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Acknowledgement of Country No post on Sunday’s so send me a letter before then: [email protected] Our editors office is situated on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. This is the place where this paper is written, edited, published and LETTERS distributed. By editing in this space, we as editors – as settlers – are complicit in an ongoing process of colonisation that has affected First Nations families for hundreds of years. Josie Jakovac A Huge Swoop collectively attempting the cryptic This process is seen in structured acts of vilification, racism and violence continuously perpetrated by government and institutions, resulting in harm crossword. Please let me know if the puzzle section and isolation for First Nations people. There is currently a magpie swooping and the French will be making a return, as if it isn’t passersby around Fisher Library/ then I will need adequate time to find I recognise the role of media in this ongoing process of colonisation and as an editor seek to platform First Nation’s voices and opinions regularly Soccer Team Fisher Coffee Cart squashed in the Australian mainstream media landscape. an alternative source for puzzles. I hear the UNSW paper has a great one. To Josie Jakovac — Dexter Duckett Always was always will be Aboriginal land. Regards, I’d like to offer my sincere congratulations for your amazing Puzzled — Rose Sullivan Contents Editorial maturation over the last year! afficionado While she was just a “dumb kid” when 4 NEWS Editors In May of this year, an ex-Honi editor breaches – that we also have the power she wrote on Facebook that the FIFA transfers to Baopu He, Pranay Jha, Amelia Mertha, was involved in the publication of to shape ideas and narratives. World Cup winning French National 8 INVESTIGATION Liam Thorne, Jessica Syed, Nell O’Grady, a piece that revealed an undercover In the last few weeks an Soccer Team represented Africa (a UNSW Carrie Wen, Joe Verity, Annie Zhang & Discord server platforming the views undercurrent of restlessness has settled sentiment expressed about the team 11 ANALYSIS and opinions of Neo-Nazi individuals over the Honi office. With just three Alan Zheng by dog-whistling racists for decades), Hey! How are you going? I’m going Cartoons by Lauren Moore 12 FEATURE not five years older than us. This months left of our term I’m exhausted, a mere 14 months later she has moved great thanks for asking! Writers editorial team gained access to those motivated, exhilarated and quite sad. I on leaps and bounds to become mature 15 PERSPECTIVE Kiki Amberber, Alex Bateman, Victoria chat rooms a number of months ago look at the content we’ve created since enough to think she deserves to be SRC Just quickly wanted to get the Cooper, Nina Dillon Britton, James and, in receiving them, we were given we first stepped foot in this office, President! pleasantries out of the way so we can 17 CULTURE Elhindi, Keesha Fields, Wilson Huang, a journalistic opportunity that was the gains we’ve made and the skills get right into the serious stuff. 20 QUIZ Grace Johnson, Anh Nguyen, Ananya unprecedented. we’ve developed and inherited from It’s hard to make such big personal Shah, Pei Wen Tan This piece was incredibly one another. I admire the content we changes in such a short space of time, This weeks is the fourth 21 MULTILINGUAL challenging to investigate. It involved continue to put out every week despite but to go from posting thinly veiled edition in a row without a puzzle Artists scrolling through hundreds of pages of defamation threat, ridicule or university bigotry on social media because your section and I just want to know if this 22 ANALYSIS Matthew Fisher, Lauren Moore, racist, violent and misogynistic content, assignment. team’s centre-backs were too slow to is just an unfortunate coincidence or if Ludmilla Nunell, Garnet Chan discovering identities and finding links I want to thank Amelia Mertha for close down Paul Pogba in the 18-yard the puzzle section will be omitted from 24 CREATIVE with those people and our university her beautiful Magritte inspired cover. box, to being level-headed enough to all future Honi Soits. 26 OPINION Cover campus. I am incredibly proud of the I want to thank Grace Johnson for her not only lead the SRC but also to “stamp Amelia Mertha piece we have written as a result. It is a feature piece. I want to thank Jess Syed out racism” on campus is a win for self- I, along with many of my fellow 30 PUZZLES major achievement in a year filled with and Pranay Jha for working on what confidence if nothing else. students, really look forward to the major achievements. was an incredibly trying investigation. Honi Soit puzzle section and eagerly 31 COMEDY Proximity between the mainstream I want to thank the organisers and It’s almost unbelievable how far you’ve await it every week. media and university campuses this creators of this edition’s Climate Honi. come Josie. year has been particularly close- I have spent many a tutorial comparing Disclaimer: Honi Soit is published by the Directors of Student Publications (DSPs), who knit. The microcosmic issues usually I want to thank all my fellow editors are elected by the Students’ Representative Council (SRC). 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I stand rather shakily trying to Regulations regarding the duties of by Honi Soit (The Submissive) that is reason, which he is not obliged to “Yes.” suppress my nerves, and follow him out Editors and reporters in regards to the defamatory or endorses a particular provide. “Yes what?” he replies authoritatively. of the office and down the hallway. Election Special Edition of Honi Soit candidate or breaches any other section The Submissive accepts the “Yes, Mr Electoral Officer.” I push open the door and stumble and any reporting one regarding the of the Regulations; Dominant as her master, with the It’s been two days, and I can’t get him through, tripping over my own feet, Annual Elections 2019 there after; The Submissive will make herself understanding that she is now the out of my head. I’m in the office, I keep and falling headfirst into the office. I am declaring myself politically available to the Dominant from Friday property of the Dominant, to be dealt thinking about the length of his firm… Holy cow – he’s so young. neutral by the following standards; evenings through to Sunday afternoons with as the Dominant pleases. rulings. The way he unzipped his… 2 3 NEWS NEWS Staff counter health Head of SUSF made redundant Fairness denied: Students waiting 52 days for service changes in restructure academic appeals Nell O'Grady Alan Zheng Alan Zheng In late August, a Universi- and special considerations. At Staff will no longer have area.” Sydney University Sport and issues with the organisation’s reference exclusively obtained Key points ty spokesperson told Honi that these hearings, students may access to bulk billing services at A spokesperson also noted, Fitness (SUSF) is witnessing governance, including a by Honi. several decisions were delayed, bring representatives. Student Appeals Body (SAB) Student Disciplinary Appeals the University of Sydney Health “most university health services the high-profile departure of particular rental agreement This year’s changes to - Students are waiting an average due to factors including aca- Likewise, students arrive at Committee Service after a compulsory GP now charge fees.” its longstanding chief Robert with former President Bruce SUSF governance effectively of 52 days for academic appeals demic workload, the complexi- SDAC after appealing against consultation fee was introduced Associate professor of the Smithies after this year’s Ross. ICAC has not indicated it transform the sports union to be resolved. ty of appeals and the availability disciplinary proceedings. In last week. University Health Service Ian restructure made his position will investigate the complaint. from an unincorporated charity of panel members. some cases, the University Reg- Without bulk billing Marshall assured Honi last redundant and resulted in the An official spokesperson to an incorporated association - The University commissioned an “All our review panels pri- istrar can suspend a student services, staff will now have week that students would not dissolution of the entire SUSF for the University told Honi with a company board decided audit by Deloitte last year which oritise procedural fairness and pending the outcome of an ap- to pay the total fee of the be affected by this withdrawal Management Committee. that Smithies’ redundancy with the input of senior recommended improvements to due academic process,” the peal. Where the appeal hearing consultation upfront, being a if they still hold a Medicare An employee of the has not “been influenced by a university staff. the faculty-level appeal process. spokesperson said. is subsequently delayed be- fee ranging from $20-40 for card or have Overseas Student University, Smithies has held complaint of any kind.” Honi Despite its incorporation, Last year, the University’s cause of administrative reasons, Faculty Appeals Misconduct investigation and ruling a GP consultation and a fee of Health Cover (OSHC) but he the role of Executive Director of makes no claim that Smithies’ SUSF will still receive an - Those recommendations have Student Consultative Commit- students end up undergoing a up to $63.50 for a consultation gave no mention of bulk billing SUSF since 2007, a role which redundancy was connected to annual slice of the Student not prevented recent delays. tee investigated the increasing prolonged suspension. with a clinical psychologist. withdrawal for staff members. positioned him at the apex of this complaint in any way. Services and Amenities duration of academic appeals, Student panellists sit on There was some confusion The NTEU released the organisation’s reporting “Smithies has been employed Fee (SSAF) because it will Source: Report to Senate, 2018 commissioning an audit by both committees alongside fac- regarding the university’s a statement last week lines and gave him oversight of by the University for a “continue to support sporting professional services company ulty reprentatives. decision with a number of staff condemning the University’s SUSF’s senior management. number of years, and has and recreational activities for Deloitte. SRC Vice President Dane and students raising concerns decision. Smithies told Honi that always been regarded as an the student community,” a uni The Student Disciplinary Ap- The audit found significant Luo has been a panellist on in the belief that student bulk “We, the undersigned, call he “decided not to seek a role exemplary employee,” said the spokesperson said. peals Committee (SDAC) and variation and delay in SAB ap- these appeals in the past. He billing services would also be on the university to reverse the within the new incorporated spokesperson. Historically, SUSF has Student Appeals Body (SAB) are peals, an issue partly rectified told Honi the delays are “deeply Resolution with a teacher or Preliminary meeting with the withdrawn. decision immediately.” entity, SUSF Limited.” Honi understands the received the lion’s share of the staring down a backlog of cas- by the roll-out of a partly au- concerning.” Unit of Study Coordinator Registrar This withdrawal will mean In their statement they In an email seen by Honi, restructure has been probed by SSAF allocations, receiving $5 es with some students waiting tomated faculty-level workflow “Students, who have wait- that staff members unwilling or suggested that the university Smithies thanked SUSF staff the University for some time. million and 36% of the total longer than a fortnight for the system. ed a long time already during unable to pay upfront doctors has documented its concern last Monday. In 2016, it convened a SSAF funding pool in 2018. outcomes of academic and dis- The SAB is the highest level the informal and faculty appeal fees will be required to travel for the wellbeing of staff in “The University of Sydney governance review of SUSF Smithies is not the first ciplinary appeals. of academic appeal at the Uni- processes, will need to contin- off campus to access bulk the past, noting “the practice has also been an integral part spearheaded by consulting member of the organisation’s Administrative delays in versity. Students end up at the ue waiting to find out whether billing medical services. is important in supporting the of our success and there are firm Ebbeck TIG with management to leave SUSF the student appeals process SAB after an extended process they can graduate soon or study The University has ongoing health and wellbeing many people within it that have recommendations reported this year, although he may be are commonplace. 38% of SAB involving resolution with the a unit.” University of Sydney (Student University of Sydney (Stu- confirmed that the withdrawal of all staff and students.” helped SUSF in a variety of directly to Vice-Chancellor the first to do so voluntarily, appeals took longer than two original marker or assessor, fol- “I am concerned that stu- Appeals against Academic dent Discipline) Rule 2016 of the service was introduced “The university should ways, and deserve our thanks,” Michael Spence. after Vice President Ed months to resolve, according to lowed by an appeal to the Fac- dents do not have the oppor- Decisions) Rule 2006 “after extensive consultation continue to facilitate staff access wrote Smithies. The review examined SUSF’s Fernon’s position was vacated a report to the Senate in 2018. ulty Panel. tunity to submit a reply or and discussion including to healthcare and keep the UHS The restructure comes after governance and the roles of earlier in the year for missing On average, SAB appeals The SAB holds formal hear- response to the faculty’s sub- a review of other general as a bulk-billing practice,” they an ICAC complaint against the the Management Committee, consecutive meetings. were resolved within 52 days of ings into a range of matters missions before a hearing.” practices in the inner Sydney said. organisation alleged several according to the terms of lodgement last year. including challenges to marks New Law 'Lennon SASS, SciSoc, St ’s College SRC 2019: Here's what your candidates are promising

Wall' removed suffer data breach Honi Soit Pranay Jha and Nell O'Grady Joseph Verity With a week uuntil polling for matter, both have already taken recycling of popular USyd introduction of a subscription- truly independent ticket the 2019 SRC election, Honi rants posts. CREAM also has based delivery service. for the Residential College In another display of the case of a being Get, an online service used by attempts were made prior private member lists to the site, the liberty of launching attacks takes a look at the policies a number of policies which Both tickets have embraced community.” This time, the tensions rising between Hong removed at the University. a numerous clubs, societies, to the shutting down of the nor transferred any member on one another and their dominating brand agendas. defy explanation: “regular this year’s introduction of a ticket will be headed by St Paul’s Kong and Chinese students on The removals have come in and student organisations website’s functionality to lists from QPay to Get, which respective factions. Jakovac, Both presidential candidates, online content” — something regular multilingual section. resident Nicholas Comino, who university campuses, a mural light of fears that clashes may around , has suffered access information. A number is allegedly the source of the despite belonging to the faction Josie Jakovac (Moderate Liberal) which has been a mainstay FIT, which features two previously held a state-level of sticky notes and photos arise between pro-Beijing and a major data breach, potentially of SQL injection attacks were leak,” Williams said. “As such that currently controls both and Liam Donohoe (Grassroots), of Honi for at least a decade international student editors, role on the Australian Union adorning the New Law Building anti-extradition protesters. As exposing the data of thousands apparently made, which, we hope that the damage to our the Executive and the Council, are intent on displaying their — and “improving student has promised the maintenance of Jewish Students (AUJS) and Annexe was removed by two tensions between these groups of students. according to the original Reddit member’s privacy is nil.” has warned that she cannot credentials in their policy writing with submission of the section and the practice whose SRC experience consists Chinese students this week. continue to escalate, a wave of An anonymous Reddit user poster, seemed to indicate that QPay is an online payment abide seeing the SRC “twisted” platform. Jakovac has been feedback” — something which of translating news to of roles on the Intercollegiate These murals, which have sinophobia has also become flagged the potential breach hackers had identified the service used by clubs and by “self-indulged radicals”, heavily involved in the He all editorial teams have done Chinese, while CREAM has Collective, a body created this come to be known as “Lennon apparent on campus. Popular on Saturday afternoon after schema of the Get database and societies which is often used referring to the broad-left presidency as both a councillor since, we can only assume, the promised “increased content year. That body declined to Walls”, are used by many Hong Facebook page ‘Usyd Rants’, a noticing vulnerabilities on Get’s obtained specific data. An SQL in conjunction with Get. Some faction of which her rival is a and a member of the General paper’s inception. Of course, by international students for comment on internal college Kong students as a symbol of platform for anonymous posts website whilst searching for injection attack is a technique clubs and societies transfer part. Similarly, Donohoe has Executive, and has used these it’s worth remembering: none international students.” affairs after Honi revealed an resistance against the proposed related to the University, has a club from their university. used by hackers to obtain their QPay data to Get, however, warned of the perils that will associations to furnish her of CREAM’s members would The new kid on the block, ANZAC Day hazing ritual Hong Kong Extradition Bill. featured numerous racist and The user then investigated private data. not all data sets breached were result following another year reputation as someone who gets know this, as none have ever Cupcake — fielding two occurred at St Paul’s. They have been accompanied xenophobic remarks in relation the website’s APIs (a set of The original Reddit poster connected to QPay. QPay is not of “incompetent” leadership. It things done. Donohoe similarly written for Honi. tickets aimed at representing The same assortment of by numerous protests across to Chinese international functions used by servers disclosed to Honi that they connected with the source of remains to be seen how these draws attention to his status FIT’s policy, on the other commerce and law students — die-hard hacks will adorn the campuses, including a ‘Free students. Additionally, the to communicate) and found stumbled upon the issue the breach. Honi understands tensions will manifest during as a bona fide SRC die-hard, hand, reads like a greatest-hits is being headed by international NUS ballot paper this year with Hong Kong’ protest at the federal government recently that the search function API while investigating a UNSW that the matter has been debates and on the hustings. boasting involvement with the of establishment tickets over the students Yaqi Chen and Jiayu Unity, NLS, Switch, Grassroots University of Sydney last week. announced its ‘taskforce into revealed the names, emails, club, though according to referred to the Australian Editorship of this paper will Council, General Executive, years. Making an appearance (Kelly) Chen. No prizes for and the Mod-Libs all in the ring. The wall in the Law Building foreign interference’, which was phone numbers, and other Get’s website, the company Information Commissioner. be contested by Fit and Cream. and Honi Soit over a number of once again is the oft-promised guessing what they study. Newcomer, Activist featured printed images of described by SRC President sensitive information of client’s services a number of USyd- Get rebranded in the past In a similar move to years. yet sporadically delivered Honi Cupcake’s policy platform Strikeback, is headed by the protests happening across Jacky He as increasing “phobia members. based organisations, including two years following a similar previous outsider tickets Though the outcome of podcast as well as the obligatory will focus on improving the Solidarity-aligned climate Hong Kong and in Australia. A towards Chinese students”. Speaking to Honi, the user St John’s College, and several data breach suffered in 2017. such as MINT for Honi in the presidential election is pledge to hold student SRC’s links with Chinese strike organiser Kelton Muir. series of now-iconic coloured The university spokesperson explained that it appeared that societies. Get, then named Qnect, 2017, CREAM has pledged to uncertain, one thing stands politicians and university culture and service provision, Alongside the global climate post-it notes surrounded these told Honi, “students have a long the website had now “shut down In a statement to Honi, suffered a breach which saw bring political and intellectual out as particularly likely: it management to account. FIT’s including building greater strike, activists will be looking images, displaying messages history of using the campus its functions” in an apparent SciSoc President Thomas clients’ members’ private details diversity to the paper. Their will almost certainly be one policies at times strays into the links with Taylor’s College, a to gain a foothold in the with pro-democratic, anti- for political debate and protest effort to stem any further leaks. Williams expressed concern leaked. At the time, Sydney plan for content also includes of the more combative races redundant — many promises foundational program which national union to tap into a police and anti-government — including putting up and The user clarified that this has over the apparent breach. University Law Society was the introduction of university seen in recent years. Jakovac are merely guarantees to bridges international students broader student base and a sentiment, such as “Bring Down removing posters on political by no means resolved the issue “SciSoc is very, very an affected client, though it sports reporting (another policy and Donohoe are clearly at maintain permanent fixtures in to USyd. national platform. Carrie Lam.” The dismantling issues — and we are committed however, and that “it looks like concerned about the current had severed relations with the of MINT’s), subject advice opposite ends of the political the Honi apparatus, like parties. “Colleges for SRC” is also of Lennon Walls appears to be to respecting their right to there is no putting the genie data leak allegations. We can company the year before. Honi columns, the addition of clubs spectrum, and with no other Others stray into the realm of in the field, reprising its self- becoming a trend on campus. express their views in this back in the bottle.” assure our members that has reached out to Get and is and societies reports alongside candidates to distract from the questionable necessity, like the proclaimed role as the “only This incident is the third known manner.” It appears that systematic we have never uploaded our awaiting comment. existing SRC reports, and the

