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This year Honi Soit celebrates almost ministers, poets, actors, intellectuals, judges, community throughout the ages. the unique lives of university students – the 77 ½ years of continuous publication. academics and journalists before they had power, the passion, and the protests. It is As ’s oldest weekly university even moved out of run-down, cockroach- This being said, we also hope that this edition often taken for granted that youth is a time newspaper, this milestone represents over ridden, share accommodation in Glebe. There might be a tribute to the vital role that student of freedom, creativity and expression. By seven decades of student journalism (but are also the contributions of many ordinary media has played and continues to play on perusing through these pages one might not quite eight), and this commemorative students that just had interesting things to campus. The very fact that we can turn back appreciate the contingency of that experience edition is a testament to that feat. Contained say at university. In this way, we hope that the pages of our own publication all the way and the role that university organisations, within is but a small sample of the volumes of this edition of Honi Soit might be a unique to 1929 reflects not only our own humble and their publications especially, have played material contributed by students throughout tribute to those students both famous and place within a continuing tradition, but also in creating it. the years. There is the wit and wisdom of unknown who have sustained our student the power of print to record and remember Editors 2006 Why we publish “Honi Soit”

May 3, 1929

We do not seek to wrest from our contemporary “” the place which it has won for itself in the corporate life of the University. Nor do we wish to cover the same field. We have a sterner purpose. We force ourselves upon your notice, flushed with the fervour of the true reformer. To strip the veneer, to open the cupboard on our skeletons, and those of other people, to tell the truth without fear or favour, and to assist our readers in their search for the Touchstone of philosophy --- happiness --- these are our aims.

We are iconoclasts. We do not believe --- O Heresy! --- that the undergraduate is the most important member of the community. We refuse to pander exclusively to him. Indeed, we will not pander to anyone. We make our appeal also to the great General Public.

From policies we entirely disassociate ourselves. We are not unprincipled, but we subscribe to no principles. We will not make statements for the joy there is in making them. Our criticism --- and criticism will frequently form the theme of our journal - -- will be constructive, and for the good of all. The Mirror which we seek to hold up to Nature will perhaps be clouded at times, for even University students are sometime fallible. If however, we are occasionally able to point the way to higher things, we shall be satisfied.

You will be asked to believe our advertisers. You will be unable to obtain a free life insurance policy because you carry a copy of “Honi Soit.” You will not be arrested for sedition in seen in our company. We should, November 6, 1969 therefore, commend ourselves to all tastes.

This paper is brought to you by your Students’ Representative Council - supporting your rights at uni.  editorial Honi Soit editorial May 3, 1929 - October 18, have 2006 managed to get alternative funding for their new film. Honi Soit commenced Richard Walsh is running Editors publication in 1929, under the as the SRC’s candidate auspices of the then for State Parliament in the University Undergraduates’ elections this year, Tania Association, to counteract Verstak has taken out the the mainstream Sydney Miss University Quest, and press who had set about Mungo MacCallum let’s demonising Sydney everyone know what he 1929, 1930 A. E. Crouch, 1931 Colin H. Grace, 1932 W.A.W. Wood, (Sept 7 - P. Uni students after one thinks of last week’s rally. J. Kenny), 1933 P.J. Kenny, 1934 K. L. Park, 1935 W. P. Ash, 1936 H. Gilchrist, Commemoration Day got 1937 D.J. Benjamin, 1938 G.F.R. Cowdrey, 1939 E.L. Sommerland, 1940 O.L. a little out of control, (it In world events, TV is Edwards, 1941 W. B. Pritchett, 1942 P.C. Gibbons, 1943 K.A. Dan, 1943 was only the Cenotaph. about to hit Australian (February-April) Emily S. Rossell, 1943 (April-December) Bruce Miller, 1944 after all). Commem. Day, shores, Vietnam continues Murray Sayle, 1945 Jean M Wilson, 1946 Alan Barcan, John Redrup, 1947 Dick a fine University tradition and Whitlam has sent in a Barbour, 1948 Kevin Kemp, Adrian Roden, 1949 Lex Banning, Mike Lazar, 1950 that ran up until the mid telegram about education Dick Woodward, 1951 John Malone, 1952 Meg Cox, 1953 Edmund Campion, 1970s, involved a grand reform. Labor has 1954 Marie Burns, Geoffrey Davis, 1955 Ian Johnston, 1956 Martin Davey, Brian parade from the University denounced student fees, Hennessy, 1957 Colin Aislabie, 1958 David Solomon, 1959 Graham Macdonald, grounds up to Town Hall intoduced student fees and , 1960 David Ferraro, Graham MacDonald, 1961 Michael Newman, in which different faculties then denounced student David Solomon, 1962 Peter Grose, Richard Walsh, 1963 Laurie Oakes, , and societies manned their fees again. John Howard, Jim Coombs, 1964 Dean Letcher, Bob Thompson, 1965 Rod McDonald, Richard own floats, and young however, has consistently Nichols, 1966 David Salter, 1967 Robert Trebor, , 1968 Keith rapskalions waged havoc been a fuckwit since 1987. Windschuttle, Chris Ruhle, 1969 Norm Rowe, Geoff Anderson, 1970 Mel Bloom, upon conservative Sydney Although he was doing a 1971 Peter Vaughan, 1972 Steve Cookson, 1973 Matthew Peacock, 1974 Simon with bold pranks of varying fine job of editing Hermes Grose, David Margan, 1975 Chpis Mackinolty, David McKnight, Paula Taylor, tastefulness. The day was in 1960. See inside for a full 1977 Martin Hirst, Anne Talve, 1978 Pat Lane, 1979 Dave Ball, Jenny Pitty, not only a celebration of report on VSU, from 1929. Gary Taylor, 1980 Julia de Meyrick, Diana Haig, Richard Langereis, 1981 Peter youthful exuberance but also Lowe, 1982 Michael Mullany, 1983 David Messer, Rex Butler, Claudia Castle, a lynchpin in the nascent The Uni Administration has 1984 Honi Collective - Maria Barac, Jane Basden, Amanda Bishop, Gordon Bull, University community. been under pressure as the Debbie Clark, Lisa Collins, Marikje Conrade, Susan Cornish, Colin Griffith, Ever since its inception as Philosophy department has Melissa Harpley, Steve Hardman, Leonie Hellmers, Karen Herne, Judy, Danial a defence of this day, Honi split and Political Economy Luscombe, Fiona McCullogh, Chris Morgan, Suzanne Payne, 1985 Susan Cornish, Soit has continued to be a fights for survival. The Chris Jordens, Sam Davis, John Butt, John Basdeen, Phoebe Churches, Jane reflection of this community, new look Fisher promises Clements, 1986 Catriona Simpson,Joshua Dowse, Nicholas Fowler, 1987 Nick both in its successes and the best of fashionable Stravs, Jeremy Venkataramiah, Brendan Wong, Fiona Gray, Samantha Gazel, times of trial. brutalist architecture, and 1988 Andrew Kell, Phil Lavers, Suzie Lavers, Julia Martin, Pierre Hasdell, Ros plans are going head for Bragg, Adam Suckling, Jane Sutton, Paula Sharland, Martin Mercer, Stephen In this week’s Honi catch the construction of a new Craft, Ronnie Lifschitz, John-Paul Byrne, Peter Lewis, 1989 Jason Harty, up on the latest scandals building called “Wentworth,” Jacqui Shulz, Karin Bishop, Julia Leigh, Greg Waters, Madeline Preston, Geoff as once again which promises space-age Thompson, Daniel Nettheim, Andrew Ryan, 1990 Peta Donald, Susan Humphries, locks the Honi editors out student services. Talking Cyrus Katrak, Adam Kerezsy, Suzie Lavers, Tieu-Tieu Le Phung, Damien Lucas, of their office, and Malcolm of literature, young poet Nicole Moore, Jacqui North, Antonia Presenti, Mat Schultz, Brett Solomon, Turnbull proposes a motion has penned us 1991 Anthony Sharwood, Kate Pearcy, Benjamin Haslem, Dominique Tubier, to pay the Union President a few lines this edition and John Hopkins, E. M. Berridge, Jehangir Meher-Homji, Gabrielle Jean Carey, a wage. is Clive James has written yet Gabbie Millgate, Martin Graham, Matthew Coyle, 1992 Emma Barron, Emma galavanting in the Congo another tale. Boutell, Kylie Burtland, Michael Fullilove, Julie Gordon, David Hunt, David and Geoffrey Robertson Killick, Fiona Kwok, Julian Milthorpe, Trish Pender, Seb Smee, Rusell Ward, is handling the Commem. Finally, thank you very 1993 Murray Woodman, Richard Anderson, Ben Blundell, Lucy Burgmann, fall out again. The Sydney much to Amanda Le Aaron Curnow, Verity Firth, Claire Hooker, Andrew Leigh, Kit Messham-Muir, University Jay Society has May, our publications Victoria Skinner, Cathy Vidler, Abbie Widen, 1994 Brendan Wynter, Demetrius been busted but Honi has manager, Michael Holgate, Romeo, Jenny Cush, Juhyun Pak, Kate Fagan, Miranda Heckenberg, Ravi de provided a full guide to diligent DSP, and Richard Costa, Terumi Narushima, Tom Donald, 1995 Sophie Collins, Rebecca Graham, marijuana cultivation, right Ratajczak, master of Rare Teng-Han Tan, James Edwards, Nick Purtell, Sholto MacPherson, Angus next to the smack review. Books, for all their help, and Gray-Weale, Jayne Toman, , 1996 Toma Dim, Craig McManus, understanding. Toni Baldo, Fiona Romeo, , Ben Saul, Gregor Stronach, Louise Honi remains the propaganda Buckingham, Jessie McNicoll, Kate Beattie, , 1997 Leah Charlson, platform of our current big Yours, Anthony Cordingly, Hannah Edwards, Ming Yu Hah, Matthew Hoare, Jonathan men on campus with fan- Kirkwood, Alexandra Kopra, David Low, Keir Smith, Andrea Sophocleous, 1998 mail for Bob Ellis and free Nikolas Kirby and Caitlin Boyce, James Slezak, Jeremy Heimans, Kate Stenner, Leah McLennan, electoral advertising for Evan Williams Louise Buchanan, Richard Pearshouse, Melanie Wyld, Greg O’Mahoney, Natalie boys. Around Editors-in-chief, Stevens, Sunny Balasubramanium, David Pecotic, Melita Grant, Wendy Lee, 1999 campus, Germaine’s Mother Commemorative Edition Adeline Cheok, Dominic Knight, Peter Phillips, Lisa Pryor, Andrew Charlton, Jo Courage was a bit of a flop, Choe, Hugh Fitzsimons, Saadiah Freeman, Tom Lord, Emily McCosker, Arion but luckily John Bell and McNicoll, Catherine Morris, Sanushka Mudaliar, Justin Norrie, Catriona Pike, Justin Vaughan, 2000 Aaron Timms, Anna Boucher, Anna Clark, Aysha Pollnitz, acknowledgements, disclaimer, contacts Chloe Burnett, Dora Anthony, Jamie Hall, Richard Cooke, Roozi Araghi, Thalia The Editors of Honi Soit and the SRC Honi Soit is printed under the auspices of Anthony, 2001 David Lawrey, Lara Kostakidis-Lianos, Sean Kelly, Jasmine acknowledge the traditional owners of this the SRC’s directors of student publications: Bruce, Lucy Rhydwen-Marett, Toby Brennan, Sam Indyk, Adam McGrath, land, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. 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Contents

Letters [4]

Honi Soit: A History [6]

from humble origins honi grows into something its former editors can’t wait to pan. World Events [22] Campus News [8]

Uni Fees [23]

Commem. Day [11] SRC [24] the presidential terms of Tony Abbott, and Michael Kirby. VSU [27] 12] Pranks & Satire [ Debated since 1929. art of Shoplifting; hX; Chaser Boys and us. 28] Campus Culture [ Uni Administration [14] union food; miss university; the Bob Ellis show

Arts & Reviews [30] Sex & Drugs [16] JJ; The Oz; poetry by Clive James, Mungo growing your own cannabic and finding your clitoris. MacCallum, Adam Spencer and Les Murray.

18] Techni-colour [ Sport [33] how generations of honi eds choose to use their limited colour.

Protest [20] against Vietnam; library opening hours and more. ] Building & Development [34 Inner city Living, 1985

3 editor, was a candidate in the is notable both for its election. My editorial on the commercialism and for its ROBIN ARCHER AND PAUL BIRCH Arts Soc. elections did not unrealistic presentation of contravene any regulations university life. LEVEL 1 - WENTWORTH BUILDING and furthermore, I was not a UNIVSY SYDNEY candidate for election. I have Although the general never claimed that Honi Soit irrelevance of O-Week is IN VIEW OF REAL REDUCTION IN FEDERAL should not have the right to to be expected given such a GRANTS TO UNIVERSITIES AND PROPOSALS publish electoral comment, convenor and committee, the TO REINTRODUCE FEES FOR STUDENTS and in fact, I defended that organized sexist advertising IT IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL right when the issue of the is not quite so expected, STUDENT BODIES TO PRESENT UNITED Form Guide was discussed and shows how thoroughly FRONT THROUGH AUSTRALIAN UNION OF by the SRC on July 9. commercial and insensitive STUDENT STOP SORRY CANNOT REARRANGE are the committee’s MY COMMITMENTS TO BE WITH YOU ON I complained to the priorities. The convenor, 15TH APRIL Electoral Officer, not as a Ted Marr, has made a deal means of attacking Honi with the makers of Camel GOUGH WHITLAM Soit, but because I am cigarettes, that in return for sick of puffed-up, word- the printing of 10,000 copies 1977 jugglers, like Kirby, Davis of an O-Week Calendar, Telegram from Gough Whitlam to Sydney University Should Men Pay Hoping that I haven’t caused and MacDonald, bending Camel will be allowed to do studetns, as printed on a 1982 Honi letters page. Women Students’ Tram you too much bother, the SRC constitution and a promotional blitz during regulations to suit their own the week. As part of this is Uugh!!!” Ignoring the Dear Editors, Fares? I am, convenience. I got tired of blitz, Camel cigarette girls unique connotations of each Yours Very Truly, kicking against the fools will be at the main dances, name, this ceremony appears We were told by some Dear Sir, months ago, but every so handing out cigarettes. As harmless, unless they break lecturer, unofficially, that MTG often I enjoy having another Ted himself knows, the the rules! The punishment? Sydney University will I hope you won’t be annoyed 1929 lash at the fools like those whole concept of cigarette Pushing their infamous change to the four-term (or with me for writing to you mentioned above. girls is sexist. The company bricks across campus with two session) system in 1989. to ask your opinion but This is such a contentious matter is using the women’s bodies their noses in nothing but Could we please be informed I am really very worried. that we have taken the liberty Incidentally, I think it is to promote their product: an academic gown. Tale or of this officially, so that if it Perhaps you wonder how I of printing your letter in full. indicative of the quality of the the underlying rationale for truth? Who would break the is true we can start objecting know that you were going We have asked several Women 35th SRC and its executive using cigarette girls is that rules? to the idea immediately? The to publish a paper? Well Undergrads about it and one has that the could not even the product will be “sold” Lent-Trinity-Michaelmas you see I kick around with promised to give us her views on competently organise the along with the women’s The Sancta ceremonies system is beautiful and is a chap who is a great friend the subject. We should also like elections of their successors. bodies. So women are once are equally ‘unique’; eggs one tradition worth holding of a man that Mr Gossamer to hear some Senior men’s views The Form Guide was not again presented as objects; are introduced on the pub in the future. Also, (this is a picked to represent my year on the same point. the only regulational breach. the media has no conception crawls to extract ‘freebies’ big ‘also’), it is cheaper for and he told me that you were EDITOR For example, although M.A. of women as autonomous from unsuspecting pub- starving students to have going to and so I know all students are not qualified to people. goers! vacations which do not about it. coincide with the dollar- I was the editor vote in SRC elections, voting papers were sent out to Sexism is rife on campus just And what will happen grabbing schooI holiday Now I am only a Fresher, after it’s over? Perhaps the periods. For those members Sirs, them. Who can say how this as in the rest of society, and Mr Editor, and consequently affected the results of the seemingly the Orientation innocent Andrew’s boys will of the University population am not very well up in fly aloft in their birdwing with families in the school I was highly amused to read election? But you can rest Week Committee is doing ‘Varsity ways and this is apparel and bomb innocent or NSW uni system, we that Mr P. Blake (Arts II) assured that nothing will be its best to perpetuate what’s worrying me. Every pedestrians with their still have our long summer was highly amused by my done about it. As Mr Davis student sexist attitudes by morning I meet one of the illustrious bricks. And the holiday in common with letter concerning the now laughingly pointed out, “It’s insinuating this exploitive women of my year at the Sancta eggs? Perhaps they’ll other term systems. infamous Honi Soit Form been happening for years.” form of advertising into tram – she’s always there be scrambled and eaten, Guide. I was particularly Or, to quote Mr Kirby, “I the O-Week programme. first and so I can’t dodge her with bacon of course: for S. Ferne, Arts. amused to see that Mr Blake don’t think it matters. M.A. Perhaps next year we will – and we ride in together brekkie. accuses me of hypocrisy – so students would all be mature get a Committee who choose and I pay her fare. Now conservative voters.” to promote the interests of that’s it – should I pay her amused, in fact that I would women rather than use them Anonymous Yes, S. Ferne, there is talk of fare seeing that I only met dearly love to punch the said Yeah! That’s the whole for their own commercial 1987 this, but the Registrar’s Office her a few weeks ago? Mr Blake squarely on his flaring nostrils. trouble. ends confirms that 1988 will be a three term year. The dates are: You see it makes quite a big Laurie Oakes Yours sincerely, Condoms Mr Blake refers to my 29 Feb-14 May, Lent; 6 June¬13 difference in this way: when 1963 I ride with her I don’t like editorial, printed last August, Trinity; 5 September- term, on the Arts society Rose Vines Dear Honi, to use my tram pass and as S.R.C. Women’s Officer. 5 November, Michaelmas, it is a three section journey elections which he says “was with exams until December 10. mysteriously signed L.O.” 1977 Why is it that at the that means 3d. extra plus 5d. We agree entirely with your Since that editorial was University at Sydney, for her – making 8d. extra sentiments. Sydney Uni has clearly labelled “Editorial,” supposedly one of Australia’s altogether. This means 3/4 top uni’s, only standard always been different (better, a week in the morning and and since I was the editor at Ritualism on Campus condoms are available from we like to think) and has never there’s also one afternoon that time, I fail to see how there could been any mystery Dear Editors, the vending machines in felt the need to change before. which brings it up to 4/- a the toilets, while at the week. This is 2 pounds a surrounding the writer. If I But unfortunately, the splendid did not write it, I certainly With their evil black wings University of New South tradition of Lent, Trinity and term and means 6 pounds a Wales, three different types took full responsibility for it, flapping in the wind, they Michaelmas will end in 1989 year. are available? I suggest Joe and if Mr Blake is unaware stroll nonchalantly around with the introduction of two campus with irresistibly Hockey and the Varsity As we are both doing Med, of the meaning of the word semesters. What a shocker wolfish grins illuminating Party stop wasting time on we will travel together for “editorial” he has only this is. All those appalled at Notice, 1931. their faces. They appear to such inconsequential issues six years and that means himself to blame. be angels in their academic as compulsory elections, and this should wrjte - to the Vice 36 pounds. Further since Dear Honi Collective, gowns, but demons would turn their attention to more Chancellor, the Chancellor, the everyone fails in Third Year I would also like to point be a more appropriate term. essential services on which a Student Senators Alan Cass, we will have to stay seven out, for the benefit of Mr It has always been known sound and healthy university Stephen Yen, to Honi and even years at the ‘Varsity and that Blake (or is it Miss?), that that members of the Union Initiation for the Andrew’s may be based. the Union Recorder. After all, makes it 42 pounds. there can be no comparison between this editorial Board identify themselves Boys. who wants to have two sessions firstly as business people and Yours Sincerely, It doesn’t seem a bit fair to and the Form Guide. I of 14 weeks straight! Perhaps only secondly as students. One is introduced to their me that this girl should cost complained about the Form you could also suggest that we Thus it is no surprise that the constant companion “the Stephen Clarke me so much money, but as I Guide for two reasons. cover the Main Quad in ‘Stick- Orientation Week Convenor brick,’” whose persona they 1987 am only a Fresher and don’t Firstly, it was contrary to on-brick’. - a member of that board – supposedly adopt; “Hi, this know much I would like to the regulations of the SRC has organized an Orientation is Charlene,” “Hi, this is have your opinion as I am and secondly, one of the 1987 Week programme which Kate,” and even a “Hi, this certain it will be a good one. authors, who was also the

