Honi Soit Election Edition 2012 by David Mack

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Election Edition September 5

Contents Report of the Electoral Officer, p3 How to Vote, p4 Candidates for President, p7 Candidates for Honi Soit, p10 Candidates for NUS Delegate, p14 Candidates for SRC Representative, p21

Students’ Representative Council, University of Sydney Annual Election

Polling Booth Times and Places 2012 Polling Location

Wed 19th Sept 2012

Thurs 20th Sept. 2012

Fisher Manning Cumberland SCA Engineering Conservatorium Jane Foss

8:30-6:30 10:00-4:00 11:00-3:00 12:00-2:00 No polling 12:00-2:00 8:30-6:00

8:30-5:00 10:00-4:00 11:00-3:00 No polling 12:00-2:00 No polling 8:30-6:00

Authorised by Paulene Graham, SRC Electoral Officer 2012. Students’ Representative Council, University of Sydney Phone: 02 9660 5222 www.src.usyd.edu.au

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Pre-Polling will also be held outside the SRC’s Offices, Level 1 Wentworth Building, on Tuesday 18th September from 10am-3pm.

Electoral Officers Report Paulene Graham SRC Electoral Officer 2012 List of Candidates The following nominations have been received and declared legal by the Electoral Officer as candidates in the Annual Elections for the Students’ Representative Council, President of the SRC, Editors of Honi Soit, NUS Delegates and Representatives of SRC.

I - Stand Up! for International Students: Jay Ka Jing Ng, Bowie You, Chenyang Yan

AG - Grassroots for Bush Kids: Zac Shore, Tim Hodge, Sam Henderson, Sophie Holt, Paddy Holt

McGuinness, Freya Jansens, Robert O’Grady, Tendai Angela Jambga, Zi Yi Lim, Erica Smith

J - Stand Up! for Cumberland: Isabelle King, Annabelle King, Ellis Longhurst, Vivian Alexander Singh, Anastasia Karagiannis

AH - Voice for Commerce: Sarah Marriott, Emma Marriott, Katherine Marshall, Guang Li, Alex Meekin, Art Zahar

BC – Yolo for College: Jordan Smith, Harrison Steel, Edward Burrowes, Lucy Cowman, Zachary Hanna

AI - Maccas on Campus: Luke Liang

BD – Grassroots for the Con: James Domeyko

The candidates are printed in the order they will appear on the ballot.

K - Stand Up! for Science:Alexander Peters, Nikhil Nimmagadda, Peter Landi, Jackson Sussman, Dover Dubosarsky

Candidates for President

L- Ian Chan (Durian): Ian Chan

A - Freya Bundey

M - Grassroots for Student Welfare:Rose McEwan, Lawrence Barratt -Manning, Quazi Ishtiaq Rahman, Francesca McMaster, Elana Scoufis,

B - David Pink C - Sam Farrell D - Ian Chan Candidates for Honi Soit A - Jam: Rafi Alam, Hannah Ryan, Max Chalmers,Nina Ubaldi, Lucy Watson, Bryant Apolonio,Avani Dias,Mason McCann, Nick Rowbotham, Mariana Podesta-Diverio B - Beat: Eleanor Gordon-Smith, AdamChalmers, Lane Sainty, Alex Mckinnon,Margaret Zhang, Jim Fishwick,Lovelle Dsouza, Lawrence Muskitta, Tara Waniganayaka, Michael Richardson Candidates for NUS Delegate 7 to be elected. A - Stand up! For Fair Education:Phoebe Drake, Dylan Parker, Max Kiefel, David Pink, Annabel Osborn,Alexander Peters B - Stand up! For NUS: John HardingEasson, Emily France,Samuel De Ferranti, Leo Nelson,Todd Pinkerton, Jennifer Light, Mackenzie Rice C - Grassroots for Fair Education: Constantina Hallas, Paige Oaker, Alex Parissi-Smyth, Tenaya Alattas, Kecili OGorman, Rose Wallace D - Grassroots for NUS:Brigitte McFadden, Tom Raue,Kane Hardy, Patrick Ward,William Fawcett E - Voice for President: JohnFarrell, Alex Hanbury-Brown, Karen Chau, Alexandra Yates, Olivia Ronan, Udit Pillay, Sama Rahman F - Voice at NUS: Astha Raj-Vanshi, Kade Denton, Alex McKinnon, Tim Matthews, Lucy Connell, Eden Tollis G - Beat: Jacqui Munro, Joel Einstein, Tara Waniganayaka, Eleanor GordonSmith, Lane Sainty Candidates for SRC Representative 31 to be elected A-Free Parking: Sam O’Leary B - Bring Back Smoking: Cameron Ritchie C- Legalise It!: Harry Stratton, Oscar Coleman Ella Butcherine, Helen Xue, Jeremy Elphick,Sam Woods, Christian Toh, Judy Zhu, Alisha Aitken-Radburn, Sarah Mourney,Louise Xie D - KFC on Campus: Sarah Coward, E - McDonalds on Campus: Penelope Parker F – “Rise” for SRC: Sam Murray,Dalton Fogarty, Monika Holmwood, Alessandro Cowley, Joshua Krook, William Dawes, Max Gao G - The Jammunist Manifesto: Mariana Podesta-Diverio H - Stand Up! for Law: James Higgins, Joseph McDonald, Annabel Osburn, Phoebe Miley-Dyer, Amelia Dale,Nicola Beevitt, Stephanie Fang, Stephen Ke, Thomas McClintock, Ellen Moore, Edward McMahon

N - Equal: Nathan Li, Ronny Chen, Ashley Chu O - Libertarian: Thomas Russell P - Voice for First Years: Penina Su, Michael Stocks, Udit Pillay, Carrie Hou, Tara Hariharan, Michael Rees Q - Voice for Education: Cameron Caccamo, Luke Dassaklis, Isabel Hernandez, Cornelia Dunlea,Otis Chen, Laura Cole, Emily Zuccali, Patrick Madden R - Voice for Arts: Samuel Pearson, John Tsaousidis, Joel Schubert, Camilla Cameron, James Coward,Joanna Howe S - Voice for Student Welfare: Karen Chau, Ally Yates, Natasha Burrows, Vidushee Deora, Angela Chen, Shaza Barba T - Voice for Science: Kade Denton, Thomas MacDonald, Jack Edwards, Amy La, Eleanor Percival, Dom Marendy, Jack Hetherington U – ((Dissenting) Voice: Ben Paull, Evangeline Woodforde, Hope Williams, Tamasin Young, Micaela Bassford, Camille Crowther V - Stand Up! Against the Cuts: James Leeder, Shahar Merom, Carlo Anonioli, Leonidas Fry-Kontaxis, Benjamin Rudy, Adam Kefalas, Georgia Carr, Andrew Brodzelli, Timothy Sullivan, Matilda Surtees W - Voice for Law: William Ma,Charlotte Johnstone-Burt, Harry Knight, Christopher Masters, Laurence Rouesnel, Stephanie Zughbi

AJ - Stand up! for Arts: John HardingEasson, Ina Hoxha, William Duff, Blake Adair-Roberts, Crystal Validakis, Leo Nelson,Daniel Hickie, Emily Rayner, Madeline Scott-Murphy, Domnic Ofner AK - Handsome:Alex Hanbury-Brown, Cameron Creigh, Tom Connell, Patrick Ditchfield, Zac Vickers, Jacky Chen AL - Stand Up! for Student Housing: Eleanor Cooper-Levi, Jack Rafferty, Dylan Parker AM - Grassroots for Queer Action: Charlie Jackson-Martin, Nazim RyallDincer, Rebecca Alchin, Jamie MelandProctor, Audrey Cremer,Eleanora Tsiknas Kazantzis, Java Keaney AN - Voice for Government: Felix Donovan, Annie Gribble, Angus Abadee, Angud Chawla, Lucy Connell, Tim Asimakis AO - Voice for Diversity: Sama Rahman, Jananie Janatharna, Maxwell Rigby, Marc Stanghieri, Alberta McKenzie, Kevin Shum, Chitra Das AP - Jammin: Max Chalmers, Fayzan Bakhtiar, Jack Dwyer, Lachlan Gell, Anirudh Yadav, Joe Smith-Davies AQ - Stand Up! for Student Rights: Jennifer Light, Hudson Carrad, Efrem Blackshield, Sam Stewart, Rochelle Wallace, Nicholas Stotz, Suzannah Walker,Max Ford, Charles Hartwig, Madeleine Reed AR - Bosch Hunting: Ed Miller, Ian Ferrington Michaelis AS - Stop the Cuts: Erima Dall, Danny Hardiman, Bjorn Wallin, Imogen Szumer, Mirna Zeini, Georgia Lowe, Eliot Hoving, Freya Bundey, Maddie Davey, Caitlin Doyle- Marwick, Laura Hopkins, Daisy Farnham, Patrick Harrison, Duncan Roden AT - Grassroots for Arts: Jacob Radowski, Emelia Garwood, Greg Mclellan, Steven Kwon,

BE – Stand Up! for Real Student Issues: Emily France, Kensie Rice, Jessica Hresc, Todd Pinkerton, Cherise Daly, Emily Carpenter, Ronan Kelly, Molly Wilcox, Alice Morgan, Mariana Sena Board BF – Grassroots to Legalise Drugs: Tom Raue, Harrison Jewson, Marcus Raue, Felix Hubble BG – Voice for Queers: Eden Tollis, Michael Koziol, Lillian Shaddick, Chris Denes, Josh Hunt, Harriet Griffin BH – Christians on Campus: Christian Ellis, Michael Todd, Adam Foda, Jade McLaughlin BI – Right Direction: Chaneg Torres, Andrej Starcevic, Raphael Haddad BJ – “Rise” for Engineering: Ali Vandeness, Vahista Bhasin, Tim Whiting, Kausthub Krishnamurthy, Anne Cope, Andreas Pelosi BK – “Rise” for Commerce: Luke McAlpin, Victor Salman, Maxine Verebes, Hannah Makragelidis, Arabella Vaughan, Gemma Cook BL – Stand Up! for Commerce: Tom De Guzman, Chiranthani Jayamanne, Justin Song BM – “Rise” for Sexytimes: Adam Murphy, Abigail McCarthy, Anthony Nedanoski, Sam Stone, Mitchell Steward, Julian Chu BN – Kira for SRC: Kira Spucys-Tahar BO – Bring Back Donut King!!!: Vale Sloane BP – Grassroots for SCA: Grace Roberts BQ - Stand Up! for SRC:David Pink, Samuel de Ferranti, Adam Marks, Phoebe Drake, Max Kiefel, Stella Egan, Callum Drake, Daniel Herbert,Clare Angel-Auld, Dina Vassilevska BR – Jam for SRC: Bebe D’Souza, Jackson Busse, Will Haines, Harriet Semple

X - Voice for Independence: Joshua Sprake, Jake Luxford, Emma Campbell, Hugh Bortolotti, Amy Harris, Mike Read

AU - Can’t Stop the Beat: Sarah Segal, Lawrence Muskitta, Joel Einstein, Saraj Kobayashi, Mikaela Higgins

Y - Trollface for SRC: Christian Jones, Isaac Carney

AV - Grassroots for Social Justice: Brigitte McFadden, Nina Hallas, Kane Hardy, Sara Amorosi, Paige Oaker, Kecili OGorman, Levi Sahin, William Fawcett

BT – Voice for President: Sam Farrell, Tim Matthews, Olivia Ronan, Isabelle Youssef, Ben Coffey, Allister Haire, Christine White

AW - Stand Up! for Fair Education: Julia Robins, Vivian Huang, Casey Thompson, Tonya Rushmer, Max Schintler, Tristan Ofner, Sophia Stavropoulos, James Northwood, Natalie Sareff, Robert Pattinson, Jarrod Bradley, Davis Murphy

BV – Yes We Jam: Peter Kennedy, Darren Lesaguis, Avani Dias, Sidnie Sarang, Elizabeth Smith

Z - Grassroots for Freedom: Alex Parissi– Smyth, Rohab Best, Patrick Ward AA - Ban Smoking on Campus : James Evans AB - Voice for Women: Eleanor Gordon-Smith, Rebecca Barrett, Tara Waniganayaka, Sarah Ienna, Stephanie White, Ariana Ladopoulos AC - Voice for College: Nicola Borton, Emily Hartman, Tori Grimshaw, Gee Castle, Michaela Upton, Pip Snelling AD - Stand Up! for Women: Hannah Smith, Eve Radunz, Julia Readett, Tabitha Prado-Richardson, Louisa Carey-White, Eliza Reynolds, Stella Ktenas, Radhini Sappany, Heather Leeson, Shelly Smith, Phoebe Moloney, Kate Obrien, Emily Rayers, Elizabeth Burge AE - Culture Jammers: Rafi Alam, Grace Smith-Davies, Divya Chaddha, Mikaela Squirchuk, Lucinda Bradshaw, Isobel Yeap AF - “Rise” for 1st Years: Angus Knoblanche, Elliot Hunt, Jack Johnston, Marni Lysaght, Neville Radovic

AX – Beat for SRC: Margaret Zhang, Louvelle Dsouza, Lane Sainty, AY – Beat it, Just Beat it: Adam Chalmers, Alex McKinnon, Michael Richardson, Jim Fishwick AZ – Grassroots Against the Cuts: Tenaya Alattas, Alice Appel- Rorke, Sophie Gillfeather-Spetere, Melissa Oey BA – Stand! Up for Engineering: Nikhil Mishra, Harry Warnes, Janan Satkunanathan, Jay Snguanwongchal, Archuthasingam Abayasingam, Shivanth Sanmuganathan, Alex Sheiban, Sharan Gopal, Shariar Hussain, William de Farranti

BS – Stand Up! for Faith: Lewis Jackson, Jordan Welsh

BU – No Parking Fines: Lesi Du

BW – Grassroots for Green Campus: Amelie Van der Stock, Phoebe O’Leary, Eloise Taylor, Sally Stuart, Stephanie Clark, Miriam Jones, Grame Corbett, Amelia Baker, Aimee Bull-McMahon, Elyse Weatherby BX – Stop Gina Rinehart: Connie Ye BY – Stand Up! for History: Robby Magyar, Katren Rogers, William Read, Sophia Bakopanos, Steph Russell, Sarah Armstrong, Andrew Passarello BZ – Pokemon Liberation Front: Evan Gray

BB – The Voice: Peter Gregory, Isabella Edinger-Reeve, Kurtis Lamond, Edward

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Instructions for Voters The first thing to get your head around is that at this election there will be four separate ballots: •

SRC President

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Honi Soit Editors

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33 SRC Representatives

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7 Delegates to the National Union of Students.

Candidates who achieve over a quota are able to pass on their surplus votes to other candidates in the same ratio as expressed by the next preferences of that candidate’s supporters. This process continues until all candidates with over a quota have had their preferences distributed. At this point the candidate with the lowest vote is excluded from the ballot and his/her preferences are distributed to the continuing candidates according to the voter’s next preference. This continues until sufficient candidates are elected to fill all the positions available.

The ballots for SRC President and Honi Soit Editors are for single positions and the ballot will be counted using optional preferential voting. This is the method of voting used to elect Members of the NSW Legislative Assembly (lower house).

For the SRC Representatives and NUS Delegates, voters have the choice of voting:

It is a system of voting in which the voter ranks candidates in order of their preference. If a candidate achieves over 50% of the vote then they are elected. If not, then the candidate with the fewest votes is excluded and the second preferences of that candidate, if any, are then distributed amongst the remaining candidates. This process is continued until one candidate has over 50% of the vote or there are only two candidates left in which case the candidate with the larger vote is declared the winner. The 33 SRC Representatives and the 7 Delegates to the National Union of Students are elected by proportional representation. The system used for SRC elections is similar to the method used to elect the Members of the NSW Legislative Council (upper house). The rules for counting the proportional representation ballots are set out in Schedule Two of the SRC Constitution.

EITHER for a group by placing the number “1” left of the line in the square next to the name of the group you wish to vote for. You may indicate further preferences by placing the number 2,3 and so on for other groups. OR individually for candidates by placing the number “1” right of the line in the square next to the name of the candidate you wish to vote for. You may indicate further preferences by placing the numbers 2,3 and so on next to the names of other candidates. If you vote both left and right of the line, only the right hand side will be counted. So, the important things to remember are: • Vote only one side of the vertical line: left side for a group ticket OR, right side for individual candidates.

In these elections candidates are elected not when they reach a majority but when they reach a quota.

• Place as many or as few number as you like.

A quota is determined by the formula:

• Place your numbers in consecutive order, from 1 (for your favourite candidate or group), 2 (for your second favourite candidate or group), 3 and so on.

Total Formal Vote

• DO NOT use the same number more than once.

Quota = --------------------------------- +1 (disregard any fractions)

• Use numbers, not ticks and crosses.

Paulene Graham

Candidates to be elected + 1

Electoral Officer For SRC representatives the quota will be approximately 2.95% and for NUS delegates 12.5%

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SRC Electoral Regulations 2. The Annual Elections and any By-Elections for any of the above-mentioned positions shall be conducted under the personal supervision of the Electoral Officer, and, if he or she deems necessary, of Deputies appointed by him or her in writing whether in a general or specific purpose capacity. 3. The Electoral Officer shall ensure the fair and efficient conduct of the elections. The Electoral Officer: (a) shall be appointed by the Council at least forty (40) days before the close of voting in the case of the Annual Elections and at least twenty (20) days in the case of By-Elections. (b) shall not necessarily be employed by the Council, but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the pursuit of the duties of the position of the Electoral Officer provided that these have been carried out with due diligence. (c) (i) shall act in accordance with and apply the provisions of the Constitution and these Regulations as they stood at the time when nominations were called but otherwise shall not act on any direction of the Council or its office-bearers. The Electoral Officer shall not be a member of Council. (ii) with respect to the election of NUS delegates, shall act in accordance with Part Thirteen of these Regulations and with the relevant sections of the NUS Constitution and Regulations. (d) shall table before the next meeting of Council after the declaration of the election, a report on each election he/ she has conducted and any matters dealt with by the ELA as well as a copy of the declaration; (e) shall not be a candidate, nominator or seconder of a candidate; (f) shall not be eligible for election to an executive position after an election he/ she has conducted until the next Annual Elections; (g) shall hold office until paragraph (d) of this section has been fulfilled; (h) may submit observations to be included in future Electoral Officers’ handbooks; (i) shall be responsible for securing a location at which to conduct the count. (j) shall designate polling days, on which polling booths shall be open at locations in accordance with s.15 below; and shall designate pre-poll voting days on which votes may be cast at a location notified by the Electoral Officer. 9. (a) For Annual Elections, the Electoral Officer shall edit and supervise the layout by the current editors of a Special Election Issue of Honi Soit to be distributed to the Student Body not later than nine days prior to the opening to the ballot, and which shall contain: (i)where submitted, a bona fide photograph of each candidate (not altered since the time it was taken), curriculum vitae and policy statement (ii)an explanation of the ordinary preferential and quota-preferential proportional representation voting systems (iii) sections of the Regulations as specified in this Part (iv) polling places and times. It may also contain paid advertisements not related to the elections. It shall not contain: (i)artwork which in any way comments favourably or unfavourably upon any candidate or group of candidates or which ridicules the election process (ii)editorial comment on the merits of candidates or issues. (b) At a reasonable time determined by the Electoral Officer, and with proper supervision, candidates may inspect all final copy before despatch to the printers. (c) The Electoral Officer shall ensure

that there is no direct comment on candidates or their policies in relation to the elections and in their capacity as candidates for election in any issue of Honi Soit between the publication of the Special Election Issue and the close of polling. Honi Soit may still contain comments about candidates in relation to other matters. (d) For any election, the order of appearance of candidates in the Election Issue shall be the same as that on the ballot paper. (e) In the case of By-Elections there shall in the last issue of Honi Soit before the election, be a supplement which adheres to the prescriptions set out in this section. (f) For the election issue of Honi Soit the Director of Student Publications elected by Council shall act within her/his duties as prescribed in Part Six section 1. Where the DSP is a candidate in the election, Council shall appoint a DSP to act for the election issue of Honi Soit. 10. Policy statements may be submitted by candidates and groups before the close of nominations as follows: (a) in the case of candidates for the office of President or of Editor(s), they shall not exceed 500 words. (b) in the case of Representatives, they shall not exceed the lesser of the number of candidates nominating in a group multiplied by 200, or 2,000 words. Where candidates are grouped by common consent, a group statement of no more than 750 words may precede statements by individual candidates. The remainder of the word allocation shall be available to the candidates as long as no individual statement exceeds 200 words. (c) Candidates or groups shall specify the number of words claimed to be used either in the group or individual statements. 11.Each candidate for the position of Representative, Honi Soit editor or NUS delegate may submit a curriculum vitae consisting of not more than fifteen items. The curriculum vitae of candidates for the position of President shall not be limited. A curriculum vitae shall consist of information about the candidate in some or all of the following five areas: (i) Students’ Representative Council; (ii) University of Sydney; (iii) University of Sydney Union; (iv) Clubs and Societies; and (v) other interests. 12. (a) The Electoral Officer shall cause to be printed and widely distributed a poster of at least A3 size or larger encouraging the Student Body to vote in the Annual Elections. (altered 11/6/03) (b) This poster shall be of a completely non-political, non-partisan nature. (c) This poster shall also bear the location of polling booths and the times during which they shall remain open. (d) There shall be at least fifty (50) copies of this poster printed and distributed. (e) These posters shall be distributed evenly on notice boards and other suitable locations on campus and at offcampus teaching areas. (f) The Electoral Officer shall produce a similar poster not smaller than 20cm x 30cm for any By-Election and shall cause to be printed a sufficient number to publicise the election. 13. The Electoral Officer may adopt any other reasonable method of acquainting the electors with the policies of the candidates. 14. Voting shall be by secret ballot.

