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4-5: NEWS 19-21: FEATURE USU candidates hit the The Alpha and the Omega: ground for 2019 campaign The University Ecclesiarchy Nine students are vying for six coveted are: Zizheng (Oscar) Bai (Independent), If one believes university is a public and en panelling adorns the interior. Free positions on the student-led board of Caitlin Brown (Independent/Mod-Lib), secular affair, they might occasionally printing and wifi is provided. There’s a the 145-year old University of Sydney Christina Lee (Independent), Nick For- observe a few anomalies on campus. chapel and a common room with a pool Union (USU), an organisation which re- butt (Labor Left), Yinfeng (Benny) Shen The first time I was inside the Catholic table. It’s a relaxing scene. The chapel turned $29 million in gross income in (Advance), Ruolin (Irene) Ma (Indepen- Society’s Clubhouse was on a cold Win- was built and owned by the Archdio- 2018. Although ten candidates were in dent), Tom Manousaridis (Labor Right), ter morning after a lecture. The Centre, cese of Sydney. The construction was the race only a week ago, Switch-aligned Ellie Stephenson (Switch), and Eve underneath the Urbanest in Jane Foss approved by the then Archbishop of independent Prudence Wilkins-Wheat Wang (Panda). Russell Plaza, is modern, clean, and in a Sydney, George Pell. (Pru for USU) withdrew on Saturday better condition than the University of for personal reasons. The candidates Full story on page 4 >>> Sydney Union’s (USU) buildings. Wood- Read more on page 19 >>> LETTERS

Raindrops keep falling on my head. But that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be Acknowledgement of Country turning red. Crying’s not for me. Send me a letter please: [email protected] The settlement of Australia was grounded in a legal and moral fiction. One of the first High Court Against a history of marginalisation, mistreatment, and intergenerational trauma at the hands of judgments that law students learn about was named after a gardener at James Cook University. More settler-colonialism and white nationalism, Indigenous peoples continue to face an uphill battle. LETTERS than 25 years have passed since the Mabo decision. The judgment was not easily decided. 10 years of This century alone has seen a persistence of the heavy-handed attitudes which run parallel with antisemitic tropes, flirt with antisemitic as Lara puts it, “a weapon”. legal skirmishing passed before terra nullius was overturned. the European hubris of terra nullius. Funding was slashed for customary sentencing methods in On groups, and even target Jews. Fierce debate exists within my O Draconian Mabo himself passed away before judgment was delivered, and the Howard Liberal Government the criminal justice system, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission was abolished In Deborah Lipstadt’s seminal community about what does and would subsequently dilute native title by granting land title to white pastoralists following the 1996 overnight, and mainstream press continues to propagate moral panics and the framing of the antisemitism, Denying the Holocaust, the author doesn’t constitute antisemitism. Devil! I want Wik decision. The fact that last month, the High Court visited the Northern Territory for the first Hobbesian nightmare on the day-to-day lives of Indigenous peoples. makes an effort to explain what drives But too many of the most rabid time and awarded $2.5 million in compensation to the Ngaliwurru and Nungali native title holders This is an appalling demonstration of ignorance, incompetence and malice. The road to let Jews Holocaust deniers, particularly those on participants in that debate make their puzzles for spiritual loss, does not dispel the need to avoid causing such loss in the first place. reconciliation is a long one and Honi is proud to lend its battle colours to the fight for justice in the the far right; by painting the atrocities arguments not as Jews, but as partisan The fact that terra nullius was overturned by seven people in horsehair wigs in an old brutalist present and future. I am a student on Gadigal land and I live on Wallumattagal land. This always was speak for at the heart of Nazi Germany as a myth, actors. Jews who act on the partisan, It is I, the last sudoku enthusiast back building in Canberra has not drastically altered the reality faced by Indigenous peoples in Australia. and always will be Aboriginal land. fascist deniers are able to rehabilitate political spectrum have the space to again. ourselves their awful ideology. By erasing the place communal Jewish identity lower This week, I pick up my “supposedly” genocide of millions from history, on their priorities than those who faithfulHoni Soit, turn to the back tenth, Lara Sonnenschein, “The dangers of deniers nudge their unsuspecting engage with their Jewish identities pen clicked, pencil sharpened, rubber Contents Editorial weaponising anti-Semitism” (Week 7, audience towards an antisemitic first, and their mainstream political rubbed, and what do I find? No sudoku, Semester 1) mistrust of Jews. Unfortunately, it identities later (if at all). no crossword, no target, not even a Editors When I lived by the bay in Auckland a New Year’s dinners, I would poke at appears anti-Zionist actors who allege Most don’t, but some do. ‘spot the difference’. Look, I may be the 4 NEWS decade ago, I loved eating fish and chips. my rice, forlorn, and daydream of being Baopu He, Pranay Jha, Karishma Luthria, that there can be no antisemitism in Any definition of antisemitism that minority and truth be told I do not read At high noon on slow, sedated Sundays, someone else. The slow days died when On Twitter this week, American Jewish 8 OPINION Jessica Syed, Liam Thorne, Nell O’Grady, criticising Israel — and particularly seeks to shield your side of the political your paper. I am here for the games, the my grandma and I would amble down Australia became my home. Sundays commentator Yair Rosenberg asked a Carrie Wen, Joseph Verity, Annie Zhang Jewish actors who do this — are acting spectrum from criticism is not fit fun, the challenge that you give week in 10 ANALYSIS to the little corner shop. We were flew by as my father and I scouted question which put into words a feeling & Alan Zheng in similarly bad faith. for purpose; and any definition of week out. 13 PERSPECTIVE unrushed, easy-going and moving at Sydney for a cheap place to rent. We’d I’ve had for some time now: “What if we listened to what major Jewish groups After all, if there is no antisemitism antisemitism which alleges that there I thought mid-sem was my Writers our own pace. Along the way, we’d talk spend loose change on Smith’s chip inherent in anti-Zionism, then it cannot can be no antisemitic criticism of the relief from the mentally stimulating 14 USU ELECTION about everything and nothing at all. packets. My father would begrudgingly had to say about anti-Semitism, rather Anonymous, Rhea Cai, Soo Choi, be antisemitic to suggest that Jews only Jewish state obscures blatant experience I call university, and yet here The shop was an unassuming eat the chips and I’d save the free footy than self-interested partisan actoqrs, 16 HISTORY Vivienne Davies, Deaundre Espejo, should not have self-determination in reality. I am, just waiting to be challenged on place with unremarkable magazines tazo for awkward discussions about and let them drive the narrative?” Laura de Feyter, Michael Eaton, Fossil the land of Israel. The idea that “Zionism is a modern my useless trivia knowledge, like the 17 CULTURE and dreary decor, the kind that a food the Swans and Sea Eagles at recess. Rosenberg was responding to Free USyd, Austin Fong, Samuel Garrett, This is, unfortunately, the central colonial movement”, a popular rhetorical name of a metalworking tool feared critic would skip, and an instagrammer On school mornings, he would the debate prompted by Republican 18 SWF 2019 Grace Johnson, Jeffrey Khoo, James thesis of Lara Sonnenschein’s recent tool among anti-Zionists, obscures by many a roadrunner, an anvil if you would rain check today. pour a thin layer of milk into an old congressman Lee Zeldin, who accused Newbold, Anton Nguyen, Sean Perry, piece for Honi Soit; that calling out realities about both colonialism and were interested. My gift to you, at an 19 FEATURE We’d order a family pack: potato takeaway container and dip Weet-Bix Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Subandana Rimal, Millie Roberts, Lara antisemitism on the part of anti-Zionist Zionism from Lara’s readership. elementary level because that is what scallops for Grandpa, battered ‘catch into it. Crusts of dehydrated fibre flakes Omar of antisemitism for calling Jewish 22 CREATIVE Sonnenschein, Georgia Tan, Tournesol actors is part of a conspiracy to allow Zionism, for the vast majority of us I’m reduced to without your challenges, of the day’ for my parents, and some would fly everywhere. White House aide Stephen Miller a & Max Zhuili Israel to act as it likes with impunity. who identify with it, seeks to find Jews an acrostic poem. 23 MULTILINGUAL banana fritters for my sister if my six- My father was born in a small “white nationalist”. In this instance, Omar was not Suggesting that “even minor a place in our homeland with a final, Artists year-old self was feeling particularly village a three and a half hour’s drive 24 SRC criticisms of Israeli policy... are often negotiated set of borders between an Horrified at what I found benevolent. While we waited, I would from Shanghai. His childhood home reprimanded by “major Jewish groups”, Olivia Allanson, Vivian Gao, Amelia labelled as anti-Semitic” is merely Israeli state and a Palestinian state. For Outrageous in the audacity 26 PUZZLES count the little anchors on the wallpaper was made of wood. My mother was as she was when she made comments Mertha, Lauren Moore, Ludmilla Nunell, another manifestation of partisan those at the ideological extremes, this Ne’er-do-wells the lot and afterwards, with paper pack in born in China’s industrial capital of about AIPAC earlier in the year. And 27 COMEDY Angela Zha & Mei Zheng actors ignoring what mainstream notion of compromise clearly allows Ignorant of the people hand, we’d stroll home and devour the Changchun. Her family didn’t own with good reason; calling someone who espouses nativist, anti-immigrant, organisations which represent Jews too much room for those with other Cover Artist: entire feast. a fridge until she was in her teens. Annie Zhang have to say. points of view to exist. Selfish in print On Chinese New Year’s Eve, I would Both met in China’s South before they and racist policies a “white nationalist” We’ve consistently made the case I can’t help but wonder if some on Ottawa’s a nice place cover my nose as my mother stood uprooted their romantic world for my fairly cleanly fits the bill. Disclaimer: is published by the Students’ Representative Council, University of Sydney, Level 1 that suggesting that all criticisms of the far-left who take up the mantle of I hope it’s an error Honi Soit in the kitchen, steaming a fresh fish own. It is true that I am guilty. I am also This kind of criticism — putting an Wentworth Building, City Road, University of Sydney NSW 2006. The SRC’s operation costs, space and the way that Israel conducts itself anti-Zionism know that it makes their That is all whole. All the while, I yearned for the indebted and deeply grateful to them. apt label on a bad actor — can’t come administrative support are financed by the University of Sydney. Honi Soit is printed under the auspices of are antisemitic is not only wrong, it’s closest ideological allies those on the crisp batter of fish and chicken salt. My With USU and federal elections under the banner of antisemitism. the SRC’s directors of student publications: Laura Glase, Brandon Hale, Jinwei Luan, Kedar Maddali, Jiaqui antidemocratic. We say this because far-right. As always, I hope this finds you well, mother’s dressing of ginger, scallions, looming, the world of politics — often By the same token, it should not be Shu and Sean Perry . All expressions are published on the basis that they are not to be regarded as the we feel a responsibility to ensure that and I look forward to Cloudrunners soy sauce and sesame oil failed to so ugly, unreliable and unforgiving — for partisan actors to define what isn’t opinions of the SRC unless specifically stated. The Council accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any of debate about Israel is constructive and — Joshua Kirsh, return post haste. placate my tastebuds. Complain many could do better with people like my antisemitism. Unfortunately, this is a the opinions or information contained within this newspaper, nor does it endorse any of the advertisements helps us move towards a genuine peace Political Affairs Director a time, I did. On TV, Masterchef taught parents. I dedicate this edition to those growing trend among Jewish activists and insertions. Please direct all advertising inquiries to [email protected]. in the region. We say it because we Australian Union of Jewish Students — Rory me that if bones were left in fish, the people. across the political spectrum, who don’t want antisemitism to be a tool or, chef had been negligent. During those Alan Zheng provide cover for those who play on

what is essentially a couple of coloured that the anonymous voice whispering being communist, and something about splotches on a sterile white wall. We’re into Honi’s ear is actually Niamh herself. “dead cops”. While some demographics The Goings On Week X all for modern art at Honi, but having Why would Niamh leak stuff about may find these tweets exactly what they gone to see it for ourselves, we... lol. herself? Our theories are that she either want to see from a political hopeful, Higher Degree Research On the 15th of May in 1948, Sat 11 May / 1pm / Queen Vicoria Thu 9 May / 1pm / Law Lawns a) is trying to sabotage her chances alas, the majority of the Australian Exhibition over 750,000 Palestinians were Building Wow we get it you want to be in Burn because she doesn’t actually want to be public has not woken up to the cause forcibly expelled from their USU Election Soapbox Book SRC president or b) she enjoys the thrill of Communism, so Parissis eventually Higher Degree Research homes and made refugees. Ethnic Fossil Free USYD rally for and glory of having her name feature issued an apology. He still has the candidates’ work is being cleansing subsists in Israel 71 100% renewable energy and If it’s not apparent from the Whispers of Unity formally endorsing in the Burn Book. Being the vain self- backing of the Greens in Barton. exhibited at the SCA Galleries years later through the building divestment three page spread in this current SRC general secretary Niamh obsessed people we are, we’d like to in Rozelle, as is traditionally of illegal settlements, the passage week’s paper, or the myriad Callinan for SRC president as part of think that b) is the answer to this stupol The state of the union is weak done annually. The work will be of racist nation-state laws, and Another week of Honi Soit, of A-frames you’ve no doubt a deal with NLS continue. While this enigma. Oh Niamh, you flatter us so. drawn from items submitted as in the suppression of Palestinian another week in which the already seen strewn across all Awks….. is just boring stupol news in itself that With USU elections underway part of the Master of Fine Arts protest by the Israeli Defence University of Sydney continues to over our fair kingdom, the race would probably interest no one except Keep your friends close, again, Burn Book has heard some degree and the PhD program. For Forces. invest in fossil fuels. As manifest to become a board director is So a while back, in week 7, Burn a couple of hacks on campus (hi guys I and your tweets closer strange happenings. Ruolin (Irene) all of you doing shitty notebook in later pages of this week’s paper, certainly a-go-go. Not riled up Book made a bold claim against know you’re reading this), senior Unity Ma’s campaign slogan changed from squiggles in the margins of your The word al-Nakba literally USyd invested a whopping 28 yet? Don’t support a candidate? another bold claim made in USYD headkicker Adriana Malavisi reportedly USyd postgrad student Connor Parissis “Rollin’ with Ruolin” to “Ruolin is my rants about a couple of blue splotches exercise books, consider this a translates to ‘catastrophe’ — and million dollary-doos in these Don’t believe in any of the said that anyone caught leaking would has landed in hot conservative water choice” on Sunday night, borrowing in the new Life Science building reportedly “suffer her wrath” and that recently for allegedly inflammatory from Grassroots-aligned director gentle nudge from The Goings- it would be an indictment on us fossil fuels, the flow-on effects candidates? Don’t believe in which apparently the powers above their strategy moving forward would tweets they made years before they Maya Eswaran’s “Maya is My Choice” On to hone up your skills. to not still support the right of of this amounting to fucking anything at all? Let’s rendez- paid $300,000 for as art. After an be to deny Niamh’s endorsement until embarked on contesting the federal seat campaign last year. Meanwhile, SRC return of Palestinians to return students over majorly by fronting vous at the soapbox, where all extensive fact checking process the USU elections. Burn Book understands of Barton for the Greens candidate for President Jacky He wrote a glowing Thu 9 May / 6-8pm / SCA Galleries to their homeland. The Goings- as a progressive institution when the candidates will be grilled Burn Book is famous for, we found Niamh sent screenshots of a message Barton at the upcoming federal election. review on Moderate Liberal Cady On urges you to attend this in actuality it is a POS putting its on their policies (no less in part out otherwise.... But, after doing from an Honi editor asking her whether Someone dug up Parissis’ old tweets Brown’s (Cady Can) campaign page. Protest: Commemorate Nakba protest and stand in solidarity money towards the destruction by comprehensively biased yet more googling we have realised that she had been endorsed at caucus for the which, among other things, feature asking students to “Vote for Cady for — Stand with Palestinian with the Palestinian community of the climate and all the cute and brazenly unperturbed dishrag, no, the university administration did SRC presidency. Adding DRAMA to this Jesus in a sexually compromising a better USU!” Could this be the best Resistance! in Sydney. wonderful creatures on it. Honi Soit). pay an obscene amount of money for stale piece of stupol goss are suspicions position, something about the Greens endorsement ever? Probably not.