4 have a tendency to call this wage of $100 p.w. It could term from its commencement hallowed institution the be argued that an allowance in September 1975, “Uni.” of the proposed sort will retrospective payments encourage diligence and would yield an initial This should be deplored. application by an elected lump-sum payment of officer in the performance approximately $2500. In fact, this “Daily Mirror” of his duties, also that those termination is almost as bad reluctant to offer themselves. Kari Lapin Puro, as the colloquial name for as candidates for positions Law III. Melbourne University (“The in the Union might respond 1976 Shop”). “The Varsity” is the to a monetary “incentive” only acceptable name for (pardon the Fraserism). this place of learning with These propositions are Fuss in Fisher its great tradition. “given the lie” when we look over our collective Dear Editors, Greg Smith, shoulder at past and present Eng IV (Mech Eng) Presidents, and consider Could someone please tell me 1960 whether the additional lure why the outdoor reading area of monetary gain could have on Level 5 of Fisher Library possibly attracted more has the following notice on Image from 1987 feature edition on the Australia Card debate. Perks Plus $5000.00 selfless or devoted nor less its door? “Outdoor reading P.A.? egocentric persons. I think area closed until further not. notice the Library regrets any inconvenience 14.8.87”. “Greed is good, Greed is advertising of the St Dear Eds, Sexism Rife right, Greed works” have Andrew’s and St John’s The position of President Presumably, this means that is not a full-time job; at some point it will be re- firmly established the College balls. How could On Friday 20th of February although any past or present opened, so why the delay? Dear Eds, Liberals as the most extreme anyone, within six months 1976, at a Meeting of the incumbent will, probably If it is permanently closed, group on campus. Even the of a woman being raped and Union Board, Malcolm with alacrity, show you why does it still feature on Once again this campus International Socialists, murdered in the University Turnbull a Director, gave the calluses on their hands: maps of the library? is saturated under anti- with their misguided calls grounds, conceive of calling notice of a motion the for revolution don’t go as far a social function a root ball the actual origin of these woman sentiment. If it’s not substance of which would When I asked at the as the Libs. or a roman orgy? Very “hardened and horny St Andrews boys scrawling deal with an allowance information desk, I was amusing to the friends of the tissues” is a moot point. “More Moles, More Holes” for the President of the informed that “for reasons The promotion of greed dead Newcastle girl and the Incumbents have usually in a pathetic attempt to University of Sydney Union of protecting the books” proceeded with their studies generate interest in their strikes against every hundreds of women at Uni of $5000 P.A. This would this area was permanently if undergraduates, and formal, it’s death threats to other political, religious who were shaken and upset be approximately $100 closed. I assume that by this graduates have continued Alanna Sherry for writing and humanitarian way of by the murder. p.w.; compare this to the they meant protection from with their external activities a perfectly reasonable and thinking. In doing so, the maximum available through the vagaries of the weather, and interests. Further the accurate account of sexual Liberals on this campus are If it ever was, it is no longer T.E.A.S. of $1,600 P.A. or as any vandalism can occur position and duties of the harassment on campus - ie opposing any notions of self funny to speak of women, $32 p.w. anywhere in the building. the Do Re Mi concert. sacrifice and community like alcohol, as a provision, Secretary of the Union Since the area would should be noted when responsibility. The message covered by the price of a The President of the Union obviously be closed when considering the President’s How many times must it be even opposes voluntary ticket, which is the attitude already receives substantial it was wet protection from workload. said? Just because women donations to charity. shown by the St John’s funds. These include an the sun could easily come in are attractive and appear in advertisers. When will these entertainment allowance, the form of a staff member Further, the omens have public does not mean that To be further to the right people get out of their Third and varying amounts checking that no books had been ominous; hacks of all they want to be yelled at/ than your own party Form mentality? Have they which the Board may grant been left outside, say twice a persuasions ran for their whistled at/propositioned/ certainly says something. never met any women? when the President incurs day, or even (shock, horror) rocks and promptly crawled felt up/raped. Deborah Elitist, uncaring, selfish, They talk of some stereotype expenses in this capacity by an honour system, a under them when a conjurer notice reminding users to Conway’s job is to sing and greedy: the self professed as if everyone they ever as a representative of the using his amazing powers replace their texts. Since it entertain, not to be subject to nature of the SU Liberal meet fits perfectly into one Union. The President thus of recall cast his mind would be closed at night, abuse and harassment from Club. But, then again, what of a number of categories: has access to unrestricted back, back to 1971 and a there should be no problems drunken yobbo boys. Would should I have expected… slack/frigid, shy/aggressive, funds to defray expenses sad precedent. In the dark with dew. you say you have the right dumb/intelligent. Perhaps actually in the performance to say “give us a fuck love?” Sincerely, they try so hard to fit into year the SRC Welfare and of his duties. I have always been under to your doctor or bus driver their own machismo, tough, Education officer both had allowances of $3600 P.A. the impression that the just because you’re paying Tony Burke sex-crazed stereotypes that The proposed allowance granted to them. This had library was there for the them? No way, they do their Co-Welfare Officer they can only justify this should be opposed by no appreciable beneficial convenience of its users, not job and you respect them for 62nd SRC by dragging everyone with members since it would effect and was promptly vice-versa. If the closure of it, regardless of their gender 1990 them… supplement considerable discontinued the next year. the area to users is indicative or appearance… funds, and differs from these of the library’s attitude, then Philip Oders funds in that its expenditure perhaps it is time for a re- Dear Editors, Mark Hathaway Arts IV If, however, the ... I for one am sick of would not be monitored by assessment. foreshadowed motion is put having the fact that I fight Sharron Coupland Sc II a responsible body such as Robert Asbury Dip Ed to and then adopted by the for my rights as a woman The Pope, the World’s the Board. The President K Crothers, Arts II BSc Board, and then applied and for the rights of other greatest Communist, is would in fact be receiving a 1988 women used to discredit and coming to campus on Valerie Robinson Pharm to the present incumbent’s marginalise my views. November 26, 1986. Will he III be given a free diary from Peter McGuinness Eng II When will this University - the Union? Or will he be Martk Pike Econ III such a seat of higher learning assassinated by sampling Bettina Golding B Ed III - put the phallic ideal away Union food? Or is he the Phillip Robinson Sc III and start listening seriously local music performer the Vince Morand Sc IV to what women say? Union promised to serve Sean Yates Arts III up to us as the musical Pauline Harris B Ed III Jenni Millbank, Blue entertainment with his Members of the Sydney Stocking Women’s hymns. Uni. Newman Catholic Representative, 60th SRC Society. S.U.N.C.S. 1988 Helen Walkerley, Arts 1978 1986

“Greed creed” “Varsity” v. “Uni” v. Dear editors, we reasonably “The Shop” complain! Dear Editors, Sir, We are outraged at the Congratulations to the SU insensitive, and damaging Liberal Club. Their T-shirts I notice that the Freshers Special Libel Coupon, 1967.

5 Homeless People

honi soit: a history

Educated Louts: The Scandalous Origins of Honi Soit Charles McCausland, a Sydney Uni student at the time Honi 20%. There were doctors Gaudy profs in red and yellows, on dole queues before the The Carillon was being Sing with lungs as tough as Soit was first published, reflects, 1989. depression ended. People, installed - the huge bells bellows actually died of starvation in were on the lawn in front of To our Varsity! lorry. One of these men I Balmain. the Great lower. Some are hung and some are What is the meaning of “Honi Thereafter, Commem. knew: he became a most married, Soit”? It dates back to 1929, processions were strictly respected English master at The skyline of Sydney It was a vintage year for Some for years in gaol have some 60 years ago, when the censored, and the route of Bathurst High School. was topped by a 14-storey professors. The names of tarried, undergrads of S.U. decided the Procession limited to building, the T & G in professors who held chairs Some are fools and some are to defend themselves against the immediate vicinity of Such goings-on were not Elizabeth Street. Much of at this time are all over the clever, smears of being “educated the University - Broadway, approved by the Puritans the facade of Broadway university in the names Faculties divide and sever louts” after a Commem. Day City Road, St. Pauls Road of Sydney. There was between Central Station of buildings: Wallace, Still we all belong for ever. rampage. Newspapers were and Missenden Road. genuine antipathy towards and Sydney University has McCallum, Watt, Holme, To our Varsity!” full of attacks by concerned Previously, the Commem. the students of Sydney remained except of course Carslaw, Edgeworth David, citizens, mothers of six processions had, more or University. A town and for such buildings as the Griffith Taylor. Farther In 1989 the word ‘Varsity’ and others envious of the less, the freedom of the city. gown conflict. It was under University of Technology; afield, Bradfield has the is not just an obscene seven- privileges of undergrads. such a situation that Honi but as I remember it about name of the highway across letter word, it’s archaic, Certainly, there was A feature of the Procession Soit was born to state the half the shops on the North the Harbour Bridge, for obsolete. vandalism associated with was the generous provision students’ case: evil to him (Grace Brothers) side which he was a consultant. Commem. celebrations. On of lorries drawn by the who evil thinks. were pawn shops, cheap- To be a professor in 1929 To come to the point - Why one occasion, windows in magnificent draught horses jack tailors, or wine-shops was as important as being a Honi Soit? - it was a matter the Med school were broken of Tooth’s Brewery. No It’s difficult, if not advertising plonk at 4 pence takeover tycoon in 1989. of unity in the face of threat. by bags of flour or apples. doubt, it was a good bit impossible, to recapture a mug. There was a cafe that The students of Sydney Worse, the Sydney Town of P.R., students were the feeling of 1929. Glebe, provided a 3-course meal for There was a feeling of University felt themselves Hall organ was damaged encouraged to consume where many students had 6 pence. unity in the University and threatened by the Press by flour bags thrown by Tooth’s beer. Each year each to live, was a slum, rack- Commem. was the visual reaction over the Cenotaph students. faculty was allocated money rented by the good Anglican Glebe Point Road also and vocal expression of this. incident, and rallied round. by the SRC for its float in the church which owned Glebe. had pawn shops, pubs and We had song practice in the The reputation of Sydney In 1929 there was so much procession; I can remember Forest Lodge, Redfern, small shops...and soot. Union Hall, from which University as well as that of public resentment that an the Arts II contribution by Newtown, Camperdown, Sydney University, as it is the mastersong was “The the undergrads was at stake Italian student, one Virgil way of a float one year: a Rozelle and Balmain were now, was an oasis of green Varsity Song,” sung to the and had to be defended. Losciavo, who was probably Tooth’s lorry drawn by two all slums, unkempt, grotty, and Oxbridge neo-Gothic tune of “Men of Harlech.” Ours was the deadliest of the innocent, was sent down for Clydesdales. The exhibit was noise-wracked by trams. sandstone - academic pride Seven Deadly Sins – pride his alleged desecration of the two Arts II representatives, The Depression had begun. in the commercialism of “Grads and undergrads and in Sydney University. Cenotaph in Martin Place. lying dead drunk on the Unemployment was to reach Sydney. fellows, Publication Endorsed SRC Recognises Its Value ‘Honi Soit’ to Have Its Own Offices

not foreseen by its founders. been completed, readers will 1967 Its purpose has become far be assured of a news service At a meeting of the Students’ more serious. Published which covers every phase of Representative Council under the aegis of the SRC University activity. last week it was decided to since the beginning of Lent continue publication of ‘Honi Term this year, it has been “Honi Soit” is also the Soit’ as a weekly newspaper, more or less on probation medium for the expression in spite of present financial with the new student of student opinion. All loss. Members of the council organisation. By its action students should look upon agreed that the journal last week the council has its columns as being open had established itself as an shown that it is convinced to them. The journal cannot integral part of the student of the necessity for the achieve anything without the The fine tradition of presenting retiring Honi editors with a leather-bound volume of their life of Sydney University, publication of an official support of every member of year’s work is initiated in 1931 with foundation editor Arthur Crouch. the student body. Everyone reads it. Why cannot In its short existence, ‘Honi Soit’ has have had no opportunity of of professorial humour everyone write for it? 1930 grown to an extent not foreseen by its understanding it, and every and shall be compelled to matriculation will add to consider as our natural Students may regard “Honi Dear Sir, founders the number for whom it is enemy anyone who provokes Soit” as their calendar. wrapped in mystery. Once further outbursts. They cost It publishes every week There is widespread separated from their context, us too much in shoe leather. and was fulfilling a definite journal. not only a very complete dissatisfaction with the title the words ‘Honi Soit’ (let it purpose. In view of these list of coming events, but of your excellent newspaper. be disgraced) are capable My suggested alternative is facts, the Council has It is the aim of the editorial also important University Like feudalism, the name of many interpretations and “Grads and Undergrads.” decided to back the venture committee to keep before announcements. In addition, ‘Honi Soit’ has its origin in explanations. We await with This possesses the merit of financially until it can be its readers all developments it is kept posted with the the needs of the time. It was interest the first humourist being at once distinctively proved to advertisers that affecting the student body as latest information from logical to say of the events to identify the paper itself academic and peculiar to a display in the columns a whole. Each week all news the Appointments Board, of that time “Honi soit qui with the ‘it’ which ought to Sydney University – in of Honi Soit is a business items of general interest will through the courtesy of the mal y pense,” but now, so be disgraced. It is reported every way more suited to proposition. Fully-equipped be chronicled. Student Adviser, Brigadier- far from thinking evil about that a professor has already an institution which so far offices will be provided General Mackay. “Honi those events, people have established himself amongst from being restricted in any for the journal in the SRC A complete reorganisation Soit” belongs to students. It ceased to think about them those who “mal y pense”. way to one period, labitur et Rooms. of the literary staff is at is up to them to support it. at all, and your title has This fact alone is an labetur omne in aevum. present being effected, on lost its meaning. Already indictment sufficiently grave In its short existence, ‘Honi the lines of a metropolitan there are plaintive enquiries to justify this letter. We have Yours, etc., 1930 Soit’ has grown to an extent daily, and when this has on all sides as to what it means from those who now experienced two terms

 honi soit: a history Attempts In Senate Union President A Criminal? and included a painstaking evidence was available. 1967 summary of overseas To Cripple Honi Honi Soit will take action research into stimulants. This is not the only time to have the newly elected The other lengthy article was that people who have not 1967 A full page editorial in The By the end of last term most president of The Union, written by Bob Nield and liked Honi editions have Bulletin blames this edition members of the Senate has engineer Bob Porter, was a resume of the whole stolen them. In second A special meeting of the for much of the anti-Johnson expressed distaste for the prosecuted on criminal year’s sporting activities at term of this year an article University Senate this protest at the time and paper, and some has stated charges. the university. called “The Far Side of Mr month will consider moves called for a public enquiry that they would like to see it Henri Fisher”, by Albert aimed at crippling Honi into universities. In the banned. Honi is currently seeking The edition was put in the Moran, exposing the filthy Soit. Some members of the NSW Legislative Council, legal advice to determine Honi distribution boxes tactics of the extreme right Senate will press for the Mr R.C. Packer (whose At this time, Trebor stood the best way to have Porter around the university at 9am in Australian politics, was withdrawal of sufficient father, Sir Frank, owns the for re-election as Honi charged with theft. The on the morning of the Union published. Several thousand SRC funds to prevent the Bulletin) described Honi editor but was defeated charge arises out of an elections, but two hours later copies of this edition were Council from distributing as “filthy and scurrilous”. by Keith Windschuttle. incident at the last Union all the copies were missing. stolen from boxes by a Honi as a free newspaper. The Senate considered a Windscuttle promised a board meeting at which The approximate cost to the man named Royce, a self- The moves are being made motion of censure against politically unbiased and an Porter showed up with student body of these lost professed Australian Nazi. because of general Senate Greenland, but dropped it intelligent paper. He named several thousand copies honis was $400. dissatisfaction with the past as Greenland’s term of office a team of final year honours of an Honi edition which The honi prosecutions will two editors of Honi had ended and he did not students who had agreed to had been taken from boxes It was guessed at the be launched to stop this seek re-election. work for Honi following his around the university late time that engineers were sort of petulant activity by However, the SRC has since election. last year. responsible, but until Porter engineers, Nazis and other elected a new editor, Keith Robert Trebor was elected showed up at the Union with extremists from continuing. Windschuttle, and is using as Greenland’s successor The Senate action against The edition, the second the missing copies no sound this as its main argument and edited Honi during first Honi would mean that part last of last year, contained against the proposed action. term of this year. During of the compulsory $4 fee the a front page story in which The Senate has been angry this period, Trebor wrote administration collects from honi published a “ticket” for with Honi for some time. and published an article on each student on behalf of the that year’s Union elections. Last year, left-winder Hall abortion which offended Council would be withheld. This story was written in Greenland edited the paper. many people. The article an effort to disrupt the anti- He conducted a virulent was a pseudo-description At the moment there is democratic “ticket” system anti-Vietnam campaign and of what a girl felt like after $8000 of SRC money that which has plagued union launched attacks on the an abortion and it jocularly has yet to pass to the Council elections for years. university administration described (and seemed to from the administration. and the Senate itself. be meant to encourage) self- This is roughly the cost of The edition also contained induced miscarriages. producing the paper for the two lengthy articles into His anti-Vietnam campaign rest of the year. which Honi staff members culminated in an edition Trebor later published a had put a great deal of effort. which had a front page probably libellous article While the withdrawal of this One was an article outlining article by Jean-Paul Sartre on Miss Fisher, secretary of amount would hit the SRC’s safe ways to take stimulant calling for Russian counter- the Economics Department, pockets hard, the Concil drugs while studying for escalation in Vietnam. The whose boss, Professor could still finance a smaller exams. It was written by same issue had a back page Butlin, is on the Senate. paper, and give it away free, Keith Windschuttle after collage of Vietnam atrocity or it could be forced to sell consultation with the photographs surrounding Trebor’s Commem. Honi each copy. Student Health service US President Johnson, was not received favourably. 1944 which was aimed at Letters to the university and Whichever way the Senate countering the idolatry the to the daily press claimed motions go, Honi would still daily press were instilling it was both obscene and be published. at the time of LBJ’s Sydney juvenile. visit. Critics Pan Honi 1995 mainstream media. Does We asked several people this mean we hold cred as who went to University Honi Soit was reviewed in a fringe publication, which with Laurie Oakes what the last week’s Sydney Morning shuns the values of the most memorable thing about Herald. They asked mainstream media? Or does Laurie Oakes was: prominent experts to peruse it mean that we are so bad our publication, and then that everybody hates us? We “Well the main thing I comment on it: prefer to think the former. remember about Laurie We suspect the latter. Oakes was that he was much “You can’t distinguish the thinner back then.” real information from the Quite frankly, Honi Soit is spoofs. It’s pretty pathetic… disappointed with Laurie “Oh yes, Oakes, I remember the standard of writing’s Oakes for only focussing on him, wasn’t he much thinner not much chop. It’s not our writing. What about our back then?” nurturing any great writers lay-out? What about overall like it did then.” production values? If you “Laurie? He was thin…he’s –Laurie Oakes are going to criticise Honi changed a lot.” Soit you have to mention “Student newspapers are how bad our lay-out is. We But in reverence to Oakes, quite an alternative – it’s think Laurie Oakes is pretty we have bowed our heads, a pity that they don’t take pathetic for not picking up swallowed our pride and that a little more seriously.” on that. changed Honi Soit to fit the – needs of people like him. And what about our sloppy Beginning this issue, we will “I was expecting it to be production values? Oakes indicate whether each article grubbier, more fierce and didn’t criticise the number is intended to be serious or a earnest and more politically of typos, spelling mistakes spoof. So now people with Why should I work fo honi soit you may ask? But look at all the benefits. Good journalistic correct” and misalignments in our the perceptiveness of Oakes and technical training, congenial atmosphere and many other advantages. Our photo – Bob Ellis shows a typical Honi staffer about to give pretty young reporter Vera Whimple some publication. We expected can comfortably read our practical lessons in layout, 1968. more from a genius such as newspaper and not wonder As you can see, we took him. “Does the Pope really smoke quite a beating from the dope??”

 Clubs and Societies Scandal Editorial, 1982 The defunct Film Group’s Jewellery Missing 30 films are being used in A serious scandal has a film distribution business 1961 come to light involving operated b the former on of the oldest and most treasurer and the revenue Jewellery valued at more prestigious of Sydney from the hire of thse films than £500 has been stolen University’s clubs and remains in Canberra. Some from a display case in the Nicholson Museum. societies, the Sydney equipment is also involved University Film Group. and to Honi’s knowledge The pieces stolen are an The former treasurer of the is in the former treasurer’s amethyst necklace, dating now defunct Film Group, possession. about 900 BC, an Electrum instead of disposing of the Fly amulet dating 1500 assets in a correct manner Honi staff member, Dan BC, and a gold ring with at the time the society Calermajor last week amethyst circa AD 300. ceased to operate in 1979, telephoned the former has moved to Canberra treasurer, Bruce Hodgdon After an appeal through to take up a position in at his desk in the National the Press and television, the National Library Library, Canberra, and the amethyst ring was had been contacted in necklace was stolen. “The pieces still missing with all the assets in his requested that the films and returned last Monday by a Cyprus, where he was taking are an amethyst necklace possession. other assets be returned student. The student found part in an archaeological consisting of dark and to Sydney University so it last November outside Museum Statement expedition. In a statement to Honi Soit, medium stones, mostly The Film Group’s assets that the University and its the Fisher Library, and had spherical but some barrel- in the form of film, cash students – that is the people advertised it in the “Lost Mr Hennessy appealed to He confirmed by telegram shaped beads at the end and equipment, amount whom the Film Group and Found” column of the that the ring had, in fact, to approximately $30,000 was created for and who Sydney Morning Herald been stolen and not removed In a statement to Honi Soit, Mr including about $10,000 and Telegraph. allowed the Film Group to for photographing. Hennessy appealed to whoever has in a cheque account. The exist through their support former treasurer continues – should once again rightly It was returned after the Museum officials said there the missing pieces to return them finder read the description in to operate the account, rent benefit from the Society’s had been more than one theft the Sun Herald last Sunday. immediately. out Film Group films and assets. He became furious since the amulet appeared buy films with Film Group when Dan Celermajor put in the Nicholson Museum The theft was discovered on Money. The President this to him and replied that Centenary Exhibition in the Wedneday before Easter and Secretary of the 1979 it was no business of Honi November lsat year, nearly whoever has the missing and police were notified and an amethyst in the Committee are shocked by Soit what he did with the a month after the missing pieces to return them centre, and an electrum fly directly. The news was not what has happened. All the films and assets of the Film immediately. He read the amulet about the size “of an released until Mr Stewart, ring had been found. There assets are now in Canberra. Group. following statement: ordinary household fly” Professor of Archaeology, is no indication of when the Editorial Response 1986 revealed itself as a complete fabrication. Nevertheless, Sydney Uni to get its own beer Don’t say we didn’t warn you. due to the overwhelming Evan Williams, 2006 Uni students do drink a boutique beer industry. It has come to our attention response of students towards lot of beer. And even more James Squire and Malt that certain facts contained in the McDonalds Action The dream of Manning importantly they have Shovel are of his invention, the article “Mac Attack” on Committee (MAC), we are having its own brew may developed quite a taste for as is his self-named Hahn page 7 of last week’s HONI pleased to report that no have remained just a dream if James Squire’s range. On Premium. were somewhat spurious. McDonalds will be going it were not for a conversation average, Manning Bar will In fact, the whole thing has ahead on campus. that occurred on the green sell 10-15 kegs of Squire’s Over a glass of James grass of the Sydney Uni Amber and Golden Ales Squire’s new Hop Thief front lawns during this year’s per week. But there was beer, it was decided that O-Week. I was chatting to a major obstacle. People Australia’s first name in Nathan Tyler, the Manager are constantly asking Malt beer would brew a beer of Manning Bar, when I ran Shovel Brewery to brew for Australia’s first name the idea past him. Tyler is them a special edition beer. in university – a more not one to take suggestions So far they have refused appropriate match could like this lightly. A man because it could create an ne’er be found. with a can-do attitude, he avalanche of demand for has been instrumental in small-run beers that are But what to name such a rebuilding Manning Bar’s costly and time-consuming beer? A series of possible character over the past to make. The only place that names were thrown around couple of years. He’s also features such beers is the including Unibrau, Holme a student of archaeology Brewhouse chain of pubs. Brew, Malt Shovel Sandstone and the classics and will Blend, Elitist Scum (scum graduate from Sydney Uni These issues were to be being the layer of froth on with full veteran honours nutted out in a meeting top of an ale when it is being having been here on-and-off at Malt Shovel, which is fermented) and Studyade. since 1993. housed in a refurbished Eventually though, the warehouse just down the name that was settled on That same day Tyler ran the road in Camperdown. was Manningbräu. idea past a representative Chuck Hahn arrived a little of Tooheys, who are the later. Amongst Australian The launch party for parent company for the brewers Hahn is a God. A Manningbräu will be held James Squire Malt Shovel chemical engineer by trade, on the Tuesday 6th of June Brewery. The reaction was Hahn has played a key role in Manning Bar, top level, Cartoon on Opposition leader Howard’s immigration policy positive. After all, Sydney in developing Australia’s Manninghaus. in 1988.

