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INCUBATE Demo Day DogeSoc Meet Up When: Monday, April 10, 6:00pm-9:00pm ‘AEONS’ exhibition by PhotoSoc BEST When: Saturday, April 8, 2:30pm- Where: MacLaurin Hall, USyd When: Thursday, April 6, 6:00pm- 5:30pm Price: Access Free | Non-Access $5 10:00pm Where: Camperdown Memorial Park Hey, Where:maybe Tapyou’d Gallery, like this.Surry It’sHills like, a work- Price: Free OF shop forPrice: people Access who $10 want / Non-Access to make costumes $15 of Damn, I wish UNSW had an innovation characters from anime. It’s mostly for working culture as agile as USyd’s. Apparently Damn, I wish UNSW had a dog culture on smaller replica pieces for those costumes al- INCUBATE is an entrepreneurial group Damn, I wish UNSW had an artis- as cute as USyd’s. This entire society is though the people running it say you can bring at USyd and this demo day is where tic culture as creative as USyd’s. I’ve about people meeting up and chilling bigger pieces as well. I won’t be able to make it they showcase ten early-stage start-ups. THE heard PhotoSoc is full of talent and with each other’s dogs. You don’t even though, damn. I have to go and get advice from I heard you can test them out and even this looks like it’ll be one of the best need to own a dog to be a member. Do my professor during her visiting hours. I got this invest. I actually had a great idea re- exhibitions so far. I tried to do some you think the dogs would smell that I really challenging task from my tutor where I cently, maybe I should tell them about photography for UNSW’s photo club wasn’t from USyd? I don’t think I can have to “submit my lecture notes from week one” it. I was thinking UNSW should build a WEB but every exhibition was called ‘Royal risk it. Maybe there’ll be some cute and I have a bunch of questions about how to do really big impressive sandstone quad- Randwick Racecourse’. I think it’ll be greyhounds at Randwick Racecourse. it to their exact specifications. rangle in the centre of its campus. Oh, I aeons before UNSW catches up. Is greyhound racing still legal? thought of another idea! Quadmesters! Print media is dead. Or so we have been told. We VICE Media travelled across Australia’s alleyways This week, Max Cullen talks to DJ — a non-binary What do you think? don’t believe it, but we thought we should play it to test the caps you shelved in the Ivy’s bathroom Standing Rock activist — about Indigeneity, America, safe and try our hand at multimedia. Check it out. last Saturday night. Michael Sun reports online. and the future of the left. Check it out online now.

2 3 NEWSROOM NEWSROOM The uncooperative Co-Op: what’s really going on? Stop Adani coal roadshow hits USyd ERIN JORDAN ZOE STOJANOVIC-HILL

“I joined the Co-op as a fresher be- student members through ‘bursaries’, required readings were almost double to inspect the Co-op’s financial re- The Stop Adani Alliance, a coalition cause it seemed like a society,” Justin, ‘prizes’ and sponsorship of campus the price at the Co-op, as opposed to ports, rules, and registry of mem- of thirteen green groups spearheaded a Media and Communications student activities. The latest financial report, other retailers. When confronted by bers,” he said. by former leader of the Greens Bob at the University of Sydney said. however, provides no evidence that the lecturer, the Co-op agreed to match “When we emailed the Co-op, we Brown, are waging war on new coal “They told me that everyone at this promise has been fulfilled in the the reduced price and offer refunds for received no reply; when we called, we and grappling with an age-old revolu- University was a member, and I didn’t past two years. those who had already purchased it. were referred on to the email; when we tionary question: what, exactly, are we want to be excluded from anything Instead the Co-op seems to use its “Now I mainly use Student VIP or showed up to their head office, we were fighting for? that early on.” place on campus to sign students up to order my books in advance, I just don’t told that they would call the police and For many of these groups, the fight The Co-op acts as though it is an life-long memberships at $25 a piece, trust them,” she said. sue for harassment. It was in that mo- is to stop Indian conglomerate Adani essential part of University life: giving entitling them small discounts off text- The Co-op, as the name suggests, ment that I started to wonder what the Group from building Australia’s largest students a good deal on essentials like books. As a cooperative, student mem- began as student co-operative run by Co-op were really up to,” he recounted. coal mine in Carmichael, Queensland textbooks and reinvesting profits back bers like Justin are also entitled to a its members. Which means that if you The Co-op advertises its annual - with bipartisan support from the fed- into student life. It claims to be run vote at the AGM. are a one of the 2 million students who general meetings on its website, but eral and Queensland governments - is a “for the benefit of members”. “Their membership engagement is forked out the $25 for life-long mem- holds them in locations that are diffi- fight for the Great Barrier Reef. This past week, a group of students so superficial, it begins and ends with bership, you should have a say in low- cult for students to reach. For example The Australian Conservation Foun- from the University of Sydney, Western the Co-op incessantly emailing stu- ering the exorbitant prices of textbooks. it’s most recent meeting in Wyong, a dation aims to “protect life on our Sydney University, the University of dents with offers they couldn’t care An investigation from Farrago, The four-hour round trip from Sydney. beautiful reef,” GetUp! is trying to Technology Sydney, the University of less about,” said Daniel Ergas, Co-Gen- University of Melbourne’s student mag- “They make them inconvenient and “save the reef,” Mackay Conservation Melbourne, and the University of New- eral Secretary of the University of Syd- azine, found in 2016 that this was far far away so as to discourage people Group’s website screams, ‘think of the castle headed to Wyong, a small town ney Students’ Representative Council from the truth. from going,” Ergas alleged. dugongs!’ This angle is intentionally on the NSW Central Coast, with the and a member of the ‘Take Back Our The article outlines how the Co-op Co-operatives in NSW are reg- reductiveL: the image of bleached hopes of wrestling back control of the Co-op’ group. has been removed from members con- ulated by the Office of Fair Trading coral makes the tragedy of climate Co-op at their Annual General Meeting “I just couldn’t justify spending that trol, largely through requiring that to be which is underfunded. change feel tangible. (AGM). They were unsuccessful. much money, especially when I could eligible as a director, a person must have The Co-op’s directors collectively It is easier to convince an audience The Co-op justifies its influence on clearly see what it was selling for at a minimum of five years’ experience at pocketed $330,000 in salaries last to pledge allegiance to smiley dugongs our campus by pledging to give back Angus and Robertson — brand new a large company and/or a university de- year. Considering the Co-op’s un- than to convey the sheer magnitude of the funds generated in its stores to its too,” said Katrina, after realising her gree, excluding most students from the fettered access to campus’ around the threat posed by climate change but, position. the country and the high markup on at the Sydney #StopAdani Roadshow Considering the suc- prices, it’s time to ask why students last Wednesday night, environmental cess of directors who are expected to foot the bill. group 350.org attempted to do just that. are current students But don’t worry, as their financial To Vaishali Patil, the People’s The Stop Adani Alliance is a final attempt to stop Adani Carmichael coalmine in Queensland. Source: SBS on organisations like report assures us; “they’re paying the Global Climate Ambassador of India, the University of Syd- full-price” when they purchase the ‘stopping Adani’ is about a global becomes truly hellish; the quantity mate chaos all by itself.” mistaken for quantum physics. ney Union board, this textbooks wholesale. sense of solidarity. of carbon dioxide humanity can burn Like obstinate children who could Models commissioned by Adani seems like an unneces- At the AGM, a ruling that all proxy To Danny Kennedy, managing di- to stay below this threshold; and the learn their times tables if they put indicate that the mine will create sary precondition. votes registered by the student contin- rector of the California Clean Energy amount of carbon fossil fuel compa- their minds to it, Australia’s MPs can roughly 10,000 new jobs — an in- Similarly, when start- gent were invalid prevented the major- Fund, it is about economic realism. nies and petro-states plan to burn. ‘do the math’ — they just do not want flated figure derived using a meth- ing to investigate the ity that the students’ contingent needed To Millie Telford, co-director of Seed Last year McKibben updated the to do their homework. odology described as “biased” by the Co-op, Ergas found a to achieve their aims. This echoed the Indigenous Youth Climate Network, it numbers. To keep the temperature be- In an interview on ABC Radio Na- Australian Bureau of Statistics. refusal to interact with result of a similar attempt in 2004. is about environmental justice. low the 1.5 degrees Celsius “red line” tional a fortnight ago, Matt Canavan, More sober estimates suggest that their membership base. With the refusal to accept proxies The event made it clear that stop- of the 2015 intergovernmental Paris the federal Minister for Resources and the mine will employ 1464 people per “As members of potentially raising legal issues under ping the construction of the Carmi- Agreement on climate change, the Northern Australia, chided interviewer annum, over the course of its 50-60 the Co-op, under the the Cooperatives National Law, it is chael coal mine is critical inpreventing global population can emit 353 giga- Fran Kelly for failing to think big. year lifespan. Co-operatives National likely that the fight to ‘Take Back Our a full-blown climate crisis. tons of CO2. “It won’t just be about Adani,” The Stop Adani Alliance highlights The Co-op was the first company in Australia to sell books online. Image: Co-Op Law, we had the right Co-op’ will continue. As prominent 350.org member The major fossil fuel burners are Canavan said. “It’s also about attract- how the mine jeopardises approxi- Naomi Klein argues in her 2014 book, sitting on 942 gigatons worth of fossil ing new mines in the area.” mately 70,000 jobs that revolve around the climate crisis is about everything. fuels, and salivating. Canavan looks forward to the day the reef. In July 2012 Bill McKibben, the “So let’s do the math,” McKibben when the proposed railway line link- Yet people will settle for — and trade Law school dean to lead uni management’s founder of 350.org, laid out his or- suggests, “942 is greater than 353.” ing the Galilee Basin to the Abbot unions will defend — environmentally ganisation’s stance on fossil fuels for It’s a simple, sickening calculation. Point coal port will “allow new mines damaging jobs if they are the only jobs Rolling Stone. If the Carmichael coal mine goes to move in” and, crucially, “make lots on offer. EBA negotiations Based on a report by the Carbon ahead “there is no way we can meet of money”. The 350.org believe the mass mobi- Tracker Initiative, McKibben broke the the planet’s carbon budget,” McKibben Whereas 350.org have effectively lisation of a diverse constituency is key KISHOR NAPIER-RAMAN and NICK BONYHADY climate crisis down to three numbers: says in a video screened on Wednes- repackaged the data on climate to creating an environment in which the maximum increase in temperature day night. change into a Maths Online video, workers are not forced to choose be- Professor Joellen Riley, Dean of the Law Some of her own pay and condi- staff have put forward through the the earth can handle before the heat “It will tip the planet over into cli- Adani’s data on job creation could be tween toxicity and scarcity. School, is leading the University’s on- tions will be determined by the EBA NTEU on matters ranging from re- going negotiations with staff over the that is eventually negotiated. Moreo- search time to rates of pay. enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA). ver, as dean, one of Riley’s core duties Recent EBAs at Australian universi- Fisher hosts women’s wikipedia edit-a-thon The EBA determines working con- is to represent the interests of staff at ties have involved lengthy and bitter dis- ditions and pay for both professional the law school. putes between staff and management. GRACE FRANKI and academic staff at the University A University spokesperson told In 2013, negotiations for the cur- for a four year period. The current Honi that “In her position as Head rent agreement involved seven days On Tuesday March 28, Fisher Library these numbers. Event organiser Denise O’Dea of they don’t have profiles. They have ac- EBA is set to expire this year, but it is of School and Dean of Sydney Law of strike action. Agreements at UNSW ran a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon as a part Over 140 people registered for the Sydney University Press said the idea complished so much but no one knows traditionally extended if negotiations School, Professor Joellen Riley has and Murdoch University have culmi- of Women’s History Month. Fisher Library event online. came about after the Stellar Prize (a about them, and they really should,” continue past its formal expiry date. been appointed as the lead negotiator nated in court proceedings. Edit-a-thons are organised events Attendees included library staff, literary award for female Australian she said. Riley is a labour lawyer by trade — for the University. Riley’s role could therefore create where members of an online commu- faculty members, current and former writers) ran a similar event in Mel- Many attendees expressed a sim- experience that will be applicable in This will not conflict with Profes- discord within the faculty, especially if nity edit and improve a specific topic University of Sydney students, high bourne in November last year. ilar sentiment. USyd student Lauren negotiating the terms of employment sor Riley’s responsibilities as Dean, the University were to push for a deal or type of content. school students, and other members “Wikipedia obviously has a gender O’Neill said she saw the Edit-a-thon as for hundreds of staff . She is an author given she is not providing legal ad- that harmed staff job security. The Fisher Library event aimed to in- of the public. The vast majority of par- problem, and [Fisher] library was in a way to “do [her] bit” to improve the of the prominent textbook Macken’s vice to the University.” However, Riley’s appointment may crease the representation of Australian ticipants on the day were women. good position to do something simi- representation of women online. Law of Employment and has written on However, renegotiating bargain- well be a tactical one, both for man- Law School Dean Joellen Riley women writers, scientists and scholars. Over the course of the day-long lar,” O’Dea told Honi. Fisher Library is running a num- subjects ranging from unfair dismissal ing agreements often pits manage- agement and staff. Image: University of Sydney Currently, women make up just 12 event, organisers ran three introductory Jessie*, a year 11 student from ber of events for Women’s History to the relationship between common ment against staff, as both parties According to the NTEU, disputes at per cent of Wikipedia contributors and lessons about becoming a “Wikipedian”. Santa Sabina College in Strathfield, Month. Details are available on the law and statute. come to the table with very different other universities have arisen because standing of staff interests, manage- 16 per cent of individuals profiled. Participants had the option of ed- was there with her Legal Studies class, Library website. As a dean of a major faculty and goals and priorities. of the “aggressive tactics” used by ment may be hoping to avoid such pro- Over the course of the month, hun- iting remotely or joining in person at which is currently undertaking a mod- academic, Riley’s participation in the As a negotiator for the Univer- “union-busting lawyers”. tracted and unsavoury legal battles. dreds of Wikipedia Edit-a-thons focus- the library, with more than 40 profiles ule on gender inequality. *NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED negotiations in a formal capacity on sity, Riley may be forced to advocate By appointing someone from within The negotiations, still in their pre- ing on women’s representation will of noteworthy Australian women to “Looking at the achievements of the University’s side is notable. against positions that law school the University, with a greater under- liminary stages, continue this week. be held around the world to improve choose from. these women, it’s really surprising that