15. (a) )(i) At the Annual Elections or ByElection, voting shall remain open for at least one polling day. (ii) Pre-poll votes for the Annual Election and any By-Election may be cast at times and location(s) designated by the Electoral Officer during the period commencing not before the publication of the election issue of Honi Soit to not later than the day before the first polling day. (b) The Electoral Officer shall determine, within the provisions of the remainder of this regulation, the location and hours of polling booths, subject to the approval of the Executive. Such polling booths shall be established in locations suitable for those eligible to vote in the election and which do not unduly affect the convenience of passers by. (c) (i) A polling booth shall be established at Fisher Library between the hours of 0830 and 1830 on the first day of polling and between 0830 and 1700 on the second day of polling. (ii) A polling booth shall be established at Jane Foss Russell between the hours of 0830 and 1800 on the first day of polling, and between 0830 and 1800 on the second day of polling. (iii) A polling booth shall be established at Manning House between the hours of 1000 and 1600 on both days of polling. (iv) A polling booth shall be established at Cumberland College of Health Sciences between the hours of 1100 and 1500 on both days of polling. (v) Polling booths shall be established at the Conservatorium of Music, Sydney College of the Arts and the Electrical Engineering Building between the hours of 1200 and 1400 on one day of polling. (g) The Electoral Officer shall advertise the hours of opening and location of polling booths, provided that no polling booth shall remain open for a period of less than two (2) hours. 17.(a) The method of voting and counting the ballots shall be by the system of quota preferential proportional representation set out in the Second Schedule of the Constitution, with optional marking of preferences. Voters shall also be given the option of voting ‘above the line’ and preferencing a group or groups in the elections for Representative and NUS Delegate. (b) Voters may vote either above the line or below the line. In the event that a voter has recorded a formal vote both above and below the line, the ballot paper will be treated as though the voter has marked below the line only. 18. (a) If the Electoral Officer deems it necessary, he or she or a person authorised by the Electoral Officer shall initial each ballot paper or stamp it with the prescribed stamp of the SRC. (b) For the purposes of reconciling the numbers of ballot papers with the numbers of students claiming a vote, the Electoral Officer may instruct Polling Booth Attendants to place on the back of each ballot paper issues, a mark identifying the polling place. 22. (a) The Electoral Officer shall appoint Polling Booth Attendants, herein after referred to as PBA’s who shall act under his or her personal supervision from the time when they attend the meeting called by the Electoral Officer to explain the manner in which duties shall be performed. (b) The PBA’s are responsible to the Electoral Officer for the conduct of voting and observance of the Regulations. (c) The Electoral Officer shall ensure that the PBA’s are conversant with their duties and shall issue to each PBA a sheet of instructions. (d) At the polling booth:

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(i) the PBA shall initial each ballot paper which he or she issues, and may also be required to indicate on it the place of issue. (ii) before handing a ballot paper to any voter, the PBA shall, where possible, mark distinctively the voter’s Authority to Attend Classes. (iii) the PBA may make any reasonable enquiry to establish the identity of any person claiming a vote. Where, for any reason, the eligibility of the person is in doubt, the PBA shall place the ballot paper in a sealed envelope, setting out the reasons for uncertainty on the outside, and later convey it to the Electoral Officer. (iv) the PBA shall, at the request of any voter, issue a fresh ballot paper in place of one spoiled by the voter. Having cancelled the spoilt paper by writing “CANCELLED” or “SPOILT” on the back, the PBA shall place the paper in a special envelope provided for that purpose and later convey such envelope(s) to the Electoral Officer. (v) locked ballot boxes shall be provided and be sealed immediately the voting closes; (vi) at the close of voting on any polling day, the PBA shall do with the ballot boxes as ordered by the Electoral Officer, who shall take all necessary measures to assure the security of the votes and the orderliness of all proceedings from that time forth until the declaration of the election. 23. The Electoral Officer shall be responsible for supplying voting facilities as published. Where through misadventure it is not possible to establish facilities exactly as advertised, the Electoral Officer may issue such instructions as would afford those affected an opportunity to cast their vote. 24. Each candidate shall be entitled to have present throughout the counting of the votes up to four (4) scrutineers, nominated in writing to the Electoral Officer. (altered 11/6/03) (b) Once the ballot boxes has been opened, the Electoral Officer shall forthwith cause to be counted the first preferences in each election conducted. Scrutineers may ask to see any ballot papers and may (as elsewhere in this Section) challenge in writing the inclusion or exclusion of any ballot paper but shall not physically handle or interfere with any paper nor cause any undue noise, disturbance or obstruction during the counting of the votes on pain of being excluded from the counting room for persistent contravention (d) The order in which the ballots shall be counted shall be: (i) first, President, then, (ii) Editors of Honi Soit, (iii) Representatives, (iv) Delegates to the National Union of Students. (e) Where in the course of a scrutiny a duplication or omission occurs on a ballot paper before the number opposite the candidate next in the order of the voter’s preference, the paper shall be set aside without further transfer being made.

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Candidates for PRESIDENT of the 85th SRC

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Freya Bundey Political Economy, Arts

Their surplus could save every single staff member. The Vice Chancellor Michael Spence was just paid a $167 000 bonus, which contributes to his million-dollar pay packet!  The drive for profit has driven money away from staff and many smaller departments, and into those areas that attract private funding. Decades cuts lie behind this sorry state of affairs – but the government won’t follow the recommendation of its own Bradley Review and increase base funding by 10%. Raising the corporate tax rate by just 1% could fund free education, yet the government is instead cutting corporate tax. Students have to pay more, yet receive less staff, less course options and less support.

Georgia Lowe, Arts

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Eliot Hoving, Arts Daisy Farnham, Arts Caitlin Doyle-Markwick, Arts

A BETTER UNIVERSITY IS POSSIBLE

Policy Statement VOTE 1 STOP THE CUTS VOTE 1 FREYA for President EDUCATION NOT FOR PROFIT A BETTER UNIVERSITY IS POSSIBLE WE NEED A FIGHTING SRC STOP THE JOB CUTS – we need more lecturers, not less! NO MORE COURSE CUTS – diversity, not mainstreaming! SAVE THE KOORI CENTRE – Indigenous students deserve support! OUT WITH SPENCE – management must be accountable! FUND OUR EDUCATION – education is a right, not a business! THEY SAY CUT BACK – WE SAY FIGHT BACK Last semester I was one of thousands of students active in a fight against job and budget. It was the biggest campaign this campus has seen in years. We held open meetings, petitioned the campus, passed motions in lecture theatres, organised mass rallies, speakouts, sit-ins, walkouts and pickets. The campaign saved 47 academic jobs and the Refugee Language Program. We need to ramp up the pressure, demand more federal funding for education and show that the student body will not put up with further cuts. Right now the Koori Centre is being disbanded, biology courses are being cut, and 190 general staff still stand to lose their jobs. We need a fighting SRC with a fighting president – one who will lead future struggles, and not be afraid to speak out against management decisions or government policy. EDUCATION NOT FOR PROFIT Higher education is being driven by the dollar sign. Even while Sydney Uni sits in surplus, hundreds of staff were threatened with redundancy to fund new building projects including a swimming pool and grandstand. With record enrolments at nearly 50 000, the University needs more staff. Management refused to postpone building works instead of cutting jobs.

When thousands of students voted in over 70 lectures against the cuts, we sent a clear message that we reject the logic behind these cuts, and that the opinions of staff and students should trump those of an out-of-touch and overpaid management. We need to build on the momentum of last-semester’s fight-back. WE NEED A FIGHTING SRC When news of the job cuts leaked out last year, the SRC dragged its feet. When University management turns against the interest of students, a student-controlled union is vital. We can strengthen our union by making sure we have student representatives, and a student president, who are serious about defending our education, who are ready to lead the fight against further cuts, who are willing to stand up to management: We need a Fighting SRC! THEY SAY CUT BACK – WE SAY FIGHT BACK!

Curriculum Vitae • Active member of the Education Action Group, formed in 2012 to campaign against university staff and budget cuts. In this campaign, I initiated a petition, contributed to EAG bulletins, Honi Soit and the Sydney Morning Herald, formulated and organised a student motion that was passed in 70 lecture halls of students, chaired forums, organised speak-outs, rallies, sit-ins and blockades and led a student occupation of the Dean of Arts office to deliver a ‘stop the cuts’ ultimatum.   • SRC Councillor 2012 • Active member of Anti-Racism Collective and Refugee Action Coalition • Active member of Solidarity • Honours student in political economy

Nominators Maddie Davey, Arts

Policy Statement Vote 1 DAVID for President Vote 1 STAND UP! for SRC Vote 1 STAND UP! for NUS STAND UP FOR YOUR SRC VOTE 1 FOR AN SRC THAT STANDS UP FOR YOU In 2012 the STAND UP! team has already had wins with 24 hr study spaces around the university, wireless upgrades and a fairer special consideration and plagiarism policy. Through working with the National Union of Students, we succeeded in having the age of independence for Youth Allowance reduced from 25 to 22 and stopped the government from reducing base funding to universities. We have continued to STAND UP! all year for a national travel concession card, against illegal ancillary course fees and worked with the university to ensure that its new student housing project will be affordable and highquality. This year, as Education Officer, I have organised the fight against staff and course cuts. I set up the Education Action Group – the organisation which has put together all the great rallies, the referendum, the petition drives, the occupations, and all those other actions which have forced the university Senate to back down and saved the jobs of nearly 100 staff. We need to continue to STAND UP! to the university and the government if we want real results. I believe education is a right, not a privilege. I believe all students should have a free, fair and funded education – this means I will be an activist and campaigning President, with experience in STANDING UP! for you. STAND UP! for Fair Education

Laura Hopkins, Science

If elected one of my first priorities will be to STAND UP! against plans to cut Honours in the faculties of Arts and Science an independent research project makes an education at Sydney University world class, and we need to fight against proposals to dumb down

Erima Dall, Arts Bjorn Wallin, Arts Imogen Szumer, Arts/Law Danny Hardiman, Arts

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Sam Farrell our undergraduate degrees.

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We need to STAND UP! for the books in Fisher Library, STAND UP! for a fair allocation of the Student Services and Amenities Fee and STAND UP! for subject and course diversity. If Abbott comes to power next year, he has flagged the deregulation (i.e. uncapping) of student fees. This means universities will be allowed to charge as much as they want for degrees, with market-level interest rates under a planned privatization of HECS.

Policy Statement I’m running for SRC because I have a plan for PASSIONATE, EFFECTIVE and DIVERSE representation for all students on this campus. I want to create a more effective advocacy organisation that all students trust to be their VOICE to the University. I know that the SRC is capable of working with the University to deliver tangible benefits for all students in terms of a higher quality education in the classroom and out of it. MAKE VOICE HEARD! Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!

Curriculum Vitae

MAKE VOICE HEARD FOR:

• Leadership courses completed: Completed a 2 month intense leadership program during December 06/January 07 • Other extra Curricular Activities • Soccer • Tennis • Public speaking/debating

Nominators Phoebe Drake, Arts Annabel Osborn, Arts/Law Max Kiefel, Arts John Harding-Easson, Arts Radhini Sappany, Arts/Law Daniel Cohn, Business Annabelle King, Health Sciences Dylan Parker, Arts Tom Raue, Arts Kira Spucys-Tahar, Arts

A Clear VOICE for Quality Education Your SRC is your only avenue to voice concerns to all levels of University bureaucracy, on all major University committees and to the Government - a responsibility I take incredibly seriously. Your expectations of a high quality, flexible and affordable education deserve to be met. You deserve experienced advocates who will be your VOICE to:

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Too many students don’t feel represented by their SRC. I will build a representative organisation that is open and transparent, communicating clearly with all facets of the University community. I’ll be an effective VOICE through:

• Member, SUDS 2012

• Tutor, St Paul’s College 2011  • Australian National Karate Champion 2009

Nominators Karen Chau, Business Tim Matthews, Arts/Law

Michael Stocks, Commerce

Students have concerns outside the classroom, and are right to demand that their SRC does more for them.. I will work with the University to place student welfare and the student experience first in decision-making. I’ll be your VOICE for:

• International student-specific casework services: accommodation; visas; concession travel cards  • Student housing: establish connections between the NSW Government, University and SRC to coordinate housing and rental assistance   • A safer campus: increased late night shuttle bus services; install panic buttons

Curriculum Vitae

• Eliminate ancillary course costs: establish a University regulatory committee, prioritising compliance in course design

• Creative Director, College Revue 2011

A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare

• Get the most out of your subjects: Peer-Assisted Study Sessions in every faculty; more 24 hour learning-hubs

• Increased affordability of subjects: a secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks

• Cast, Law Revue 2011

Udit Pillay, Arts

MAKE VOICE HEARD!

• Student-centered University administration: flexibility in timetable scheduling; a University Help line for out-of-hours assistance

• Volunteer, Neighbourhood Watch Association 2012

• Ensure better representation for satellite campuses: expand the SRC’s Legal Service; increase SRC President consultations; work more closely with satellite student organisations

Prioritise working with the University to increase the quality of education: decreased class sizes; stop course cuts; publish the results of Unit of Study evaluations.

• Bring the University into the 21st century: a University-wide policy on lecture recording; improve WiFi

• Member, Ancient History Society (Gaius Gracchus) 2012

Better on-campus mental health support: collaborate with organisations, including the AMA and Headspace, establishing a Director of Mental Health Strategy and Services

Vote [1] VOICE for SRC!

SHOUT FOR NUS

• Previous Political Activities: Political Officer of the Australasian Union of Jewish Students at USYD 07

• An Effective VOICE for Diverse Representation

• Support for SRC Departments and Campaigns: spend YOUR money on YOUR campus; collaboration between Collectives; bring back Growing Strong (Womens’ Publication)

STAND UP! for Student Rights

I will also prioritise safety on campus: we need better lighting around the university, improved security distribution and a free call service for students in distress. The security shuttle bus should drop off students who live in Redfern and Chippendale.

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Open the doors: transparent Council meetings and decisions, regular officebearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app

We need to work with the National Union of Students to STAND UP! to Abbott if we want a fair and funded education that doesn’t cripple us with HECS debt.

Education must be accessible to students from all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. Financial limitations should not affect what you study at university: this means that Summer and Winter School HECS places should be commonwealth-supported, student placements subsidised and rental bursaries made available to all students living out of home.

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• Education Officer, Students’ Representative Council 2012  • Counter Course Handbook Editor, 2012  • Councillor, Students’ Representative Council 2012  • Vice President, United Nations Youth NSW 2012  • National Facilitator, United Nations Youth NSW 2011-2012  • Director, Law Revue 2012  • Member, SHADES 2012  • Member, Sydney Arts’ Students’ Society 2012  • Member, Sydney Law Students’

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Eleanor Gordon-Smith, Arts Sam Pearson, Science Sarah Segal, Arts

Alex Hanbury-Brown, Engineering Christina White, Arts/Law Margaret Zhang, Commerce/Law

Candidates for PRESIDENT of the 85th SRC

Ian Chan BIGS/LLB IV

Nathan Li, Arts/Law Daniel Pandeleos, Arts Sam Chen, Arts Ian Hemming, Science Alice Li, Arts/Law Paco Leung, Arts Yunsi Feng, Arts/Law Xinwei Huang, Engineering Sebe Lee, Science Eleanor Tan, Science/Arts

Policy Statement Many candidates make many promises. I will make one promise that I can fulfill. I promise not to pester you with flyers, lecture bashes and other activities that may cause undue annoyance during the election campaign period! So please vote for me -- Independent Ian!

