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HONI SOIT The English Faculty’s Latest Controversy 6 The Truth About Squirting 8 Blokes and Body Hair 14-15 I Stabbed a Fish; Now I’m Blind 20 The editors of Honi Soit and the SRC acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. Honi Soit is written, printed, and distributed on Aboriginal land. If you are reading this, you are standing on Aboriginal land. Please recognise and respect this. We acknowledge both our privilege and our obligation to redress the situation as best we can: to remember the mistakes of the past, act on the problems of today, and build for a future for everyone who calls this place home, striving always for practical and meaningful reconciliation. Contents 5: News 8-9: Perspective 14-15: Feature Sophie Gallagher on Oweek Comedy Night Lyra Talise on being a student and a sex worker. Sam Langford and William Edwards talk about Max Hall reports on the University’s lack of Victoria Zerbst researched her ejaculate. body hair leadership in Indigenous affairs. Food wastage with Nina Matsumoto. 16-17: Perspective 6: In Too Deep 12: Profile Louisa Studman, Mary Ward and Clodagh Peter Walsh on the faculty lottery. Sophie Gallagher interviews Rayya Elias. Schofield tell their stories. 7: Ongoing 13: Culture 25-27: The Garter Press Astha Rajvanshi, Isabelle Comber, Natalie Leigh Nicholson on Bitch Planet I Don’t Understand the Internet and Neither Should Czapski and Survana Variyar on cybersex. You Editorial or the first time in as long as I can For one, suiting our penchant as an long been made, but has very rarely been traction charts, we are no less convinced remember, it was extremely difficult editorial team, we’ve become more well followed through. It’s a common and that Honi is held so dearly because it’s not Fto actually find a copy of Honi last week. oriented towards long form pieces. The unfortunate misconception that Honi exists that simple. By midday Friday, the Taste and Fisher likes of In Too Deep, Ongoing and (the for the singular purpose of commentating stands were emptied out, and Manning newly titled) Perspective each play into on face-saving student politicians, so this There is no publication in the world more was not far off. Though that’s probably this. In Too Deep, in particular, is our way year hackery has been relegated to the willing to publish a first person insight more of a credit to the willingness of of enabling more experiential work, with back pages (see: GronkWatch), and in its into the impracticalities of squirting; to Oweek attendees to pick up anything in Tim Asimakis last week diving into the stead we have dedicated more space to our teach you how to rort parking (and score their sight rather than the quality of the muddy waters of pick up artistry–to the rhymers and raconteurs. free grapes); and to lay up four pages of paper, it was no less a pleasant surprise. dismay of the MRA’s online community. thorough and original freedom rides This week Pete Walsh offers a piece on a Because, ultimately, Honi is whatever content a few hours before a 9am print If you were one of the 4000 that picked similarly scandalous ‘faculty lottery’. you want it to be. Every year this paper deadline. up the Oweek issue (or you’re one of the is built independently, from the ground up, 4 who know there’s a PDF version online) As well as a platform for trenchant by the ones who love it the most. Despite And for puzzles, turn to page 24. you may have noticed that–as well as the journalists, we’re also intent on making being constantly reminded that USU obviously visual changes–there’s a broader Honi a domain for artists, poets, and scandals will pretty much always trump creative shift in Honi this year. storytellers. This is a promise that has fresh cultural content on the Facebook Credits Editor-in-Chief: Dominic Ellis Contributors: Angela Collins, Isabelle Comber, Natalie Cover art: Mackenzie Nix, Czapski, William Edwards, Max Hall, Marcus James, Minimum Waste / Maximum Joy Editors: Tim Asimakis, Joanna Connolly, Alex Downie, Sam Langford, Tangy Li, Nina Matsumoto, Leigh Sophie Gallagher, Samantha Jonscher, Patrick Morrow, Nicholson, Lauren Pearce, Astha Rajvanshi, Riki Scanlan, Artists/Illustrators: Dominic Byrne, Gabi Kelland, Alexi Polden, Peter Walsh, Rebecca Wong, Lisa Xia Clodagh Schofield, Louisa Studman, Lyra Talise, Elle Mackenzie Nix, Eliza Owen, Monica Renn. Triantafillou, Suvarna Variyar, Mary Ward, Laura Webster, Victoria Zerbst. Puzzles: Bolton, Ben Sullivan Disclaimer: Honi Soit is published by the Students’ Representative Council, University of Sydney, Level 1 Wentworth Building, City Road, University of Sydney NSW 2006. The SRC’s operation costs, space and administrative support are financed by the University of Sydney. Honi Soit is printed under the auspices of the SRC’s directors of student publications: Christopher Warren, Serena May, James Rusiti, Ilya Klauzner, Charlie O’Grady, and Alison Xiao. All expressions are published on the basis that they are not to be regarded as the opinions of the SRC unless specifically stated. The Council accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any of the opinions or information contained within this newspaper, nor does it endorse any of the advertisements and insertions. letters Regarding OWeek This Week Online Eds, Pick-up-artist-cum-internet-piranha helped hundreds of men find success and Tony D “ripped [Tim Asimakis] a new one” happiness in dating. Sure, some of us make In Patrick Morrow’s “Human Resources”, Cafe 80s (an all ages area) of our Opening in response to his article ‘Leave Your Fedo- sleazy comments, but I’d rather hang out despite it being a small aside, I still take Night party was sponsored, providing an ra at the Door’. with a guy who makes sleazy comments issue with the claim of “Exorbitant alternative to people who cannot or do not than a manboobed social justice warrior festival headline acts.” This year we made a wish to drink. This would not have been “If you would drop your bias and actual- any day. At least the sleazy guy tells the particular effort to promote more student possible without sponsorship. Clearly ly attend a bootcamp, maybe you would truth, rather than writing biased nonsense and alumni performers as possible, notable the issue of sponsorship is a contentious learn something. Respect and consent are like this. exceptions to this being Mel Buttle, who and very important one, Laura and just catchphrases that frightened jour- was by no means exorbitant to book, and I encountered this first hand whilst nalist chumps drop to raise themselves And you mock lonely men. What do you Allday, who sold out with significantly planning the festival. It is by no means a up to some perch where they can utilize expect, applause from the ladies? cheaper tickets than his other Sydney flawless solution to the difficult problems snark. You’re like the war journalist who shows. A quick tally of our acts indicates of a post-VSU environment. I hope that never goes to war, the tech reviewer who Shame on this website for publishing such that 6 of our 11 are current students this incites further discussion both within never uses the tool himself. You can come schlock.” or alumni, not taking into account our the Union and stronger dialogue with up with moral high ground opinions, but brilliant hosts who are past and present members. you’ve never done the field work. Thanks for the feedback, Tony. students as well. I therefore find it difficult to see how this leads to an infringement of Also, I told you to take the hyphen out of Why didn’t you interview any of his cli- student autonomy over the festival. Of the OWeek. The hyphen is dead. ents, or the other men in attendance? above, only 3 of the 11 acts were suggested Why didn’t you read one of his books? Oops to Laura (my co-director) and I, we had to Sophia Roberts Why didn’t you test any of his theories? Corrections from last week approve the acts before they were locked Why? Because you are not a journalist, in and we choose (or sometimes booked) B.A. (Ancient History), OWeek Director you’re a whiny little blogger. STUCCO is emergency housing, not crisis everybody else of entirely our own accord. 2015 housing (page 8). I don’t know this guy, but I’ve been teach- May I also point out that almost all of ing pickup full time for six years, and I’ve The Dean of Health Sciences was misi- dentified as Vice Chancellor Spence’s wife (page 14) Monique Newbery, Maddie Parker and Nina Matsumoto were not credited as contributors. If you have thoughts, feelings or opinions please email [email protected] 3 say hello to uni life get 15% off all over campus* With ACCESS you can save on your poached eggs at Laneway, your baguette at Taste and your daily caffeine hit. Save at The Sydney Store, Unimart and every food outlet on the main campus. * Except for Ralph’s and Mint. 10% off at Poolside Café. save off-campus too There’s are a bunch of ACCESS partners in Newtown, Glebe, Camperdown, online and beyond that will give you a discount when you show your ACCESS card. 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