4 5 NEWS NEWS Australia-wide action refugee rights draws crowds ‘Incredibly detrimental’ defects linger as Law Library in Sydney turns ten Altay Hagrabet Alan Zheng Hundreds of people gathered Government’s inhumane Greens MP Jenny Leong, who the crowd, such as Ali, an Iraqi tinted with despair, hope still Three years on from “extensive students has been inevitable the spokesperson said. and bathrooms in other parts of across Australia on Saturday, treatment of refugees and their affirmed that “it is not illegal refugee who was one of the pervaded the atmosphere and repairs,” the University has when repairs have been Honi understands the the building. including in Sydney at Town rights to seek asylum by means to seek asylum” – as reinforced main organisers and speakers encouraged protesters to strive confirmed that it continues to required. Back in 2016, a University’s Campus and After these concerns were Hall Square, to participate in of legislation, among other by the 1967 UN Protocol on the of the event, still have the to achieve their goals, especially battle a number defects which scissor lift was brought into Infrastructure Services raised, SULS representatives a rally organised by Justice things. The prevalent demands Geneva Convention. precarity of being deported through community action. plague the Law Library. the library after an extended Department (CIS) has, were asked to sit on the new for Refugees. Protesters of the speak out and march Those who are ultimately after their TPV has expired. The next action is planned for Turning ten years old period of water damage. however, spent money Building Advisory Group (BAG) demanded the humane were for permanent protection processed, many having Though the topic was October. treatment of refugees. Newly rather than temporary visas, waited since 2012, many this year, the Herbert Smith Sydney University Law administrating and overseeing aimed at addressing building- formed in August of this fair assessment processes, and still waiting, often receive Freehills Law Library has Society (SULS) President the repair works, including related issues within the New year, Justice for Refugees is family reunion rights. Temporary Protection Visas regularly played host to Jeremy Chan told Honi that the assignment of personnel Law Building. an organisation founded and Speaker Sarah Dale from the (TPVs) due to their arrival machinery and safety tape the defects were “incredibly in the CIS Delivery Team “We are strongly advocating run by refugees. Supported by Refugee Advice and Casework circumstances and Australian over its recent lifespan. detrimental to students” and Facilities Maintenance for the expeditious repair the Refugee Action Coalition Service (RACS) noted that legislation. TPVs allow people Water damage, creeping because it worsened already personnel. of the Law Library and the (RAC), the rally marked one “under international law you are seeking asylum in Australia mould, and moisture damage limited study space on campus. Law students are well other defects in the New Law of the first national actions a refugee but under Australian temporary residence for up have been the main symptoms “The closure of the “cone” acquainted with the Library’s Building Annex” in recent times organised law you are not.” to, but often shorter than of several structural defects. due to high rainfall means 30- defects. In 2017, SULS penned “To alleviate space issues in and spearheaded by refugees The preferential treatment three years, without any “There are some defects in 40 less seats in the library” a moot problem which posed the meantime, however, we are themselves. for plane over boat arrivals, family reunion rights or relation to the water leaks still “During high-stress a fictional scenario in which attempting to secure classrooms The rally comes in light who often do not have the rights of return to Australia. being identified in the building, periods such as exams, the a student suffered “grievous in the lead-up to exam period,” of eight-year long waiting facilities to obtain plane trips, Reintroduced in 2013 by the and the leaks continue because inability to find a study desk injury when the ceiling of said Chan. periods for asylum and visa were described as inadequate. Abbott Government, the TPV as soon as we patch one the significantly amplifies stress... the University’s Law Library status, worsening conditions As Dale said, “I am tired of legislation does not guarantee water then flows onto the next particularly where students collapsed upon her.” in Manus and Nauru detention telling people your case is likely tax-paying, working refugees accessible defect,” a University have no suitable study spaces “[The library] is located centres and the pending refused because you left your – who have long awaited to of Sydney spokesperson said. at home,” Chan said. underground and, in an effort deportation of the Biloela identity documents behind be processed for their right to The Library’s defects Honi understands the to ameliorate its otherwise family, with the overarching because you fled for your life.” asylum –any sort of stability in have been exacerbated by building company accepted potentially depressive theme being the Australian This sentiment was echoed by their refuge. Many of those in Photography by Altay Hagrabet its subterranean location liability for the library atmosphere, the architects which has left it vulnerable to defects several years ago. That planned a circular ‘reading leakage from the skylight at the company has borne the costs room,” read the moot problem. library’s spiral reading room of the repairs. The Law School’s new Dean, during periods of heavy wind “There appears to have Professor Simon Bronitt, has ‘Democracy now’: Hong Kong students take to and rain. been some flaws in either the met with SULS over concerns The library’s 24/7 opening Quality Assurance or Quality with the Law Library and Eastern Avenue amid counter-protesters hours mean a disruption to Control in its development,” issues with broken ceilings Amelia Mertha, Joseph Verity and Alan Zheng SRC responds to taskforce held signs and placards branded briefly heckled by a Mandarin- “These feelings can be 'Unethical': MONSU with a hammer and sickle with speaking student who made an exacerbated on a genuinely Nell O'Grady, Carrie Wen and Alan Zheng the words “Trotskyist Platform.” offensive gesture. diverse campus like ours.” A government taskforce into tech company responsible for unfairly targeted Chinese decision slammed One sign read: “HK rioters = “We are a leaderless Support for today’s protest foreign interference will creating an app used to racially researchers in Australian rich kid allies or dupes of right- movement,” another speaker from the student community Alan Zheng and Nell O'Grady require Australian universities profile Uighur Chinese citizens. universities. wing HK media billionaire said. “We do not speak for has, however, been mixed. The University of Sydney has commitment.” MONSU did to comply with government “We understand that there “Just because there is a Jimmy Lai – HK’s Rupert everyone.” Liberal-aligned club Students joined key student organisations not apologise for its decision, security in addressing are community concerns about tension between the two Murdoch.” In a letter to the Chancellor for Liberty pulled support for like the University of Sydney despite public pressure to do so. concerns of cyber hacking and purported foreign influence countries right now does “Defend Socialistic China and Vice-Chancellor last week, the protest when it became Union (USU) and Students SRC President Jacky foreign collaboration. Federal on Australia’s university not mean their scholars will against Imperialism! Resist the Hong Kong Students’ clear that it would endanger Representative Council (SRC) He, whose faction Panda Education Minister Dan Tehan campuses”, Vice-Chancellor become spies,” Jack said. meddling in Hong Kong by Association demanded the a deal between Panda and the in opposing a recent decision predominantly represents announced the taskforce last Spence told Honi. “We welcome The Government’s increasing colonial powers,” read another. University condemn the Moderate Liberals to support by the Monash Student Chinese international students, week, outlining that half its the establishment for a forum concerns over foreign An official university removal of the Lennon Wall Josie Jakovac for President in Union (MONSU) to lock out said MONSU’s decision was representation will be drawn of dialogue…to address those interference follow a recent spokesperson told Honi that as an “attack on freedom of this year’s SRC race. international students from “inherently unethical.” from the government and half concerns,” he said. paper by the conservative think it had taken precautions to expression.” The Eastern Avenue Students for Liberty founder contesting its annual election. “I believe that international from university staff. “The safety and wellbeing tank Centre of Independent avoid the violent clashes which Lennon Wall was dismantled Kerrod Gream expressed his MONSU’s decision, first students would feel isolated Vice-Chancellor Michael of our students remain a top Studies which confirmed that occurred at the University of earlier this month and a Lennon disappointment at the decision reported by the Sydney and a bit threatened as a result Spence declined to confirm priority,” Spence told Honi. 10% of all students attending an Queensland. Wall in the Tunnel was in a Facebook post. Morning Herald, would have of this decision made by whether staff members from SRC President Jacky Australian university now hail They met at noon. Donning face thirteenth consecutive week in “Whilst we hope the protest found in a bin. “Never have I been more required election hopefuls to be Monash University,” He said in Sydney University will make He, elected on a platform from Mainland China. masks, megaphones and dark Hong Kong. will be peaceful, our security Today’s protest comes after ashamed of the legacy I felt at eligible to work at least 22 hours a statement to Honi. up part of the academic of representing Chinese That paper’s author, clothing, the protesters arrived They were separated from team will be present.” comments by Vice-Chancellor Sydney University than I am a week, leaving international Both the SRC and USU representation. international students last Associate Professor Salvatore on Eastern Avenue. They a handful of peaceful counter- A sizeable Campus Security Michael Spence in the Sydney today.” students — required by student released public statements The introduction of the year, told Honi that Chinese Babones, told Honi that organised via the encrypted protesters bearing Chinese presence flanked the protesters. Morning Herald, where he “Sydney University Students visa conditions to work no after news broke of MONSU’s taskforce builds on existing international students would Australian universities “have messaging app, Telegram. Up flags by a row of police officers. This was the first large-scale described rising sinophobic for Liberty refused to share a more than 20 hours a week — decision. sentiment highlighted by align with the four areas to be become addicted to Chinese until now, two similar rallies One of those counter- operation for new security sentiments as reminiscent of protest event supporting Hong without representation despite A spokesperson reiterated members of government and probed by the taskforce. money.” “By admitting so had been cancelled. Even the protesters, a student from contractor, Australian Concert the White Australia Policy. Kong against a state that has paying hefty fees. that the University of Sydney the mainstream media that He said there was also an many students from China and organisation of this protest Macquarie University, told Honi and Entertainment Security, Earlier this week, Spence threatened military action After significant public does not tolerate any form of considers foreign interference increasing “phobia towards offering so few support services stalled earlier in the week when that there was an increasing which took over from Wilson also wrote to staff and students if protests calling for more pressure, MONSU has discrimination. to be heavily injected in Chinese students” and called for them, the universities its promotional Facebook event sense of “bad blood between Security earlier this year. reiterating the University’s independence from China postponed its annual election “We encourage all efforts Australian universities. for increased dialogue between almost ensure that Chinese was taken down after the host’s Chinese and Hong Kong Across the police line, the commitment to diversity and weren’t stopped,” Gream said. and walked back its decision in to ensure the representative Just last month, Curtin Chinese and local students to students will mostly keep to account was reported. students.” Hong Kong protesters delivered free speech on campus. Organisers of today’s protest a public statement. bodies at our campuses reflect University and the University foster mutual understanding. themselves,” said Babones. But a late-Winter downpour “Our intentions are speeches in Mandarin and “There’s no doubt that told Honi that if the University “The increase of the weekly the diversity of our student of Technology announced a “It is indeed absurd and In 2017, the University of did not deter more than 50 peaceful, we are here to support Cantonese. Amongst the there are newsworthy things did not heed the protesters’ time commitment was never population.” review into the development misleading to suggest that Sydney generated more than Hong Kong students and recent mainland students who might speakers was Kurt Iveson, happening across the globe and demands, another protest could designed to make any student MONSU President Anthony of surveillance technologies Chinese students are here to half a billion dollars in revenue graduates from rallying behind walk past the protesters and President of the National there are students who may be well be on the horizon. in-eligible, instead it was Eid, elected unopposed in 2018 on their campuses after a Four carry out spying works,” He from Chinese international the five demands of protesters do something irrational,” the Tertiary Education Union personally impacted or have in recognition that being a on the 'Forward' brand, could Corners investigation identified said. student course fees, close to a in Hong Kong. Across the student said. branch at the University. During strong opinions about what is member of MONSU Caulfield not be reached for comment. the universities’ partnerships Jack*, another international quarter of its total revenue. Pacific, protests entered their Those counter-protesters the speeches, a speaker was going on.” is a considerable weekly with CETC, a Chinese military student, told Honi the taskforce *Names have been changed 6 7 INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATION

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vert racism, misogyny and anti-Semitism are not especially new to campus, nor within the Inner West. But for some reason, the idea that particular people who believe in the disgusting ideology of Nazism may well have a covert presence on campus is uniquely sobering. OBack in May, an investigation conducted by the ABC and the Sydney Morning Herald exposed relationships between neo-Nazis and the National Party of Australia, taking cues from a series of chat threads on the website Discord. These threads came Martin Luther King Memorial — Newtown to light as part of a series of Discord-related leaks made public by Unicorn Riot, an American left-wing media collective. Notably, the forums were employed to organise and mobilise the 2017 white-supremacist ‘Unite The Right’ rally in Charlottesville. To aimlessly meander down King Street, to catch a bus from the Marlborough Hotel to the City Road stop, or to rush past the Eastern Avenue auditorium on the way to class are all seemingly uneventful experiences for most students at the University of Sydney (USyd). That the likes of Charlottesville organisers are prevalent in your Stickers bearing the swastika logo used by Australian the lecture slide which had an image of Adolf Hitler by Anti Fascist Action Sydney to be a “local neo-Nazi own day-to-day routine is unthinkable. neo-Nazi hate group Antipodean Resistance appeared on it, and sang “here’s to Hitler, he’s true blue.” He was affiliated with the Sydney-based “Party for Freedom”, That idea is turned on its head when it dawns on you that the same routes are on the same posters around the time the photo was swiftly removed from the class by the lecturer. allegedly did the same gesture in response to a debate frequented by neo-Nazis; that they are sitting behind you in your lectures, brushing posted on Discord. This prompted us to refine our During the 2017 SRC elections, it emerged that participant’s critique of fascism. past you on the 428 bus, or sprawled out a few metres away from you on the search terms, and look specifically for messages related Sukith Fernando, a candidate on the ‘Vanguard for In July of 2018, racist graffiti targeting Asian students Law Lawns. This very realisation was made by Honi, as we trawled through the to various university campuses. We started to try terms SRC’ ticket, had made comments online in defence of was found in the Wilkinson building. The phrases “no aforementioned threads, discovering sinister links between USyd and the neo-Nazis like ‘USyd’ and ‘UNSW.’ Hitler. At the time, Honi reported that, “in a reply to a Asian invasion” alongside other ethnic slurs – the same lurking on Discord in the process. Amongst the results were some links to Honi video questioning the Holocaust posted on his wall, slurs used to describe Chinese USU Board candidates articles and references to various socio-political clashes Fernando commented ‘Wow Hitler really did nothing on Discord in 2017 – were written in permanent marker transpiring on campus. Users were unimpressed by wrong.’” When confronted, Fernando maintained that thereon. is there moves to ban ethnically-themed parties on campus he simply “didn’t know” whether the Holocaust had In March 2019, racist and nationalist posters and – ‘Mexican’ themed nights at college, for example. In happened. Two months later, in the midst of the same- graffiti were removed from the USyd Engineering and The sheer volume of content on the leaked threads was astounding. In one server another server called ‘Men’s Human Rights’, there was a sex marriage plebiscite, neo-Nazi posters were found IT Precinct by University staff. Two months later in called VibrantDiversity, over 30,000 messages were shared by 530 users. At least 36 of discussion of a video posted by disgraced sex-therapist wheatpasted inside the Brennan McCallum Learning May, a swastika was found graffitied onto a mural of the a neo-nazi those users were either based in or had some significant connection to Australia. For Bettina Arndt concerning those protesting her ‘Fake Hub. The posters, emblazened with phrases such as Aboriginal Flag in Camperdown Rest Memorial Park. the most part, the threads would discuss articles from ‘liberal’ media sources, or link Rape Crisis’ tour of September 2018 at USyd; many “Nazi Youth Organising On Your Campus!” were social media posts, the politics of which outraged its users. The candid use of grossly of these protesters were a part of the USyd Women’s attributed to Antipodean Resistance. racist, ableist and misogynistic language was commonplace, often accompanied by Collective. The messages about USyd weren’t just Unreported in Honi, but well archived in a student- network esoteric fascist memes. general in nature — at various points, they indicated an led anti-fascist organising group, are a plethora of What was arguably the most disconcerting aspect of From a cursory glance of the page, it is easy to misconstrue its users as reactionaries, uncomfortable proximity to campus culture. images of neo-Nazi vandalism, unearthed by activists our investigation was the appearance of Young Liberals seeking the thrill of making outrageous comments that would otherwise be socially Screenshots of Facebook comments recognisable as throughout the entirety of 2017. Swastika stickers and Nationals, alongside members of the campus right unacceptable. From that perspective, the servers appear disconnected from reality — have being written by current USyd student activists placed on posters of Muslim women on Eastern Avenue, found in these servers. For legal reasons, Honi cannot on campus? they exist in the alt-right cybersphere, bearing little consequence on one’s actual life. and Honi articles, including one titled “Video Games of swastikas painted in the USyd Graffiti Tunnel, and a reveal the identities of those involved. CONTENT WARNING: THIS ARTICLE MAY BE However, as we delved deeper into the threads, it became apparent that these users the Alt-Right” (again written in 2017), are also critiqued racist ‘VB Dingo’ sticker in Carslaw – a common neo- In February of 2017, an event was held on the were more than just the odd internet troll. and ridiculed in this chatroom. Nazi pejorative used to refer to First Nations people, border of New South and the Australian Capital HIGHLY DISTRESSING TO SOME READERS. IT Our investigation began with the simple use of broad search terms like “Sydney” Numerous messages also attached pictures of prevalent also on Discord – are only a few examples. Territory, at a small pub called The Royal Hotel QBN CONTAINS EXPLICIT MENTIONS OF RACISM, or “Newtown” in the server’s search function, in order to test whether these threads students running in SRC elections, accompanied by The greatest spike in neo-Nazi organising at USyd – around 25 minutes drive from the University of NAZISM, HOLOCAUST DENIAL, ANTI-SEMITISM, had much of a local presence. Initially, most of the messages seemed only to make various queerphobic comments. A screenshot of a in recent years undoubtedly occurred in 2017. In that Canberra. The event was scheduled to run after a larger MISOGYNY, XENOPHOBIA. SINOPHOBIA AND casual references to recent events in Sydney, without indicating a tangible connection motion pertaining to anti-fascist action on campus, year, a high volume of neo-Nazi material appeared on Young Liberal event that had occurred earlier that to genuine political organisation. Soon, however, we came across the first real taken from the agenda of a 2017 SRC council meeting, campus, pictures of which were subsequently posted evening. This meeting was far smaller, more intimate. FASCISM. indication of political action: a conversation discussing strategies for supporting the was discussed. Chinese international students running by concerned activists in the anti-fascist organising University students, some of those now known to have homophobic ‘No’ campaign in Australia’s same-sex marriage plebiscite. At times that in the 2017 University of Sydney Union (USU) elections group contemporaneously. Such posts were made been neo-Nazis, were in attendance. In a conversation conversation would move to calls between Discord users, records of which could were described using racial slurs. once a month at the very least. We noticed a striking Honi conducted with an anonymous source, the social Pranay Jha, Nell O’Grady & Jessica Syed not be accessed by Honi. Nonetheless, we did gain access to a Google Doc in which Perhaps these connections are not so surprising. The resemblance between the terminology, syntax and groupings at this event were described as white men numerous users contributed ideas as to how potential voters could be convinced to presence of fascists, neo-Nazis, and their sympathisers tone of the neo-Nazi material on campus, and that dissatisfied with how the world was developing. vote ‘no’. on our campus and its surrounds can at least be traced of neo-Nazis on the Discord threads, particularly on Concerns surrounding migration, what were considered As we continued to scan the server, it became clear that certain members were back to 2016. An anonymous student told Honi about VibrantDiversity. to be ‘loose borders’, and stagnation in the growth of based in Australia, and more specifically, Sydney. We came across an image of the her experience in her first-year Modern European It didn’t end there, however. Several students the young working-class had amalgamated into a social Martin Luther King wall on King Street, just a few kilometres away from campus. History class in that year. A student in her lecture present at a USyd ‘Socialism vs ’ debate in network of anti-capitalist young men uniting under the Users disparaged the mural, particularly with regard to its pending heritage-listing sprung up randomly and started to sing the ‘He’s A June 2018 – hosted in tandem by opposing political hateful banner of national socialism. status. Shortly after that, we found a message containing an image of the USyd’s Pisspot’ drinking song, just as the lecturer began to groups Socialist Alternative and Generation Liberty – Racist sentiments at this event were plentiful, with 2017 ‘Unlearn’ campaign posters displayed on the glass walls of the Eastern Avenue speak about the Holocaust. The student then allegedly anecdotally relayed to Honi how a man present at the anti-Semitic and racial slurs and misogynistic phrases Auditorium at the time. The photo was seemingly taken from the user’s mobile phone. pulled a bottle of beer out of his pocket, toasted towards debate, did a ‘sieg heil’ salute. Toby Cook, described flowing freely in the discussion. There was a distinct