Curriculum Vitae • President, Chocolate Society (Chocsoc), 2010-11  • Secretary, Chinese Law Students Society (CLSS), 2011-Present  • Councillor, 84th Student Representative Council - Member of SRC Standing Legal Committee, 2012  • Secretary, Teochew Association (TCA), 2010-11 • General Executive, Tea Society (Teasoc), 2010-12 • SULS International Students Subcommittee, 2010, 2011 • Social Director, Australian-Chinese Cultural Appreciation Society (Chopsticks), 2010 • Publicity Director, Vietnamese Students Association (VSA), 2010 • Member of various other USU clubs and societies • Mentor, Arts Faculty Mentoring Program, 2010, 2011, 2012 • Mentor, Law School Mentoring Program, 2011, 2012  • University of Sydney Delegate to AMUNC, 2010 • USyd Open Day Volunteer, 2009, 2010 • Recipient of the Australian Student Prize, 2008 • Student Ambassador for the University of Sydney • Popularly known as ‘Durian’ (the spiky, smelly fruit!) and hangs around Wentworth Level 4 :)

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JAM Policy statement   Creating the perfect student paper is about mixing together everything vibrant and exciting at university. Honi Soit should be a treat you savour in the morning before a lecture. It should be something to keep you satisfied on the bus home at night. JAM can make that happen. JAM with your Honi will be messy in all the best ways. JAM: Packed with FLAVOUR

find that perfect lead and do what it takes to make it stick! For a sweeter paper, with flavour, bite, and colour:

JAM: For added BITE We want Honi to investigate – no holds barred – campus issues from the staff cuts to why Manning Bar suddenly sucks. We’ll be culture JAMmers. But while our stories have bite we’ve got a sweet tooth for comedy. JAM will be clever and satirical. Witty and never saccharine. Good humour runs in the food family. We’ll be your on-campus Onion. Tired of paper jams? A dynamic Honi Soit means more than just shaking up what’s on the pages. We’ll change the way you read it. Our website will bring you exclusive content, recorded interviews, and podcasts. The JAM tech team will give you an Honi app and an outlandishly dressed poster-boy to boot. JAM is thinking about the future of student news: all silver and shiny and shooting lasers out of its eyes. JAM: Full of COLOUR Honi shouldn’t be fifty shades of grey. JAM will make your paper black, white and RED all over. And blue. And yellow. And a dash of fuchsia. Honi deserves to be vibrant. It deserves full colour. JAM for more colour pages. That means colourful writing too. Write with the flair we know you have, and we’ll publish it. We want imaginative students writing anything about everything. We’ll provide more avenues for contribution so we can deliver a wider range of content. Because JAM isn’t just independent, it’s co-dependent. We love writing, but what we love more is new people writing for us. We want our reporters to JAM with the right crowd. So we’ll give y’all some sugar: free beer, story awards, training sessions, web profiles. We’ll help you

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Curriculum Vitae • BULL Magazine Contributor, 2010   • Honi Soit Reporter, 2011-2012   • Education Action Group Member, 2012

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• Subcommittee Member, Fred Hollows Society, 2011

Rafi Alam International & Global Studies III

• Inner West Independent Staff Writer, 2012   • City Hub Staff Writer, 2012

JAM wants Honi to be for students again. We want it to be a hub of creativity. We want to cover your bands, and upload your music to our website. We want the week’s freshest jams online. We want full page spreads for your comics, photography, fashion, and art. JAM will feature the latest news with absolutely no preservatives. We’ll have a more varied puzzle section to help you ignore those readings while you look for that fucking nine letter word. JAM will spoil you. And because we want every student to write for us, we’ll bring Honi to every student. We want JAM spread all over Sydney Uni’s campuses. We’ll take your paper from Camperdown to Cumberland, from the Conservatorium to the College of the Arts. We’ll take Honi all over the damn place.

Hannah Ryan Arts/Law V

• Once had his bedroom filled to the roof with three months worth of unwrapped Sydney Morning Heralds   • Bondi View Reporter, 2012   • City News Reporter, 2012

Curriculum Vitae • Honi Soit Reporter, 2011-2012   • Publicity Coordinator, Sydney Uni Young Vinnies, 2009   • Striker with Sydney Uni’s Soccer Club, 2008-2012. Strike rate: 0

Curriculum Vitae • SRC Director of Student Publications, 2012   • SRC Welfare Officer, 2012 - Editor of upcoming Welfare Survival Handbook; Semester One • Distributor of breakfast and jam

• Member of the now-defunct USU Student Programs and Activities Committee, 2009

• First Honi Soit Reporter to report on Sydney University’s staff cuts   • First Honi Soit Reporter to try to use being the ‘First Honi Soit Reporter’ to do something as a C.V. point   • Not Adam Chalmers, 1990-present

Nina Ubaldi Arts/Law IV

• Winner of 2009 EHM Nolan Prize for Writing History. Will not be writing any history for Honi   • Ex-door bitch at Manning and Hermann’s   • SULS Judging Coordinator, 2011

• Honi Soit Reporter, 2012   • Media & Publicity Officer, Politics Society, 2011-2012   • Publicity Officer, Feminist Society, 2012

• Contributor, Dissent, 2012   • Sydney Morning Herald Heckler, 2007   • Won second prize in a beauty contest; collected $10

• Designer, ARNA Literary Journal, 2012

• Reviewer for History in the Making Journal, 2012

• Associated Editor (Features), The Sydney Globalist, 2012

• SURG FM Presenter, 2010-2011

• Founder of many controversial blogs; subsequently received hate mail from a professor in Sudan and a cleric in Mexico, 2012   • Foreign experience! Got an article rejected by The Sydney Globalist, later published by The Oxford Globalist, 2012; wrote articles for Epigram (Bristol), 2011

• Audience member of Q&A when John Howard was hit with a shoe, 2010   • Honi WAG, 2010   • Overly competitive Bananagrams player

Max Chalmers Arts III

• Once called a “legend” by SMH journalist Nina Funnell   • Has used a pun in every essay title at university, 2010-2012   • Was published in Young Writers Showcase for HSC English Extension 2 despite not following my teacher’s directions to “call it Caste, Class, and Curry”, 2009   • SURG FM Presenter for ‘Original Soundtrack’ aka ‘The Rafi and Bryant Show,’ 2012   • Not a hack, 2010

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Curriculum Vitae • Honi Soit Contributor, 2010-2011   • Member, Captain Planet Appreciation Society, 2009   • Honi Soit Cartoonist, 2012   • Opinion contributor, Sydney Morning Herald, 2008   • Token Debater (Master Level), 2012   • Schools Officer, Debates Committee, 2009-2010   Food Officer, Australian Women’s Debating Championships, 2010   • Winner of ‘Annual Christopher Hitchens Memorial Award for Women who are as Funny as Oesophagal Cancer’, 2012   • SURG Presenter, 2010-2011   • Hater of Marmalade, 1990-2012    • Prize for ‘A person somewhat likely to be good at editing a student paper, like Honi Soit’, 2011

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Lucy Watson Arts (Media & Communications) IV

• Vice President, Literary Society, 2012   • Editor (Creative Writing), ARNA Literary Journal, 2012   • Editor (Poetry), ARNA Literary Journal, 2011   • Rescued entire family from the burning wreckage of a Soviet bunker

unhappily refrained from spitting in it, 2011

Curriculum Vitae

• First in under 8s, Tap Dancing Recital, 2000

• BULL Magazine Contributor, 2012

Mason McCann Arts III

• SURG FM Presenter for ‘Original Soundtrack’ or ‘The Bryant and Rafi Show,’ 2012

• Too studious in first year to have any relevant achievements before 2012

• McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Contributor

• Reluctant Tweeter

• Spent too much time on the Law Lawns: technically a lawyer

• Publicity Officer, SHADES, 2012   • Events Officer and aspiring Jammer, Roller Derby Society, 2012   • Queer Revue cast member, 2012   • SURG Presenter as co-host of Golden Gaytime, a queer talk show, 2012

• Aspiring Paul Krugman

• Contributor, ARNA, 2011

• Has learnt to love Merewether

• Understands postmodern art, sometimes

• Whiter than Mason

• Serial documentary watcher and champion of inane trivia

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Avani Dias Socio-Legal Studies III Curriculum Vitae

• BULL Magazine Contributor, 2012   • Ironic Tattoo Model, BULL Magazine, 2012   • Winner: Whitest Person award, 1991-present

• Reporter/producer/intern, TBS eFM in Korea, 2012.

• Community Liaison Officer, Political Economy Society, 2012

• 2SER broadcaster, 2010

• Editor and Contributor, Conspicuous Assumption Annual Journal, 2012

• Wrote a speech about bogans, received standing ovation, 2006

• Writer of Awful Advice, Post-ModernFamily dot tumblr dot com

• Cheerleader for the Sydney Roller Derby League – proficient in The Worm, 2012

• Escapee, Plato’s Cave   • College Agitator & Outraged Arts Student, 2010-Present

• Compositional analyst Instagram  Self hating masochist (pure maths major)

Bryant Apolonio Arts/Law III

• Violently Hungover Interviewee, Sun Herald, 2012   • Presenter/Producer/Gigs Coordinator, FBi Radio 2011-2012   • Honi Soit Contributor, 2012   • Women’s Honi Soit Editor/ Contributor, 2011-2012   • BULL Magazine Contributor, 2012   • Runs USYD commentary blog ‘Things My Pretentious Friends Say’, 2010-2012   • Aforementioned blog quoted in Australian Financial Review; ambiguous connection to finance

• Researching Honours thesis on Neoliberalism, 2011-2012   • Doesn’t pronounce the ‘H’ at the beginning of any words out of love for Honi Soit   • Subsequently has difficulty telling others he “hates their work”

Nick Rowbotham Economics II

• SRC Women’s Officer, 2011

• Honi Soit Illustrator and ‘topical comic guy’, 2012

Honi Soit Contributor, 2012 Women’s Honi Soit Contributor, 2012 BULL Magazine Contributor, 2012 Contributor, ARNA Literary Journal, 2012 Vice-President, Spanish and Latin American Society, 2012 Token “she doesn’t even go here” Education and Social Work Revue cast member, 2012 Grievance Officer, Feminist Society, 2012 Used to vault over things and blog about it on girlparkour.com

• Copy Girl, Lateline/7:30/ABC News, 2010-2012

Founder/Editor, The Poetry Grotto, 2012

• Bought seafood, Thai noodles for Tony Jones, wasn’t allowed to keep the change, 2012

Designed online food ordering system for school canteen (legit), 2008

• Contributor, FBi Flog, 2011–2012   • Honi Soit Reporter, 2011-2012

Curriculum Vitae

Gould’s enthusiast

• SRC Welfare Officer, 2011

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Mariana Podesta-Diverio Arts II

• Honi Soit Reporter, 2012

• General on campus lesbian, 2009-present

• Winner of the prestigious Least Ridiculously Ethnic Name award, 1989-present

• Director, SUDS’ ‘The Glass Menagerie’, 2012

• Quite possibly sold you your ACCESS card, 2012

• BULL Magazine Contributor, 2011

• Honi Soit Reporter, 2012

• Producer, SUDS’ ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, 2012

• Almost sued for ‘defaming’ a notable campus cafe in first ever Honi piece, 2012

• Watched every movie with Bill Murray in it, 2010-12

Curriculum Vitae

• Honi Soit Reporter, 2012

Critically analytical serial commenter on theconversation.edu.au Front of House at New Theatre

• SURG FM Presenter, 2010-2011

Balmain soccer goalie and half-time orange eater, 2006-7

• Skyped Grimes, 2012   • Made tea for Tony Abbott and

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BEAT Policy statement Hi. We’re BEAT for Honi, and we’d like to bend your ear for a sec.

Eleanor Gordon-Smith Arts III, Philosophy and Government

Curriculum Vitae Adam Chalmers has been an Honi reporter for two years now. He’s broken the biggest campus news of the last 12 months – the Uni-USU takeover, police brutality at the anti-staff-cuts campaign, the approval of LifeChoice – usually in real-time online. He’s spoken on radio across the country about Sydney University’s biggest news stories. He’s even benchpressed a camel. Some people say that’s not true. But they’re probably racists or something. You wouldn’t want to agree with a racist, would you?

BEAT is more than just a catchy name and ten mildly- to moderately-attractive people. The BEAT is the secret that turns this uni from glorified degree factory into glorious dream-factory. The BEAT is people discovering the passion or talent or drive they never knew they had. The BEAT is why Theatresports and SHADES parties and SUDS plays are so damn good. The BEAT is why students fight for their Union and Manning and their lecturers. The BEAT is why people give up their weekends and their grade average to run obscure societies about Rubix cubes and Jane Eyre and Ultimate Frisbee. The BEAT is the heart of this uni. But the BEAT is hard to find for a lot of people. It’s tough to come by if you’re shy or a bit kooky, and it’s not in sardine-packed tute rooms. That’s why we’re BEAT for Honi – we’ve directed Revues, got up on stage at Theatresports and Project 52, lead clubs and societies and written all over the place, and now we want to make Honi the heart of uni life. So how are we gonna do that? First up, BEAT will bring QUALITY WRITING that makes a difference. We’ll work with the best writers on campus to bring you news you want to read. Our team will find stories from all over campus - from the Quad to Engineering to the Con, SCA and beyond. We stand for fair, objective journalism that follows the truth no matter where it leads. You should be able to trust what Honi says, which is why we’ll draw up an Honi Code of Ethics, make it public and stick to it. Secondly, BEAT wants to PUT THE “STUDENT” BACK IN “STUDENT NEWSPAPER”. We’re not the Sydney Morning Herald, and we shouldn’t try to be. You should feel Honi is relevant to you as a student, which is why we’ll have less obscure Queensland politics and more staff cuts, societies and student life. We’ll show you parts of your uni you never knew existed. When we cover the big stories, they’ll be written by students, for students, so you know you’re getting opinions and coverage you couldn’t get anywhere else. Third, BEAT has a sense of HUMOUR. Honi shouldn’t be dry and boring – it should be hilarious. Even the weighty stuff should be funny and interesting to read, which is why we’ll keep you informed on Big Important Things without sounding like Kevin Rudd with the flu. We’ll bring back a dedicated humour section with Garter-style satire, and we’ll recruit the best comedy talent across campus so you literally laugh yourself to death. And yes, we know what “literally” means.

Alex McKinnon Arts III, Government and International Relations

• Director of Science Revue 2012 • Honi reporter, Bull writer, editor of C&S best publication 2011 • Overenthusiastic twitter user • Revues, MUSE and SURCAS performer, interfaith panelist

Curriculum Vitae

• Lied about the camel thing

Eleanor Gordon-Smith is small but highly concentrated. She is a debater & serial editor, a musician too, infrequently, and a gin-drinker too frequently. She has written for almost all campus publications and writes onrequest for Proper Grown Up Papers And Things. Some have speculated that the particle trail they called the Higgs boson was just Eleanor on a walk, while others point out that she and Banksy have never been seen in a room together. That’s all anyone’s saying. She once ate a scorpion. And liked it.

Lane Sainty Arts II, Media and Communications

• SASS 2012 Publications Director. This consists of hosting book clubs, MCing poetry slams and writing hilarious newsletters.

• Contributor for the SMH, the drum, 2GB, honi soit, the bull  • USU Junkie: Tuesday Talks Convenor, competitions officer of USU Debates, ARNA co-editor-in-chief, SASS director of publications

• Prolific campus fixie rider

Adam Chalmers Engineering III, IT/Arts, Computer Science and Philosophy

This photo of Alex McKinnon was taken seconds before an implant in his brain stem was activated by [REDACTED]. He killed the photographer and four others, went off the grid, and was last seen guarding an armed convoy bearing munitions to the FARC rebels in Columbia. His whereabouts are currently unknown. You should vote for him! He’ll know if you don’t. • The Lord of Editing: edited BULL last year, Globe (also last year) and ARNA twice in two years. Needs to go outside more.

• Fourth best debater in the world 2010, best public speaker in Australia 2009

• Newsroom assistant and serial intern: ABC’s Lateline, John Bevins advertising, The Sydney Institute

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Curriculum Vitae Lane Sainty’s favourite things to do include writing about obscure animals, obsessively following Facebook fights and dreaming of the day she can compete in the Extreme Ironing World Championships. Her taste in music has been described as ‘unique’, ‘the worst on campus’ and ‘Good times, great classic hits: 101.7 WSFM’. Lane is also a tad accident prone, and has rolled a car, been hit by a car and ruined a car’s engine on three separate occasions. Somehow, she has never broken a bone and still has her license. Watch out.

• Head Writer of Jew Revue 2012. Is not Jewish in any remotely conceivable way. Does not know how that happened either. • SURG radio presenter, 2012. Is deeply frightened. • Juggled a cactus with his face.

Margaret Zhang Law/Commerce II, Finance and Marketting

• Queer Honi editor 2011, contributor to Honi Soit, Succeed at Uni, The Wesleyan • SURG FM host 2011 and 2012 • Shades VP 2012, Shades Publicity Officer 2011 • Marketing Intern at Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 2012 • Plays roller derby under the moniker ‘Julia Killard’

Curriculum Vitae Margaret takes photos of what she’s wearing, what other people are wearing,

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and what the people who made what she’s wearing are wearing, and writes about how great all of the above are at Shine By Three. She spends more time online than Julian Assange and more money on clothes than food. Margaret enjoys the impractical things in life: heeled sneakers, lining up at Taste, liquid eyeliner, finding a seat in the Law Library and running long distances for kicks and great causes.

Lovelle DSouza Arts III, Economics/Law

He decided to ally himself with the Beat ticket for their violent undertones. People that inspire Lawrence include Berlusconi, Gina Rinehart and Michael Spence. In his spare time, he enjoys reading Nietzsche and Machiavelli, devouring children and kicking small animals. • BULL Editor, 2012 • USU Interfaith Director, 2012

• Shine By Three fashion blogger and founder

• Chairperson, Blacktown Youth Advisory Subcommittee, 2011-2012

• Audio/Visual Director 2012 Sydney University Law Revue

• Youth Mental Health Ambassador, Headspace Mt Druitt, 2011-2012

• SULS 2012 Campus Committee

• Keeper, Slytherin Quidditch Team, 2010-2011

• 2012 Mercedes Benz Australia Fashion Contributor • Life was meaningless when Instagram went down last month (@margaret__ zhang)

Jim Fishwick Arts III, English/Linguistics

Curriculum Vitae Lovelle D’Souza was discovered by Spanish conquistadors in 1548, deep in the Peruvian jungle. Marvelling at her strange beauty, the conquistadors boxed her up and put her on a galleon bound for Spain, to be given as a gift to King Charles I. The ship never arrived. Years later she got bored and ran for Honi. The rest is history.

Tara Waniganayaka Arts (Media and Communications)/Law, II, Political Economy

• International Officer of Training and Development and Sydney University Consulting Director, 180 Degrees Consulting

Michael is thirty-four years old, but his age does not change. He is wanted for double-murder – not two murders, just one especially naughty murder. An elephant owes Michael a debt it could never repay, and he’s totally cool with it. His top five fears are list jokes. In the land of the blind, ghosts aren’t scary.

• USU Campus Culture Director 2012 • Honi Soit Editor 2011

• Uni Games Bronze Medallist in Teams Racing 2011, and Silver in the NSW Teams Racing Championships 2012, representing the Sydney University Sailing Club and race report writer for the Club website for both events.

Self-confessed Jim Fishwick has been at USyd since the sorry age of six. He is one of the resident crossword constructors for Honi, a performer in several places on campus, and is now more machine than man. He likes elaborate hats, hot jazz, and New York Baked Cheesecake. He hates hate, the word ‘puce’, and writing in the third person. This whole paragraph is an anagram of itself.

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• Sold short stories to Voiceworks, The Line, and elsewhere. created & edited pulp fiction magazine twice

• Hermes Contributer 2011

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Michael Richardson Arts III, Chinese/Ancient Greek

• Youngest-ever member of the Sydney Heritage Fleet • Seriously fast walker. The gauntlet has been thrown down.

Lawrence Muskitta Arts III

• Contributor or participant: ARNA, Hermes, BULL, arts revue, science revue, theatresports, Project 52, MUSE shows, SUDS  shows

Curriculum Vitae Tara Wani... Wannana... Waniigigagaga... is a second year Media/ Law student.

• Programmed a 13000 word text adventure for someone’s christmas present.

She is fascinated by the scope and possibilities of international trade (shopping on ASOS), US politics (Bill Clinton’s a bit of a silver fox) and humanitarian food aid (scavenges off her friends Manning chips). Strangely, she does not like pina coladas or getting caught in the rain. Pina coladas are high in saturated fat and pneumonia really just isn’t fun.

