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week nine semester two 2013 honi soit honi Police & University coordination at the strikes p 4 Philosophy & guns: David Leyonhjelm p 8 Westie life p 14 Look Alex Karpovsky from Girls p 15 again DISCONTENTS CUMBO Let Honi write about 5 RIPPED OFF Max Chalmers the SRC elections HOW TO FIX THE 8 WALLABIES Between having your lectures invaded As concerned as we all** may be about * A person overly involved in student Tim Whelan and people “chat” to you while you’re bias in an editorial ticket, we have not politics eating lunch (see Daniel Swain’s hilari- yet received any accusations of favou- ** I say all, but realistically it’s just the ous reflections on page 9), it is probably ratism from the Presidential Debate last twenty-five people that read this edito- GATED COM- a rare soul that has asked: “why can’t I Tuesday and hope not to for the Honi rial 10 MUNITIES read more about SRC elections in Honi Soit debate today. Similarly, Honi already *** Actually just continued silence Felix Donovan and Soit this week?” But ask you should. provides relatively balanced coverage of Michael Rees Union Board candidates. So let us write The reason there has not been any cov- about the elections, and also let us put EXILE ART IN CHINA erage of SRC news over the last two the candidate lists online, because that 13 weeks is that Honi Soit is prohibited by is truly a waste of paper, ink, and time. Samantha Jonscher the SRC constitution from publishing any commentary on the elections be- What is however, in this edition is an BEING A USYD tween the publication of the Election update on the SUPRA President’s res- 14 Edition and the close of the polls. The ignation,*** leaked information on po- WESTIE result is that all of the policies, all the lice and University cooperation at the Avani Dias sneaky antics, and the occassional accu- strikes, and a study of fear and exclusion sation of cheating are hidden on cam- in Australia’s gated communities. We’ve REVUE REVIEWS pus hack* Facebook posts until it’s all also got interviews with Alex Karpovsky 16 too late. The decision to prevent Honi from Girls, NSW’s Senator-elect David Various intervening in its own and SRC elec- Leyonhjelm, and the much-hyped Kirin tions might have made sense when the J. Callinan. Nina Ubaldi Bull was a weekly (or even daily) publi- Editor-in-chief THE SOIN cation. But now the need for some, if Enjoy the edition! 21 imperfect, reporting seems necessary. Editor-in-chief: Nina Ubaldi Editors: Rafi Alam, Bryant Apolonio, Max Chalmers, Avani Dias, Mariana Podesta-Diverio Nick Rowbotham, Hannah Ryan, Xiaoran Shi, Lucy Watson. Reporters: Ariel Castro-Martinez, Alexandra Christie, Brendan Day, Felix Donovan, Jeremy Elphick, Nick Gowland, Nina Hallas, Lucy Hughes Jones, Samantha Jonscher, Tom Joyner, Thomas Murphy, Felicity Nelson, Lucia WOULD YOU RATHER... Osborne-Crowley, Lane Sainty, Blythe Worthy compulsively tell everyone Contributors: Dom Bowes, Daniel O’Doherty, Michael Rees, Daniel Swain, that you were a compulsive Tim Whelan, Jackson Wherrett liar? Cartoons and photos: Beck Kim, Emily Woods, Ezreena Yahya OR Cover: Alexandra Mildenhall, theeallyrose.tumblr.com be unable to tell a lie ever again? Puzzles: Dominic Campbell, Eric Shi Ticker tape: Haikus in honour of Sydney Uni FAQ: The editors of Honi Soit and the SRC acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Gadigal people What about teeny-tiny little white of the Eora nation. Honi Soit is written, printed, and lies? distributed on Aboriginal land. If you are reading this, you are standing on Aboriginal land. Please recog- Yes, everything. From new haircuts to nise and respect this. faking orgasms. Can I tell people I was lying about Want to place an advertisement in Honi Soit ? Contact Amanda LeMay & being a compulsive liar? Jess Henderson [email protected] Yes, but who is going to believe you? Honi Soit is published by the Students’ Representative Council, University of Sydney, Level 1 Wentworth Building, City Road, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006. The SRC’s operation costs, space and administrative support are financed by the University of Sydney. Honi Soit is printed under the auspices of the SRC’s Directors of Student Publications: Clare Angel-Auld, Adam Chalmers, Bebe D’Souza, Brigitte Garozzo, James O’Doherty, Lane Sainty. 