8 Childcare Centre 1620 is Ednatorial on Campus opportunities for women, it coming in 1985 a pilot scheme by providing half of all married women would provide free, full-time Lynne Selwood, 1968 about 500 square feet in one will be working at least Wow, welcome to the and casual childcare, which In 1966 , the Sydney of its buildings. The matter part-time. Many student women’s issue of Honi. This is a necessity for women who issue has been done entirely University Women’s Union was deferred until early mothers need to complete a 1962 for want to acquire a degree. by women (except one submitted a proposal for 1967 and was (predictably) degree in order to make a article written by a man). The issues in this week’s a university child minding shelved until 1968. It is now full contribution: some will paper are ones which centre to the Senate of being reconsidered by the be interested in academic We are putting this issue out £14,000 concern women. Very the University of Sydney. Senate. employment and will in turn to coincide with Women’s prominent in the news at Dr. Adrenne Bennett, contribute to the University Week, which is celebrating the moment as the raid then of the Department of The University has for many in the fields of teaching 1985 100 years of women on the abortion clinics in Psychology, Dr. An Sefton years proved itself favourable and research. Surely the graduates. Queensland. Whether or of the Department of to the employment of University should assist The Department of Chemical not abortion is morally right Physiology and a committee women as members of staff; these women.“Sydney Engineering has announced On the 2nd May 1885, Isola or wrong is not important. that it will spend more than of the Women’s Union there is no discrimination in University – the University Thompson and Mary Brown Nobody should have heir £14,000 on a new small drafted the proposal, which terms of academic grading which others follow” – an graduated in Arts. Since then privacy interfered with. The .The computer or thousands of women have way in which the raid was outlined the need for a child (undergraduate or staff) oft-repeated saying by Data Processing System will followed in their footsteps. carried out was frightening. minding centre within the or of salaries for female Senators and Administrators be installed in the school The full contingent of media University and described academics. The nature of and by such others who of Chemical Engineering However, this memorable were in attendance and had similar facilities in other the population of working speak at graduations. Since at the beginning of next achievement has not ridden no hesitation in showing universities and centres such women has changed: in the the original submission was year. It will be the first his University of sexism. women being unwillingly as public hospitals. It also past it was composed almost made to the Senate of the computer bought by a Women here are still in the removed by the Bjelke described in detail how such entirely of women without University of Sydney both department in the university minority. Out of the 131 Peterson vanguard. a centre could be staffed and children or women with Macquarie and N.S.W. for the particular use of the professors only 6are women organised and showed how children of school age or Universities have established department.The cost of the and there are only 63 female In conclusion, we appeal computer, an IBM 1620, has it would be self-supporting. older. Now, the universities child minding centres. The senior lecturers out of 433. to you to read this paper been reduced from about A preliminary survey to train more women, most of University of Sydney was with an open mind and not £33,000 by concessions Universities are supposedly to be prejudice against it establish the extent of the whom want to remain part the first University to be made to the university by the forerunners of solely because it is done by need for child minding of the workforce (and a built in Australia, and if IBM. The only computer at progressive and enlightened women. facilities was included with necessary part, according the manner in which child present in Sydney University thinking. On the contrary, It is also a sad reflection the proposal. to economists) while their minding facilities have been is Silliac, which is regarded the above figures show the on the attitudes in this children are of preschool dealt with so far is any gauge, as the university’s computer imbalance in the employment University that we have to It was hoped that , even if not in a full-time that first will be one of the for all departments resulting structure. If Sydney write the above paragraph University in response to this capacity. Some surveys few firsts for the University in a large demand for its University were serious at all. Read on. submission would establish suggest that soon more than of Sydney. services. Silliac at present about providing equal is being worked 168 hours a week-all day every day.The new computer being bought Sex “Not Tennis” Adam Spencer Elected will lessen Silliac’s burden only slightly, and Silliac 1985 of “Sex Ethics”, sponsored will continue to wok at full by the Anglican Society. President capacity. The Warden of St Paul’s Martin Graham Executive positions. one was ever prepared for College, the Rev. Peter Presenting the case against As Wednesday approached, just how close many of the For a long time it has been Bennie, said last week that promiscuity, he said that and John Hopkins, it was obvious that whatever elections were. evident that yet another sexual intercourse was sexual intercourse was 1991 the outcome it would be computer is necessary to different from a game of human involvement at its close. Those jockeying for As predicted by Honi Soit, supplement the work of The first meeting of the new tennis. He claimed that deepest level and that if positions knew that one Adam Spencer was the Silliac, so another will be Union Board took place last vote could be the difference clear favourite for president sexual intercourse was not undertaken superficially then bought. This will also be Wednesday night with the between being just an with Kevin MacDonald just a matching of the skills of other planes of experience a central computer for use usual amount of deal making ordinary Board Director being regarded as having players but was “involvement on a shallower level would by all departments and and backstabbing. and having your name an outside chance. As the at its deepest level”. become increasingly emblazoned across the election drew closer our outside concerns. One that meaningless. Throughout the weeks Holme Common Room in predictions proved correct, will be large enough and The Rev. P. Bennie was following the election of the gold paint. with Adam Spencer’s fast enough to come with The Warden called upon the speaking in the History new Board Directors there conscious efforts to avoid the ever-increasing need, Room on Wednesday at 1 fields of reason, tradition and had been much speculation Yet even the most expected deals proving the winning will cost around £600,000, p.m. in the first of a series of scripture to discuss moral about who would be a number of close results no formula on the night. Professor Messel is at three symposia on the topic and ethical problems. appointed to the coveted present overseas looking for a suitable machine and is also trying to raise funds for it. So far Mr Cecil Green, of Texas, has given 250,000 dollars - £112,000 – but this is only about a sixth of the amount required.

Professor Messel’s new computer will be the largest of its kind in Australia. The only others of compatable size will be CSIRAC at Melbourne University, and UTECOM at the University of purchased with State funds. are now widely in industry. Engineers need Student Archetype cartoons, 1963. From left, “theatre atrsy type”, “charismatic non-joining party-giving type”, “student politics type”, “intellectual special training to operate crackpot type”, and, “newspaper literary type. them.

9 SYDNEY UNI ON FIRE Fabians Help Walking around the all staff shouldn’t be given facilities, and student/ Renshaw Emma Thompson, gutted rooms and offices keys. staff facilities, and less Renshaw has already used 1989 was upsetting to say the on administration. This is Jim Spiegelman, some of the material in his least. It smelf and looked “The University has known certainly the present feeling 1965 reply to the loan allocation The Friday of O-Week saw dreadful but thankfully, all for years that the rooms in within both philosophy speech last week, and he will an event not found on any the masonry is still intact. the Main Quad were a fire departments. A sub-committee of the S.U. be replying to the budget on programme – a large scale Nine rooms in total were hazard but in the last two fire in the Main Quad. This damaged by fire, while many years at least there has been The skewed nature of Fabian Society has worked Tuesday night. fire, along with two other other suffered severe water not a single fire drill.” Dr the University and the on the loan allocations and the fires on campus in the last damage. Heathcote described the distribution of funds is budget estimates of the NSW In his speech last week, he month looks like the work of rooms as a ‘rabbit warren in something which really Liberal Government for the was constantly heckled about an arsonist. If it was arson, then whoever the sky’ and he said that he ought to be examined but the Leader of the Opposition, his ‘student advisors’ and at did it must have known the would be able to quite easily Senate and the ‘heavies’ of Mr. Renshaw. one stage when he paused Sydney University has building quite well. The break into any room without the University in particular. in his speech, he was asked been subject to a series of fire began in the Student too much trouble. The over-indulgence of These students are all “Can’t you read the students’ unexplained fires over the Common Lounge,a room the administrative staff is Government honours or last month. The tragedy which is never locked and is If it weren’t for the quick farcical. writing?” of the Main Quad fire was accessible to all philosophy action of the Fire Brigade, Economics students – Jim probably the most publicised students. Most people don’t, Dr Heathcote said that the Talk of the Deans all driving Spiegelman, Les Austin, The Fabian Society had and the most distressing to or more accurately, didn’t damage could have been Mercedes has been seriously Peter Forsyth, Richard changed its name this year the majority of students, know of its existence. It much ,ore serious.. The fire considered and tens of Braddock and David Clark. from the ALP Club (est. academics and staff. Not appears from all reports alarms, however, were ‘slow thousands of dollars have 1964). This club had split off to be forgotten are the fires that the fire was lit in this and pitiful’ in their reaction. been spent refurbishing The have worked out the from the ALP Club because which threatened Wesley room and the door was They only began to sound perfectly workable offices. shifts in priority and in we regarded the ALP Club College, and destroyed the subsequently locked. This when smoke was billowing These imbalances really the per capita expenditure as not being sufficiently dining room at Women’s prevented anyone getting from the whole corner of the ought to be rectified. College. to the epicentre of the fire Quad. The other annoying from Renshaw’s last two responsible to the ALP and quickly enough. Luckily the thing for the T and M The fires certainly appear to budgets and loan allocations in fact severely affected Many students sat and foors to the offices up there Department was that over be a bizarre vendetta against to Askin’s estimates for the ALP’s image at the watched while one quarter were all shut and locked. the weekend after the fire, higher education. Interestingly, 1965-66. They found some University, e.g. in running a of the Main Quad was the whole building was UTS has been receiving bomb significant trends in these club ticket for the SRC. The engulfed with smoke and Contrary to newspaper left unlocked. As a result, threats everyday which cannot eventually with visible priorities of Askin’s first view was that the club should claims, Denise Russell did someone waltzed into their be explained. So, who knows, budget – the most important be concerned with the influence flames. It certainly looked not lose all her books or offices and stole money. This perhaps there is one person or and dangerous of which is of the ALP on campus and that like a disaster from many lecture notes and John is a sad reflection on the a large group of very unhappy perspectives; the General Hernhein lost nothing. standard of security around people out there who just like a decrease in the priority of many of the activities it carried Philosophy department was Most General Philosophy campus. picking on large institutions education expenditure. out were in fact harmful to the obviously going to suffer the academics found their books like UTS and Sydney ALP. most damage; the MacRae water damaged, such as Liz The University installed a University. room with its Lloyd Rees and Grosz and Gyorgy Markus, new fire alarm system in Norman Lindsay paintings yet actual damage to papers January of this year. The Despite the fact that two looked as though it was was minimal. smoke detectors called departments have no power Jay Society Busted! under threat; and nobody EVACALARM can be seen of phone systems at present, unknown to the University’s seemed sure for how long it Hence all courses in both in all areas on the Quad. it looks like things will resume Greg Turner, 1985 own Security police. was going to burn, and how the General Philosophy and They are the highly ugly as normal very soon. As for From 12.00 noon, uniformed far it was going to spread. Traditional and Modern red boxes which sit on the the nine rooms, rubbish, burnt Ironically, Sydney police and plain clothed Departments will run as walls in lecture theatres and wood, burnt typewriters and University was recently detectives from Redfern No-one knows exactly what, scheduled. Anyone who corridors. melted phones are strewn all commended for a number swooped on the Footbridge who or why the fire started did have tutorials in the over the place. Carpets on three of experimental “sessions” Theatre making thirty but arson seemed the most damaged rooms will be Clearly no State or Federal floors are ruined. Hopefully where research on Marijuana arrests leading to drug- likely cause. One academic moved. No year is affected Government has done the University will be more and Driving was conducted related charges. A significant even supposed that it was at all by the fire. anything to improve generous with their funds in with student volunteers. As a vendetta against women, number of those students far back as the late 1960s building conditions. The the restoration programme. arrested were charged with although this hardly One philosophy tutor, Dr Government, it would seem, They ought to ensure that all “long haired pot-smoking accounts for the attack on “intent to consume cannabis” students were synonymous Adrian Heathcote stated that needs a broadside. Perhaps, offices are installed with smoke That IS, they happened to Wesley. Certainly the theory the rooms “should be locked it’s time that the University detectors and that security with Australian universities. established at Women’s be at the marijuana market permanently”. He believes started spending more is tighter to avoid a repeat when multiple arrests were College is that it was arson. that there is no reason why money on academic staffing performance of the last month. According to the arrested It has also been mooted that being made. students, the markets the Fire Brigade have an Every aspect of the police existed to promote the use identikit of the person they raid appeared to be well of marijuana in opposition to believe to be responsible. organised, and television lethal drugs such as heroin. This explains why there cameras from at least three For the majority of those were firemen videotaping networks were there as the students, this is their first the crowds during the entire raid was made. It is unlikely arrest. incident in the Quad. that the raid on the popular markets was the result of The large number of An arsonist always stays to an Operation Noah tip-off. students who quickly watch the results of his/ her The market, held beneath formed “May Day” legal actions. Suggestions were the Footbridge Theatre, has and financial support raised that whoever started been a popular spot with groups for the arrested the fire may have had some students for over ten years students demonstrated kind of grudge against the and has even been allowed to the high feelings Sydney university. It must be said advertise its whereabouts in University students have for that these kind of accusations the University Orientation the independence of their fall almost completely, given Handbook. University, traditionally the location of the other a world unto itself. The two fires. Basically, the As owners and occupiers of arrested students have also suspected arsonist found the the University of Sydney, received help and advice only accessible parts of the its Chancellor has full rights from N.O.R.M.L. (the university where strangers to monitor activities within National Organisation for can go almost unnoticed. the University and regularly the Reform of Marijuana Laws) an organisation under The colleges do remain does so. It is therefore the patronage of former vulnerable. unlikely that a market which regularly attracted over fifty Prime Minister Sir John Leunig spoof, 2006. people would have been Gorton.

10 commemoration day An Open Letter to Commem candidate the Sydney Press from “Pro Bono Publico”, 1929 “Indignant,” etc, most for state election On May 21 a disgraceful of them the product of 1965 Candidate incident occurred at the snobbish minds. We could The plan was enthusiastically Tivoli Theatre. This journal weather that storm. But A Sydney University endorsed by the SRC is not attempting to make the consistent attitude of student will be put up as Activities Committee, as light of that incident. Nor certain newspapers was a candidate for the State was the suggestion that is it inclined to make any grossly insulting. In a leader Election as part of this the candidate should be excuses for these students in the issue of the day year’s Commemoration Arts representative Bob who were recently convicted following the incident, one Day festivities. This was Ellis. Mr Ellis said that it at the Central Police Court. said: “Many people, as they announced last week by the would be many years before BUT we do think you might read the morning’s news, Commem co-director, Geoff Commem coincided with have told the truth about thanked God that they had Robertson. another election, and the both incidents. not sent their children to the opportunity should not be University, to learn how to Mr Robertson pointed out missed. He promised to ask The public, we are told, gets desecrate Cenotaphs.” We that since polling day fell his present employers, the the Government it deserves. make no comment on that on the Saturday before Australian Broadcasting We would hesitate, in statement, beyond this – that Commem Day (Wednesday, Commission, for two weeks view of the standard you many students and former 5th May) the antics of leave of absence to stand for maintain, to say that it also students of the University of Sydney learnt how to die for the “Official Commem Parliament. gets the Press it deserves. If candidate,” especially if he that were so, the public of their country in the Great Sydney has very low tastes. War which that monument was to stand for a closely A stunt planned for commemorates. contested seat, would obtain Commem Day itself is an We expected gross wide publicity for Commem Olympic style girl-carrying exaggeration, and even Students of the University and its charity appeal. relay race against the invention, from certain of Sydney have accepted University of New South Sydney journals. What we the responsibility for actions He said that this need not Wales. Laurel-wreathed and did not expect was that the which have brought shame only serve as a publicity stunt toga-clad male members of journals which can generally on the Alma Mater. They – the candidate’s campaign the competing teams lined be relied upon for sane, safe feel that shame intensely, could be designed as a send- up at 50 feet intervals along up of the election platforms news would also exaggerate and have taken every step to George Street. Instead of and distort in such a manner atone. of the major political parties batons each runner will (e.g. he could demand things as utterly to mislead the exchange a suitably attired general public. “Honi Soit” has no hesitation like “Church Aid for State Greek goddess. The gods Geoff Robertson, one of the 1965 Commem Day directors. Schools”) and the occasion in taking up the cudgels and the NSW police dept. Our quarrel with you, on their behalf, and states could be used to voice permitting, a Bachanalia will however, is not so much without fear of contradiction genuine student grievances Rumpus revives Renshaw be held for the victors on the because of what you said that the actions referred such as tax and transport you’ve been sleeping with one.” steps of the Town Hall. 1965 about the incident when it to were those of a few concessions. Some confusion arose in occurred. That may have The Boston T. Party irresponsibles who were the back of the hall. Pat been good journalism. campaign for state elections beyond the pale. But you Hills was forgotten in And we do not ask for any began riotously on Thursday chose to place the blame the interchange of such privileges. What we do Walsh to hoist hills night at the Paddo Town on the whole student body. career through University. comments as, “I demand an object to most strongly is the 1965 Hall. After a brief interlude, Not only that, you took He is now in fourth year apology,” “The likes of you’ll manner in which, with no Mr Renshaw brought his the opportunity to publicly Richard Walsh will be the Med; having prefaced this get no apology from me,” more important scandals to speech to a grounding Holt, insult an institution of official Commem. Candidate with three years of Arts. He “You didn’t ought to say retail to (in your estimation) which Sydney might well be and “our own local boy,” Pat to contest the State Elections has been a member of the such things to a young lady” an avidly eager public, you proud. With one exception, Hills was presented to the on the 1st March. He will SRC for the past five years, “Lady, dirt like ‘erl!” and attempted to bolster the you refused to accept our public gaze. Immediately oppose the Deputy Premier, and is at present Captain of incident into the sensation of assurance that the actions a small but courageous us all and sundry involved Mr Pat Hills. Universities the year. Even our apology were abhorrent to students group (later referred to were escorted from the hall, Debating Team. For the was sneered at. That as a body, and that the by the Deputy Prem. as the final threat came echoing Mr Walsh was asked to past two years he has co- apology, we might point offenders would be dealt “this band of yahoos on my back “wait till the opposition stand by Commem Director edited “Oz” Magazine and out, was accepted by the with. We leave the public left”) displayed banners hears about this.” Geoff Robertson after has written material for Returned Soldiers’ League. to judge. And we have a far reading “What about the the ABC had transferred every episode of the “Mavis better opinion of that public, Aborigines?”, “No racial Hills, beware. Walsh is on earlier candidate Bob Ellis Bramston Show.” We had also to put up apparently, than you have. to Melbourne. (ABC chiefs discrimination,” etc. the way in! with the shower of letters have denied rumours that Mr Robertson announced This was considered a good the State Government put that the Election campaign 10 and a brief but pungent from his hip-pocket and moment for the supporters of pressure on them to “get Ellis for the Commem Party Walsh Speaks press conference Mr Walsh proceeded with his policy John Richard Walsh, leader out of New South Wales (Mr Walsh suggested that was escorted into Wallace speech. of the Boston T. Party, to before the elections”.) it be called “The Boston T. Theatre by his personal put a word in. A low chant At virtually every 16th Party”) will open in the near bodyguard, a band of arose from the back of the word of this scintillating Mr Walsh gladly accepted future with a policy speech stalwart young Australians, hall “get left right with speech, interruptions came the invitation and welcomed delivered to students. Copies their eyes blazing and hair Richie”, “whatever catches in the form of flying red and the opportunity for action. of the text of the speech will gleaming. blue streamers (the official He said “this electorate suits be distributed throughout votes is right”, colours of the Boston T. me fine. I am tired of sitting the Electorate and Mr Walsh After two minor speakers Party) bursting balloons and pat”. He will stand for the will demand equal time with Emboldened by a few cries were booed from the stage, the screams of numerous seat of Phillip, which includes other political parties on of “good on you lass” one with cries of “We want the University and portions girls standing in the aisles television. girl apparently became Walsh,” “Is this a Communist of Glebe, Chippendale and and seated on the stage, confused as to what she was plot?” the chosen candidate Darlington. When last seen supporting and as Mr Hills wearing blue and red socks Meanwhile, announcement of the Boston T Party Mr Walsh was on very said, “NSW is the best-run tightly pulled across their far of the “Commem candidate” 1965 (founded in 1904 by Thomas friendly terms with his new State in Australia”, she let from undeveloped bosoms. came as a heavy blow to Wednesday 21st saw the T Boston) appeared from Electorate. “I call it Pip” he out a shrill shriek of “what Mr Walsh was later heard Mr Renshaw, who has just opening of the campaign of the midst of his bodyguard, confided. about the Aborigines.” A to comment, “I don’t know arranged for five hundred the Boston T. Party, by its bounded onto stage with where the girls come from. community-minded racialist leader and sole candidate, daisies and his lapel shaking Standing for Parliament new policeman to be Where’er I wander they in the vicinity swiftly Richard Walsh. After an will be yet another colourful recruited to help handle merrily, removed a streamer simply pop up like daisies retorted, “By the looks of you, interview with Channel incident in Mr Walsh’s Commem Day itself. from his mouth, toilet roll beneath my feet.”