• Honi Cruciverbalist, 2011-present

• Sports editor of and contributor to The Amerigo 2012

• President, Ukulele Society, 2012-present

• Editorial intern at Your Money Magazine 2011, publications intern at Rotary 2011

• Performer, Manning Theatresports & Project 52, 2010-present

• SURG FM host 2011

• Director, Harry Potter Trivia, 2011 Verge Festival

• Active member of SUUNS (read: model UN junkie) 2011, 2012

• Recipient of the Jules Verne Time Travel Fellowship, 1878

• Tennis Coach: Makes four year olds do push ups

Curriculum Vitae Lawrence is one nasty piece of work. An exiled North African dictator, he is now attempting to rebuild his malevolent empire here in Australia, starting with a militant takeover of its oldest student newspaper, Honi Soit.

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Candidates for delegates to the NATIONAL UNION of STUDENTS

Stand Up! for Fair Education! Policy statement Vote 1 DAVID for President  Vote 1 STAND UP! For SRC

Phoebe Drake Arts/Media and Comm

Vote 1 STAND UP! for Fair Education for NUS

• USyd ALP Club General Executive

• 2011:  Save Political Economy! campaigner

Max Kiefel Arts

• National Union of Students National Day of Action organiser   • Community and Public Sector Union member

Universities around the country are seeing some of the most drastic changes in recent memory: changes which have seen our HECS debt reaching record levels, class sizes massively overcrowded, and academic independence disappear. If we want to stop the current downward slide, we need a strong National Union of Students that will STAND UP for fair education. We need a National Union of Students that will STAND UP for an increase in higher education funding. The Base Funding Review last year recommended that the government increase its funding of universities by at least 10% in order to maintain a minimum standard of quality education – we need a fighting and campaigning National Union to keep the federal government to account and demand a fully and fairly funded university system.    We need a National Union of Students that will STAND UP for equity of access to education. If we want to make sure students can study without being hampered by an adverse socioeconomic or cultural background, then the government needs to introduce a fairer income support system. All students living out of home should be eligible for rental and income support through Youth Allowance, Austudy or Abstudy. Last year the National Union of Students and the STAND UP team won a decrease to age of independence from 25-22, but there’s still more to do. We need the National Union of Students to STAND UP for a fairer and more accessible income support system.

• Students’ Representative Council member   • Political Economy Society member   • AUJS member   • SASS member   • Labor Club member

Annabel Osborn Arts/Law Curriculum Vitae • 2012

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• President, Sydney University SRC

• 2012

• SRC Councillor

• Member, Education Action Group

2012 Sydney University Labor Club Vice-President

• Member, Women’s Collective   • NUS Education Conference Organiser  • 2011   • NUS State Branch President   • SRC Welfare Officer   • SRC Executive    • SRC Councillor

Vote 1 STAND UP! for Fair Education for NUS!

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• 2012

• 2010

• SRC Councillor

• SRC Women’s Officer

• SRC Executive

• Vice-President, Triathlon Society

Dylan Parker BPESS/Arts

• 2011

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• Member, Women’s Collective   Member, Labor Club

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• USyd SRC Councillor

• Usyd SRC Student Housing Officer (joint)

• SRC Education Officer

Alexander Peters Science

• Education Action Group Convenor   • Usyd Students Against Staff Cuts Organiser

• AUJS (Jewish Society) Treasurer   • Labor Club executive

• Delegate to the National Union of Students Education Conference   • National Travel Concession Card Campaign organiser

• Counter-Course Handbook editor   • Student Welfare Action Collective member

• Community and Public Sector Union member

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• Political Economy Society member

• 2012

• USyd ALP Club events & media coordinator

• History Society member

• SRC Councillor

• NUS Education Conference

• Sydney University Law Society member

• SRC Global Solidarity Officer

• 2011

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• Member, Women’s Collective

We need a National Union of Students that will STAND UP for housing affordability. The laws governing rent in NSW allow landlords to rip off students with overpriced and run-down housing. Tenants need better protection of their rights – we need to close the loopholes that allow ‘lodgers’ to be kicked out with 24 hrs notice, and require landlords to ‘show cause’ when evicting tenants. Students need a national affordable rent scheme - the National Union of Students needs to STAND UP and demand that the government invest in more affordable housing for students.   We need to STAND UP for international students: a national travel concession card scheme, so that students studying at any university in Australia can afford to travel to and from uni. We need improved English language and cultural support, and STAND UP and demand that low-cost student housing be reserved for international students.

David Pink Arts/Law

• SU Sport member

@honi_soit

• Secretary, Atheist Society   • Treasurer, VGEN Society

Candidates for delegates to the NATIONAL UNION of STUDENTS

Stand Up! for NUS Policy statement   STAND UP! FOR NUS  The National Union of Students is the peak representative bodies for undergraduate students the nation over. It is the organisation that fights for oyu on the national level, engaging with governments, media and policy advisors to make your voice heard on the issues that affect all students. That is why it is so important to keep a strong, active pro-real student issue voice in NUS.  VOTE [1] STAND UP! STUDENT RIGHTS AT NUS and

STAND UP FOR THE RIGHT THING   Support the protection of rights off campus. We want a socially conscious campus that cares for the environment and makes ethically responsible choices. We are campaigning for:

Samuel De Ferranti Arts

Todd Pinkerton Arts

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• More recycling bins on campus  • A carbon neutral campus • More volunteer and humanitarian programs on campus  VOTE [1] STAND UP! FOR NUS   VOTE [1] DAVID FOR PREZ!

STAND UP FOR YOUR EDUCATION   STAND UP! FOR NUS   Education is a right, not a privilege. Students are overburdened a whole host of costs that negatively affect their learning experience. A vote for us is a vote to support;

John Harding-Easson Arts

• 2012 SRC Orientation Committee,

smaller tutorial sizes  • A fairer HECS system

• 2012 Sydney Uni French Society Administrative Officer,

• A system of paying for Textbooks through HECS loans

• 2012 Sydney University History Society General Executive,

• Mandating online lectures

• 2011-2012 Sydney University ALP Club General Executive.

• $2 a day printing quotas for all students

Leo Nelson Arts

STAND UP FOR A REAL STUDENT EXPERIENCE   Student life is an integral part of being a university student in Australia, a vote for us is a vote to support the important elements of a real student experience. Such as;

• Well-funded SRCs to lobby your behalf

• 2012 SRC Exec

STAND UP FOR STUDENT WELFARE  The welfare of students has never been more important in this age of deregulation and the Student Services and Amenties Fee, a vote for us is a vote to put your student welfare front and centre at NUS.  • Greater accessibility to the SRC  • More frequent Security Buses  • More assistance for low cost housing & Employment  • A more accountable National Union.    STAND UP FOR STUDENT INCLUSION  STAND UP for NUS believes all students should have the knowledge and power to stand up for their own rights. We strive to empower those who are underrepresented on campus through:  • Leadership programs  • Student volunteer mentor programs  • An independent advisory organisation for international students which provides assistance in employment, study and housing

• 2012 NUS National Exec  • 2011 NUS Per-Conference Bussiness Committee  • 2011 Orientation Committee member

Jenifer Light Science

• 2012 • USU Board Director

• A visible NUS that you can engage with everyday

• 2012 SRC Exec

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• Student control over student affairs

• A Wi-Fi scheme for all Universities.

• 2012 SRC Rep

• 2012 SRC Representative

Emily France Arts

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Mackenzie Rice Arts

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Candidates for delegates to the NATIONAL UNION of STUDENTS

Grassroots for Fair Education Policy Statement We live in a country that prioritises catering to wealthy elites and exploitative industries over substantial investment in one of our most important assets: education.  As students in an era plagued by the expansion of neoliberal agenda and commercialisation of our universitiesso thoroughly exemplified by Spence’s continued cuts to staff, courses and student services- we’ve grown disillusioned with the vapid promises of Rudd/Gillard’s ‘Education Revolution’ and fear the Abbottgeddon that will emerge should the Coalition win the next election. To modify the words of our dear Vice Chancellor, ‘you should be really pissed off’.  You deserve and should demand a force that fights for your interests; the interests of all students, diverse body though we are.  Grassroots for Fair Education is that force, working to transform NUS from a career platform for a small group of opportunists, to an effective, progressive and courageous union unwilling to pander to corporate and/ or vested political interests. We will fight to ensure that your SRC’s $80, 000 affiliation fees goes towards worthwhile campaigns that promote socially and environmentally progressive causes, and become one of many catalysts of rapid reform.  Our Policies: 1.Support free tertiary education as a fundamental right, and the abolition of auxiliary charges including, but not limited to, compulsory textbooks and equipment;

identifying, Indigenous, (Dis)abled) to form safe and autonomous spaces; 11. Fair treatment of international students, such as equal access to transport concession and more funding for support services.

Constantina Hallas Science/ Liberal Arts and Science Curriculum Vitae

• IT/Publicity Officer, Greens on Campus (2012) NSW Young Greens Delegate to Young Greens National Conference (2012) Atheist Society member (2012) Ecop Society Member (2012)

6. Condemn cuts to courses, staff and student services; 7. Work to reverse neoliberal trends in education, and indeed in wider societal contexts. 8. Formally support similar struggles of students across the world, including those in Chile, Quebec, France and the UK. Extend this solidarity to wider social movements pushing for progressive and equitable change. 9. Lower the recognised age of independence from the current 22 to 18;  10. Student control over student services, including maintaining the right of discriminated groups within the student body (Queer, Female-

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• ‘Pow for Raue’ Campaigner

• Mature Age Student at Usyd

• (2012) Education Action Group Member

• Independent working with Grassroots

• (2012) Russellian Philosophy Society member

• ECOP society Member

• (2011-2012) Politics Society member • (2011-2012) Vegetarian Society member (2011- 2012)

• Education Action Group Member

• Active Participant in Ocuppy Sydney (and the Global Occupy movement)  • Greenpeace Volunteer/Activist Books

• Greens on Campus member (20112012) • BWB Debating Team Member (2012)  • Peer Councillor (2009)

• NOT Bombs campaigner

Tenaya Alattas Arts

Curriculum Vitae • General Executive, Vegetarian Society (2012)  • Greens on Campus Sydney University Member (2012)  • ‘Pow for Raue’ Campaigner (2012) • Education Action Group Member (2012)

Rose Wallace McEwen Arts

• High Resolves Leader (2008)  • Peer Tutor (2007-2008)

Paige Oaker Education and Social Work/ Social Work

3. Work towards greater transparency and democratisation of University administrations, and across all faculties and services;

5. Promote an equitable admissions process to universities and tertiary institutions to help disadvantaged groups counter often-perpetual cycles of discrimination.

Kecili OGorman Education and Social Work/ Social Work

Vote Number # 1 Grassroots for Fair Education.

2. Support the reintroduction of Compulsory Student Unionism;

4. Significant increase in financial support to students living independently or from low SES backgrounds;

Alex Parissi-Smyth Arts

Curriculum Vitae

• Secretary of Sydney University Greens on Campus • (2012) Global Solidarity Officer of Sydney University SRC

• (2012) ‘Pow for Raue’ Campaigner • (2012) Education Action Group Member (

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• Education Action Group Member (2012)

• General Executive Greens on Campus Sydney University (2012)

• Greens on Campus Sydney University Member (2012)

• Vegetarian Society Member (20112012)

• ECOP Society Member (2011-2012)

• ‘Pow for Raue’ Campaigner (2012)

• 2012) Member of NSW Young Greens • (2011-2012) Selected for Cadetship with Housing NSW (2010)

@honi_soit

• Education Action Group Member (2012) • Atheist Society (2012)

Candidates for delegates to the NATIONAL UNION of STUDENTS

Grassroots for NUS Policy Statement We live in a country that prioritises catering to wealthy elites and exploitative industries over substantial investment in one of our most important assets: education. As students in an era plagued by the expansion of neoliberal agenda and commercialisation of our universitiesso thoroughly exemplified by Spence’s continued cuts to staff, courses and student services- we’ve grown disillusioned with the vapid promises of Rudd/Gillard’s ‘Education Revolution’ and fear the Abbottgeddon that will emerge should the Coalition win the next election. To modify the words of our dear Vice Chancellor, ‘you should be really pissed off’.

Indigenous, (Dis)abled) to form safe and autonomous spaces;

Our Policies: 1. Support free tertiary education as a fundamental right, and the abolition of auxiliary charges including, but not limited to, compulsory textbooks and equipment;  2. Support the reintroduction of Compulsory Student Unionism; 3. Work towards greater transparency and democratisation of University administrations, and across all faculties and services;  4. Significant increase in financial support to students living independently or from low SES backgrounds;  5. Promote an equitable admissions process to universities and tertiary institutions to help disadvantaged groups counter often-perpetual cycles of discrimination.  6. Condemn cuts to courses, staff and student services;  7. Work to reverse neoliberal trends in education, and indeed in wider societal contexts.  8. Formally support similar struggles of students across the world, including those in Chile, Quebec, France and the UK. Extend this solidarity to wider social movements pushing for progressive and equitable change.  9. Lower the recognised age of independence from the current 22 to 18;  10. Student control over student services, including maintaining the right of discriminated groups within the student body (Queer, Female-identifying,

Patrick Ward B Commerce/B Arts, I

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• Board Director USU, (2012-2014)

• Vice-President, Quidditch Society (2012)

11. Fair treatment of international students, such as equal access to transport concession and more funding for support services. Vote [1] GRASSROOTS for NUS  Vote [1] GRASSROOTS for Social Justice  Vote [1] David for President Vote [1] JAM for Honi Soit

Brigitte McFadden B Liberal Arts/Science, III

You deserve and should demand a force that fights for your interests; the interests of all students, diverse body though we are. Grassroots for NUS is that force, working to transform NUS from a career platform for a small group of opportunists, to an effective, progressive and courageous union unwilling to pander to corporate and/ or vested political interests. We will fight to ensure that your SRC’s $80, 000 affiliation fees goes towards worthwhile campaigns that promote socially and environmentally progressive causes, and become one of many catalysts of rapid reform.

Tom Raue B Arts, IV

• SRC Vice President, (2012) • Education Officer NSW NUS, (2012) • Member, Education Action Group (2012)

Kane Hardy B Science/B Arts, IV Curriculum Vitae

• President, Unimates (2012) • AIESEC Sydney Marketing Committee (2012) • Social Secretary, Scandinavian Appreciation Society (2012) • Grievance Committee member, University of Sydney Roller Derby League (2012) • Member, Greens on Campus (2012)

• SRC Welfare Officer (2012)

• Member, Oaktree Foundation’s Generate Program (2012)

• SRC Sexual Harassment Officer (2012)

• Tom Raue Union Board Campaigner (2012)

• Student Representative, Department of Gender and Cultural Studies (2012/2013)

William Fawcett B Psychology, II

• Co-Convenor, Greens on Campus (2012) • Campaign coordinator, Feminist Society (2012) • NUS Education Conference delegate (2010 & 2012) • NSW Young Greens Delegate, Australian Young Greens National Conference (2012)

• Campaign co-ordinator for Tom Raue, USU Board Elections (2012) • Cast member, SU Queer Revue Society (2011)

• Broadcaster, SURG (Sydney Uni Radio Group) (2011) • Education Action Group activist (2010 & 2012)

• Queer Collective member (2010-2012) • Member, SU Roller Derby Society (2012)

• Member, Vegetarian Society (20102012)

• Member, Atheist Society (2010-2012) • Contributor, Women’s Honi (2011)

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• Triple major in Pharmacology, Italian and French • Member, Greens on Campus (2012) • Member, SciSoc (2009-2012)

• Member, Italian Society (2009)

• Member, French Society (2012)

• Volunteer, Clean Up Australia Day (2008)

• Went on exchange to L’Università degli Studi di Torino semester 2 of 2011 on a mobility scholarship

Curriculum Vitae • Cast member, Queer Revue (2012) • Member, SHADES (2012) • Member, PhotoSoc (2012) • Member, PsychSoc (2011-2012)

• Contributor, Queer Honi (2011)

• Volunteer tutor for Indigenous youth, Weave (2011) • UTS Easters debating team (2009) • UTS Peer Network Leader (2009)

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honi soit

Candidates for delegates to the NATIONAL UNION of STUDENTS

Voice for President Policy Statement We’re running for NUS because we have a plan for PASSIONATE, EFFECTIVE and DIVERSE representation for all students on this campus and across Australia. We want to create a more effective advocacy organisation, that all students trust as their VOICE to their University and the Government. We know that NUS is capable of reaping tangible benefits for all students in terms of a higher quality education in the classroom and out of it. MAKE VOICE HEARD!  Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!  Vote [1] VOICE for SRC!  Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President! MAKE VOICE HEARD FOR: A Clear VOICE for High Quality Education The NUS has serious pulling power with Universities across Australia and the Government for all matters concerning education. That’s a responsibility we take incredibly seriously. Your expectations of a high quality, flexible, relevant and affordable education should be met by your University and the people who make educational policy. You deserve experienced advocates who will be your VOICE to:

that the NUS does more for them in this regard. We want to work with Universities and Governments to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decisionmaking. We will be your VOICE on these issues for:

Alex Hanbury-Brown Engineering

Olivia Ronan Law

Better on-campus mental health support across Australia: collaborate with organisations such as the AMA and Headspace. Improved Youth Allowance: lower the age of independence; improve independence criteria; easier application process.  Lobbying on international studentspecific issues such as higher course fees and unfair transport costs  A roof over your head: establish connections between the Government and Universities to better coordinate housing and rental assistance for students.  MAKE VOICE HEARD!  Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!

Curriculum Vitae • Handsome Engineer, 2012

Curriculum Vitae • President, QudditchSoc 2012

Karen Chau Business

Udit Pillay Arts

Vote [1] VOICE for SRC!  Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

Sam Farrell Arts/Law

• Prioritise working with the Government to increase the quality of your education: decreased class sizes; stop course cuts; publish the results of Unit of Study evaluations.  • Increase the affordability of your subjects: campaign for lower fees and to eliminate ancillary course costs  • Advocate for the more effective use of technology on campuses across Australia

Curriculum Vitae

• An Effective VOICE for Diverse Representation Too many students don’t feel represented by NUS. We want to build a representative organisation that is open and transparent, that communicates clearly with students and the University, and that takes into account the diversity of beliefs and experiences within the University community. We will be an effective VOICE by: • Open the doors of NUS: more transparency of executive meetings and decisions, more office bearer communication from the organization to campus SRCs, and financial accountability • Smarter lobbying: clear strategies that work with Universities and the Government  • National collaboration: encourage and support successful campaigns on campuses across Australia. A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare Students obviously have broader concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand

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• Executive Member, Students’ Representative Council 2012

• Councillor, Students’ Representative Council 2012

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• Education Officer, Students’ Representative Council 2012

• Councillor, Students’ Representative Council 2012 • Director of Law Revue, 2012  • Tutor, St Paul’s College 2012

• Creative Director, College Revue 2012  • Vice President, United Nations Youth NSW 2011-2012  • Cast, Law Revue, 2011

• Australian National Karate Champion 2009

• Sexual Harassment Officer, Students’ Representative Council 2011

Curriculum Vitae • Vice President, United Nations Youth NSW 2012

Sama Rahman Arts

• Board Director, 2012-2014

Alexandra Yates Arts

Curriculum Vitae • 50% of my name is “A”

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@honi_soit

Candidates for delegates to the NATIONAL UNION of STUDENTS

Voice at NUS Policy Statement We’re running for NUS because we have a plan for PASSIONATE, EFFECTIVE and DIVERSE representation for all students on this campus and across Australia. We want to create a more effective advocacy organisation, that all students trust as their VOICE to their University and the Government. We know that NUS is capable of reaping tangible benefits for all students in terms of a higher quality education in the classroom and out of it.  MAKE VOICE HEARD!  Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!  Vote [1] VOICE for SRC!  Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President! MAKE VOICE HEARD FOR: A Clear VOICE for High Quality Education The NUS has serious pulling power with Universities across Australia and the Government for all matters concerning education. That’s a responsibility we take incredibly seriously. Your expectations of a high quality, flexible, relevant and affordable education should be met by your University and the people who make educational policy. You deserve experienced advocates who will be your VOICE to:

Beat NUS Universities and Governments to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decisionmaking. We will be your VOICE on these issues for: Better on-campus mental health support across Australia: collaborate with organisations such as the AMA and Headspace • Improved Youth Allowance: lower the age of independence; improve independence criteria; easier application process.