2 3 NEWS NEWS FOI request reveals Uni links to fossil fuel industry Nine USU candidates hit the Fossil Free USyd ground for 2019 campaign Disclaimer: Honi Editors Pranay Jha, Nell O’Grady, and Liam A freedom of information Shell wilfully mislead the companies, not subsidise them. carbon-intensive companies is La Trobe has fully divested. Thorne are not involved in the 2019 USU Board Election coverage. inquest by Fossil Free USYD public about its degradation of While the University not an unreasonable request. Changing energy providers Joseph Verity and Alan Zheng has uncovered significant Ogoniland and it’s complicity remains obstinate, students Changing contracts is a simple is a matter of priority for Nine students are vying for campaign or, the Panda-aligned Baekho for SRC supported the candidate, managed by Jessie (Clement) Sun has backed details about the University’s in atrocities carried out by around the world are striking, and effective way to support the management, and a simple one. six coveted positions on the China Development Society. campaign for international Ye. Shen, a current Resident Benny Shen’s campaign instead. financial relationships with Nigerian military forces, who Indigenous communities are renewable energy industry and Action from UNSW, La student-led board of the 145- Caitlin Brown ("Cady Can") student concession cards and Assistant at the University of Ma, like Shen, is also a 2019 SRC fossil fuel industries. With shielded the company from continuing to resist theft and green jobs. It might seem like an Trobe, and ANU did not come year old University of Sydney is running on light blue as backed ultimately successful Sydney’s Queen Mary Building, student housing officer. Ma’s carbon dioxide concentrations protestors. A 2017 Amnesty usurpation, and workers’ are infinitesimal contribution, but out of nowhere. Divestment Union (USU), an organisation an independent managed by Panda candidate, Jacky He, for has connections to Advance campaign is being managed by increasing from 310 to 410 International report revealed demanding a just transition that does not vitiate personal was the result of sustained which returned $29 million in Sydney Arts Students Society President. after he campaigned for Alex current Advance councillor and parts per million over the last Shell was a “central player” in to sustainable forms of responsibility. Bill McKibben, campaigning and pressure gross income in 2018. Board (SASS) Secretary Nick Rigby. Nick Forbutt ("Pick Nick") Yang’s unsuccessful run for former Vice President of the 70 years, coinciding with grave “widespread and serious human work. These are not minority writer and co-founder of the from staff and students in directors are paid $4,416 Both Brown and Rigby have is running on black with Labor SRC president in 2018. Shen is Toastmasters Society, Daniel changes to the climate and rights violations, including the viewpoints. The Lowy Institute climate campaign 350.org each case. Jelena Rudd, one of annually and hold a daily $11 been extensively involved in Left/National Labor Students one of four 2019 SRC student Hu. conditions for human and non- unlawful killing of hundreds of tracked public opinion on acknowledges that, “divestment the indefatigable Fossil Free meal allowance for USU outlets. Moderate Liberal Politics: Rigby (NLS), managed by Young Labor housing officers and previously Tom Manousaridis ("Tom on human life, the actions of our Ogonis, as well as torture... rape, climate change for over 10 by itself is not going to win organisers at UNSW, believes Although ten candidates campaigned for unsuccessful Left Convenor James Newbold. served as the Public Relations Top") is running on purple with influential public institutions and the destruction of homes years. Consistent with a rise the climate fight.” But it’s still that “campaigns like fossil free were in the race only a week Mod-Lib candidate Jack Abadee Forbutt is the current Vice Director of the Sydney Uni Labor Right/Unity, managed deserve careful scrutiny. and livelihoods.” in concern since 2012, 59% of effective: are important to persevere ago, Honi understands Switch- in the 2018 St Ives Ward President (External) of SASS Chinese Students Association by Liam Thomas (Unity). The University of Sydney’s Less well-known is respondents in 2018 agreed that “Weakening – reputationally with.” aligned independent Prudence election and Brown, a resident after successive SASS AGMs (SUCSA). Manousaridis is the current (USyd) energy bill totalled $19 Santos, a home-grown energy “climate change is a serious and and financially – those players “They serve a dual purpose Wilkins-Wheat (Pru for USU) of Wesley College, identifies as were ruled invalid in 2018. Ellie Stephenson ("Elect Queer Officer of Sydney million in 2017. Last year, the conglomerate operating in the pressing problem” and so “we that are determined to stick of achieving a tangible and withdrew on Saturday for a “Moderate Liberal outside of Elected as an SRC councillor Ellie") is running on yellow. University Law Society and a University lavished $28 million Asia-Pacific. Santos recently should begin taking steps now to business as usual... [is] immediate goal, as well as personal reasons. Wilkins- Uni” and managed “Colleges for in 2018, Forbutt joined the Stephenson, one of four former USU Campus Activity dollars on Stanwell Corporation proposed a flagship coal- even if this involves significant one crucial part of a broader providing a familiar context Wheat had entered the race SRC” in the 2018 SRC elections. majority Panda-Reboot-Shake 2019 SRC welfare officers Coordinator. He was formerly and Origin Energy, both of seam gas project in the Pilliga costs.” strategy.” for people to grapple with as an independent after That same ticket endorsed Up bloc at RepsElect 2 in a deal and prominent USU debater, a member of the SRC's general which primarily derive energy State Forest of NSW. 23,000 Our University is displaying The divestment movement the systemic problems facing unsuccessfully contesting Patrick Hendy—son of former which assured NLS the salaried is running with broad-left executive in 2018. from fossil fuels. This marks a submissions were received in scant regard for this public has already exerted a palpable society, and the tactics we use broad-left grouping, Switch's federal Liberal MP Peter Education Officer position. grouping, Switch. Stephenson As in 2018, candidates will 43% increase in the University’s response to their Environmental sentiment. impact on the fossil fuel to challenge them,” Rudd has preselection. Hendy—for Senate last year. Eve Wang ("We Believe") is will be managed by a “non- have a spending cap of $700. expenditure from 2017-18. Impact Statement development The science is clear: human industry. It can severely said. Postgraduate student Christina Lee ("Goodness running on pink as a Panda- hierarchical, committee- They will also be required to The University invested $22.4 application; 98% opposed the action is the most likely cause delegitimise a company’s social Fossil Free USYD is one of Zizheng (Oscar) Bai ("For me, it’s Tina Lee") is running aligned independent. Her role based approach to campaign weigh down A-frames with million in the following fossil project. Whitehaven Coal, of observed warming since the license to operate and impede many groups that have formed better, for future") is running on red as an independent in Zimeng Ye’s successful USU management,” according to a 20kg sandbags as a safety fuel companies: BHP Billiton another national player with 1950s. The rate of this warming its ability to raise capital. on campuses across Australia to on orange as an independent, candidate, managed by 2019 campaign last year. Wang, senior source in Switch. precaution. ($9. 35M), Woodside Petroleum projects in Maules Creek NSW, is unprecedented. Climate Peabody, the world’s largest coal hold universities accountable to managed by Jiashan Zhang. Welcome Week Coordinator a second year Commerce/ Irene Ma ("Rollin’ with For these candidates, the ($5.9M), AGL Energy ($1.60M), is widely considered amongst change is resulting in the company, filed for bankruptcy the generation they educate. Although rumours abounded and former President of the Law student, is managed by Ruolin") is running on light USU election is often their first Oil Search ($1.56M), South 32 First Nations title holders, increased intensity, variability, in 2016, citing the divestment Our student body and the that Bai was running with Science Society, Sarah Cutter- Panda-aligned, SRC Sexual yellow as an independent thrust into the public spotlight, ($1.30M), Royal Dutch Shell local farmers and activists as and frequency of extreme movement as a contribution to country deserve better. We Chinese international student Russell. Lee, a member of the Harassment Officer Sonia Gao. candidate. Despite previous but not the last. ($1.04M), Whitehaven Coal the most disrespectful towards climatic events like droughts, their failure. A Goldman Sachs deserve management that backs grouping Panda, Bai denied Faculty of Science Board, also Yinfeng (Benny) Shen affiliations with Advance, Voting opens next Monday ($541K), EOG ($400K), CNOOC the environment and the floods, and heatwaves. This spokesperson acknowledged up its talk about sustainability this, telling Honi that he has ran in last year’s SRC elections (Bennyficial) is running on Honi understands current to Wednesday to all students. ($354K), CLP Holdings ($232K), inadequate regulation designed contributes to the extreme that the “divestment movement and climate change with action. never been involved in a Panda on the Baekho for SRC ticket. royal blue as an independent USU Board Director Decheng Full coverage >>>> Page 14. and Santos ($137K). for its protection. and escalating rates of species- has been a key driver of the coal It is time to ‘unlearn leadership’ BHP Billiton was partly All of these corporations loss, sea-level rise, and reduced sector’s 60% de-rating over the — the self-centred, polluting responsible for one of the burn huge amounts of and inconstant rainfall. Those past five years”. practices of the past — and to world’s worst environmental greenhouse gases, contributing nations and communities that USyd is falling behind work with other universities Calls for inquiry into Sydney Uni disasters in Brazil just three directly to human-induced have contributed little to this its peers. Last year UNSW and organisations in beginning years ago. A collapsed dam climate change. Shell and BHP quandary bear its worst effects. announced that, from 2020, the a democratic transition. Our Sport and Fitness spilt 40 million cubic metres of are among the world’s largest USyd administration are aware University would be powered society needs to change, and mining waste, which travelled greenhouse gas emitters. Others of this, yet they continue to by 100% renewable energy. divesting from the fossil over 650 kilometres from the have 100% of their assets in satiate their addiction to fossil Later in the year, UTS signed fuel industry is a small, but Pranay Jha and Alan Zheng initial breach, killing 19 people. coal, oil and gas. Most have no fuels. a power-purchase agreement necessary and practical step, The $28 million student extensive capital works program. Sports Foundation and the Senate David Pacey attended a Royal Dutch Shell, involved concern for human and non- Asking that our University with a solar farm in Walgett, one which USyd should be organisation Sydney University The National Civil and Trustees,” according to the terms SUSF meeting. At the meeting, in a number of the largest and human rights. The University follows the many thousands ensuring that at least 50% of its providing an example. Sport and Fitness (SUSF) may Administrative Tribunal heard in of reference exclusively obtained SUSF Vice President Ed Fernon most well-known oil spills, is needs to take swift action to of other institutions around electricity demand would come This Thursday 9 May, at 1pm on the become the subject of an inquiry a 2016 case fought by Polden that by Honi. questioned the relationship of no less notorious. In the 1990s counter and delegitimise these the world in divesting from from solar. ANU has partly and Law Lawns by a NSW regulatory watchdog the University employed senior The review was also tasked senior SUSF figures and raised after a complaint alleged willing staff in SUSF. with considering whether to concern over potential conflicts maladministration and breaches The documents filed at the make SUSF a professional unit of of interest. Flesh-eating bacteria found on campus of the SUSF constitution. regulator—which appear to the University with “the Director Despite the complaint, an Central to the allegations is have been lodged anonymously and staff to be made employees investigation will only proceed Millie Roberts former President Bruce Ross’ and in writing—allege a failure of the University, reporting to a at the discretion of the regulator's residential lease of a cottage on of financial governance by member of the Senior Executive.” assessment panel. Last week, reports broke that (SUSF) have released a health SMH. Dr Jim Manos, a Senior layer which protects bacteria safe from the bug. However, campus at below-market rates, a employees of a NSW public The terms were rounded A university spokesperson a Sydney University Football notice — so does the bug Lecturer in Infectious Diseases, communities that allow them Dr Manos recommends those fact first uncovered by an Honi sector agency. out with “matters likely to be said the university would Club player had contracted a continue pose a threat to speculates that Clunies-Ross to rapidly grow) can fragment playing on the oval to remain investigation in 2015 by former “Mr Ross provided favourable of interest to the University in “cooperate fully with any rare, life-threatening bacterial others? could have also contracted his and be carried over by wind vigilant about the state of their editor Alexi Polden. performance reviews and limited the context of the University’s ICAC investigation should infection during a game on Necrotising fasciitis is bacterium from another player. or rain to new locations for skin, and speak to a medical This month, Honi revealed oversight of [a certain staff strategies to enhance the student one proceed,” but declined to campus. Henry Clunies-Ross’ characterised by red boils “The most likely way that recolonisation. professional if an injury does that over the 22 years Ross has member] during his employment experience.” comment on matters relating sliced his right leg on part that erupt, shedding pus and it ended up on the turf is that “There is not much that can not heal or becomes inflamed. resided in the property, only one as a result of this arrangement,” Ebbeck had access to to the management of SUSF’s of the goal post on Sydney skin particles. Those infected a player was infected at some be done in terms of maintenance rental review was conducted. the complaint reads, citing numerous background materials, affairs. Uni’s Football Ground, more can be sent into septic shock, point prior to the game and [...] of the turf, as it would be The lease currently remains in a “senior office bearers of SUSF” as including SUSF’s constitution “SUSF is an organisation commonly known as oval No. or require amputations. It is was shedding bacteria from impossible to eradicate without holding over status. a source. and his findings were reported to which, while operating within 2. The cut became infected estimated that approximately a small wound that had not knowing precisely where the The lease, which was overseen The University has been Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence. the University, is independent with necrotising fasciitis: a 400 Australians are reported to been treated (or may have been colonies [or] biofilms are,” Dr by SUSF Management, sees Ross aware of issues within SUSF for Given the review likely from it,” the spokesperson said. flesh-eating bacteria that tears have it each year, and despite its ignored),” says Dr Manos. Manos says. pay $487 per week for a property quite some time. touched on some of the issues SUSF declined to comment through the skin, tissue and fat rarity, one in four cases are fatal. There is a chance the flesh- That being said, Dr Manos on campus with 6 bedrooms and Back in 2016, the University raised in both the ICAC on the matter. above muscles. Clunies-Ross recovered eating bacteria is still present does not expect the bug to 3 bathrooms. convened a governance review of complaint and Honi’s coverage, The allegations come amid a The necrotising fasciitis is after rigorous medical attention on the oval. populate the entire oval, due A SUSF spokesperson has SUSF headed by Tim Ebbeck of senior University staff acquired busy time for the sports union believed to have been laying at RPA Hospital, where staff Like all bacteria, necrotising to regular disturbances from previously told Honi that the Ebbeck TIG Consulting. knowledge of issues within which is widely expected to elect dormant on the field’s turf. were able to save his leg. His fasciitis is microscopic, making games and mowers. below-market rate was the The review’s purpose was SUSF following Ebbeck’s review. a new president and members Although the incident occurred treatment involved a string of it hard to locate and remove Given Clunies-Ross’ result of several problems with to examine “the governance The University also learned of its General Committee this approximately a month ago, operations, a “nuclear bomb with disinfectants. Similarly, unfortunate yet specific the property, including SUSF's of SUSF, including… the roles of issues with the quality of month. Above: Sydney University Sport neither the University nor of antibiotics” and hyperbaric after outgrowing its nutrient circumstance of contraction, A view of University Oval No. 2 from use of the cottage for storage of the Office Bearers and SUSF’s corporate governance An earlier version of this article Cottage (Residence) D10 leased to Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness pressure chambers, he told the source, biofilms (a slime others on campus are most likely Western Avenue and the disruption caused by an Management Committee, the late last year when Secretary to appears online Bruce Ross over the last 22 years

