Georgia Kriz “We Aren’T Worth Enough to Them” Reviews Revues
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Week 4, Semester 2, 2014 HONI I SHRUNK THE KIDS ILLUSTRATION BY AIMY NGUYEN p.12 Arrested at Leard p.15 In defense of the WWE Georgia Kriz “We aren’t worth enough to them” reviews revues. This past weekend it rained a lot. place, prevalence and prominence of However, since non-faculty lower tiers of funding, and thus can This was unfortunate for the cast cultural, minority and non-faculty revues traditionally receive less only book the smallest Seymour of Queer Revue, because the Union revues. funding than their faculty-backed space. And in order to graduate assigns us the Manning Forecourt counterparts, their road has not to the higher tiers of funding, to rehearse in on the weekends, and The problems facing non-faculty been easy. The Union allocates revues have to sell out this theatre so, when confronted with a veritable revues begin at their inception. between $4000 and $8000 to each completely. But with a limited downpour on Sunday morning, Entering the crowded revue revue. According to a spokesperson budget to spend on production, props we were forced to shop around for marketplace is an uphill battle from the Programs Office, the exact and advertising, smaller revues are another space. for new revues. After a period of amount allocated depends solely significantly hamstrung. And for dormancy, in 2011 several women upon which Seymour Centre theatre Queer Revue and Jew Revue, there But with all other rehearsal attempted to revive the Wom*n’s space a revue can sell out. Both Jew is no faculty to fall back on to fill the spaces occupied by faculty revues Revue. They failed. A number of Revue and Queer Revue received gaps, no corporate sponsors to court. and bands, eventually we had no these women have since described $6000 from the Union this year, Our reach isn’t large enough to choice but to retreat to a small, to Honi the difficulty of dealing with and they have performed in the attract the necessary attention and dingy room somewhere in the the Union when trying to set up smallest theatre at the Seymour money; we aren’t worth enough to bowels of Manning that was mildly a new revue: there were no start- since their inception. Neither revue them. It’s a self-perpetuating cycle. to moderately cluttered with up grants available outside of the attracts any corporate sponsorship dead fridges and uninspiringly normal funding allocations, and (despite concerted efforts), which is In this way, the Union’s funding upholstered Ottomans. And as there were a myriad of convoluted in stark contrast to, say, the Law model prioritises ticket sales and we spent the day doing vigorous, and unnecessarily bureaucratic Revue, which year after year pulls corporate exposure over providing cheerleader-inspired choreography, processes to negotiate with little well-heeled corporate law firms as opportunities for traditionally more than one face was punched guidance from the Union itself. It its major sponsors . Further, faculty marginalised groups to showcase enthusiastically and accidentally was, they said, clear that the Union revues receive funding from their their talents and satirise and thanks to space constraints. had little interest in supporting faculties, too – this year, Arts Revue subvert the discourses that oppress and backing a fledgling non-faculty attracted $8000 from the Union and them. Christopher Hitchens On the face of it, our little Sunday revue. $3000 from the Arts Faculty. said that women aren’t funny – morning misadventure doesn’t seem unfortunately at Sydney University, like much to be worried about. But In the last five years, Jew Revue This funding system clearly an autonomous Wom*n’s Revue this mini-debacle actually speaks and Queer Revue have been lucky privileges entrenched and might never get the chance to to a far larger, more sinister issue enough to make it through this established revues. With no proven prove him wrong. A revue’s worth within the Union and within the minefield of USU bureaucracy and history of success and popularity, shouldn’t be measured by its ticket Revues community – specifically, the become established productions. new revues can only qualify for sales. 