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Policy Statement

• President, SHADES 2012

Hi. You know what’s good; winning is. You know a thing that is good to win at; NUS is. That’s why we want to BEAT NUS.

Alex McKinnon Arts

Lobbying on international studentspecific issues such as higher course fees and unfair transport costs  A roof over your head: establish connections between the Government and Universities to better coordinate housing and rental assistance for students.  MAKE VOICE HEARD!  Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!  Vote [1] VOICE for SRC!

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Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

• Publications Director, Sydney Arts’ Students’ Society 2012

Astha Rajvanshi Arts

• Editor, BULL publication 2011

Tim Matthews Arts/Law

• Prioritise working with the Government to increase the quality of your education: decreased class sizes; stop course cuts; publish the results of Unit of Study evaluations.

• Advocate for the more effective use of technology on campuses across Australia

• Smarter lobbying: clear strategies that work with Universities and the Government • National collaboration: encourage and support successful campaigns on campuses across Australia. A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare Students obviously have broader concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand that the NUS does more for them in this regard. We want to work with

So how are we gonna do it? First up, we’re going to represent you like the lovely chap and chapettes that you are, on a national level. That probably sounds large but that is what we’re going to do! We’ve got a great group of great people together.

We want to BEAT the secrecy and distance of NUS. We’ll put the BEAT back into communication, transparency and clarity from you to NUS and from NUS to you.

An Effective VOICE for Diverse Representation

• Open the doors of NUS: more transparency of executive meetings and decisions, more office bearer communication from the organization to campus SRCs, and financial accountability

But BEAT is hard to find for a lot of people. It’s tough to come by if you’re shy or a bit kooky, and it’s sure as hell not in sardine-packed tute rooms. That’s why we’re BEAT for Honi – we’ve directed Revues, got up on stage at Theatresports and Project 52, led clubs and societies and done all sorts of things besides.

We’re getting on the BEAT bandwagon and making sure you get the representation that you deserve. We’re bringing the BEAT of USYD and we’re bringing it all the way to NUS!

• Increase the affordability of your subjects: campaign for lower fees and to eliminate ancillary course costs

• Too many students don’t feel represented by NUS. We want to build a representative organisation that is open and transparent, that communicates clearly with students and the University, and that takes into account the diversity of beliefs and experiences within the University community. We will be an effective VOICE by:

Vote [1] BEAT NUS!

Curriculum Vitae • President, University of Sydney Union 2012-2013

• Director of Student Publications, Students’ Representative Council 2012  • Board Director, University of Sydney Union 2012

Kade Denton Agriculture

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• General Secretary, Students’ Representative Council 2012

• Councillor, Students’ Representative Council 2012  • Observer, NUS 2011

• Education Officer, Students’ Representative Council 2011

Secondly, we’re supporting that kooky group of editors running for Honi called BEAT. They, with us, are going to make sure that you get a paper you deserve and the BEAT you love and know in Honi and on NUS. So help us help you. Tune into the campus BEAT to get a great NUS and an even better Honi. Vote [1] BEAT NUS! Vote [1] BEAT for Honi Soit!

• Councillor, Students’ Representative Council 2011

Lucy Connell Arts

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Eden Tollis Arts

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Candidates for delegates to the NATIONAL UNION of STUDENTS

Jacqui Munro Bachelor of International Studies

Curriculum Vitae • Board Director, University of Sydney Union (2011-2013)  • Councillor, Student Representative Council • University of Sydney (2011-2012) • Honorary Secretary, University of Sydney Union (2011-2012)  • Queer Portfolio Director, University of Sydney Union (2011-2012) • Clubs and Societies Chair, University of Sydney Union (2012-2012)  • President, University of Sydney Arts Students Society (2010-2011) • Student and Team Mentor, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty - University of Sydney (2010-2011) • Director, O-Week Festival - University of Sydney Union (2009-2010) • Student Programmes Assistant, International Student Lounge University of Sydney Union (2009-2011)

Joel Einstein Arts

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Tara Waniganayaka Arts/Law Curriculum Vitae

Eleanor Gordon-Smith Arts Curriculum Vitae

Lane Sainty Arts

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Policy Statement

FREE PARKING! Is it achievable? Absolutely!

When I first arrived at the University of Sydney, seeing people smoking was one of the added joys to my day. It was like seeing well dressed school kids being able to smoke in school and no one would complain. It was just another part of the trial to go into becoming a student and an adult. And we’ve had that liberty ripped from our very fingers. With the Smoke-Free campus we have at the moment it discriminates against consenting adults who only want to enjoy one of life’s many pleasures, that they would otherwise have the opportunity to.

Free Parking!

We have seen the situation for students on campus get far worse. Now, not only does parking on campus cost upwards of $25, but there are parking meters installed in all side streets around campus. Many of them with parking limited to one hour. That’s not even enough time to go to one lecture, or attend a tutorial. There is no way ordinary students can afford to park around uni. We pay for course readers, text books, library fines and our HECS debts are getting bigger and bigger. We can’t be expected to bare the brunt of blatant USYD administration and City of Sydney Council revenue raising any longer. As an SRC representative I will stand up for free, accessible parking on and around campus. Vote 1 FREE PARKING! for SRC.  Vote 1 David Pink for SRC President.

Samuel Le Bas-Oleary Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Sciences

Bring Back Smoking! Legalise it!

I make a bloodoath to my supporters and fellow students that I will axe the smoke-free campus freedom tax that is destroying our campus if I am elected to the SRC. If I fail to succeed in my mission I will call for an immediate reelection until I am crowned king. So make room for Real Action as I ask for your vote to bring back smoking. And non-smokers? Don’t forget, in the words of the late great Bill Hicks “NonSmokers die everyday” (and you can still vote for me/freedom).

Cameron Ritchie Arts III

Legalise It! Vote [1] Legalise It! for SRC! Vote [1] Stand Up! for NUS! Vote [1] David Pink for President! Imagine being a med student who, after studying for fourteen years, can never practice as a doctor - all because of five grams of marijuana. Imagine being too scared to call a doctor for a friend who’s on a bad trip, for fear of getting them and everyone around them into trouble with the law. Imagine losing someone to an avoidable overdose - avoidable when you can buy pure and measured quantities of drugs from a chemist, not some shady guy at a mate’s party. When your parents said that drugs would fuck up your life, they were right. What they didn’t tell you, though, was that most of the harms of illegal drugs come simply from the fact that they’re illegal. Why legalise it? Legalise It! believes that, since individuals know their own needs best, those individuals should have the power to make decisions about their private lives for themselves. Group after group - from the Lancet to the World Health Organisation to Australia21 - has found that marijuana is both less harmful and less addictive than legal recreational drugs like alcohol and tobacco. What’s more, when using marijuana is no longer a crime we take its production out of the hands of criminals, meaning that it can be grown in clean and monitored environments, and that users will be able to know what they’re taking and how much of it. Marijuana is no more dangerous than presently legal drugs, but making it legal will make it even less dangerous.

+Creating a Safer Space on Campus+ Your SRC is your voice in dealing with the Vice Chancellor. A Legalise It! SRC would use that voice to make campus a safer place for users and non-users alike. Legalise It! would lobby the Vice Chancellor to stop the expulsion of students for a victimless crime. Legalise It! help drug users who do choose to quit find treatment programs that will let them get on with their lives. Legalise It! would promote the more widespread distribution of free condoms on campus to minimise the health risks of STIs. Lobbying for Legalisation Your SRC is the only organisation out there lobbying for your interests to government and to society at large. A Legalise It! SRC would use that power to make all the government aware of the damage that criminalisation is doing to students’ lives, and to push for the drug reforms that would make a real difference for those students. Vote [1] Legalise It! for SRC - for an SRC that fights for a safer campus and sticks up for students in trouble.

Harry Stratton Arts/Law

Why Legalise It?

Curriculum Vitae

• Driver of a car • Labor Club Treasurer 2012 • EcopSoc Member 2011/12 • Union Board Campaigner 2011/12 • SRC Election Campaigner 2011 • Organiser NUS quality survey cam-

paign 2012

Curriculum Vitae

Your SRC can’t determine government policy. But what it can do is lobby for student rights and look after the welfare of students on this campus.

Curriculum Vitae

+Sticking Up for Students in Trouble+ Your SRC already employs a legal team who spend most of their days resolving tenancy disputes. A Legalise It! SRC would devote more of those resources to students who find themselves in more serious trouble with the law.

Oscar Coleman Business

Legalise It! would offer local court legal assistance to students who couldn’t otherwise afford it, to help those students expunge minor drug charges from their criminal records and not have those bad memories haunt them the rest of their lives. Legalise It! would subsidise loans and bail bonds to lower-SES students accused of minor drug charges who couldn’t otherwise afford bail, to keep as many of those students in uni and out of prison as possible - as the SRC already does for students involved in demonstrations.

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

KFC On Campus Ella Butcherine Science

Sam Woods Engineering

Alisha Aitken-Radburn Arts

Policy Statement Ever sat in the Fisher stack craving some snack box? Want to prove your hipster retro cred by chilling in the play equipment? These and other problems could quite easily be solved by KFC ON CAMPUS. We want to throw a Colonel mo wig on the VC, throw our popcornchicken on Eastern. So, if you’re hungry all the time, love the play equipment, or just think the University’s new obesity centre is a pretty stupid idea... VOTE [1] KFC ON CAMPUS!

Curriculum Vitae

Helen Xue Arts/Law

Christian Toh Science

Sarah Mourney Arts

Sarah Coward Arts

Curriculum Vitae

Jeremy Elphick Economics

Judy Zhu Arts/Law

Louise Xie Arts

Curriculum Vitae

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Policy Statement

Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm best time in the world. Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm it’s Mac time. McDonalds. It’s Mac time. For over a century this timeless jingle has not been allowed to ring throughout Sydney University due to the influence of an insidious ideology. That ideology is communism. Contrary to popular belief, communism did not die with Lenin. It did not die when Trotsky got pick axed in South America. It did not die with Glasnot and Perestroika. It lives on in weekly meetings at the Newtown Neighbourhood centre attended by un-showered university students in the eighteenth year of their arts degrees. For over a century these dishevelled idiots have stood outside Fisher under the ridiculous assumption that handing out fliers and putting up posters will get troops out of Afghanistan. These people are not irrelevant anachronisms. Their silly and ostensibly impotent campaigns for the socialist revolution and an end to imperialism have masked their success in preventing McDonalds setting up a store at Sydney University.

RISE for SRC! to improve Law Student Services

McDonalds on Campus “Rise” for SRC

Motivated by notions of false consciousness and hegemony, they have precluded you from experiencing the joys of chocolate sundaes. Obsessed by the extraction of surplus value, they have prevented you from eating rubbery fries. Characterised by dialectical materialism they have denied you the ability to munch on scrumptious McChicken burgers. Stop the international communist conspiracy. Vote 1 McDonalds on Campus so that you can have the best time in the world. best time in the world. Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm

Penelope Parker Arts/Law

Society Law-Reform Committee

For too long, the SRC has neglected its core role to students in providing real, effective support services. RISE for SRC will use the money saved from cutting NUS fees and other forms of SRC waste and divert it to SRC initiatives that have tangible effects on law students.

• Psychiatric support services provided

by the SRC to the student community to address mental health problems early, especially considering the tragically high rates of law student depression

• AusStudy officers to support students

through the complex applications to gain approval for the AusStudy funding and programs

• More funding for the SRC Legal

Service to help students with domestic violence concerns, employment law, tenancy complaints, discrimination and harassment issues and much more. We’re not lawyers yet!

• Represented Sydney University Law Society in Negotiating at ALSA Volunteer Mentor as part of Law School Mentoring Program Member of NSW • Young Lawyers Law Reform Committee • Main Feature Writer of Obiter Magazine • Contributor to the Sydney Globalist • Magazine Editor of Tiberius Gracchus • Academic Journal Founding Executive

of Sydney University

• Quidditch Society Secretary (formerly Policy Vice President) of Sydney • University Liberal Club Consultant for 180 Degrees (2011) • General Executive of Amnesty International Society (2011) • Convened Freehills Contracts Mooting Tournament (2011) • Chairman of the Benenson Human

Rights Advocacy Society (2010)

RISE for SRC! to focus on Law Students’ Issues There are so many issues that affect law students so much more than academic and ideologically driven debates over drug legalisation or euthanasia. RISE for SRC! will drive the SRC away from these politicised and partisan issues to focus on issues relevant for students! RISE will…

Dalton Fogarty Bachelor of Commerce and Laws

• Get your law lectures recorded online. • Lobby for your insanely expensive law

Curriculum Vitae

• Clubs & Societies experience: • Young Vinnies 2009-current: Secre-

tary 2012, VP 2011

• Sydney Uni Soccer Club premier league team 2009-current • Uni Games-2009, 2010, 2011 • SULS Social Inclusion Committee

2012

• SULS Law Reform Committee 2012 • SULS Road Trip Liason Officer 2012 • SULS Road Trip 2010, 2011 • Legal experience: • Office of General Counsel-paralegal

2012

• St James Hall Chambers-paralegal 2010/11

textbook costs to be attached to HECS, so that a single semester’s bookload is easier on the pocket

• Belbridge Hague-winter clerk 2011 • Hong Kong Economic and Trade Of-

• Ensure there are more study spaces and longer library hours for the Lawbry to accommodate for our educational needs Sam Murray Arts/Law II

Monika Holmwood Law/Arts IV

fice summer intern 2010/11

Alessandro Cowley Arts/Laws I Curriculum Vitae

• Vice-President of Student Alumni society • Assistant manager to Reindeer Appeal (seasonal charity) • Pre-Alumni Business School Ambassador • Business School Mentor • Founder of Academic Assistants • Best Delegate for IMF at the Asia-Pa-

cific Model United Nations Conference

• Participant of negotiation, client interview and mooting competitions • Former member of ICX at AIESEC.

Curriculum Vitae

• Youth Member for Toongabbie, YMCA Youth Parliament, 2012

Curriculum Vitae

• President of Gaius Gracchus Ancient

History and Classics Society

• Quarter Finalist – Allens Arthur Robinson Torts Moot, 2012

• Member of Sydney University Law Society Education Committee • Member of Sydney University Law

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Policy Statement

The jam brands have only interpreted the sandwiches in various ways. The point, however, is to eat them. There is a spectre haunting Sydney, and that spectre is Jammunism.

Law students have a strong history of involvement with campus and faculty activities. Whether it’s commitment to our studies, university societies or serious partying, we rarely do things by halves (except maybe our readings).

TheJammunistManifesto Stand Up! for Law Joshua Krook Bachelor of Arts III / Bachelor of Law I

William Dawes Arts/Laws

Stuck in a jam? I like raspberry the best. The small seeds might be a deterrent at first, but if you stick with this flavour of fruity conserve, you can be sure that your berry sandwiches will be rasped to their full extent. For SRC representation as red as the night is dark, vote for The Jammunist Manifesto.

Mariana Podesta-Diverio ARTS III Curriculum Vitae

We are an incredibly diverse faculty – by any measure, whether it’s degree combination, cultural background, personal interests or political convictions. That’s why it’s important that law students are represented on the SRC. We’re running to ensure that you feel included in the SRC process, and to STAND UP for the issues affecting you, both as a student of the University of Sydney and specifically as a student of the Law Faculty. STAND UP! for Law

Curriculum Vitae

• Matt Talbot Hostel: St Vincent de Paul Society

sistant, ActionAid Australia, 2012

• St Mary’s Cathedral Choir • Jeremy Morris’ Chambers: 13th Floor

• More cheap textbooks through collaboration between the SRC Bookshop and the SULS Textbook Exchange

• Archbishop of Sydney Award for Stu-

• Involve the SRC with the Australian Law Reform Commission on legal issues affecting students and young people

• Marketing and Communications As• Video and Media Director, Magnetic

Digital Marketing, 2011-2012

• Honi Soit Reporter, 2012 • Co-Founder/General Executive, Scan-

• Internships for Sydney Law students with the SRC Legal Service

St James Hall

dent Excellence

dinavian Appreciation Society, 2012

• Speaker at the Soapbox, the SULS/

Politics Society’s Speaker’s Corner, 2012

• Quarter Finalist ~ Allens Arthur Rob-

inson Torts Moot, 2012

• SULS Client Interviewing Competition, 2012 • Debating, Syndey Uni Regionals, 2012 • Honourable Mention, Sydney Uni-

• Expand social justice initiatives • All lecture recordings to be made

Max Hongyi Gao LLB/BIGS

available online

Curriculum Vitae

• Longer opening hours for the Law Library during exam periods

• USYD Asia-Pacific Model UN Del-

egation 2012 - Won the Diplomacy Award AIESEC University Relations Liaison 2012 School Captain 2010

Curriculum Vitae

versity Delegation - Asia Pacific Model United Nations Conference, 2012

• Protect the Short Loan section of the Law Library from cuts and new changes that are unfair to students and library staff STAND UP! for SRC

• Oppose the deregulation of student fees

• Assisted the UN society in running the

Sydney University Schools Model United Nations Conference, 2012

• Retain Honours programs across the university

• Sydney University Marketing Society Member, 2010-2012

• A national travel concession card scheme for all students (including international students and part-time workers)

• Won 2012’s first history trivia! - Usyd History Society, 2010-2012

• 10% increase in base funding for universities The university-wide cuts currently underway also pose a threat to law students. STAND UP for our teachers, and prevent overcrowding in our lectures, tutorials and seminars. A potential change of federal government next year means a very real chance of fee deregulation – that means even higher Law fees and a greater HECS debt. If law students want a say on the running of the SRC and the issues affecting them, we need to involve ourselves. Decisions are made by those who show up. So on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 August… Vote [1] STAND UP! for Law Vote [1] David for President And STAND UP for law students!

honi soit

@honi_soit

Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

James Patrick Higgins Arts/Law II

Annabel Osborn Arts/Law II

Amelia Alice Dale Arts/Law II

Stephanie Hainan Fang Arts/Law II

Curriculum Vitae

• Coordinator & Conference Organiser – Social Justice For Life Award Program, SULS

• Women’s Officer – Sydney University SRC

• Member – Socials Sub-Committee, SULS

• President – Sydney University Femi-

• Interfaculty Sport (Law): Touch Foot-

• Member – Social Justice/Equity Com-

nist Society

• Opinion Editor – OBITER Law Jour-

sity Labor Club

• SULS Volunteer – Juniperina Juvenile

• Sponsorship Officer – Sydney University Triathlon Society

mittee, SULS nal

Justice Program, Lidcombe

• Member – Sydney University Labor

• Publications Officer – Sydney Univer-

• Interfaculty Sport (Law)

ball (Grand Finalists, woo!), Netball & Ultimate Frisbee

• SULS Intervarsity Sport Day 2012 Nicola Joy Bevitt Arts/Law II

Club

Joseph McDonald Arts/Law II

Phoebe Miley-Dyer Arts/Law II

• Residential Assistant – St John’s College • Volunteer Network – St John’s College

• Swim Team – St John’s College • Volunteer – Utunga (SIFE) • Fundraising Coorindator – GoFund-

raise

Stephen Ke BPESS/Law II

Curriculum Vitae

• Member - Law Committee, Evangelical Union Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

• Contributor – OBITER Law Journal • Interfaculty Sport (Law) – Ultimate

Frisbee, Football & Netball

• Member – INGSOC • Member – KICKS

• Australian University Games Women’s Long Board Surfing Champion 2012

• Contributor – OBITER Law Journal • Avid pancake eater – ChocSoc

• Social Events Coordinator – Sydney University French Society • Campaigns Officer – Sydney University Feminist Society • SULS Volunteers – Juniperina Juvenile

Justice Centre, Lidcombe

• SPARK Volunteer – tutoring refugee

children

• Contributor – OBITER Law Journal

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Curriculum Vitae

• Executive Member – Korean Law Society • Allens Arthur Robinson Torts Moot • Freehills Contract Moot • Member – Multicultural Youth Net-

work Committee

• Contributor – OBITER Law Journal • Volunteer – Ku-ring-gai Council

Bushcare

Volunteer – Opendoor Presbyterian Church

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Stand Up! for Int’l Students Thomas McClintock Arts/Law II

Edward McMahon Arts/Law III

Policy Statement: Vote 1 STAND UP! for International Students for SRC Vote 1 STAND UP! for Fair Education for NUS Vote 1 DAVID for SRC President In 2010- 2011, international students contributed $16.3 billion in export income to the Australian economy. Additionally, it is no secret that universities rely on full fee paying students to subsidise the education of domestic students. This is why we need an SRC that will STAND UP! to the University and the Government and demand improved services for international students.