4 5 NEWSROOM LOOKOUT Will USyd’s transport dreams be derailed again? ANDREW RICKERT

Noticed the crowds getting bigger at This has been the party line for finally went before Cabinet in late nent of the NSW Greens’ 2020 Trans- the City Road bus stops? Finding it a considerable amount of time. The 2015, the loyalties of each portfolio port Vision. Though Honi understands Meditations from Manus Island harder than ever to overtake others current cycle for improving campus were clear. According to the Sydney that no such plans are reflected in on the Redfern Run? The University transport options has been ongoing Morning Herald, Gladys Berejiklian TfNSW’s transport plan. IMRAN MOHAMMAD / This article comes to us from inside the walls of Manus Regional Processing Centre. Imran is has noticed too, but whether or not since 2014, when the then Minister (then Treasurer), Andrew Constance Clearly disappointed with the lack a member of the Rohingya ethnic group of Myanmar and has been officially declared a refugee by the United Nations these concerns will result in any real for Transport Gladys Berejiklian an- (Minister for Transport and Infra- of public response to this plan, almost change is another question. nounced plans for what is now the structure), Duncan Gay (Minister exactly a year after the previous press High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Over the coming year, Imran will author a number of articles for Honi Soit. In January the Sydney Morning Sydney Metro project. The University for Roads), and Jillian Skinner (then briefings, the University has revealed This is his introduction. Herald announced that the University formalised its desire for a campus Minister for Health) all voted in fa- an even grander dream: a metro sta- of Sydney would be vying for a sta- train station on the Sydney Metro line vour of the University’s proposal. tion on campus linking with the Syd- tion on the Sydney Metro West line, in June 2015. This put them in a bid- Troy Grant (Minister for Police), Rob ney West Metro line. My only wish is to live my life in a safe place, like my fellow human four day boat journey. It was then I discovered I would face another which Transport for NSW (TfNSW) is ding war for a station with Waterloo, Stokes (then Minister for Planning) The competing interests for this new beings. I left my homeland when I was just 16, crossing the river into relentless war in my young life. As soon as I stepped onto the land of in the preliminary stages of planning. who were represented by the govern- and Brad Hazzard (Minister for So- line mirror the original USyd and Wa- Bangladesh in the middle of the night. I arrived in Malaysia after al- Australia, my heart was broken into a thousand pieces once again, as TfNSW intends the line will connect ment agency UrbanGrowth NSW. cial Housing) all voted in favour of terloo conflict. The Bays Precinct, like most 16 days on a boat, where I saw people die for lack of water and I was told I would be moved forcibly to Australia’s offshore detention Parramatta, Sydney Olympic Park, Campus Infrastructure Services Waterloo. Then Premier Mike Baird Waterloo, is managed by UrbanGrowth food, and babies die on their mother’s lap as there was no milk left in centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. Indefinitely. the Bays Precinct and the CBD, but (CIS) proposed a Barangaroo-style voted for Waterloo, overruling the NSW and is set to become a residential their breast. Dead bodies were thrown into the ocean. We were shot at I was upset that I was moved here against my will, but what has confirmed station locations are yet to town-centre in the space currently dead heat and (temporarily) ending and technological hub. An alignment by the Thai navy. I had no idea how we survived — I was numb and really broken my heart is the knowledge that the detention centre was be announced. Although a route con- occupied by Maze Crescent and part the University’s dream. from Central to the Bays Precinct via nothing made sense. intentionally built to make refugees and asylum seekers suffer. It would necting these precincts would seem to of Cadigal Green, with a commit- Less than a month after this deci- USyd would be feasible, but would re- My name is Imran Mohammad. I was born on April 10, 1994 in take me decades to explain how we have been soaked in the rain and pass nowhere near the Camperdown ment of $1 billion in private fund- sion was announced, the University quire a significant diversion of the line, Arakan state in Myanmar. My ethnic group is Rohingya and this small heated in the burning sun at Australia’s hands. Despite being a country campus, the University “believes that ing. It was to include large office had a new dream: a light rail down and potentially a large contribution that holds its head high with great pride in preserving human lives, I there is a strong business case that spaces to attract industry leaders, as Parramatta Road. Whether a ploy from the University. ‘Most days I had to survive with one meal, was almost killed at their hands during the riot in our camp in 2014. supports the proposal,” but said no well as 10,000 square metres of re- to keep the University in the head- It is unlikely that we will hear fur- I have committed no crime, however myself and hundreds of men investigation into the feasibility of tail space and a large underground lines, or the result of envy towards ther from the University until TfNSW I was made to work hard and didn’t get have been imprisoned for almost four years and still have no clear view this route had commenced. car park to deal with the increase in the prioritisation of UNSW in the announces more about the project. A paid what I was supposed to, it was not of our future. I would rather be in a prison cell than in this inhumane A University spokesperson told patronage. This was in addition to current CBD and South East Light University spokesperson said “any form setting, as at least I would know the date of my release. Honi, “existing rail transport to cam- the existing Campus Improvement Rail project, the new dream in no of transport along Parramatta Road, ei- a country where I could accomplish I was recognised as a genuine refugee almost two and half years pus can involve up to a 10-minute Program (CIP), which will see the way reflects reality. TfNSW’s current ther light rail or metro, is needed and my basic dreams as a human being’ ago, yet I am still stuck in political limbo. Despite being twisted so walk and both buses and trains are Wilkinson building demolished and Transport Master Plan, which runs would be welcome.” painfully, I am determined to keep hope alive somewhere in my heart. often very congested. Our closest rebuilt, along with a complete rede- through to 2021, makes no mention TfNSW have promised both parties minority of people have been persecuted and subjugated for many dec- I have remained the human being I have always been by counting the rail station at Redfern is one of Syd- velopment of the Wentworth Build- of City Road, King St, or Parramatta “have formed a working group to de- ades by the Burmese government. Although we were born in Myanmar, blessings I have received throughout my hardships. One of my teach- ney’s busiest... and only has one lift ing. The station itself would have Road, save for “improving bus fre- velop a Transport Action Plan”. we have never had any sense of independence. Rohingya people are ers taught me an idiom, which I truly believe: whatever doesn’t kill us to service people living with a disa- been included in the development quencies on Parramatta Road after In the meantime, an eager inter- not given any identification by our government, and so I am stateless. makes us stronger. bility and parents with prams”. of new these buildings, with a pre- the opening of Stage 1 of WestCon- pretation of the TfNSW Transport We live our whole lives in great fear. We witness gang rapes, mur- I have matured and have gained a strong grasp of the English lan- “The University wants to see a dicted 36,000 trips made each day nex in 2019”. Master Plan has led the Inner West ders of innocent people, and the imprisonment of young Rohingya guage. I am aware of my abilities, which cannot be taken away. I know linked and quality transport system through entrances servicing the Sey- Jenny Leong, the Member for Council to propose a ‘trackless tram’ boys. The only option we have to escape persecution and find safety is that I was sent to this earth for a reason and I will give my sweat and that will serve a significant number mour Centre, and the corner of City Newtown, told Honi, “the next log- (read: bus) as the future of Par- to leave by boat, travelling from one country to another, even though blood to create a better world. of commuters, relieve stress on other Road and Eastern Avenue. ical step is a [Light Rail] connec- ramatta Road, last week. we know that it can cost us our lives. After experiencing threats of Art: Jessica Ottavi major rail stations, reduce traffic The competition against a gov- tion ... that links Strathfield to the Honi is eagerly awaiting the Univer- death in my very young life, with some luck I managed to survive and congestion and provide a more con- ernment agency was an uphill bat- city and services Parramatta Road”. sity’s comment. left everything that was so close to my heart behind. nected and reliable public transport.” tle for the University. When the vote This connection is now a core compo- In spite of so many terrifying obstacles, we reached Malaysia. The country was beyond my imagination, as everything was in order and the people were looked after by its government and provided the neces- sary help from the authorities. I could have never envisioned a country Students make it big on the small screen like Malaysia because my own government was so cruel to my people and had stripped my freedom and identity. Going to school every morn- NATASSIA CHRYSANTHOS ing was a dream I never got to fulfil, moving freely was never in sight of my mind, and fighting for my fundamental rights was never possible. University of Sydney students are Owen met Chen during the 2015 Malaysia was a great country for its people and immigrants with set to star on John Conway Tonight, Sydney University Arts Revue, and it legal documents, but because I didn’t have the necessary documenta- ABC2’s newest answer to the ab- was this friendship that got her onto tion it was still painful for me. I could not work or study. I couldn’t go sence of an Australian Jimmy Fallon Conway. Chen, who has been part of outside, as I would be chased by Malaysian police and asked to show on our screens. the show for one-and-a-half years, them my passport, which of course I never had. My Rohingyan brothers Aaron Chen, 21, Jenna Owen, 21, invited Owen to join when they were were working in construction sites all day long and then during the and Victoria Zerbst, 22, will feature looking to expand. She in turn re- nights they stayed in the mountains so that they weren’t caught by the on the late night show, beginning cruited Zerbst. Malaysian police. Sunday, April 16. When Owen started with Con- I cried every morning and afternoon when I watched children taken Chen stars as Conway’s right-hand way eight months ago, there was no to and from school by their parents. I didn’t even have someone who man, opening the show with a soon- money involved. would ask me whether or not I had eaten breakfast. Most days I had to-be iconic dance, and quipping from “At the end of the show if we were to survive with one meal. I was made to work hard and didn’t get paid the couch all night. Owen is one of really lucky we’d get ten bucks from what I was supposed to. It was not a country where I could accomplish four head writers and will play vari- people’s donations,” she says. But my basic dreams as a human being. ous characters, including the recur- now, with an ABC contract, things I left Malaysia in search of the life that all human beings deserve. I ring role of Sophie Conway — John’s are moving fast. was hopeful of a life in a place that is safe and which would give me fictional niece whose character takes “It’s been real crazy: it’s insane the opportunities to contribute to this world. I knew I wanted to study her cues from the world of Charles that it’s come all at once. and work and, more importantly, provide help to fellow human beings. Dickens and has evolved into a cari- “In our first year we packed in a This is my main objective and, I believe, the key to our human unity. I cature of the alt-right. Zerbst will also lot of festivals and a lot of content, thought I would be respected in Australia and have the life that I have feature in a variety of Saturday Night really put ourselves out there, and it always dreamed, so I started moving towards Australia via Indonesia. Live style ‘player’ roles. really paid well. And the time’s right Unfortunately, I was arrested by Indonesian police and imprisoned for Owen credits her time at USyd for for sketch comedy.” almost 18 months inside a detention centre. The trauma I suffered was introducing her to comedy. “Uni did While Chen and Owen have de- heartbreaking. I was released after I received refugee status from the everything for me,” she told Honi. ferred study for the semester, Zerbst is UNHCR. I waited there for such a long time to be processed for a third “Vic and I hosted Hermann’s Night persevering. “Sometimes I feel like the country, yet sadly there was no hope for me and the many others who Live in 2016 for a little bit to try and Hannah Montana of alternative com- risked their lives in hopes of making it to Australia to live a safe life. get sketch comedy happening. edy juggling full-time study with this I arrived at Christmas Island on 13th of September 2013, after a “I had never attempted comedy show,” she says. “If I don’t finish Uni before Sydney Uni - I’ve only been this year I don’t think I’ll finish at all. So doing it for two years.” it’s going to be a hectic few months.” Image: GNWTV