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Kiki Amberber locates potential worlds for queer bodies and bodies of colour to exist There’s a recurring line in the song This violent foregrounding of structure. The interlude “Futurity” is a reality that empowers me?” ‘Michelle Pfeiffer’ by Mahawam that the physicality extends to queer bodies; 15-second track of pulsing machinery Hemphill reminds us that the internet artist hurls out of their mouth, a bullet like bodies of colour, they function as noises, framed on either side by “Deep” is far from a neutral and apolitical site of speeding towards skin: “but imminent depositories of death within a cultural and “Heavy”, pop-leaning dance tracks utopian creation. Simultaneously, rather death / but imminent death / but imaginary always ready to dispose of that distil fears and anticipations about than providing a space that surpasses imminent death / but imminent death”. them. The bodies of queer people and relationships. This linkage between bodies, bodies flow into digital sites. I first heard the song walking home one people of colour are never promised. futurities and (potential) queer, bodily Hemphill’s poem is never divorced from night in late June. As I listened to it, In a liminal space ever-heavy with the intimacy shifts the contradictory nature queer bodily intimacy: I thought of the way death hangs over potential of physical bodies ending, can of desire and uncertainty into a space of “I occupy my lover’s long-fingered people of colour, real yet abstract; always selves be created beyond physicality? momentary meaning-making. “Futurity” hands at the threshold of cyberspace.” potential. The concept of queer futurity as opens a space in which bodies transcend Perhaps, then, digital space allows Months later, I discovered that the explored by José Esteban Muñoz physical boundaries through virtual for contingent world-making; for relief song was written in response to the becomes radical here, reflecting the existences. This is intimately tied to the for bodies-under-threat but not for the artist’s HIV diagnosis. As a nonbinary hybridity and synergy of queer people digital age; the queer crush becomes doing-away-with of physicality. Perhaps Peter Nicol Russell Building Black person, Mahawam – born Malik of colour. In Cruising Utopia, Muñoz refracted by the specificity of desire an elimination of physical bodies is not Mays – seeks to explore the proximity to suggests that queer space is one of utopic and intimacy in the online. In creating a desirable; Hemphill and Collarbones death experienced by queer black people. promise, existing beyond the physicality blurry space between reality and fantasy, chart the joys, along with the pain, For me, this clarified a truth internally of the present: “queerness exists for us digital space provides for world-making. of bodies existing together in unsafe known, of the inextricable link between as an ideality [… it is] the rejection of Though radical in disrupting spaces. being a person of colour and being a a here and now and an insistence on embedded imaginaries, digital Digital space remains, for me, a lack of women at the event. An ex- asks, to which Beulah explains “Student also rose with particular vigour that queer person in a world hostile towards potentiality or concrete possibility for potentiality is not without limitations. fraught fantasy, one that embodies Young Liberal, Justin Beulah, who was rep council.” same year. There is an apparent temporal both. another world.” The work of Essex Hemphill, an African- Muñoz’s vision of “a horizon imbued identified as a reprieved neo-Nazi in this Beulah’s institutional knowledge link to a spike in university-related Both bodies of colour and queer Muñoz’s vision of futurity is American poet and activist, complicates with potentiality.” Given that all year’s major SMH–ABC investigation, of our University may suggest that he rhetoric in this chatroom and the rise of bodies fundamentally disrupt the embodied by Sydney and Adelaide- digital space as often unsafe. His poem structures are operationalised fantasies, was in attendance. He posted pictures of had direct network affiliations with neo-Nazi action on campus when this fantasy of white national space. based band Collarbones in their album “On the Shores of Cyberspace” weaves digital space could provide for creating himself at the event on VibrantDiversity. a USyd student who, by sending him evidence is read concurrently. Anthropologist Ghassan Hage argues in of the same name, taken from Muñoz’s the impending destruction of his kinder fantasies for marginalised At the time, he was also a student at the relevant information, allowed him to Our investigation only scratched the White Nation that in Australia, whiteness work. In an interview with the music physical body as an HIV-positive gay identities. University of Canberra. Honi reached be aware of, recruit within, and perhaps surface of all the reprehensible fascist as a project seeks to maintain control site Pilerats, vocalist Marcus Whale man into a questioning of the internet In “Michelle Pfeiffer” Mays remarks out to Beulah for comment, given that attempt to infiltrate USyd student messages sent in the 66 leaked servers. over imaginary borders, under the guise reflected on ‘futurity’ as “this imaginary to provide harbour for queer bodies of offhandedly, “gold’s been leaking from his picture and a username confirmed politics. A prominent member of the At various points, we regrettably came of multiculturalism and “the discourse space to which I return when I try to colour: my lesions lately, it’s crazy”. Maybe this to be connected to him were found as Young Nationals, who we cannot name across messages viscerally describing of tolerance”. In challenging the unpack my romantic instincts.” The “I’m counting T-cells on the shores of presents the most productive digital we scrolled these servers. We did not for legal reasons, was one possible sexually problematic behaviour, reproduction of this fantasy, queerness album explores what Whale terms “that cyberspace and potentiality: the gold doesn’t cancel receive comment in time for publication. accomplice to Beulah’s work – he was images of African-American people and ethnic otherness exist as threat, most future-oriented form of longing – Feeling some despair out the lesions, but presents a space of Through examining the links and A USyd undergraduate, frequented the being lynched, and other extremely and come under danger. First Nations the crush”. Queer futurity as presented […] beauty and alternative meaning on the usernames disseminated on these Discord servers, and a manager of one violent imagery. Naturally, this raised feminist academic and activist Aileen by Collarbones is never removed from I stand at the threshold of cyberspace edge of destruction. It was never about threads, Honi can confirm that there of the University’s USU Board candidate harrowing concerns of what had Moreton-Robinson conceptualises this bodies. Rather, theoretical concepts and and wonder: going beyond bodies, then. It was about were USyd students, then members campaigns several years prior. already transpired on campus and what danger as the over-definition of the racial experiences co-exist as limbs tangled in Is it possible that I am unwelcome here, finding and creating those spaces where of the Young Liberals, present at this The takeaways from our investigation could be happening as we write this other’s body, against a disembodied, the dark. too? bodies under threat are able to glow. event, with direct links to the online are quite harrowing. Examples of the article. Were there campus neo-Nazis invisible whiteness. This is apparent in the album’s Will I be allowed to construct a virtual Nazi network. For us, Beulah (posting as ingrained connection between these lurking in those threads, who had fallen ‘Brad Small’ and ‘Brad’s Mobile’), became networks and USyd are especially mind- through the cracks? And, now these a link between the server and USyd. In boggling because they require a steadfast Discord threads have been exposed, is Weathering shame interrogating the large array of images knowledge of the workings of student there a place unknown to us where new he shared, we have discovered that organisations. Things like SRC Council conversations are taking place? Fascist members of these threads had in-depth motions, for example, could not possibly networks are quite feasibly expanding. Victoria Cooper reflects on last month’s Pacific Island Forum knowledge of University of Sydney have been within the institutional They aren’t just a few rogue individuals I turn 21 soon and I’m terrified. Since outline the concerns of the region and tears over Australia’s inactive response were in this range, the world would student culture, Honi articles and USyd knowledge nor digital reach of anyone on a single website. They are in the birth, my family has reminded me that all formalise members’ commitments to to the smaller islands’ pleas for action. warm by 3°C. At 3°C warming, Tuvalu student politics. Beulah has shared a without some tangible, continuous link business of building a movement. That my little kernels of embarrassment will future steps. As per the trend of the past Worst of all, ScoMo was unphased by will likely become uninhabitable, and range of phone snapshots taken close to to someone on the inside. movement has extended its reach to non- surely appear in my father’s PowerPoint- few years, and emissions these emotional indictments, heralding there is no international precedent or and within the University. Not only this, We know that Neo-Nazi propaganda fascist conservative groups on campus, guided 21st speech. Now, crippled by reductions were hot on the agenda. the summit as a success on his Facebook law to prevent Tuvalu, its statehood, but screenshots obtained by Honi show and rhetoric spiked on the Camperdown such as the Young Liberals. It’s unclear an adolescence of CamWow selfies and Seeing as our Prime Minister once held page and proudly spruiking our generous international status, and national attempts by members Beulah and a user campus in 2017. We also know that when this movement will penetrate our one horribly misguided instance of fake up a lump of coal in parliament and told 500 million dollar aid package as a great identity, from disappearing completely. named ‘Convo’ to understand student the rate at which information was institutions of student representation. tanning only my face, I have quite a us not to be scared, we knew this was solution to issues of the region. Australia’s emissions are eight times politics abbreviations. “SRC?” Convo disseminated within VibrantDiversity Maybe it already has. visceral repulsion to the idea of ‘21’. going to be a testing time. This all sounds pretty cringey, but the total emissions of the Pacific region Perhaps I should be less anxious. Morrison was quick to call the PIF a it gets even worse when you consider and with our trusty reliance in Kyoto Afterall, public embarrassment is a ‘family gathering’. I must agree it had all where we were when Australia threw loopholes, it doesn’t look like they’ll defining feature of Australian politics. the makings of a good family gathering: money at the rising seas. This year’s PIF be reduced any time soon. So, say the There was the time Turnbull was an island paradise, matching shirts was held in Tuvalu, one of the smallest, worst-case scenario eventuates, the compelled to introduce a ‘bonk ban’, the and (initially) smiling faces. But, it did least-visited nations on earth. seas rise and Tuvalu becomes unlivable time Gillard fell on her face in India, and not take long for this family gathering At only 4.5 meters above sea-level, (which has already forced migration Camperdown Memorial Rest Park that time Abbott ate the onion. Recently, to breakdown. This was one of those Tuvalu is one of four nations most from its outer islands) – ‘Does anyone Australia has been embarrassed again, occasions where the collapse was less vulnerable to rising seas, and climate have a plan for that?’ you ask. Yes, Deputy but this wasn’t as quick and painless as due to Aunt Judy guzzling one too change is the number one cause of Prime Minister, Michael McCormack the aforementioned. This was more than many Chardonnays, and more because its continued rise. Tuvalu has already calmly said that the Pacific Island will just a gaffe. estranged brother Scott got a bit too suffered a fair share of climate shocks, “continue to survive because many of Last month, Australia attended flashy with his dollars and told all his experiencing more frequent king tides, their workers [are welcome to] come the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) and the cousins to ‘get a real problem’. droughts, food shortages and major here to pick our fruit.” amount of embarrassing blows was Infact, most family members freely disruptions to its fishing industry. Australia’s conduct at the PIF was about as exhilarating as it was stifling. admitted that Ol’ ScoMo ruffled a few Coal kills small island nations truly shameful. Sure, we’ve all been there There were tears, broken friendships and feathers with his insistence to water like Tuvalu and Australia’s removal — unnervingly asserted our own needs pale pink polos. Let’s break it down. down the language of the communique, of the ‘c’ word from the communique before others, underestimated someone’s The members of the PIF meet even convincing the family to scratch truly embodies an unwillingness to real sense of existentialism, been so annually to enhance cooperation out the word ‘coal’ from the document. meaningfully change. According to badly behaved it puts some friendships between states and improve the Heated words were had with Fijian the Climate Action Tracker, Australia’s on the line If there’s anything I’ve learnt wellbeing of Pacific citizens. This usually Prime Minister literally disowning current emissions reductions targets from my chronicle of embarrassments involves negotiating the contents of Morrison as a “good friend”, and the aren’t enough to keep global warming it’s that now’s time to pull your socks up -33.894009, 151.178938 the ‘communique’, a document used to Tongan Prime Minister was reduced to below 1.5°C. 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female present, she maintains that she experiences very vocalist and as a woman is just as important as the “The jazz industry remains predominantly male little gender discrimination: boys” and that “in an ideal setting a woman should be due to a biased system, imposing a significant toll “99% of the musicians I have worked with have able to be as sexy or not sexy as she wants and not get on those who aspire to work in it...The goal of the always treated me as a fellow musician the same as treated as an object or as inferior...But unfortunately Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice is to do any other male on the bandstand. There has been only lines become blurred and because it’s such a ‘chill’ corrective work and modify the way jazz is perceived one situation in particular where I have felt quite genre, perhaps compared at first glance to classical, I and presented, so that the future of jazz looks different uncomfortable and treated differently due to me being a find that people push buttons a lot more.” than its past without rendering invisible many of the young woman, and it was from an older male musician. There is a culture of ‘undercutting’ in jazz, part of art form’s creative contributors.” I feel uncomfortable to speak out about it, also because the musical act itself. I asked her about this, and she ‘Institute’ is key — by sincerely studying women’s I don’t want to lose work but I have said something in said: “Yeah, but guys have the privileged position to contributions to jazz history as part of an institution, the past and he kind of brushed it off and laughed. In take the heat, whereas us chicks are sometimes already alongside female educators, we are far more likely to situations like those I am hyper aware of the fact that I 10 feet behind.” see permanent change. Without any question of talent, am not a male.” Steph Russell, a recent vocal graduate of the jazz it is hard to deny that female musicians have to work Like any other fields, most of what we have about program, offered another perspective. much harder to prove themselves in an environment the female experience in music rests in anecdotes. In “Yes, I think singers are always treated differently that has adapted to benefit men. In the past, female popular jazz bars in Manhattan, I spoke to recent jazz to instrumentalists, but I think it’s hard to be treated groups would have been the only platform for female graduates of the Juilliard School of Music, who told the same. We just have completely different outlets for musicians to perform music. A group like Sydney’s me about a particularly female-excluding phrase, “dick our creativity and we prioritise different things, such as Young Women’s Jazz Orchestra is valuable in that on the forehead swing.” They told me that they were lyrics, feeling and performance.” it alerts us to new ideas, rejects that certain types of often instructed during gigs to “play to the ladies.” On the increasing awareness of women in jazz, she music can only be performed well by men, and sets up I remember one night a very accomplished singer said: “From my first day at uni to my last day, I saw the path for new young musicians, but still there is the a big shift in the way I was treated, slowly becoming problem of being on the sidelines. As Galime says, there less intimidated and more comfortable within myself as is a fine line between possessing “a quality that brings “...singers are always well, which is a big factor. And in terms of the female to meaning and is remembered” and being a novelty item male ratio I don’t really mind which gender I play with, that is “cheaply bought, and momentarily appreciated.” treated differently to whoever I find the most enjoyable to play with and the What music of all genres needs is a platform where instrumentalists, but most friendly — that’s who I’ll book.” female composers and musicians are granted the same “And one great aspect about being the singer: we get institutional respect as males. It is not enough to have I think it’s hard to be to choose the band 90% of the time.” brief moments of respect for female musicians — this treated the same. We just Whatever the individual skill of a female jazz quickly becomes a matter of simply being female rather talents not novelties singer, she is often sexualised for her image rather than than focusing on the merits of their music, and this have completely different appreciated for her knowledge. An academic article by is more detrimental in the long run to true cultural Stang Dahl in 1964 referred to female jazz singers as the appreciation of women. Sometimes we are hopeful outlets for our creativity ‘canary’ of a band — an appealing female vocalist could about the situation, and told that “things are getting Grace Johnson surveys female musicians in history and the scene today. and we prioritise different attract greater audiences and promote the bands while better.” But it hardly means much when some of the bringing business to the venue. Musically, the role of greatest institutions of jazz, such as New York’s Jazz at Women have always been present in the musical world, Philharmonic, found that only 31 per cent of 2438 range of the instruments was thought to represent things, such as lyrics, the singer was to interpret and convey the lyrics, not to Lincoln Centre, still have no permanently employed but they are seen far more than they are truly heard. full-time orchestra members were female. The Vienna masculinity. Women were considered more suited to feeling and performance.” improvise, and since improvising is a hallmark of jazz, women in the band. Emma Grace Stephenson, a jazz According to a recent report by UK classical music Philharmonic had the highest imbalance—perhaps higher-range instruments with softer tone qualities this would create a ranking between the members. pianist currently living in New York, put it simply in a label Drama Musica’s DONNE: Women in Music, most audibly distinctive orchestra in the world, which as a result. Amateur training in singing and music, There is no doubt about the skill and talent of famed 2017 blog post: curated by soprano Gabriella di Luccia, only 2.3 per jealousy protected its sound by maintaining the lineage usually piano, was also considered the hallmark of an was invited to join the band. But after the rest of the singers throughout history, like Ella Fitzgerald and “I get some opportunities because I am a young cent of the works programmed by internationally of its players, the orchestra didn’t allow a woman to ‘accomplished’ woman. band members did their solos, and she had made the Billie Holiday, which seemed to transcend that fact that female, and reasonably good at what I do AND there acclaimed orchestras in the 2018-19 season were by join until 1997. The London Philharmonic and New In some respects, this mentality continues today: return to the head of the song, she was interrupted by they were female. Front of the band, the ‘First Lady of are some opportunities that I don’t get, because I am a female composers. York Philharmonic are, to some relief, far closer to total girls might find themselves encouraged to be vocalists the sax player, who continued his solo over her voice. Song’ and ‘Lady Day,’ and several other vocalists, were young female, despite being reasonably good at what I In classes analysing the history of classical music equality. rather than horn players, to play wind instruments It wasn’t clear whether or not it was intentional, but pioneering figures. An entire generation of famous jazz do.” education, Clara Schumann is mentioned first as the As an attempt to reduce gender bias, orchestras in rather than brass, and compelled to learn melodic she made a lighthearted face at the audience, who musicians can be linked back to one woman: Mary companion of Robert Schumann, and second as a instruments over percussion. It is not just the problem laughed. Afterwards, her responses to praise were self- Lou Williams, a pianist of the 1920s, 30s and 40s. performer and composer in her own right. Hildegard of of how we perceive women in music now, and the deprecating even to my friend and me, when she asked An exceptionally skilled performer, she also wrote “‘Institute’ is key — by Bingen is often presented as a great standalone. Augusta “It is not just the problem often narrow opportunities they have, but that they are us for a light outside. hundreds of songs for Duke Ellington, and helped sincerely studying women’s Holmès, an extremely talented singer of the nineteenth of how we perceive limited by societal norms before they even begin. I spoke to Tiana Young, a vocal student in the train household names like Thelonious Monk, Charlie century, accomplished pianist, prolific composer, was The ‘gendering’ of instruments applies equally to Conservatorium jazz program. She began classical Parker, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie. While she is contributions to jazz history endlessly praised by Rossini, Liszt, and Saint-Saëns in women in music now, jazz. Women are very rarely on stage or, if they are, training at age ten and started singing with the Central not totally forgotten, such women seem to stand alone as part of an institution, her time, but is now mainly celebrated only on classical and the often narrow they’re typically a vocalist at the front of the band. Coast Little Big Band at age fourteen. She talked to me in history as exceptions and not part of the norm. alongside female educators, music radio stations on International Women’s Day. It often seems exceptional for a woman to be a horn about the differences between the classical and jazz A woman of colour in jazz would have also faced There are legendary musical women behind the opportunities they have, player or part of the rhythm section, perhaps with the performance worlds: far greater disadvantages — although jazz came from we are far more likely to see great composers—famous examples are Mozart’s sister, but that they are limited exception of being a pianist. “From where I was in my training, classical was African-American communities in New Orleans, permanent change. Without Nannerl, and Bach’s second wife, Anna Magdalena. In her article on professional female brass players, beautiful, polished, and elegant. I performed in concerts women were still excluded. It wasn’t until the peak There are several articles calling for the recognition by societal norms before Mary Galime discusses how history perceives and with orchestras and musicians who were poised, of the women’s suffrage movement in the 1920s, and any question of talent, it is of female composers, but one must ask whether these they even begin.” remembers female players. She notes that with great focused perfectionists. These concerts and competitions the development of the liberated ‘Jazz Age’ woman hard to deny that female sudden and infrequent resuscitations of historical trumpet players of history, such as Wynton Marsalis were serious affairs and the response to successful ones figure, that women began to be recognised in jazz female composers really do much to change the and Louis Armstrong, skills are highlighted quite was equally formal, and somewhat reserved.” communities. Bessie Smith, for instance, was an early musicians have to work much situation in the long term. While female-only groups the 1970s began to incorporate blind auditions, at least beyond gender and more about quality: “All these “At the same time, my experience with jazz was vocalist that inspired later generations of jazz singers. harder to prove themselves...” and festivals are often the only way female composers in the early stages. However, the problem of gender novelties have transcended gender because history highly different. To me the music was much more Several female jazz musicians were activists for gender and performers can be heard, there must be another way imbalances in music is present long before auditions has allowed them to, but this has not been the case for relatable, raw, sometimes sexy, and much less postured. or racial equality, often both. In 1964, Nina Simone to integrate female composers into the mainstream of and professional exposure—it begins even when female brass players.” While a gradual shift in mentality The lyrics of the songs were emotional responses to performed at Carnegie Hall to an all-white audience. It is a difficult situation to navigate: on the one education and performance. They should be considered children choose their instruments. is currently underway, she says, with internationally personal experiences (from my perspective) and as She sang ‘Mississippi Goddam,’ a song about the hand, women are evidently excluded from institutions as composers of worth and without consideration of Brass instruments have long been considered respected musicians finally being appreciated for the such, audience connection always felt more raw and racial injustices of African-Americans in Mississippi, of music, but also most women would not want to be gender, for it does not benefit composers to celebrate a ‘man’s instrument.’ Instruments with a low pitch music they are playing, and how they are playing, it close. Performance spaces were smaller, more intimate, Alabama, and Tennessee. Another instance of jazz given the opportunity simply because they are women. them for their femaleness instead of their musical range, such as double bass, are also considered more is still typical that the players and the audience are but the response to success in jazz always seemed huge aligning with the Civil Rights Movement, happening at It will always be better to be known simply as a great talent. masculine than higher pitched instruments, like the constantly reminded that they are, in fact, female. and equally raw.” the same time, was Billie Holiday’s song ‘Strange Fruit,’ musician than a great female musician. The canon of Jazz is another main genre of institutionalised flute or violin. Indeed, the same study found that only I spoke to Abby Constable, a drummer in the Jazz “So as far as the negative experience, I have definitely a disturbed vision of lynching: Western male composers is cemented in classical music music study that shows extreme gender imbalances. one of 103 trumpet players in 22 orchestras was female. Performance degree at the Conservatorium, about had my fair share of sexualisation by older men in culture already but what we can change is the gendering A 2016 study of the top five American institutions of 94 per cent of harpists were female. There was also a whether she had ever felt limited in opportunities. explicitly jazz musical contexts which is inappropriate Southern trees bear a strange fruit of instruments, the balance of the sexes on stage, how graduates in jazz study (University of North Texas, The heavier concentration of women in flute and violin. “In my experience I have no difficulties in being in my ‘work environment’ but I feel that this is a product Blood on the leaves and blood at the root we look at history, and perhaps most importantly, New School, The New England Conservatory of Music, There is history to this: before and during the booked for gigs. If anything, I think some people are both of the male dominated space, and the raw, exposed Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze becoming undoubtedly skilled in whatever instrument CUNY Queens College, and Berklee College of Music) nineteenth century, women were discouraged from drawn towards the ‘novelty’ of a female drummer, and nature of the medium: no boundaries, both literally — Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees in whichever genre of music. found that only 17.5% of those students were female. playing instruments that could potentially distort the I could never be sure, but I think there are some gigs I you’re right up with the audience — and metaphorically. Women need to be incorporated into the mainstream While it is far more common to see female classical face. Instruments thought to be ‘unlady-like’ when may be more likely to get because of this fact. But this This was present on the Central Coast where I grew up, In this sense, jazz became a platform with great of study and performance so that the quality and musicians at the Conservatorium, the numbers remain played, like the cello, or too heavy or powerful, like is honestly speculation. I wouldn’t want to get a gig Sydney, and Germany so I’d say it’s safe to describe that potential to express both gender and race issues, and respect of their work transcends gender. Change begins comparatively low in the professional world. A 2018 the tuba, were also deemed inappropriate for female because I’m female, I want it to be because they like my as a fairly universal experience.” continues to have that potential. In October 2018, with our institutions, so that a world of music that study of the world’s top orchestras, including the Royal musicians. Additionally, brass instruments were drumming.” On being a woman in a male dominated space, she Berklee launched the Berklee Institute of Jazz and transcends gender is the one to be canonised in future Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonic, and Vienna associated with the military, and the loudness and Often in musical situations where she is the only said: “I still have to remind myself that my voice as a Gender Justice. The website states: history.

12 13 FEATURE INVESTIGATION USyd’s ties to the Australian gambling industry

As gambling researchers debate the ethics of industry funding, the University of Sydney Gam- bling Research and Treatment Clinic has received more than $2.5 million from gambling industry groups. Can gambling research resist the influence of industry funding? Nina Dillon Britton investigates.