4 5 NEWS NEWS Mid-week May Day Allegations surface of ANZAC Mods re-elected as executive ANUSA reaccredits sees unions hit the day hazing ritual at St Paul’s despite flaring tensions at AGM students' union Baopu He Baopu He and Liam Thorne Liam Thorne is a current member of Sydney Grassroots Joseph Verity streets in force Allegations of hazing have made to drink spirits from a actions will be taken once It was business as usual at the said Jefferies. O’Brien also Although there was no The Students’ Representative KPI with less stringent James Newbold Photography by Yazhi Xue recently emerged over St live squid. The source claimed the investigation is complete. annual general meeting (AGM) responded to other allegations formal challenge for the SULC Council (SRC) of the Australian implementation requirements. After around 40 years of School climate striker India Paul’s College’s annual ANZAC that the vomit, alcohol, and Disciplinary actions available of the Sydney University Liberal made by Jefferies of SULC not presidency this AGM, the National University Students’ NUS President Desiree Cai shifting May Day to the nearest Pardoel followed the emotional day celebrations this year. squid were mixed together, and against students carrying Club (SULC), with sitting giving all its members notice of club’s leadership has long been Association (ANUSA) voted (NLS) spoke to Honi, expressing weekend, the return to 1 May speech with more inspiration, The celebrations traditionally that freshers were then made to out hazing practices include president and moderate liberal events — including the AGM contested by different factions. last night to reaccredit to the an optimistic outlook on the was a no-bullshit walkout from saying, “Students are here to involve college residents drink this mixture. suspension and expulsion from Jack O’Brien and his candidates — stating that it was due to a The soft-right faction, described National Union of Students implementation of the KPIs the most staunch and militant return your act of solidarity. attending dawn service at Speaking to Honi, a college the college. re-elected without contest from technical error. as hardline libertarians, held (NUS), provided that a list of key following the change. unions in New South Wales. But we’re also here because Martin Place before embarking spokesperson confirmed the The allegations come as St the soft-right faction of the O’Brien also defended the the presidency from 2014 to performance indicators (KPIs) “Given the amendment to the In the main crowd, we have a stake in kicking out on a pub crawl across the city in college had received the report of Paul’s is experiencing a change party. The meeting, however, Club against accusations of 2015. In 2016, Josh Crawford are met. The move comes after KPIs passed at the SRC meeting, Construction, Forestry, Mining the Liberals”. Every union in their designated “platoons.” an an incident contrary to their in governance which is seeking was not completely devoid of exclusivity, stating that SULC beat Dom Bondar for the three consecutive years in which it is likely that we will meet all and Energy Union (CFMEU) attendance has endorsed the According to the 2018 Hazing and Initiation Policy, to reform the embattled college tension, with William Jefferies actually had not held any events presidency, returning power to ANUSA has refused to accredit the KPIs necessary for affiliation members were blasting Barry climate strikes bar the PTEU, a Broderick Report into St Paul’s and that they immediately from its troubled history of of the soft-right standing so far this year, but that all are the moderate faction where it to the NUS. and accreditation this year,” Cai White’s “Can’t Get Enough comparatively small union. College, “platoons” are formed launched an investigation hazing and sexism. up to deliver a sustained welcome to attend events held has remained ever since. As reported by the ANU said. of Your Love, Babe” near the Pardoel echoed famed through an auction process, into the allegations. Under The existence of “dangerous criticism of SULC during the by the Young Liberals. Crawford returned tonight Observer, the KPIs include the Amongst a list of ‘exit’ KPIs Public Service Association climate striker Greta Thunberg’s where senior college students the policy, a definition of and demeaning practices” at the general business segment of “[The] Young Liberals hold to speak to the nominations retrospective and future release — demands that must be met (PSA) contingent. call for a general climate strike bid to have new college hazing includes “practices that college was confirmed in 2018 the meeting. In his speech, an event, it’s a private event, of several members up for of National Executive meeting if ANUSA is to reaccredit — is Most of the workers attending in September and praised students, or “freshers”, join encourage excessive alcohol with the release of a report led Jefferies addressed comments Will [Jefferies] has as much a SULC life-membership status, minutes and the appointment of a request that the minutes and had walked off the job to attend the workers, saying, “I bet their group. Students stay with consumption.” by former Sex Discrimination made earlier by O’Brien in his right to be there as he does at including David Hogan, who he a non-partisan Returning Officer policy book of the 2018 NUS a political rally, breaking some the bosses had a hard time the same platoon throughout The spokesperson told Honi Commissioner Elizabeth president’s report regarding “a my birthday party,” O’Brien praised for bringing in certain and the National Conference of National Conference be released of the world’s most restrictive getting anything done with the their time at college. the offending incident involved Broderick. While St Paul’s certain group of people who stated. groups on campus which SULC the NUS, amongst various other to all member organisations by industrial laws in doing so. hundreds and thousands of you A source who wished to college students and occurred originally refused to take part in have sought to undermine our Honi reported in February was not engaging well with — requirements recycled from June 1. If this condition is not Aside from promoting here today.” remain anonymous told Honi before the Easter break. the report, the college reversed objectives.” Jefferies accused that Jefferies was allegedly “business and college students.” KPIs of years past. met by the NUS, ANUSA’s road themselves, Marxist and The emotion and significance details of how “freshers” were However, they denied several of its decision in late 2017, and has SULC of lacking transparency involved in a push to stack Other mentions were given In both 2017 and 2018, to accreditation may well be student socialist groups were of these two speeches was a led into a senior student’s room, the allegations. since sought to implement all and being exclusive, noting SULC membership during to the successes of the club ANUSA made similar demands over within a month. highlighting climate change, highlight of the rally. Other supplied with alcohol and “We undestand that no-one the recommendations made by that the meeting had been the Welcome Week. The group over the past year, including of the NUS which were not At NatCon 2018, Cai spoke perhaps hoping to invoke the speeches came largely from encouraged to drink under the drank from a live squid, and the report under the leadership shortest AGM since 1933. reportedly gave St Paul’s hosting Bettina Arndt and her met. Amendments to previous in favour of KPIs, asserting spirit of the Green Bans of the union secretaries. ETU NSW pretense of an initiation rite to that no-one drank vomit,” the of Warden Don Markwell. “Why are the moderates here College “freshers” $2 coins to controversial talk entitled ‘Is KPIs were introduced this year that they were essential to the legendary New South Wales Secretary Justin Page noted acquaint themselves with their spokesperson said. “The College has consistently voting for an [executive] that pay the Club’s sign-up fees, in there a rape crisis on campuses?’ to avoid a similar outcome, health of the Union. Ultimately Builders Labourers Federation. an ETU member at AusGrid “platoon” before ANZAC day. Due to the ongoing articulated its stated values of is purposely going to exclude the hope of challenging the which O’Brien commended which included changing the however, a rare coalition between The unions gathered at was killed at work a week The source alleged that investigations, the spokesperson respect and dignity for all, and them from the club… the soft moderate, “Alex Dore” faction. as ”a really great opportunity appointment of a non-partisan Labor Right and the Socialist Belmore Park didn’t bother with after Cassiniti. ETU National freshers were told to drink declined to provide specific its commitment to a culture of right are demonised when they Both Fitton and Jeffries denied to build [SULC’s] profile so RO from an ‘exit’ KPI with a Alternative defeated the motion, opening speeches. Cutting to the Secretary Allen Hicks followed with the express purpose of details of the incident, but stated safety, respect and inclusion,” are actually great, principled, being involved in the alleged that people know what we are specific date of completion labelling KPIs a “corporatist” chase, the march shut down parts this by putting a motion to vomiting, and that they were that appropriate disciplinary the spokesperson said. ideologically-driven people,” stacking. doing.” attached to an ‘assessable’ measure unbefitting of a union. of Pitt, Goulburn and Elizabeth the rally calling on the NSW Street en route to Hyde Park. government to improve Students chanted, “Liberals workplace safety. The motion out, green jobs in / We will fight, committed that if a worker died Tribunal dismisses Outlines NTEU heads to FWC we will win,” and, “One struggle, on a building site on Sydney, one fight / Workers of the world all sites would stop work and a rights claim released over staff evictions unite”. At one point an ETU minute silence would be held. member seized the megaphone, Construction workers were Alan Zheng Carrie Wen Alan Zheng proclaiming, “This is a union threatened with legal action if A USyd student’s complaint of Houston's involvement in the The University of Wollongong The National Tertiary and of flammable liquids.” town”, before entering a call they attended the rally, said Dave race and sex discrimination complaint. “The former Deputy (UoW) recently released the Education Union (NTEU) A GIPA request filed by and response chant of “Union!/ Noonan, National President of against the University has been Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous course outlines for the Bachelor unanimously voted to escalate Honi confirmed the existence Power! Union!/Power!” the CFMEU Construction and dismissed by a tribunal last Strategy and Services), Dr of Arts in Western Civilisation, its dispute with the University of spreadsheets compiled Given the strong turnout General Division. month after the student missed Houston, was not involved in outlining 16 core philosophy- to the Fair Work Commission from audits of the building’s from blue-collar workers it MUA National Secretary several procedural deadlines. this matter.” focussed units. after rejecting a deal from Vice- labs, as well as a confidential was of little surprise that Paddy Crumlin closed the rally The NSW Anti- DVA argued that the Uni’s Last December, the UoW Chancellor Michael Spence in a submission to the Senate’s workplace safety was a key by acknowledging, “If you can’t Discrimination Board found subsequent investigation of Vice Chancellor approved the meeting last Wednesday. People and Culture Committee issue. The MC, Rita Mallia of respect the First Nations, the the student’s complaint lacked her complaint was inadequate inclusion of the degree at UoW. That relocation — first in November 2018, outlining a the CFMEU Construction and traditional owners of the land, substance back in 2018. and this amounted to sex It was developed by reported by Honi in January review and action plan for the General Division, introduced then there is no respect in this The student — whose discrimination. The Uni UOW’s Senior Professor of — separates researchers into building. Patrizia Cassiniti, the mother country.” identity has been anonymised thereafter investigated DVA Philosophical Psychology several locations including A senior lecturer within the of Christopher Cassiniti as the Many union leaders as “DVA” due to a non- following allegations of Daniel Hutto. Hutto was Australian Technology Park, as University told Honi that the first speaker. speeches emphasised the disclosure order — failed to inappropriate conduct which selected in mid-2017 to lead early as June this year. NTEU intends to argue that the Cassiniti was an apprentice need to hold Labor to account. appear before the NSW Civil pre-dated her complaint. course development after Spence’s deal offered to relocation decision constitutes killed on a construction site This seemed to suggest a and Administrative Tribunal. After those allegations were consultations with senior consult staff on “where staff a “relocation of work units,” and just after his 18th birthday prioritisation of the election, The University was represented substantiated, the Uni excluded academics from faculties such will move,” not the “ultimate requires a formal consultation when a crane fell on workers having given up pushing for by former Uni Office of General DVA from the Indigenous as Law, Humanities and Arts. rationale of the move,” process. last month. His comrades cut reform under a Coalition Counsel lawyer Sarah Heesom. Strategy student spaces in The course’s learning according to faculty sources. University Provost Stephen through the debris to reach the government. But relievingly, The Tribunal heard that DVA the Old Teachers’ College to outcomes claim students To date, the University Garton, writing to the NTEU, workers crying for help, with there was a cognisance of the complained to then Deputy “protect the health and safety will be “able to demonstrate maintains that a formal change stated that consultation is police eventually using pepper need to avoid the mistakes Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous of students and staff,” an act knowledge and understanding process is not required for the only required for “a relocation spray in an effort to disperse his of Your Rights At Work, and Strategy and Services) Shane which DVA also claimed was of exemplary masterpieces relocation. of a work unit inside the distraught workmates. hold Labor to the often limited Houston that she had been race discrimination. of Western thought, art and The University has also organisational structure and Patrizia spoke on the commitments it has made. sexually assaulted by a Uni The Uni’s recent litigation architecture.” withheld work, health and not a relocation of physical importance of workplace safety Rallying on a weekday, staff member under Houston’s efforts follow a spike in human Earlier this month, the safety (WHS) reports from location.” and the right to withdraw involving climate strikers, supervision in March 2017, rights and anti-discrimination National Tertiary Education staff which, according to NTEU Branch President labour. Becoming emotional, and an enthusiasm to hold four months before Houston’s claims in 2017 when the the Union (NTEU) launched a Dean Robyn Ward, highlight Kurt Iveson described the she vowed, “Christopher and Labor to account were all key sudden dismissal in September Uni fought four complaints at legal bid to prevent the UoW’s building risks, justifying current mood of staff as “angry others who have died on job developments that signalled a 2017. the NSW Anti-Discrimination deal with the Ramsay Centre, relocation. and upset.” sites will not have died in vain.” progressive shift in the labour A Uni spokesperson denied Board and Australian Human arguing the approval of the Amidst ongoing inspections, “It’s one of the worst Workers around the podium movement. a current or former staff Rights Commission, expending degree contravened UOW’s an email from Head of School examples of top-down chanted “Christopher” as she James Newbold is a member of member was the subject of more than $11,000 in legal fees Course and Subject Approval John Hunt last month flagged managerialism I have seen finished speaking. National Labor Students the complaint and also denied for those proceedings. Procedures. risks relating to the “decanting here,” Iveson said.