6 7 LOOKOUT PODIUM Face-off: should lectures be recorded? THEODORA VON ARNIM / For

It is true that many students find physically at- and you will see students scrolling through Facebook, At worst it means that students who are struggling Growing up Greek and gay tending class more effective for their learning ex- shopping on ASOS, and checking football scores. with course content are left behind with no avenue perience. These students will continue to attend Students aren’t machines. Demanding that all stu- (beyond consultation hours) to catch up or revise the CONNOR PARISSIS / The Greek community needs to reconsider its conservatism lectures, as many currently already do. However, dents stay perfectly focused for a two-hour lecture, lecture content in their own time. there are also students for whom full physical at- take perfect notes, and understand all content imme- Unlike tutorials where students have direct con- I came out at a Greek Orthodox School. nity in 2016 in favour of ‘traditional marriage’, That can’t be healthy”. I engaged in the thread, tendance is not possible, or unproductive. diately is unrealistic. Even students who avoid all dis- tact with a teacher and can ask questions during The experience was relatively managea- however, their views quickly changed. They and was in turn called a “flouflou” (faggot) Some reasons why students might not be able tractions may miss content if a lecturer covers a diffi- the class, lecture theatres contain hundreds of stu- ble: challenges ranged from mild homopho- were persuaded to sign petitions against same- among other misogynistic and homophobic to attend lectures include needing to work to sup- cult concept too quickly for them to follow. Failing to dents with little to no engagement from the over- bic slurs thrown at me across the schoolyard, sex marriage, without understanding the is- slurs from other Greeks. port themselves, having physical or physiological record lecturers may get more students in the room, whelming majority. It is unclear how sitting in a to occasional ostracising in masculine circles. sue at hand. The Church felt it important to At the most recent USyd Oweek, I manned disabilities which mean that coming to university but their understanding of the content will be rushed. lecture theatre would make a difference to this While queer narratives tend to include stories teach conservative rhetoric to otherwise naïve the Queer Collective stall, and to little surprise every day isn’t a realistic option, or even timetable learning experience as opposed to sitting in their of bullying, bashings and chasings, my expe- seniors who would have remained apathetic. we had the occasional homophobic comment: clashes that prevent students from attending both room at home. rience didn’t. Though in retrospect, I totally Similarly, Greek Orthodox schools have “Hey my friend wants to sign up,” or “Is this of their desired subjects. In light of the wide range Accessible lectures are also in line with shifts in underestimated the homophobia that ran managed to swing students to the politi- the fag collective?” Each comment made came of barriers to attendance, it is bizarre that some the workforce designed to increase flexibility and rampant throughout the school. cal right. Many students are advocating for from recently graduates of my Greek Ortho- lecturers seek to punish students by refusing to re- improve work-life balance. Employers have recog- It was common for priests to tell students dox High School. It was deeply disheartening cord lectures, or leaving content off slides. nised that their employees are happier when they what to think about marriage equality and the for me to see people I’d grown up with embod- Lecturers say that recording lectures reduces can fit their work into their schedules. Lecturers, Safe Schools’ campaign, standing at the front ying ideologies that work against my being. student attendance. This is probably true, but at- too, should recognise that current system does not of assembly as hundreds of students naively I emailed my former Principal about the in- tendance doesn’t mean that students are actually provide adequate avenues to cate for a diverse nodded in agreement. Pamphlets on traditional cident to express my sadness at the comments learning. Stand at the back of any lecture theatre range of learning styles in the lecture room. marriage were handed to us, as were petitions made by members of her school. I pleaded created by students opposed to marriage equal- for more progressive views to be encouraged. APRIL HOLCOMBE / Against ity. I recall teachers skipping textbook sections Unfortunately, her response was disappoint- on LGBTI+ issues; there was no mention of ing. “University is very different to secondary To adopt this policy would undermine the rights of oblige. But discouraging students from entering cam- same-sex safety, or of queers persecuted during independent education,” she wrote, ignoring academic staff. Not every lecturer is comfortable pus is another way for uni bosses to expand student the Second World War. I had to meet with my my suggestion that the school should alter its with having their work available indiscriminately, enrolments without employing more workers. In fact, principal for permission to write about homo- political stance in an attempt to combat their and there are valid reasons for this. universities like UNSW have tried to defend their in- sexual persecution in the Holocaust for my His- students’ attitudes. The general shift to “online learning” is like the shift accessible lecture theatres by saying students with Art: Stephanie Barahona tory Extension major. My counselor lied to staff It’s a common assumption that migrant com- to self-serve checkouts at Coles: replacing workers disabilities could simply watch online. as to why I had to see her. Art: munities are empathetic to other migrants and on wages with machines. Online lectures lowering Since compulsory online lecture recordings could Sections of the Sydney Greek community Jocelin left-leaning ideas. On the contrary, the Greek turnout is also a legitimate concern, since this can be harmful to staff, it is not a principled position have adopted the rise of the new ‘alt-right’ with Chan community has evolved into one of the most be a pretext for cutting a course. It is profit logic management scrutiny. for a student to take. We should not pit our inter- full force, including its homophobic and trans- conservative communities in Australia. Sec- like this that sees forty percent of Australian univer- Those in favour of mandatory recordings point out ests against members of another oppressed group phobic tendencies. I have seen more Trump tions of it often take pride in espousing rhetoric sity employees and more than half of undergraduate that many students cannot make it to class due to work — in this case, underpaid and casualised teachers. supporters within Greek circles than any other. that is sexist, homophobic and racist. The dis- teachers on casual work contracts. Whilst lecturers or a disability. In the first case, funding cuts to educa- Staff and students should work in solidarity against They are consistently pushing their conserva- Trump and traditional marriage, and will fre- parity between the Sydney Greek community are free to put their work online, making this com- tion and welfare leave students with no choice but to the enemies in management — Vice-Chancellor tive agenda onto children in Orthodox schools, quently leave a snarky comment on Facebook and homeland Greeks is huge: members of the pulsory increases risk of redundancy. work extensive hours during study. A mass movement Michael Spence and the like — who are turning a and onto the elderly who often do not have about how there are only “two genders” fol- former stand in stark contrast to Greeks who Recording lecturers also increases management’s must be mounted to win more funding for students profit from both of us. Our demands should unite well-formed views of their own. lowed by an ‘angry feminist’ meme. have invested energy in refugee squats, elected surveillance of staff. For example, a left-wing lec- from a government currently planning to cut more. our interests as workers and students by resisting When asked about marriage equality some This attitude persists in a university set- Syriza, one of Europe’s furthest left political turer could be concerned that their comments in In the case of disability, a lecture recording request the profit motive at the core of today’s higher edu- years ago, my Yiayia and Pappou held no ting. On the Sydney University Greek Society parties, and fostered an impressive anarchist class about trade unionism, or Palestine, could attract can be made privately and most staff are happy to cation sector. views. “Let them do what they want,” they (SUGS) facebook page, a local priest com- movement. If the Sydney Greek community are said, “Why should we care?” But following mented on a post announcing the election of truly patriotic, they should follow the ways of seminars held by the Greek Orthodox commu- an all-female executive with “Wow. No men. their brothers and sisters back home. Hand dryers exposed LAMYA RAHMAN and JAMES STODDARD / This article is native advertising for Dyson