Curriculum Vitae

• Elite Athlete Program – Rowing • Interfaculty Sport, Law • Vice-President of Feminist Society Ellen Josephine Elizabeth Moore Arts/Law II

Curriculum Vitae

• SULS Volunteer – Juniperina Juvenile

Justice Centre, Lidcombe

• Member – Sydney University UN

Society

• Best Delegate Award Human Rights

Committee SydMUN

• Law Mentor • SPARK Volunteer • Order of Australia Youth Commenda-

tion Award

• Researcher – for Justice Reinvestment

Campaign

Curriculum Vitae

• Residential Assistant - St John’s College (2011) • Member - Sydney University Labor Club

As international students, we understand how difficult relocating can be and that is why we need to ensure the availability of specialised counselling services for international students. If elected, we will STAND UP! and fight for an expanded counselling service with outreach to satellite campuses. We also know how stressful finding accommodation is, and that far too often international students are ripped off by dodgy internet scams. We believe it is crucial to STAND UP! to the University and demand more affordable housing, close to the University. The University is currently working towards building an extra 6 000 beds on campus, and we believe a fair share of these should go to international students.

honi soit

One of the best things about the University of Sydney is course diversity. We see a real threat to faculties being the current deregulation of university places. Consequently, we will STAND UP! and fight against all course cuts. Moreover, we think our fees are already high enough. We know that with a possible change in government next year, and the recommendations of the Grattan Report, that there is a chance we will see the deregulation of university fees. We cannot afford a situation where students, particularly international students, are paying more. This is why we oppose the deregulation of university fees and will STAND UP! and fight for a quality education, a diverse education, and a fair education for all.

KaJing Jay KJ Ng Arts

Additionally, being aware of our tenancy and employment rights in Australia is fundamental to avoiding situations where we don’t sign a rental agreement or don’t get awarded the minimum wage. Consequently, if elected, we will STAND UP! and organise an information seminar series through the Casework and Policy Department of the SRC and the Sydney Legal Service. This year, our team has been STANDING UP! for travel concession cards for international students. We believe that, given how much money international students push into the economy, and the fact we pay tax, that all students, including international students, deserve travel concession cards. This is something we will continue to campaign for at a campus, state and federal level to see the introduction of travel concession cards for all students! We also believe there should be more scholarships available for international students, given the backbreaking expense of relocating to Australia. We will work with the International Office to improve the opportunities available for international students, in particular, ensuring that better financial support is available. Additionally, we know that international students study late on campus. Consequently, we will STAND UP! to the University and demand a

better evening shuttle bus service for the university area, so that all students can get home safely at night. We know how dangerous the streets around the university can be, so we will work with Campus Infrastructure and the International Office to ensure there is a safe option available for international students living in the area.

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Curriculum Vitae 2012

• SRC International Student Officer • National Concession Campaign on

change.org

• UCLA exchange program • SRC Office Bearer • Student Rep for the American Studies

Department

• President, United States Studies Society • Editor, ‘The Amerigo’

Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Stand Up! for Cumberland Feina You Business

Policy statement

UP! to the University and fighting for the retention of all subjects.

Vote 1 DAVID for President Vote 1 STAND UP! For Cumberland for SRC Vote 1 STAND UP! For Fair Education for NUS This year, we have been on YOUR campus, campaigning around issues that affect YOU. As Cumberland students, we know how important it is to ensure there is effective representation and an SRC that will STAND UP! for us. We also know much needs improving at Cumberland campus, and this is why we are committed to standing up for the following:

For a team that STANDS UP! for Cumberland; Vote 1 STAND UP! for Cumberland for SRC Vote 1 STAND UP! for Fair Education for NUS, and; Vote 1 DAVID for President!

Isabelle King Health Science

Vivian Alexander Singh Health Science Curriculum Vitae

• Mentoring Groups • Eastern University Games • ESSA Anastasia Karagiannis Health Science Curriculum Vitae

• Mentoring Group • ESSA

BETTER teaching and learning facilities

Curriculum Vitae

• President, LDS, Christian Church Society (awaiting approval) • Campaigner, 2011 SRC Elections Chenyang Yan Science Curriculum Vitae

• Member, USYD Toastmaster Club • Freelance Interpreter, business delega-

tion from Zhejiang, China

If elected, we will STAND UP! and fight for an improvement in all teaching and learning facilities. This means upgrades to WIRELESS across campus and all lecture recordings ONLINE. This is because, we know, that for effective learning, we need flexibility. We will also fight for extended library opening hours. As students juggle work and study, it is important that students have access to a library on their campus, when they need it, particularly during exam times. We will also STAND UP! and fight for improved equipment in all labs. High quality equipment is essential for effective learning and it is unacceptable that the University has failed to maintain decent standards at Cumberland campus.

Curriculum Vitae

• 2012 • SRC Intercampus Officer • SRC Councillor • Campaign coordinator for free shuttle

bus

SAFETY on campus We will continue to fight for the right for all students to feel SAFE on campus. This means better lighting, and an improved security shuttle bus service.

Annabelle King Health Science

An ACCESSIBLE campus This year, the STAND UP! team has been fighting for the removal of the $1 fee for the shuttle bus. We will continue to STAND UP! to the University and make sure they take action on this issue. We will also STAND UP! for a free shuttle bus between Cumberland campus and Camperdown/Darlington campus. More VALUE for MONEY With the introduction of the Student Services and Amenities Fee, we know how important it is that you get great services at Cumberland campus. We are passionate about expanding the activities the SRC runs on your campus. We will STAND UP! for a bigger Orientation Week, for information seminars about your rights throughout semester and for the Sydney Legal Service to be brought to your campus one day a week. Subject DIVERSITY Our team will also STAND UP! and fight against course cuts! We know how important subject diversity is and this is why we are committed to STANDING

Curriculum Vitae

• Member, Health Sciences Society • Equity and Welfare Secretary, Sancta

Sophia College

• Rally against staff cuts Ellis Longhurst Health Science Curriculum Vitae

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Stand Up! for Science Policy statement Vote 1 STAND UP! for Science

Ian (Durian) Chan

Alexander Peters Science

Peter John Landi Science (Advanced Mathematics)

Vote 1 STAND UP! for Fair Education for NUS Vote 1 DAVID for SRC President

Science students currently lack representation on the SRC. Given we have the most expensive textbooks, more hidden fees than anyone else, and the busiest timetable, we believe representation in organisations, such as the SRC, is essential.

We will also STAND UP! and fight for free lab coats to be available for students who have left theirs at home. We know, that without a lab coat we cannot participate in labs, which jeopardises our marks. Consequently, we will work with the Faculty of Science to ensure there is an alternative for any student who forgets, or cannot afford, a lab coat.

Please vote for me -- Independent Ian!

Curriculum Vitae

• Member, Labor Club • EAG member • Organiser, student referendum

2012

• SRC Councillor • SRC Global Solidarity Officer • Secretary, Atheist Society • Treasurer, VGEN Society

Jackson Maru Sussman Science

Nikhil Nimmagadda Engineering/Science

Curriculum Vitae

Dover Zplig Dubosarsky Science Curriculum Vitae

Our team will also STAND UP! for all lectures online. Students frequently juggle many commitments, and sometimes making it to class can be difficult. This is why we will STAND UP! for a more flexible mode of learning and fight to see all lectures recorded and available online.

• 2012 Vice-President (Librarian) SUTEKH • Treasurer, Russellian Society • Request Officer, Jazz Society • Member, Atheist Society • Member, Sydney Uni Mathematics

We also know that many science students commute. For some, this can make 8am lectures incredibly difficult. We will STAND UP! for more flexibility and will work with the Timetabling Department to see more options available for students who commute. Our team will also STAND UP! and campaign for more science textbooks in the library. We know that textbooks are both expensive and heavy and we believe a minimum of six textbooks per subject should be available for students. Subject diversity is an integral part of a decent science education. Recently, the Faculty of Science has been cutting subjects across the board, especially in the Biology and Geosciences Departments. We will STAND UP! to the University and fight for the retention of all subjects.

Society

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Curriculum Vitae

• President, Chocolate Society (Chocsoc), 2010-11 • Secretary, Chinese Law Students Society (CLSS), 2011-Present • Councillor, 84th Student Representative Council  • Member of SRC Standing Legal Committee, 2012 • Secretary, Teochew Association (TCA), 2010-11 • General Executive, Tea Society (Teasoc), 2010-12 • Social Director, Australian-Chinese Cultural Appreciation Society (Chopsticks), 2010 • Publicity Director, Vietnamese Students Association (VSA), 2010

Curriculum Vitae

• Founder and President of QUT Secular Society • President, Atheist Society • Marine Engineering Officer, Royal

Australian Navy

• SULS International Students Subcommittee, 2010, 2011 • Member of various other USU clubs and societies • Recipient of the Australian Student Prize, 2008 • University of Sydney Delegate to AMUNC, 2010 - USyd Open Day Volunteer, 2009, 2010 • Mentor, Arts Faculty Mentoring Program, 2010, 2011, 2012 • Mentor, Law School Mentoring Program, 2011, 2012

Additionally, there has been much discussion in the University about the future of Honours. We know how important this year is to science students and we will STAND UP! to the University and fight against the removal of Honours.

Ian Chan BIG/LLB IV Many candidates make many promises. I will make one promise that I can fulfill. I promise not to pester you with flyers, lecture bashes and other activities that may cause undue annoyance during the election campaign period!

STAND UP! for SCIENCE STUDENTS!

If elected, we will STAND UP! and fight against illegal course costs. Do you think having to buy lab coats, goggles and dissection kits so that you can pass your course is unfair? So do we! Moreover, it is actually illegal. Our team has already been campaigning around this issue, but we believe it is time to step up the campaign and put pressure on the University to stop charging hidden fees!

Policy statement:

• Student Ambassador for the University of Sydney Also popularly known as ‘Durian’ (the spiky, smelly fruit!) and hangs around Wentworth Level 4 :)

@honi_soit

Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Grassroots for Student Welfare Policy Statement GRASSROOTS for Student Welfare are a group of students who are interested in student welfare in the SRC, and want to speak up for equal opportunities for all students on every campus.

Equal

Rose Wallace McEwen Arts

Francesca McMaster Arts

The SRC plays a really important role in supporting the rights, financial welfare, safety and wellbeing of every student that goes to USYD. It is essential that the people representing the safety, rights and welfare of all students are approachable and inclusive of all students, regardless of their gender, race, age, sexuality or socio-economic background. This is why it is so important to have a left wing, progressive, caring and supportive body such as GRASSROOTS for Welfare on the SRC, to defend your rights and lobby on issues that impact on student welfare. If elected, GRASSROOTS for Welfare will defend your rights as students for equality of education, equality of opportunity, equality of assistance and support. We will advocate for better financial assistance for those in need - as poor uni students, we understand the constant stresses associated with the cost of textbooks, crippling rent and unexpected bills! Not to mention that the cost of alcohol which can seriously impact on the affordability of essentials… such as food, medical and legal assistance (a reminder, that vodka, beer and tobacco are not essential food groups).

The University of Sydney and its students need a left-wing, progressive body of students in the SRC. GRASSROOTS for Student Welfare will fight this fight, will defend your rights as students that care about your education, your autonomy, your wellbeing and your safety.

We’re a group of socially progressive independents focusing on student rights. We’re running on the SRC because we fully support the SRC’s role in improving the lives of students. We promise to support the SRC office bearers; everything from womens to environment, queer to international students. We don’t have a flashy slogan or presidential ambitions. Instead we have a passion for social justice and activism. Please vote [1] for Equal on voting day.

Nathan Li Arts/Law IV

Curriculum Vitae

• General Executive for Greens on Campus 2012  • VegeSoc member 2011-2012  • Food Co-Op member 2011-2012  • ASoc member 2011-2012

Curriculum Vitae

Elana Scoufis Arts

Laurence Barratt-Manning Arts

Curriculum Vitae

• SRC Chair of Standing Legal • (2012) SRC Councillor (2012) USU • Queer Events Coordinator (2012)  • History Society Education Officer

GRASSROOTS for Welfare supports the financial autonomy and selfgovernance of organizations that support people with disabilities, and people from every culture, country, gender and socio-economic background. GRASSROOTS for Student Welfare supports increased funding to these important groups, as we understand how important it is to have access to equal opportunities in education, welfare support and protection against prejudice, discrimination and corruption within our university.

Policy Statement

(2012)

Curriculum Vitae

• SRC Queer Officer (2011) • Other stuff: Queer Revue, Arts Men-

toring, Army Cadets...

Ronny Chen Science/Law IV

Curriculum Vitae

Quazi Ishtiaq Rahman Arts/ Science

Vote [1] for GRASSROOTS for Student Welfare  Vote [1] for David Pink for SRC President

Curriculum Vitae

• SRC International Student Officer (2012) •  Smile4Gay China: Chairperson of Strategic Committee (2011-2012)

Curriculum Vitae

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

• ACON Anti-violence liaison (2011)  • Sexual Diversity workshop for School

Counsellors Hong Kong (2011)

• Queer Revue (2011) Ashley Chu Arts/Law IV

Curriculum Vitae

• International Student Collective

member

• Plays piano Jazz dancing  • Loves kittens  • Very enthusiastic about the SRC

Policy Statement

For me Libertarianism seems so obvious. Classically defined, it consists of social liberalism and fiscal conservatism. Hence, when you examine modern conservative parties; socially restrictive but fiscally liberal, or modern progressive parties; socially liberal but fiscally restrictive, it occurred to me as it does the girl in the taco ad; why can’t we have both? Where does the sense lie in preferring less freedom rather than more, in either social and economic spheres? I present common sense such as this, plainspoken as I can put it, in opposition to an SRC whose grip on reality fragments with every new day. The whole enterprise is seen by many as an absurdly cliquey ex-prefects club made up primarily of liberal-progressive arts students . They’re the career leaders, many of them will go on to work in politician’s offices as staffers or community organizers, meanwhile you’re the career follower. So I sincerely appeal to anyone with rational centrist, conservative, religious, Libertarian, pro-freedom, pro-liberty ideals to put aside the primary colours and glib, meaningless one-word ticket labels designed to convey as little as possible, and vote to restore what balance you can to grossly unrepresentative institution. Vote Libertarian.

We’re running for SRC because we have a plan for PASSIONATE, EFFECTIVE and DIVERSE representation for all students on this campus. We want to create a more effective advocacy organisation, that all students trust as their VOICE to the University. We know that the SRC is capable of reaping tangible benefits for all students in terms of a higher quality education in the classroom and out of it.

Libertarian

Thomas Russell Arts/Languages

Voice for First Years

MAKE VOICE HEARD FOR:

• A Clear VOICE for High Quality Edu-

cation

• Your SRC is your only avenue to voice your concerns about your education to all levels of University bureaucracy, on all major University committees and to the Government. That’s a responsibility we take incredibly seriously. Your expectations of a high quality, flexible, relevant and affordable education have to be met by the University. You deserve experienced advocates who will be your VOICE to: • Prioritise working with the University to increase the quality of your education: decreased class sizes; stop course cuts; publish the results of Unit of Study evaluations. • Help you get the most out of your subjects: expand the PASS Mentoring Program (Peer-Assisted Study Sessions) into every faculty; more 24 hour learning-hubs • Student-centered University administration: working with the University for increased flexibility in timetable scheduling; a University Help line (for out of hours assistance); and • Increase the affordability of your subjects: running an SRC secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks for loan • Eliminate ancillary course costs: partner with the University to establish a regulatory committee and prioritise compliance in course design

Curriculum Vitae

• Was never a prefect or any of that preppy nonsense. • See point one.

• Bring the University into the 21st century: advocating for a University-wide policy on lecture recording; working with the University to improve WiFi coverage. An Effective VOICE for Diverse Representation

• Too many students don’t feel represented by their SRC. We want to build a representative organisation that is open and transparent, that communicates clearly with students and the University, and that takes into account the diversity of beliefs and experiences within the University community. We will be an effective VOICE by: • Open the doors of your SRC: more transparency of Council meetings and decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app  • Increased support for SRC Departments and Campaigns: spend a greater portion of YOUR money on YOUR

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campus; more marketing and material support to SRC Collectives; bring back Growing Strong (Womens’ Publication)

• Better representation for satellite campuses: expand the SRC’s Legal Service onto satellites; increase SRC President consultations on satellites; work closer with satellite student organisations  • Smarter lobbying: clear strategies that work with the university; broader integration of student representatives in the University structure  • National collaboration: recycle successful campaigns on campuses across Australia. A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare Students obviously have broader concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand that their SRC does more for them in this regard. We want to work with the University to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decision-making. We will be your VOICE on these issues for: Better on-campus mental health support: collaborate with organisations such as the AMA and Headspace to establish a Director of Mental Health Strategy and Services; revamp counseling services on campus

• Improved Youth Allowance: lower the age of independence; improve independence criteria; easier application process. • International student-specific casework services within the SRC: accommodation; visas; University-matters and more.  • A roof over your head: establish connections between the NSW Government, University and SRC to better coordinate housing and rental assistance for students. • A safer campus: increased late night shuttle bus services; better lighting throughout campus; install panic buttons MAKE VOICE HEARD! Vote [1] VOICE for First Years SRC! Vote [1] VOICE for NUS! Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Voice for Education Penina Su Arts/Law

Curriculum Vitae

• 2012, First Year Representative, • Campus Committee, Sydney Univer-

Udit Pillay International and Global Studies

Tara Hariharan Commerce/Law

Curriculum Vitae

• 2012, 180 Degrees Consultant • 2012, Director of Administration,

sity Law Society - 2012, Law Revue 2012

UN Youth NSW

• Delegate to AMUNC -2012 • Tertiary Engagement Officer, UN

• Proud INGS Student  • Frequently mistaken for Bruno Mars

Youth NSW - 2012

• Socials Subcommittee, Sydney Univer-

sity Law Society

• Rejected by Honi Soit for 1st Year Reporter (forever bitter)

• Really luscious hair. • Really clever (Miss ‘3 HSC state

ranks’)

Michael Rees Arts/Law

Carrie Hou International and Global Studies

Curriculum Vitae

• Member of USU Debating  • Winner, Australian Intervarsity Debat-

ing Championship - 2012,

• 180 Degrees Consultant

Curriculum Vitae

• Tertiary Engagement Officer UN Youth NSW  • Member of the Sydney Arts Student Society because of free drinks

Morning Herald and North Shore Times

• 2011, School Captain  • Once successfully appealed a parking

Vote [1] VOICE for Education! Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!