6 7 OPINION OPINION The freedom of being a third culture kid Turn the aircon off, I’m cold Georgia Tan reflects on her cultural identity and personal journey of self-acceptance. ICYMI, Laura de Feyter is cold. It still surprises me how often I can most people that I meet. That invariably in my head I wondered why most of the the freedom to pick and choose from my I’m really cold. entirely unwarranted unless it’s: a) a guideline, developed by the Safety, Health find an exit point. casually use the term ‘ABC’ and receive leads to false conceptions of my identity actors that my friends were fangirling own mixed bag of traditions has been Not because it’s the middle of winter. freakish 40 degree day or b) all of us and Wellbeing Unit twenty years ago. On USyd has been vocal in its a blank stare in return. Australian-born founded on comfortable and familiar over just looked unattractive to me. the most rewarding experience. Some No, it’s actually 26 degrees outside – I have just run a marathon and staggered perusal however, this document merely commitment to assist the climate, with Chinese form a significant portion stereotypes. TCKs are prevented from Back in the days when cable TV was laugh at the notion of calling themselves should be sweating. into class immediately afterwards. outlines the “optimal indoor thermal its self-lauded ‘Pave the Way’ campaign of our community and yet many out easily giving voice to their origin stories, my go-to entertainment, I remember global citizens, but to me, seeing myself Instead, I’m bringing a cardigan and I just feel like everyone in Fisher would comfort conditions” for a classroom, raising over $2 million for environment- there remain oblivious to such cultural and are severed from the roots of a begging my parents not to unsubscribe as a TCK has allowed me the freedom a travel mug of peppermint tea to uni be able to enjoy studying without their without clarifying how these conditions related causes in 2018. nuances. With this lack of cultural precise nationality, a home. to Disney Channel, FOX and the Travel to embrace my whole identity, and not today. snot turning to icicles, if we turned the are to be achieved, let alone monitored. However, this only left me wondering awareness still prevalent, you can Wherever I go, I have often felt and Network. I would watch American Idol yearn for what others have. Why? Because I know there’ll be aircon off for a second. Even used the Leading to my current, teeth-chattering why the same commitment is barely writing conditions. demonstrated in its excessive air imagine then, that when I go around been treated as an outsider. Comments as frequently as Fawlty Towers and Little Art by Olivia Allanson Antarctic temperatures in every one of fan. Or did something wild like, I don’t introducing myself as a Third Culture on my accent have in the past sent me Britain. my lecture theatres and tutorial rooms know, opening a window (it’s pretty Yet even more concerning than my conditioning. Kid (TCK), most people have never heard spiralling into a state of unease and It was during high school that I first today. If I dare to wander into Education damn stuffy in here). current set of goosebumps, are the stats Student Services told Honi that they of this term at all. insecurity with my identity. When I came across the term Third Culture Kid or ABS, I’ll have to bust out my extra- It’s actually unrelenting. Often when on the terrible impact this overzealous “are working on reducing our energy A TCK is a person raised outside of meet a Hong Konger for example, they and I didn’t think much of it at the time. thick socks and heavy-duty woollen coat I walk into an entirely uninhabited chilling has on our climate. consumption and appreciate support”. their parents’ culture or the culture of label me as an ‘overseas Chinese’ from The decision to identify as a TCK to make sure I don’t get hypothermia. Additionally, they reported having a their official nationality, who does not Malaysia. While I was born in Hong actually occurred after moving to I’d love to say I’m exaggerating. But “focus on energy efficiency” in 2019, and relate to the culture of the country they Kong and am a permanent resident there, Australia. I realised that the non- as I sit in Fisher, those seated around me I just feel like everyone in Fisher would be are attempting to rollout a motion sensor grew up in. I have never truly felt like a ‘local’ in my judgemental, unassuming acceptance are visibly shivering. able to enjoy studying without their snot program for air conditioning units. For TCKs like me, “where are you own home city. When I visit extended I had received within the expat I do get it. We’re in Australia, it’s turning to icicles. But improvements are still lagging from?” is a loaded question. family in Malaysia, they are quick to community I grew up in was something hot, we’ve got to make sure we don’t let behind the rate of climate damage. I will typically respond with a short point out my apparently ‘British’ accent truly unique. Elsewhere, it seems that one millilitre of sweat drip from our classroom, it’s already freezing. Whilst Aircon units are the most electricity- More monitoring systems are needed “I’m from Hong Kong.” Yet this picture is and consider me a guai mui (Cantonese people quickly categorise a new face as bodies. USyd is also a financially well- some of the university’s air conditioning hungry appliance in the average home. to ensure classrooms, especially those a less than accurate sketch. My struggle slang for ‘foreign girl’). Comments like either ‘one of us’ or ‘one of them’, local or endowed university. Naturally, we enjoy is centrally managed by Campus They use 10 to 20 times more electricity locally managed, are not ignorantly with my identity has been a confusing this, while unintentional, have been foreigner. I have been assumed by many showboating our shiny air conditioning Infrastructure Services (CIS), cooling than a ceiling fan. They consume hefty contributing to the larger movement of journey with no shortage of sore points. hurtful and sparked a lot of resentment to be Australian, just because I don’t units around wherever we can. systems in older edifices are managed amounts of non-renewable energy that environmental devastation. While my parents grew up in and dissociation with my cultural have an ‘international student accent,’ But mostly, I find this penchant by teachers and students themselves contributes to the depletion of our ozone Yes, being a tad chilly in my lecture is Malaysia and hold Malaysian passports, identity. and I share similar, westernised traits for excessive air conditioning pretty – where, from my experience, little layer and ultimately, to global warming. not a big deal and I can easily “just bring I am ethnically part Chinese and I meandered between different with them. But obviously, to say I’m an confusing. Every room I enter on attention is paid to whether the cooling It’s enough to make your blood run a jumper.” I’m also aware that we’re not Japanese. If that wasn’t a mouthful, once cultural groups throughout primary and ABC would be incorrect. campus, regardless of the season, I’ve is left on between classes, or even cold when you realise that CIS switching the only institution barely lifting any I add that I grew up in a predominantly high school. At one point, I pretended to To live authentically, for me, has felt that the level of artificial cooling is overnight. the aircon to “arctic” 24/7 isn’t making fingers to reduce our carbon emissions. expat community in Hong Kong and be a K-pop, J-pop and even Canto-pop meant accepting my roots as a TCK. genuinely excessive. It always seems USyd does currently hold an “Indoor us cooler, but hotter. But surely, we can lift one far enough to attended international school all my life, aficionado. I watched K-dramas with While my younger self felt constantly fixed at a temperature that would be Air Quality & Thermal Comfort” It’s a damaging cycle, and it’s time to turn off the AC for a minute? my cultural heritage tends to disorient my friends during lunch break, while torn between differing cultures, having The NBA’s problem with sexual assault How the first become forgotten Michael Eaton reveals the regressive core of America’s premier basketball institution. Vivienne Davies reflects on cultural survival and erasure. Content warning: police brutality, sexual assault At 3:59 am, sleep-deprived from a train even in 8am daylight. Fasnacht is a with my settler-colonial country. My suburbs, frequented for their specific “I CAN’T BREATHE” was seen written Kobe Bryant was accused of rape by a him a “superhero.” More recently, former doesn’t exist. journey that began at 12am, I stood festival that begins at 4am, on the first reaction was to dismiss Australia’s culture, and yet there is almost no on the clothing around the league in 19-year-old hotel worker. LA Laker coach Luke Walton and Dallas Cutting ties with these athletes shivering amongst the streets of Basel, Monday after Ash Wednesday, and culture as comprised only of derivatives, cultural awareness of who the land’s late 2017, as the shirts of stars including The case was eventually dropped Mavericks star Kristaps Porzingis have would do intolerable damage to the Switzerland. Spirits were high after continues until 4am Wednesday in an or second-hand traditions brought by owners were and still are outside of Lebron James and Kobe Bryant quoted more than a year later after the victim been accused of sexually problematic bottom line, and for that reason, the witnessing an entire city shuffle down ecstacy of lights, music, dancing, and immigrants that have slowly adapted their communities. As a 2nd-generation the last words of Eric Garner during his declined to testify, an unsurprising behaviour. NBA chooses not to extend its supposed the streets in pyjamas for this UNESCO- drinking. Although no one is clear on themselves to the Australian context. Chinese immigrant, I am proud that arrest and murder by New York police decision considering Kobe’s legal team’s Undoubtedly, the NBA’s support progressivism to this sphere. listed cultural festival. how it originated, pagan festivities In spite of Australia’s pride in being an traditions such as the Chinese New officers. Their actions were lauded by the relentless effort to publicly air her mental for players taking important political Their selective support of particular At 4am, all the lights flicked off. The celebrating the expulsion of winter have intersection of international cultures, Year are widely celebrated in Australia. sports media, and rightfully so, as these health and sexual history, and death- stances is positive, especially relative to social justice issues is something that city hushed, holding its breath in the been traced back to the 14th century. there does not appear to be any “national” Moreover, through public events, all athletes made use of their platform to threats and hate mail from delusional other sporting leagues both in America continues to be problematic, and if the darkness. One of the earliest records dates back to traditions dating back more than a few ethnicities become aware and involved support an important movement. Kobe fans. and globally. However, the fact that this NBA truly wants to hold the mantle From the distance, a choir of piccolo Ash Wednesday in 1376, when a bloody hundred years to name. in these traditions. Conversely, I can Beyond the individual actions Kobe apologised to the victim in support stops dead in its tracks when it of America’s most progressive men’s shrieks and rumbling drumbeats could barely name a handful of Aboriginal of players, NBA Commissioner, a public statement, and then returned comes to the sphere of sexual assault is sports league, it needs to call out its own be heard. A parade of floating lanterns traditions. Adam Silver, received media-wide the next season to adoring crowds, an worrying to say the least. problem. bobbed towards us, their carriers’ Sydney has many easily locatable ethnocentric Ex-Prime Minister Keating’s ‘Redfern commendation for his dramatic fining MVP award, and continued stardom on It suggests that there may be more bodies in darkness. It was an odd Speech’ recognised that ‘as complex (as) and expulsion of owner Donald Sterling league’s most popular team. insidious motivations behind the sight to witness, made more curious suburbs... yet there is almost no cultural our contemporary identity is, it cannot for racist comments he made at LA He received a 7-year $136 million- NBA’s seemingly “progressive” by the incomprehensible German awareness of who the land’s owners were be separated from Aboriginal Australia’. Clipper’s games. dollar contract, sponsorships from Nike, attitude than meets the eye. propaganda scrawled over the lanterns. and still are outside of their communities. This was in 1994 - and although policy He similarly received adulation after Spalding, and Coke, and more than 15 The NBA wants They displayed contemporary culture, efforts have been made since, the very moving the All-Star Game from North years on he still holds an almost-mythical to be seen as the political agendas and, of course, what’s revolt between citizens and knights took And yet, there are traditions fact that in 2018, only two of the seven Carolina following the state’s passing of place in the basketball community. alternative for sports a modern parade nowadays without a place during a jousting tournament. 12 dating back tens of thousands of ‘Closing the Gap’ initiatives were on anti-transgender legislation. He was forgiven, embraced, and fans repulsed by grossly cartoonified print of Trump. citizens were executed as retribution. years in Australia — they are just not track is a testament to the fact that more The NBA has long held the mantle lionised by the same community that the conservative As the parade snaked its way Although the nobility tried to abolish it ubiquitously known. Aboriginal and action needs to be taken, from top-down of one of the world’s most progressive now so valiantly stands together on streaks of the NFL, around the city, it would pause at over the following centuries in fear that Torres Strait Islander communities still and bottom-up. Going to university sports leagues. A litany of examples issues of social injustice time and time MLB, and NHL. certain locations. That’s when you the festival promoted systemic criticism, live out rich cultural heritage, as the right next to a suburb with a prominent offer evidence of an organisation that’s again. This selective could notice details of the paraders, citizens in closed-off guilds would still world’s oldest civilisation dating back Aboriginal community, I am ashamed consistently at the forefront of issues Kobe Bryant’s case does not exist in approach is their head-masks morphed by shadows play tricks to mock or protest against at least 58,000 years. However, they that my knowledge of Aboriginal of social justice and miles ahead of isolation. grounded in from the pale illumination of lanterns. their rulers in the safety of their guises. have been subjected to centuries of traditions hardly extends beyond the competitors like the NFL, whose owners Former MVP Derrick Rose was the NBA’s Grotesquely large head-masks leered at During the Reformation in 1529, it was subjugation, with a rather explicit aim Dreamtime. Whilst attending festivals recently blacklisted anthem protestor accused of participating in a gang-rape. understanding that you, disproportionate to the performers’ decided that the Carnival would be of erasing their cultural identity — a far overseas is culturally broadening, I Colin Kaepernick. While found not guilty, his testimony their profit margins thinner frames, freakishly alien when moved on the Monday following Ash cry from Basel’s enshrined Protestant have come to realise that as Australians, However, it appears the league’s social included the admission that the alleged are boosted by accompanying the shrieking piccolos. Wednesday after the obligation to fast traditions. we have a responsibility to also look awareness does not extend to issues of victim never gave consent, and that he supporting only causes The wintry night pulsed with an energy; fell away. To this day, Fasnacht in Basel is Cultural erasure only intensifies towards our own First Peoples, learn of sexual assault. didn’t even know what consent was. He which have existing social the performers a single organism the only Protestant carnival in the world. beyond Australia’s borders: most their traditions and celebrate them as It’s a poorly kept secret that the NBA returned this season with a performance capital amongst their fan compelled to continue a 600 year old Its esoteric beginnings do not subdue Europeans I’ve spoken to have little part of our country’s culture. Until then, has had numerous instances of high- described as “an inspiring resurgence” base. tradition that will persevere in spite of the vibrance with which it is celebrated. awareness of First Nations Peoples. Australia cannot be praised as truly profile stars face serious sexual assault by Forbes and was met with nothing but In the case of sexual assault human discomforts. As an Australian, I cannot help There is an irony in the fact that Sydney multicultural if it doesn’t include the charges. praise and adoration on fan forums and (where many of its stars have a It was a frenzy that did not stop, but reflect on differences in tradition has many easily locatable ethnocentric rightful owners of the land. Most notably, in 2004, league star social media, including Lebron calling deeply troubling history) this social capital Art by Ludmilla Nunell

