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HSEMESTER TWO,oni 2016 • WEEK 6 Soit FIRST PRINTED 1929 Labor Club Revue review SCA Burmese factional extravaganza occupation: for student stoush Spaceships, narcotics, Harambe and Shakespeare and against activists NEWS, PAGE 5 REVIEWS, PAGES 14-15 OPINION, PAGE 12 RAD ED WEEK, PAGE 13 Developed Unbridled development is demolishing heritage destruction listed buildings throughout Sydney. The Sirius building is the latest victim. FEATURE, PAGE 11 2 HONI SOIT SEMESTER 2 • WEEK 6 HONI SOIT SEMESTER 2 • WEEK 6 Students’ Representative Council, University of Sydney EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Annual Election Sam Langford OF COUNTRY EDITORS We acknowledge the traditional and centre the experiences of Contents custodians of this land, the Gadi- Indigenous people, and to be Andrew Bell, Natalie Buckett, gal people of the Eora Nation. reflective when we fail to. Letters 3 / LETTERS 18 / PERSPECTIVE Max Hall, Tom Joyner, Alexan- The University of Sydney – where We recognise our duty to be dros Tsathas, Subeta Vimalara- we write, publish and distribute a counterpoint to the racism Mouse sewn in his mind. 4 / NEWS 19 / AN(TI)NOTATIONS jah, Mary Ward, Victoria Zerbst, Honi Soit – is on the sovereign that plagues the mainstream Commending I was at this time reminded Naaman Zhou land of these people. media, and to adequately repre- of Mr. Bell's take on The Notes 6 / ANALYSIS 19 / SOCIALS As students and journalists, sent the perspectives of Indige- Koko Economy (Wk 5, p. 6). Mr. Bell CONTRIBUTORS we recognise our complicity nous students at our University. carefully and honestly gives 9 / FEATURE 21 / CASEWORKERS in the ongoing colonisation of We also wholeheartedly thank Dear Honi, us solutions to two problems. Elijah Abraham, Patricia Arcilla, Indigenous land. In recognition our Indigenous reporters for That notes are a solve all for 12 / OPINION 23 / PUZZLES Natassia Chrysanthos, Jayce Car- of our privilege, we vow to not the continuing contribution of I want to thank Koko Kong for academic performance at law rano, Hannah Craft, Nina Dillon only include, but to prioritise their labour to our learning. her account of Chinese inter- school—but they're not—and 14/ CULTURE 24 / SRC REPORTS Britton, Ann Ding, Liam Dono- national students experience that the law school is made up hoe, Eden Faithfull, Imogen of exploitation at work (Honi of cliques who sniff The Poor 16 / UNDERGROUND 26 / THE CURSOR Harper, Caitlin Harvey, James Semester 2 Week 5). on people and exclude them— elections Holloway, Justine Landis-Han- EDITORIAL It gave me a picture of what but it's not. If these connec- ley, Pranay Jha, Erin Jordan, Ben she feels locals see as a violation tion-built-cliques did exist, 9 / FEATURE Lasker, Ollie Moore, Riki Scan- Sam Langford of rights according to what for they are a thing of the past as of lan, Luke Tisher, Radha Wadyu- her is a “foreign legal concep- Week 5, after Mr. Bell disman- Patricia Arcilla and Sam Langford write on widayat, Jemima Wilson tion" of conditions such as a tled them in the process of giv- the end of the Sirius building. In my first year of univer- but in this issue Honi and Siri- minimum wage. She and other ing the contact details of people ARTISTS sity I lived in the Hills, which us overlap again for me, albeit Chinese students are unlikely to willing to entertain unsolicited SRC is anywhere from an hour to under sadder circumstances. resist exploitative employment requests for "extremely accurate Ann Ding, Frankie Hossack, three hours away by unreliable As you can read on page nine, she says, because of the “treas- and comprehensive" Notes. Disclaimer: Honi Soit is published by the Students’ Representative Michael Lotsaris, Ludmilla bus, depending on traffic and Sirius will be demolished soon. ured experience, heavy study The fact of the matter is that Council, University of Sydney, Level 1 Wentworth Building, City Nunell, Zita Walker, Victoria the how disposed the bus was If the demolition goes ahead, workload and social traditions”. those at Sydney Law are chas- Road, University of Sydney NSW 2006. The SRC’s operation costs, Zerbst to breaking down mid-jour- we lose more than just an aes- The students Koko writes ing ambitions in a field which space and administrative support are financed by the University ney. There were two highlights thetic curiosity: this building about seem to expect to do this depends on them being both of Sydney. Honi Soit is printed under the auspices of the SRC’s COVER to the long trip: first the Sirius is a fundamentally egalitarian kind of work for a relatively socially and laterally capable. directors of student