MAKE VOICE HEARD! Our set policies include: KOORI CENTRE CAMPAIGN

Michael Stocks Commerce (Liberal Studies)

• 2012, Careers, Commerce Society • Writer, published in The Sydney

In 2012, there was not one Representative on Council that was a member of the Faculty of Education and Social Work. VOICE for Education aims to rectify this error by providing a ticket of enthusiastic Education students, across the many degree structures available, with a range of ideas and policies that will improve Education student welfare across the board. Moreover, having Education students on Council for 2013 allows students of the faculty to quickly and easily make any new issues known to the Representatives and an SRC-based solution can be reached. We, as a group, also think the welfare and interests of students both within and outside of the faculty would be better served with an independent President, and are thus proud to support Sam Farrell and the broader VOICE brand.

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• Proud Commerce dropout.

Curriculum Vitae

Policy Statement

• Member of International and Global Studies Society because of free drinks  • Once ate a whole chicken  • Recently learned how to reverse park

ticket

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During STUVAC last semester, the University quietly announced that it was undertaking a new Indigenous Strategy to better the addressing of the needs of Indigenous students. Part of this strategy involves taking what has been the cornerstone of Indigenous student support on campus, as well as the source of academic units and courses based on Indigenous history and culture, and breaking it into not two, or three, but sixteen. Instead of a central Koori Centre being available for all students, in terms of both support and academic coursework, the University has decided to have a miniature Koori Centre in each faculty. As students of a faculty with a natural and close connection with the Koori Centre, with a sizable majority of each cohort undertaking a Koori Centre unit, it is understandable and indeed expected of us to demand an explanation from the University, as well as an immediate moratorium on changes to the administration of the Centre until there is a forum for discussion between the University and the Centre over these changes. We stand with the Koori Centre, and you should too. TEACHING PRACS: ACCESSIBILITY AND SUPPORT Over the course of our degrees, we will undertake three or more “practicals”, equalling between 75 and 85 days teaching in a school. The current regulations surrounding this are horribly outdated. The University can, technically, ask you to take up a placement anywhere that is within a two hour commute. For many students, getting to University daily is hard enough, let alone a school that’s potentially very far away. There should be more emphasis placed on the student teacher and accessibility for them to schools, starting with the cutting of this

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minimum commute time to an hour. Moreover, time spent on prac can be terrible; in a totally new and potentially hostile environment with people you don’t know, the difficulty to hold down any other kind of job and consequent financial difficulties, and very little support for you. The faculty should make more of an effort to support student teachers, with a basic supply pack equipping teachers with basic daily meals and perhaps relevant stationary a god way of ensuring student teachers can worry less about their own sanity, and more about the task at hand: teaching. TUTORIAL SIZES AND STUDENT INTAKE In 2011, the new first-year cohort numbered around 400 students. We were crammed into tutorials numbering over 25 students in each, and it was unpleasant, to say the least. In 2012, that same cohort now numbers 600, with a new Government policy leaving University places totally uncapped and the faculty is free to admit as many students as they like. This means more tutorials, creating an extra burden on staff, as well as more crammed tutorial classes. To make matters worse, this is a trend being followed across the University. As educators, we understand all too well how important it is for tutors to have smaller classes to facilitate a better learning environment, and the onus then falls on us to tell the University, and our own faculty, that this situation is not sustainable for staff or prospective students. STUDY SPACES IN THE EDUCATION BUILDING

luxury of a great timetabling system that gives them amazing flexibility and plenty (months) of notice as to what hours they’re required at Uni. Here at the best University in NSW, USyd, we get no such luxury. Why? Who knows. It makes all our lives difficult as we cannot set up work rosters or organise other commitments around university. The University did make some very welcome but overdue changes to the system in 2012, and it should be up to us to push for further changes. The University and its faculties have no doubt already organised much of the units offered next year and their coordinators, so it is not too much of a stretch to have timetables for students already in the University ready months in advance. BRINGING EDUCATION UNITS OUT OF THE DARK AGES It seems almost comical that the very units that espouse the virtues of a transparent and modern education system, and tell students how to build one, could be so opaque and technologically backward – and in some cases totally ambiguous and lacking in detail. This goes beyond the laughable inability of the Education Faculty as a whole to put lecture recordings and notes online, it extends to units like EDUF2006 where a Blackboard site did not exist, and only a sub-par unit outline is available. Students should expect, and demand, a better showing from the faculty in this area; starting with greater opportunities for students to submit feedback.

UTS and UNSW students have the

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Otis Chen B. Education/Arts II

Curriculum Vitae

Isabel Hernandez B. Education (Early Childhood) II

Curriculum Vitae

• Education and Social Work Society: Honorary Executive 2012 • Education and Social Work Revue: Cast Member 2012 • Education and Social Work Revue Society: Publicity Officer 2012 Laura Cole B. Education/Arts II

Curriculum Vitae

• Education and Social Work Revue: Cast Member 2011-12 • Education and Social Work Revue: Music Director 2012 Cornelia Dunlea B. Education (Early Childhood)

SRC-EDSOC-FACULTY COOPERATION

TIMETABLES

Cast Member 2012

Cameron Caccamo B. Education/Arts II

For a faculty of 3000 students, it’s deplorable that more specialised study spaces do not exist within the faculty building or the Old Teacher’s College. The faculty and the University should work harder to facilitate a better learning environment, in the form of more study spaces and more access to computers. A single computer lab, which can be booked out by classes leaving Education students with nothing, is not enough.

EDSOC is a fantastic society, and has worked hard to ensure that student needs, both inside the classroom and outside of it, are addressed. However, EDSOC should not be acting alone in this regard. Having actual Education student representatives on Council can allow the SRC and EDSOC to effectively work together, and co-ordinate with the faculty and the University to ensure that all current and future student issues are addressed efficiently and quickly. Moreover, problems such as those addressed above can be tackled by both the SRC and EDSOC, creating more awareness of the issues and a broader range of voices suggesting solutions to them.

Luke Dassaklis B. Education/Arts II

Curriculum Vitae

• Education and Social Work Society: General Executive 2012  • Kicks Club: Vice-President 2012  • History Society: General Executive

2012

• Education and Social Work Revue: Cast Member 2012  • Honi Soit Contributor 2012 Curriculum Vitae

• Education and Social Work Revue:

@honi_soit

Curriculum Vitae

• Education and Social Work Society: General Executive 2012 • Education and Social Work Revue: Cast Member 2012

Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Voice for Arts Emily Zuccali B. Education (Primary)

Curriculum Vitae

• Education and Social Work Revue:

Cast Member 2012

Patrick Madden B. Education (Primary)

Curriculum Vitae

• Education and Social Work Society:

Promotions Officer 2012

• Education and Social Work Revue: Cast Member 2012 • Education and Social Work Revue:

Costume Designer 2012

subjects: running an SRC secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks for loan

• Eliminate ancillary course costs:

partner with the University to establish a regulatory committee and prioritise compliance in course design

• Bring the University into the 21st cen-

tury: advocating for a University-wide policy on lecture recording; working with the University to improve WiFi coverage.

decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app

Samuel Pearson Science

• Better representation for satellite campuses: expand the SRC’s Legal Service onto satellites; increase SRC President consultations on satellites; work closer with satellite student organisations • Smarter lobbying: clear strategies that work with the university; broader integration of student representatives in the University structure • National collaboration: recycle successful campaigns on campuses across Australia. A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare Students obviously have broader concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand that their SRC does more for them in this regard. We want to work with the University to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decision-making. We will be your VOICE on these issues for:

• Better on-campus mental health sup-

port: collaborate with organisations such as the AMA and Headspace to establish a Director of Mental Health Strategy and Services; revamp counseling services on campus

Curriculum Vitae

• Careers Director, Sydney Arts Students Society  • Late assignment submitter, 2009-Present  • Part time tutorial attender, 2009-Present  • Fake science student, 2009-Present John Tsaousidis Arts/Law

• Improved Youth Allowance: lower the age of independence; improve independence criteria; easier application process.  • International student-specific casework services within the SRC: accommodation; visas; University-matters and more.  • A roof over your head: establish connections between the NSW Government, University and SRC to better coordinate housing and rental assistance for students. • A safer campus: increased late night shuttle bus services; better lighting throughout campus; install panic buttons MAKE VOICE HEARD! Vote [1] VOICE for Arts for SRC!

Curriculum Vitae

• Publicity Officer, Sydney Arts Students Society  • SRC Councillor, 2012 • Vice-President, 180 degrees

Vote [1] VOICE for NUS! Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

An Effective VOICE for Diverse Representation Too many students don’t feel represented by their SRC. We want to build a representative organisation that is open and transparent, that communicates clearly with students and the University, and that takes into account the diversity of beliefs and experiences within the University community. We will be an effective VOICE by:

• Open the doors of your SRC: more transparency of Council meetings and

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Voice for Student Welfare Joel Schubert Arts

Joanna Howe Arts

Curriculum Vitae

Camilla Cameron Arts

Curriculum Vitae

A Clear VOICE for High Quality Education Your SRC is your only avenue to voice your concerns about your education to all levels of University bureaucracy, on all major University committees and to the Government. That’s a responsibility we take incredibly seriously. Your expectations of a high quality, flexible, relevant and affordable education have to be met by the University. You deserve experienced advocates who will be your VOICE to:

Curriculum Vitae

James Coward Arts

• Student-centered University administration: working with the University for increased flexibility in timetable scheduling; a University Help line (for out of hours assistance); and • Increase the affordability of your subjects: running an SRC secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks for loan • Eliminate ancillary course costs: partner with the University to establish a regulatory committee and prioritise compliance in course design • Bring the University into the 21st cen-

tury: advocating for a University-wide policy on lecture recording; working with the University to improve WiFi coverage.

An Effective VOICE for Diverse Representation

Curriculum Vitae

• SRC Councillor, 2012  • SRC Director of Finance, 2012

Too many students don’t feel represented by their SRC. We want to build a representative organisation that is open and transparent, that communicates clearly with students and the University, and that takes into account the diversity of beliefs and experiences within the University community. We will be an effective VOICE by:

• Open the doors of your SRC: more transparency of Council meetings and

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decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app

• Increased support for SRC Departments and Campaigns: spend a greater portion of YOUR money on YOUR campus; more marketing and material support to SRC Collectives; bring back Growing Strong (Womens’ Publication) • Better representation for satellite campuses: expand the SRC’s Legal Service onto satellites; increase SRC President consultations on satellites; work closer with satellite student organisations • Smarter lobbying: clear strategies that work with the university; broader integration of student representatives in the University structure • National collaboration: recycle successful campaigns on campuses across Australia. A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare Students obviously have broader concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand that their SRC does more for them in this regard. We want to work with the University to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decision-making. We will be your VOICE on these issues for:

• Better on-campus mental health support: collaborate with organisations such as the AMA and Headspace to establish a Director of Mental Health Strategy and Services; revamp counseling services on campus • Improved Youth Allowance: lower the age of independence; improve independence criteria; easier application process.  • International student-specific casework services within the SRC: accommodation; visas; University-matters and more.  • A roof over your head: establish connections between the NSW Government, University and SRC to better coordinate housing and rental assistance for students. • A safer campus: increased late night shuttle bus services; better lighting throughout campus; install panic buttons MAKE VOICE HEARD! Vote [1] VOICE for SRC! Vote [1] VOICE for NUS! Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Voice for Science Karen Chau Business

Policy Statement

Curriculum Vitae

• First Year Representative, Politics Society 2012

Vidushee Deora Arts

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Curriculum Vitae

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD FOR:

• General Executive, Students’ Repre-

A Clear VOICE for High Quality Education

sentative Council , 2012

• Councillor, Students’ Representative Council 2012, Sexual Harassment Officer • 2011 Board Director, University of Sydney Union

• President, United Nations Youth NSW 2012-13  • Vice President, Sydney Arts’ Students Society 2012  • Treasurer, United Nations Society 2012

Curriculum Vitae

• Conferences Director, United Nations

Society 2012

Angela Chen Arts/Law

• Prioritise working with the University to increase the quality of your education: decreased class sizes; stop course cuts; publish the results of Unit of Study evaluations.

• External Liaison Officer, Politics

Society 2012

Ally Yates Arts

• President, United Nations Society 2012

• Conferences Director, United Nations Society 2012 Curriculum Vitae

• Greens’ State Representative to the National Executive 2012

Shaza Barbar Arts

Natasha Burrows Arts

• Increase the affordability of your subjects: running an SRC secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks for loan • Eliminate ancillary course costs: partner with the University to establish a regulatory committee and prioritise compliance in course design  • Bring the University into the 21st century: advocating for a Universitywide policy on lecture recording; working with the University to improve WiFi coverage.

transparency of Council meetings and decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app

• Increased support for SRC Departments and Campaigns: spend a greater portion of YOUR money on YOUR campus; more marketing and material support to SRC Collectives; bring back Growing Strong (Womens’ Publication)  • Better representation for satellite campuses: expand the SRC’s Legal Service onto satellites; increase SRC President consultations on satellites; work closer with satellite student organisations  • Smarter lobbying: clear strategies that work with the university; broader integration of student representatives in the University structure  • National collaboration: recycle successful campaigns on campuses across Australia. A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare  Students obviously have broader concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand that their SRC does more for them in this regard. We want to work with the University to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decision-making. We will be your VOICE on these issues for:

• Better on-campus mental health support: collaborate with organisations such as the AMA and Headspace to establish a Director of Mental Health Strategy and Services; revamp counseling services on campus • Improved Youth Allowance: lower the age of independence; improve independence criteria; easier application process.  • International student-specific casework services within the SRC: accommodation; visas; University-matters and more.  • A roof over your head: establish connections between the NSW Government, University and SRC to better coordinate housing and rental assistance for students. • A safer campus: increased late night shuttle bus services; better lighting throughout campus; install panic buttons MAKE VOICE HEARD! Vote [1] VOICE for SRC!  Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!  Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

An Effective VOICE for Diverse Representation

Curriculum Vitae

•

Open the doors of your SRC: more

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

(Dissenting) Voice Kade Denton Agriculture

Jack Edwards Agriculture

Eleanor Percival Agriculture

Curriculum Vitae

• President – Sydney University SHADES  • Undergraduate Representative Agriculture and Environment Faculty

Curriculum Vitae

• Campaigns Manager – Sydney University Oxfam Society

Amy La Agriculture

• Member – 2012 Faculty of Agriculture and Environment Staff Student Liason

• Board Member -2012 Faculty of Agriculture and Environment Staff

• Committee Member – 2011 Faculty of Agriculture and Environment Staff Student Liason Committee

• Student Liason Committee Member – 2011 Faculty of Agriculture and

Dom Marendy Vet Science

• Environment Staff Student Liason

Committee Member – 2011

• School of Chemistry Staff Student Liason Committee  • Publicity Officer – Sydney University Queer Revue Society

Thomas MacDonald Science

• Student-centered University administration: working with the University for increased flexibility in timetable scheduling; a University Help line (for out of hours assistance); and

Curriculum Vitae

• President – TeaSoc  • Activities Officer – Sydney University

• Increase the affordability of your subjects: running an SRC secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks for loan

Disney Society

Curriculum Vitae

Jack Hetherington Vet Science

• Eliminate ancillary course costs: partner with the University to establish a regulatory committee and prioritise compliance in course design

Curriculum Vitae

• Bring the University into the 21st century: advocating for a University-wide policy on lecture recording; working with the University to improve WiFi coverage.

Youth NSW 2012

An Effective VOICE for Diverse Representation

• Publicity Officer, United Nations

Curriculum Vitae

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@honi_soit

• Open the doors of your SRC: more transparency of Council meetings and

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decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app

Ben Paull Law

Hope Williams Law

Camille Crowther Law

Curriculum Vitae

• Better on-campus mental health sup-

port: collaborate with organisations such as the AMA and Headspace to establish a Director of Mental Health Strategy and Services; revamp counseling services on campus

• Public Forums Director, Sydney University Law Society  • Cast Member, Sydney Law Revue 2010-Present

Tamasin Young Arts/Law

• Taste Baguette aficionado, BirthPresent  • Volunteer Legal Assistant, Redfern Legal Centre  • Starred in hip-hop music video, 2010 Evangeline Woodforde Law

Curriculum Vitae

• A roof over your head: establish connections between the NSW Government, University and SRC to better coordinate housing and rental assistance for students. • A safer campus: increased late night shuttle bus services; better lighting throughout campus; install panic buttons

Micaela Bassford Law

Curriculum Vitae

MAKE VOICE HEARD! Vote [1] (Dissenting) VOICE for SRC! Vote [1] VOICE for NUS! Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

Curriculum Vitae

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Stand Up! Against the Cuts! Policy Statement Vote 1 STAND UP! against the cuts for SRC Vote 1 STAND UP! for Fair Education for NUS Vote 1 DAVID for SRC President This year we have seen a vicious attack on our education. A combination of government underfunding and university mismanagement has seen the quality of our education compromised. We deserve better. This is why we will STAND UP! to the University and demand that no further cuts to our education take place.

uncapping – of university fees. We cannot afford a situation where students are paying more. This is why we oppose the deregulation of university fees and will STAND UP! and fight for a quality education, a diverse education, and a fair education for all.

Our team has worked hard to minimise the number of academic and general staff losing their jobs. We believe that, in a deregulated environment, where more and more students are enrolled, that we need more staff, not less. This is why we will continue to fight for our right to access quality teaching at university. We also oppose the cutting of any courses. We know how important course diversity is, and this is why we will STAND UP! to the university and fight against all cuts to courses. Last year, our team fought the cuts to Political Economy and won. We will continue to STAND UP! and fight for an education that offers a diversity of subject choice.

James Esson Leeder Science/Arts

Curriculum Vitae

• Member, Wind Symphony at the Con • Member, USYD Jazz Soc • Member, Streets Ahead Saxophone

Quartet

Leonidas Fry-Kontaxis Arts Curriculum Vitae

Consequently, we will STAND UP! for Honours and fight hard to ensure it is maintained at the University of Sydney.

