of Spain. in person is better than the album or Naomi Hart rides a chariot of fire through the night sky, adorned05 the city. with the silver tears of the hallowed moon as she defends HECS with her barbed whip of justice and flaming torch of education. The Mains Nina Ubaldi did some cartoon stylings. 12 Monica Connors examines where to The Usual Suspects 06 draw the line in the sand between racism When it comes to stuff USyd students like, Morris and patriotism while Diana Tjoeng hungover owl. Schmengy knows all the right answers. explores what it’s like to be young and Rachael Hart had a gun pulled on her in Northern ethnic in Australia today. She also talks Ireland. Really. about Power Rangers. Joe Smith-Davies finds himself in some The Soapbox 14 unwanted spotlight. 07 Rob Chiarella is biased about newspaper Molly Schmengy has come to hate the things bias. THE HYPOTHETICAL: people love. Because of you. Would you rather Carmen Culina has the shakes. The Profile Tom Marr and Sam Elliot get into a Have all your food blended together into 08 Arghya Gupta spoke to US comedian Jamie Kilstein chocolate fight. something that can thickonly bestraw consumed through a about using laughs to motivate the lazy Left. OR Daniel Ward teaches Gillard a skill or two. 15 The Arts-Hole Have all of your meals sprinkled with much too 09 much cinnamon? Monica Connors and Tom Clement review More Usual Suspects 16 FAQs the Science and Med Revues. Joe Smith-Davies gets you in the mood Hannah Lee does the deed with Alice Creed. for a themed 21st party. Ian Mack thinks someone is watching him. How much cinnamon is too much cinnamon? Paranoid much? For the first few weeks it burns. You get used to the pain, but not the flavour. Joe Payten challenges Paul the Octopus. And probably loses. What’s included in the blend? Everything that would be on the plate, plus condiments. So dessert and mains would be separate, but steak and mustard SRC 17 would become bedfellows. Bletchley Park 20 The Garter 21 - 23 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Diana Tjoeng EDITORS Bridie Connellan, Carmen Culina, Naomi Hart, Henry Hawthorne, Ben Jenkins, David Mack, Joe Payten, Anusha Rutnam, Joe Smith-Davies Woohoo! Midsemester is finally here! Too REPORTERS Georgia Flynn, Monica Connors, Hannah Lee, Chris Martin, Rob Chiarella, Tom bad I already superglued my eyes shut. #canthandlemoretutereadings Marr, Sam Elliot, Daniel Ward 1 hour ago CONTRIBUTORS David Mann, Nina Ubaldi, Rachael Hart, Molly Schmengy, Morris Schmengy, Arghya Gupta, Tom Clement, Pristine Ong, Katherine Connolly, Ian Mack, James Colley CROSSWORD Benny Davis DISCLAIMER Honi Soit is published by the Students’ Representative Council, University of Sydney, Level 1 Wentworth Building, City Road, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006. The SRC’s ion costs, space and administrative support are financed by the University of Sydney. Honi Soit’s editors and the SRC acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. Honi Soit is written, printed, and distributed on Aboriginal land. Honi Soit is printed under the auspices of the SRC’s directors of student publications: Mel Brooks, Tim Mooney, Alistair Stephenson , Andy Thomas and Cherissa Zhou. All expressions are published on the basis that they are not to be regarded as the opinions of the SRC unless specifically stated. The Council accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any of the opinions or information contained within this newspaper, nor does it endorse any of the advertisements and insertions. The Post the Committee meeting were unable 3 Dear Honi, In Defence of to provide a viable description of how they envisaged initiatives to engage EDITORIAL My letter is in response to Jared and Ruby. I hesitate in writing here, College students in social justice issues, such as This week Honi turns 21. If you shower us with clean, white beaches here. Pun! (Sorry for that Dear Ellie, Humanitarian Week or The Hub or the presents and affection we so desperately pun). As Australia has experienced increased because tone can be really difficult to CONTENTS I find your letter about colleges very charity/volunteering policy formulation, crave then we promise to definitely give you migration, cultural identity has become more communicate, and that is no triviality narrow minded and xenophobic. I am would occur next year. Why would you less paper cuts. If you don’t shower us with confusing for everyone. For some, this has when the topic is something as personal not a college student nor have ever close down a new program when it was presents, we promise to definitely give you meant a shift to fierce nationalism that can and sensitive as gay marriage. I hate the seek to exclude rather than include, while been one, but I feel the wider university achieving its aims? I sincerely hope that more paper cuts. And sue you. antagonism and hurt which has marred others have tried to negotiate an idea of community is too fast to condemn. the progress made this year in terms of this social conversation. But seriously, we’ve reached our 21st edition Australian identity that is fluid and hybrid providing an environment of increased and in homage we’ve got a ‘Faking It: 21st rather than fixed. It’s fine for people to But I have a few things to say. How can one say that ignoring such a awareness of and participation in social Speeches’ on p6 and a ‘Soundtrack to a argue and disagree about this - in fact, it’s deep rooted part of the culture of our justice initiatives on campus will be able Themed 21st Party’ on p16. Our two features great. What we need is to keep testing and university, whether you agree with it to continue in the face of such non- this week swim through the murky waters of questioning the assumptions we make about The first is this: The callous lovelessness or not, contribute to a more diverse consultative and aggressive management. race relations and ethnic identity. Despite what ourselves, and especially about others. with which Christians have treated those publication? Surely eradicating your we project to the world, it’s definitely not all Diana Tjoeng who are homosexual is sinful. It appalls pet peeve would just help narrow the Yours sincerely, God. Christians seek to represent Jesus to the diversity of the university in at least its Kath Wilson As a female I was horrified by your fortnight of the Verge Festival. Why can’t world. And we screw it up, royally. Every most read publication. Science/Arts V calling all Women’s girls bitches, Sancta the Union Board justify the funding for day. girls ‘slutty Catholic ones’ and college a single week of events centred around I feel colleges should be given some girls as overall ‘trophy-wives-to-be’. humanitarian and social justice ideas? To illustrate: Jesus said to consider others credit for the input they have had in 184 Reasons These gross generalisations are insulting By reducing the diversity of the events better than myself. I am proud and forming the university into what it is Readers may have seen a letter by ‘Mel’ as the majority of females at college are and campaigns at uni in this way, I really self-preoccupied. Pride is the rebellion today. Sydney University is unique in (Honi, Week 5) in which she criticises high achieving, intellectual individuals. wonder what the USU is for. (‘sin’) that God detests most. Jesus said 12 its heritage, size resources and financial the “complaining” and “whinging” short For the record, there is this crazy thing to care for the poor and sick. I rarely do position. Many of the student resources announcements that I have given at the where female collegians compete in sport Alex Houseman’s article in last week’s this, and only when it is convenient for such as facilities available, excellent beginning of a few of our PHIL1013 as well. We’re pretty good at it. Surely as Honi mentioned the Union Board me. Jesus said to love those who mock teachers and professors and computer lectures regarding tutorial overcrowding. an Arts student you can appreciate the alienating members and centralising me. Instead, my pride pricks up and I get systems have been funded by endowment Frustrated by the sheer insouciance self-deprecating mentality behind this decision-making. He also pointed out defensive.