11 pranks, satire and parody Highlights of former years 1961 carrier boarded the ship Some stunts are the result The audience was almost and, uninhindered, climbed of a flash of inspiration and completely seated and Clinton Sex The procession on to the bridge and rang the are improvised on the spot. waiting for the conductor to Commemoration Day is chemical warfare alarm. Others, however, have been appear. As the light dimmed the most important single The ship underwent an carefully planned, involving a figure dressed in evening feature of the day but as immediate phase of high many people. Such a stunt wear walked through the Scandal Gate much satirical thought is activity. was the attack by Ned orchestra, stood on the some time in the past been contained in the stunts that Kelly and his bushrangers rostrum, bowed to audience, 1998 sexually harassed by the occur throughout the city at the first night of Douglas raised his baton and began As the list of plaintiffs President of the United during the remainder of the But student stunts have Stewart’s play at the conducting. bringing charges against States of America can now day. not been restricted to Elizabethan. the First Penis grows, call a toll free hotline 1-800- Commemoration Day. The audience, having given I-FUCKED-THE-PRES. These stunts are likely to In fact, stunts seem to a polite ovation to the authorities have set up a Stunts vary from those occur anywhere and concern be an occasional pastime conductor, then saw, not the dedicated department to aimed purely as comedy to Non-US residents are any satirisible subject, and of students of many orchestra, but four people deal with the flood of law those with a direct satirical suits. Women who think advised to contact their always a student will be universities. in the choir stalls stand aim. Perhaps the best stunt standing nearby ready to and begin playing “When that they may have at nearest American embassy. during recent years that collect donations for the Martin Place Ark the Saints Marching In.” charity. moved purely at comedy The band consisted of one You may remember such was an addition to the non-Commem stunts as the clarinet, a guitar, a banjo, Liberals not Very During past Commem Days program of an orchestral and a ukulele. these stunts have been many capacity tests for telephone concert in the Town Hall booths, the removal of a city and varied. last Commemoration Day. The conductor took his band silent cop while a policeman through several verses of the Bright: Vanstone The US Navy in particular was on point duty, the Saints In The City tune, then turned and bowed 1996 the second part does should remember a Commem construction of an ark in The concert was being given to the audience, waved the not seem to be a ringing Day visit by students to the Martin Place during floods, by the Sydney Symphony waiting Sir Malcolm Sargent In a meeting with the Vice endorsement of the current Bennington. Four students and the supposedly first Orchestra under the guest to his place, and returned to Chancellors of Australia’s Liberal Party. in the early morning rowed car home in the first round conductorship of Sir his band, which remained to Universities Amanda to the visiting aircraft Australia car trial. Malcolm Sargent. hear the concert. Vanstone, Minister for As a Cabinet Minister dismantling Higher Vanstone has undoubtedly Education has been met most of the Federal King’s X kidnap Panic in the consulates reported as saying “I am Liberal Party including not a very bright person. Little Johnny himself. already been warned twice 1965 it out so successfully, as 1961 that evening. has been hinted above, I don’t know if I have ever We wait in anticipation The other stunt is Commem Day was a dismal several VIPs around met a truly bright person,” for more words of wisdom also interesting in an By the time the kidnap car failure – of this we are all only Sydney are rather upset (Australian May 25-26). from Mandy. Hopefully unintentional way. This was arrived the prostitutes were too well aware. However, at this “pointless, foolish next week she will go the “kidnap” on the corner of sole holders of the area. The one prank received no vandalism”. They have also Whilst the first part of the whole hog and admit William and College Streets, kidnappers realise just in publicity because it was in requested the return of these this seems to go without that John Howard is a time that they were not the on Commem evening. rather “poor” taste, apart plates, promising that no saying for anyone who moron and Peter Reith is girls they had to kidnap. from stepping on too many action will be taken. has actually met Vanstone a dribbling idiot. A number of university people’s corns (especially This plus the picketing of girls were loitering on this the Department of corner in readiness for being “Irma La Douce” by the Anonymous phone calls External Affairs, the Police kidnapped by some fellows same “prostitutes” earlier are in with the Feds Dob In Your Pusher, Department, the Consulates, in a car. Unfortunately with signs such as “Support apparently, and they have before the kidnap car arrived local business” supplied and the SRC). This prank stated that anyone who has the girls gained the attention good pre-publicity for the day involved the removal of any information concerning Dob In Your Enemies of a number of other men which proved such a failure. every single plate from every “THESE PLATES” should 1996 to also dob in all those in cars, whom the girls did Consulate in Sydney. contact them or the SRC. goody goodies who won’t little to avoid. It’s that time of year again smoke pot. Interesting fact: As brilliant as this prank They also assure you that when the police ask you to In last years Operation seems in conception and in Some King’s Cross the phones are not tapped. dob in all those people who Noah the most frequent prostitutes arrived on the the organisation to carry sell you drugs other than first name of drug dealers scene and were rather put them of course. Remember was Constable. out by the rivalry with what appeared to be mere amateurs. Orientation protest made 1965 Government Harasses Their pimps arrived and an argument began between the An official protest was Poor Spanish Vagrant lodged by one of the prostitutes and the university 1996 walk. His lawyers have girls. The police arrived contestants in the Miss claimed that sickness could and warned the university Orientation Week contest. Despite the pity of the return at any extradition girls off: the prostitutes had Australian People, the notice time. The contestant, Miss Australian Government Agathan Gladys Yech, refuses to leave a poor “Why don’t they go pick on studying sexology I and Spanish citizen to his the real criminals,” pleaded Matrimony I, took the Skase, “like those people bouqet from Miss Pat struggling lifestyle. The who clean your windscreens Rose after the result was vagrant, Christopher Skase, at the lights – did you know announced, and lodged the grounds that he was a of ‘no address fixed in my an official appeal over the senior student and thus did name’, has called for an end that’s against the law?” microphone against the not qualify. However, he to the harassment. A spokesman-not-person- judges decision. The protest will probably be entitled to because-that-would- was disallowed. Miss Yech enter the Miss University The Australian authorities be-politically-correct- was then removed from Competition held late this claim that he lives the high language-restricting-free- the stage by ten husky men year. life. However, Señor Skase speech for the Government who carried her outside for pointed out that he has said that they will continue examination. Footnote: Mr. Wilson is “not even had a glass of to pursue Skase “as long in trouble. He was forced champagne this year.” It turned out that Miss to use his under-pants to as there are votes in it”. Yech was Mr. John E. C. Later, when actually on the remove the lipstick lovingly In such conditions doctors Wilson, of Dentistry IV. record, he went on to add applied to his lips for the have claimed that it is a He was finally disqualified something about there being competition. His mother is miracle that he can still Commem Day advertisement, 1972. Above: notice, 1961. from the competition on still confused. a principle at stake.

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This is an edited (for space, not legal reasons) version of an article that appeared in a 1995 Honi Soit. The editors SRC Strikes of Rabelais were eventually arrested for publishing it, and “Doh!” University faced six year jail sentences and $72 000 fines each. In 1999 the Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions suddenly withdrew police charges without giving any reasons why. Stuffs Up Big Time: Terror on The Art of Shoplifting Campus This is the text of an article find anything suspicious Amy Corderoy, Stuart Thomson, Nik Kirby, published in Rabelais – La inside of it. Loses $13 million. Trobe’s student paper – Dave Carter and Evan Williams 2006 Now, last semester Honi Soit which caused Simon Crean On entering the maze: 1995 Fury erupted across the University SRC, got into a little bit of trouble to withdraw their funding. 1. As soon as you enter country today as the Federal distanced himself from when we criticised the Allegedly illegal under the the store, suss out the Sydney, Friday: That Government’s decision to the organisation: “I don’t University Administration Victorian Crimes Act… here sales people. An employee well-oiled machine which list student organisations really want to talk about my and our Vice-Chancellor it is… the art of shoplifting. can often stand out as a is known as University across Australia as banned University days. Unless you Don McNichol in particular more wishy-washy gullible Administration admitted terrorist organisations under can provide DNA evidence, (see Honi Soit Vol. 66 Shoplifting is an art individual -- so even if they today that they had the 2004 Anti-terrorism I maintain that I withdrew No 14 “Fuck off, Don!”). that deserves the widest see you they are likely to be miscalculated the number legislation. at an appropriate time.” We accused them of being possible dissemination. For too gutless to mention it, of people who go to this incompetant. We now your convenience we have either to you or to security. university this year. As a In a raid by Federal police While the Federal Labor realise how wrong we were: printed below a step by 2. Try to find where the result there are 1200 empty last night, several cases of party has suggested that published here is an official step guide to shoplifting. video surveillance monitors places at the University. chardonnay were seized they will give provisional apology. Good luck. are and who is watching The already strapped-for- from the Holme building. support to these measures, Within capitalism our access them; often they are not cash University is now Mick Keelty, Federal Police Opposition Leader Kim to resources is severely even looking at them. These going to have to give back Apology Commissioner claims “this Beazley believes that the limited by contemporary monitors usually show more about $13 million dollars We apologise for was a middle class Molotov Government is not doing relations of domination. of the room but not enough to the Federal Government accusing the University cocktail waiting to happen.” enough to crack down on One partial solution to this detail to adequately see because of the bungle. Administration of being student terrorists. “We in incompetent in Issue 14. problem may be to STEAL. what you are up to. Prime Minister Howard the Australian Labor Party A spokesperson for the have spent too long ignoring Sadly, however, many We realise that even refused to comment today, people living precariously Blind-spots and other administration said that though it is your main saying, “I am under a legal the potential for terrorism on low incomes tend to lifting techniques: it was a simple error that function in life to maintain obligation not to comment emanating from our own either: (1) avoid shoplifting 1. Display units can make anyone could have made, and records of exactly how on this heinous criminal backyard. We must stop for anachronistic moral perfect blind-spots -- they that “I just forgot to carry many people attend terrorist plot that threatens simply ignoring ‘Young and/or ethical reasons; ensure security is confident the 1200”. The spokesperson this University, and to the very core of our proud Labor’ student activists then went on to show Honi maximise Government nation. It’s un-Australian.” within our own ranks and or (2) remain ignorant of they have their eye on you, funding, you cant also be Soit exclusively the napkin the better methods and when in fact they can only expected to both do it The Prime Minister also start acting to prevent them techniques of shoplifting, see your top half -- at the on which the figure was and get it right. spoke in strong language continuing to undermine thus failing to maximise same time they enable you to calculated. about the rights of students: our empty rhetoric.” their lifting potential. keep your eye on security. “We must provide ordinary, 2. A good method is to take Australian kids with The official Government From the onset, the everything you want to your the Choice to say ‘no’ to spokesperson said, when golden rule of theft blind-spot and collect it all terrorism. To do this we questioned about the should be enunciated: later in one go, or better still Robert Menzies: must put an end to the appropriateness of the use NEVER STEAL FROM get someone else to collect it overarching control student of the legislation, “Of course SOMEBODY WHO for you. unions, chardonnay- it’s a terrorist organisation: COULD CONCEIVABLY 3. One of the oldest tricks in A Unique Legacy sipping socialists, left-wing it’s a Union. That strikes BE A COMRADE. Be the book is to put more than academics and other al- terror in my heart and in the careful, too, about taking one garment on a hanger Charles Firth 1995 was revealed that 18kg of Qaeda supporters have over heart of every God-fearing stuff from small ‘corner (works particularly well plutonium is spread around Australian campus life.” patriotic Australian.” store’ type shops -- you with women’s underwear). Australia, Sunday: Australia as a result of the could be ripping off someone Thousands of Australians nuclear tests conducted An unofficial SRC Rumours persist that the in a situation not dissimilar Exchanging crap for more around the country were in South Australia during spokesperson commented: Government has planned to your own. On the whole, crap: rushed to hospital with bouts the 1950’s. Scientists are “We see this as a victory- a series of arrests, and a it is best to play it safe 1. If you plan to steal of nostalgia for the Menzies investigating whether we knew something like Government spokesperson and go straight for the big something and then make era today. The bouts involve the bouts are caused by this was bound to happen was willing to confirm some corporate fuckers. an exchange always take people lapsing into clichés nostalgia of degenerative after our Education Action suspects, “The Farmers’ stuff that people are likely such as “they don’t make radiation sickness. Group starting gathering in Union, Union Square, What follows is a list of to take back. things like they used to” and double figures almost every Greater Union cinemas effective methods and 2. Never take an exchange “if only John Howard were Meanwhile, it has second week. They can and school re-Unions... observations that may prove item to the store you stole it Prime Minister then they’d been announced that ban our organisation, but And possibly onions. It’s useful. from. bring back FJ Holdens in accordance with her they can’t stop us printing a clever dodge, but we’re 3. Another commonly used and the death penalty” and husband’s dying wishes, the issues-driven but visually onto them. We know what Preparing oneself for the technique is to take an “whatever happened to the body of the late Dame Pattie appealing t-shirts. Fuck Off Unions are, don’t try to pull big haul: empty bag from the same white Australia policy, if Menzies will be exploded Liberal Scum.” the wool over our eyes. Just 1. Buying something at the store with a receipt in it for only John Howard…” at the Marilinga Test Site, remember, if you’ve done same time that you steal stuff previously paid for items and scattered over most of Tony Abbott, former nothing wrong, you’ve got doesn’t necessarily ensure and then nick the same The bouts come after it eastern Australia. President of the Sydney nothing to fear.” success. Approaching staff stuff, which gives you the for items you are absolutely perfect alibi. 2005 “Hx” sure they don’t have is just as good. Think of something The end: that you know they don’t Finally, if you get caught - have and pretend that you - lie your teeth out! Never are looking for this, so that admit to premeditation. you have an excuse for Always say that the being there. opportunity arose, so you 2. It is always a good idea took it. Don’t act tough or to carry a bag although you be a smart arse. Cry. Bawl. should never stash anything Admit a guilty conscience. in it -- if security/sales staff Beg them not to call the are suss on you the first cops. Don’t antagonise the place that they’ll check is filth -- it is their personal your bag and it may just get discretion as to how bad you off the hook if they can’t you get busted.

13 uni admin Bad Luck Boneheads Wolstenholme University can’t sue Honi over Mallet St Leak gets a bagging 1977 glad to see the librarians Teresa Green and would also be, in effect to a Finance Committee by $750,000 due to the have not bowed to public I wish to praise the staff David Tillick, 1992 sueing itself. Such action report. Action to recoup cost overrun on Stage pressure and forgotten would mean that the the money lost on the One. Consideration was of Wolstenholme Library the minority groups. for reintroducing the The University has not university would have project is being considered given to reducing student What is needed is more rule requiring bags to progressive thought such considered the option of to pay an excess. Honi b the University Senate. numbers, however it be left at the library as has been displayed News editor Dave Killick The Funding available to is likely that costs will legal action over Honi entrance. Last year the by the librarians. It is Soit’s publication of the laughed when told of the complete Stage Two will be recovered by design rule was not policed and highly reminiscent of cost overrun on the Mallett screw up. “I guess that be $7.59 million, reduced changes to the project. the range and quality of other well known people Street refurbishment. means we can do anything umbrellas on wet days from Merewether such declined markedly. The Sources close to the we like now and they as Profs. Hogen and quality of notes available Simkin. University have told Honi can’t touch us” he said, for borrowing from bags that the possibility of “So much for all those also dropped – evidenced Regards, legal action, mentioned warnings over Mallett by the fact that I was only by the University’s Street.” able to get a credit last year instead of the HDs The Phantom Bag- solicitors, Minter Ellison, of previous years. I am Snatcher can not proceed due to the WHAT’S NEW AT nature of the University’s NURSING insurance policy. Amalgamations The cost over run Cumberland College of Apparently the policy for Stage One of the 1990 health Sciences (CCHS), covers not only the refurbishment of the This year, Sydney Uni The Sydney Institute of University itself, but also Mallett Street Faculty became an amalgam of Nursing Studies (INS), the SRC, so that by sueing of Nursing Building was six other institutions. the Conservatorium the SRC, the University $3.25 million according SU (as it used to exist), of Music and Sydney Cost blowout ... Mallet St refurbishment costs, 1992. College of the Arts (SCA) will become part of the Penny had written about Penny at Macquarie Uni. ‘Unified National System’ making love with a woman. The difficulties involved of higher education. School for Scandal Penny was required to attend in mobilising support Adam and Susan from we must bear in mind the a psychiatric examination, on a realistic level are Julie McCrossin, 1974 moral attitudes of parents during which a photostat of Honi spoke to Vanessa The Department of which are vague notions inherent in the decision- and the community” – this the poem was produced. She Chan, president of S.U. Education is harassing of “mental stability.” The making structures of both is obviously a “medical” told Penny her scholarship SRC about the political homosexual student transparency of this device the Teachers’ Federation decision made in respect would be cancelled and agenda that has inspired teachers through psychiatric is indicated in the director and the Department of of homosexuals, but not there would no possibility of the amalgamations. First testing. The department general of Education, Mr Education. Mr Hourihan extended to heterosexuals. appeal. disguises its discrimination Bunker’s only comment of the Teachers’ Federation though, we asked what against homosexuals by the on Penny Short’s case on explained that there was effects amalgamation In 1973 the Macquarie On Wednesday, 27 March, insidious use of “medical Friday, 29 March, that “you little chance of a successful will have on our student University newspaper, a mass meeting of over 1000 unfitness” attached to will have to remember that appeal. organisations. “Arena” published a poem students and staff supported The Political Economy Issue: An Overview 1982 not a new or superficial issue WHAT IS POLITICAL looked at, for instance: One of the appeals to P.E. - it has been going on for ECONOMY AND 3) Marxism sees controlling students is that it encourages You may not be aware that 14 years , has involved the WHAT’S WRONG 1) The Neo-Classical the means of production as a thinking about the current there is currently a dispute sacking o staff sympathetic WITH “NORMAL framework looks to the critical factor. crises of our society. Its raging within the Economics to P.E. and has taken the ECONOMICS”? market mechanism as the parameters are wide enough Department about the future time of three major enquiries critical factor. Transactions The current orthodox to see that economics could of Political Economy. (1973, 1975 and 1981)) not The addition of the word are analysed in terms economics does not be a tool of society, not the to mention the time spent ‘political’ to Economy is in of supply and demand consider the Institutionalist other way round. A Political You may not know what by P.E. students and staff reference to the fact that functions. or Marxist framework, Economy Department with the issues are or what the supporting the struggle. economic theories are not probably because to do so adequate resources could history of the dispute has often objective in the sense 2) The Institutionalist would admit that economic get on more effectively entailed. Hopefully, this The basic issue is that pure sciences can be. If approach looks at the relative theories are politically with teaching about and article will shed some light fundamentally different economics is the “allocation power of different interested neutral. researching the problems on the subject. ideas of what education in of scarce resources to groups or institutions and options. economics should be. competing ends”, there are and sees the allocation of WHY SUPPORT P.E.? The first point is that it is various factors that can be resources in this light. A History of the Political Economy Dispute

1968: Revision 1970: Tutors 1973: A majority of 1974: The Committee 1976: A committee of the 1981: Understaffing 1982: Wilke’s report of the economics sacked for economics students recommended a separate Academic Board found and under-resourcing vague but recommends course towards expressing boycotted lectures. Department of Political that a separate P.E. Unit of political economy a P.E. professor be the Neo-Classical dissent As a response the Econom and a four should be set up. The Vice- classes lead established on par approach by the University set up year course. First and Chancellor refused to adopt students to march with the Professor of then professors the Mills Committee second year courses the recommendations. 5000 on VC’s office. Wilke Economics. The Professor of economics of Enquiry was were started but all other students from 100 classes Enquiry established. of Economics responds established. recommendations were boycott in protest from July by trying to remove P.E.- rejected. 14 to July 26. specific subjects. The struggle continues.

14 uni admin It’s Your University- Fight for It!!