Australians lose more while gambling vestment shapes research agendas. enable research to occur.” In her criti- attacks reminiscent of “McCarthy-era than any other country: we lose more Specifically, gambling industries and cism, Cassidy specifically criticised an communist witchhunts.” Since 2016 the than $24 billion each year, approxi- the governments that support them article co-authored by Sally Gainsbury, Centre has received almost $2.5 mil- mately the GDP of Nepal. Per capita, we have an incentive to construe gambling the Deputy Director of the Sydney Uni- lion in funding from Clubs NSW, the lose $1,200 each year. And gambling that is enjoyed responsibly by most, versity Gambling Centre and editor of Gaming Technologies Association and technology is only getting better at with a small minority “problem -gam journal, for its failure to disclose con- Aristocrat Technologies Australia (the making us want to lose: the prolifera- blers.” State government conducted flicts of interest. company which introduced to Austra- tion of randomised electronic race bet- problem gambling prevalence studies Blaszczynski and Gainsbury have lia poker machines, or as founder Len ting has meant that you don’t need to use narrow, pathological, definitions of since tightened the journal’s disclosure Ainsworth, termed them, the “mouse wait for more than 2 minutes to place problem gambling. Tellingly, such find- requirements. trap”). That is, in addition to funding re- a bet on the next virtual horse or grey- ings feature prominently in industry If gambling industry funding shapes ceived from Aristocrat Leisure Indus- hound race; whereas many jurisdictions publications. The first substantive page research outcomes, however, it’s un- tries, Responsible Wagering Australia have banned special prize rounds on of the Clubs NSW Responsible Gam- clear whether government funding is the “peak body representing the Aus- pokies, they can be found on every ma- bling Strategy 2019-21 states, for ex- any better. Where governments rely on tralian online wagering industry” and a chine in Australia. By comparison, we ample, that the “prevalence of problem gambling as key tax bases (not to men- yet unfulfilled grant of $186,204 from have laxer gambling regulations than gamblers...identified in this NSW study tion where political parties are wedded Clubs NSW. in the US, where pokies are restricted (0.4%) is lower than the all of the other to industry), they have a similar incen- Accepting such funding by no and most forms of online gambling are jurisdictions.” tive to promote a narrative that most means make the University of Sydney prohibited. That framing obscures the fact gambling is harmless and that prob- an outlier: most respected gambling Gambling shapes our lives and our that much of the harm is borne by lem gambling is limited to a very small researchers have received industry cities. There are 10 different places funding at some point in their careers. within a 10 minute walking distance Such researchers argue that there is no from the University of Sydney (USyd) “Importantly however, that study does not engage impact on research outcomes. In cor- where you can play pokies. respondence with Honi, Blaszczynski That fact cannot be separated from with the key criticism made of industry funding: that points to a 2019 meta-study of existing the reality that the gambling industry it shapes the research agenda, pushing researchers to gambling research that he co-authored, carries outsized importance within which finds there to be no difference Australian politics. A recent proposal focus disproportionately on pathological cases in research produced with gambling for a federal parliamentary inquiry into industry funding. Importantly howev- Crown Casinos was met with bipar- of problem gambling.” er, that study does not engage with the tisan opposition. In , 90% of key criticism made of industry fund- the Liberal Party’s declared funds at its “non-problem gamblers.” A 2017 study, minority. Government embrace of this ing: that it shapes the research agenda, most recent state election came from for example, finds that 85% of years of specific “responsible gambling” frame- pushing researchers to focus dispro- pro-gambling lobby groups, a response life lost due to gambling come from work is obvious. portionately on pathological cases of to a promise by Labor to phase out pok- persons at a “low” or “moderate” risk of Further difficulties arise with the problem gambling. The study compares ie machines. In the ACT, Labor Party problem gambling. Moreover, it ignores characteristics gambling research itself. studies on the basis of research design operated clubs see a $24 million annual the fact that though a small minority of Unlike other much established addic- variables and whether the hypothesis is return on pokies. gamblers are defined as “problem gam- tion research — such as with cigarette proven correct. But in no state does gambling dom- blers” much larger proportions of gam- smoking or alcohol — one cannot mea- Blaszczynski and a University inate the way in which it does in NSW. blers experience some form of gambling sure the effects of pokies anywhere ex- spokesperson also make clear that all The most recent state election saw La- related problem. A 2014 prevalence cept in a pub or club. As Blaszczynski research conducted by the USyd is bor run on a platform to “support clubs,” study by the ANU Centre for Gambling puts it, “industry-supported research bound by strict codes of conduct to en- whilst the Coalition has signed a Mem- Research found that, in the ACT, “low- is required if valid conclusions can be sure conflicts of interests do not affect orandum Of Understanding with Clubs risk gamblers are spending five times drawn from studies involving real gam- research outcomes. Blaszczynski ar- NSW containing key election promises as much, on average, as gamblers who blers risking their own money in real gues that industry retains a “hands-off prior to each of the previous three state consider themselves problem-free.” venues”. Particularly when researching approach” to avoid “allegations of influ- elections (2010, 2014, 2018). We’ve let As Sean Cowlishaw and Samantha new forms of gambling technologies ence.” Where the Centre undertakes a Racing NSW advertise on our Opera Thomas from the University of Deakin that have not yet made it to market, re- research agreement with industry for House, excluded Crown Casinos from argue, that is analogous to the way in searchers must rely on industry to ac- example, “it is made clear that the in- lock out law zones, and allowed Packer which “the alcohol industry has argued cess gamblers and gambling technology. dustry does not have any input into the to shape the Barangaroo shore front. that alcohol harms are limited to a mi- These criticisms have not always design and methodology of the study, It’s not only that the political par- nority of ‘problem drinkers’, and thus been met with open arms. A recent the data is retained by USyd, and there ties are tied to the gambling industry, opposed population-wide policies that piece by James Boyce on the relation- is no requirement to provide manu- but also that state governments have a threaten financial interests”. ship between gambling industry in- scripts for approval before submission clear incentive to retain gambling as a Problematically, gambling research vestments and problem gambling re- to peer-reviewed journals,” whereas key tax base. The 2018 MOU between has not always made its industry con- search, published in The Monthly, was government contracts require such ap- the Coalition and Clubs NSW notes, for nections clear. In 2014, Professor Re- met with complaints of inaccuracy. proval. example, that clubs are projected to add becca Cassidy (University of London) (Boyce and The Monthly were unable to It’s difficult to believe, however, $3.4 billion to the state economy over criticised the International Journal for comment to Honi as to the identity of that industry groups would continue the next four years. Gambling Studies (of which USyd’s the organisation making the complaint to fund research if it harmed their bot- Gambling is big business, and vest- Alex Blaszczynski was and remains the or its substance.) Honi has also been told tom line. Strict codes of conduct might ed interests have a lot to lose. Perhaps Editor in Chief) for its failure to require that a similar piece written for a state mean that the findings of research con- it is unsurprising then that industry disclosures of conflicts of interest in authority was removed after similar ducted by the Gambling Clinic are not bodies have taken particular interest in line with the Committee on Publica- complaints, but has been unable to con- influenced by industry funding. But funding research. tion Ethics. The journal’s embrace of firm this at the time of publication. the influence of industry may shape Critics of gambling industry fund- industry support in its disclosure re- Director of the USyd Research and what questions are asked and how. In ing and its involvement in research quirements were criticised, them star- Treatment Gambling Clinic, Dr Alex a nascent area of research like gambling argue that even with strict disclosure ing at the time: “The Editor(s) accept Blaszczynski, argues that allegations studies, that can shape research priori- requirements and codes of ethics, in- that such support is often essential to of industry influence are “ad hominem” ties for decades to come. 15 Art by Matthew Fisher PERSPECTIVE + CULTURE ART One Day. James Elhindi

I have never spoken to my grandmother. Not because anything but clarifying: guilt swarms my mind and with a responsibility to ameliorate the oppression she lives overseas, nor because she is dead. I have accuses me of the trespass I knowingly committed. members of the Arab world experience. We heard never spoken to my grandmother because we do not They were meant to teach me Arabic. It is hard not from Audre Lorde that no woman is free whilst any speak the same language. I could not tell you one thing to feel betrayed by their heedlessness. It is harder, still, woman remains unfree. The same is true here: there about her life, or her interests, or her passions. I could not to interpret their actions as malicious. A barrier is no freedom in my privileged life as long as those not tell you why she is sick today. And I could not has been cast between my generation and the rest, left behind continue to endure never-ending war. tell you how she felt when she buried my grandfather. drawn by the ones who can now choose what they let Undoubtedly, I feel I have an obligation to enhance the We speak in the language of hugs, kisses, and laughter. through. They decide what of my grandparents, lives of all Arabs, in whatever way I can. But, after twenty years, hugs from a grandson who and they craft the likeness my grandparents see of me. This obligation, one I hold dear to my heart, is cannot begin to explain why he loves you surely start For me, family gatherings are a helpless cacophony of another cause of the angst surrounding my inability to lose their warmth. anxiety. Where I am a fugitive in the master’s house, to speak Arabic. How can I be a representative of the Throughout my life, I have been present for many my name, actions, and sentiments are at the disposal community when I share so little with them? When of the tragedies my family has faced. I have seen of the master’s tools: worked however they see fit. I cannot understand their cries or prayers? A Brown parents bury their children, and I have witnessed Here, I feel guilt, shame, and fear. To most readers, man speaking English is only a stone’s throw from a women kiss their husbands for the last time. I have I whine too much. To the sympathetic listener, it’s bad White man speaking English. It would be criminal felt the room grow humid with the moisture of luck. Why don’t I do more? Why didn’t Mum and Dad to blindly speak on their behalf. It would, too, be despair, and listened carefully to the lamentations of do more? In part, we must come to grips with our criminal to stand by and see our homeland devastated today’s widow or widower. I try, and try, and try, to own laziness, and I promise the critics that for that, for another hundred years. hear what they are begging God for. It may as well I am eternally ashamed. But, I should also be fairer A larger sensation also burdens me. I will be the fall on deaf ears. If I could speak Arabic, I would right on my parents. Arabic, in this country, is the language first of my family not to speak Arabic. Thousands my wrongs. I would tell my grandmother I love her. I of terrorism. It seems, a perennial beauty, spanning of years of lineage ends with me. This is an evil not would comfort the grieving. Maybe it is a fantasy, but continents, has been arrested, too, in the waters off imposed by settlers or colonists, but rendered by my one day I hope that they know Lebanon is not lost. Indonesia. When Australian sons and daughters inaction. No child of immigrants want to be their I hope that one day they know there are Lebanese slaughter Arab children, the world should shudder. We parents’ Uncle Tom. The guilt of this reality is tricky to people here: not the imposter I declare as myself, don’t. If we were to hear their pleas for life, the average comprehend, and compounds our failing obligations but feasible Lebanese people who exist as more than Australian probably feels justified in their violence, to the wider community mentioned prior. simple parodies of their lost loves. for they know that they are extinguishing the sounds I don’t know how to feel better. Both of my parents speak English. They also speak of terror. Say ‘shit,’ ‘fuck,’ and ‘cunt,’ as many times as There is, of course, a timer on this discourse. One Arabic. They speak Arabic when they don’t want me you want in this country, because every single Arabic day, my family will die. I will have to ask the priest for to know what they are saying. They speak Arabic word will always supersede your pejorative. And no a bilingual funeral, and I will need to read my eulogy when they are speaking critically of me. They speak one wants to raise the child who swears too much in in English. I will have failed. I hope my throat catches Arabic when they don’t want my input or recognition. school. on the last words I speak to them. I hope that my voice Sometimes they lapse into English, or I catch on the I write to try and see past my own anger. There has trembles and my eyes water as I sing for their memory Arabic word for ‘teacher’ or ‘school,’ and they are to be a set of reasons why children unable to speak to be eternal. That way, at least, my actions might forced to confront the mess. Those moments are their ancestor’s language feel a failure. For me, it begins speak louder than the words I never knew. Portrait of a Lady on Fire: the muse unravelled Anh Nguyen explores the searing female sensuality and the politics of gaze latent in Celine Sciamma’s latest film.

Desire - a combustion. A woman’s black frock sears wider society. However, Sciamma isn’t as interested love and creation dialogue imbued with equality; art ablaze. Amidst the rising cacophony of a bonfire in how people constrain themselves as much as how is presented not as a vertical line between the artist choir, she stares to meet the gaze of a young painter. they set each other free. “Is this how you see me?” and the idea. Just like in its technicalities, it is created The night divulges its golden complexions, flushing Héloïse rebuffs at Marianne’s first attempt at her through layers of co-creation between the artist and upwards and betraying a hidden secret like a painting portrait, forcing the painter to unravel herself from the subject. Héloïse determines how she wants to by Rembrandt. It’s a gaze that provokes the other to patriarchal artistic strictures and a suppression of be portrayed, and her relationship with Marianne look closer, to dare to paint the intensity of its blaze. desire that have resulted in a portrait so guarded that influences that portrayal. As asserted by Héloïse “We This is the image that haunts revered French it lacks any presence. are in the exact same place”. auteur Céline Sciamma’s scorching period romance. Interestingly, this concept can also be explored in Amongst its most haunting projections, each An immensely textured work, Portrait of a Lady on Fire the production of the film. When thinking of recently frame bearing a visual resemblance to the works of is a revolutionary feature that explores love through acclaimed lesbian cinema, it’s been noted that most, if Vermeer, Friedrich, and even Bergman, the film’s most ART by the politics of representation and the all-consuming not all, have been directed by men. Portrait marks the harrowing moment comes from its reflection on the power of the gaze. Set on an isolated coast in 18th first film directed by, and starring, a (queer) woman tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Century Brittany, it depicts a slow but brimming which has won the Queer Palm, as well as bagging a A discussion around the dinner table has the romance between a young painter, Marianne (Noémie Best Screenplay and nomination for the Palme d’Or characters pondering over what motivated Orpheus to Ludmilla Merlant), and her unwilling subject, Héloïse (Adèle (out of only four female directors). Through the use look back, knowing that in doing so his lover would Haenel). Marianne’s arrival marks her commission to of a mostly female crew, Sciamma redefines the male die a second death. Héloïse stirs an understanding capture Héloïse through a portrait painting that would gaze that has been looming over the shadows of that poignantly foreshadows her own end; she thinks be used to sell her as a marital prospect after Héloïse cinema, retraining it through an authentic narrative that Eurydice has selfishly whispered for her lover to Nunell exhausted a previous male painter by refusing to pose. that demands for an increase in visibility and turn around, so that what remains is only the frozen Under the guise of a walking companion, Marianne acknowledgement. permanence of love at the height of its intensity. Like observes Héloïse through a series of intense and At the heart of Portrait of a Lady on Fire’s cinematic that of a painting unvanquished by the cruelty of time, intimate glances that would eventually be met with a manifesto is a desire to destroy the idea of “The Muse”, to exist only in a lover’s memory is to always remain tender reciprocation. a concept that diminishes the participation of women at her most beautiful and perfect. Sciamma’s film is all about the gaze. Despite the in art history. To Sciamma, the muse fetishizes, Portrait of a Lady on Fire brings the subtle simmers absence of men, their power upon the formulation silence and objectifies a woman to the point where of female identities and behaviour remains an ever she’s “inspiring only because she’s beautiful”. The film of love and its moments of desire into an incandescent pervasive and looming presence. Here, John Berger’s subverts the artist/subject dynamic born from a male end of a wild cascade. It is about regret as much as it famous maxim “Men look at women. Women watch artist’s point of view, commonly depicted in works is about remembrance. About the difference between themselves being looked at” rings a sombre truth. such as Vertigo or Titanic. Posed is the question of possessing something, and treasuring it. And like a There is a restraint of desire enacted out by the who actually determines a painting – is it the painter, painting that’s never truly finished, perhaps what are protagonists themselves, as if they were their own the beloved subject, or the relation that is kindled most beautiful are not the images that women project, voyeurs, even when they’re away from the bustle of between them by the act of connection? Explored is a but rather the ones they leave behind. 16 17 INTERVIEW CULTURE You Are The Prototype: Interview with Lauren Incoming: Sydney College of the Arts Students

Carroll Harris Keesha Fields, President of the SCASS, asks you to make them feel welcome.