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8 9 STUDIO LONG READ A brutalist fortress Life, liberty, and legality CAMERON GOOLEY / The UTS Tower is testament to the tension between student action and authority NATASSIA CHRYSANTHOS and JUSTINE LANDIS-HANLEY / Why NSW is locked in a stalemate over decriminalising abortion

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Tower is Francophone world — before spreading throughout Half-an-hour before the rallies are set to start, ten- abortion you are lucky, probably white, well-off and economic situation, compatible with the anti-pov- a monolithic construct and an iconic feature of the the country. As Parisian students battled police on sions are already brewing between the two camps live in a city.” erty stance often taken by pro-life activists to com- Sydney skyline. Unfortunately, many observers would the streets, Adelaide believes that architects took at St Mary’s Cathedral. A colourful congregation of “Many GPs in NSW don’t actually perform preg- plement a position against abortion. rather describe the building as ‘infamous’ rather than into account this radical student protestation when twenty-somethings — mostly women, mostly stu- nancy termination,” Faruqi says. “It is privatised, it’s Nonetheless, the crowd remains passionate. ‘iconic’, but this is often the case with brutalist archi- designing the tower halfway across the world. dents — have formed to the side of the Cathedral’s expensive, and access is really difficult, especially † tecture. In spite of those who find the building dis- “They began work on the tower in 1969, a year splayed sandstone steps to protest the Day of the for regional and rural women. When the service inside ends, the scene on the tasteful, the UTS Tower is a source of both beauty and after what happened in Paris,” she says. Unborn Child. As a commemoration of the day Je- “I’ve been to Albury so many times: there is just stairs becomes mildly chaotic. Cries of “not the mystery to those interested in design. “There is a lack of space where students can actu- sus Christ was conceived in Mary’s womb, the Day one reproductive health clinic there that serves a huge church, not the state, women will decide our fate” Construction of the tower began in 1969. Almost ally gather in groups. The whole tower is built like a of the Unborn Child is not inherently political. But area, and the doctor actually flies in every Thurs- escalate as a dozen churchgoers congregate behind a decade later it was officially opened. During this fortress, with low ceilings and tiny windows.” since the 90s its meaning has changed, and it is now day from Melbourne… even then, there’s a massive the women’s protest, their shouts of “Deus vult” period, brutalist architecture hit its peak in the West Many contemporary students see the building as regarded as a day to “defeat the scourge of abortion gauntlet of so-called pro-life protestors outside. They (God wills) accompanied by raised fists and now — a style particularly popular in the design of gov- a powerful statement against the elitism of the Aus- across our land”. even go to the length of handing out plastic foetuses. competing for dominance. ernment buildings and educational institutions. De- tralian sandstone universities. In a comment to the For the churchgoers at St Mary’s, the day is “When I talk to people about this, most of them ‘We’re the good guys, we’re here spite its functional popularity, Prince Charles once Sydney Morning Herald, UTS Architecture and De- marked by a “prayerful march” from the Church to think that these disgusting tactics only happen in said that brutalist architecture resembled “piles of sign PhD student Jesse Adams Stein described the Parliament House — a diluted protest of hymns and ultra-conservative areas of the USA, not in 21st cen- to show them that being against concrete”. tower lovingly as “complicit in an architectural ‘up Amens. But for those who claim ‘bodily autonomy’ tury NSW. But this is exactly what is happening, and abortion is an act of compassion’ But Brutalism is far more complex: it symboli- yours’ to all things beautiful”. as their gospel, it is an opportunity to preach, mega- it’s making it harder and harder for women to access cally represents both rebellion and control. It is a It certainly stands in contrast to the neo-gothic phones in hand, for the right to an abortion. a basic right and a medical procedure.” One of the Catholic men commands his group’s radical rejection of frivolous (read: beautiful) design excess of the University of Sydney’s own Quadran- Many of the protesters hold hand-painted signs with “NSW has had, and still [has], conservative gov- attention and shouts over the cacophony of chants movements, such as Art Deco, and is associated with gle. The tower subverts the traditional standards of slogans that roll off the tongue: “get your rosaries off ernments and politicians, and perhaps that’s why in the background. “They need Christ more than we the idea of a socialist utopia. Confusingly, it is also a architectural beauty displayed by our university, be- my ovaries”. One of the male students hovering at the there has been little action on decriminalising abor- do today,” he says in reference to the protesters. “We reminder of government control, totalitarian ideol- coming somewhat radical in its rejection. edge of the group mutters to a friend: “they’ve fucked tion in NSW,” Faruqi later tells Honi. “The way to do not yell at them, we do not abuse them, we do ogy, and urban decay. It also differs from USyd’s many open spaces, themselves over with this, because inside [the church] change the minds of politicians is for the commu- not antagonise them.” Adelaide Lehmann, a Bachelor of Architecture which have been utilised effectively to protest. A they’re being positively lovely. These guys are acting nity to take charge of this issue. Societal and legal His voice rises: “We’re the good guys. We’re here and Design (IV) student at UTS and a tutor’s aid famous example of this was the 1969 anti-Vietnam like a bunch of...” change always comes from ‘people power.’” to show them that being against abortion is an act for first year students within her faculty, says this war protest. While construction of the UTS Tower The protesters talk quickly, their eyes darting up But to glance around the protest is to observe the of compassion ... We don’t do that by making them notion of control was a key consideration in the was commencing, students confronted Sir Roden to the Cathedral’s entrance where a small row of obvious: the crowd lacks the critical mass necessary think we’re some ‘evil agent of the patriarchy’,” he towers design. Cutler VC, then the Governor of NSW and honor- men has formed in front of the double oak doors, to pressure legislative change. Within the group itself, rolls his eyes as he addresses this line to the row of “Construction began on UTS immediately after ary colonel of the University of Sydney Regiment. their blue shirts emblazoned with a “Sons of St Mi- the rhetoric deployed is often scattered or confused. men in front of him. student revolts around Europe. Although the Uni- Sir Cutler was struck with a tomato. chael” slogan. Tourists dash up and down the stairs “You know what is terrible about this society,” “But how do we convince them otherwise?” asks versity has never confirmed this, it’s a popular myth Was this considered in the architect’s plans? flashing peace signs at a camera, oblivious to the Katie Thorburn, one of USyd’s Women’s Officers, the most unsuspecting of the lot, a thug-like man among students and academics that the UTS tower The rumours behind the design of the UTS Tower glares being exchanged over their heads. Armed po- shouts through the megaphone. “This week I was in his early twenties wearing a backward cap and was build in response to the demonstrations in are still relevant in our contemporary political climate. lice surround the perimeter of the square. Then all told I have to get out of my house because a land- shades, gold chain hanging around his neck. Paris,” she says. The rise of right wing populism in many west- at once something shifts, a protester breaks ranks, lord wants the house back. This is so ridiculous — “By being Christ-like,” his interlocutor responds Adelaide refers to the civil unrest and protests ern democracies is beginning to destabilise a and the group starts to move. that society allows landlords to kick me out of my zealously. “What did Christ say on the cross? He said against capitalism that shut down France in May, mono-hegemonic international system that has † house, but I don’t have control over what goes on forgive them father they don’t know what they’re 1968. The occupations of universities and factories existed since the end of the Cold War. At the Cathedral’s side, Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi inside my own body.” doing. We do not validate their image of a hateful, Art: Eloise Myatt crippled the national economy and the crisis became As we stand in fear of totalitarianism, we addresses the contingent of a hundred protesters. The crowd cheers in encouragement, either un- bigoted church, because Christ was unrelenting in so pressing that President Charles de Gaulle secretly can begin to truly understand brutalism as a Faruqi is a pertinent choice for guest speaker: she aware or unwilling to acknowledge that such an his love.” fled to West Germany. contextual art form for the first time in decades. De- plans to debate her bill to decriminalise abortion and analogy could be easily deployed to argue against “Be Christ,” he spits the two words emphatically, These protests began at the Sorbonne — re- pending on the person, the UTS tower can be consid- provide safe access to clinics in NSW Parliament next their very point. hands trembling as he shakes his umbrella. “Deus garded as the most prestigious university in the ered either a symbol of radicalism or of oppression. month. Presently, abortion sits in a legal grey-area: it is In the speech that follows, a service worker vult that, motherfuckers.” currently unlawful under the NSW Crimes Act and the named Simone speaks about a “racist colonial sys- At this point he becomes short of breath and be- current availability of this procedure in NSW hinges tem” where “a huge majority of the people who have gins to faint. “Men,” another speaks up, shoulders on a 1971 court decision that deems abortion lawful experienced institutionalised abuse [at the hands of puffed, failing to address the two women in his The business of misery where a doctor believes it necessary for economic, the Catholic Church] are Aboriginal people…who midst. “We know we’re on the right side ... We don’t are now rotting in jails or whose lives have been de- need to provoke them. If anything, we should be BIANCA DAVINO / Does the heavy music scene exploit audience angst for profit? ‘If you have found it easy stroyed”. Abortion is framed as “an economic issue praying for them. And I think together, we should.” to access an abortion you that affects the whole working class” while the “rise As their leader collapses to the floor and police Each January, patrons of Australian punk make a proudly featured a noose, a symbol that immedi- band’s income. Their aesthetic appeal is therefore of the far-right” and “right-wing politicians like Fred approach to investigate the ruckus, they begin in pilgrimage to ‘Unify Gathering’, an event that cel- ately connotes suicide. more important than ever, integral to ensuring fans are lucky, probably white, Nile [and] Pauline Hanson” is lamented. chorus: “Hail Mary full of Grace, our Lord is with ebrates the community’s comradery. The faithful Bands understand their position as facilitators of are engaged. In a scene that receives little attention well-off and live in a city’ But the battle over abortion is one that long pre- thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed revel in the opportunity to express emotional vul- dialogue around mental health, yet often the only from multinational conglomerates, working with a dates Hanson and the alt-right. Generalised plat- is the fruit of thy womb …” nerability, worshipping at the stage of bands where solution they present is an album bundle package tried and tested formula ensures the continual sale social, or medical reasons. Legality is therefore based itudes about the plight of Indigenous Australians † their heroes’ angsty poeticism is a sacred text. At the valued at $89.95, emblazoned with lyrics like “death of their products. on the doctor’s judgment, not that of the pregnant do little to establish a universal argument in favour The protesters congregate at parliament, chanting merch tent, the same anguished lyrics are printed to misery”. Is this merely marketing, masquerading The Amity Affliction are notorious for this for- woman. There has been a nation-wide move to legal- of women’s bodily autonomy. While the Catholic “no back alleys in the night, for safe choices we will on the sleeves of baggy t-shirts that resemble pieces as a path to self-help? mula. Frontman Joel Birch is the poster boy for tell- ise pregnancy termination: last week the Northern Ter- Church is an institution that begs to be scrutinised fight” while they wait for the Catholic procession. from Yeezy Season 4. Skate decks, flags and caps Musical subcultures have always been associ- all poeticism, penning lyrics like: “All the panic, de- ritory decriminalised abortion. NSW and QLD are the when it comes to moral posturing, it is not the sole But the police have taken the Catholic march on all don associated imagery. It’s catharsis; it’s a life- ated with certain attitudes. When this attitude is so pression, the hurt and regret, Lying to myself ‘I don’t last two states resisting legislative change. bastion of an anti-abortion stance. Focusing on its another route.. Thousands of people walk through style. But with vulnerable audiences, does plastering deeply rooted in mental health, there should be a think of death’, All the ups, all the downs, all the With legality shrouded in confusion, access re- past and global transgressions does not make a sec- the Domain en masse, with a statue of the Virgin suicidal imagery on merch irresponsibly commodify line that determines the difference between healthy petty concerns, my whole world’s imploding, I can’t mains a key issue. Faruqi quotes a Queensland ular case for choice. And the invocation of class in Mary, Archbishop Anthony Fisher and Reverend and exploit mental health struggles? discourse and romanticising difficult experiences for find the words.” counsellor: “If you have found it easy to access an this context is also an invitation to improve women’s Fred Nile at the helm. The crowd is diverse: it Australia’s heavy music scene has risen rapidly in commercial gain. Fans live and breathe this. In an open letter in popularity over the last decade. No longer exclusive Most of the scene’s operations are facilitated May 2014, Birch responded to the influx of letters he to long-haired metalheads dressed in black t-shirts, by independently-owned label UNFD, which kick- receives from fans who elucidate how their personal young Australians have gravitated towards this started the careers of massive acts like The Amity experiences are mirrored in his music. “I don’t feel community seeking an alternative to the vapid local Affliction, Hellions and Northlane. It has cashed in personally equipped to handle some of these notes,” indie rock championed by national media outlets. on the devotion of Australians through its subsidi- he wrote. The heavy music scene is a support network where ary, the online merchandise distributor 24Hundred. Artists can’t control how their audiences interpret the sharing of deepest feelings and fears is cele- In doing so, 24Hundred has homogenised the sub- their work, and the end goal of the music industry brated. Or that’s what we’re sold. culture’s identity. will always be profit. However, for a scene founded I have repeatedly bought into the scene’s asso- Buying into the lifestyle has become essen- on the principle that it supports the underdogs, ciated ideals. In 2016, Newcastle hardcore band tial to belonging in the scene. Although the ‘look’ stakeholders involved should take caution with Trophy Eyes released Chemical Miracle, an album seems tame in comparison to pioneering punks, a what they represent. To be truly ‘unified’, everyone deeply rooted in grieving and loss and celebrated $40 navy t-shirt featuring a coffin and the lyrics involved should be respected, not exploited. for its beautifully crafted narrative storytelling that “will you miss me when I’m gone” is a uniform that resonated with fans. I eagerly supported their ef- expresses connection. forts, buying vinyl, attending gigs and wearing their Music sales in the last decade have diminished merch. It was later pointed out that the t-shirt I wore so steeply that they are now a tiny fraction of a One pro-life activist faints on the Cathedral steps and starts to pray. Photo: Justine Landis-Hanley 10 11 LONG READ LONGER READ