8 9 ANALYSIS ANALYSIS The art of autopilot The alt-right and the Ramsay Centre Grace Johnson thinks automation plays an important role in performance. Lara Sonnenschein investigates the alt-right’s opinions on the controversial Ramsay Centre. We often watch great performers and stored within the subconscious. It seems Laurence Olivier, a towering figure of of deep learning processes over quick Much has been written on the ideological The publication is perhaps best known refer to the National Tertiary Education “option B involves a major coordinated wonder how it is even possible to be effortless and we admire their apparent the British stage and screen in the mid- memorisation tactics. The apparent ease underpinnings of the Ramsay Centre for for their interviews with a smorgasbord Union as “terrorists” and believe that helicopter night assault by patriots doing so much simultaneously and better ease in the performance, but rarely do twentieth century. He insisted on total is not divine talent but rather expertise, Western Civilisation and what running of the Australian far right. On the one cannot separate Western civilisation against every major institution of so yet, under so much pressure. How can a we look at the mental processes beneath. preparation, and yet he was remembered the result of intensive preparation. such a course at public universities Ramsay Centre, Wilms takes the view from “the people who made it and the called ‘higher learning’ in the West.” He jazz musician, for instance, be adhering In a 1966 documentary, Bill Evans for delivering lines from Shakespeare so This is typically less discussed and would mean. Central to the critiques that Ramsay degrees in Western people shaped by it.” It’s clear from their concludes by advising colleagues on the to the harmonic structure of a song, all describes his journey in playing music naturally that it seemed as if he were but acknowledged in the performing arts, levelled is that the Ramsay Centre is a civilisation would provide “balance” complaints about the “soft gloves” used right that “we could do with a little more the while improvising their own ideas — he started as a classically trained thinking them. Sir Anthony Hopkins, instead attributed to ‘talent,’ either Western supremacist project, courtesy within “left wing universities”, which in the Australian National University’s aggression.” over the top, as well as listening to the pianist who could not play music beyond at one time Olivier’s understudy and by artists unwilling to confess their of its content and those — like Tony are “dominated by Marxist academics dealings with the Ramsay Centre that the Ultimately, the alt-right’s support for other band members and responding the score, but he eventually learnt to mentee, recalls a story of Olivier efforts or an onlooker’s expression of Abbott — who have pushed for it. and students” and the Ramsay Centre is Dingoes would much prefer the Centre the Ramsay Centre’s is not surprising to in real time? How does a concert improvise, becoming one of the greatest dreading going on stage to play King admiration. The same could be said This year, the list of the Ramsay an example of a “right wing or positive push ahead with the kind of secretive those with even a cursory knowledge of violinist remember an entire thirty- pianists in jazz history. Speaking about Richard III — he suffered from severe of those in the sciences: relentless Centre’s “distinguished visiting institute”. dealings it recently engaged in with the the alt-right. A false binary of ‘the West minute concerto? How do they play at a the tendency of learning musicians to stage fright. He played the part but he did determination reduced to ‘just being speakers” was revealed. Speakers The Unshackled’s political editor, University of Wollongong (UoW). and the rest’ and a supremacist ‘West prestissimo speed, yet be watching the overplay and give off the impression of not remember much of the performance. smart.’ The psychological principles of included Rod Dreher, whose response Michael Smyth, concurs with Wilms and Anti-feminist Youtuber, Sydney, who is best’ philosophy underpins the alt- conductor and listening to the orchestra great expression and expertise rather Yet it was regarded as one of his best. In preparation and automatic consciousness to the Christchurch massacre was pushes the messaging further, outlining video blogs under ‘Sydney MGTOW’ right movement, as does the notion that at the same time? And how do they even than studying the material truly, he the interview, Hopkins relates a similar are not exclusive to geniuses of the past. that “everything [the shooter] Tarrant the positive benefits teaching “teaser (Men Going Their Own Way) also universities are corrupted by left wing remember where all the notes are? said “the whole process of learning experience of his own. Olivier was sick If nothing else, acknowledging and identifies as qualities of a disintegrating courses in Western civilisation” would supports the Ramsay Centre setting thought promulgated by academics and The idea of automated processes is the facility to play jazz is to take these and Hopkins, being his understudy, went discussing the extensive preparation of Western civilisation is true”, as well have if done at the primary or secondary up degrees in Western civilisation. In a pandering to snowflake students. highly important in all fields, whether problems from the outer level in, one by on for him, “I was terrified. great performers ought to affirm as Rachel Fulton Brown, an academic school level, saying that it would “smash livestream video after the UoW deal went The Ramsay Centre thus represents it is acknowledged or not. Automated one, and to stay with it at a very intense, It was like I was on our own capacities. who in her spare time runs a fan blog the left.” public, he specifically targets academic a political project which speaks to information means that an individual conscious concentration level until that automatic pilot. I got dedicated to alt-right provocateur The Dingoes (who popularised Sarah Keenan, a former Visiting Fellow both of these concerns. With a focus can rely on a wealth of knowledge that process has become secondary and through the show. Milo Yiannopoulos. Yiannopoulos has amongst the Australian far-right a at the University who resigned from her on the unique and superior nature of they have already acquired, and they can subconscious.” Improvisation itself is But I wasn’t really solicited the advice of neo-Nazis and meme character that Brenton Tarrant post when news of the Ramsay-UoW Western civilisation, combined with instead utilise their cognitive energy for heavily reliant on learned practices. Not there.” But Olivier endorsed pedophillia. used) are a group of young men who go deal went public, saying the “Ramsay running this course through the public more difficult processes. For example, having that natural facility in jazz, he would later write in his With the Ramsay Centre openly by pseudonyms such as Tory and Digger, Centre seeks to… institutionalise a far- university system (as opposed to private a brain surgeon in a critical operation said, it took him roughly fifteen years to memoir that Hopkins walked promoting views associated with the with former Sydney University Liberal right intellectual agenda into Australian institutions, such as Campion College would have automated so many medical build his ability to the point of being able off the stage like a cat with a alt-right, it’s pertinent to ask what the student, Clifford Jennings — who higher education.” Sydney argues which is noticeably similar) — the processes that they would not have to to be truly expressive. mouse in its mouth. local Australian alt-right think about orchestrated the alt-right stack of The Keenan’s resignation is “proof of the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation think about basic processes, but rather Acting also demands memory as well These may appear to be the Ramsay Centre’s attempts to set up Nationals — believed to be intimately feminist takeover of universities.” is an alt-right delight. about decisions that could mean life or as a level of improvisation — although romantic tales about the degrees at various public universities? involved. The group run a regular podcast The XYZ blog which is “dedicated Honi has seen minutes from the death. The performing arts are, of course, adhering to a written character and a mysteries of performance, Founded in 2016 by Tim Wilms called The Convict Report in which the to Western restoration” supports University Executive’s College Consultative totally different to brain surgery or flying script, a part is only convincing if it as well as irrelevant to most Art and Sukith Fernando, The Unshackled Ramsay Centre is a frequent topic of the Centre’s attempts, albeit with a Committee from March which indicate a plane, but performing under pressure, in appears natural and spontaneous. For areas of study, but they do by Mei produces regular articles, videos and discussion. The podcasters describe the pessimistic outlook on its chances of that “a response remains pending” to the any field, relies on automated knowledge this, we need look no further than Sir serve as testament to the value Zheng podcasts from an alt-right perspective. Centre as “our great civilisation backers”, success. Editor David Hiscox writes University’s MoU submitted last year. Where are the bikes? A party worth celebrating Sean Perry looks into the pervasive negative discourse surrounding cyclists in Sydney. Alan Zheng asks, if all political parties are shit, then why not make your own? Cyclists. I know what you’re thinking: on the footpath,” which is ironically Some suggest a discursive change These projects all make perfect sense, In the origins of the first French Empire, at a campus election could be translated more stimulating party name, adjacent’, ‘Libdependent’) in upcoming “Those annoying, lycra-clad things that illegal in NSW, and “If the gov’t banned could help, such as Professor Narelle given Main Campus’ level lanes and the Sénat conservateur proclaimed into eligible party members, this year’s consider strategically deploying campus elections might well be barred keep dinging their bells at everyone bloody cyclists this would not happen,” Howarth of QUT’s Centre for Accident avenues are the ideal environment for Napoleon Bonaparte the Emperor of SRC President alone, could create three more exclamations to enhance voter by electoral laws if ever attempted outside Redfern station, and darting were common. And they did not stop Research and Road Safety-Queensland, cycling. With a limited number of steps, France on the 18th of May, 1804. 215 parties from their pool of 1789 primary excitement, a practice best modelled federally. No use of “independent” is through traffic when I drive,” or “Frankly, there. “I swear to god cyclists are such who argues that using “person who rides and the sheer distance between classes, years later, the Australian public will votes in 2018. by the Online Direct Democracy Party allowed in party names where it might they slow me down and I just don’t like a nuisance,” such a “waste of space,” and a bike,” instead of “cyclist” could help. jumping on a bike is the logical thing await the ephemeral term of another The first hurdle comes soon after it renamed itself Climate Action! be confused with a recognised party. them.” “inconsiderate bike-riders” dominated The Netherlands, one of the most to do. Yet the discourse on our campus egregious eccentric. afterwards in the form of a $500 Immigration Action! Accountable Nationalism increasingly seems to We hear the word cyclist and all sorts the feed. And most deplorably, “That’s cycling friendly nations in the world, has is disproportionality negative towards Will they don the Sharks’ footy application fee to the Australian politicians! (CA!IA!AP!) earlier this year. be at the centre of political branding of negative connotations jump to mind. what you get,” and “natural selection.” two different words in their language cycling. Likely a reflection of the cap? Will they reside in a harbourside Electoral Commission (AEC), a quantum Alternatively, inflate the name with in Australia. 29 parties, or half of the But, these so-called benign and mindless This begs the question: what has led our for cyclists. One, Wielrennen, connotes privilege built into our university, where mansion? Will they underpay their staff, vastly overshadowed by the financial some artificial emphasis. Amongst the 58 total parliamentary parties retain an thoughts come at a great cost. society to this level? professional, fast riders: the sort we the bike is the poor-man’s option, very and play whodunnit in the grand game barriers facing politically-motivated active parliamentary parties in this year’s overt mention to Australia in their On 28 March this year, a female Firstly, this problem extends think of when we hear the words Lycra few at USyd would think to take it up. of political assassination? Of course students at the University of Sydney. race, only one, “FRASER ANNING’S party name. If nationalistic Australian cyclist was hit by a truck on Parramatta outside of Facebook. A joint study by and bike. The other, Fietsen, is reserved But, this is bigger than just Eastern they will. The last few years have proved It remains cheaper to register a federal CONSERVATIVE NATIONAL PARTY” iconography is counted, the number of road, as they were turning left from Queensland University of Technology’s for casual, slow, commuting or leisurely Avenue. As a society, we appear to have the possibilities of political victory are parliamentary party than it is to run a has a name entirely typed in all caps. Rare parties capitalising on being explicitly USyd’s Western Avenue. This person has (QUT) Centre for Accident Research & riders. This has helped distinguish created in our collective minds the view endless, and the time has come for you serious university campaign — one that is it that a party achieves controversy “Australian” is even larger. Among them, since passed away from their injuries. It Road Safety Queensland (CARRS-Q) between the forms of bike-riding, and that Cyclists are an unusual, strange, to enter the ring. often exhausts the allocated spending in both its typography and its policy ‘Love Australia or Leave’ is an anti- is undeniable how horrific this would be and the University of Melbourne which prevent over-generalisations. ‘other’; and it makes us uneasy. It feels Making a political party is little cap — for the University of Sydney platform. immigration party which appears to be for their family and loved ones. surveyed drivers across NSW, Victoria, Governments, as well as individuals, inaccessible, and we cannot possibly different to throwing an actual party. Union ($700), the Sydney University Law CA!IA!AP! is one of several parties the political namesake of Woolworths’ Yet, the comments underneath and Queensland found that close to half reinforce the need for better imagine changing our routines to adopt A host needs the adequate amount Society ($750) or this very newspaper embracing a fashionable new party controversial “If you don’t love it, leave” several news posts of the incident of the respondents viewed cyclists as infrastructure, to separate cars and bikes such a lifestyle. of attendees, a budget and basic ($1500). name without originality or substantive singlet and bears a logo of Australia with on Facebook tell another story. subhuman. Given a picture of the stages on our busy arterial road network. But This is the current discourse on ground rules. Equally, 500 members, Then comes the first creative step change to its policies. The Australian a sticker reading “FULL.” Almost all blamed the cyclist for the of the ape-man progression timeline, cycling infrastructure is constantly cycling. And it is leaving our city in the a $500 application fee, and a written in the whole process. It’s time to name Liberty Alliance (ALA) — founded by Finally, after submitting your incident, without any indication of the 41 per cent attributed cyclists to a emerging. While the Liberal government’s dust. Our standing as a global city, and the constitution explaining the party’s aims your party. But there’s no need to expend members of the far-right Q Society — application, three months must pass, circumstances at the time. There was an creature below that of a homo sapien. re-election in NSW makes it unlikely protection of our fragile environment in are the main ingredients for a political much intellectual labour, or indeed renamed itself Yellow Vest Australia during which members of the public overwhelming level of sympathy for the And this included those who ride bikes that any meaningful active transport will the wake of climate change, relies in part party under Australian electoral laws. rigour on your unique party name. Like just last month in a move calculated to can object to your party name. But once truck driver — and rightly so — but themselves. be constructed; local councils, led by the on our rejection of the motor vehicle 500 members comes easier to Clive, Bob, Fraser, Nick and Jacqui, you serve two fronts. Firstly, to discard the you have the party you want, The Lodge of 464 comments on the 7news article, Such widespread dehumanisation City of Sydney, have transformed streets towards other forms of transport. Cities university students than your average could simply name it after yourself, link between its original name and the awaits. only 4 expressed concern for the cyclist indicates that clearly something needs around the university into bike-friendly around the world have embraced the citizen. Campus socialites, political as long as the name is not obscene or Liberal Party — a party now perceived to Art by Vivian Gao and her family. Statements such as “Ride to be done, but the verdict is still havens. The council is even due to start bike as one of these alternatives, and it is personalities and BNOCs (Big Names comprising more than six words. be too moderate by right-wing political out on exactly what construction on a separated cycleway making a difference to both traffic flow on Campus) would be the most socially On the current list of registered groups — and secondly, to capitalise on this should be. along Wilson Street, running along the and a sense of community. and materially advantaged, but even parties, a few tread perilously close to the the anti-globalist elements of France’s length of our campus. The University is So, the next time you hear the word ordinary students are not far off. People word limit. The Involuntary Medication Mouvement des Gilets Jaunes. The ALA itself starting to invest heavily, with new cyclist… or get stuck behind one in between 18 and 29 have an average of 394 Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party has borrowed popular branding from state-of-the-art bike lockers and end of traffic... stop and reflect on the impact Facebook friends, the highest number — who presumably abandoned the gilets jaunes for its far more extreme trip facilities across campus. There is your thoughts and biases are having on of any age group, according to a 2018 conjunction between “vaccination” and policy platform of opposing Muslim even talk that the SRC, led by President the development of our metropolis and survey of Australian Facebook users. “flouride” to remain under the word limit immigration. Jacky He’s ambitious and controversial the creation of a connected, accessible Spare a thought for budding politicians — will oppose compulsory vaccination Back on campus, the recent election promise, might be establishing campus. between 50 and 64, most only have an and fluoride in water this election. resurgence of Moderate Liberals a university-specific bike share program. Art by Lauren Moore average of 114 Facebook friends. If votes If you’re on the prowl for a running as “Independents” (see also: ‘Lib-

10 11 PERSPECTIVE The Lost Boys of College Anonymous reflects on student resistance to adult management at St. Paul’s.

I lived at St. Paul’s College throughout ment of more undergraduate housing who were close friends with the old- students not to correspond with media. 2017 and 2018 when the college ex- and a larger St. Paul’s community would er student in question, or didn’t feel as One student said that “the College is perienced the unflattering glare of the irreparably compromise the College’s though their concerns were taken seri- unified with [the Warden] in the fight public spotlight for the first time in its tight-knit community and limit the ously. against sexism and the process of cul- USYD history. space in Victory Dinners, ANZAC cel- Dr Don Markwell, appointed in tural renewal.” Students at St Paul’s College proudly ebrations, and similar events. 2018, is in his second year as Warden. “Over the last year or so we’ve tried proclaim that their college is uniquely A common complaint was that the As a strong and respected moral lead- really hard as a college to remove tra- self-organised. Both first-year freshers quality of candidates for entry would er with an excellent track record, he ditions which weren’t good,” he said, and older students participate in jobs reduce—ironic, I thought at the time— promised to enact positive change. The mentioning that “the Broderick review referred to as convenorships. Through given those same residents’ propensity question remains: how will students has been a really great thing here that’s this, students gradually accumulate to either urinate on or kick down each respond to this? Will student leadership made [St. Paul’s] become a better place.’’ responsibilities. The Student Club (S others’ doors. To me, it felt like resi- continue murmuring bitterly about Such comments must be taken crit- GRAD. Club) are the leaders at the centre of dents were sometimes complaining for adults involving themselves in their ically. During my time, many students student activity. its own sake. Despite that, the S Club business, or will they seize the chance defended their college with similar mes- The 2018 Broderick Report noted “a did an admirable job of communicating to reform themselves? sages. I was ostracised by the Paul’s strong belief among students and for- sometimes sudden changes. Possible change to the enmity be- community for talking to Honi, and so mer students that the students, rather have plentiful reason to be suspicious than the staff, ‘run’ the College.” The Students saw themselves as responsible for continuing of its shiny exterior. report, however, didn’t explore this Nonetheless, if some older residents tension in depth. During my time at the traditions of their college, in opposition to a new are now on board with the review’s USYD Paul’s, I quickly found out that Pau- wave of staff conforming to political correctness. recommendations, that represents a lines weren’t opposed only to outsiders: significant reversal from the declared some residents also resisted the staff’s There was also student dissent to- tween students and adult management community consensus of my time there management of the college. wards the admission of female students may be on the way. Previously, only the that the review was a witch hunt. During my time, college students into the now-completed co-educational College Council could expel a student The new Warden occupies an - un told me they saw the interloping hand Graduate House, largely driven by ref- through an elaborate process. The stu- comfortable middle ground between of adult governance as a toxic influence, erences to the foundational values of dent who posted the infamous ‘whale’ the conservatism of some residents, corroding the traditions of the College. the college as an all-male institution. At screenshot received a short suspen- and the activist demands of others who STORE. Some referred to themselves as the ‘last a mock debate about combining with sion and continued to engage with the believe more should be done. of an era’. College staff cracked down Women’s College, a 3rd year leader aired College community during that time. It remains too early to conclude on O Week hazing and in response, the a perhaps more honest articulation: Recent governance changes mean that, whether staff will be able to carry the rituals preceding ANZAC day expand- “What makes Paul’s so great is that amongst other changes, the Warden is students with them, and whether wiser ed in the name of ‘tradition’, overseen there’s no chicks here. What that means now empowered to expel students. heads amongst the S Club will promote entirely by student leaders. The staff— is that we can all get fucking weird. I Current residents of Paul’s described cooperation with management. previously unopposed to the rituals— can just walk around naked. I don’t how the relationship between staff and For now, I can only be cautiously and now declaring new rules, were seen need to watch what I say at dinner.” students has changed since I left. No optimistic that the relationship be- by students as bowing to external pres- He went on to describe his freedom students would go on the record. When tween staff and students will improve sure. And so, students paid lip service in pursuing sexual conquests, the audi- I was at St Paul’s, the College advised with time. to staff requests. ence cheered, and in the eyes of impres- 2018’s S Club was left in the uncom- sionable freshers, he became the heroic Have you lost fortable position of declaring bans on flagbearer of college tradition they as- hazing before ANZAC day, knowing pired to be. that several ‘platoons’ led by their mates Students saw themselves as respon- would ignore their requests, and also sible for continuing the traditions of someHave youproperty lost knowing that they could do little to en- their college, in opposition to a new force those bans. At least one member wave of staff conforming to politi- of the current S Club organised an ini- cal correctness. At an annual student tiation last year. It is difficult for me to meeting, one of the leaders of the Salis- some property imagine him declaring a ban with any bury Syndicate—the group running at Uni? moral authority. the college bar—received enthusiastic The disrespectful opposition to applause for opposing the introduction adult intervention surprised me at of RSA guidelines and CCTV cameras, at Uni? times. At the daily formal dinner, when in objection to adult management. A controversial changes were announced particular feature of his speech were You might be or discussed by the Warden, disgrun- allusions to the need to uphold Paul’s tled older students would give off low values in the face of adults changing the hisses, reminding first years of the tra- nature of the college. Students I talked ditions at stake. to were worried that newly appointed inYou luck! might be A common frustration was a per- management would either cave into ex- ceived lack of consultation between ternal pressure, or more worryingly for staff, the S Club, and the residents. residents, seek cultural change. Please visit Campus Security in Some felt unable to bring up ideas for The relationship between adults in luck! reform, and saw themselves cordoned and residents at the college is more the CIS Building to see if you off from leadership positions for not complicated than I have sketched out. conforming to expectations. The parts of management that lived at canPlease identify visit Campus your belongings. Security in Others felt that everyday chang- the College grew understandably close es to room allocations and events had with students who spent many years the CIS Building to see if you occurred without their input, despite there. As noted in the Broderick Re- affecting their lives in significant ways. port, this facilitated effective and gen- can identify your belongings. As the recognised supplier of official USYD graduation gowns, A final group felt that reforms, such uinely unique pastoral care, but also led we guarantee high-quality, correct colours and perfect fit. as bans on hissing at first-years and to complications. Residents who sought hazing, were unreasonable, and felt ex- to complain about the behaviour of an cluded from the conversation. older member of the community either usu.edu.au/usydstore Students feared that the develop- baulked at complaining to adult staff

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HONI-DPS.indd 2 17/4/19 4:22 pm VoteMe in Stalk Holme My Campaigners CV Fillers Preference Deals Nominations Me USU Board Elections 2019 Nine candidates will contest six spots on Board this year. Each candidate completed a quiz prepared by Honi and sat an interview with two editors. Read our profiles to decide who’s the best fit for the job.