Alex Bateman interviews Lauren Carroll Harris, the creator of film newsletter Prototype. Ahhh, the Sydney College of the Arts (SCA). You fall short of a money drain. However, not all of these plans are grim. In the may be already acquainted with USYD’s expansive, 2017: No new student enrolments were accepted. same interview, Andrew Lavery gave me a peek at the Prototype, the brainchild of cultural critic Lauren so obvious” and that’s where a lot of innovation is. much about the audience, that’s why the URL is beautifully equipped art school in the centre of The SCA, though still alive, was demoted from its architectural plans for the OTC. He demonstrated how Carroll Harris, launched in July. It is original, avant- [Innovation is] not accepting the status quo that you “youaretheprototype.art”. But I don’t know how many Callan Park, Rozelle (the location of Laneway Festival own Faculty and merged into FASS — call it a day. shared ‘think work spaces’ will replace studio spaces garde short films and video art delivered to your inbox can’t change culture. people are truly interested in ‘out there’, dangerous for those inclined). To enter, you walk down a path This was considered a success- the SCA existed on an — European style. This layout is meant to encourage every Tuesday for 12 instalments. I also came across research from Australia ideas delivered through contemporary art. sheltered by ancient evergreen trees, ornate and with administration level! There was talk of moving to the student community and collaboration. Despite the The newsletter came across my Instagram feed and Council that said that digital and video art was the drooping roots — mottled sunlight on your face: air Camperdown campus. move, none of SCA’s technical facilities have been enticed by the idea, I added my email. I was at work least frequented art form in Australia. Only 7% of AB: What are the ideas and did you provide cool and misted. You are greeted by unleashed dogs, 2018: A new wave of students were accepted. lost — many of which have been upgraded. The hot when the first video arrived in my inbox the following attendees are engaging with video art, which is so them? birds chirping — you get the idea. The place is magical. Hope for the SCA and its longevity spread — but glass workshop, jewellery, ceramics, and general Tuesday. A cross-generational queer romance and a stupid because the distribution point is right [on your Though, the sandstone walls echo the rollercoaster nothing was formally addressed. Everyone was workshop classes will be retained and hosted in an discussion of faith, Sarah Hadley’s “Last Night” plants phone]. So I think we just have to go to audiences and LCH: I didn’t provide any thematic imperatives. I just ride of the SCA’s history. too exhausted to investigate why- the campus itself additional space built into the OTC. Lavery talked of a you in what initially looks like a Jarmusch-ian “Night then see if they’re interested in it. felt post-apocalyptic. There was talk of a syllabus radical change in art student culture, mentioning how On Earth”. For five minutes you are absorbed in an said, “there’s a structural restriction which is it’s a single screen video of short duration to be delivered 1974: The birth of SCA. It quickly gained traction and reconstruction. the inner-west art scene will be more accessible — art piece you otherwise might not have had access to. AB: You called Prototype a “digital utopia”. was nationally referred to as the “artist’s art school.” 2019: The move to the Camperdown campus was Sydney’s creative hotspot. Prototype provides the ability to engage with original and watched on a small screen.” But I didn’t want to What is the definition of “utopia’ within limit the ideas they were actually exploring. 1990: The SCA became a Faculty in USYD. formalized with students. The Old Teacher’s College The Sydney College of The Arts Student Society art, commissioned and delivered to you by a diverse 1992-1995: The SCA finally settled in Callen Park and (OTC). There was a syllabus reconstruction. (SCASS) is as old as the SCA itself. Its job was to group of established artists. Lauren refers to this as the landscape Prototype? Every work is a link in the chain and each work [has been] curated so that they are in conversation bustled with creative energy, producing artists like 2020: The campus move is predicted to be completed create, maintain and enhance a beautiful community a “digital utopia,” existing beyond the consumerist Ben Quilty and Peter Callas. in time for Semester 1. “The expected final impact of of creative intellectuals. Before crumbling under the LCH: It’s something that’s actually possible! People with each other, particularly with the work that algorithm of a social media feed or restricted to a fixed 2016: USyd announced the closure of the SCA, never the plan is to reduce the operating deficit from $5.1 2016 pressure, it was hugely successful — hosting have all these egalitarian dreams of what the internet precedes it. But I didn’t want to limit. I think the only physical location; it’s a platform unto itself. settling on one of two choices: cut the program million to $1 million per annum” states artshub.com. workshops, gallery openings, performance nights, would be, like blogging would open up a space for way to do this is to curate the artists and the work With the elimination of the Experimental Film entirely, or merge with UNSW’s College of Fine Arts au in a report of the SCA move published in June 2017. renting out AV equipment, and so much more. For now, the democratisation of voices in journalism. And yet, second. Fund and the Women’s Film Fund, Lauren devised to (COFA). Needless to say there was immense student SCASS patiently awaits this move, and is preparing to we’ve seen that the internet can be as corporatised and create a platform where audiences are presented with backlash; students staged sit-ins in school buildings, For now, the SCA sits in limbo. In a recent interview lead its members in a graceful waltz, directed straight corrupt as any parliament or any boardroom. One idea AB: How does each work flow into the next? experimental and challenging video art. there were significant protests over staff redundancies, with SCA Director, Andrew Lavery admitted that with into a humble abode. Best believe it won’t be a quiet of Prototype was to bring back a little bit of that early This weekly artistic interlude is delivered to your Essentially, what do you want the audience all under the banner of the ‘Save the SCA’ campaign. this change, there will be a reduction in studio space waltz. Not a timid waltz. No. energy of trying to open things up and free things up, inbox for free, with videos curated specifically for a You might ask how this even came about in the first — something of abundance in the Rozelle campus. For Be part of history and like SCASS — Sydney and marshall the low-cost nature of digital publishing to receive? small screen. You can watch it on your phone, or from place but given the increasing neo-liberalisation of practicing artists in sculpture and installation, space is College of the Arts on Facebook to stay in the know, to open up the space for thinking and reflection. the comfort of your ass at a non-standing desk. I spoke Australian university systems, an art school, being invaluable. It is unclear whether all SCA staff will be become a member and join in on our rebirth. It’s interesting to me what even qualifies as utopian LCH: I wanted to set up a structure so that they can with Lauren about the project as it heads into its final connect the dots themselves. So I opened with a almost impossible to commodify, absolutely does not replaced. Art is long, life is short. Ars Longa, Vita Brevis. few weeks. in the current moment. It’s like people’s expectations of cultural change and social change is so low that classic Prototype project which was Sarah Hadley’s “Last Night” which really was that melting post of AB: What is the need for Prototype? Why did they really do see something like Prototype, which is trying to make the internet into a new public resource experimental video and avant-garde narrative short you feel like there was a cultural gap? for film and art by giving money to artists to make film. And the narrative was really open-ended. And I’m new work, shepherding them...creating infrastructure really glad I didn’t give people a thematic imperative LCH: I noticed that with all the cheapness and ubiquity to deliver that work and develop an audience, opening because it meant that they brought their own ideas of advertisements and videos on the internet, there up original, diverse voices through free access to the that I wouldn’t think of to the project. So Sarah’s was all this content but no art - which I thought was internet. project is very much about reconciling sexuality a bit weird. As a consumer, I know how much video and spirituality...Then the next link in the chain was comes through our social media feeds so why can’t a by Cloudy Rhodes and their film (“New Masc”) was little bit of that be creative and not consumerist. AB: Is your definition of ‘utopia’ within about genderlessness in portraiture...And then the We’re also submerged in this streaming culture: Prototype then the low bar “utopia” or is next link in the chain was Tiyan Baker’s “Hard as You could streaming and packaging and recommendation it what you think the public defines as a Can” which was really like a backlash of masculinity.. be humane and personal and artistic and creative, looking at how men, really sad [and] disenfranchised rather than algorithmic and robotic, and again, really utopian resource? men, are responding to feminism today in quite a fucking consumerist? reactionary way. So yeah, there’s always a link. [Artists and filmmakers] want to work and LCH: I think it’s kind of straightforward, to be honest. collaborate...but after you leave art school or film I’ve never thought that we school, there’s often not a lot of institutional support. just have to accept the world Particularly, for experimental and avant-garde image- we’ve inherited and the making. There’s a real gap in cultural policy. technological systems we’ve I’ve designed Prototype as a way to find a new inherited and the cultural way to commission and produce works that’s non- policy framework we’ve institutional, that’s just me picking artists who I inherited. think are vital and interesting, and then creating a distribution platform that delivers their work to AB: Who do you think audiences using an inexpensive, intimate medium - the audience is for which is email newsletters. And hopefully developing Prototype - is it for the the audiences for experimental cinema and video art in the meantime. millennial generation?

AB: How does it function as a newsletter? LCH: I’ve definitely noticed Why did you choose that format as opposed that older audiences don’t like giving out their email. to, say, a YouTube channel? They’re extremely suspicious of signing up to anything; LCH: Working in media, I was noticing that the email which is a shame because newsletter format works really well in publishing and Prototype is designed to journalism...but I noticed that that format hadn’t been challenge the very idea that explored in contemporary art or video. your inbox has to be full of I had a hunch Prototype would work. For me, a lot spam. Why can’t you have of my favourite art projects are the ideas that combine beautifully, thoughtfully idealism with pragmatism. Like Renew Newcastle. created art coming into your Before Renew Newcastle, everyone probably thought inbox? that just installing artists in empty storefronts was The audience is a mystery a bit ‘utopian’. Now it’s like “Oh that’s brilliant, it’s because Prototype is very Artwork by Lauren Moore

18 QUIZ MULTILINGUAL Explainer: How Honi Soit’s Quizzes work Josie Jakovac Liam Donohoe This year, Honi Soit invited both presidential candidates and up to two representatives from each Honi ticket to sit separate quizzes. This is the first year that Honi candidates have been asked to sit a quiz. They all gracefully accepted. The SRC quiz had 39 questions, and the Presidents, 40. Questions were open-ended without any multiple choice. All quizzes were administered in the SRC Office Bearers’ Room, not the Honi Soit offices. Candidates were given 30 minutes to complete the quizzes. They did so under invigilated conditions. Here’s how we designed the quizzes: For Honi, questions were based around basic tenets of journalistic practice, contemporary student goings-on around campus, developments in the education sector and familiarity with Honi itself. For the presidents, questions were related to University of Sydney-related statistics, student organisations and relevant 52% 68% university bodies as well as enduring student campaigns.

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1. Which controversial academic was dismissed by the University earlier this year for 1. According to undergraduate enrolment data from June 2019, there are currently 37,146 distributing materials featuring a swastika superimposed over an Israeli flag? [Dr Tim undergraduate students enrolled at USyd. According to the SRC constitution, how many SRC Anderson] councillors should there be? [37] 2. Who is the current President of the National Union of Students and which faction are they a 2. Before 2019, when was the last time the number of SRC councillors was increased, and to member of? [Desiree Cai, National Labor Students] what number? [2010, to 33 councillors] 3. How many pages long is a standard edition of Honi Soit? [24] 3. How much SSAF funding did the SRC receive in 2018? [$1,881,651 or $1,765,351] 4. Name as many regular sections of the paper as you can. [Editorial, Acknowledgement 4. Name the five student organisations which received SSAF allocations in 2018 [SRC, SUPRA, of Country, Goings On, Burn Book, Letters, News, analysis, Multilingual, Culture, Opinion, CSG, SUSF, USU] Perspective, Feature, SRC reports, Puzzles, Comedy] 5. Name five SRC collectives. [Wom*n’s, ACAR, QUAC, Disabilities, Environment] 5. In what year was Honi Soit first published? [1929] 6. Who chairs the Academic Board? [A/Prof Tony Masters] 6. Who is the current CEO of the USU? [Acting CEO Alistair Cowie] 7. If an undergraduate student has a legal problem this month, how can they access the SRC legal 7. What was the theme of the USyd Revue in 2019? [The Void] service? [They can’t (at the time of the quiz, the SRC legal service was closed and due to reopen in 8. Name the two legal processes through which institutional information (which is not on October).] the public record) can be obtained? [Government Information Public Access/GIPA, Freedom of 8. To the nearest ten thousand, how much annual funding is the SRC Legal Service receiving in Information/FOI] 2019? [$216,288.39] 9. Where might liability lie in the event of a defamation lawsuit against Honi Soit? [The 9. Name four SRC publications. [Counter Course, Growing Strong, Honi Soit, Orientation Week Directors of Student Publications as publishers, the president, author, editors] Handbook] 10. With which two universities has the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation successfully 10. Describe one way that an SRC president can be dismissed from office. [Petition signed by at brokered a deal this year? [University of Wollongong, ] least 500 members of the student body, motion for dismissal carried by two thirds majority of a 11. Who was recently appointed Chancellor at ANU? [Julie Bishop] General Meeting of the student body with at least 200 members in attendance] 12. Who is the outgoing Provost at USyd and who will take their place on Monday of next week? 11. Describe one way in which the SRC constitution can be amended. [Petition signed by at least [Stephen Garton, Barbara Messerle] 300 students] 13. Who was the first international student president of the USU? (Ruchir Punjabi) 12. Describe an ongoing legal suit that the SRC is currently a party in. [Thomas McLoughlin’s 14. Who is the current Undergraduate Senate Fellow at USyd and what year does their term end? unfair dismissal claim in the Fair Work Commission, Patrick Massarani defamation] [Francis Tamer, 2020] 13. Name the individual and organisatiokn behind the 2020 national survey on student sexual 15. Did the USU report an increase or reduction in revenue in 2018, compared to 2017? assault. [Dr Anastasia Powell, Social Research Centre] [Increase] 14. According to the 2017 national survey on student sexual assault, over 1 in _ students were 16. The USU ran a number of ‘town hall’ style meetings earlier this year to consult members on sexually assaulted or harassed in 2016. [1 in 2] a particular policy issue. What was that issue, and who did they meet with? [C&S funding, C&S 15. Who is the current President of the NUS and which faction are they a member of? [Desiree executives] Cai, NLS] 17. The incumbent SRC administration proposed a package of regulation changes earlier this 16. Approximately what percentage of university staff are employed as casuals? [~50%] year. Have those regulations passed council? [No] 17. Researchers from which faculty are currently locked in a Fair Work Commission dispute over 18. Name one of those proposed regulations that would have affected Honi Soit? staff relocation? [Faculty of Medicine and Health] 19. How many social media platforms is Honi Soit on? Name as many as you can. [Instagram, 18. Name two of the University’s Deputy Vice-Chancellors [Lisa Jackson-Pulver, Stephen Garton, Facebook, Twitter, WeChat, LinkedIn, YouTube] Colm Harmon, Pip Pattison, Duncan Ivison] 20. Sydney University Sport and Fitness (SUSF) changed its organisational structure earlier this 19. When does Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence’s term end? [2022] year. How many board directors now sit on its company board? [8-10] 20. The Federal Government recently announced a taskforce into foreign interference at 21. Describe the subjects of two feature articles Honi Soit has published in 2018 or 2019? Australian university campuses. Name the four areas which will be probed by the taskforce. 22. What was the name of SRC solicitor dismissed in June this year and who is the current acting [Cyber security, research/IP, foreign collaboration, culture and communication] principal of the SRC Legal Service? [Thomas McLoughlin, An Li] 21. Name two committees, one which hears academic appeals and one which hears student 23. What are the ways in which old editions of Honi Soit can be accessed? Name as many as you misconduct allegations. Both committees feature student members. [SDAC, SAP] can. [Honi website archive, University of Sydney digital archive, Issuu, Fisher Library Rare Books 22. Who are the current co-presidents of SUPRA (Yanning Bai, Minran Liu) Collection] 23. In 2018, how much did the University invest in the fossil fuel industry, according to freedom 24. Name the podcasts produced by Honi Soit under WET (2017) and SPICE (2019)? [Honicast, of information data obtained by Fossil Free? [$22.4 million] Rag Off] 24. Out of 41 Australian universities, where did USyd rank in terms of student perceptions of 25. Name all of the autonomous editions of Honi published annually? [ACAR, Wom*n’s, the overall educational experience, according to 2018 Student Experience Survey data [39th] Indigenous, Disabilities, Queer] 25 How many students (to the nearest hundred) enrolled at USyd are Indigenous according to the 26. What are the names of student publications of the following universities? (one mark for University’s 2018 annual report? [400] each) ANU [] UTS [Vertigo] UNSW [] UQ [] Macquarie 26. How many students enrolled at USyd (to the nearest thousand) are from non-English University [Grapeshot] The University of Melbourne [Farrago] Monash University [Lot’s Wife] speaking backgrounds according to the University’s 2018 annual report? [21,800] The University of Western Australia [Pelican] 27. Identify four areas of law which the SRC Legal Service can assist in? 27. What is the weekly circulation of Honi Soit? (provide a range) [3000-5000] 28. Which University service was embroiled in an ICAC inquiry earlier this year? [Campus 28. In journalistic practiice, news articles follow a specific structure. What is the name of that Security] structure? [Inverted pyramid] 29. As part of the proposed SRC regulation changes this year, polling booths would have been 29. What is the size of the annual stipend received by the SRC President in 2019? [$42,015.58] added in which two new locations? [Charles Perkins Centre, ABS] 30. When does Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence’s term end? [2022] 30. Part of the president’s job is to DSP the paper every week for legal risks, including defamation. 31. How many editions of Disabilities Honi have been published? [Two] Name one defence to defamation under law. [Truth, contextual truth, qualified privilege, 32. Name one thing that has been the subject of an Honi Soit investigation in 2019. justification, honest opinion] 33. What Faculty is currently locked in a dispute with the University over an unconsulted 31. Is the SRC a charity? [Yes] relocation of staff and researchers? From which building are they being relocated? [Faculty of 32. Which machine learning tool by Turnitin was licensed for trial use by USyd in 2019? Medicine and Health, Anderson Stuart] [Authorship Investigate] 34. How many stands does Honi Soit have on satellite campuses? [Three] 33. USyd’s amendments to its MOU with the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation proposed 35. What is NatCon and when is it held? [National Conference of the NUS, December] a change in the name of the Bachelor of Western Civilisation degree. What was the proposed 36. Which USyd college was embroiled in an Anzac Day hazing scandal this year? [St Paul’s] change? [Bachelor of Western Tradition] 37. Which former High Court Chief Justice conducted a recent review into campus free speech 34. Name two Open Learning Environment (OLE) subjects. this year, and what was its finding? [Robert French; no free speech crisis] 35. Who is the incoming president of the UNSW SRC and which faction are they a member of? 38. USyd recently engaged a new security provider. Who was its previous provider and why was [Manu Risoldi, Unity] their contract terminated? [Sydney Night Patrol and Inquiry; terminated due to fabricated time 36. To the nearest thousand, how much did the SRC pay to the NUS in affiliation fees for 2018? sheets and rampant corruption] [$64,300] 39. Which student organisation collaborated with the University’s contract cheating crackdown 37. In his Semester 1, Week 4 presidential report, Jacky He incorrectly advised students that SRC earlier this year? [USU] caseworkers can provide a particular service, which they in fact cannot. Which service did He 40. A greyhound racing night was organised by students at St Andrew’s College earlier this incorrectly advertise? [Mental health services] year. Which two colleges publicly boycotted the event? [Sancta Sophia College, St John’s College] 38. In the event that the Chair of Standing Legal is unable to discharge their duties, or if no Chair of Standing Legal has been elected, who shall take up the responsibilities of the role? [The Executive] Disclaimer: Editors Pranay Jha and Liam Thorne are not 39. What is the name of one of the languages spoken by the custodians of the land the University involved in the 2019 coverage of the Honi Soit, NUS and SRC occupies? [Dharug, Gadigal] elections. SRC HONI Josie Jakovac Liam Donohoe CREAM for HONI FIT for Honi