publications: Tahlia Chloe, Justine Landis- building, and later Honi Soit. structure, a symbol of union short time. Many other employ- If those who hold the notes Hanley, David Hogan, Michelle Picone, Siobhan Ryan, and Michael Cover photo by Hpeterswald I didn't know much about strength, and above all, a home ees, including some students, are Xerox's PARC, maybe Sun. All expressions are published on the basis that they are not to under Creative Commons BY-SA either back then. Both seemed to many. are stuck for much longer in those outside should be doing be regarded as the opinions of the SRC unless specifically stated. VOTE! 4.0 licence. like novelty and refuge, sur- To my mind, it makes a lot of these kind of jobs, both more more to negotiate a way in. in the The Council accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any of prising and interesting islands sense for Honi to fight for Sirius. hours each week, and more Perhaps Jobs would say those the opinions or information contained within this newspaper, nor amidst a sea of grey. I loved We too are divisive, sustained years of their lives. I would who don't—or can't, if there's does it endorse any of the advertisements and insertions. Sirius for its rooftop plants and by the love of a small commu- definitely not label the working a difference—accrue such con- sepia-toned windows; I loved nity, a home of sorts to some. students as "unethical and ille- nections aren't cut out for the Honi for its puns and bad pho- To the extent that we can show gal", but I would so label their world they are collecting Notes Please direct all advertising inquiries to toshops and scrappy tenacity. solidarity with words, I hope employers. in order to enter. All this is tak- Polling Booth Times [email protected] I no longer catch the bus, this paper is worth something. I hope that any students ing as a given that those who thinking of challenging an don't have access to The Note employer who is doing the Art: Ludmilla Economy are inherently worse and Locations 2016 wrong thing will be able to find Nunell off, an assumption which only Art: Frankie Hossack the information and support stands so long as you ignore the they need. The Young Workers immense number of other facil- Polling Wed 21st Thurs 22nd Big Clichés Centre in Victoria would be ities and resources available to Location Sept. 2016 Sept. 2016 Cumbo Kid a good starting point - http:// Sydney Law students within www.youngworkers.org.au/. and beyond the classroom. The Fisher 8.30–6.30 8.30–5.00 On Campus analogy to Silicon Valley's tech Janet Burstall secrets ends at this point. Ultimately, Sydney Law, like Manning 10.00–4.00 10.00–4.00 Performative law student Groots figure Fascist law law elsewhere, runs on fascist lines, which is why it is ruthless Cumberland 11.00–3.00 11.00–3.00 and heartless and callous and schools fascinating. SCA 12.00–2.00 No polling Dear Honi, Yours truly, R.H. Engineering No polling 12.00–2.00 I recently heard the story of JD.II. Steve Jobs' agreement to sell a share of a young Apple Com- Conservatorium 12.00–2.00 No polling puters to Xerox in exchange Someone is for a mix of cash and a prom- Jane Foss 8.30–6.00 8.30–6.00 ise to be allowed a tour of Xer- very cross ox's top secret research facility, PARC, in turn having an inside Dear EN, glimpse at years of research and Pre-Polling will also be held outside the the summation of work from The villainy you teach me I will SRC’s offices, Level 1 Wentworth Building, some of California's greatest execute—and it shall go hard tech minds. Steve Jobs was but I will better the instruction. on Tuesday 20th September from 10am–3pm. rewarded for negotiating this by having the seeds of the Apple Atrus Please write to us, we are very lonely and Unity Hack would love to stop filling this page with birds. Authorised by P. Graham, SRC Electoral Officer 2016. Students’ Representative Council, University of Sydney Help us out in less than 500 words. p: 02 9660 5222 | w: src.usyd.edu.au 4 HONI SOIT SEMESTER 2 • WEEK 6 HONI SOIT SEMESTER 2 • WEEK 6 5 NEWS NEWS CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT SYDNEY COLLEGE OF THE ARTS come & eat a meat pie with us Brother of NSW Finance TIME GOES POSTAL the particularly complimentary observation SCA cut off from Wi-Fi that “this is laughably bad even for Honi The colleges have long been described as an [sic] and reeks of the sort of insecurity that as occupation continues Minister faces court for impossible "voting base”. But one candidate in lies at the heart of so many of its writers”, as September’s election may have just discovered well as the poignant question “Why are uni- Naaman Zhou any damage to anything”, he said.