1982 to expect. On issues of vital importance to students, A petition was produced they are our opponents. by Political Economy Their conservatism is a bar supporters, and other to needed change in the people who wish to make the University. University Administration accountable to the University In Economics, Hogan community. It calls on has stated that he has the Federal Parliament to been “opposed to courses “establish an Independent in Political Economy in Committee of Enquiry into principle from the outset”. the Government of Sydney If he remains in power, University”, which we Political Economy cannot hope will be conducted by hope to survive as a the Australian Universities viable course. As Head Commission. We believe of Department, his voice that events over the past six shouts loudest in the hiring years have shown that the and firing of staff, in the Administration has no real allocation of staff to courses. desire to reform itself. The Political Economy staff who can be sacked will be The most damning sacked, while those with indictment of the remoteness tenure will find the place of the administration from unbearable and leave. the University community Conservative staff will be was the Philosophy strike appointed to teach Political of 1973. Over 2,500 Economy, and the course students struck with staff will wither and die. over the basic issue of Look at your own control of the Department. departments – how are Democratisation students views taken into movements sprang up in account? If the Professor many departments and most wants one thing and staff had some degree of success. and students another, who Et the onl concession made will win? We are not alone by the Administration to this in our dilemma; it is your general cr for power to the dilemma too. grassroots was to increase the number of students who The corrupt and were to sit on the Academic irresponsible nature of Board from 10 to 25 – as University government must opposed to about 45 staff be exposed, the University and 135 professors. must be governed by all The crucial unit of its members, not just the government is the Professors. Department, and under the By-Laws the Professors have Sign the Petition and the position of paramount Support the teach-in on power; the students have Wednesday, July 2nd, nothing. Under the By- turn your lectures over to Laws, we must rely on the a discussion of Political Professors to promote and Economy and University defend our interests., we Government. must rely on the Hogans, the Simpkins, The Armstrongs SIGN THE PETITION!!! and the Rogers to be our champions. But the past six years have taught us what

15 sex

Discover the clitoris 69 WAYS TO TURN Lyndel Robinson, 1974 the Masters and Johnson was labelled Anne Louise study experience their most Bremner frigidity. Freud’s YOURSELF ONTO intense orgasms through theory of “penis envy” was So the sexual revolution has increase experimentation mastubation manual a fraud which; dismissing come and gone and you still in sex, give us any amount stimulation. the clitoris as unimportant, find yourself flat on your of different positions to encouraged the view that back, pretending to enjoy fuck in, but continue to MASTURBATION Of course, men cannot male sexuality was all yourself and wondering why ignore the significance of imagine what lesbians do! important and fostered the you’re not, with somebody the clitoris to women and Anonymous, 1976 The fact is that women double standard. on top pounding at you. actively promote the myth don’t need a penis, literal of the vaginal orgasm. The 1 Not being able to scrounge a fuck or symbolic, to have an Women, however, have no Female sexuality isn’t “ultimate” is when you both 2 Having standards that no-one can meet orgasm. Some women reason to envy penises for completely denied come together. 3 Being a practising Roman Catholic – the kind Freud labelled the clitoris is a small but far anymore, and a more 4 Being a lonely first year “sexually anaesthetic” and more sensitive equivalent widespread understanding In spite of Freud’s theory 5 and telling all the potential lays you’re a virgin “psychosexually immature” of the penis except that of contraception means that “for the transition to 6 Being a virgin in fact, resent them. The the urethra does not run that you don’t have to womanhood to be successful, 7 Living at home myth of the vaginal orgams through it as in the man’s get pregnant. But while the clitoris must abandon 8 Living in Sancta Sophia or Women’s College plays a necessary and penis. Its erection is similar you can feel free fucking its sexual primacy to the 9 A single bed crucial part in the pattern of to the male erection and the with whoever you want, vagina”, (obviously a social 10 Fleas male domination of women. head of the clitoris has the whenever you want, you requisite not a physical 11 Crabs Whilst it is believed that the same type of structure and may yet be left wondering development whereby 12 Primary Syphilis symptoms vagina is the centre of orgasm function as the head of the – as every generation of women must learn to accept 13 Measles the myth also perpetuates penis. Its only function is women before you – why you their subjugation, though we 14 Forgetting now former lover’s name in bed the idea that women are that of sexual pleasure whilst bother at all. For the fact still do make great mothers, to 15 Having nasty, filthy, dirty personal hygiene habits dependant on men for sexual the vagina’s functions are remains that the nature of men), Masters and Johnson, 16 grotty, grubby long broken nails satisfaction and it is only related to the reproductive women’s sexuality is almost in their massive clinical 17 A potato crop in your ear as a concomitant of man’s function; menstruation; universally misunderstood, study of the physiology of 18 Cutting toe nails in bed pleasure that a woman can receiving the penis; holding and our bodies mistreated by sex, concluded that “the 19 peeing the bed receive any. semen and is the birth men, who insist on believing, dichotomy of vagina and 20 Not changing the sheets passage. Like nearly all other despite the evidence to clitoral orgasms is entirely 21 Not washing The penis is siqnificant as a internal body structures, it is the contrary, generally false” 22 Snoring poorly supplied with nerve established by women and symbol of power. It signifies 23 Fucking in the Fisher music rooms and being endings. inevitably disregarded by “Anatomically all orgasms violence, destruction and sprung three times men, that our vaginas are our are centred in the clitoris, crass egoism. It is used to put 24 Reading ‘Ribald’ and ‘Screw’ So, while the penis is a sign primary genital organ (how whether they result from women down, to hurt and to 25 Telling all your straight friends you’re gay of power in our society, convenient for penises). It is direct manual pressure dominate us. It is not easy 26 Getting pregnant to view a penis as a gentle the clitoris is a non entity, sufficient, then, to stimulate applied to the clitoris, indirect 27 Cold feet instrument for love-making although some other times the clitoris incidentally pressure resulting from the 28 Secondary syphilis symptoms and sexual enjoyment. and cultures have found during intercourse or thrusting of penis during 29 Deciding that getting off at Redfern just isn’t their existence threatening specifically during foreplay, intercourse, or generalized worth the trip Freud has accused women enough to warrant mass to excite the woman and sexual stimulation of other 30 Having a strict methodist ‘lover’ of “penis envy”. The clitoridectomies ours prefers gain entry. erogenous zones like the 31 Doing Cleo quizzes in bed with your now former to deal with the problem breasts.” Given the amazing inability of women to resign lover themselves to an unsatisfying more subtly – just don’t tell Sex manuals, in their efforts lack of knowledge about the 32 Going to trendy parties wearing only a Gucci form of sexuality and to women it’s there, and what to give everyone the ultimate clitoris, it is not surprising scarf tied around your crotch with a hole near obtain a vaginal orgasm it’s there for. in sexual pleasure and that research subjects in your anus cut in the shape of a heart 33 Pubes that smell like rotting cheese 34 Ferocious farting 35 Pretending you’re passive and thinking it’s sexy Superfluous Facts About Academic 36 Being dominant and not realising it’s oppressive 37 Bob Gaussen’s multi-dimensional three in one fuck over 38 Fleas Eroticism: Towards A Theory And 39 Lice 40 Sexist men 41 Finding out that your now former lover voted Liberal Practice Thereof 42 Becoming a Forest Lodge alcoholic and continually throwing up over your now former Jean Rhodes welcomes students, 1976 lover in public 43 Having mouth odour like a garlic and ammonia Well now friends and c1assroomwalls, windows, factory lovers, we’re all here to children, parents but years 44 Seeing Malcom Turnbull’s balls through rock and root, and get into of conditioning to SCREW binoculars while bird watching on No 2 Oval cunt and ass, get poked by through... puddles of come 45 Tertairy syphilis symptoms Shakespeare, and stoked by to wade through miles of 46 Fleas the rules, get off on pricks vagina to wander around... 47 Herpes and Virginia Woolf and all lips to be caressed, phallus 48 Having an orgy with the Honi Soit staff have a fucking orgasmic to climb over an obstac1e 49 Dying of syphilis and being laid out by a perverse time!” course to played through mortician who can’t go all the way strange and stranger’s beds University is the womb which carried by your blossoming one fucks back .... into a sexuality CARNALITY.... great warm ,wet, palpitating, A nothing, Everything, All energising environment... is not impossible... so long as seamy, sordid, incestuous... it feels good... just let your cunt juice slipping through body go and wait for your sticky hot sweaty fingers, head to catch up... sucking pseudo-semen eggs – SNARING moist pubes; So welcome to the cesspool, A 1975 front cover: confirming sexuality in the SPUNK IS THE STAMP come down and enjoy your 70s was, in fact, special OF HONESTY... no stay! A serious warning from the Digest of Hygiene irresponsibly riduculed by Honi in 1976 16 drugs Out In the Garden Bed

HARVESTING: Female With Shirley Glasshouse, 1978 plants are best for personal This week’s subject, meet the same conditions use because they are campus garden-lovers, is as for outdoors - crumbly, generally more potent than Cannabis sativa – a weed well-drained and neutral- males. C. sativa is unusual that will grow under any alkaline. Plants will start in in that each plant has the conditions, but with a bit small pots but will ultimately capacity to be male or more attention, will result require one more than 12” female, and a plant may In a fine-quality crop. The deep. The pots must have change sex without any is easily obtained from drainage holes and a layer apparent physical change the bottom of a deal - the of gravel, pebbles or similar until the plant flowers. browner the better. Ideally, material at the bottom. to After 3-6 weeks growth, the seeds should be soaked prevent waterlogging. The male plants will probably in distilled water overnight humidity should be low be taller and thinner, have before planting. – a room where the air is dry fewer leaves, be a bit more and ferns and tropical plants pale, and after 6 weeks, it The Cultivator’s Handbook of Marijuana was a commonly proscribed text in 1970 OUTDOORS: Use a rich won’t do very well. Plants will have developed a little plants may be attacked by: loam, with sand for good shouldn’t be in a draught. tuft of leaves at the top. aphids, slugs and snails, or drainage, but lacking clay but the air MUST be kept Conversely, females tend to caterpillars. (the right soil can be rolled moving (open doors and be squat and bushier, darker Honestly, officer into a ball but will crumble windows in other rooms). green and leafier. Organic methods of pest under light pressure. If it control are preferable occupation, despite police just compacts, it has too Dope is sensitive to the same Thus, you may harvest environmentally, and also Anonymous, 1985 promises or incentives. Most much moisture or clay and diseases as both tobacco and only the females (giving because you will be smoking convictions in pot cases is unsuitable for dope- tomatoes (plants and fruit). a more potent but smaller “So honestly officer, if I knew it whatever went on the plant. come about from admissions growing). Sandy soil should so keep them away. Even yield) or harvest both sexes was bad for my health I would However, the worst pest you made in the presence of the be improved with the cigarette smoke can kill (less potent but a greater never have smoked it” could encounter is a Man- police which are later used addition of organic fertilisers young plants or make older quantity). This may be In-Blue. This condition is in court. eg. compost, at least one plants unhealthy. decided at flowering time Actually as yet pot hasn’t dangerous, and if any are week before sowing. (about 10-12 weeks) when been shown to be as bad for found in your garden, there So, to repeat, say nothing, LIGHT: This is the most the sex can properly be your health as nicotine and is nothing you can do except you’re under no obligation Space seeds about 2’ apart crucial aspect for getting a determined. Male flower alcohol. But this digresses, have the plants pulled up. to, and then if the police in all directions, 2 or 3 to a good crop. Plants need an pods occur separately from for what the Grass Roots proceed let your lawyer hole (pinch out the weaker average of 8 hours direct the leaf cluster. while female Committee wishes to do this SUMMARY: Well-drained, explain how this funny ones after germination). sunlight daily (which will flowers grow in association week is to suggest what to alkaline soil, sunny position looking cigarette must have Cover with no more than ¼” require bright artificial with the leaf clusters (see do if apprehended with it in preferably outdoors. Keep accidentally jumped into of soil. Water regularly, but lighting indoors), so in this drawing). your possession or vicinity. tobacco and tomatoes away. your rollies in some crowded the roots will rot if the soil is respect, it is better to grow it Female plants are most pub. kept wet or if pools form. outdoors. More than 8 hours PESTS: Not overwatering Admit nothing except potent. Don’t let the soil get improves the crop, but any is the most important thing your name, address and waterlogged. Harvest before INDOORS: The soi1 must less than 6 is undesirable. to watch. However, your or when the plant flowers. SRC MAY OPPOSE Heroin: Explanations and Panegyrics DRUG LAW Anonymous, 1985 perverse, bizarre, insane Addiction as it might lose me some tobacco, then the Welfare years) later, he would freak to Oh yes, the drug is addictive; friends). Anonymous, 1966 Officer was to recommend know his daughter is hitting My God it was incredible the incomparable Reader’s that the SRC oppose any up herself. Ultimately, he is Of course to try smack at At it’s last meeting the in the beginning – new Digest regales us with the restrictions upon its use. afraid to know what more all also indicates something SRC agreed to hear a wonder drug – better than story of a young man on subtle pain the wonder drug about the personality (God recommendation that morphine – non-addictive the trail to Kathmandu who Michael Kirby, student might now be killing. knows what – it is impossible the council oppose any – most powerful pain killer knew with his first hit that representative on the Senate, to generalise) but it doesn’t restrictions on the use of known to man; and now, be was “hooked.” That’s said he had been defence But that’s wrong. The small mean the person concerned marijuana if the drug was vile sensual leech, smack bullshit, that is if you’re counsel for some students mad Vietnam Veteran, is necessarily a potential found to be no more harmful sucks dry the withered talking about the real thing, prosecuted for drug taking so vulnerably Australian, junkie. One has to draw the than cigarettes or alcohol. lives of sombre skeletal about physical addiction and his investigations had his mind screaming at the between those intelligent junkies who lean, bankrupt, to heroin, if, in fact, you’re found that marijuana did no red lights, flinging his car enough to realise smack as The men’s medical against cardboard ghetto really talking about the more harm than cigarettes. past the endless ugliness pleasure is a good thing and representative put this walls. AND, of course, the drug and not the person, a It was not as addictive as of the factories, used-car those stupid enough to think motion after SRC president, old dogmas – marijuana completely different thing. alcohol. lots, and discount stores of it is everything. Geoff Robertson, disclosed leads to heroin addiction, it If this guy considers himself Parramatta Road, want to that the police Drug Squad has also been posited that addicted to smack from his He said students should score; a hit, he says, is the If we are reasonable beings, with Dr Wilkins of Student mother’s milk leads to heroin very first hit then, in other resist every move by the only thing that can obliterate we should not deny ourselves Health and Professor addiction; I think the latter circumstances, he would State to impose circumspect the ranged world in which the occasional enjoyment Shatwell, of the Law Faculty, might be closer to the truth have gone down just as easily legislation which would he rages, trapped. His thin or such generous dope. O were surveying students’ use if anything so presumptuous for alcohol, opium, tea, Bex, needlessly restrict individual wife (they’d given away smack, mellow, amber in the of drugs. exists. But who will trace religion, yoga or grass. To free choice. their baby) looks at him, hit enough dope to work up fit until, jacking the plunger the causal links in the The accepted motion and he corrects what wasn’t a physical habit (about seven – one’s eager blood rushes Medical student John multiplicity of lives that directed the SRC Welfare a mistake – “two things” a weeks’ continuous hitting of to meet it, plunger down Powles agreed the drug was splinter this groaning planet? Officer to seek advice from conciliatory smile but shit, an average of one cap a day and all warmth and sweet relatively harmless and said – a rhetorical question. the Pharmacology and I’m not like that. [$30 a cap, i.e. $210 a week] light flood every vein, every that the common argument My father, a good man (he Psychiatry Departments gradually increasing intake nerve, every cell, engulfed in that marijuana smokers won’t admit it and even less on any harmful effects I’m not a junkie, I don’t – for the curious, this is what the mild placid sea of smack, would come into contact admit that he has wrenched of marihuana (or Indian have a habit though I have I and most of my friends into one’s ambivalent clamorous with peddlers and move on his goodness from a rigid Hemp). If this independent, surrendered my tremulous smack have observed) i.e. to self swathed at last in the to more dangerous drugs Catholicism be still submits expert opinion was that the body to smack’s gentler become an addict, requires sensuous unravelling of time was a circular one. If the to), is a doctor. Back in the effects of marijuana, were it harmonies, have lingered for not only a lot of bread, a and space. The world sinks drug was not restricted then 50’s he remembers hitting to become widely and openly hours in boundless drifts of fair bit of free time, but also like a dull stone, swallowed smokers would not contact up people with smack. Now, used, were no more serious snow. a certain sort of personality by limpid lakes, fuuuuck – peddlers and this danger in the 70’s, 20-odd years (20 than those of alcohol and (I won’t go into what sort this shit blows your arse off. would be eliminated.

17 honi gets colourful

In 1995, the editors (inluding The Chaser’s Charles Firth) used their colour pages to create a giant poster for editor and Union Board candidate Nick Purtell. At the next SRC meeting a motion was passed to deduct $360 (the cost of an advertisement) from the editors’ stipend. They were also forced to apologise. While they managed to have the motion to deduct their money rescinded, they eventually printed an apology (in approximately size 4 font).

Mr Purtell did not manage to get elected to the Union Board.

This article appeared in the same edition: Union Candidate in Media Scandal “I’m innocent” says Purtell Nick Purtell of course, I am the impartial media.” SYDNEY UNIVERSITY, Monday: The students of My Purtell’s accusers were Sydney university were unavailable for comment. shocked to hear accusations The most outspoken of rorting and flagrant accidentally, tragically misuse of editorial powers hanged himself whilst by Mr Nick Purtell. putting out the laundry.

Mr Purtell, editor of Honi The editors of this newspaper Soit, and candidate for condemn and deplore any election as member of the attempt to control the minds Union Board, responded of our readers through to allegations of abuse propaganda. We shall seek of editorial privileges by such propaganda out and saying, “The full colour expunge it mercilessly, if centrespread has absolutely we ever find it. Any of it. nothing to do with the Anywhere, I tell you, we Union elections. It’s just really are serious about this a coincidence. I’m a man one. It’s the principle of the of honesty and integrity. I matter. believe wholeheartedly in an Vote 1 Nick Purtell for impartial media. In this case, Union.

In 1999 the editors used their colour spread for a (perhaps slightly more noble) pull-out poster.

18 honi gets colourful

In their last edition for 2005, the editors produced “Hx”, an imitation of the free “Mx” newspaper. They used their colour pages to present a biting satire of quality commerical media. Their reproductions of rarely seen images of dead and wounded Iraqis shocked many readers.

Our nation and our coalition are very proud of this accomplishment The 1995 editors held a “fashionable day of action” to protest their $360 “charge” for the Nick Purtell “advertisement”. “ ”

Baghdad Bazaar

fashion from 1998’s editorial team preferred to use their colour pages for some good ol’ fashioned penis photographs. the front line

In the same edition they also took a shot at Government Advertising

Don’t you think Government advertising Recent editors have often used their colour pages for parody. This image, by Nikolas Kirby, is taken from “Media Search For Integrity” a parody of the media coverage of is really the Beaconsfield mine disaster 2006

The journalists have a solid week of good? Innocent Beaconsfied hard hittting news to get through. citizens hide from media Although they have exhausted almost underground in a secret every angle there’s still that last break- cage. through into the victim’s private lives. They must avoid real news stories at all costs so that the whole operation might not collapse with perspective.

Burrowing journalist hopes to make a “break through.”

Point at which Carleton carked it. Extent of general public interest in Tasmanians, a surprisingly small working space.

19 protests

Americans Reject Walsh 1966 than any other candidate. However, as editor of OZ Former SRC president, magazine he has published Richard Walsh, has been considerable anti-Vietnam refused permission to tour material… the United States because he disagrees with US policy Walsh was interviewed in on Vietnam. Sydney by the US consul and two of his attaches. This is the only interpretation that can be placed on the US They questioned him about government’s rejection of an OZ magazine, which they application by Walsh to tour had “heard was rather America as part of the Far tasteless”. East Asian Student Youth Leadership Scheme. When asked about his attitude to Vietnam, Walsh Walsh was the recommended told them he did not agree first choice in a list of with current US Policy and 1944 candidates submitted by the he added that there was a NUAUS to make the tour. significant amount of US An unspecified protest He had better academic foreign policy with which he ALP Club Protest qualifications than any of the disagreed. doing the popular thing, candidates lower on the list. 1950 they think of the bill only in Mungo MacCallum, 1960 He had been more active and He had to reassure them he terms of the State elections “Menzies’ anti-communist Sir, the cops. In fact, any point proficient in student politics was not a Communist. and their personal interests, legislation is the first step the demonstration had was towards totalitarianism,” Yet another view on last due entirely to the police. Academics protest against “But don’t let us mislead said Mr J. Ferguson, State Thursday’s “Apartheid” A certain amount of public ourselves. This is not a President of the ALP, demonstration. interest and sympathy was Government’s Vietnam policy Labour feeling. Such a addressing a meeting of the aroused by the unnecessarily policy would be in keeping ALP Club on Tuesday. I put “Apartheid” in quotation violent actions of the police. 1965 Menzies in , and he with the policy of the Liberal marks because it is doubtful (Const.: “I’d love to get is expected to see it today. Party. If any credit is to go “We shall be subjected to the if the majority of students among them with my baton.” A petition to the Prime to anyone for this bill, it will same sort of totalitarianism involved had any clear Const.: “Violent? Have you Minister expressing “grave The original petition, with a go to the Liberals,” this bill aims at fighting. ideas formed about what to ever seen a policeman with concern over the situation full list of the names of the Behind Menzies’ supercilious do about Apartheid. A few his guts hanging out?”) in Vietnam” has been signed signatories, has been sent to Mr Ferguson continued approach we can read the went with the peculiar idea by 247 academics from eight the P.M.’s Canberra office. that he was very satisfied evidence of a Fascist. that the more they got hit, The conclusion seems to be Australian universities. Copies have also been sent with the attitude of the the more idealistic they were that a student demonstration to the Leader and Deputy- NSW Premier. “My own “There is no doubt whatever being; a few really wanted to depends on the police rather A copy of the petition has Leader of the Opposition, view is that Labour should regarding the Fascist protest (in some unspecified than its objects, and that a been sent to the Prime and the Deputy-Leader of reaffirm its opposition to tendencies of Menzies and way) about Black Murder. protest will fail unless it is Minister, Sir Robert the Government. Communism, but at the what he stands for. It is But the only organised suppressed, and probably same time should develop unfortunate, however, that clique wanted to have a go at even then. its own concept of this all- Press Banned as Sydney a number of Labour men important question of the have decided to support the ban. The Labour approach Sydney Will Sit-In Library Votes Aid to Vietnam legislation, in an endeavour remain in the library until to Communism is no the to cash in on popular feeling. Open letter, 1966 midnight. 1967 A rowdy meeting in General Liberal approach.” Believing Menzies to be Dear Mr Bryan, Lecture Theatre 1 passed the However, our protest will The university administration motion by 188 votes to 163. On Thursday, September have the following basis: banned television newsmen Mower Please ! 29, university students l that the hours of Fisher from the campus last Despite the Press ban, Would the enterprising nothing if it is returned throughout Australia intend Library be extended during Thursday as students passed students smuggled reporters gentlemen who kidnapped quickly. Otherwise, it to sit-in their libraries past third term until midnight; a motion condemning into the meeting, and SRC the U.N.S.W. lawnmower will be an insurance and normal closing hours to l that the Administration the Commonwealth President, Alan Cameron, please return same to the hence police case, with protest against inadequate provide additional money to government’s new legislation went outside the University S.R.C. It belonged to the all sorts of unnecessary library facilities. Sydney allow the librarian to employ which prevents aid being grounds for a television Victa people, and they unplesantness. University students intend extra staff to implement this sent to civilians in North interview… have kindly offered to say 1961 to join this protest. We will aim… Vietnam.

