. 2 1 .W S1 6 00 8 2 May 22 - May 2 PB Blitz Magazine Blitz Magazine Blitz Magazine Blitz Magazine: Telephone: 02 9385 7715 Editor’s letter Fax: 02 9313 8626 Address: PO Box 173, Kingsford 2032 Level 1, Blockhouse, Lower Campus [email protected] Web: www.source.unsw.edu.au Blitz Advertising: Advertising Artwork 12 days prior to publication. Bookings 20 days prior to publication. Rates and enquiries should be directed to Charlotte O’Brien Transport Trials 6 Phone: 9385 7331 Email: [email protected] Contributions: Letters, articles, photos and other printable by Rob Gascoigne matter are welcome. Please contact the editor to discuss suitability. esidents of the Eastern suburbs of Sydney, both the imported and Publisher: the organic, always intrigue me. Blitz is published each Monday of session by RPeople from Western Sydney will UNSW Source. know where I’m coming from on this. Every The World on time I tell someone from the Eastern Suburbs The views expressed herein are not where I grew up (West Ryde, not exactly the necessarily the views of UNSW Source, a Shoestring 18 other side of the world) I get the most bizarre unless as expressly stated. UNSW Source reaction. They look at me with mystified accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of glances as if to say ‘this “bridge” you speak any of the opinions or information contained of, what exactly is across it?’ One mate of in this issue of Blitz. Any complaints should mine actually thought I grew up on a farm. I be addressed to the Communications didn’t. Manager, PO Box 173, Kingsford 2032 The one thing those of us from the other side of the bridge (that tiny stretch of land called Printing: “Sydney”) learn very quickly is the very great Printed by Agency, Seven Hills. Rates and importance of public transport. The train Enquiries should be directed to networks of Sydney are like oxygen to us and 8825 8900. Going to Give 15 buses are our friend. Oh god the hours, no, Blitz Team 2006: the years that I’ve spent on buses and trains. President’s Letter 4 All I can say is I’m thankful for mp players. Editor: Rob Gascoigne Reporters: Alex Serpo, Flick Strong U Film Fest 5 Public transport, and its use by uni students, Designer: Justin Theng is the focus of Alex’s feature this week. I Cover Design: Justin Theng have to say that, although I do have a great Snapshot 8 Voxpops: Hilda Cheng affection for this Uni, it would have helped Generation Huh? 9 a lot of people quite a lot if they could have Communications Manager: moved it just a little bit closer to a train Marina Spurgin, 02 9385 7731 station. Maybe one day the light rail will Puzzles 10 extend here. All I know is it’s not going to Advertising & Sponsorship Coordinator: happen while I’m here. Sigh. Charlotte O’Brien Interview with You Am I 11 02 9385 7331 Of course, travel is as much a pleasure as it What’s On 12 is a pain. As a matter of fact, I would suggest Marketing Manager: Donna Wiemann that extended travel is probably the single most important thing you can do. You will The Twilight Zone 20 learn more about yourself than you ever would at uni. Take it from someone who Comics 16 knows: you’re never quite the same once you’ve endured pneumonia in southern Reviews 17 China. To show you how possible this is, Flick has tracked down some of the easiest Doctor Doctor 21 (and most effective) ways to save cash while travelling. Read it. Save up your dosh and Classifieds 22 go. Go anywhere. It will change your life. Vox Pops 23 Blitz Magazine Blitz Magazine President’s Contact Information and Report Referral Service: The Answer to All Your Questions any of you will probably be taking advantage of the fact that from Monday 9 May (week 13) the Mlibrary will be open until midnight as a study hall. If you’re feeling worried Help Points about being on campus late at night on your own, Campus Security offer a range of free There are several help points located around services to ensure your safety on and around campus, including the Library Lawn, Gate 9, campus in the evenings. The following Gate 14, Quad, and Red Centre to name just services are available right throughout the a few. These provide you with a direct line to year, not just during Stuvac, and they are free security, and also have a camera trained for UNSW students to use. You can contact on them. here are two important events on Security on 9 85 6000 or 800 66 00. this week of which you should be aware. UNIBEAT Shuttle Bus Cycle Escorts T The first is that, on Tuesday Free shuttle bus service that does a loop afternoon, I and the representatives of If you’re walking home, or walking to the bus around campus and the local area. You can the other UNSW student organisations stop at night, you can call a Cycle Escort, pick up a timetable and bus route from the will be holding an information session and a person from security will make sure Contact office, or from E-spot (where you got on the planning and proposed structural you get to your destination safely. your student card.) changes that will be introduced for the implementation of VSU. Contact: Level 2, East Wing, Quad building. 