encompasses the young and the elderly; white, an- glo churchgoers and those from a multitude of mi- grant backgrounds. Portable speakers are dispersed LIAM DONOHOE and PRANAY JHA / WORDS through the crowd, creating a constant stream of prayer and song. Ave Maria rings peacefully through an expansive green landscape, its singers holding posters and praying for unborn children. “Pray for the women too,” remarks a passerby. The group congregates at the back steps of parlia- ment, and the speakers turns to the issue of abortion. “We need active pro-lifers,” the priest proclaims. “We need the Catholic fag” – a Freudian slip per- haps – “a Catholic flag, raised in the public domain... When DaviD These people you can hear in the background want to put bubble zones around abortion clinics of 150 metres.” Cries of “shame” echo around the crowd. He moves to introduce their speaker, a young lady by the name of Elizabeth. “A young female” — he leans forward on the word, pausing for effect — “pro-life activist.” Elizabeth is as delicate in dress as she is in deco- rum: one hand tugs up her trailing floral skirt as she moves past the congregation with a bashful smile. She speaks softly, but pointedly: “The abortion industry talks about choice. But too often women who have an abortion, have abortions because they feel they have no choice. No choice but death for their child.” The protesters’ chants are growing louder — they have broken through police ranks and run around the side towards the congregation. But it becomes difficult to tell which one is preaching autonomy, which one is chanting for choice. Their rhetoric muddles with Eliza- beth’s, who is straining with the microphone. “Laws against abortion exist to protect women and their babies … abortion has always been a pow- erful tool for men to oppress women and escape the How consequences of their own action. And that means now more than ever we need good men who will conservatives stand up for the women in their lives and offer them genuine help and support,” she says. are capturing A man standing next to us is moved by her words. “That’s nice, isn’t it?” he asks. “Standing up for women and babies?” the working The Catholic Church once based their argument solely on the sanctity of life. Now their arguments class vote are couched in the same language as their rivals. Both sides are aligning themselves against a com- mon enemy: men, broadly; forced decisions, specifi- cally. The protesters condemn partners, government representatives and parish priests who shame women for seeking early termination. The churchgoers be- moan men who force women to abort pregnancies because they don’t want to deal with raising a child. The Church’s argument is still fraught with tension. It centres on blaming culture — social and economic pressures, and the actions of men — as the reason women are forced into abortions, yet never makes ex- plicit why the rectification of these issues and a wom- an’s ability to choose should be mutually exclusive. Elizabeth pauses before her closing statement. “We need you to treat the women in your lives with the love and dignity they deserve.” On this point it seems that both sides agree. At the conclusion of the speeches, thousands of men, women and children break into song. “In his- tory’s page let every stage, Advance Australia Fair.” † In a context where legislative change has repeatedly stalled, and debate on the issue has reached a stale- mate, the idea of advancement becomes pertinent. On the steps of St Mary’s Cathedral, Simone de- clared there is “a real symbiosis between right-wing bigots like this and right-wing politicians… and all the rest of those scumbags who think that a resur- gence of an attack against women’s rights is an ok thing.” But outside the back of NSW Parliament House, the priest propped Elizabeth as the face of the pro-life campaign because “[Pro-choice advo- cates] like to hear from women, so we will have a young lady address now”. As long as dialogues about ‘choice’ fail to engage with one another and discourse is characterised by flagrant mischaracterisations, the question of ad- Joins Goliath vancement could remain just that: a question. HS AIDEN MAGRO / ART Photography: Justine Landis-Hanley 12 13 LONGER READ LONGER READ