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Police Condemned 2006 sedition statement We, the undersigned editors of Honi Soit, declare our intention to be in breach of the by SRC President Anti-Terrorism Act (No. 2) 2005, specifically, they were only a handful Division 80 of the Criminal Code referring to 1969 overall,” he added. sedition, through urging a person to assist the The president of the SRC, enemy and to assist those engaged in armed Jim Spigelman strong Mr Spigelman said the hostilities against the Australian Defence attacked the methods most important impact Force. used by police in the of the demonstration was demonstration. the attention it gained In doing so, we declare our support for, and before the representatives urge others to assist, the citizens of Iraq who “There is no doubt that of the many countries are defending themselves against the violent anybody who saw the who were attending aggression of invading military forces of the incidents in Phillip Street the Asian Development Australian Government together with those of could affirm that many Bank conference in the the USA and UK. The invasion of Iraq was of the police acted more Wentworth Hotel. undertaken through misrepresentations to the violently than was necessary public, and like the conduct of the war itself, is under the circumstances,” “It showed them that illegal according to international law... he said. a sizeable majority in Australia disagree with The new legislation has been widely opposed in “There were some students the Government’s policies the Australian community as both unnecessary who went out of their way on conscription and the and as a serious step in eroding the very civil to provoke the police – but ,” he said. liberties the Government professes to protect.

The Australian Press Council has stated, “the Where do YOU stand? laws against sedition are antithetical to [debate, reporting of debate, criticism and satire] and Ian Davis and Bruce Gordon, 1972 have a significant potential to damage the democratic processes in Australia.” Likewise, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance The action taken at Sydney the moral validity of the has argued that the sedition laws will stifle the University on April 24, compulsory military service dissent and criticism that is essential for an 1972, in severing the hand- and oppose the political uses cuffs which held Draft informed, thoughtful public. The Law Council of which Australian men too have criticised the laws, calling them a Resister Michael Matteson 1970: Mike Jones giving the clenched fist salute as he is have been put in the sending “highly offensive” danger to free speech for to two Commonwealth “led” away to Regent Street Police Station of them as conscripts to media commentators, broadcasters, publishers Police officers, was the fight in Australian wars of and protesters. logical extension of aggression… widespread community In 1859, the philosopher John Stuart Mill demands for the repeal of To this end, as a public wrote the classic statement about the nature the National Service Act testimony of support for of a just, decent and democratic society in and of the strengthening Draft Resisters and the his essay On Liberty... As Mill put it “No support for non-compliance freeing from police custody society in which these liberties are not, on the and draft resistance. of Michael Matteson, whole, respected, is free, whatever may be its we wish to invite you to form of government; and none is completely Draft resistance involves become a signatory to the free in which they do not exist absolute and the refusal of young men Statement of Support. unqualified.” to be gaoled for offences against the National It is intended to publish this Signed (us): Rima Sabina Aouf, Isobelle Service Act for the same Statement, together with Barrett-Meyering, Irina Belova, Dave Carter, reason that they originally the names of all signatories, Nik Kirby, Amy Corderoy, Oliver Levingston, have refused to submit to in The Review on 27th May Stuart Thomson, Alice Williams, Evan conscription: they deny 1972… Williams

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1977

1969 Senate’s Historic Move: Waters Censured

Two classes were cancelled enquires on the Matteson rally, Greenland had called 1972 on May 1st because of affair. him a “gutless wonder” and noise emanating from a threatened to assault him The Senate on Monday loudspeaker system in the Senate decided further to physically if he sought to night voted (by 24-2) Quadrangle. call on Hall Greenland to disconnect the amplifying to censure the Student explain his role in the rally. system. Greenland has Senator, Bill Waters “for The rally’s purpose had been vehemently denied making organising and taking part to call on the May meeting This arose from a any such threat... in a rally which disrupted of Senate not to co-operate Professor’s allegation that, university work.” with Commonwealth police during an argument at the

21 significant events Hot Debate on T.V. Future Bob Hawke 1953 In a brilliantly clear opening Television station is almost but also saw their clowns. address Mr Aitchison prohibitive. “Television firms In Australia, said Dr on Television expounded the technical in America,” concluded Mr. Marsden, Television would The subject was Television; background of Television. Aitchison, “are beginning to be another cause of conflict , 1974 the speakers the Senior After having stated that the think that they have bitten and unhappiness in many Lecturer in Communication radius of transmission of a off more than they can people’s lives, “I hope we The Monday Conference of disagreed with him in one of Engineering (Mr. transmitter 1000 ft. in height chew.” never have it.” September 30 must rank as the most arrogant displays Aitchison), the Senior would only be 38 miles, one of the least profitable of egomania I have ever Lecturer in Psychiatry (Dr. and having emphasised the Dr Marsden was more Mr. Scrimgeour, on the pieces of television ever seen. His answers were slow Marsden), and the Chairman cost involved in building a concerned not with other hand, said Television seen. In it Bob Hawke was and circumloquacious to a of Directors of Associated transmitter, Mr. Aitchison Television as a sign of is the cheapest means of confronted with a group point where he seemed to be Television (Aust.) Ltd., concluded that only scientific progress but as a entertainment ever invented. of farmers and anti-labour interested on in the sound of Mr. C. G. Scimgeour; the the people living in the monster which would take With it a working man could people at a time when Hawke his own voice. audience consisted mostly capital cities of Australia money urgently needed to save up to £2 a week on of Freshers, and the result, (approximately 51 percent improve living conditions entertainment. He said most All in all, Hawke 10 out of 10 for ar- as probably expected, was of the population) would throughout Australia. of the opposition came from rogance, rudness and sheer bad man- controversy. receive Television within cinema people who were ners and the rest 1 out of 10 for intel- an appreciably short period. “There are almost a quarter frightened of competition ligent questions. For those who gathered The basic minimum price of a million people in N.S.W. in a field where there had in the Wallace an hour of a Television set would without proper housing. been none before. But, Mr. before noon on the Tuesday be £30, and this would be What further disaster to Scrimgeour pointed out, was at his most insulting and of Orientation Week almost half the size of the introduce Television now,” Television would depict a boorish. All in all, Hawke 10 out of instruction, entertainment standard set of 21in. said Mr Marsden. He way of life more typical than 10 for arrogance, rudness and the spirit of progress maintained that our whole the highly and incorrect Within three minutes he and sheer bad manners were provided to carry all Mr Aitchison went on to culture would collapse if one so often shown on the had told an interjector to and the rest 1 out of 10 for away from the troubles. say the cost of running a the people not only heard motion pictures. “shut your mouth” and intelligent questions. I would continued to harangue have been better off reading and abuse anyone who the University News. Constitutional Crisis: Benefits to Stop 1975 Canberra, Monday. - Payment of student allowances and benefits will stop in less than six weeks if the deadlock over the Government’s money bills continues.

The provisions for student benefits at universities and colleges of advanced education, Aboriginal students, isolated children and postgraduate and senior secondary students are included in the Appropriation Bills on which the Senate has deferred consideration.

Other payments which potentially could be stopped include payments under school and college of advanced education legislation. IBM recruitment advertisement, 1986. “Another Congo in Australia” 1966: Honi reports on the situation in Vietnam. 1965 Other speakers at the of town without water or symposium were Mr. Bill electricity.” Mr. Charles Perkins, leader Ford, lecturer in Economics of the Student Action For at the University of New Mr Perkins said the Aborigines campaign, said South Wales, the Reverend Aborigines are forced by last Wednesday that another Ted Noffs of the Kings Cross council regulations to sit at Congo could be created Wayside Chapel, and Mr the front of picture theatres in Australia in 50 years if Jim Spiegelman, secretary and were denied access to the action was not taken over of S.A.F.A. public baths in many towns. the Aboriginal situation. Mr Perkins was himself Mr Perkins said that a denied access to the Moree Mr Perkins was speaking definite class system was public baths after admitting at an Orientation Week developing and hardening in he was part aboriginal. symposium on the recent country areas. “Ninety-eight “Freedom Ride” of Sydney percent of the Aboriginal Mr Spiegelman metioned in students, who toured populations have never got his address that Nowraville N.S.W. country areas in a past second year” he said. picture theatre would now bus last February to study “They have the poorest jobs be closed down for six Aboriginal conditions and and live in substandard months in view of Aboriginal draw attention to their conditions. Their “homes” determination to integrate needs. are in shanties miles out after the S.A.F.A tour. 1963

22 uni fees

Bob Hawke 1982: “Both I and Bill Whitlam Promises Abolition Hayden have said that, if on Television Major points in Labor’s In answer to questions on programme would include other aspects of Labor policy, fees were re-introduced, of Tertiary Fees the making available to Mr Whitlam said that the all children pre-school sales tax on contraceptives it would be one of the Bruce O’Meagher, 1972 facilities at an estimated would be removed and a cost of $40 m, the abolition nationwide family planning first acts of a Labor The Leader of the Federal and priorities would be of tertiary education fees service established and that Opposition, Mr Whitlam, assessed by a Pre-Schools at a cost of $16.5 m, and immediately after being Government to abolish reaffirmed last Friday, and a Schools Commission. further development of elected conscription would that a Labor government These commissions would Commonwealth aid to all stop and all persons jailed them.” would give high priority work in much the same way aspects of education. under the National Service - John Dawkins, to eradicating educational as the present Universities Act released. inequalities in Australia Commission and their reports Mr Whitlam also announced Shadow Minister for Education, He was delivering a paper and recommendations would that special study facilities Abolition of the National in an interview with Honi Soit entitled, “Education: And be made public before would be made available to Service Act itself would be a the Rich Shall Inherit the decisions were taken. aborigines to help overcome matter which could only be Earth”, at a meeting held the special difficulties of implemented by Parliament during Orientation week Money to finance education aborigines at high school and it was therefore unlikely 1987: The Hawke Labor at the University of New would not come from and that there would be that anything would be done South Wales. a decline in defence a shift of emphasis from until after the next Senate Government introduces expenditure but rather from undergraduate to post- election. Mr Whitlam said that under the normal annual growth in graduate education of HECS a Labor government needs Commonwealth income. overseas students. Education Restructuring FEES – Reform or Deform Peter Cardwell, 1985 Nadja Diessel, The Government claims post-graduate award. This is In recent weeks, both 1989 the Higher Education designed to relieve, in part, the re-introduction of Contribution Scheme the tax burden on the average tuition fees for higher Enrolments for 1989 have (HECS) is an “equitable” worker, a “rationalisation” education generally, and drawn to a close, which method of assisting funding occurring simultaneously the introduction of full-cost means every new or re- to Universities and Colleges with further tax cuts to the recovery fees for overseas enrolled student has now by making those who use the business sector (a major students have emerged once felt the full impact of the Higher Education system user of graduate labour) again as a potential threat. implications surrounding pay for at least 20% of the from 49 cents to 39 cents in Dawkin’s White Paper. cost of a degree, diploma or the dollar… The Federal ALP Government’s Finance Minister, Senator Walsh, is reported to be attracted to Interview: Howard’s Answers the idea of fees for tertiary graduated from university, students. The Senator sees Emma McDonald, 1989 you’d like to think all of it as one way in which After launching the Howard: We don’t have that is behind you, and the the Government can save Oppostion’s Education any [rises] in mind, but disincentive of a grad tax money. However, the Razor Policy, John Howard we’re fixing it at $600. That is greater than an up-front Gang is certain to have agreed to talk to Honi will be in the legislation. payment… difficulty convincing some Soit. In an interview with Any decision to increase Ministers, let alone the Emma McDonald, he mixes it will have to go through increasingly uneasy ranks of principles with politics. parliament… Labor caucs, of the efficacy of such a move. Emma: Your upfront fee is People react differently to not a huge amount, in fact having to pay it up-front as The Education Minister, it is about one third of what opposed to having it taken Senator Ryan, has already SOLD OUT: the present government out as a tax years later stated, for what it is worth, is charging. Will your fee – I think it is more resented Uni Senate Supports Fee Increases that “the reintroduction of rise? later on. Once you have fees is not the policy of this violently removed by police Government”. However, Asren Pugh, 2003 and university security. Senator Walsh’s Department The Sydney University Both meetings were believes that fees, especially Senate met in secret at dawn closed to general student fees for overseas students, on July 8th to narrowly pass participation… are economically more a motion to increase HECS rational than the present costs on all eligible courses The decision by the arrangement… at the university by 30%, university Senate to increase despite near unanimous HECS by 30% will affect all Already the Finance student opposition. courses at this university Department has mooted with the exception of figures of $1, 500 in tuition The secret meeting of the teaching and nursing, which fees for university students Senate followed on from a are to have their costs frozen and $900 a year for students meeting the previous evening, under [Federal Education at colleges of advance which was adjourned after Minister Brendan] Nelson’s education… students gained entry to reform package. the meeting room and were

23 it’s your src SRC What About Reforming we to show for it? Students This everlasting rubbish Presidents the SRC? have paid the wages of two was produced by an open secretaries. We have paid committee (ie. anyone can 1929-30 J M Gosper Tony Abbott’s first SRC President’s over $15,000 in AUS fees join) despite the opposition 1930-31 Frank Wood Bayldon Report, 1979 and sent 9 delegates to of the elected Education 1931-32 V J Flynn AUS annual council, which officer. 1932-33 C R Laverty ...However to turn from council useful initiatives was as usual, a marxist 1933-34 J Bowie-Wilson these cheery matters to amount only to one fairly dominated farce. We have In fact, apart from the 1934-35 D R Lewis something more dismal - reasonable resolution on printed several issues of legal aid service, and the 1935-36 G P Campbell the operation of the SRC the determination of course Honi Soit which last year, faculty grants and loans, 1936-37 Kevin Ellis - you may be interested content and a number of as everyone will remember, which are administered 1937-38 Kevin Ellis (resigned), P J Kenny in these reflections. In 4 long overdue but rather was a disreputable rag. separately from the SRC’s 1938-39 W Granger months as president, my bureaucratic changes to the Large amounts have been other activities, the SRC’s 1939-40 J H E Mackay strictly necessary functions regulations. This is despite spent purchasing stencils, spending has achieved 1940-41 J S Collings have been signing cheques, three meetings, all of which ink and other equipment nothing beyond soothing 1941-42 J S Collings (resigned), P P Manzie authorizing loans, and lasted until the small hours lo keep the propaganda the edges and obsessions of 1942-43 Moya McDade answering enquiries. of the morning. In the same factory operating. a few left-wing fanatics. The 1943-44 Keith Dan About the only presidential period about $35,000 of useful work of the SRC has 1944-45 Marnie Watt endeavours of any worth student money has been Finally there is the not involved the spending 1945-46 John Nash have been representations spent. education counter course of any money at all. 1946-47 John Redrup made to the administration handbook. This scurrilous 1947-48 Ted McWhinney on behalf of students with Some of this has paid the document slanders the Vice Late this term I shall 1948-49 Alan Beattie academic difficulties. lawyer’s salary, various Chancellor and most of seek to end compulsory 1949-50 Jim Brassil grants to faculty societies the teaching departments subsidization of the SRC. 1950-51 Peter J Curtis In the three and a and emergency loans to and spouts all the familiar 1951-52 Phillip Jeffrey half months since the straitened students - so far marxist cliches, education I will keep you informed of 1952-53 Gregory Bartels inauguration of the new so good. But what else have serves the capitalist class ebe. further developments. 1953-54 Philip Berthon-Jones 1954-55 Greg Dunne 1955-56 Tony Reading 1956-57 Jim Carlton Compulsory Voting and the SRC 1957-58 Malcolm Brown (resigned), Brian L Hennessy 1958-59 M G I Davey Joe Hockey’s first SRC President’s 1959-60 Robert J Wallace Report, 1987 1960-61 Peter Wilenski 1986 promises to be a Those students who are 1961-62 John Boyd landmark year in student aware of the current 1962-63 Michael Kirby affairs. With the new situation are facing an 1963-64 Bob McDonald (resigned), Michael Kirby SRC premises (Level 1, enormous dilemma, ‘The 1964-65 Michael A Weber Wentworth Bldg) comes a unaware students just don’t 1965-66 J Richard Walsh new SRC image. The SRC care!!’. As SRC President 1966-67 Geoffrey R. Robertson is finally rejecting its sixties, it is my job to make as 1967-68 Alan J Cameron radical style politics and it many students aware of the 1968-69 Jim Spigelman is moving into the 1980’s issues that face them as it is 1969-70 Percy Allan and beyond with a modern possible. Should the Honi 1970-71 Barry Robinson ‘business-like’ attitude. Soit editors wish to put this 1971-72 Chris Beale article on the thirty-second 1972-73 Chris Sidoti To compete with other 1973-74 Brett Mattes page of the issue because community pressure groups they do not agree with what 1974-75 John McGrath for scarce government funds 1975-76 David Patch I say then it would prove the the students’ councils of today argument that I am making. 1976-77 Peter Byrnes must abandon protests, riots 1977-78 Barbara Ramjan How many students would and mass arrests in favour of bother to read this article 1978-79 Tony Abbott constructive lobbying and 1979-80 Paul Brereton even if it was written by electoral changes. Clearly their elected President? 1980-81 Paul Brereton students, like the rest of 1981-82 Paul Rickard Australia, are becoming At this stage many of Cartoon of Hockey as Caesar, 1987 1982-83 John Martin more conservative. To think you are asking, ‘Just election. The bank interest of around 2,000) should be 1983-84 Belinda Neal otherwise would prove to what is he aiming at?’ on the $10 will cover abolished. Where will this 1984-85 Mark Heyward be a mindless adventure PARTICIPATION - an the administrative costs leave students? 1985-86 Helen Spowart without reality. 1986-87 Joe Hockey ugly word for some people, a involved. The money which meaningless word for others. will accrue from non-voters 1987-88 Liz Gardiner Our conservative society Of the $500 you pay at Students must discipline will be used to pay for the 1988-89 Rod McDonald must listen to the collective the beginning of the year their egos and learn to increased size of the election. 1989-90 Vanessa Chan voice of 750,000 tertiary the SRC gets $27. (Our become more aware of what 1990-91 Caitlin Vaughan students around Australia. The $10 will be indexed with services are advertised in is going on in the big wide 1991-92 Amanda Lees As a pressure group we the C.P.I. each year. the centrespread of this world around them. This 1992-93 Anna Davis come second only to the issue.) For that $27 students all sounds rather cynical. 1993-94 Heidi Norman pensioners. Our voting Why?: At present 3,000 have a say in their own It is not, and I am not 1994-95 Nadya Haddad potential is enormous. We out of 14,000 eligible destiny. If only one quarter 1995-96 Catherine Burnheim could decide the outcome disillusioned. For once an undergraduate voters turn of the student body wish to 1996-97 Katrina Curry of each and every election SRC President can identify out at the election. This exercise that right, is that 1997-98 Adair Drurie (resigned), Louise Buchanan should we wish to do so. the problem AND offer a means that each voter truly representative of all 1998-99 Luke Whitington The overwhelming problem realistic answer. effectively has the influence students? Is the SRC truly 1999-2000 Natasha Verco is that the students of of three voters. Moreover, it representative? 2000-01 Moksha Watts 1987 underestimate their Answer: WE NEED also means that either 11,000 2001-02 Daniel Kyriacou COMPULSORY VOTING students do not care, do not own power and influence I hope that students will 2002-03 Jo Haylen IN SRC ELECTIONS. want to care, do not know or in Australian society. To carefully consider the pros 2003-04 Felix Eldridge oppose the $250 fee, should do not attend University. and cons of this argument. 2004-05 Rose Jackson we riot like our comrades in How?: At the beginning of I intend to put it to the vote 2005-06 Nick Wood Paris? Should we protest the year students will pay At this point it can be at Council and later to a 2006-07 Angus McFarland like our brothers and sisters an extra $10 that will be established that if 11,000 vote by the student body. in Peking and Barcelona? refunded to them, by mail, students do not care then Correspondence is most Do Australian students at the end of the year, only both the SAC and the Union welcome. really care? if they have voted in the (with an election turnout

24 it’s your src Channel Ten Bashes Students… With Aid Of Abbott 1979 Thursday the 19th bringing aim being to shock the and unconstitutional when with him a camera crew public by showing them an he invaded a room such Tony Abbott showed us from Channel Ten. alienating perspective of the as the women’s room. His yet another example of his university, and of students: response was to tell us that misuse of the position of They were given a guided people watching Channel as president of the SRC, he president, and his autocratic tour of the SRC corridor Ten news last Thursday has the ability to enter any attitude towards the SRC. and offices until they night, most of whom have room in the SRC he pleases He invaded level one of found one roon suited never had access to a – despite any regulation in the Wentworth building on to their intentions, their university education, would existence against him being not understand the issues there – thus setting himself presented in graffiti and as president apart from, and poster form on the walls of beyond, the rulings of the the women’s room (which council (decided upon by was the ONLY room your representative!) Many filmed). would question that the SRC presidency elevated Tony locked himself and the its holder to such god-like camera crew in the women’s authority as this…although room, breaking the SRC obviously Tony thinks it Honi editors respond to being locked out regulation that this room does. of their offices by Tony Abbott, 1978. only by used by women as a place for them to relax, talk We asked Tony why he that Tony brought Channel unfair and biased fashion ie to and meet other women. brought the media into SRC Ten down here to discuss) noone but Tony spoke to the When people wishing to politics once again, and what need or warrant television crew from Channel Ten and use the room attempted was the relevance of this coverage? when the editors from Honi to get in they were told to the outside community. attempted to get a statement by Tony to leave, and that Tony said it was relevant Tony cannot gain support for from them about their “this is a man’s room for since university is such his anti-student campaigns purpose for being here, they the moment.” Thus once as important place to the on campus, so he must resort reacted patronisingly. The again Tony prevents correct community that they would to using sensationalism in young journalist, Michael usage of the SRC’s facilities be interested to know what the outside media to gain Monroe, on the team so by students. its student leaders were support for a campaign that dazzled us with his puerile doing. Yet Tony himself is basically only a MATTER sense of humour that we When questioned on his consistently degrades the FOR STUDENTS TO guessed he must be a friend actions Tony came up with SRC for becoming involved DECIDE! of Tony’s…and sure enough some answers indicative in things which he considers he was!....Well, well, Tony of the authoritarian to have no relevance to Not only did Tony bring has made some useful interpretation he has given students…and since when the media down here on a acquaintances in the media to his job as president of the does the decision of students matter that is really only hasn’t he?...Undoubtedly he SRC. We asked him if he to have compulsory funding relevant to students, he has is preparing for his future regarded his actions as rude or not (which is the issue 1977 also presented the facts in an career in show bizzz! A Call To Action By the President Of The SRC

