Outreach goes north Visitors engage students 70 Not Out! You and your guests are warmly invited to join a very special party ‘Shout it from under the College Oak on Saturday the rooftops!’ 29 November, 6–8pm, to celebrate

Cape Town Archbishop nd Frank Henagan’s 70th Birthday. Professor Bryan Sykes (2 from left) talks with Trinity students, from left, Tamsin Dewe (2nd year Veterinary Science), Eliza Heathcote (2nd on AIDS crisis year Agriculture/Commerce), Billy Ingram (3rd year Arts/Commerce), st st ‘AIDS is not a punishment from God. It is James Buzzard (1 year Science), and Sarah Cullen (1 year Biomedical just a disease like any other – and we need Science). Archbishop Ndungane to shout it from the rooftops!’, Cape Town’s addresses the open Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane told an forum at Trinity College. open forum at Trinity College in October. Disappearing man Archbishop Ndungane, who is Desmond Tutu’s successor as the Professor Bryan Sykes primate of one of the world’s biggest Anglican provinces covering seven countries, spoke of the desperate plight of the generation of ‘Men will become extinct in 125,000 years,’ Professor Bryan Sykes told orphans whose parents have died from AIDS and the serious problem undergraduate biological science students at Trinity College recently. At Nungalinya College, Darwin, Peter French, Cressida Griffith (4th year Arts/Music), this is creating, particularly in Africa where their numbers continue to and Brydie Flynn (2nd year Arts/Science) are taught to weave pandanus leaves. swell daily. Professor of Human Genetics at the , and a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, Professor Sykes gave the students He also emphasised the need to reduce the stigma associated with a fascinating insight into his work in DNA analysis, as well as the 'Our experience taught us a great deal about the of hospitality, of the HIV testing – a stigma that currently hinders early diagnosis and reasoning behind this controversial prediction. harm of indifference, and of the experience of being a stranger in a strange treatment for AIDS. He told of being tested himself, deliberately land, albeit for a few days. We are grateful for the hospitality, welcome, attracting as much publicity as possible to encourage others to follow This proposition is the subject of his latest book, Adam’s Curse: A Frank joined the Trinity College staff in 1976, and and gifts of time and openness, given to us so freely. Our experience of the his example. Future Without Men (Bantam, 2003), which had its Australian launch Northern Territory was enriched by these gifts.' in 2003 became its first full-time Director of Sport. while Professor Sykes was in residence at Trinity. He has inscribed a During the evening, Frank will be immortalised Archbishop Ndungane is the author of A World with a Human Face: copy for the College library. So says Assistant Chaplain, Peter French, in reflecting on the journey undertaken by in bronze on the wall of Clarke’s cloister. Tickets A Voice from Africa, which challenges faith communities the world over eight students and two staff to the Northern Territory in September. Organised by the are $70 per head ($35 students) and include a to reflect on and improve their responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Professor Sykes, who was visiting Trinity as a Miegunyah Fellow of the Outreach Society, the whole group undertook a short cross-cultural communication University of Melbourne, was the first in the world to achieve recovery donation (non tax-deductible) to the Frank Henagan course at Nungalinya College in Darwin, before splitting up to become guests of Following the forum, which was hosted by Trinity College in partnership of ancient DNA from archaeological bone. Expanding on this work, he three communities at Daly River, Elcho Island and Belyuen. Scholarship Endowment. They are available from with Anglican mission and development agencies AngliCORD and spoke of his experiences working on Ötzi, the mummified ‘Ice Man’ Ms Bronwyn Waite in the Development Office, ABM, Archbishop Ndungane preached at the College Eucharist. found in 1991 in the Tyrolean mountains. Equally fascinating was his Belinda Bowman, President of the Outreach Society, hopes that the links established Email: [email protected] or This service also featured ‘world music’ sung by Melbourne involvement in the identification of the remains of the Romanov dynasty, with the communities through this visit can be further developed in the future to Tel: +61 3 9348 7477. International Voices. and the role of DNA testing in assessing the authenticity of individuals enable other Trinity students to have similar challenging experiences. claiming to be surviving members of the Russian Royal Family.

Similarly, he told how he determined that a sample of a ‘’ bone recently brought to him for analysis actually came from a bear!

Professor Sykes’s previous publications include The Human Inheritance (OUP, 1999), and The Seven Daughters of Eve (Norton, 2002). Fame – The Musical a sell-out Colourful and energetic, the 2003 Trinity College musical, Fame, showcased the Austhink/Trinity College remarkable singing, dancing, acting, and instrumental talents of Trinity students to a succession of full houses. A four-night season in the Beckett Theatre at The Advanced Reasoning and Analysis Workshop CUB Malthouse in September was insufficient to accommodate everyone who 18–20 February, 2004 wanted to see the show and a number had to be turned away – a sure indication of a most successful production. Congratulations to producer, Mailie Ross (3rd year Arts/Science) and all involved! Use the latest multimedia technology to enhance your critical thinking skills in an intensive three-day workshop for senior The dancing in Fame was particularly memorable. Dewi Winders (2nd year executives and professionals from a Arts/Dip Modern Languages) as Carmen Diaz (centre) and Ju-Han Soon (1st wide range of backgrounds. year Engineering) as Ty Jackson (in netting top) were outstanding in their lead roles but were strongly supported by the large ensemble cast. Ju-Han, Enquiries: Tom Derham. from Malaysia, is a graduate of Trinity College Foundation Studies now in Email: [email protected] residence at Trinity on a Trinity International Scholarship. Dewi is on the Tel: +61 3 9348 7486 committee of the University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association and, Fax: +61 3 9348 7610 with other Trinity students, also performed with them earlier this year.

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