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Like many before her, Josie Jakovac is a member of the Liberal Party who is SRC presidential candidate Liam Donohoe has been hailed as this year’s uniter of the We’ll get this out of the way first – as we’ve reported, no members of Cream have Diversity isn’t an explicit selling point for Fit, unlike Cream, but they’re nonethe- running as a self-described Independent. To many, this will be no surprise. The so- broad left on campus. A self proclaimed “mediocre” debater, ex editor of this most written for Honi Soit. The bulk of their campus-based writing experience arises less the first ticket to discard a 50/50 gender ratio in recent years. Fit are running called trend of ‘Libdependence’ has pervaded student politics for some years now, iconic of “left” student newspapers, student politics progressive hack and member out of two members being regular reporters for Pulp, alongside some involvement on a hot pink colour, and their muscular logo bears quite a striking resemblance particularly in the realm of the USU. Candidates touting this approach have often of the General Executive under Isabella Brook’s 2017 presidency. The reality of that in Dissent and the nascent USyd Women publication and adjacent media Enid. to past tickets over yonder at UTS – anyone remember that ill-fated albeit visually claimed to have separated their “private” political convictions from their candidacy unification, however, appears to be one of pragmatic opposition to the Liberals rather Much of their reporting experience lies is in non-editorial roles and we can’t help striking Flex for Vertigo bicep from 2016? for the sake of serving the interests of students. By now, it almost feels redundant than ideological support for Donohoe’s cause. In a two-fold race perhaps more polarised but notice that they’ve misspelt ‘pursuasions’ in their policy statement. Correct All members of the ticket have written for Honi. Some members of Fit have to note this strategy, given its status as a permanent fixture in the Liberal playbook. than many in recent memory, the support of centre and centre left factions Unity (Labor spelling isn’t all that necessary when editing a newspaper, so let’s not dwell on that. familiarity not only with the paper, but with the SRC – with Nina Dillon-Britton, For Jakovac, however, this kind of duality appears to be an unignorable feature of Right) and NLS, who were evidently devoid of a suitable candidate, have appeared at a There is benefit in some of Cream’s policies. They’ve implied that they will up- Lara Sonnenschein and Madeline Ward having had paid-office bearer roles in past her candidacy. good time for Donohoe. In their lack of candidate, Donohoe has found an opportunity. hold the recently introduced multilingual section in promising “increased content years. This institutional proximity to University-related bodies has likely led to a Take, for example, the issue of international student Opal card concessions. It But the factions continue to work disparately, with the ideology of Grassroots, what by international students for international students.” We are sure that there are focus on investigative journalism on Fit’s policy platform, such as the implemen- goes without saying that the NSW Liberals have been unambiguously intransigent Donohoe deems “the left” and Switch, the “centre left” being the only exception to this some people on campus who enjoy university related sports events, coverage of tation of a specific investigative reporting group, alongside every establishment on the issue for some years now. During her interview, Jakovac was initially eva- factional separation. Notably, the Labor factions played no role in the development of which Cream have also promised. Discussion is generally a good thing, and in line ticket’s war-cry of holding “student politicians and University management to ac- sive when asked whether she would support efforts to lobby the state government Donohoe’s policies. with this idea, Cream would like to see more debate and panel events. count.” Like Cream, Fit are intent on keeping the multilingual section in the paper. to change its stance, purposely conflating a promise to advocate with a promise Perhaps to bridge this gap, perhaps to make himself more electable, Donohoe has While Cream’s promise of including USU club and societies reports is a pecu- We couldn’t tell you why, but the revival of comedy is also on the Fit bucket list, to deliver. Once the distinction between these two promises was properly estab- formed a campaign that seems to be just as much about providing student services liar addition into a paper published by the SRC, it may, at least, indicate a general and they have taken to the age-old method of sourcing a specific SUDS-adjacent lished, Jakovac was still equivocal as to whether it was something she would sup- as it is about supporting activism. This, he tells Honi, is the reason his faction moved interest in increasing engagement with the student body in clubs and societies, comedy editor in the form of Matthew Forbes. They’re also interested in hosting port, promising only to “lobby for international students”. It was only after being to preselect him over Grassroots forerunner and 2019 Sexual Harassment officer Jazz even if that means acceding limited paper space to external organisations, creat- “more live events” – whatever those are, given Honi’s natural budget constraint. presented with a hypothetical scenario in which the council specifically requested Breen. In a departure from recent Grassroots candidates, Donohoe pointed to his ing conflicts of interest and compromising the paper’s ability to cover major C&S One of Fit’s more redundant policies is no doubt the plan for a weekly delivery for this kind of advocacy did Jakovac concede that, if such a scenario arose, she experience managing Riverview’s debating program, one line on his CV amongst more fuck-ups. service for USyd alumni which would see copies of Honi posted to jaded ex-hacks would consider adopting a stance aligned with the efforts of international students. than 18 activist-related CV lines and a pledge to resource the collectives to ensure a The group’s limited proximity to Honi Soit makes itself apparent in the rest of for a small fee. This would be fine, if it weren’t for the fact that this week’s edition To this extent, Jakovac’s promise that her “own private political thoughts and “comprehensive program of activism.” their policy platform, which can be sliced into three neat categories: 1. Uncompro- of Honi would probably be placed online well before last week’s Honi arrives in opinions will have no sway on [her] presidency” seem to ring true. For some, a Donohoe’s knowledge and appreciation for the structure and historical legacies of misingly vague; 2. Things that already exist; and 3. Literally recycled content from your mailbox. willingness to concede when the interests of students and personal beliefs con- the SRC is a product of his longstanding proximity with the organisation as well as anonymous USyd-centric internet forums. Most of Fit’s policy agenda tread a safe, establishment-oriented line, recycling flict will likely be genuinely commendable. This is similarly the case in Jakovac’s Grassroots’ immense institutional knowledge. He played an active, even explanatory Institutional knowledge isn’t the only attribute required of an Honi ticket. But ideas that are consistently pushed every year on year. Small steps like a “better commitment to maintain the autonomy of Honi Soit — despite being a member role in Honi’s interview with him. When asked what the organisation’s most important a degree of know-how certainly helps prospective editors understand the practical advertised anonymous tip line” are listed without any clarity on how or in what of the Evangelical Union herself, Jakovac said that she would not have censored achievement has been, he tactically avoided the activist-services distinction that has possibilities and realistic limitations facing Honi. On this front, Cream want to form. Fit also promise to translate Honi’s biggest news stories into Mandarin, a controversial Honi cover published earlier this year which depicted the former plagued Grassroots candidates in recent years, instead citing the SRC Legal Service. write about, inter alia, “things that impact [students]” and “uni life.” So broad are which already happens more than regularly on this year’s new Honi WeChat. Cardinal George Pell being hanged. Donohoe later gave vague answers to a question about the Legal Service’s long standing these two descriptors that we have no doubt that Cream, or anyone else who ever Therein lies Fit’s weakness: Most of their policies revolve around enhancing the Jakovac’s willingness to separate her own interests from the demands of the governance issues. He also failed to identify which SRC service was misrepresented edits a student newspaper for that matter, will easily fulfil this election promise. paper in its current form, with some tweaks here and there. Rehashing old policies job does not always manifest in entirely selfless ways, however. One example is by incumbent Jacky He in an SRC report this year. But Donohoe’s positioning behind They have pledged to “improve student writing with submission feedback” – misunderstands the structural barriers which impede some of those ideas. the issue of time commitment. As of this year, the SRC President is paid an annual the SRC as a services-activism provider is strategic. On one hand, it serves to dampen something Honi editors have done as part of the pitch commissioning process Fit have evidently outperformed their opponents in the quiz with a score of 79 stipend of over $42,000 – now above the equivalent of a minimum wage salary. right-of-centre criticisms that Grassroots is purely activist. On the other, it emphasises since, well, time immemorial. Cream are also interested in having “regular online per cent. They were readily able to answer some of the more complex questions of Jakovac has declared that a central tenet of her policy platform is ensuring that Donohoe’s branding as a fix for this year’s core services drawbacks, including the content”, which has also been a feature of the paper ever since Honi went digital. the quiz, such as the number of board directors on the SUSF company board as of “for every dollar of their fees that the SRC spends, [students] feel a direct benefit”. lawsuits, departures and upsets which have embroiled the Legal Service. The fact that some of these policies are vague to the point of lacking substance, 2019. They managed to name five other student publications of different univer- Despite this, Jakovac is quite honest in admitting that she harbours no intention Donohoe’s history with the institution are certainly a credit to his experience, but or are things that have been a part of the Honi process for years, suggests that sities, many of which harbour existing personal relationships with Honi in terms to drop her study load whatsoever next year, committing already to a full time that history involves uncompromising relationships with other factions. While his Cream have a grave lack of understanding of how Honi Soit works and has worked of syndicating content and cross-campus coverage. They showed familiarity with Commerce/Law schedule if elected. Jakovac dismissed concerns that her proposal politics have certainly changed since a brief flirtation with the Socialist Alternative for years. As for the utility of re-publishing “top USyd rants/love letters”? We’ll let the internal processes of Honi, correctly identifying regular sections, and where — performing two full-time commitments — was physically impossible. This may back in 2016, Donohoe, who tells Honi he has embraced more pluralist attitudes, had you make your mind up on that one. liability is found in the case of defamation. nonetheless leave some voters unconvinced, given the size of the stipend and the heated exchanges and near-physical clashes with Panda and Liberal bloc late last year. Coming in with a 39 per cent score, Cream have outright failed the newly im- However, and perhaps concerningly, they faltered on more simple points of expectations that come with the role. In the event, Jakovac’s bloc becomes opposition on next year’s Council, it’s hard not to plemented Honi Quiz. knowledge, which are arguably essential for prospective editors to have. Fit could Perhaps one of the most notable examples of this recurring theme is the dispar- see them returning the favour: pulling quorum, obstructing motions and complicating Cream failed to identify the ‘inverted pyramid’ as a commonplace and wide- neither name the current president of the National Union of Students (NUS), nor ity between Jakovac’s policy to “stamp out racism” and her own praxis. In July 2018, Donohoe’s overall policy agenda. ly-used structure for news articles, incidentally taught annually to reporters at their faction. Lamentably, NatCon, the annual conference of the NUS involving Jakovac lamented Croatia’s loss in the World Cup final, labelling the French nation- Donohoe’s knowledge of emerging issues, including OLEs, is more limited than Honi training events. In attempting to identify the ex-SRC lawyer who was con- student delegates from all over the country, is the first large event covered by new al team “Africa”, a reference to the ethnicities of various players. Jakovac asserts Jakovac’s. That much is obvious from the fact that Donohoe could only name the widely- troversially dismissed back in June, Cream named Michael Koziol, who is in fact Honi editors. that she was not aware of the offensive undertones of her statement at the time of memed History of Rugby League OLE in the quiz. Although no fault of his own that a current reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald, and was an editor of Honi in Beyond this, Fit were also unable to correctly name the the current CEO of the making it (even going so far as to label her 2018 self a “dumb kid”), and has demon- he is a student later in his progression, that may highlight a weak point in Donohoe’s 2012 – worrying, as it is the SRC legal service that often provides guidance as to USU, the size of the SRC President’s stipend, and the year in which Vice Chancellor strated to Honi that she was immediately contrite. Though it’s clear Jakovac has not ability to advocate for younger students. the legal risks of running particular stories in the paper. Michael Spence’s term ends. and does not harbour any of the malice she is seeking to “stamp out”, it remains The spirit of bipartisanship under a Donohoe presidency may survive, however, Cream were also unable to register that students and staff of the Faculty of Fit have the requisite writing and editing experience to edit Honi, alongside a pertinent to ask whether she is best suited to carrying out such an ambitious task guided by historically popular policies like the implementation of a specialist sexual Medicine have been facing eviction from the Anderson Stuart Building through- feasible policy platform, even if it is a little bit superfluous here and there. Their given the recency of her self-confessed lack of knowledge on the topic. assault lawyer which attracted the support of numerous factions in 2017. Although out the entirety of this year. Nor did they know the names of both Universities that result in the quiz is commendable, but it nevertheless demonstrates some deficien- Beyond this, Jakovac should be commended on the impressive upwards tra- practical circumstances have impeded these plans before including under Grant’s have implemented the Ramsay Centre’s Bachelor of Western Civilisation. We’re cies of knowledge. jectory that has led her to her nomination for president. Having only been at uni leadership in 2018, a vacancy in the Legal Services arm, increasing demand, combined sure that both of these pieces of knowledge are well and truly within the ambit for less than half the amount of time as her opponent, Jakovac has cultivated an with increased campus attention ahead of the 2020 national survey on student sexual of “reporting for students about things that impact them” – an aforementioned impressive CV: she’s been both a councillor and a member of the General Execu- assault may well bolster the prospects of this policy getting over the line. Cream policy – but the group’s actual knowledge of the things which are currently tive in this year’s SRC and is actively involved in a number of clubs and societies. The rest of the policy agenda is well-considered, but suffers from several practical impacting students is incomplete. As noted in our analysis of Donohoe, Jakovac displays a stronger ability to identify impediments. Donohoe wants to develop a free food bank, borrowing from OzHarvest, Cream’s quiz result ultimately demonstrates a tangible apathy towards prom- emerging issues facing younger students, for example Open Learning Environment an organisation which students can already access. He has pledged regular stalls along inent issues faced by students at the time of their candidacy – issues which are units. Similarly, Jakovac displayed a more specific knowledge of the student sexual major thoroughfares aimed at improving the SRC’s visibility, but those ideas were likely to spill into their editorial term, should they be elected. That apathy is a assault crisis than her opponent in the president’s quiz, correctly reciting statistics loosely sketched and lacked the concreteness of a “Welfare Week” or “Health Day”, this politically-motivated outcome of a ticket more obsessed with the paper’s role in relating to the prevalence of the issue. year’s SRC outreach program at the Mallett Street Nursing Campus which Donohoe federal politics than student issues. Cream knew that prominent Liberal Julie Bish- As with any student election, voters in doubt would do best to make their way commended. op had assumed the role of Chancellor at the Australian National University (ANU) onto the campaign trail and seek out candidates to find the answers that these Donohoe treaded carefully around the recent debates of sinophobia on university recently, but incorrectly thought ANU had partnered with the Ramsay Centre. pages cannot provide them. campuses, telling Honi “it’s a very complex issue” and “I’m not going to pretend I In tandem, Cream come across as being out of touch with Honi Soit. That may Disclaimer: Editors Pranay Jha and Liam Thorne are not in- have all the answers.” A testament to his maturity, Donohoe acknowledged that the be because they might not read Honi Soit or because they don’t like Honi Soit in volved in the 2019 coverage of the Honi Soit, NUS and SRC international student concession campaign had elicited little material gains. Whilst he its current form. Maybe they would like to change Honi Soit. All of this is their noted international students as one of the factors changing student interests in the last prerogative as a ticket. The point still stands that they fatally lack the requisite elections. decade, he believed conditions had improved, telling Honi “I think it’s easier, I don’t knowledge that forms the bulk of some of the policies they wish to espouse. know this for sure, to be an international student now than it has been previously.” Having promised deferral of next year’s studies if elected, Donohoe has pledged to be a 5 day a week, 9-5 president, a welcome change from this year and a shame that comes after our tragic departure. 22 23 We went to the beach and then the lighthouse. The sun had finally begun to set, drenching everything in molten gold. The air tasted unmistakably of salt and seaweed and the wind whipped at our clothes and hair and when the sunlight hit the glassy waves just so, the ocean’s surface looked like it was made of diamonds. This heady medley made it impossible to Ode hold on to any worries, even if just for this one day. I love the sky where I live. Especially during the summer. It’s this infinite expanse of blue with a few clouds scattered here Once hidden in a basement for being too and there. Calm. Makes you forget the bitterness of the real “revolutionary”, Eugène’s Delacroix’s iconic world. It feels like the universe is bestowing upon you, a rare “Liberty Leading the People” (1830) is a re- smile. Like, just for now, everything is okay. Everything will markable symbol for challenging the status be okay. It’s so precious to me. And it’s right there. All it asks quo and the collective power of the people. to is for you to notice it. Like a benediction, long-awaited and GARNET Whilst the nature of protest art has trans- ill-deserved. formed over time, often documenting the Dusk. The sun, determined to put on a spectacular show in tectonic social and political shifts that have its dying moments, transformed the sky into a kaleidoscope inspired, outraged and catalysed action, the of colour. Vast swathes of iris were daubed with streaks of act of protest is grounded in the universal tangerine, and a rosy blush spilt onto it all, as if the sky was demand for structural change. We live in embarrassed at its own loveliness. cataclysmic times, where a sense of right and wrong is provoked by war, climate sky And before you know it, nightfall. At last. CHAN change, far-right nationalism and progres- sivism - but what has always remained is There they are. The stars, with their velvety backdrop of blue the undeniable power in the individual and so dark it looks black. the collective. Don’t underestimate your Family road trip. voice and speak up for what you believe in, The universe. And me. Insignificant, and all-important. Tiny, and most of all, for those who can’t - see yet powerful. you at the Global Climate Change Strike on the 20th of September, 2019. Words: Ananya Shah I find myself invoking the name of every stargazer that has come before me, names I don’t know and never will, belonging to people that have stood where I stand and dared to do some- Art: Ludmilla Nunell thing as human as to look up. To be able to just turn one’s face heavenward and wonder – this is the greatest of all gifts. 24 OPINION OPINION Annual Elections Op-ed: Freedom of religion is being Students’ Representative Council, The infamous University of Sydney ignored within churches