“I think it’s tragic that the left hasn’t been able to ment services are lost to the ideology of privatisa- gain more control over our lives and how we get clean up in this era. There are so many people out tion, and globalisation threatens blue-collar indus- wealthier’… The more positive side of politics…will there who are looking for a better kind of politics, tries, it’s little surprise that people are struggling. come in conflict with the left.” who are looking for a more liberal open minded Most of us are familiar with the narrative: if re- For O’Neill, who claims to maintain a ‘post-race’ [politics]… something more dynamic and con- cent elections are anything to go by, the middle-class outlook, the left’s increasing shift towards identity nected. People are crying out for that.” is a disenfranchised lot, who are turning to embrace politics and prioritising of social concerns over eco- We’re on the phone to Brendan O’Neill, editor of the anti-establishment populism Trump, Farage, nomic ones – policies designed to support the ma- Spiked!, who is calling in from London. Hanson and Le Pen are touting. jority by turning to the minority – cannot capture O’Neill is a self-confessed libertarian, but not a These evidential shifts make it more important the disenfranchised. He offers an olive branch of ad- conventional one. He was once a member of the than ever to determine why the ‘little guy’ is be- vice to those sitting across the ideological spectrum: Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) – a small coming increasingly attracted to these ideological “…the politics of race over the politics over univer- Trotskyist offshoot that began to drift away from positions. And here’s a hint: it’s not just because salism… just accept all that stuff and get on with it.” Marxist orthodoxy in the late 80’s. His familiarity they are ‘deplorables’. Interestingly, our interview subjects not only all with the language, theory and praxis of the left is Z[ condemn the left’s obsession with identity politics, evident in his line of argument. Our search for answers takes us to the office but each reclaims the title of ‘most oppressed’ in “Trotsky says the aim of the left is to increase the of Malcolm Roberts, a One Nation Senator from this narrative. They suggest that the left’s “smug power of man over nature and decrease the power Queensland. If any party in recent memory has moralising” manifests a “PC agenda” that ostracises of man over man,” O’Neill tells us. seemed to successfully ride the waves of right pop- the average person. Political legitimacy has gained “[The left] now wants to decrease man’s power ulism, it’s One Nation. We sheepishly call the num- a new currency: self-aggrandising victimisation. As over nature and increase man’s power over man.” ber listed on the Parliament House website, not ex- people are forced to compete to have their voices Like many journalists before us, we’re trying to pecting anyone to pick up. heard, the majority don’t understand, or appreciate, grapple with emerging phenomenon of 2016: the A chirpy voice answers the phone - David why their grievances are automatically dismissed global Rights’ rising success. From the outset of our Goodrich, Malcolm’s Senior Adviser, is delighted to due to a classification of ‘privilege’. investigation, we suspect that it has something to do chat. On the other side of the phone, we exchange They have a point. Yes, this line of argument cho- with the frustration of the ‘little guy’, the working bemused looks as Goodrich alternates between re- ses to ignore the hardships generated by identity Art: Michael Lotsaris class hero. counting memories of his times as a student jour- intersections. But the dominance of identity politics O’Neil agrees: “the more distant [the left] feels to nalist and offering detailed descriptions of his office among progressive circules has created the percep- ordinary people, the more [members of the eft] view décor: a Trump cut-out and the Gadsden flag. tion that left-wing sympathy often fails to extend to ordinary people as a kind of anti-revolutionary-tab- “The first problem with the Left,” he begins confi- the white, the heterosexual, and the male. loid-newspaper-reading mob of complete idiots.”’ dently, ‘is that it’s all a bunch of crap.” It is difficult to support a political ideology that Z[ In our conversation with O’Neill, he offered a discredits your hardships, and deprioritises your We like to think of most things in binaries. Po- similar sentiment: “the Left is not attractive to or- needs. According to Chris Kenny — a prominent litical ideology is no exception, and people broadly dinary people whose prime interest is ‘how do we commentator with a self-defined “rationalist ap- classifying themselves and others into one of two proach to national affairs” – the left should go camps: right or left. We compartmentalise beliefs blaming the environment for their sinking popu- the ‘little guy’, at least in the anti-establishment strand win back disenchanted voters. The trend towards connect with movements, whether through an in- and policies into these supposedly dichotomous larity. An undue focus on environmental concerns of right-wing ideology. ‘no-platforming’ and telling people to ‘self-educate’ spiring vision for the future, or a relatable narrative. alternatives based on instinct, but it is possible to at the expense of working class prosperity is fur- Z[ is concerning, with conservatives drumming up a Leftist political groups produce figureheads that fail pick apart some of the classification criteria. Left- ther cause for progressive failure. He tells us that Though broadly pessimistic, O’Neill suggests the narrative of an authoritarian left. to engage and inspire the masses they need to win wing politics was designed to support social equal- the recent decision to shut down Hazelwood’s left would do well to embrace an aim of improving Bemoaning people’s inability to be ‘woke’ is not over: Shorten cannot capture the attention of the ity and egalitarianism. In a world of disparate eco- coal-fired power plant will not make an “iota of material conditions. only unfair given the role that privilege plays in masses like Gough. Di Natale cannot polemicise like nomic income and social bearings, leftist ideology difference to the environment and will only cause The left needs to make their support for the work- making leftist theories accessible, but also makes a young Bob Brown. For all her polish and poise, became the bastion of the proletariat – inspiring misery to the disenfranchised”. ing class far more visible. Engagement with this de- them particularly hostile to such ideas. If we accept Hillary Clinton simply couldn’t energise voters the movements for worker’s right’s, poverty eradica- It’s decisions like this, he says, that re- mographic should begin with a clear explanation of that the aim of the left is to help the oppressed - way Trump apparently did. tion, and equal opportunity. flect a capitulation to the left agenda. how the left can improve their autonomy and mate- and we should – then the current approach does not O’Neill, for instance, seems to think the alt-right To us the 40-hour week, social security, and af- For him, media outlets, journalists and rial lot. This requires a far more visceral sympathy align with this ambition. is successful because they’re “funny”. There’s little fordable healthcare, are all symbolic of the left’s academics dominate public discourse with for working-class struggle, and greater respect for It’s O’Neill’s third suggestion that appears most doubt that a lot of their success comes from their deep commitment to the downtrodden. But in recent dismissive views that little regard for average lis- their concerns. delicate to execute. O’Neil justifies banning ‘call- ability to provide simple diagnoses for complex decades, progressive politicians have increasingly tener. The rise of the ‘hard right’ is also linked to At first it seems unclear how the left can bal- out culture’ based on the pettiness of reprimand- problems. But the razor sharp wit of Ben Shapiro, is failed to capture the attention and support of the moderate right’s failure to provide adequate ance this aim with their desire to defend groups ing “white men with dreadlocks”. But we meet particularly devastating in a context where many of the working class. The ascendancy of neolib- challenge to this narrative. demonised by resurgent conservatives. Should they him halfway: the solution lies in creating a more the most capable leftist — the ones who could fuck eralism, ushered in by an unholy alliance It’s this sense of censorship and condescension informed left that uses callouts only in the appro- him up in political argument — would rather shout between conservatives and ‘third way’ that explains why our University classmate John* ‘Perhaps accusations priate context. him down than play on his field. leftists like Keating, Clinton and Blair, has come to embraced the alt-right: Perhaps accusations of tone policing were The use of rhetoric was obvious in our conversa- has led to a political consensus seem- “The left tends to champion phrases such as of tone policing were more suited to situations where the voices of Afri- tion with Goodrich. He spoke in short, simple sen- ingly indifferent to the struggles of the “white privilege” … the white man who just fin- can-American civil rights activists were being disem- tences and offered easy answers to complex ques- underprivileged. ished his 17 hour shift at the factory… does not more suited to powered, not situations at USyd where stupol hacks tions. He established relatable scenarios and aimed Real wage growth has stagnated at all feel as if he has gotten any advantage,” are asked not to scream. By arbitrarily appropriating at a friendly interaction. He cared, or at least was while the cost of living has only in- John explains. sitautions where the call-outs that emerged in vastly different contexts, strategic enough to seem to care. creased. Though the Australian econ- While the left enjoys the image of the well-intentioned progressives have created an exclu- The left isn’t short on leadership options -- who omy has remained broadly prosperous, right as heartless pigs, there does appear voices of African- sionary left, hostile to expansion and broader social knows where we’d be if huggable Bernie-brand Left the working and agricultural classes to be a very real sense of sympathy engagement. But more importantly, the excessive populism was given a go. In any event, the left is have not always shared in the for the plight of American civil rights use of call-outs - particularly in unsuitable contexts - teeming with capable, charismatic leaders, most of spoils, a trend visible across the has drastically reduced their rhetorical effectiveness who are either confined to the radical fringe or bur- developed world. As govern- activists were being in fighting oppression. There are instances where ied beneath party bureaucracy. Suitability and like- calling-out oppression is necessary and useful. But ability shouldn’t solely depend on the palatability of disempowered, not the fact such practices have become a mindless de- policy for centrists or swinging voters. fault reaction seriously dilutes their power. The fact that members of the working class are in- Art: situations at USyd’ Goodrich picked up on this point: “people on the creasingly rejecting leftism — a political movement Michael Lotsaris left just want to look good”. His view is that iden- born from proletariat concerns – is frustrating. But tity politics gives license to a form of ‘oppression that’s just it: throughout our research, the overrid- trade safe spaces and ideological purity for increased Olympics’, where individuals seek to ‘out-left’ each ing reason for the emergence of leftist heretics ap- palatability amongst the working class? other. This competitive division is, at best, a race to pears to be working class frustration. Realistically, these trade-offs are far from abso- the bottom. The left once thrived in conditions of frustration. lute. Members of traditionally marginalised demo- It’s long been said that the right is particularly If it ever hopes to legitimately improve the lives of graphics overlap significantly with members of the good at putting pragmatism ahead of principles, the oppressed, especially those of identity-groups to working class. Greater engagement with working something that became obvious throughout our which it has become concerned, the left must find class will allow progressives to reinforce connec- interviews. Despite some disagreements, our inter- a new way to capture the support of the privileged tions between both group’s struggles, and abandon viewees certainly don’t seem to be embroiled in the straight white male. the atomistic game of identity politics. same sort of infighting that we have experienced in The importance of this project for the left cannot But the left must also try to understand and defeat self so-called leftist circles. be understated: they have a world to win. HS right-wing arguments, rather than simply ridicule So much of so-called populism appears to be just them. While progressives scoffed at Trump voters, that -- popularity. Being able to capture people’s at- a very real storm of discontentment was brewing tention requires more than just good politics and in the Midwest. Smug platitudes are not enough to better promises. People need to be able to personally

