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CONTENTS Welcome Annalise Bolt & Ophelia Overton Blitz Editors E [email protected] W blitz.arc.unsw.edu.au The time has come... 08 This is the last issue of Blitz for the year and while that means all kinds of glorious things are happening (like upcoming holidays, summer and the End of Session party) it also means that we’ve been crying all over the new mags In this issue... because our time as editors is over. 12 05 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT A big thank you to all of our wonderful contributors who have devoted 06 BITZ & PIECES countless hours and bundles of creative energy to the magazine this year. 08 THE INTERVIEW Thank you also to our genius designer, Amy Emerson, who has made every Boy and Bear Interview issue of Blitz beautiful. 11 SIX THINGS Would you like to edit Blitz in 2016? Apply at jobs.arc.unsw.edu.au and check Six things I’ve learnt from out other awesome Arc positions while you’re there. my year at UNSW Good luck with exams and have a happy summer! 14 12 BLITZ DEBATES Is adult life after uni better than student life? Tom Morrison 13 MODEL STUDENTS Student Director, Arc Chair 14 EXCHANGE DIARIES E [email protected] W arc.unsw.edu.au/board-blog 15 HOW TO Halloween (The Australian Edition) Hey UNSW, 17 WHAT’S ON Whilst you wrap up your revision for the year don’t forget that if you run into 21 UNSW CREATIVE academic trouble, need some support or just want someone to talk to, Arc 23 #LIFEGOALS is here for you. Full details of how to get assistance for anything are on our RECENTLY IN SCIENCE website and our doors are always open. 25 21 25 STRUGGLE STREET Make sure that while you study hard you also take some time out to relax. 26 UNSW EATS Look out for those Roundhouse parties and ensure you get your work life HEALTH balance sorted. 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Jen Lund Brittney Rigby Charlotte Goodsir Eden Gillespie Danielle Bennett Rebecca Kilpatrick Wrote Feature on P11, Illustrated Blitz Debates Wrote Bitz and Pieces Interviewed Boy and Bear Wrote Blitz Debates Wrote Blitz Debates How To on P15 and on P12 and Struggle on P6 on P8 on P12 on P12 Lifegoals on P23 Street on P25 The UNSW free food Do not let bitches The Basser Steps do You’ll get a wet butt if Saying I’m a science Buy your books Facebook group is a hack your Facebook not get easier. you sit on the Library student gets a much second-hand, and gold mine. account. Lawn in the morning. better reaction than colour-code your when I say physics. highlighting. Alexander Khoury Megan Baehnisch Gloria Myoung Melissa Kuok Genevieve Gao Nadia Yeo Interviewed for Exchange Wrote What’s On UNSW Wrote Model Students Wrote Social Stalker Diaries on P14 and UNSW Illustrated How to on P15 on P17 and Cheap A$$ Wrote What’s On UNSW on P13 on P15 Creative on P21 Sydney on P20 on P17 There is no such thing Internships are hard to Get to know your Just when portfolio Just how useless high To check expiration as an interesting get… start searching classmates. Group management couldn’t school was. dates religiously. course reading. and apply early! discussion actually get worse they slap helps. you with a Saturday exam. Ghada Ali Yael Brender Johanna Hagenauer Emilie Sharp Lyndon Christie Poppy Laovisuthicai Wrote Struggle Street Wrote Recently In Science Wrote Wellness Series Wrote Sports On Trial Wrote Book Review on P25 and Film Review Wrote UNSW Eats on P26 on P25 on P27 on P27 on P30 on P30 Your time at uni, and Group work was That I am going to miss Parking in Kensington Paying the $143 Without Google I would free food times, created by Satan student life… A LOT. isn’t that scary after Services and Amenities fail all courses. never correlate. in an effort to all. fee never gets any divide humans. easier. Silvia Cheung Sam Radford Evan Ding Daniel Kelly Ammarah Tasneem Janelle Tai Wrote Album Review Wrote Game Review on Wrote Volunteering Wrote TV Review on P31 Wrote Gig Review on P31 Wrote Vox Pops on P35 on P30 P31 on P32 It will always take one I’m not as funny as I Sausage sizzles will That ‘P’s Get Degrees’ Everything important Start walking to class hour to get to campus. thought I was. always become is my problem-free will coincide with 10 minutes before free with time and philosophy. something equally instead of right when it starts. patience. important. BITZBY JEN LUND & PIECES Like Dislike Book Nook It’s here! The final Controversial week of the uni year Halloween costumes has arrived. from 2015 are in high demand. The internet is raging at the Cecil the lion’s killer costume. The final seven The video of Victoria episodes of Mad Men Secret model Candice come out on DVD this stacking it on the month. Maybe if we runway has lived out watch it again, we can our worst nightmare: Body Lengths by Leisel Jones pretend it never ended. falling in front of a Leisel’s autobiography gives you a look into room full of people in the life of an Olympic athlete; behind the 6am your underwear. starts, gold medals and physical exhaustion. Strut the coast this The man responsible From the age of 15, Jones clearly had unique spring at Sculpture by for our favourite horror talent when it came to swimming, having been the Sea, held along the movies, Wes Craven, selected to compete in the Olympics at such a Bondi to Tamarama died earlier this year. young age. Now looking back on her journey, coastal walk. Halloween won’t be she sheds light on the constant pressure she felt the same without him. to perform and how this ultimately lead to her struggle with depression. Urban Dictionary UNSW Love Letters Overheard Tutor: ‘I don’t think this is a credible source. The student referenced MTV in his essay.’ Throwback The new Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, should have tried out for the role of Rose in Titanic with this keeper from back in the day. Random Factoids #drawmelikeoneofyourfrenchgirls May 9th, 1945 was the day that Russia ran out of vodka after news spread that Nazi Germany had surrendered to the Soviet Union. The word ‘bae’ means ‘poop’ in Danish. Many horror movie soundtracks include infrasound to create a tense atmosphere. Although infrasound is below the range of human hearing, it can cause heart palpatations, anxiety and shivering. 6 BLITZ MAG Instagram TRENDING Openair cinemas are popping up all over Sydney and making it even harder to knuckle down in time for exams. Plans for an ‘all 90s cartoons’ television channel has gained appreciation on the net, making us all keen to relive our childhood. A video of a teacher and his gym class performing a cardio workout to the song Watch me whip/nae nae has gone viral. Zumba, watch out! Clean eating, hippie hangouts and the latest double denim threads are a normal day’s gramming for this Bondi hipster. Taylor Swift’s squad has taken a turn for the worst after she attempted to recruit Sir Ian McKellen and he Twitter declined. Summer diets have been abandoned with The Great Australian Bake Off making us crave delicious cake even more than usual. Yum! The British king of nerds and colourful ties, Stephen Fry, is leaving QI and useless facts will never be the same. BLITZ MAG 7 BOY & BEAR Ahead of the release of their third album, Limit of Love, Blitz’s Brittney Rigby spoke to Boy & Bear drummer, Tim Hart, to talk the new songs, recording with a hero and looking after mental health whilst on tour.