The Church should look inwards when it comes to religious freedom, Wilson Huang argues. BUSS2000: Does With the Israel Folau case and the stalled abortion but currently do not. Wangaratta is being legally challenged in the Appellate decriminalisation bill dominating headlines, the Most notably, the Anglican Church of Australia and Tribunal of the Anglican Church, the Archbishop of it really teach us to debate over religious freedom in Australia is reaching other Anglicans churches around the world generally Sydney previously accused the faithful mass and clergy a crescendo. Civil society continues to ask what have more autonomy to allow individual churches of following their specific Bishop rather than what he protections should be given for religious belief, and dioceses to manage their own affairs. While the claimed to be ‘correct’ biblical view on sexuality. ‘lead’ and especially when it interacts with the freedom of other worldwide Anglican Communion sets standards on people. Anglican belief, it does not have the power to force The Uniting Church in Australia has also faced But that question has obscured a deeper any national church to subscribe to it because each opposition on its decision to allow same-gender ‘influence’? fundamental fact: that proponents of religious freedom national church is autonomous. marriages narrowly avoiding a challenge which It’s time to have overlooked the importance of diversity in Resultantly, many Anglican churches, including in would have forced the issue’s reconsideration. The religious expression. If religious freedom is important, Australia, have the ability to and not to ordain women. decision permitted each congregation to choose Pei Wen Tan questions the Business School’s marketing around let’s start from within religious institutions, some of Anglican churches in Scotland, the United States and their definition of marriage. Decisions by the Uniting which must also be held accountable for inhibiting Canada also perform same-gender marriages, while Church’s National Assembly can, however, be halted student ‘employability’. and attacking the very freedom they clamour to the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and and reconsidered if enough synods and presbyteries protect. Polynesia permits blessings of same-gender couples. agree to it. BUSS2000 is undoubtedly the most collectively hated unit in the University’s VOTE! Many conservative churches and Christians want However, this does not necessarily come with It is blatantly clear that religious intolerance Business School. Its “uselessness” and “vague marking,” are common complaints in the SRC elections not only the right to express their beliefs but to tolerance from above. begins from within, sprouted by religious institutions in the halls of the Abercrombie Building. A scroll down Facebook page, USYD discriminate against others within their institutions. Both the Scottish Episcopal Church and the against those who disagree with them under the Rants, reveals an endless sea of roasts:“BUSS2000: a 13 week social experiment This much is gained from submissions to the Ruddock Episcopal Church faced sanctions from the Anglican same banner of faith. Whether or not actual freedom to determine how sycophantic business students can be” and “BUSS2000 is quite review, with many written by Christians opposed to Communion over their decision to allow same- is given, denominations which allow some freedom literally the most worthless unit that Usyd business school has to offer.” I held the same-gender marriage. gender marriages, especially in making decisions on within individual dioceses and congregations are same mindset myself while I was doing the unit. I bonded with my classmates Most church denominations excluding those with doctrine. And the Global Anglican Future Conference attacked for their theological differences. by ridiculing it. a congregational polity, where each ‘congregation’ is (GAFCON) was created to ‘defend’ their more Yet, those attackers are the same people who BUSS2000, also known as, ‘Leading and Influencing in Business’, is split into 3 autonomous, can prevent local congregations from conservative version of Christianity. largely claim that they care about religious freedoms ‘themes’: “1. Understanding Yourself, 2. Understanding Others, and 3. Leading and making important decisions that affect their church. Even when church law gives increased freedom and want to increase them. Why should the state Influencing Others.” At first glance, the unit supports an increasingly corporatised This can constrain what they teach, the type of to individual dioceses and congregations, this does consider their demands if they can’t even accept business student stereotype denoted by personwal branding and LinkedIn people they ordain, and who they marry or bless. not stop other religious groups attacking their religious diversity within their own ranks? If they networking. The very title of the course is puzzling — ‘leading and influencing in Commonly this involves influencing decisions on autonomy and freedom of beliefs. Religious diversity really do care about religious freedoms than that right business’ — are not skills easily picked up in the classroom. whether to ordain women or queer people and is a byproduct of religious freedom. Yet, when right- should extend to their own communities first. To do While BUSS2000 attempts to be interactive, with ‘face-to-face meetings’ and whether to perform same-gender marriages. leaning religious groups demand increased religious otherwise is morally bankrupt. ‘online modules’ replacing weekly lectures, this is offset by the confusion and The Catholic Church is an apposite example of this liberties, they have rejected the freedoms of other frustration students often feel in response to the unit’s vague marking criteria. although this is attributable to its strong hierarchical religious groups in Australia. Wilson is a part-time theological student at Trinity An explanation of this student reaction can be understood through blogger nature. It does not currently ordain women, nor does To take one example, the Anglican Diocese of College of the University of Divinity. He identifies as an Andrea Donderi’s theory of ‘Ask Culture vs. Guess Culture’. Donderi says: ‘Askers’ it allow the officiation of same-gender marriages. Wangaratta recently decided to allow blessings of agnostic Unitarian and has been involved with Uniting ask for favours half-expecting a ‘no’ in response while ‘Guessers’ only ask for There are other churches which could allow greater same-gender marriages, but was condemned by the Church and Jesuit groups. favours when they are certain they will be met with a ‘yes’, and believe there is a 2019 Polling Booth diversity of religious expression in their structures Sydney Diocese. While the decision by the Diocese of huge expectation for them to comply to favours, and comply perfectly. The ’ High School curriculum conditions students to be Times and Places ‘Guessers’ -- strict, syllabus-driven teaching and hyper competitiveness lead us to believe that answers must be reached by reasoning with ourselves to come to a conclusion. The standardised testing of NAPLAN and the HSC promote rote- based study techniques and push us inwards in our study habits, cut off from POLLING WED 25TH THURS 26TH academic support. In effect, high school teaches us to run our own race. LOCATION SEPT 2019 SEPT 2019 Trained into this mindset, when we reach university, with its focus on discussion-fuelled lessons and student initiative, we find ourselves at a roadblock. For years, we’ve been taught to be ‘Guessers’ and the new reality is jarring. That’s where BUSS2000 and it’s younger sibling BUSS1000 ‘Future of Fisher 8:45 – 5.15 8:45 – 5.15 Business’ supposedly come in. Both aim to retrain students to become ‘askers,’ to ask without expectation of a reward or return — a skill which looks and Jane Foss Russell 8:45 – 5.15 8:45 – 5.15 sounds like confidence — an increasingly valuable trait in the Business School’s eyes. Students, more than ever, are being prepared for a job early in university and BUSS2000 and BUSS1000, seen in the broader context of interdisciplinary Manning 10:45 – 3.15 10:45 – 3.15 project units, are part of the University’s attempt to make students into ‘askers’ in the hope of cultivating entrepreneurial skills and commerciality. PNR Building 11:45 – 2.15 No polling Students, adjusted to the individualistic curriculum of high school, react badly to all that being an “asker” entails — working with others, considering each group member’s opinions, managing skills and work ethic and reconciling Cumberland 9:45 – 2.15 9:45 – 2.15 individual with group agendas. The pursuit of ‘finding yourself’ and what learning style works for you, and how that works in a team dynamic, ultimately leave Conservatorium 9:45 – 2.15 No polling students catching up, rewiring their ‘guesser’ mentalities into ‘asker’ personalities, consistently left one step behind. These subjects offered an opportunity for students to self-reflect, tarnished SCA No polling 9:45 – 2.15 by the fact that flaws in course design went unacknowledged, It’s easy for the Business School to dismiss students’ rants as ‘immature’ and us ‘not knowing better’. Realistically, these units could be structured better to suit the students in its classes. BUSS2000 is adisruptive subject cloaked in the University’s wider Pre-polling will also be held outside the employability agenda. It deserves to be scrutinised. Jane Foss Russell Building, on Tuesday Despite trying to teach students to compromise, it seems that the staff at the Business School have yet to properly achieve this themselves. The vague course 24th September from 10am–3pm. objectives in BUSS1000 and BUSS2000 cause extreme frustration, and the deeply subjective nature of the unit translates poorly into quantitative marking. Authorised by C.Lu, Electoral Officer 2019, At least for now, the ‘employability’ USyd advertises is not gained from courses Students’ Representative Council, University of Sydney like BUSS2000. Instead, it is gained outside the classroom where students take p: 02 9660 5222 | w: srcusyd.net.au Artwork by Lauren Moore matters into their own hands, dealing with the frustrating hurdles of University admin and a mix of poorly structured units.

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Note: These pages belong to the Office Bearers of the SRC. They are The eighth ordinary meeting of the 91st Council President not altered, edited or changed in any way by the editors of Honi Soit Your Council at Work was held on Wednesday 4 September 2019 Jacky He Physical Campaign starts this Please be aware to stay safe, – make sure that you do not any use of discriminatory or you feel that you are extremely The 8th regular meeting of the September 20 page. � The SRC supports the Trust quorate. There was a call to wait week! and avoid any situations where campaign on or around the abusive languages are also not stressed or experiencing mood 91st SRC was held on Wednesday � Honi Soit to devote an issue Women, Support the Bill Rally 5 minutes, after 4 more quorum Monday marked the start to a WHS issue may arise. Please stairs and keep the space open acceptable. fluctuations, please make sure the 4th of September. The before September 20 to the After discussion of the motion on Saturday 14th September at counts at 11:30 the meeting was SRC annual election’s physical be mindful that the rest of the for students who are trying to that you call 8627 8433, or meeting opened at 6:51pm after climate strike it was put to Council with a 11am at Hyde Park. found quorate and resumed. campaign. I wish all the teams students who are not involved go through. Lastly, debates are Elections are also a very stressful E-mail CAPS at caps.admin@ there were 2 resignations, one � SRC will provide funding for request for a recorded vote There was a procedural motion running for SRC the best of in the election still needs to acceptable however physical period of time. If you are sydney.edu.au. from councillor Nick Forbutt 10,000 leaflets & 500 posters and carried, the record of that After discussion the motion was at that Q13 lie on the table, and luck on their campaign trails. go to class and use the stairs violence is not acceptable, and encountering situations where who resigned to Felix Faber vote will be available when the put to the council and carried. a foreshadowing motion that and another from Honi Editor After discussion of the motion Council accepts the minutes at the substantive motion be put Karishma Luthria, Amelia it was put to the Council and the next meeting. At 10:05 after the motion the straight to a vote. The procedural Mertha was nominated by the carried. council took a 15 minutes break carried and the motion was set Vice Presidents Honi editors to take Karishma’s A procedural motion was put to as per the regulations. At 10:20 aside and the foreshadowing place and was approved by There was another procedural move to motions on notice Q9 there was a quorum count the motion lapsed. Dane Luo and Caitlyn Chu the Council. The minutes of to remain in general business to a motion against anti-Semitism meeting was found inquorate, Climate Strike this Friday from 1pm to 3pm. Come drop Sciences campus. There is still using that data for their work. to ensure the organisation the previous council meetings discuss R1 a motion about the on campus. The motion called there was a call to wait another There was a motion to accept all At the recent Council meeting, by and speak to your Vice over $60,000 of funding left for Our extra caseworker helped delivers a surplus. We worked from May to August were then government’s plan to deport a for the SRC to condemn all 10 minutes to reach at 10:31 reports from agendas items L to the Council passed a motion Presidents so we can be better the 92nd Council to distribute relieve the work from other with faculty societies to launch accepted by the Council. Tamil family back to Sri Lanka forms of racism including anti- there was a quorum count and O en bloc, it carried. There was expressing its support for the informed about your issues on to undergraduate students. staff members in the Casework welcome sessions. We have from the Queensland town of Semitism and islamophobia and the meeting was again found a procedural motion to move a upcoming Climate Strike on campus. and Policy Department whilst fought for your rights on The standing orders were Biloela. The motion call for the that the conflation of Jews and inquorate. There as a request motion from the floor, it carried Friday this week. The SRC Our achievements so far we implemented the Textbook University committees and will suspended with a procedural following action points: the state of Israel or its policies to wait a further 15 minutes. At however before the motion offices will close this Friday Textbook Subsidy Program in We are very proud of our Subsidy Program. be working to lead a national motion to move to general was wrong and inherently 10:43 there was another call for a could be read out there was a from 11am to 2:30pm so that review achievements this year to effort on new contract cheating business R2 and the motion on � The Sydney University anti-Semitic. It contained the quorum count, the meeting was call for a quorum count. The our staff can participate in the As you may know, this year improve your life on campus. This year, we worked to laws. And we are celebrating 90 the September 20th Climate SRC calls on the Australian following action point: The found quorate and resumed at meeting was found inquorate strike. If you are looking for we introduced the SRC’s upgrade the SRC website so years of the SRC. strike action was heard. The government to immediately halt SRC will support and mobilise 10:43pm. There was a procedural and lapsed at 11:40. help, email to [email protected]. Textbook Subsidy Program. We have expanded our Casework it is more easy to navigate motion had the following action the deportation of Priya, Nades, for anti-racist and anti-fascist to move to motions on notice edu.au or come to our Thursday We gave out $100 subsidies and Policy Department with for students. We have hosted We are really proud of our work. points: Kopika and Tharunicaa. We call actions whenever they take Q.13 a motion is support of the Next Council drop-in sessions. for undergraduate students hiring two extra Research Health Days at Mallet Street It has not been easy. And it stems � We call on all University of on the government to return place. After discussion the student protests and strikes to spend on textbooks and and Policy Officers, and one and Cumberland campuses. from a strong commitment to Sydney students to skip class the family to their community motion was put and carried. in Hong Kong, the procedural The 9th regular meeting is Drop-in Sessions with your learning materials this extra caseworker on a fixed We have made Welfare Week improving student wellbeing on September 20 to strike for of Biloela and to grant them carried, and the council moved scheduled for Wednesday 9 Vice Presidents semester! In total, the SRC term. Our Research and Policy bigger and better. We have and supporting students in the climate justice permanent residency, so they After a failed procedural to to discussion of the motion. October 2019 at 6:00pm in We will be moving our weekly received 416 applications, Officers have recently finished successfully argued for the greatest need. � We demand that the University can continue to live in the move to Q11 there was a There was a procedural to ban Eastern Avenue Lecture Theatre drop-in sessions to the entrance including 131 applications their survey on student life largest SSAF allocation the SRC allows all students and staff to community. successful procedural motion all video, audio, or photography 315. This is a reminder that the of Fisher Library on Thursdays from the Cumberland Health on this campus and will be has ever received and worked participate in the global strike. � The Sydney University SRC to return to general business for the duration the motion meeting is open to all members No student should be penalised will publish this motion on its to move a motion from the would be discussed. The of the undergraduate student for fighting for the future of the Facebook page. floor. The motion from the procedural passed. To ensure body at the University of planet, all staff both casual and � The Sydney University SRC floor was on support for the the motion was upheld the Sydney so if you are interested Women's Officers permanent should be fully paid president will write to Scott decriminalisation of abortion. secretary to council required in learning more about the for the strike day Morrison, Peter Dutton and The motion called for the all laptops to be closed or that Council, feel welcome to come Gabi Stricker-Phelps and Crystal Xu � We call on the University to Davic Coleman informing them following actions: the screens be visible to her along. If have a motion you Reproductive Health Care the Bill will be heard and voted Trust Women, Support the Bill centre to develop a connection Facebook page. cease and desist its harassment of the SRC’s opposition to this � Upon the passing of this at all times, and that phone be would like to put forward for Reform Bill on. A poll released on Tuesday Rally will be on September 14 with their client services of environmental activists and deportation and conveying the motion, the council will switched off or put in flight the Council’s consideration, The 8th of August 2019 this week also shows that 71% from 11am-1pm at Hyde Park. manager. Self Defence Classes community stalls. Students have content of this motion. take a solidarity photo to mode and left untouched on a email the Secretary to Council marked a historic moment for of voters support removing ABS Seminar Room 3310 has the democratic right to petition � The Sydney University SRC express its support for the desk or the floor in in clear sight Julia Robins at secretary. women’s reproductive rights abortion from the Criminal Women’s and Girls’ Emergency Sanitary Item Project been booked from 1-2pm to and stall on campus without the will support and promote decriminalisation of abortion. all phones were checked by the [email protected] to in NSW, with the passage of Code as this is consistent with Centre (Redfern) Look for more boxes around host Penny Gulliver to teach intervention of security. This is refugee rights demonstrations in � The SRC president will post secretary to council. To allow have it included on the agenda, the Reproductive Health Care polls conducted over the past WAGEC is a non-government, campus including at Manning FREE self-defence classes. This a fundamental principle of free Sydney, including the upcoming the photo, along with the text student media to continue to or if you have any questions Reform Bill 2019 in the NSW three decades. We strongly not-for-profit charitable House at the Wom*n’s Room, event will coincide with the speech and political expression. “Rally: Human Rights for of this motion onto the SRC cover the event they were asked about how to put together a lower house. Abortion has encourage anyone wanting to organisation that offers crisis Courtyard bathrooms, ABS USU Health Week. Please let us � We demand the University Refugees” at 1PM on Saturday Facebook page. to sit in the front where their motion. been criminalised in NSW for get involved in activism around services and early invention basement, Wentworth SRC know if you are interested in of Sydney immediately divest the 14th of September at Sydney � The University of Sydney SRC screens could be seen to ensure 119 years under sections 82 to the bill to attend the NSW Pro- accommodation and support Building, Cumberland Library attending. from fossil fuels Town Hall. The Facebook event will publicly support the work they were not photographing 84 of the Crimes Act 1900. On Alliance’s rally in support for services to women, girls’ and more to come. We are also � Honi Soit to advertise the for this rally (facebook.com/ of the University of Sydney of recording the debate. 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