High Court Justice Michael Kirby’s first with the quota standards, independent countries of I think, that there is a For these reasons I hope limiting entry. The SRC Africa, there is no doubt growing concern among to meet a vigorous body of SRC President’s Report, 1963 must this year begin to adopt that the University students students, nationally and freshmen on my return. I This is an odd place to write changing at a pace that a most vigilant attitude to are amongst the leaders, internationally with their also hope that more will take the President’s message. the older members of the the examination of students certainly in matters of social role as a vanguard of liberal an active part in student It is 3.30am and we are University do not admit to, at Sydney University, to or political concern. I think opinion in the community. affairs. somewhere in the middle or do not realise, by reason ensure that the high failure it is true to say that during of our twenty-three hour of the increasing size and rates of the past do not fall the early 1960’s throughout Now, it’s just not enough There is an easy way to journey between Ibadan and role of Government in the on post quota students. the Western world there has to agree with this. It is participation. Contact me. Zaria. This is the first time, University’s finances. He You are the first freshmen been a steady awakening of vitally important that the Come to just one SRC I would venture to suggest, who pays the piper, calls the subject to these quotas in student concern with the freshmen of 1963 should meeting and there will be that a President’s message to tune. Accordingly freshmen every Faculty so you are the recurrent social and political take their place with those something for you to do. freshmen has been written should be critical in their subjects of this experiment. problems that face them as of 1962, in implementing We are anxious that the best in a third class carriage appraisal of what they are intelligent members of the and demonstrating at every should serve the students hurtling through the wilds told. All this is incidental to what community. That this was so possible opportunity this and that new avenues of of Nigeria. I particularly want to say was recognised by the Ninth liberal spirit and their service should be explored. Similarly, my predecessors to you. Everywhere I go in International Students’ leadership. I firmly believe This message of welcome usually wrote at length on Nigeria I am confronted by Conference, which finally that it was largely student I regret that I am not in probably will not be read the prime responsibility of students, pressmen and just abandoned the limitation on opinion and action that led Sydney for Orientation Week by many. It rarely is for it the student to his studies. plain people who want to its province imposed by the to the last minute action of to welcome you personally. is usually a tedious message Without a doubt, you are know from me and the other requirement that it concern the Victorian government My message to you is a about academic freedom, here, first and foremost, to members of the delegation to itself only with matters last year on the issue of challenge for you to become individual research and be educated and to educate Nigeria, about Australia, its “affecting students as capital punishment. I also a University student in the responsibility, academic yourself. If we are to be treatment of Aborigines, its such.” A similar liberalising believe that the new accord widest possible sense. If you honesty, and so on. These realistic, this means, in the racial policy, its education tendency has emerged in that has been established work hard and participate in are all important and you end, you should obtain system. Time and again I am our own National Union of with the Police creates an the vast range of activities of will no doubt hear much your degree. It will be asked, “What do the students Students (NUAUS), which atmosphere favourable to the University you stay at about them from others, so I very interesting to note in think about this?” or “What has abandoned its rigid peaceful demonstration of Sydney University will be as will not labour them. the coming years whether are the students doing?” apolitical stand of the past. views on important political enjoyable and rewarding as the University failure rate and social issues. mine. Good luck! Some of the concepts are diminishes in proportion In the developing, newly This serves to show,

25 it’s your src Candidates for SRC Representatives Srs of Pepetual Nudist Indulgence Party 1988. Policy Statement number of overseas students 1986. Policy statement: and women sitting on the The thinking student natu- SRC with us. END TO APATHY – EX- rally yearns for knowledge POSE YOURSELF TO of that which the SPI team So do the right thing by STUDENT POLITICS. alone can offer. What is it yourself, for your fellow Are you sick of dicks, boo- that sets nuns apart from all students, and for the greater bs and arseholes running The first Students’ Representative Council, 1930. Vote on the new others in the SRC elections? glory of your campus! the SRC? Expose them constitution, 1929. Siblings, We have a dream. and what they are. Is your We want you to share in TEAS being taken by cloth- Our joyous dream. Picture ing manufacturers? Take a to yourself a stage, some- clothes strike, send Sports- where on campus. One this girl broke. stage are a group of eminent persons. Also present, in his VOTE FOR A NAKED sumptuous gold-trimmed CAPUS and see what habit, is our beloved chan- comes up. Naked lecturers cellor. Standing there beside so you can tell when they him, proudly erect in their talk through their arse. The equally elegant, though per- president of the SRC must haps less gaudy, habits are Sr Mary-Annalingus be the student with the best your very own SRC rep- Social Work IV bits. Naked SRC meet- resentatives and president. Curriculum Vitae (Secular) ings, no more secrets up the This is indeed a great dream, SU Nicaragua Support sleeves, ideas under the hat Mr J M Gosper, first Political Cartoon 1988 a pretty picture that you can Group President 1986; Co- or socks in the underwear. President, 1930 help bring to consumma- Treasurer 1987; Contact; See whether the SRC swings tion, and only the SPI ticket Radio Contact 1987; Collec- left or right. Nude graduat- can offer such glory. Do not tive member 1987-8; Sydney ing, no outdated garments waste what may be your last University Social Work Stu- of Academia, find out where opportunity to bestow upon dents’ Association Co-Treas- Herman is black. your campus the great hon- urer 1986-8; SU Lesbian our of being the very first and Gay Collective member VOTE NUDIST. See for university, anywhere in the 1987; SU Gay and Lesbian yourself. whole wide world, to elect a Association (GALA) Co- Gay Male Nun to its SRC. Secretary 1988; Union Ac- tivities and Cultural Affairs Of course, we do not live Committee member 1987. by glory and glamour alone. There are needs on campus. There is a great need to serve the many Gays and Lesbians to find out how they can be Gregory Waters Upstanding SRC election hopefuls: better served, and to provide Arts/Law I the Sisters the goods. We can assure Curriculum Vitae of Perpetual you that the SPI team will Appeared at SCG in 1982 Indulgence (1988. not be remiss in this and oth- Test Match, brought in the above) and the er areas. You know we have new balls; Best Fruit and Nudist Party the balls to act. One good Nut arrangement Royal (1986, right) work could well be to carry Easter Show; Shouted at an outreach ministry to the Sr Mary Gross-Disorder Princess Di “Show us a residential colleges, where Arts IV vertical smile” Royal Tour there is still a crying need. I Curriculum Vitae: 1983; 1984 Nude Olympics, remember the closeted pain 1960 Birth as a secular en- Silver in Pole Vault, injured of my first years at Uni, and tity on far North Coast; in hurdles, Gold in Yodel- burn to ease this for others 1965-71 Strong grounding ling; author of “Zen and the wherever possible. in genuflection, incence bur- Art of Browneye.” Original structure of the SRC, 1929 ing, rosary bead manipula- There is more to Uni than tion, etc. in Catholic insti- this one issue, and the SPI tution run by St Joseph’s Massive Vote Against Violence team can serve entire stu- nuns. Awakening of habit dent body by bringing its consciousness; Bob Nield, 1969 of heated faction fighting and revealed that a sit-down SDS’s demonstration… considerable analytical 1973 or 4 Read Kinsey re- centring on the right of the demonstration would take The tone of May 1st was set Sydney University Regiment place during a Regimental when Labor Club speaker competence and substantial port on Sexual Behaviour in A motion condemning both to exist on campus. Guard of Honour planned Ross Clark was pelted with experience to bear on the the Human Male. Some re- factions involved in the for May 1st, to welcome the fruit and milk cartons while broader questions about the lief, but still felt guilty about violent brawl on May 1st On April 29th three senior Governor, the Regiment’s impersonating the Governor content, purpose and meth- masturbating; before an Arts graduation SDS members interviewed honorary colonel, to the before an audience of 2 000 od of providing a university 1975 Found out about phi- ceremony attended by the the Vice Chancellor, university… students. Many of the fruit education. losophy; Governor, Sir Roden Cutler, Professor Williams, to throwers were Engineering 1976 Brother G. warns me was overwhelmingly carried protest against what they Meanwhile pro-Regiment and College students. Don’t forget that after you of dangers of reading Ber- at a General Meeting of called “the privileged status” students had been mobilised have done your bit to put a trand Russell; students last Friday. nun on the SRC, that you 1978 First year at Sydney given by the University to to support the Regiment’s When Mike Jones was the Regiment. Guard on Honour on May speaking a brawl broke out can also vote for a number of Uni, enrolled in BSc. Dis- The front lawn meeting, 1. Signs appeared on notice after a group of students other very deserving groups. cover that St Andrew’s lacks attended by 4 000 students At a front lawn meeting boards in the Faculty of attempted to throw a garbage As Sisters we are opposed to gay sub-committee; was the largest ever held the following day called by Engineering and on a wall can filled with water over sexism and strongly support 1979 First visit to Gay ven- at Sydney University. It SDS, Mike Jones launched of the Wentworth building him… ethnic pride. IT would be ue. was the climax of ten days truly joyous to have a goodly an attack on the Regiment urging students to disrupt

26 vsu Compulsory Membership? President’s Report Tony Abbott, 1979 is the only contact most committees (i.e. committees Students’ Organisations: how others work students have with the which anyone can join) Many of you are probably S.R.C.’s activity. which have for years been 1929 unaware of the disctinction composed of General between the Union and the It would be foolish of me to Philosophy, Political In all, nine Universities, S.R.C. The Union originated deny that the SRC, to which Economy and ADHOC seven of which are outside many years ago as a debating every student contributes activists with nothing better Australia, have already society but has developed $10 per year, does perform a to do than hang around the replied to the circular letter into the campus catering number of valuable services. S.R.C. playing lefty politics. sent out by the President organisation. It runs the S.R.C. of the Sydney University restaurants at Manning, The Orientation Week Undergraduates Association Wentworth and the Old Legal Aid, for instance, handbook is the most recent (Mr. J. M. Gosper), Union. The S.R.C. provides allows any student with a example of the work of these requesting particulars the political representation legal problem access to a people. As usual, it spouted of students bodies’ of students. Reading HONI solicitor absolutely free of the marxist cliches about organisations. charge. About $3,000 is set “Capitalist” Society and aside every year to augment “Bougeoise” uninversities. They are:– Oxford, the Busary and Assistance Edinburgh, Hobart, Western has outlined the constitution fund from which loans are Surely it is not necessary Australia, Heidelburg, of the student body, made to needy students. to tolerate an expensive L’Union Nationale membership of that body is an obnoxious political Associations d’Estadiants de COMPULSORY. The fact remains that the bureaucracy in order to France, Princeton, Colombia vast bulk of the S.R.C.’s obtain Legal Aid and (in the State of New York) So far the committee has an money provides a political other services. It would be and Michigan. open mind on the subject. infrastructure still devoted infinitely preferable if S.R.C. When they have arrived at to the marxist hobby horses services were assumed by Although much useful a scheme which seems to of ultra militant feminism, non-political bodies while information is now in the suit conditions here, they homosexual proselytism, the S.R.C. is reorganised on hands of the committee, will submit it for popular and evironmentalism gone a non-financial basis. who are seeking a consideration. But they to crazy lengths. constitution suitable to certainly are impressed There will be a referendum the needs of students of with the contrast between This is generally because after Easter on the question Sydney University, replies 100 per cent (compulsory) S.R.C. activities and of voluntary financing of the from other Universities, membership and 40 per cent pubications are generally S.R.C. I hope all of you will particularly those in the membership. controlled by open take the trouble to vote. British Dominions, are eagerly awaited.

One fact has struck the committee forcibly. In every case where the correspondent Bjelke-Peterson Advertisement from 1929 attacks student unions 1977 The decision was made It is an attempt to stop the VSU PASSES 2006 last October, but has only growing student opposition recently come to light. to education cutbacks, and The Bjelke-Peterson The Union speculates that The amendments to the to Joh’s regime. Tegan Schetrumpf, 2006 government is preparing to changes to the programme University of Queensland may include asking clubs destroy student unionism Voluntary Student Act could be introduced to Over the last year the major to pay for their professional in Queensland. The joint Unionism, legislation passed Parliament next month. The opposition to the Bjelke- auditing, rental for access to parliamentary parties have this summer that makes move is in line with Fraser’s Petersen Government has Union spaces, or introducing agreed to legislation that student union fees optional - attack on education, because come from the student a registration fee. This would would divide the resent and thus unlikely to be paid - a non-compulsory SRC movement; the attacks result in higher membership University of Queensland was presented as an attempt would prevent students from on student unionism are fees, and the squeezing out Union (UQU) into three to preserve student freedoms organising effectively to designed to stem this new of smaller, poorer clubs, separate bodies: a union, even though it starves the protect their rights, as well as politicisation amongst placing increased pressure a sports union and an bodies that uphold students’ stopping democratic student students. on the remaining clubs to SRC, with SRC fees non- rights and welfare. The need representation and activity. focus on profits. compulsory. to defend a person’s rights in order to ensure their Sydney Uni alumnus USU is keen on student freedoms is apparently lost involvement in forums on the Federal Government. when one considers that to review the inevitable the Clubs and Societies renovations to the “We are deeply disappointed Programme at Sydney alone programme. The Union is that the government, costs over $1 million dollars still negotiating with the against all advice from the per annum, its little wonder Vice Chancellor and Senate nation’s universities, has that the gesture is met with to determine what funding chosen the most draconian scepticism. model will be introduced in funding model, but we’re when VSU takes full effect. committed to preserving “It is unlikely that this Australia’s largest and most money will be earmarked for “The Liberal Government vibrant Clubs and Societies any city-based universities.” has... taken Australian Programme” says Alistair Mr Cowie says. “We will universities out of step with Cowie, University of Sydney apply, but it is increasingly all other developed nations.” Union (USU) Member evident that this measure declares Mr Cowie. “The Services Manager. was a tokenistic attempt to Ministers and Members keep rural voters on side. of the Federal Coalition, The Federal government Unfortunately, this means themselves the beneficiaries promised to set aside $80 that the Union is set to lose of membership of student million dollars over a four over $8 million per annum organisations, are now year period to compensate Admittedly, this satirical advertisement from 1960 has very little to do with VSU, how- - something’s going to have denying young people those ever, it is a fine example of the subtle political humour which threatens and infuriates the Australia’s universities, but to give.” same opportunities.” conservative forces committed to VSU’s destruction.

27 uni culture Woman Editor 1931

At the last meeting of the Students’ Council, Miss Kath. Commins, President of the W.E.S.A., was unanimously elected Editor of “Hermes” for 1931. Miss Commins will thus enjoy the distinction of being the first woman to edit “Hermes”; for, since the journal was formerly the magazine of the Undergraduates’ Association, the editor, until last year at all events, had necessarily to be a man. 1931. 1979: Honi has upheld a proud tradition of bad spelling. Miss University Quest, 1954 1954 raise the money required University (although anymore. because of its heavy perhaps she may not be In an endeavour to raise backing by nearly all typical of the University For the winning lady herself funds, W.U.S. (formerly Societies and Clubs at the woman) will be crowned at there is a prize not able to W.S.R.) has combined with University. Each Society the Ball taking place at the be disclosed yet but well the Aboriginal Scholarship that is supporting this end of the competition. worth the winning. Scheme and together they work has nominated one are launching the Miss of their members as a The Ball will be held in the Well, children, there you University Quest. candidate. From now until Union on the 27th July have the Miss University 27th July the race is on and and gay promise to be in Quest in a few columns, so, John Healy, co-director the candidate who raises the offing. For a reasonable as one of the leading lights of W.U.S., Len Amadio, the most money for the price students will be able of the Uni. always says: director of the Aboriginal cause will be declared the to behold (and take part Scholarship Scheme, are in winner. in) some scandalous goings “Be vital!” charge. on, talked about so much “Be gay!” The girl chosen as Miss down-town but rarely seen “Be in it!” Miss University 1960 and ‘Miss Engineering’ 1960: Tania Verstak This competition should The Bob Ellis Show... CONTINUITY MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE Nicholas “Where is my lemon sort of guy he was. And he Guyler,1963 squash?” stood at the bottom of the mountain, looking up at “My solit’ry Mad Hatter?” the top, and the mountain Ellis shook his head and was pretty scared. Nobody all the little children had to “Young man, you will love else even saw the mountain, blink. this,” said Ellis, and gave but it hurt Ellis’s guts. But him blonde bread, which when he came back with all “Goddammit”, said Ellis, they carried to the hot coast his words spent and his grin and turned on his heel, together, and they loved coming right from his happy pacing up and down like each other, Ellis beating on guts now, they helped him a melancholy man with a drum. tow the chariot loaded with doubts, bumping into one thousand flowers that pillars of salt and sadness There were men out to kill he brought to wash the city that moved into his path. Ellis, but he just made them with. happy and they couldn’t do Then they began to chase it. When they put him on “Here is your paddle pop.” Ellis, but they couldn’t, trial all he’ll have is a pocket 1963: Bob Ellis “as suffering messiah.” because Ellis had sat down full of adjectives and too “Here is your lemon on his briefcase, pulled out many witnesses. And they’ll squash,” said the Mad a bag of grapes and offered of his matchless prose has passed to the hands of have to send him away as Hatter. them to them, wanting Phillip Tullis overshades the attempts another, and nurtured by the only man who didn’t them to take them, but gruff & Robin of the lesser contributors. his ceaseless devotion to the lose his innocence until he And Ellis beat him to about it. Hearschel,1961 Leaping forth from the Cause of Art, has burst into was middle-aged. Middle- death with a palm branch Medieval darkness of the a flame unmatched by the age began at twenty. and a pillar of salt that The Honi Soit’s pages are “Where is my paddle-pop?” paper’s literary ineptitude brilliance of the heaven’s somebody had laid by. And indeed fortunate in having is this lone son of the classic fiery orbs. Long live this Nobody saw Ellis for many he laughed, and everybody a writer, nay Bard, of the “It’s not a joking matter.” inspiration of the True Art. son of Quality, may the years because he was out joined in, and Ellis died a calibre of Mr Bob Ellis. Like The torch that was lit by glow of his peerless beauty moving a mountain all by happy man, just under one a full moon in the darkening His hair was cut, but in a Shakespeare and Shelley never be dimmed. himself, because that’s the hundred years old. sky the luminescent fluidity blinded with the shaking.

28 uni culture The Neverending Saga of Union Food...

1974 fish. The reply was as follows: one piece of fish, on a plate, The Union, our/ their by itself, no salt, would cost (cross out which ever is not 78c. Hunger pains persisted applicable) Union, with much all that night, as your writer blowing of trumpets has decided that it would be raised the price of your/ their cheaper to drive to Manly food again. Their rationale is from Wentworth and buy a that is that enormous (big) piece of fish there, and later increase in wages has forced/ return. 1986 allowed them to increase the Food provided by the S. prices. That may well be but When one is faced with only U. Students Union today it seems once again that they an hour within which to eat, was edible and reasonably have gone overboard. For you may well think the Union priced Students commented example, a plate of roast beef has us over a barrel, well, favourably on the quality consisting of two slices of there are ways of avoiding of the service. Many went meat, a slurp of gravy and half them. back for seconds, The a potato now costs 96c. If you Union also announced like a bit of colour with your DON’T EAT UNION that it would provide meal, you can add a dollop of FOOD MAKE YOUR more services, allow watery, tasteless beans at 12c OWN. student representatives to a throw. Total for an entrée have unimpeded control size meal $1.08. Time consuming you say? Not of Union Policy and really, plus its enjoyable and would never indulge in Your writer returned a little certainly more nourishing. the practice of making a later, still, as you can guess profit out of students after rather hungry, to enquire BOYCOTT UNION FOOD having fleeced them out of about the price of a piece of 1979. BRING YOUR OWN. a hundred bucks, or more, a year in fees. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence backs of gays and others who of conservatism and reaction. Robert do not conform to oppressive ‘One isn’t polite to demons, is Oliver,1986 gender roles and behaviour. one?’ says Mother Inferior.

The Sisters of Perpetual The Sisters took great delight ‘The Order identifies with Indulgence were found as in exorcising the leader of the the long tradition in gay male an Order of gay male nuns American Moral Majority, and lesbian communities of in North America in 1979. the Rev Jerry Falwell when cross-dressing and radical From their earliest days the at the invitation of the drag,’ says to Sister Third Rev Fred Nile he came to Secret of Fatima, a professed Sisters sought to banish blue coat with blue-and- stigmatic guilt from the Australia some years ago. nun and a follower of St. 1931 A similar ‘welcome’ was Trotsky. gold brain across the tops of lives of gay people and to The new University coat, given to Mary Whitehouse. the pockets, and bearing on celebrate gayness through a available to all members of Wherever possible the Sisters Since 1985 the Order has the breast pocket the Uni- public ministry. the University, is a navy- seek to fight the evil spirits taken responsibility for the versity arms. One San Franciscan nun, of homophobia, sexism and training of the first lesbian Sister, Sister Boom Boom, nuclear arms and to cast monsigner in Australia, Debates Win ran for the office of City them out! Mons Venerus, who, when Supervisor, on behalf of professed, shall establish a 1960 the city’s disadvantaged The Order’s membership community in her own right. In the final of the Inter- minorities and was only includes a wide variety of Mons Venerus seeks to raise faculty Debating held last narrowly defeated by Mayor backgrounds and aspirations, issues of women’s liberation Monday night the Arts I Diane Feinstein. from atheists to anarchists, to and lesbian visibility within team (consisting of Chris Anglicans. ‘Gay Liberation the Church, Sharah, Mungo MacCallum and Richard Walsh) The Order came to Australia is a high priority for the defeated the Law I team in 1981. The pioneer sisters Sisters,’ says the Order’s The Sisters will soon novice mistress, Sister Mary be visiting the Sydney (Murray Gleeson, Terry were Mother Inferior, Cole and Lloyd Waddy) on Mary Quite Contrary, ‘but University campus as guests Sister Mary Medusa, Sister the subject: “That ignorance Sit-on-my-Face and Sister we are all committed to of the S.U. Lesbian and Gay is Bliss.” Gerontiphilia Extravaganza. supporting the struggles of Men’s Collective. other movements for justice Mother Inferior will be on The team to represent The Sydney sisters have in whatever ways they wish the lookout for Vocations Sydney at Intervarsity was been involved in a variety of us to.’ to the life of a Sister of also announced. campaigns. Their chant of Perpetual Indulgment and, It will be Murray Gleeson ‘No more guilt!’ is a rejection But the Sisters do not she adds, ‘Probably posing (capt.), John Hamilton and of all that society and the exercise the same charity in for photographs in your their dealings with the forces lovely Quadrangle.’ Richard Walsh. The reserve Church tries to put on the will be Lloyd Waddy.