Each year, ambitious hacks, popular campus personali- opping block. Across the board, candidates exhibited at President - Korean Cultural Switch Member ties, and well-connected students enter the race to steer least a basic understanding of the C&S funding reforms in- The current 11 Appreciation Society the ship of a multimillion dollar organisation funded directly troduced during this year’s Welcome Festival. Connor Wherrett Tina Lee Vice President - Science Society Ellie Stephenson Welfare Officer - SRC from student wallets. This year is no different. Some acquired a deeper understanding than others, by (Labor Right/Unity) The annual USU elections have always garnered a virtue of roles on club executives, whilst others attributed Goodness Me, It’s Tina Lee Vice President - Medical Science Elect Ellie Lachlan Finch Debater - USU Debating Society reputation as the more relaxed and positive election in their understanding to informal discussions with friends in- (Liberal-aligned) Quiz Score: 72% Society (SciSoc) Quiz Score: 66% each year’s election calendar. Absent are the desperate volved in clubs. The differing depths of understanding was no limit on consensus however. Eight candidates criticised Claudia Gulbransen-Diaz vote-contesting methods, entire battalions of campaigners, (Labor Right/Unity) and shadowing techniques which characterise the SRC’s the funding changes or the limited consultation leading up Tina Lee lays claim to what is probably the most impressive list of Ellie Stephenson, like many a Grassroots-adjacent candidate before her, conventionally more gruelling election in semester 2. to the changes. Only one candidate, Tina Lee provided Adam Torres (Labor Left/NLS) involvement with USU clubs and societies, a fact noted even by other is running a left-wing campaign targeted towards the little guy on campus. The candidates campaign on the excitement, merits, qualified support for the changes, citing the need to consid- candidates when speaking to Honi. She has been on the executive of eight Her policy platform is accessibility-focused, including the subsidising and vibrancy of their policies, selling the image of everyday er smaller societies. Zimeng Ye benefits more often than broader engagement with issues The wide spread of results for the Honi quiz also de- (Panda) clubs and societies, and already holds life membership of the Union. On of C&S events, and RSA, First Aid, Mental Health First Aid, and Sexual of accessibility and structural reform. picts a cohort of candidates with disparate levels of expe- Jacob Masina top of this, she was the USU Volunteer of the Year in 2018. Assault response training. A self-proclaimed unionist, Stephenson is also (Liberal-aligned) On the hustings, campaigners easily deliver pitches rience within the USU, and varying membership in factions In spite of this leadership experience, Lee defers a lot of her hypothetical spotlighting staff concerns, advocating for pay ratios and encouraging without any mention of politics or activism. For this reason, which typically pass down institutional knowledge. With an Hengjie Sun decision-making to “what the board decides” when prompted with scenarios the USU to support staff strikes. This is poignant in an election where the the USU has become an effective entry point for Liber- average score of 46%, over half the candidates received (Panda) faced by past directors – with little consideration of the fact she herself may majority of other candidates’ policies are mostly student-centric. al-aligned figures taking positions on a student union. above-average scores. Liliana Tai be on the board too, with the propensity to sway a vote one way or another. Stephenson told Honi that her status as a student who is not from (Independent) Candidates with experience in activism, lobbying, and On broader trends, this year’s cohort continues to see This line of thinking quickly proves contradictory: speaking to Honi, she at Sydney who went to public school renders her unique. Though low-SES increased Chinese international student involvement, a far- Decheng Sun campaigns are told their skills are better suited to the SRC, once says that she wouldn’t take a political stance against the majority of students are undoubtedly a minority at this University, there is little in these an organisation with comparatively limited financial re- cry from elections of the era before Yifan Kong’s landmark (Advance) the board, then pivots to say that she would take a stance if the majority descriptors that distinguish her from, for example, an international student sources. Those candidates represent the minority of this election in 2016 which saw mostly limited international Maya Eswaran were acting against students’ best interests. But “students’ best interests” candidate who went to a public school. Her platform does, along this vein, year’s candidate cohort, particularly after Switch-aligned student participation.With three international student can- (Switch) independent Prudence Wilkins-Wheat withdrew from the didates running, much has advanced since Kong’s single is something Lee references extensively, but fails to define in any tangible, involve specific policies which address more niche international student Zhixian Wang race on Saturday for personal reasons. issue policy platform. International student candidates are (Independent) specific way. issues, such as the further integration of the Mandarin Debating Society All nine remaining candidates are joined by a common campaigning on issues relevant to all students this election. Lee adopts an unorthodox view on recent changes to C&S funding, into the USU Debates program. story. The USU has been a part of their student life, and arguing that the new model is “quite good” and “sustainable.” She Stephenson’s involvement in student organisations spans both the they have all vowed to serve student interests. They want CAST YOUR VOTE concedes that some smaller societies may benefit less from the model USU and SRC; she is engaged heavily with the USU Debating Society and to give back to an organisation which has been responsible (something she would be willing to discuss with individual societies). She and is a current SRC Welfare Officer. Though she lacks heavy involvement for their social circles, and the place they have found on Monday 13 May: USU Info Hubs (Manning House & ISL) 10am - 4pm is articulate in her support for affirmative action, and a diverse union. Her with the USU, her quiz score is commendable at 66 per cent, particularly campus. Most are well-acquainted with the club and society policy of introducing events to celebrate First Nations culture is one of few in comparison to other candidates with similar levels of contact with USU scene. All identified the USU C&S Program as the most im- Tuesday 14 May: USU Info Hubs (Manning House & ISL) , Mallet St/SCA & CON 11am - 3pm portant program for students. The least important program that directly addresses First Nations people among the 2019 candidates, mechanisms. Despite her level of experience within the USU, she remains varied across candidates but if responses are anything to though her level of consultation with First Nations groups here is unknown. a knowledgeable, and passionate candidate who is acutely aware of the Wednesday 15 May: Camperdown and Darlington campus 7:30am - 6:30pm go by, the USU’s start up hub, Incubate, might be on the ch- Lee is undoubtedly qualified, but her decision-making processes remain woes of financially disadvantaged students. opaque.

Australian Labor Party Member National Labor Students Member Public Relations Director - SUCSA China Talk Coordinator - China Development Society Tom Manousaridis Campus Activity Coordinator Nick Forbutt Vice President (External) - SASS Yinfeng (Benny) Shen Student Housing Officer - SRC Di (Eve) Wang Tom On Top Pick Nick Bennyficial We Believe Campaign Group Member - Pan- Resident Assistant - da Election Campaign SULS Queer Officer President - MAHSOC Quiz Score: 84% Quiz Score: 78% Quiz Score: 53% Queen Mary Building Quiz Score: 44%

Tom Manousaridis has a CV that is undoubtedly befitting of an aspiring Like his Labor counterpart, Nick Forbutt boasts a polished CV and Benny Shen comes across as earnest, and open to making mistakes. Involved Eve Wang belongs to the growing cadre of self-identifying “politically neutral” Board Director, replete with myriad executive positions in a variety of professional presentation heading into this election. Despite apparently with Advance in the past, he was asked to run for Board by their former SRC candidates to run for USU Board despite obvious factional affiliations and clubs and societies and employment with the USU as the Campus deciding to run for Board earlier this year, Forbutt’s experience lends itself presidential candidate Alex Yang, and told Honi that he would vote for current the inherent contradictions of the term. Wang has loose affiliations with the Activities Coordinator last year. well to his candidacy, with a number of C&S executive positions and a Director Decheng Sun (Advance) for the USU presidency. He is nonetheless international student group Panda, having campaigned for Zimeng Ye in last Manousaridis performed the best out of all of this years’ nine conveniently nascent career in student politics fostered by the SRC. running as an independent, with a view of supporting whatever he deems year’s Board campaign. candidates in our quiz, flexing an intimate knowledge of the USU’s inner This is a virtue Forbutt is willing to capitalise on, advising us during “sensible.” His policies lack an explicit ideological grounding beyond the As one of the younger candidates, Wang holds some of the least experience machinations. Similarly, during his interview, he displayed a considered his interview that he was one of the most experienced candidates to run notion of helping students – he is enthused by the provision of “free stuff”, for for the role of Director, with little prior engagement in student politics and approach to directorship, spruiking policies on C&S funding reform and this year. It’s also a quality that is reflected in his quiz score, which ranks example – and most policies are not entirely developed. student leadership. Her policy platform is relatively vague and features a affordable food outlets. second highest amongst all the candidates. Forbutt also offers by far the Shen nevertheless adopts a gung-ho approach. He ardently cites a number of policies with questionable feasibility, including the expansion of For these reasons, experience and knowledge will almost certainly most comprehensive policy platform out of any of the candidates, with specific concern for the lack of transparency on the board, and laments that Access rewards to off-campus establishments. Where Wang’s limited policy be promoted by campaigners as the main selling points of the Tom on detailed policies dedicated to C&S funding reform, sexual misconduct there is no existing forum to consult with the board despite the existence of platform is obviously stronger is in areas that focus on international students, Top campaign this week. If Unity’s last Board campaign is anything reporting policy, and the ongoing campaign for international student question time, which is open to students at monthly board meetings. including expanding Counselling and Psychological Services to languages to go by, there’s a good chance that the high quiz score attached to concessions. The specificity of some of his policies in other areas appears extreme, other than English. this profile will be routinely brandished in walk and talks along Eastern Forbutt is, without a doubt, an exceptionally well rounded candidate but the vast amount of students affected by things such as an exorbitant Judging by her interview, Wang sees her role primarily as a representative Avenue. when it comes to institutional knowledge and reciting policy points. Where minimum charge on Alipay payments, or the lack of Access at SCA food for international students. Almost all her answers revolved around this Though it’s easy to see the value in competency — and there is no his occasional weakness shows is in his reticence to discuss issues outside outlets mitigates this view. These particular policies align with Shen’s vision community: her main criticism of the Board was its lack of international doubt much to value — voters would do well to look beyond this metric. of his policy statement. At multiple points during his interview, Forbutt of the USU as being service-centric, but their feasibility remains up in the student engagement, the main challenge for the Board she identified was Carrying an objectively stacked CV, it’s fair to assume that Manousaridis refused to adopt a position on issues he hadn’t previously considered, air – it’s unlikely that the USU has any jurisdiction over the mechanisms of increasing international student engagement, and the primary achievements has had his sights set on Directorship since he stepped foot on campus including at one point opting to remain neutral on the expansion of Alipay, for example. of the Board she identified were the steps it had taken to increase international and is intent on attaining it, having refused to rule out a preference affirmative action to disabled, international, and First Nations students, Other policies such as the development of a ‘Humans of USyd’ page are student engagement. deal with Cady Brown, the only candidate in the race belonging to the citing the “complexity” of the issue. futile, and demonstrate a lack of engagement with the USU: its media outlet Like previous Board Director Koko Kong, Wang is more or less a single same party that has, for some time, been intent on dismantling student Students no doubt have a reliable and safe choice when it comes to Pulp already publish something akin to Shen’s idea. Though scattered, some issue candidate. It’s fair to say that, for those uninterested in international unionism altogether. For those who see value in Manousaridis’ policies, picking Nick. Forbutt’s policies are extensive and well thought out. Perhaps of Shen’s policies fill the potholes otherwise overlooked by other candidates. student issues, Wang has little to offer. For the sizeable number of international there’s plenty of reason to put him on top. Those who don’t should it’s likely in the future, given the opportunity to refine his political chops, With a score of 53 per cent on the quiz, one could christen him a somewhat students who do struggle with the inaccessibility of many parts of the Union refrain from being persuaded by knowledge and experience alone. Forbutt will grow more confident in his ability to hash out policy intuitively. promising candidate. and the University more broadly however, Wang may be the best option. VoteMe in CULTURE Lo-fi is more than just beats to study to Anton Nguyen is in a green jacket with headphones on and pencilling into a notebook. When thinking of the perfect one until the task at hand is complete. and personal obligations, lo-fi becomes sounds, it makes sense that this flawed environment for productivity, pumping Being the vehicle of productivity has something else. Taken out of its usual genre formed emanations of their out a last minute assignment or just potentially spelt its downfall in the context, it is no longer mathematical makers (and listeners). Its technical wanting something to rewind, nothing most poetic form of self-sacrifice. formulas that fleeted passed my mind minimalism and grassroots history is beats lo-fi music. From humble This has been the sentiment of but, old friends, lovers, and painful something very tangible and powerful Ruolin (Irene) Ma Cady Brown Liberal Party Member beginnings in the 1950s DIY and budget Australian hip-hop and lo-fi artist experiences from a distant memory as it gives young garage-studio music studios, lo-fi — low-fidelity music Henry Lin who has found lo-fi to have come flooding back. Waves of nostalgia Soundcloud producers the power to Rollin’ With Ruolin Student Housing Officer - SRC Cady Can Secretary - Intercollegiate grown “lifeless.” Spruiked out of his challenge high-end productions from Collective — has become a staple for university are often triggered by provocative Quiz Score: 38% Quiz Score: 28% students. Lo-fi has come to replace humble bedroom-turned-studio, Henry samples from films and songs of my Los Angeles. Himself led by the next classical music as the go-to Spotify spoke about how lo-fi’s simplicity childhood. Here, the gaps from the generation of creators, Henry suggests Irene Ma is keen to evade questions pertaining to her political outlook and Brown falls into the category of candidates who believe that if they say playlist when it comes to needing to get risks “becoming overproduced with missing lyrics were filled with words that lo-fi will only survive through philosophy, budging not even when Honi asks her of her views on tax, or the free they are independent enough times, it may just come true. She has things done. The popularity of lo-fi as everything sounding the same.” He from my own journey. the“authenticity of new artists, now market. She is running as an independent, claiming she refused to run with the been involved in the Liberal party for one year, and has campaigned for study music however has pushed many cynically finished by saying, “I guess When I spoke to American born, given the opportunity to evolve it.” backing of Advance. She self-brands as “politically neutral”. comparable ‘Libdependent’ campaigns, such as Lachlan Finch’s USU to question whether there is something that is part of the reason lo-fi became Chinese lo-fi artist Jake Chan, who Even beyond the 24-hour live- Lamentably for Ma, many of her political positions shine through in offhand board run in 2018. This is problematic considering the duty regulations of more meaningful behind the classic what it became.” goes by the stage name Jake $ing, he streams on YouTube, lo-fi’s modern comments she makes haphazardly. She says that she supports the USU being the USU expressly require Directors to campaign against VSU – the very cymbals, bass and touches of piano Yet lo-fi is something I find myself told me that he chose the genre because presence has secured itself a popular in favour of same-sex marriage, that she would vote in favour of policies affecting thing that the LNP abolished, and something Brown was unable to note in all looped together that make up any coming back to. In these moments, it was “capable of conveying intricate cult following for many years to minorities such as international students, that she admires Tom Raue’s actions Honi’s quiz. None of this is an issue for Brown, who asserts her “student standard track. and particularly out of the emotional emotions,” thus making it an “outlet” come. With the narrower but popular in leaking documents pertaining to police and University collaboration, and that experience” and “professional life” will be kept separate (though it’s hard For me, it is clear that the beauty exhaustion from the culmination of for young creatives. Being founded derivatives of lo-fi hip-hop is now she is hesitant to collaborate with the University if elected. All these tidbits paint a to see how directing a multi-million dollar corporation can be severed from of lo-fi and its ability to enable long exams, extracurricular commitments on intentionally muffled, distorted attracting its own subculture, lo-fi picture of a rather left-leaning candidate. one’s professional life). periods of focus is its simplicity. Lo-fi now appears frequently in mainstream Not much of this is reflected in Ma’s policies, which mostly remain, true to Brown advances some lofty policy ideas, seeing the renovation of the — often unaccompanied by any distinct music, being featured in popular tracks her word, decidedly apolitical – apart from lobbying for international student Wentworth building as beneficial, all the while being aware of its expected vocals — has constant smooth rhythms by artists such as Post Malone, Frank concession cards, and promoting more affordable food on campus. Other policies demolition within the next 18 months. As to the namesake of the building and steady beats. Where classical Ocean and Joji. amount to services that already exist in some form or another, perhaps with the music has been famed for its ability to But its popularity does not come