3 Letters 14 More Offspring pls LETTERS 4-5 Scholarships and whistleblowers 15 The WWE isn’t bad, just misunderstood 6 ‘Lifting’ culture – no, not that kind 16 Best dating spots on campus I agree with Mr Asimakis that the passive aggression and bluster, Mr. the strategic plan, etc. left me with 7 Tax evasion and the Archi-bored prize 17 SRC Help Elementary, my student body ignores Senate to its Massarani chose not to engage with more questions than answers. Contents 8 Is Apple a cult? 18-19 More reports from your hardworking SRC detriment. My recommendation, to any of the issues I presented. If he dear Watson the student representative bodies in thinks Senate’s current approach to A Students Representative Council HONI SOIT 9 Lucy Watson’s awkward internet struggle 20 A puzzling quiz and quizzical puzzles particular, is that we start doing much transparency is adequate, he could (SRC) Meeting is discussed in the Dear Honi, ISSUE #17 9 3/4 If you’re reading us from Melbourne, vote 1 21 Nathan Molloy’s latest escapades more to influence all 22 Fellows. Given have said why. If he thinks that week 3 edition of Honi Soit which Martin Dittman for Farrago editor! their accessibility and sympathies, Senate Fellow candidates should not also left me wondering how the SRC 22-23 Honey Soy <3 I was rather displeased with your the two student Fellows would be an be subjected to more scrutiny, he could elections are ideally related to the 10 The problem with Ted Talks 24 I, for one, welcome our new ibis overlords article on the University erroneously obvious place to start. have said why. If he thinks that it is running of the USU. I note from the 11 Profile: Jason Rohrer misplacing some of its funds. It was fine that Senate doesn’t make minutes SRC website that it relates only to not the content I was displeased with It’s great to see Honi Soit taking an available, he could have said why. If undergraduate students and wondered 12-13 Feature: An arrest at Leard State Forest (anything that highlights University interest in Senate and wonder if it he thinks that it is good that students why. fuck ups is ok with me), but rather, I is time to offer a regular column to cannot know about the most important was incredibly disappointed in your the student Fellows, and perhaps the decisions affecting them made by the Christina White states that the next graph. Chancellor herself? The Senate papers body that governs their university, he Senate Meeting is on September We acknowledge that Honi Soit’s office is located on the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We would like to acknowledge are often less interesting and relevant could have said why. 8th and asks if anybody wants to the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and pay our respects to the Elders past and present. At first glance, it is a rather hilarious to students than you might hope, but accompany her. It would seem more depiction of the disaster. However, if we really cared to, we students could Instead he filled your paper with informative, however, to ask the VC to upon closer scrutiny, the graph set our own agenda and advocate clichés and tired insults. write down what he said to Christina is seriously flawed. First of all, much harder on the issues that are White for publication in Honi Soit. choosing the rather unconventional most important to us. Regards, One wonders why he said something method of adopting a logarithmic to a person presumably expected to Editorial scale as opposed to the more widely Benjamin Veness Tim Asimakis be a student representative if he did accepted linear scale, seems to me Since the rebel Senate fellows started consist of however many registered list is pre-selected and short, one has larger issue at hand: the Federal not wish it to go further than White. to be a decision purely made to trick calling for a meeting of Convocation, students, staff and alumni can squeeze to doubt its prospects for a genuine Government sets the direction of MB,BS IV The Village Idiot Honi Soit editors should ask the VC the reader into thinking that the some USyd students have engaged in into the Great Hall, and the speaking debate. Speaking to Honi editors higher education, and, in reality, the to write down what he said to her, for University’s disaster was much closer furious debate over what constitutes a list will be decided by the Senior last week, Spence had a brilliant most impenetrable ivory tower of all Former Fellow of Senate (2010-11, publication in Honi Soit. in scale to the Hindenburg and Titanic ‘good’ mode of consultation. Although Executive Group (a university body moment of self-awareness saying, is the current Abbott cabinet. The disasters than it really was. Not to few trust the university management consisting of management staff and “The interesting question is whether it Government’s introduction of such 2011-12) Crouching tiger, Speaking as one of the most ambitious, mention the fact that neither of the to note the concerns of students senior academics) and, in a recent looks a bit North Korea.” He defended serious and far-reaching education socially conscious and politically costs of those disasters had been hidden Spence regarding the higher education development, the heads of student pre-selection as the best way to get a reform with no attempt at a national engaged Australian leaders and adjusted for inflation.