14 15 GALLERY SRC CASEWORKERS Tales of magic and mundanity International Students & JESS ZLOTNICK / Words Transport Concessions ALL SMOKE AND NO FIRE (PYROMANCY) BUY In 1989 the NSW government with- drew access to transport concessions The night shivers past the point of dark blue, past She looks him in the face as he for International Students. Since then the point of black. Bright orange spots shine out holds the small orange flicker to international students have had to pay from the void, sharp and surprising. Disembodied. the end of her cigarette, as it burns full price to use public transport. The At first glance it’s a night coloured for him. out when he separates his fingers, tips SRC has always opposed this discrim- He slouches against the wall, curled ever so turned charred. 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You shouldn’t be doing that you know He flicks his thumb from the knuckle of his point- She nods to his blackened fingers as he takes That means that international stu- ing finger downwards. It’s a sharp action, not dan- another deep breath, the rush of sordid air fills his Buy for 70% dents, while being full time students, gerous, what can only be a bad habit. lungs. He looks around for her sake, before look- and being unable to earn full time Hey ing back at her, cigarette held between his lips as If you would like advice about a money, and still contributing to the His glance up at her is expectant. Impossible con- he tucks his hands into his pockets. fine you’ve received, you can contact of retail value* Australian economy as our 3rd biggest sidering how quietly she moves. It’s the acknowl- “No one’s here,” he mumbles. the SRC’s free Legal Service. Call 9660 export, still have to pay full fare. edgement of the most detached. I am 5222 to book an appointment. 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I’ve got more assignments due but makes a real difference when you From his train he glances up, out the window, where touch might seep in. than I know how to deal with. I’m follow it. just in time to catch the mathematical beauty of the His own hands are gloved and have been since starting to feel really stressed and find- If you’ve done all of these things moment. Just in time to see her. he realised the gravity of the knowledge people like Highest cashback ing my studies are suffering even more and still can’t cope with your work- Equilibrium holds her in place: space moves him, like the girl, are given unwillingly through the – it’s a vicious cycle. Can you give me load you might like to talk to an SRC around her. The juddering shudder of the train on palms of their hands. That’s how he knows, knows some ideas that will help me? Caseworker about the possibility of its worn out tracks can’t displace her. 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16 17 SRC REPORTS SRC REPORTS Indigenous Officer’s Report Note: These pages are given over to the office bearers of the JACKSON NEWELL Students’ Representative Council. The reports below are not President’s Report edited by the editors of Honi Soit. This week, the Indigenous Strategy late in relation to the Koori Centre, Last week, an article was published dents to take up this course when they ISABELLA BROOK and Services Committee will meet, has been the printer. I recently noti- in Honi by James Stratton, in relation can. Further comments on this are in and it will be my first time attend- fied the President, and General-Sec- to the University’s National Centre for last week’s article. It’s week 5 and that most likely means versity’s Academic Board last Tuesday of consultation, and they want their 18C is not a limitation on free speech. ing the meeting as a voting member. retaries that if the University will not Cultural Competency’s release of an Any issues, shoot us an e-mail at that you’re reading this reports section and was successfully voted down by voices heard. It is a limitation on hate speech that Being the only student voice on the provide the funds or provide limited online course which seeks to give stu- [email protected]. of Honi as a very desperate attempt of a number of students and academics. Second, is the incredible news that aims to deliberately and directly of- Committee, I do aim to represent all funds, that the SRC, as part of the In- dents an enhanced learning of Indige- procrastination from assessments with This is a great result for students, es- the proposed changes to 18C in the Ra- fend, insult and humiliate on the basis Indigenous students as best I can. digenous budget will provide funds or nous culture and its role and place in looming deadlines. So, to alleviate the pecially considering the large number cial Discrimination Act were defeated of race, colour, religion, national and One thing that has been a topic as of provide additional funds for this. contemporary Australia. I urge all stu- feeling of total doom as you pull an of you that emailed me concerned in the Senate. The proposed watering ethnic origin. all nighter, I’m going to focus on two about how this proposal would affect down of the Act would have been a As always, if you have any con- pieces of good news that have come your studies. I don’t think this is the serious threat to the multiculturalism cerns, issues or enquiries don’t hesi- out of the last week. last time we will hear about this issue and diversity that our nation prides tate to drop me a line at president@ First, regular readers of this re- and I’m sure the university will try and itself on. With racism and islamopho- src.usyd.edu.au and don’t forget to Education Officers’ Reports ports section (there’s probably two implement it in one way or another bia on the rise across the country and like our facebook page https://www. APRIL HOLCOMBE and JENNA SCHRODER of you) might recall that last week I in the future. However, what is obvi- even on our campus, it’s up to us as facebook.com/usydsrc to stay up to wrote about the University’s proposal ously clear is that students want to be community to stand in solidarity with date with your SRC. The education officers did not submit a report this week. to alter semester dates. This proposal informed of changes that will affect those affected and fight back against was put before a meeting of the Uni- them, they’re unhappy with the lack hate speech. And let me be very clear, Environmental Officers’ Reports International Students’ Officers’ Report ANDY MASON, MAUSHMI POWAR, JODIE PALL and SETH DIAS HELENA NG WAI TING, YIFAN KONG, WENXIN FANG and ZHIXIAN WANG The environmental officers did not submit a report this week. Apology: The International Students’ Officers’ report was accidentally ommitted last week. Honi is deeply sorry to the officers and all of the students they represent. It is included in this edition instead. Disabilities and and Carers Officers’ Reports 2017 has seen a busy start for the In- the booklet produced by four Interna- held in Week 3 at the SRC office. Dur- NOA ZULMAN, MOLLIE GALVIN and HANNAH MAKRAGELIDIS ternational Students’ Collective. The tional Students. The booklet not only ing the meeting, we discussed our collective was established roughly one explained in details the vision, struc- plans for 2017, including the proposal international students to nominate in- The disabilities and carers officers did not submit a report this week. year ago and one of the major focuses ture, operation, and the plans of the to publish International Students’ cluding Marketing Officers, Programs for 2017 International Students’ Of- collective, but also briefly illustrated Honi edition and to add the Interna- Officers, and Event Coordinators. ficers is the growth and development the organizing structures and essential tional Students’ Revue to USU Identity The International Student’s Officers of the collective to better engage in- functions of student organizations and Revue Season. The collective recog- have been drafting the first collective ternational students on campus. media platforms on campus, includ- nized that while initiating these two constitution for the past two weeks The preparation for Oweek kicked ing the USU, SRC, and Honi Soit. We programs takes time, we would like and we hope that with the finalization start early in January. The collective hope that by distributing booklets, we to negotiate with Honi editorial team of the constitution and regulation, IN A PICKLE? painted a banner featuring greeting could inform international students of and USU representatives as we believe the operation of the collective can words written in several languages as student organizations and guide them that issues International Students face be more standardized. The collective we wish to embrace foreign friends. to integrate into campus life. Lastly, are different from those faced by POC would like to say thank you to Wom- During Oweek, more than 300 people we would say thank you to everyone community and there’s a demand to *n’s Officers for their generous help signed up to join the collective. One involved in the process. showcase our own identity. The Col- during the procedure. thing I would like to highlight here is The first collective meeting was lective also open several positions for Sexual Harassment Officers’ Report JESSICA SYED, NINA DILLON BRITTON, IMAN FARRAR and ELLA (RACHEL) BICKLEY Criminal Charges

Hi! We’re Jessica Syed and Nina Dillon The University has unexpectedly Though the university has launched vital necessity within the SRC for stu- Britton, two of your Sexual Harass- announced they will be reviewing its reporting system, a hotline called dents, and we cannot agree more. We Motor Vehicle Accidents ment Officers for 2017! We’ll be work- their stance on mandatory consent 1800SYDHELP, it has done so with will continue to support the Wom*n’s Fines ing to hold the University to account modules. A module is currently being minimal student consultation. Both Officers in striving to gain funding for in supporting survivors of sexual har- trialled. If any such trial does fail for we and this year’s Wom*ns officer’s this goal and hope to see it realised by assment and assault on campus, as whatever reason, we are committed to are yet to be convinced that the ser- the end of our term. well as ensuring they take all possible pushing management to find and im- vice does not inadvertently trauma- If you or someone you know has Insurance steps to stop these instances. plement something that works. tise survivors. In light of this opacity been impacted by sexual assault, Debts So, the wins so far this year: We have put together information – strengthened by the university’s lack please do not hesitate to email us at The USyd Survivor’s Network pamphlets in both English and Man- of advertising for their own initiative – [email protected] launched in O-Week, providing for darin distributed tat O-Week. We want we are still reluctant to refer survivors and we will direct you to professional Immigration the first time an on campus support to make sure we are aiding those who to 1800SYDHELP. resources that you can access. Feel ...and more network for survivors of sexual as- face barriers in accessing support fol- Our main priority for 2017 is ensur- free also to attend an information ses- sault. The organisation is led by sur- lowing instances of sexual violence. ing that a sexual assault specific law- sion about such resources on Wednes- vivors and aims to provide support, We would like to thank Xia Bonan for yer is made available within the SRC. day 5th April in Carslaw lecture Room If You Have a Legal Problem, resources and a platform to advocate kindly translating the pamphlet. It was more than a year ago that SRC 452 – there will be free pizza. for change and eliminate stigma. There’s still a long way to go. lawyers first expressed that this is a We Can Help for FREE!

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CLUES UoS coordinator Aldi, the German supermarket giant, has recently an- 1. Heartless age, heartless open age (4) nounced they’re changing their logo. And I hate it. 2. Added a point, require having ten (7) I shop at Aldi for three crucial reasons: it’s 1. The XX 3. Trump: celebrity in MJ album (7) cheap; their ‘special buys’ bring an element of mys- 4. Point out cutting remark said to physicists (7) tery and fun into my otherwise mundane life; and Saying something 5. Heron can feel remorse, partially (5) I love minimalism. 6. Admire endlessly, until the end of time (4) That’s what they’re the best at – minimalism. 7. Released Chant of Liberty (7) Coles and Woolies, such bastions of Australian do- loving 8. Started Gone Girl at home, but throwing things mesticity, don’t capture the consumerist zeitgeist like isn’t advised here (5,5) Aldi does. No plastic bags, no recognisable brands, 2. Rihanna 9. Hangs around hot relatives (6) not even proper shelves. It’s brutalist, it’s chic, it’s 10. Listen, berate in uncertain misery (10) Bauhaus, it’s so very European. 11. In the Athenian plain (5) I sometimes imagine I’m a struggling interior de- Love on the brain 12. “Don’t help me,” we hear Big Ben say? (1,2,4) signer from Düsseldorf when I shop at Aldi. I fill my 13. The Italian passion: art, cooking, or an artist canvas bag with bratwurst and spätzle, and pretend 3. Martin King (11) my Mazda is a late-90’s BMW. I blast Kraftwerk the 14. At a party relating to southern Asia (4) whole drive home, where I sit on the floor and cry 15. Remove lines in noir adaptation (4) over a poster of Angela Merkel. The way we crush 16. Pretty close to failure in arranging rations (2,3,3) Aldi, in their attempt to water down their Teutonic 17. French milk is lactose alternative, in the begin- style to make it more palatable to anglo-Australian 4. Kehlani ning (4) audiences, have sapped the life out of their shopping 18. Arrive at part of acreage (4,4) experience. To misquote Freud (who was actually 19. Lady has it in for lady (6) Austrian), “sometimes a logo is just a logo”. Distraction 20. Recluse hates porn? I’m surprised (11) But nein! A logo is meant to embody a brand, 21. Particle is true in no way (8) meant to instil familiarity and trust within the con- 5. Pissed Jeans 22. Slicer-dicer from the past (6) sumer. And Aldi have broken my 23. Abrogate cold-hearted wrongdoing in wine type trust. Gone are the angular lines (7) and block colours, and in with Waiting on my 24. Clean away crap – use plastic opener, perhaps the WordArt-esque sheen, the (5,2) smooth edges, devoid of soul. horrible warning 25. To go and kill (4,3) How very postmodern. 26. Adolescent without energy brings about immo- Ironically, the new Aldi logo rality when love is undesirable? (6) looks just like the kind of fake- Pictured: 27. Weakling will follow USSR’s letters (4) brand logo that Aldi puts on its God is dead 28. Skywalker’s mentor takes in unfinished country home-branded products. JW girl (7)