being that of someone who described First Nations people as ‘orangutans’, Art by Allanson Olivia exception of an intra-campus bus on the Camperdown/Darlington campus. Brown tells Honi that “if people are being activists against the existence make listeners feel smarter due to its easily. Faced with a barrage of copyright In terms of experience, Ma’s is sparse. She is unhappy with the new C&S of the name Wentworth, the USU should consider both sides.” She does complexity, lo-fi is less demanding, with and resistance from mainstream music funding model, but does not know how she will improve it. When this was put express genuine concern for the nascent C&S funding model, and boasts loops simulating progress and making providers like Spotify due to frequent to her, she claimed her study of BUSS1030: Accounting, Business and Society, some run-of-the mill eco-friendly policy items. listeners feel they are achieving more. use of samples, lo-fi faces a precarious alongside her role as the SRC’s Student Housing Officer would assist. Perhaps it Although, international students are all but ignored in Brown’s platform. As unassuming as lo-fi is, its future of misconceptions. The genre is worthwhile to note that the Student Housing Office of the SRC has been mostly Unfortunately for this campus minority, she says that “[she] finds it very simplicity has left me struggling to share continues to resist the seemingly inactive this year. hard to empathise when [she’s] not in their position.” On the other hand, or recall my favourite tracks. Instead, it eternal relegation to being capable That Ma has a limited range of policies and working knowledge of the USU Brown, with her score of 28 per cent on the quiz, is an ideal candidate for all becomes lost in the moment rather of only being “study music.” But for suggests that she would be better served publicly adopting her political positions, college students, for whom she promises to increase the visibility of the than being a memorable experience in lo-fi, this isn’t the end. Now, lo-fi has and shaping her campaign around them. USU. itself. There is no distinct start or finish become its own aesthetic, distinct and to each track, as each song moulds into pronounced as its own art form. A recent The duality of Us history Soo Choi analyses Us as a reflection of America’s dark past. CAUTION: SPOILERS One of Jordan Peele’s most telling delivers another version of the Wilsons — her own “ideal” life above ground — but But Peele shows us a way forward, comments about his new film Us is the one that has been oppressed, traumatised nevertheless, she continues to be haunted. out of this adamant refusal to confront story of a nightmare from his childhood. and forgotten — through the Tethered. Despite the Tethered being perceived as our own history. The film itself is a 2011: University unsuccessfully attempts to terminate the USU’s occupation license over the Manning, Wentworth, and Holme In the dream, which inspired the film, he Peele’s use of duality here is arguably the threatening Other, when asked what mirror-image of classic horror, taking Zizheng (Oscar) Bai Student Leader - Centre for Buildings. would be standing on a subway platform, a reference to Web Du Bois’ seminal they are, Red responds “we’re Americans.” many visual cues from The Shining, English Teaching only to look up and see “[himself] on the theory of ‘double consciousness’. Du In this loaded answer, we realise that the Nightmare on Elm Street and Jaws. But opposite side of the subway track.” This Bois proposes that African-Americans Tethered are a forcibly forgotten part of rather than replicating, Peele inverts the For Better, For Future Masters - Project Management 2012: USU Board splits 6-5, voting to ultimately approve pro-life Quiz Score: 28% group LifeChoice as an official club. deeply unsettling image of seeing oneself often experience the sensation of having America, left underground to die. But, tropes of the tradition; notably, he places reflected and recreated serves as the two selves — one being the ‘black’ self, just as Red is bound to Adelaide, the the white Tyler family in the secondary central underpinning fear of the entire and the other being the ‘American’ self Tethered are also an undeniable part of position that the black family would 2013: Board Director and USU Vice President Tom Raue leaks a During his interview, Oscar Bai explained that he had taken a critical confidential USU report to Honi Soit which indicates the university film. But beneath this, Peele proposes that has internalised the lens of a racially America’s dark history. typically take, to be killed off early in the thinking course during his undergraduate degree. We can only assume collaborated with police against student strikes. The Board passes that the real fear is the horror of truly oppressive society. They exist fragmented The derogatory Native American film for comedic value. that it must have enthusiastically championed the virtues of Benthamite a motion to eject him from the Board, a decision challenged seeing yourself. into these two ‘souls’ that conflict as each cartoon on the front of the funhouse in As Jenna Wortham excellently Us Us utilitarianism, as the will of the majority seems to play a critical role in unsuccessfully by Raue in the Supreme Court with the USU spending follows the Wilson family’s attempts to repress the other. 1986 is replaced with a smiling Merlin pointed out, with a white family has Invasion Bai’s approach to leadership. One can almost hear Alexis de Tocqueville more than $100,000 in legal fees. The motion to eject him from the summer holiday to Santa Cruz where In Du Bois’ framework, the Tethered by 2019. Kitty (Elisabeth Moss), another already been made — “it’s called of the Bodysnatchers rolling in his grave when Bai promises that, in the absence of any declared Board is ultimately put and unsuccessful after student pressure. A Adelaide, the mother, played by Lupita family parallel the repressed black mother on holiday, comments on .” political philosophy, the sole factor informing his decisions will be “what petition signed by more than 600 students defends Raue’s actions. Nyong’o, vacationed as a child. Adelaide identity, violently buried by oppressive how fashionable the Native American Here, Peele re-does what has been benefits the most students.” gets increasingly anxious as she recalls American society. The conflict between headdress in her magazine is. A cheerful done before, to show us what has encountering a doppelganger of herself the two ‘souls’ is most evident when TV ad explains how Hands Across been missing in our past. And through From the small number of policies Bai disclosed at the time of his 2016: The USU threatens to deregister the Evangelical Union interview, several were relatively redundant in light of existing programs from the C&S program over its requirement that members make as a child in the boardwalk’s funhouse. Adelaide strangles Red (with a pair of America can end American poverty. Peele reflection and sometimes painful offered by the USU and the University, including advertising USU job a declaration of faith in Jesus Christ. The USU argues the faith- As night falls, the Wilson family are handcuffs nonetheless, perhaps alluding shows that too often we choose to forget confrontation, change is created. availabilities to students and a career mentorship program similar to ones based requirement limited participation from students and amounted confronted by the ‘Tethered’ arriving to the legacy of slavery). As Adelaide our own history, slapping a band-aid over already run by various societies. Bai also had no prepared approach to to a discriminatory religious litmus test for membership eligibility. in their driveway — a family who are laughs maniacally over Red’s body, we institutionalised racism and the legacy of the issue of C&S funding, which most other candidates identified as a key Following public pressure, the USU backtracked on deregistration murderous copies of the Wilsons, led by come to see that Adelaide is in fact slavery and dispossession. But much like issue in this election. From the small number of policies he did propose, and established consultation mechanisms with faith-based societies. Adelaide’s doppelganger, Red. both characters, two reflected identities the Tethered emerging from the tunnels including extending the opening hours of USU stores into the night and the The Wilsons are portrayed as a struggling for control. As her son Jason of America’s past (perhaps a reference comfortable black family, wearing realises this, he lowers his mask over his to the Underground Railroad), the establishment of a McDonald’s on campus, Bai seemed to demonstrate a 2017: USU votes to stay open during an NTEU industrial action. The I Got vague tendency towards commercialism, though conceded that this was 2017 election sees the lowest turnout in seven years. Howard sweatshirts and jamming to face, choosing to hide rather than face horrors of history are inescapable. 5 On It only because he perceived it to be in the interest of the majority of students. as they vacation at their lakehouse. this difficult truth. And when they do ensnare us, it Despite the subtle representations of This repression of burdensome is in the reflected image — the Bai has a frankly inadequate knowledge of the USU for the role of 2018: USU keeps silent on the University’s proposed Western Director, and is all too willing to defer to the will of the majority when Civilisation degree and introduces a new C&S alcohol policy. That racial identity, Peele avoids explicit memories becomes a nod to the broader comparison between past and asked about his guiding principles. For those who are seeking a candidate policy proved unpopular after a petition signed by 80 clubs emerged. discussion of their race, briefly allowing way in which we often avoid reflection present, subterranean and surface- whose views are entirely malleable, Bai may be the right choice. However, Radical Sex and Consent Week is scrapped after engagement drops. viewers to buy into the myth of a post- for fear of confronting harsh realities level, reality and denial — that our those looking for an informed or principled candidate may question his racial age. about ourselves. Adelaide practices this, flaws, traumas and wrongs become credentials. This illusion is shattered as Peele denying Red’s existence whilst living too ugly and glaring to ignore.

17 SWF Know Your Place: The Politics of Identity Rhea Cai listens as three women of colour writers discuss the process of writing identity. The question (and perhaps the burden) concerned with interrogating the the treacherous waters of identity of representation is one that plagues shifting and unstable intersections politics in a world that appears highly many writers of colour. But should of race, gender, class, and national globalised, culturally hybrid, and even it? Are literary portrayals of “life in history. post-racial. It’s a difficult question, and the margins” construed by readers as Castillo, when asked about the there is a marked silence before Castillo mere examples of “migrant porn”? And process of creating Hero De Vera, the replies. “I think a singular identity is how are we to move beyond the optics protagonist of her novel, says that her certainly a fiction, but it is a fiction of diversity to enact real, structural main goal was “not depicting Filipino that has been used in material ways to change? women as a monolith.” She argues oppress,” she says. “It’s more important Roanna Gonsalves, author of The that class complicates figurations of to dismantle the ways in which identity Permanent Resident, begins the Sydney power within ethnic enclaves, yet these has been linked to things like structural Writers Festival panel on Friday with internal divisions are often elided into a power or institutional injustice.” Castillo embraces her own identity Both Castillo and Bhutto are preoccupied as a Filipino and queer woman. “I don’t mind being named for what I am, for with the quotidian, the everyday, the kind of formations that make me,” and the banal lives of people of colour. she emphasises. “But what I want is for all people the following words on identity: “It is singular group identity. to be named for the formations that true that writers of colour often get “The idea that we would expect a make their writing. Because we don’t asked to speak about identity, as if that certain group of writers to translate approach white writers in the same way, is our place, whilst white writers don’t. their culture,” Castillo notes, “ultimately we don’t ask them the same questions.” But really all writing is an exploration impoverishes what readership really A radical thought: perhaps the of identity at some level; it’s just that is.” Rather, both Castillo and Bhutto place of writers is not to be less white identity is the norm, and so is are preoccupied with the quotidian, political, or less identitarian. masked as neutral.” the everyday, and the banal lives It is not to say: “I am a writer first, Questions about the visibility and of people of colour. “The terror of a person of colour and a queer woman invisibility of certain identities serve violence is not in the act,” Bhutto says, second.” as the guiding structure of Gonsalves’ whose novel explores the pathways to The place of writers, as Castillo discussion with novelists Fatima Islamic extremism. “It’s all those days and Bhutto suggest, is to capture the Bhutto (The Runaways) and Elaine afterwards — the haunting. And I full gamut of the particular space they Castillo (America Is Not the Heart). think that’s the only way you can inhabit. Bhutto was born in Kabul, write about those terrible things… It is to elevate the role of reading Afghanistan, and grew up in Syria and what happens the day after? How do beyond an ethnographic study, a guilt Pakistan, whilst Castillo is a Filipina- you survive the ordinary?” trip, or a trauma narrative. It is to American born and raised in the San An audience member raises the celebrate the simple, yet magical act of Francisco Bay Area. Both authors are question of how we might navigate listening to someone else’s story. More or ‘Less’ uncertain: Andrew Sean Greer on changing queer identities Deaundre Espejo and Jeffrey Khoo get their books signed by one of their favourite authors. As Andrew Sean Greer sits down for middle-aged gay man in America, they before, queer people now have the “A lot of people read it like a romantic our interview, he can’t avoid the irony of also acutely felt the confusion of losing opportunity to remake ourselves in any comedy, Bridget Jones or something. That the situation. Greer is at Sydney Writers their youth. way we want to be. But with so much says to me that people find two men in Festival talking about his Pulitzer Prize- “Some hang on to [youth], get plastic freedom and the pressure to get it right love to be utterly conventional… There winning novel Less, in which Arthur surgery — that’s horrifying. [On the at a young age, it is hard not to feel doubt. is a little bit of that feeling from an old Less — a gay novelist approaching other hand,] There’s this whole new ‘bear’ According to Greer, the best thing movie, of running away from the altar to fifty — escapes a recent heartbreak by category of gay men that has appeared to do is expect that we will never have the man she should’ve married all along. attending literary events in far-flung in the last ten years, celebrating being all the answers, similar to embracing the But a happy ending for queer people is locations, getting swept up in unlikely middle-aged and manly. But I’m never unpredictability of travel. “When the bus unconventional. We don’t get that a lot.” predicaments along the way. going to be that.” breaks down in the middle of a volcano Less’s breakthroughs of joy and Less explores the absurd ways we poignancy highlight both the ups and deal with uncertainty in travel, aging “There’s a whole generation ahead of me that didn’t live downs of being queer, while reaffirming and relationships. As a writer, and its most wonderful and liberating parts. as someone who has lived through to grow old. I saw them in their twenties dying of AIDS.” “It’s so lucky that I’m gay. Because I reincarnations of queer identity and Greer’s protagonist Arthur mirrors and you have to figure it out, [that is] think I’m an uptight, anxious person. It the evolving pace of gay relationships these insecurities. He finds himself the thing you’ll remember most, and to freed me. I don’t have to sit by the usual through the years, Greer is no stranger wanting a soulmate against the odds of know that you’ve overcome it is the most masculine standards of keeping my to ambiguity. circumstance, in the purgatory between satisfying thing.” emotions in… no one expects that of me.” “There’s a whole generation ahead the youthful gallantry and grey-haired And it was through Less that Greer It is interesting that being a “bad of me that didn’t live to grow old. I saw wisdom of his former lovers. sought out answers for himself. “I wrote gay” — an oddity in an inherently them in their twenties dying of AIDS,” Yet Greer’s narrative voice isn’t this book because I thought no one non-conformist space — was initially Greer says. self-pitying, nor does it indulge in would ever read it. That gave me freedom amongst Arthur’s biggest fears. But Less “They were part of a sexual revolution existentialist dread. Less shines when it to write exactly what I wanted to, that is an encouragement to throw caution to where they thought coupling up was delves into uncertainty from a place of was not meant for the community, nor the wind and live a little. participating in a heteronormative humour and joy. my editor, nor my agent, which was hard “Hopefully, for any young person narrative. They wanted lots of lovers. My “It looks like everyone has it together, but liberating.” who has to say to the world, ‘I’m not generation was the first that said, ‘We but most of us can barely get through the He also wants to challenge how what you thought I was, the plans you can’t do that. We have to have boyfriends day without some disaster happening,” literature often portrays queer lives had for me are not going to happen,’ you and stick together.’... I would fall in love he laughs. as tragedies, feeling that there was a have a chance to write your own destiny so quickly because that’s all there was.” It is refreshing to hear such optimism missing space on bookshelves for “two and define yourself,” Greer tells us. As Greer’s generation began to define in our current time of profound angst. men in love who are willing to give it a “For my generation, that is the greatest for the first time what it meant to be a Carrying the legacy of those who fought decent chance.” reward to see.”