29 arts and reviews Hey - J J!! JJ free concert 28th May 1978, reviewd by ERTCH Tank Sunday morning (not again). which had its beginnings eliminating some of the hash After waking up and having in The Royal Antler oil circulating. Even JJ a breakfast. consisting of a Hotel Narrabeen. They could not have expected a couple of tabs of acid, we were into some excellent better, or more confusing Stream decided the best thing to do blues which came over day. would be to check out a free very well, including some concert 2JJ was putting slow stuff with a drifting] Things picked up when Cast on in Nth Sydney. We lead, combined with some Cold Chisel came on with were greeted by the scene intricate harmonica playing, some unexpected heavy rock 1963 of thousands of spectators resulting in some great music numbers. After hearing their and Midnight 0il. A band for listening to while calmly hit single, I certainly did not was born hope for such a dynamic almost a quarter of a centaury performance - which ago far in the south. She reminded me of Zepplin or received early invaluable Cream more than anything training in acting, for she I have heard for a while - Brecht’s Mother was born an inveterate liar. including a well justified She first put this training version of “Wild Thing”. into account in a Christmas Courage pageant in which she played Although the Angels Joseph. She wrecked the would have drawn a lot of Jason, 1963 Mother Courage, the central figure, is a carthy, whole thing single-handedly people out of their houses, Okay… so Player’s business like woman, with by substituting the line “We being a supposedly ‘new production was not a highly sceptical ideas have nothing to offer them”, wave’ band and all I didn’t resounding success. But about honour, courage and to which Mary replied, see any originality In let us not be too hasty in war, and accentuated by a “Joseph you have forgotten their performance, apart condemning the production. determination to make the the baby”, the line “We have from some decent boogie Brecht’s plays are notoriously latter pay. nothing to serve them”. towards the end of the set. difficult to produce- in an epic play the action is large Germaine Greer failed to Unfortunately I had been Subsequently she produced turned off by their attempted and the effect is attenuated sustain the role of Mother if the stage is too small. the devil in “Round the punk (?). Yet failed to be any Courage. She seemed Overseas a revolving sage is intermittently to loose the Clock with Clare” by Daniel more original than 01’55. commonly used, as it was in character altogether. Her A. Lord S.J. She made a The day was a great success Adelaide for the production failure was aggravated by name for herself in such well though. of “Threepenny Opera” her difficult upper register. known roles as The Duke of The crowd was… well, in 1961. The producer I’m afraid Germain could not Plazatoro, Bishop Bienvenu, mostly dazed. should strive to make the convince me of her antiquity Everyman, Our Lady of set reinforce the action. nor even of her maternity- Fatima and numerous others. In Horler’s production she seemed disturbingly in Germaine broke away form the lighting was a rather the present- not surprising, this type casting when she capricious affair- now you as her own personality all see them now you don’t and but swamped the character arrived at university where the duck egg blue cyclotome of Mother Courage. The she played in “This Happy makes Horler’s aesthetic spectators, instead of feeling Breed”, “Up an Atom”, “The Flim Strife Rife Italian Straw Hat”, “The sense rather suspect. mortally superior to the hard- 1961 boiled peasant woman and Skin of Our Teeth”, “Muster The titles projected onto The Film group has her clever cut throat mode of of Arts”, “The Fifth Season” the curtain to describe each existence were a little awed withdrawn its support for and “The Ideal Husband.” episode of the play were by the glib way in which Miss the film “The Devil To Pay” excellent- what a pity they Greer carried off coup after In Sydney she played the being produced by one of its had been extinguished and coup. Needless to say, the title role in Lorca’s “The members. forgotten by the time the theatrical effect was not that curtain went up and on a Brecht intended (although house of Bernada Alba”, in They claim their organisation slight rearrangement of the it must be admitted that the the Sydney Theatre Club has had no part in the film’s props. playwright’s foresight was and appeared in “Use Other production and that they are considerably less acute than Entrance” and “Revue of the not obliged to support it, “Mother Courage” is one of his insight). Small wonder, Absurd”. Brecht’s most popular plays, financially or otherwise. then, that the play at the and the didactic element is meridian should receive She likes the simple things relatively dormant. the nadir of comments: in life; good food, good It will now be financed “interesting.” directly by the producer and wine, good music, good art, director Bruce Bereford. good books, and bad people. The cost will be about £200. She never attends formal Joh Bell, Bruce Bereford and Rosaleen Smyth in a scene functions, however, as she from Bruce’s film “I make films I do not find has neither the clothes nor because one day I intend to to make a living from it.”- particularly funny. Probably the manners. There are become the first Australian Bruce Bereford two men in her life, both castrated, one black called Gulliver and one brindle Dobell crashes the called Grimalkin. They tolerate each other, but are national gallery jealous of any intruder…I Any relations to persons 1942 first of these is the already this competition- despite the living or dead is very famous portrait of “Scotty” judges having awarded the unnatural. Seven of the Dobell pictures Allan, with which Dobell prize to an also-ran. have already ben reviewed wone- by the unanimous by “Honi Soit” last year, approval of all people of and so I will not touch upon artstic sensibility, them again here. Three were submitted to this year’s Archibald exhibition and are amoung the best things that Dobell has done. The

30 arts and reviews

Oz editors fined for Hughes is wild obscene first issue 1963 One (article) was an extract about Randolph \On Monday, September from the Hansard of the 2, the three editors of ox Queensland Parliament and magazine were fined £20 the other was “The Maiden’s Key to Chastity”- a short Deb- I should happily wager that, to explain his work and each for publishing an , should no money be in the paying him for it. obscene publication. The history of chastity belts compiled from information 1960 offering, Mr. Randolph publication found in the Mitchell would instantly loose his If this is so, why do they instant Sir, Library. devotion to explaining his not pick on an artist? Why The convicted were Richard The SRC’s invitation to art. He would lose interest select a farceur whose Neville, a UNSW Arts Lyall Randolph to deliver a student, Richard Walsh, ..Magistrate E J Gibson … in the exclusive “principals’ work is poor even by the was shocked that men…with paid lecture at this university who is a medical student mash involved in the destruction depressed standards of the the benefits of university grieves me. at this university and Peter of his mermaid. And he academicism he tries to Grose, a “Sunday Mirror” education could publish would not favour us with his follow? such a thing. Randolph is certainly one of journalist. Neville is a Meredith presence. the worst sculptors in this former editor of . Bergmann, 1966 …I have been at this Walsh and Grose edited The editors later declared country; and Australia is their intention to publish Presumably the SRC’s university since 1956, and Honi Soit together in the not renowned for the quality further issues of OZ. bowels of compassion have I can remember not one fist half of 1962. of its sculpture. His lack of Virgin flake been moved by the sceptical occasion when the SRC has talent has combined with his So light and soft of Mr. Randolph behaving invited a bonafide artist to flair for publicity to make just like an artist, starving in discuss his work in front of And full of promise him a kind of perambulating a garret while his lifework the students. Instead we get sideshow, on a minor scale. is destroyed by a mob of Mr. Randolph. Well have Add liquid to make iconoclastic students. They fun gentlemen. I will not be His work is technically Out of that flake should reflect, firstly on there. Our fibreglass friend deficient and lacking in any the fact that Mr. Randolph with the PR mechanisim can To bud kind of imagination. It’s has produced no proof do without my sixpence. A spud. S vulgarity is stupefying. that students damaged his And, though it is no mermaid; and secondly; Yours etc, criterion, it is perhaps on the fact that the SRC indicative that Randolph, is not responsible for acts Robert Hughes, during his years of work in committed by students Art Critic, Sydney, has been unable to outside the university “Nation” find a gallery prepared to grounds. They are being handle his work. charitable, inviting an artist Peter Garret

“…Like it’s blaring! Fucking louder Interview 1980 than us! This big brand new disco outfit, the guys were having a bit of trouble so I walked off stage and I said, ‘Look we can’t tune our guitars, even roughly, with this thing blaring. Please! Will you turn it down!’ and the guy said something like, ‘We don’t think much of you Sydney punk- rockers, and I said ‘Look you fucking egg roll turn the music down’, and then he started to get antagonistic and I banged the table, I said, ‘TURN THIS…’ It went CRUNCH! And this Perspex table just went SLAP and this beautiful turntable’s on the ground…

Well all hell broke loose and the guy starts laying into me and the girl’s screaming and there’s this brawl down the front and I thought ‘Fuck this’, and I went backstage and said ‘Give ‘em heaps’, I’ll never forget everyone just turned around to their amps and went click! Full up we started off with Used and Abused… Anyway the police arrived because of the disturbance and it was so loud that they got the noise thing out and we were all over the limit and the guy lost his licence, the full bit, and the people that booked us said ‘Forget it. Go!’ Midnight Oil haven’t performed in Adelaide since.

31 literature The Winter Rising Baa Baa Black Sheep - for C.H. Serial Part V: A Critical Study. Les A Murray, 1960 Clive James, 1960 Untitled The most important thing about this We lived beneath the houses of the hill: analytical survey of the economic condition Adam Spencer, 1996 Their lights, their music were not ours, among sheep is the essentially bureaucratic Their songs were delicate and French. nature of any such inquiry. did you think it would hurt my good friend Kurt Bowers The question, “Have you any wool?” is a as you lifted the gun to your head? Of tin were our dwelling, and terraces penetrating one and in fact raises the whole Of weeping stone to the frozen river. problem of vested interests of a controlling you pulled on the trigger At night the goods trains nagged us class grabbing the textile industry from the bullet got bigger Into nightmares. We learned love shivering the small consumer. and lo and behold you dropped dead Under the viaduct, amongst the weeds. Surely only a Christian or a cop could did you get a surprise One day, support such an idiotic movement towards as brains bled from your eyes The idea there was anything to do repressiveness. and your ears trickled liquid so blue To change the tenor of arrived And the restating of the paternalistic Amongst our houses like a wanderer One of the leading Lithuanian sociologists, attitude of Christians and police towards it must have been plain Raving of far travels, spent, begrimed, R Vladivostok, in an attempt to excuse such society contained in the improper even to your smack riddled brain Not to be trusted. sloganised “theory,” appeals to tradition to distribution obtained by proletarian this was a fucken dumb thing to do But we listened: justify his intellectual apathy. workers: “One for the master, one for It turned our faces and our hearts toward THIS IS FALSE the dame,”and with the final superior no more marijuana The Hill. At dawn then, we enlisted smugness: “One for the little boy who lives for the man from Nirvana Knives, torches, beams against the walls The striking absence of any refutation of down the lane,” is impossibly naive. now crumpled on a Seattle floor Of great houses. the master-slave relationship, seen in the worker’s obsequious answer, “Yes sir, yes However, far more far-reaching in its effects no more with a clammer Their fall was enormous sir,” is scarcely worthy of comment. is the underlying theme of anti-liberation for a spike full of hammer A rain of crystal, baubles, privilege: propaganda, which can be seen from an behind some cubicle door Well-bred corpses indelicately dead. No Christian, with his insistence on the enumeration of the general bureaucratic “threeness” of the black sheep’s wool prejudices against intellectualism which that miserable life And then, supplies can produce anything but a are concealed under this obvious and with your junky slut wife When all the walls of tyranny were down, pretence of a doctrine, whose vagueness superficial political attack. is over It was still cold. The rivers were still ice is its only defence against revolutionaries Our houses tin, and no lights on the hill. and reformers. There are three points. you’re free from that hell 1. The derogatory “Baa-baa” and the guys in the group which merely verifies what I have been well they’re just cock-a-hoop saying all along; the conformist mentality Old Mother Hubbard of those who, typically enough, feed us imagine the tributes they’ll sell with claptrap and then expect us to be now Kurt’s off to Hades nice to the police is incapable of producing in some crack filled Mercedes Serial Part IV: A Fable in Prose. overall inferences; GM Anscombe, 1960. After the style of F Scott Fitzgerald. 2. The “black” in the first line. looking the world’s biggest tool It must not be imagined that any racial pulling two dollar whores The dowager Ms Vander Hubbard was Dinner was indeed due. Beside the prejudice will go unanswered. with that prick from the doors tall and honorific, gracious in the way, complicated and novel arrangement of 3. The reference to “wool.” old Middle-European New England, that living areas that was the biggest single- Obviously some word less acceptable to oh you’re both so unbearably cool you find as rarely in Central Europe as story mansion in Massachusetts, Vance and our Christian dominated social order has in the New England States. Now, as she Tansy were talking with Lansing. Faience been expurgated. Janis Joplin’s on speed and poppin in for a padded with pictured zeal by the labyrinth was dancing with Manson to the clockwork feed (Mishimoto’s best work), which was that phonograph: Because of the prejudice of the police, a hey its elvis with cheeseburgers too part of her house, or houses where most of slighting reference to the sexual capacity her life was enjoyed, she was accompanied Come with me where moonbeams of the Negro has been turned into a Jimmi Hendrix’s ok he just sits there all with quadruped self-effacing by Ottalie. Light Tahitian skies seemingly harmless nursery rhyme with day And the sunlit waters which bureaucratic police and bourgeois till the poor fucker chokes on his spew The great borzoi was aware, from various Linger in your… Christians will smugly bolster up the readings of her own gastric juices checked toppling structure of the existing social the young rock fan cries by a more reliable observation of the sun Her silver sandals were plunging forgotten order. The natural consequence is a garbled wiping tears from his eyes which was corrected for early Autumn in and delicately into the lawns that sprang and impoverished idea of “goodness”, an and says oh what does this mean world can Virginia, that dinner was indeed due. out around the front Swimming pool. She idea that has long since ceased to have any do and Manson would marry in the meaning in this world. spring, when they were going Now read the poem. but you can shift the blame to the Canaries with Lansing. in the rock hall of fame Tomorrow they were leaving you pricks had it coming to you. for St Malo with Hans Tansy. Connecticut would be lonley without them. The Materialist Apocalypse

Vanda Hubbard considered her Les A Murray, 1960 wolf-hound, lonely grey eyes in a We carried the idea well hidden, And then we found, at last splendour of furry trappings. The As murderers carry guns, Straw for our firs; a wide country end of the sun was transmitting As priests carry in hostile country Dull with suffering and there through the great windowsof Their crucifixes, and, at times, We led them wisely to our victory: the main kitchen, ripening the Like the precious letters of immigrants The palace’s banquets not yet cold olives where they lay in the used In the old tongue warm, With which we fed their hunger. Yes! martini glass. With hearts’ warmth in inner pockets, Free tailors sticked that night Suits they had cut as slaves. In summer Faience and Manson stopped For our way was a match All ate nobles’ wet as bread. with the music, and the belle of To ignite continents. In the cellars Vermont and her knight of new- Cafes, little backstreet shops Of free men, and lay down content. found causes retired to their We would display by signs its edges In the river, all the ice was gone martinis on the petit-point deck To gain from them a nod On the hill we sang the songs of exile. chairs. They were young and Perhaps a meal, or sometimes martyrdom, And peace came down like night upon the Both pictures 1960. Original illustrations. gay, and the world was theirs. land.

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Champions of British Empire! Kick on: SU annual competition between students eligible to compete 1930 the 90 Universities of the in this match number By winning the Imperial British Empire, the match approximately 220,000. Aussie Universities’ Rifle Match, being a “home and home” with a record score of 1432 one, each University Oxford University was out of a possible 1600, the shooting on its home range. second with 1408 points and Sydney team has won the the University of Western Rules title of Champions of the As an idea of the high Australia (1987) was third. British Empire for 1929. standard attained by London (1386), Cambridge 1979 the victorious Sydney (1362), Rangoon (1332), The fourth oldest Aussie Melbourne (1325), Adelaide Rules Club in Australia is (1274), Edinburgh (1244), in a state of turpitude. With and Durham (1132), the best facilities in Sydney followed in that order. Rules, a great social life for all young (or old) academics, Sydney’s total of 1432 broke we still manage to achieve the previous aggregate a status which could be record of 1415, made by best described as chronic Cambridge in 1928. Two under-achievement. After a other records were also great year in 1977 (runners- broken by Sydney. up – the cries of “we wuz robbed” can still be heard), The conditions governing 1978 turned to a year of the match are teams of eight resting on our laurels (read 1963. Sports Union fees: ever popular to fire 10 shots and and two that as your inclinations exceptional, erotic (erratic), or other parties (of all sighters at 300, 500 and 600 may lead). 1979, however, exciting excursion to sexes) to come along and get yards, the hat targets, and 10 promises to be a horse of a Brisbane in May for a involved in some capacity or shots and one sighter snap- different kettle (a fish of a full Inter-Varsity. (The other. shooting at 22in. disc with different colour). We’ve a first since 1975 due to the 12in. invisible bull from the vital, dynamic, enterprising, doubtful, dubious, delightful, Training is Tuesdays and 300 yard mound. vivacious, dutiful etc. delicious, degenerate doings Thursdays No. 1 Oval, 5.00 com¬mittee; fantastic, thereat.) We’re looking pm. Season starts April 4th. An indication of the high fabulous first-class facilities forward to a TOP year. We have about 10 games at standard attained in this in the new grandstand (fully No. 1, so come along and competition is that individual licensed bar with panoramic Therefore we wish to extend play, spectate, support, or be record for each of the four views of No.1 Oval and the a grac¬ious invitation to all absolutely and totally bored ranges is a “possible.” athletic fools thereon); plus interested (or uninterested) - but anyhow come along. 1962. Under the heading “Auntie Dottie’s Colouring Book” an entertaining, enormous, players, spectators, groupies The trophy is for perpetual marksmen, the number of

33 buildings Unions in City Road 1965 The situation will demand Already Architecture (1959), with the temporary Union facilities – common Civil Engineering (1963) Wentworth building, should The plan on this page rooms, games rooms, eating and the University of be finished next term. It shows 36 acres, which the rooms and the like – for Sydney Regiment (1964) will then be far easier for University has acquired people who will be working are established in the new the students who work in opposite the University in too far away from the Union buildings across the road. the Carslaw building, the City Road. or Manning House. So the Chemistry building and the Women’s Union and the By the end of next year, Fisher Library, to cross over Everybody has seen the Union are combining to new buildings for Chemical to the Wentworth building, houses half-ruined, the provide these services. Engineering and Electrical instead of taking the long heaps of tumbled bricks Engineering will be walk to the Union, or to and rubble, and the quickly Members’ convenience will finished; the Engineering Manning House. growing weeds. Most must require that the new Union Faculty building will have have wondered what was to building be central. So it begun, and the Merewether And when the new come out of it. shall be; it will be built in building for Economics Wentworth building is the middle of the new area, (now going up on the south finished, the footbridge will The plan gives the answer. facing City Road, between side of Codrington Street) be even more in use, and The University now occupies the old dance hall now used will be completed. the building will become a 81 acres; when all the land as a temporary union and second focus of University across City Road is in use, Codrington Street. Later will come International life, convenient for thousands it will have nearly half as House on the corner of City of Union men and women. much again. The services offered there Road and Cleveland Street; will be equal to those in the and a large hall of residence The tremendous need for There will be a huge exodus main Union buildings, and on the site now filled by the proper Union amenities will of staff and students to the mostly better. Certainly, old Deaf & Blind Institute. have to be met be the two new buildings on the new the Unions will have to This will bring about 1000 Unions. The University’s enormous programme of sites. Already about 1200 plan to receive a great students to live in the building and maintenance students attend lectures in many students in the new University Extension Area. will allow it to give no more new buildings there. In 1966 Wentworth building, and than one quarter of the cost of there will be about 4000; in to give them far more space The footbridge, which will the new Wentworth building, 1970, nearly 7000. and comfort than the old link Eastern Avenue (the the rest will be found by the buildings offer. main drive of the University) Unions themselves.

Artist’s impression of the new Fisher Library. 1961. 1967 considered spacious then. students who try to study new Fisher is to reduce The relationship between the there. the rate of student failure The present Fisher Library number of books, staff and and to provide, as in the was so overcrowded in 1957 students was ideal. Today Following the Murray leading university libraries that the Murray Committee there are ten times as many report, the Senate appointed throughout the world, a recommended as an urgent students alone. The result is two architects to consider proper place for reading a matter that a new library be that Fisher is sub-standard a new library. Emphasis studying, proper faciltiies erected. Constructed in 1908, as libraries go. It is bad to was to be on service to the and a wide, adequate range Top, plan for new Darlington campus, 1965. Centre and the old Fisher Library was work in and discourages students. So the aim of our of books. bottom, images from the Women’s and Men’s Unions Wentworth building plans, 1965. Work begins on New law school by 1969 parking station 1967 and will contain parking space and lecture and 1967 Sydney University is to have seminar rooms. Four floors Work has been commenced a new Law School at a cost of library space are provided on the construction of of $2.8 million. The 16-level as well as a dining room and an underground parking school is to be erected in kitchen, games room and station at Sydney University King Street between Phillip squash courts. Three floors to accommodate about 200 and Elizabeth Streets – have been set aside for cars. The station, believed opposite Queen’s Square staff offices, administrative to be the first such facility Courts and the Federal offices, and tutorial rooms. provided by an Australian Attorney General’s new offices in Temple Court on university, is being built in The building has a gross the north-western corner of the grounds of St Andrew’s area of nearly 145,000 King and Elizabeth Streets. College, adjacent to the square feet. It will replace Medical School and will the old Law School, be known as the Medical Excavation work has already been started on the site. The “University Chambers” in Precinct Parking Station. Phillip Street and Elizabeth It is due to be completed building is expected to be Street, and is the first major in November 1965. The completed by the middle of development the University ground above the station will 1969. has undertaken in the area subsequently be converted An artist’s impression of the new Law School, looking north along Elizabeth Street. The since the original school was into a playing area and will Two levels of the building artist has looked to the future when the supreme court buildings in Elizabeth Street form part of a sports oval. will be below ground level established in 1914. have been demolished. St James’ Church is on the right of the picture. 1967.

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