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BOOGIE BOARD Liberals Edward McCann, Brendan Ma and Tim Berney-Gibson. He is running as an “independent If you wish, fit this in clockwise University of Sydney Union Board election with the full support of the mod Libs,” according nominations have now been open for two to McCann. Cryptic crossword by Ghoti. around the perimeter of the grid, starting at 1-down. weeks, and will close on Monday, April 10. Masina also emphasised that he “will NOT be a Honi can confirm the following people Liberal candidate”. Seriously, huge thanks. are running — which is what you should do “I am running to support, represent and ad- (quickly, and in the opposite direction) if they vocate for the views of mainstream students,” message you asking to “grab a coffee at Court- Masina told Honi. yard” anytime in the next three weeks. “As it is an election for a Board of Directors we NLS (Labor Left) has preselected Adam Tor- don’t need politics to interfere unnecessarily.” Target Keen to res, a current SRC Director of Student Publi- Masina is the current Secretary of the Sydney cations who managed last year’s SIN for Honi University Liberal Club and was an SRC council- campaign and was also the SRC’s 2016 Ethn- lor in 2016. puzzle? ocultural Officer. Torres told Honi, “I intend to Honi also reported independent Liliana Tai’s have two managers, I’m currently in the process intention to run for Board, back in week one. of confirming them”. We understand she’s still planning her campaign, Honi is keen to get more On the right side of the Labor spectrum, but she hasn’t released any further details to Honi. puzzlers involved in Unity will be nominating current SRC council- lor Claudia Gulbransen-Diaz, as we suggested COMBUSTIBLE FILM SCREENING BROWN NOSING AROUND this page every week. If in week one. She will be managed by Adam you’re a gun at cryptics, Boidin, Connor Wherrett and Luke Gallagher. Much like the climax of Quentin Tarrantino’s In- The Law School toilets turned brown last week. Alexander Shu, a revue personality and one glorious Basterds, a film screening ofRedpill — a Despite the most obvious explanation, sources quicks, targets, sudokus, of the SRC’s 2016 International Students’ Of- film about the ‘men’s rights activism’ movement told the Camperdown Public Chatterbox that quizzes or any other ficers, will also be running, hopefully on the — looks set to go up in flames. the colour was not a result of the Law School colour blue. Although his slogan isn’t finalised, The screening, presented jointly by USU so- being more full of shit than usual. Instead, the genre of puzzle, flick a he said it “will be really interesting”. cieties BROsoc, the Sydney University Students cause seems to have been an influx of muddy quick email to editors@ Current SRC International Students’ Officer for Liberty, and The University of Sydney Con- water after the recent downfall — in a rare and reporter for this here student paper Zhixian servative Club, only has a Facebook event for good deed, the Law School uses recycled water Target Rules: Solution from Week 4: Lorikeets, keister, kestrel, kiester, kil- honisoit.com. Minimum 6 letters per word. Plurals allowed. ter, kirtle, kirtles, kiters, likers, likest, listee, literose, loiter, re- Wang will also probably run, but hasn’t final- now, with no venue specified as yet. Despite this, to flush its toilets. However, contract does not 7 words: ok, 10 words: good, 14, very good, lies, relist, resite, skelter, soire, sortie, stoker, strike, stroke, ised the details of her campaign yet. it has already prompted some vigorous sledging. protect a volunteer, so Honi suspects that the toiler, triskele As we reported in week one, Jacob Masina Watch this space. Hopefully there won’t be University’s pending lawsuit against mother na- 18 words: excellent. Solution in next week’s HS Honi. is running. He will be managed by moderate any ticket scalping. ture is unlikely to be successful.

20 21 Garden left hanging God feeling like third Person at party who loudly asks ‘didn’t Aussie rapper secretly in Babylon wheel in Christian you wear that yesterday’ found myste- pleased by decline in Why can’t one of the eight relationship riously murdered living standards Concetta Caristo something like that.’ Jamie Weiss wonders of the world get Omnipotent deity jealous Crime reporter Despite being vocal in her resentment of Culture Correspondent Vicksley’s actions, Belson vehemently denies his texts returned? P6» of Beth and Phillip P10» Detectives are investigating a large house having any involvement in the murder. Despite top economic forecasters reporting party that they believe may hold the answers Vicksley’s mother when approached with that 2017 has seen a sustained fall in Austral- to the murder of a young student on Friday the news commented, “What has happened ian living standards, one plucky musician has evening. to my daughter is very sad, but what she’s turned a negative into a positive. The victim, Tracey Vicksley, was found in been accused of is inexcusable. I did not raise Pablo Smalls, 27, a local rapper and MC, a ditch, and had been strangled by a pair of any of my children to engage in that kind of has told the Sydney music press, “A declining brand-new Supre leggings, which are cur- behaviour. I’m just disappointed” quality of life is actually a good thing for me rently being examined for any traces of DNA. Vicksley’s mother also added “If you had and my art. The reason American rap is so Many witnesses declined to comment, clothes that lit, of course you’d wear them all much better than Aussie rap is that Ameri- however one commented that there was run- the time” ca can be a really difficult place to live – an ning tension between Vicksley and a particu- One witness of the incident, who re- enormous class divide, widespread violent lar suspect, named Sarah Belsen. fused to be named, was a lot more damning, crime, rampant urban poverty… Now that Police now understand that there was a “There’s a special place in hell for people we’re seeing Australian living standards de- certain incident that might have lead to the who ask people if they wore that yesterday.” cline and the basic freedoms and privileges murder. Police are urging anyone else who has we enjoy in this country being slowly erod- Woman asking friends for things to do while in The victim is believed to have made a few outfit repeated to step forward with any in- ed, it makes me think I might be able to rap enemies at the party. formation that may assist in their investiga- about some of that stuff here, too.” One party goer, Sarah Belsen, was ada- tion. There is a consensus amongst hip-hop Hobart receives 17th suggestion to visit MONA mant to stress to the Garter that they them- fans that a further decline in living standards selves were a victim of wrongdoing. She ex- will ultimately benefit the genre. road trip in 2015, hiking up Cradle Mountain plains the incident, “I was just telling a group Opinion: I am a proud One commentator told The Garter Press, and viewing Antarctica from Port Arthur. of people about my recent Contiki to Europe, “This is just what the Aussie rap game needs Long praised the Museum, which has when out of the blue they asked me in front corgi. Please do not to break into mainstream consciousness.” pretty much the same shit as the MCA, over of everybody if I wore that outfit last week.” However, they did have personal financial these other experiences, commenting, “It Belsen confirmed that she did indeed shame me for my large concerns about Australia’s economic decline. was such a highlight.” wear “that outfit” last week, which consist- “That being said, now that penalty rates Subsequent MONA advocates included ed of black topshop culottes, pink Rihanna x ears and short legs have been cut and rent prices are continuing Liberty Jacobs, who Richards had a thing with Fenty slides and a Uniqlo top. to climb, I don’t know how many records I’ll a while back and had forgotten was still her ‘I really liked this outfit and thought it be able to buy this year.” Facebook friend (“MONA! MONA!”) and Tim could go another week. Not everyone at this Handels, who Richards thought may be from party had seen it. People usually don’t say Hobart originally, but does not remember anything. You have to be a real dick to say P12» (“Gotta see MONA! So sick!”) It was ultimately Joel Burns, a man Rich- ards studied marketing with for three semes- ters before he transferred to UTS, who pro- vided the 17th ringing endorsement for the attraction. “You should absolutely go to MONA,” Burns commented. “It’s really thought-pro- voking. Afterwards you should go to this Mary Ward she would spend a four-hour period left idle smoothie place around the corner. I mean, it’s Senior Editor in the schedule for her trip, which will see not the greatest smoothie ever, but still for her accompany co-worker Jaxon Kings to the Hobart it’s like, ‘Wow, you have this here?’” Belsen continues to deny she murdered Tracey Pictured: Smalls hopes the potential arrest he may A woman who posted a Facebook status ask- country’s most southern capital city to vis- Richards will depart for Hobart on Tues- Vicksley, who brought up that she “recycled” an get from carrying a toy gun may give him stories ing for ways to pass time while on a work trip it one really annoying, tiny client they have day, April 11. outfit at a recent party he can use in his music to Hobart has received her 17th suggestion to down there. She told The Garter Press that, if she does visit the city’s Museum of Old and New Art The first suggestion came from Richards’ decide to visit MONA, the pictures will be (MONA). sister-in-law, Esther Long. Long told Rich- available in her “2k17: let’s make it a good Hayley Richards, a 28-year-old account ards she went to MONA when she and Rich- one” Facebook photo album from April 16. manager from Alexandria, was unsure how ards’ brother, Steve, did their Tasmanian

Local friend appears before human rights tribunal for having their 21st on the Northern Beaches Aidan Molins ent busses to reach the location of the party. That’s when they were told by the staff: International Correspondent Upon arrival they were dealt stern looks from there was no bar tab. the host for arriving after speeches, without “I had to pay nine dollars for that beer. I On Wednesday the United Nations Human recognizing their journey took over one hour was horrified. I thought to myself: is this how Rights tribunal will meet to discuss the case and 45 minutes.” they do things on the Northern Beaches?” one of Sharon Reed, a university student who re- “Moreover” the statement adds, “With of the attendees told The Garter Press. cently held their 21st birthday party on the the poor public transport situation returning second floor of the Narrabeen RSL on Syd- to the city in this case, attendees were stuck ney’s Northern Beaches. with Uber rides exceeding 50 dollars. It is Although inconvenient party locations are consequences like these that make this case often dealt with by lower courts, in a state- particularly heinous in the eyes of the court.” ment to the press the court stated the case Surprisingly, the attendees’ hopes of a was brought before the tribunal “because venue that justified a ridiculously long trip 21sts are different than regular parties in crossing multiple municipal boundaries were that invitees are socially obligated to attend. dashed. This worsens the outcomes for the victims of “When we got there we went up to the the party.” second floor and went to the bar to ask for “In this particular case, public trans- a drink. After we left the bar we were yelled port users were forced to catch three differ- back by the bartender. Sharon Reed, rethinking her decision PALM SUNDAY RALLY APRIL 9TH

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