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f one believes university is a Indigenous owners would become be codified in England’s premier in 1829 as the Anglican counterpart in corporation attempted to supply the Bourke allowed each of the four establishment, relationships between identify as a Christian, 2.6% as Muslims, public and secular affair, they the key means of financing the colony, universities, Oxford and Cambridge. the metropolis of the ‘godless’ college in Anglican Church an estate “comprising major religious groups to build their the University and Churches remained 0.4% as Jews and 30.1% as having no might occasionally observe a few typically through lease agreements and As Turney, Bygott and Chippendale, Gower Street”. one-seventh part in extent and own colleges to administer their own cordial. After the founding, the Churches religion. Resulting student societies Ianomalies on campus. The first as an incentive for convicts. Land was authors of A History of the University of These issues in England were value of all lands in each county”. education. These four colleges St. focussed resources on developing have sprung up to represent and practice time I was inside the Catholic Society’s distributed throughout NSW in a grid Sydney Volume I explain, “a university transplanted to Australia as the USyd’s Unsurprisingly, the corporation failed Paul’s (Anglican), St. John’s (Roman their own religious institutions of their faith. Besides the Catholic Society, Clubhouse was on a cold Winter with private lots bordered by Crown education, or at least a university very own motto foreshadows “Sidere to obtain popular support. Curiously, Catholic), Wesley College (Methodist), higher education, including Notre the Australasian Union of Jewish morning after a lecture. The Centre, reserve. The grid gradually faded degree was the prerogative of those, mens eadem mutato” (the stars change, The King’s School in Parramatta was St. Andrew’s (Presbyterian) would Dame University (Catholic) and Moore underneath the Urbanest in Jane Foss away as the State leased and sold its’ and only those, who subscribed to the the mind remains the same). Vice- founded partly in response to this have subgrants of 20 acres of land College (Anglican), both in Sydney Russell Plaza, is modern, clean, and in reserve land. William Bligh, the fourth established religion”. Both Oxford and Chancellor Spence explained that the failure, perhaps explaining the size of in the USyd campus. The funding University’s vicinity. However, tensions a better condition than the University Governor of NSW, was granted 240 Cambridge students had to prove their motto’s direct implication continues its’ 365-acre campus. of these colleges was split between lingered on an individual level. As of Sydney Union’s (USU) buildings. acres for “private residence” in late 1806. adherence to the Church of England, to mean that “our University can do it Wentworth pushed to establish the Church and State with the State described in A History of the University Wooden panelling adorns its interior. The acreage encompassed the present which was also supplemented by as well here as anywhere else in the a secular learning institution called matching all money raised by the of Sydney Volume II, Professor of Free printing and wifi is provided. suburb of Camperdown and the entirety compulsory attendance at daily chapel. world. In 1850, when the University of Sydney College, now Sydney Grammar Churches. This would be formalised Philosophy from 1927 to 1958, John There’s a chapel and a common room of Newtown. Directly east of This tradition, though more relaxed, Sydney was founded, this was a bold, School. The College, the predecessor on the 18th January 1855, with a Anderson criticised the role of religion with a pool table. It’s a relaxing scene. Bligh’s private residence continues with St. even radical, thing to say… [because it to USyd, was only secular in the sense deed of grant by the State where no in public education as a limit on enquiry. The chapel was built and owned by the was Crown land leased Paul’s and St. took] a commitment to excellence in that students and administration less than 18 acres would be given to Anderson’s speech in April 1943 before Archdiocese of Sydney. The construction to Major Grose who John’s offering everything”. would not have to prove their loyalty to each college. These grants would be the New Education Fellowship was was approved by the then Archbishop used it for agriculture. It weekly chapel. Spence’s answer reflects the a religion. However, it would still teach owned by a trust with USyd given heavily criticised by both Church and of Sydney, George Pell. was Grose’s farm that The ruling University’s foundations on the religious subjects in providing a liberal responsibility as the main overseer. State. In the Legislative Assembly of the The Catholic Society’s Clubhouse would eventually councils of backdrop of religious diversity at a time education. For it’s time, the College’s This appeasement worked and the NSW parliament, a motion was passed — one of many links between the turn into the Cambridge when it was radical for a university to secularity was contentious and the University Bill passed. Religious stating that Anderson’s “comments were University and established religion — University and Oxford, be secular, or make concessions to a Archdeacon of the Anglican Church tensions ultimately heralded the unjustified and calculated to undermine sits at the terminus of the historical of Sydney the Caput and religion other than the Anglican Church. was not in attendance at the College’s origins of a secular university. “It was the principles which constitute a evolution of religious appeasement and (USyd) in Hebdomadal The various Christian denominations of opening ceremony”. the first time that the Catholics as a Christian State”. Sir Henry Manning, Students, EU, and Sydney University secularity in Australia, all dating back to 1850. Today, Board the settlers and convicts complicated As historian Manning Clark argued, body had been recognised officially as representative of the Legislative Council Muslim Student Association maintain the beginnings of colonial New South the only respectively, initial attempts at establishing a primary “this liberalism would have said a on a footing of perfect equality with on the University Senate was more high membership year-to-year. The Wales (NSW) and this very university. remnants were “clerical church. The powerful Anglican (Church loud Amen, [however] the founding the Protestants” recorded a historian zealous in his criticism, attempting University has accommodated different of Grose’s oligarchies” of England), Presbyterian (a Scottish on [secular] liberalism prompted only of the Benedictine Pioneers. to pass a Senate motion “designed to faiths by constructing a multi-faith Land rights Farm live w i t h reformation denomination), Wesleyan indifference and unbelief towards Schisms over the University’s remind the Senate that the reason for chapel and providing religious services on through members (an off branch from Anglicanism) and religion”. secularity have not disappeared since the foundation of the university was the through liaison church representatives. The year is 1788 and the First Fleet has Grose Farm ordained Roman Catholic lobbies ultimately led Wentworth’s push for secularity 1855. In 2016, the USU attempted advancement of the Christian religion Specific needs have also been addressed just arrived. Eucalyptus trees dominate Lane on ministers of the early colonist William Wentworth to met strong opposition from the major to deregister the Evangelical Union and to assert than no university teacher such as the dedication of rooms in Old Port Jackson where small shelters litter Western campus. Church. create a secular university. religious groups of NSW. As a (EU) and Catholic Society over could attack that purpose”. Teacher’s College for Islamic prayer. the cove in a makeshift clearing. The Two years after the establishment Today, links between religious Sydney Morning Herald faith-based requirements This Senate motion was ultimately In spite of it all, the University’s terrain is rough and the soil is in an even of the penal colony, the Lady Juliana bodies and senior management of editorial from 12 October for membership. The USU amended to avoid directly attacking connections to organised religion arrived in Port Jackson. New orders Sydney University remain. Vice- The founding 1849 titled, The fate of the argued these requirements Anderson, instead re-affirming the have come at a cost. Since the first were dispatched to Governor Phillip Chancellor Michael Spence’s ordination University Bill argues, “in were discriminatory and University’s purpose of free intellectual fleet, First Nations’ cultures have been from Lord Sydney “that a particular as an Anglican priest is well known, and The year is 1850, 62 years after the his inordinate anxiety limited accessibility enquiry. erased from learning institutions. spot in or as near each town as he remains a volunteer member of the arrival of the First Fleet and Sydney is to make his university to all USU members, Indigenous songlines, and stories of the possible be set apart for the building Anglican Diocese. At least seven current a bustling hub of trade, supported by comprehensive and before backflipping The university today Dreamtime, have been cast away from of a church, and 400 acres adjacent members of the University Executive 187,000 residents. With a large portion liberal, he hit upon on deregistration campus’ museums, whilst colleges, thereto allotted for the maintenance have religious ties. External Senate of the eucalyptus forest removed, an expedient that threats after public The year is 2019, 169 years since and the University’s settler-religious of a minister and 200 for a school Committee member Vincent Graham great plains spread from Farm Cove to would make it pressure from the the founding of USyd. The landscape connections, remain deeply rooted in master”. These letters were recorded is a non-executive director of NSW Grose Farm littered with houses and ultra-exclusive mainstream press. is hardly recognisable from its natural their place. Tensions between religion in Hermes, archived by assistant Catholic Schools. Terry Williamson is infrastructure. In Grose Farm, fields and intolerant”. A The result is faith- setting. Asphalt and concrete cover the and a secular education have long shaped Fisher librarian, J. A. Tunnicliffe. The a member of the Finance Committee of barley cover what is now St. John’s letter published based requirements environment turning Grose Farm into the University’s changing history. Yet orders went on to majorly influence of the Society of the Divine Word, a College, whilst a small military barracks in the same continue today, with an urban jungle. What was a eucalyptus the University ovals have remained education in NSW. Catholic missionary congregation. surrounded by stockades stands where newspaper by clause 3.2 of the EU forest is now one of the most heavily the same since the construction of the For the University, the orders meant Prominent Undergraduate Senate Sancta Sophia College now sits. an anonymous writer, Constitution requiring developed suburbs in Sydney. colleges. Parramatta Road remains a the land directly under City Road Fellow Francis Tamer is a former Parramatta Road is a 3-horse carriage argued, “the express exclusion ordinary members to “confess their These changes are also represented 3-car wide thoroughfare (albeit now was reserved for schools, a fact president of the Catholic Society. At wide thoroughfare from Botany Bay to of no other portion of the community faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.” in the student body where the students with cars instead of carriages). Even the which can still be seen today. least five other present and past Senate Parramatta. than that class whose office is to uphold Despite the rigorous debate come from over 140 countries, a far concerns of the student body remain In 1958, the Cumberland Fellows have been affiliated with St From this prosperity, multiple the interests and teach the principles surrounding Sydney University’s more multicultural and diverse array the same. An Honi Soit editorial in 1939 County Council Plan defined Paul’s College, either through familial religious denominations attempted to and practice of religion, prove beyond than the 19th century published survey results that land under ‘special uses ties or having studied there themselves. create their own college to provide a question to every reasoning mind that colony. Likewise, the indicating that most – educational and medical’. These links are not solely to the traditional education in preparation the Sydney University is intended to religious landscape has student complaints The old Darlington School Christian Church – Senate Fellow Ilana for the ecclesiastical profession. The be an infidel institution”. To break changed too. As of the were about compulsory used to inhabit this area until Atlas is a non-executive director of the Roman Catholic Archbishop, John the deadlock on the University Bill, 2016 census, 52.2% lectures. Some things the end of 1975 when the JewishCare Charity. Bede Polding developed St Mary’s Governor Richard of the population never change. land was purchased by the It is now rare to have ordained clergy Seminary in Sydney whilst the University. The only surviving belonging to the University Executive, Anglican Archdeacon Thomas Scott, building is the ‘Old School unlike the age of “compulsory chapel”. under endorsement from the English Building’ in the middle of the Instead, even as far back as 1939, the government, helped coordinate the Cadigal Green oval. It was on undergraduate Donald Horne identified Church and School Corporation. That this ‘special uses’ land that that “[The University’s] governing body the Catholic Chaplaincy now was largely controlled by important resides. judges and doctors from downtown”. The old education system of the Church and State 1500s was challenged in the late 19th century by an emerging middle class The year is 1534 and the Act less interested in religious liberal arts of Supremacy has just been passed; teaching and more concerned with a Catholicism has been rejected. King secular and professional education. Henry VIII has founded a new state The Scottish poet, Thomas Campbell religion in the Church of England. The addressed this issue, writing to The poorer implications for English history are Times in February 1825 proposing condition. obvious but its consequences are wide the establishment of a new university The days are reaching, explaining birth of USyd, the in London. Turney, Bygott and long under the colleges, private universities like Notre Chippendale enlighten the context, threat of starvation. Dame in Broadway, and private schools writing that “indirectly, Campbell’s The distribution of land like the King’s School. initiative also gave rise to the after its theft from traditional The Church of England would foundation of King’s College, chartered

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My Mom’s মধু মেয়ে femme de miel honey woman নরম চাঁদ la douceur lunaire the lunar softness Plastic Story ভাসে fait un movement moves WORDS BY SUBANDANA RIMAL তার গান sa mélodie her melody তার রস son sirop her syrup ARTWORK BY AMELIA MERTHA

When I was very young, my dad bought a kilo of wheat field, she looked up at সে মিষ্টি মধু মেয়ে la docile femme de miel the honey-sweet woman sugar. In Nepal, if you bought a kilo, you would the sky, which was full of receive it in a single plastic bag. greyish clouds. রক্ত ঝরে saigne bleeds

When he got home, my mom asked, “did you buy the “I think it’s going sugar?” to rain,” she reached home, with a sad said. expression plastered on my Dad handed the full plastic bag to my mom. She face, I explained to her what had Original French and translations by Jessica Syed poured the sugar into one of the happened on the way. cylindrical containers she used to store our daily She yelled at me. To this day, her words kitchen spices. She kept are still fresh in my mind. the plastic bag, saying that she could use it “Idiot, it was so useful to me! You don’t for something else know how to handle anything!” clothed with pain and regret, sometime. She set the bag down on the table. My mom liked the mountains offer me refuge A few days later as to store our plastic bags between the wall and she was heading the table, in a space where you could barely fit two towards the fingers. She proceeded to put the plastic bag there. Poem: Max Zhuili Calligraphy: Zhixuan Yin

The day my mom’s sandal straps broke, she took the ripped plastic bag out once more and mended her sandal.

One hot day, there was a crowd of people holding T hen a rally on the road about World Environment Day, she took her protesting about the single-use plastic ban. My phone out of her mom’s eyes however were fixed on the shiny banners pocket and put it in the they were carrying. In my country, banners are same plastic bag that my usually made from cloth, but she was sure it was not dad had brought home the cloth but Flex, which was made out of vinyl. Even other day. though she was not really sure what vinyl was, she did know that the banners were strong and resistant Another day, when she was going to to weathering. collect some hay to bring to the cattle, she took out the same plastic bag again to When the rally finished, the protesters threw the carry some popcorn and roasted soy beans banners on the side of the road. My mom brought to snack on along the way. them home and crafted a doormat for the porch.

Another day, she said, “I am going to the community centre to make some split lentils.” We didn’t need to go to the mill to make split lentils, as the centre had a stone grinder. She brought the plastic bag, which could carry around one kilo of lentil seeds, and headed towards the community centre.

Another day, she put five or six flatbreads and a container of curry in her plastic bag. She said to me, “dear, please take lunch to your dad in the field.” She also asked me to bring home the empty container and the plastic bag after he was finished.

The plastic bag was getting old, and I was very young. On the way back home, I was swinging the plastic bag back and forth. It got caught on a bush and when I tried to unsnare it, the plastic ripped.

I knew that my mom would be extremely angry at me for ruining her precious plastic bag. When I

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