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 informa- tion contained within this newspaper, nor does it endorse any of the advertisements Anyone can write for Honi Soit ! and insertions. Printed by MPD, Unit E1 46-62 Maddox St. Alexandria NSW 2015. Email all letters and submissions to: @honi_soit [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/honisoitsydney www.honisoit.com letters likely subconscious level, then hope- ogy to their own and how capitalism SOUND& The media is dicking with your fully you’ll now be able to do some- and being queer were incompatible. self-esteem thing that I usually can’t – you might What I found most disappointing fury Let’s face it, there are few things be able to remember that fame and was its condemnation of gays in the that dick around with our self-esteem wealth aren’t the measure of some- Liberal Party or the army such as “we Unsafe on campus more than the mass media. I know one’s value. should be booing the shit out of the Dear student campaigners, what you’re thinking – “Oh here we floats that get all excited about gays in the Liberal Party, or gays in the army. I I want to wish you luck with your go, poor diddums, suck it up prin- Sam Henderson, Engineering/Science don’t want fucking liberals or the fuck- campaigns. The SRC and Honi Soit are cess. Stop passing the buck champ.” III ing army being celebrated, no matter vital components of campus life here I totally get all that. While at some what for… These groups deserve our at USYD, and I commend you all for point people have to sack up and take God Save the Queen longest fingers shoved up at them, not the time and energy you are spending responsibility for themselves (unlike Dear Honi, our cheers of support.” in your campaigns. I think it’s great some of our portly cousins across the that you want to add to USYD’s his- Pacific who have tried suing McDon- It’s very good of Ms Laurel Parker I applaud these men and women not tory of student involvement. How- ald’s for making them fat), I think the to point out how difficult it must have only for those that represent our soci- ever, there is one campaign ‘tactic’ that media’s toxic claw is so far reaching, been for Queen Marie Antoinette to ety in war and in politics but by being I wish to talk to you about. This par- and its governance over our self-image reign as such an intelligent and pro- a part of institutions and being able to ticular tactic involves the campaigner so brutal, that it is still certainly worthy active queen in the male-dominated feel confident that they can stand up in getting alongside a student who is of mention. culture of 18th century France. what are considered to be more con- walking across campus and following The commercial networks in Austra- As King Louis XVI was severely servative aspects of our society and them as they walk. THIS MAKES ME lia have realised that they don’t really neglected as a child (Ms Parker of admit they are gay. FEEL INCREDIBLY UNSAFE. have to investigate to find the news. course knows this already, but for the The actions of the far left within What they report is the news. For rest of us) the King and Queen ruled the queer community at USYD and One day, when I was 15, I was walk- almost as equals, and she had a con- ing alone along a busy road down to instance, I refuse to believe that the abroad are what discourage queers media storm that erupted when One siderable hand in appointing and dis- that are not politically aligned or more my local beach. It was a Wednesday missing both Jacques Necker and the afternoon, around 4pm, broad sum- Direction came to Sydney was in any centrist from becoming involved. It way representative of Australia’s actual Baron de Laune as Comptroller-Gen- creates a situation where conservatives mer daylight. Two men approached eral (we’re on the same page, right?). It me from the opposite direction. They interest. But by reporting prolific or even moderates look at a group of infatuation, they engendered interest might even be that the French Revolu- people who position themselves as the started talking at me and walked along- tionaries – the progressive, egalitarian, side me as I continued down the road. from the public. The collective con- voice of the queer community and are sciousness of Australia was flagrantly atheistic, ‘Enlightened’ ancestors of not willing to join the cause. One of them was obviously drunk. our modern hard-left crowd – might I didn’t answer back to them and I coerced into being fascinated by a boy Did Indigenous and women’s rights band because the news networks told have been slighted by this powerful, started walking as fast as I could. As dynamic woman wielding so much come about as a result of vitriolic and we passed a side-street one of the men us that we already were.