10am-4pm weekdays during session, or email [email protected] website www.contact.unsw.edu.au). At this information session we will be presenting to students the final report of the VSU Mediation Group, which was made up of staff and student representatives from the student organisations and the University. This report is available online for you to read prior to the information session, from www.source.unsw.edu.au/vsureport. You are invited to ask questions or provide feedback on the report that will be used in the next stage of the planning process. The VSU information session will be held from – 5pm, this Tuesday (23 May) in the Cougar Club Bar in the Roundhouse. Entries are currently open for the UNSW Bookshop and Source The second thing to alert you to is the Literary Prize and the unsweetened Literary Journal. Source’s Annual General Meeting, which is on this Wednesday at pm in unsweetened is the annual literary journal of There are three () categories in this the Roundhouse. The AGM is where UNSW Source and is now in its ninth year of year’s competition: Undergraduate Poetry, students, as the Source’s members, publication. It provides a forum for talented Postgraduate Poetry and Open Fiction have the opportunity to ask questions students to have their creative work exposed (open to both Undergrad and Postgrad about the Source’s Annual Report, and to the student and wider communities. students). Each category also has a Highly (hopefully) to accept the report and unsweetened will eventually be available Commended prize of a $00 UNSW financial statements. There will be hard everywhere on campus from the Source Bookshop voucher. copies of the report available at the Student Development Office to the UNSW meeting, or you can download a soft Bookshop and also libraries throughout In the poetry categories, entries are limited copy to read beforehand from Australia. to 0 lines but can be on any topic. Entries in www.source.unsw.edu.au/website/ the short fiction category are limited to 1500 aboutus/reports.aspx If you’ve had an idea circling around your words. For full entry details, download an brain that you’ve been itching to get onto official entry form from the Source website or If you have questions about one or both paper, now is the time. There are $00 pick up a hard copy version from the Student of these events, or would like to raise a vouchers to the UNSW Bookshop up for Development Office on the Ground Floor of question that can be answered at the grabs to the winners in each Literary Prize the Blockhouse. discussion/meeting, feel free to category. There’s also the chance you’ll send me an email. get to see your work published in the long- running unsweetened Literary Journal. Kirstin Hunter [email protected] For more information about unsweetened or the Literary prize, email [email protected] or call 9385 7753. Copies of unsweetened 2005 are available from the Source Student Development Office in the Blockhouse. Blitz Blitz Magazine Magazine with Featuring Live performance by Starky XBOX 360 Challenge Spin the Wheel of Love at the Love Lounge to WIN In 2005, Brooke Goldfinch won the campus A festival of free food, giveaways U Film competition for her short filmFramed. & a chance to WIN great prizes The competition is being run again this year. To find out more, and inspire would-be filmmakers, Flick Strong sat down with Brooke to discuss Uni Bar the art of filmmaking. Wednesday 24th May 10:30am onwards What was your film about? How long did it take to make? My film was about a seven year It took a long time to develop old girl who discovers a camera and edit the script but we shot whilst playing in her local the film in two days. I was lucky playground. She has been told to have a great crew to make by her Mother not to tell anyone the film with.