• Member, Labor Club • Activist, Education Action Group • Member, Political Economy Society • Delegate, NUS Education Conference • Member, JazzSoc • Member, FilmSoc

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Adam Kefalas Arts Curriculum Vitae

• Activist, Education Action Group • Member, Refugee Action Collective • Member, Greek Society • Member, Labor Club

Curriculum Vitae 2012

• Member, FrenchSoc • Member, Labor Club • Member, Education Action Group • Delegate, NUS Education Conference

Shahar Merom Commerce

Andrew Brodzeli Arts/Law Curriculum Vitae Curriculum Vitae

• President, Labor Club • Executive Member, ECOP Soc • Member, Education Action Group • Organiser, Save ECOP Campaign • Local Labor Activist

Curriculum Vitae

• Activist, Education Action Group • Mixed handball, AUGS

Moreover, we think our fees are already high enough. We know that with a possible change in government next year, and the recommendations of the Grattan Report, that there is a chance we will see the deregulation – i.e. the

Curriculum Vitae

Georgia Carr Arts

2012

We have also seen an attack on the Koori Centre, with plans to replace it with a Centre for Cultural Competencies. We find this move by the university offensive and will STAND UP! and fight for the Koori Centre to remain as is, and for staff that have been relocated, to be moved back to the Koori Centre. Additionally, this year the university has started discussions over the future of honours. We know that the university would like to see honours removed, but we believe it offers a great opportunity to students.

Benjamin Rudy Arts

We believe that education is a right, not a privilege – this is why we need to STAND UP! against the cuts.

This year, our team has been heavily involved in STANDING UP! to the staff cuts. We set up the Education Action Group – the student collective that has put together all the great rallies, the petition drives, the occupations, and all those other actions which have forced Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence to back down and saved the jobs of nearly 100 staff. We were the driving force behind the staff cuts referendum, where nearly 4000 students voted, and overwhelmingly the majority of students voted against the cuts. We are here, to ask you once more to vote against the cuts and to vote for a team who will STAND UP! to the University!

Carlo Antonioli Sydney Conservatorium of Music

@honi_soit

2012

• Member, ECOP Soc • Member, Jazz Soc • Member, Russelian Soc • Member, SULS • Member, EAG • Model UN Soc • Delegate, AMUNC 2012

Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Voice for Law Timothy Sullivan Arts Curriculum Vitae 2012

• Member, Debating Society • Eastern USUS 2012 • St Andrews College fResher • 4th place, Intercollege Oration Pal-

ladian

• 2nd place, Intercollege Palladian Solo Drama • Intercollege Palladian Group Choir • Palladian Debating • Member, Quidditch Soc • Member, Pro-Choice Society • Member, Labor Club Matilda Surtees Arts Curriculum Vitae

• Member, Labor Club • Member, AUJS

decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app

William Ma Law

Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President! MAKE VOICE HEARD FOR: A Clear VOICE for High Quality Education Your SRC is your only avenue to voice your concerns about your education to all levels of University bureaucracy, on all major University committees and to the Government. That’s a responsibility we take incredibly seriously. Your expectations of a high quality, flexible, relevant and affordable education have to be met by the University. You deserve experienced advocates who will be your VOICE to:

• Prioritise working with the University

to increase the quality of your education: decreased class sizes; stop course cuts; publish the results of Unit of Study evaluations.

• Help you get the most out of your subjects: expand the PASS Mentoring Program (Peer-Assisted Study Sessions) into every faculty; more 24 hour learning-hubs • Student-centered University administration: working with the University for increased flexibility in timetable scheduling; a University Help line (for out of hours assistance); and • Increase the affordability of your subjects: running an SRC secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks for loan • Eliminate ancillary course costs:

partner with the University to establish a regulatory committee and prioritise compliance in course design

• National collaboration: recycle successful campaigns on campuses across Australia. A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare Students obviously have broader concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand that their SRC does more for them in this regard. We want to work with the University to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decision-making. We will be your VOICE on these issues for:

Curriculum Vitae

• Editor in Chief, Obiter 2012  • First and Second Year Representative,

Sydney Law School

• Student Ambassador, Business School  • Pre-Alumni Ambassador, Business

School

Charlotte Johnstone-Burt Law

Curriculum Vitae

Harry Knight Law

MAKE VOICE HEARD! Vote [1] VOICE for Law for SRC! Vote [1] VOICE for NUS! Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

• Open the doors of your SRC: more transparency of Council meetings and

honisoit.com

Curriculum Vitae

honi soit

Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Voice of Independence

Christopher Masters Law/Science

MAKE VOICE HEARD FOR: A Clear VOICE for High Quality Education

Laurence Rouesnel Engineering/Law

Curriculum Vitae

Stephanie Zughbi Arts/Law

honi soit

Curriculum Vitae

• SRC Director of Operations, 2012  • SRC Councillor, 2012  • Member, Sydney University Wind

Orchestra

• Chief of Staff, Sutherland Shire Junior Water Polo Association Jack Luxford Arts

• Better on-campus mental health support: collaborate with organisations such as the AMA and Headspace to establish a Director of Mental Health Strategy and Services; revamp counseling services on campus • Improved Youth Allowance: lower the age of independence; improve independence criteria; easier application process. • International student-specific casework services within the SRC: accommodation; visas; University-matters and more. • A roof over your head: establish connections between the NSW Government, University and SRC to better coordinate housing and rental assistance for students. •

A safer campus: increased late night shuttle bus services; better lighting throughout campus; install panic buttons

Curriculum Vitae

Emma Campbell Arts

MAKE VOICE HEARD! Vote [1] VOICE of Independence for SRC!

Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

•

Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!

An Effective VOICE for Diverse Representation

Curriculum Vitae

Joshua Sprake Arts

• Smarter lobbying: clear strategies that work with the university; broader integration of student representatives in the University structure

Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

Curriculum Vitae

transparency of Council meetings and decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app

Open the doors of your SRC: more

@honi_soit

Curriculum Vitae

Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Grassroots for Freedom

Trollface for SRC Hugh Bortolotti Arts

Policy Statement From the people who brought nyan cat to SRC meetings in 2012 Mr. Trololo presents: Trollface for SRC

Christian Jones Science

Now before I begin my statement, Mr Trololo would like to say a few words.

Curriculum Vitae

Amy Harris Arts

Ahhhhhhhhh Ya ya yaaaah Ya ya yaaah Yaaah ya yah Ohohohohoooo Oh ya yaaah Ya ya yaaah Yaaah ya yah Ye-ye-ye-ye-yeh Ye-ye-yeh Ye-ye-yeh Ohohohohoh Ye-ye-ye-ye-yeh Ye-yeyeh Ye-ye-yeh Ohohohohooooooooooo Aaaaoooooh aaaooo Hooo haha Nah nah nah nah Nuh nuh nuh Nuh nuh nuh Nuh nuh nuh Nuh nuh nah! Nah nah nah nah nun Nun-ah nun Nun-ah nuh Nah nah nah nah nah! Nah nah nah nah Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Dah dah daaaaaaaaaah… Da-da-dah…. Daaah.. Dadah... Lololololoooooooooooooo! Lah la-laaah La la laaah lol haha Ohohohoho ho-ho-ho ho-ho-ho oh-ho-ho-ho-ho Ohohohoho ho-ho-ho ho-ho-ho Lololololooo... AAIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEE eeeee-eeeee-EEEEEEEEE! Now every body give that man a clap, sorry we had to end it there. But we have to get in a few words from our sponsor: Trollface presents: Nyan Cat!

Curriculum Vitae

Mike Read Arts

nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan

nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan

Curriculum Vitae

• 1. I have watched nyan cat for the full 100 hours, amazing right.  • 2. I have trolled people from Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook and by gum, I’ve put them on the map  • 3. Confessed Facebook, Twitter, YouTube troll  • 4. Frequently trolled on Omegle (cause people on there are hilarious)  • 5. SRC Councillor 2012 Isaac Carney Science

Curriculum Vitae

Screw Flanders

Policy Statement

Alex Parissi-Smyth:  FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM!

Rohan Best:

Curriculum Vitae

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM!

Patrick Ward:   FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM!

honi soit

Alex Parissi-Smyth Arts

Patrick Ward Commerce/Arts

Curriculum Vitae

• Alex Parissi-Smyth Esq.   • Mature Age Student at Usyd  • Member of Education Action Group  • Member of Ecopsoc  • Independent working with Grassroots  • Active Participant in Occupy Sydney • Greenpeace Volunteer/Activist Books NOT Bombs campaigner

• SRC Enthusiast • ‘Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?’ Rohan Best Arts

Curriculum Vitae

• Rohan Best is a 2nd Year Arts student who likes walks on the beach, the majesty of sunrises, talking in the third person and smashing the state through revolutionary class warfare. • After his studies, Rohan plans on cryogenically freezing himself in Antartica where he will wait for the polar ice caps to melt and hopefully be unfrozen by more intelligent forms of life. • He authored the short story “Why Dogs Smell” in primary school for which he won a gold star.

@honi_soit

• President of SU Unimates (2012)  • Vice-President SU Quidditch Society

(2012)

• AIESEC Sydney Marketing Committee (2012)  • Social Secretary Scandinavian Appreciation Society (2012)  • University of Sydney Roller Derby League Grievance Committee (2012)  • Member of Oaktree Foundation’s Generate Program (2012)  • Tom Raue Union Board Campaigner (2012)

Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Policy Statement

In 2003 15,511 Australians died from smoking related illnesses. Though many die from choosing to smoking, an alarmingly high number of people every year die from second-hand smoke.

BanSmokingonCampus! Voice for Women

The current ban on smoking on campus reduces the likelihood of all University of Sydney Students suffering from the harms of second-hand smoke. If elected I will continue to support a cleaner campus, a healthier campus and a better campus, one in which this public space shared by all student and staff is plagued with the negative health effects of second hand smoke.

Vote [1] VOICE for Women for SRC! Vote [1] VOICE for NUS! Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President! MAKE VOICE HEARD FOR:

James Evans Arts

A Clear VOICE for High Quality Education Your SRC is your only avenue to voice your concerns about your education to all levels of University bureaucracy, on all major University committees and to the Government. That’s a responsibility we take incredibly seriously. Your expectations of a high quality, flexible, relevant and affordable education have to be met by the University. You deserve experienced advocates who will be your VOICE to:

• Prioritise working with the University

to increase the quality of your education: decreased class sizes; stop course cuts; publish the results of Unit of Study evaluations.

Curriculum Vitae

• 2012 SRC Student Housing Officer

subjects: running an SRC secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks for loan

• Eliminate ancillary course costs:

partner with the University to establish a regulatory committee and prioritise compliance in course design

• Bring the University into the 21st cen-

tury: advocating for a University-wide policy on lecture recording; working with the University to improve WiFi coverage.

decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app

Eleanor Gordon-Smith Arts

• Better representation for satellite campuses: expand the SRC’s Legal Service onto satellites; increase SRC President consultations on satellites; work closer with satellite student organisations • Smarter lobbying: clear strategies that work with the university; broader integration of student representatives in the University structure • National collaboration: recycle successful campaigns on campuses across Australia. A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare Students obviously have broader concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand that their SRC does more for them in this regard. We want to work with the University to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decision-making. We will be your VOICE on these issues for:

Curriculum Vitae

• SRC Interfaith Officer, 2012  • Tuesday Talks Convenor, 2011  • Debates Committee, 2011-12  • Honi Soit Reporter, 2011-12  • Bull Reporter, 2011-12  • Woman, Birth-Present Rebecca Barrett Law

Curriculum Vitae

Tara Waniganayaka Arts/Law

MAKE VOICE HEARD! Vote [1] VOICE for Women for SRC! Vote [1] VOICE for NUS! Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

• Open the doors of your SRC: more transparency of Council meetings and

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Voice for College Sarah Ienna Arts/Law

MAKE VOICE HEARD FOR:

Curriculum Vitae

A Clear VOICE for High Quality Education

Stephanie White Science/Law

• Prioritise working with the University to increase the quality of your education: decreased class sizes; stop course cuts; publish the results of Unit of Study evaluations.

Ariana Ladopoulos Arts/Law

subjects: running an SRC secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks for loan·

• Eliminate ancillary course costs: partner with the University to establish a regulatory committee and prioritise compliance in course design • Bring the University into the 21st cen-

Curriculum Vitae

honi soit

Nicola Borton Arts/Law

Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

Curriculum Vitae

• Open the doors of your SRC: more transparency of Council meetings and decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app·

• National collaboration: recycle successful campaigns on campuses across Australia.

Curriculum Vitae

• Sydney Law Revue: Cast Member 2012

A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare

• Women’s College Resident 2012

Students obviously have broader concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand that their SRC does more for them in this regard. We want to work with the University to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decision-making. We will be your VOICE on these issues for:

Emily Hartman Law

• Better on-campus mental health support: collaborate with organisations such as the AMA and Headspace to establish a Director of Mental Health Strategy and Services; revamp counseling services on campus • Improved Youth Allowance: lower the age of independence; improve independence criteria; easier application process.· • International student-specific casework services within the SRC: accommodation; visas; University-matters and more. • A roof over your head: establish connections between the NSW Government, University and SRC to better coordinate housing and rental assistance for students.

Curriculum Vitae

Tori Grimshaw Law

• A safer campus: increased late night shuttle bus services; better lighting throughout campus; install panic buttons

tury: advocating for a University-wide policy on lecture recording; working with the University to improve WiFi coverage.

MAKE VOICE HEARD!

An Effective VOICE for Diverse Representation

Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

Vote [1] VOICE for College! Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!

Too many students dont feel represented by their SRC. We want to build a representative organisation that is open and transparent, that communicates clearly with students and the University, and that takes into account the diversity of beliefs and experiences within the University community. We will be an effective VOICE by:

@honi_soit

Curriculum Vitae

Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Stand Up! for Women Gee Castle Commerce

Policy Statement

Curriculum Vitae

STANDUP! for Women Vote 1 DAVID for President Vote 1 STAND UP! For Women for SRC

• Volunteer for Legacy Australia   • Volunteer for World Vision • Volunteer for Inner West Neighbour

Aid

StandUp! For Women wants to see more women elected to the Student Representative Council because women represent more than half the student body but only a third of council.

• Secretary, USU Feminist Society   • Member, SRC Women’s Collective  • Member, Anthropology Society   • Member, Labor Club   • Member, Politics Society

StandUp! For Women wants to make campus safer for women! We will fight for the following measures:

Evelyn Avis Radunz Science III

Vote 1 STAND UP! For Fair Education for NUS

• Member, International and Global Studies Society Louise Emma Carey-White Arts II Curriculum Vitae

• Member, Women’s Collective Eliza Tess Reynolds Arts II

• A clear, accessible and anonymous reporting system for sexual harassment and assault Curriculum Vitae

Michaela Upton Architecture

• University-provided accommodation that meets the needs of women in relation to personal safety • Increased lighting in places on campus that are known as unsafe • Training for on-campus counsellors that allow them to deal effectively with sexual assault victims. • Removal of phone charges for calls made to the University of Sydney Security Service StandUp! For Women will advocate for the right to bodily autonomy and fight for a campus that respects a women’s right to choose. StandUp! For Women will advocate for a Women’s room on all University of Sydney campuses because safe, accessible, autonomous spaces are a crucial service for many women on campus.

Curriculum Vitae

Pip Snelling Architecture

StandUp! For Women will fight against the cutting of Gender Studies, one of the few university subjects which addresses gender issues and is crucial for the academic and intellectual development of feminist thought. StandUp! For Women will campaign to have Affirmative Action provisions instituted in all student representative groups and bodies to make sure women have an equal opportunity to participate in student leadership.

Curriculum Vitae

• Member, SRC Women’s Collective  • Member, USU Feminist Society Curriculum Vitae

• Member, Women’s Collective  • Member, Feminist Society

Stella Ktenas Arts II

Julia May Readett Arts I Curriculum Vitae

• Member, Women’s Collective   • Member, Drama Society • Member, Spanish Society Tabitha Jasmin PradoRichardson Arts II

Curriculum Vitae

Hannah Smith Arts II

• Executive member (Archivist), Sydney University Dramatic Society   • Member, Food Co-op  • Member, Vegetarian Society  • Member, SRC Women’s Collective • Member, Sydney Arts Students Society • Member, Atheist Society,  • Member, The University of Sydney

Curriculum Vitae

Golden Key Supporters Club

• Undergraduate Rep, English Department (2011) Curriculum Vitae

• Publicity Officer, USU Feminist Society   • Member, SRC Women’s Collective

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Culture Jammers Radhini Shemarley Sappany Arts/Law II

Curriculum Vitae

Policy statement

• Member, Women’s Collective Kate Cherie OBrien Arts/Social Work II Curriculum Vitae

• Women’s Officer, SRC  • Vice President, White Ribbon Society • Vice President, Feminist Society Emily Louise Hoar Rayers Pharmacy III

• Vice President (Education), Arts Advanced Students’ Club  • Socials Sub-Committee, SULS  • Member, Feminist Society Heather Emily Leeson Arts/International and Global Studies III Curriculum Vitae

Shelley Patrice Smith Arts III

Because the SRC is a bit like JAMberoo: YOU control the action(!) JAM SPREAD: COLOUR PAGES Black and white is fine for reading, but can get boring when you’re looking at what-should-be gorgeous photos or comics. Let’s get the SRC to finally fund a full colour Honi so we don’t have to look at a page or two of arbitrary colour. UTS does it, UNSW does it, fucking Macquarie probably does it. Let’s catch up and give you some awesome colour on an awesome newspaper. No more fifty shades of grey – let’s make it black, white, and red all over!

Curriculum Vitae

• Member, Women’s Collective

The SRC is and has for a while been pretty boring. That’s why we want to culture JAM it aka “subvert or disrupt mainstream cultural institutions” (Wikipedia), mess shit up, and/or make things more interesting and fun. At JAM, we love fun things, so mainly the latter. Vote Culture JAMmers for better things for you, for your SRC, and for your Honi.

JAMDEPENDENT? INDEPENDENT HONI

Curriculum Vitae

• General exec, USU White Ribbon Society

• Member, Sydney University Pharmacy Association

• Member, Women’s Collective - Member, MIRAGE (Rural healthcare society) Elizabeth Burge Arts III

Everyone’s independent, apparently, but how many tickets actually have someone who knows what it means in regards to Honi? We do! We have a Director of Student Publications, who had to sit through legal workshops to find out that if Honi defames anyone, the entire SRC gets shut down and the President is financially liable. And because the President has the final word on Honi, some things are…watered down or LITERALLY cut out. Let’s find a way to actually make Honi independent. This might mean making it into a separate incorporated body. Only the SRC can make sure Honi remains independent from the University, the President, and… Oh, and another thing: really? Ads for other university law schools? A Culture JAMMING Honi/SRC would see less boring ads and more of their parodies.

• Member, Women’s Collective   • Member, SUDS  • Member, Film Society • Member, History Society Curriculum Vitae

• Member, History Society • Member, Queer Revue Society • Member, German Klub

JAM TO THE FUTURE: A 21ST CENTURY SRC How great is Honi’s new website? Have you seen the SRC’s website

honi soit

The SRC does more than just Honi though. It also does more than factional politics! The SRC should continue to fund the great work its caseworkers and lawyers do for students. A lot of people running will say the SRC doesn’t care about students. But 90% of the budget goes directly towards student welfare, so it can’t be that bad? Let’s talk more about Honi. NO. Let’s talk more about JAM. Culture JAM. Let’s liven up the place a little. If you want a SRC that can stick(y) it to the Man and say “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a JAM” A SRC that can take action on important issues, as quick as a “wham, bam, thank you JAM” and effective as a JAM sandwich A SRC that’s less dull and more JAM packed full of artistry and creativity to satiate your hunger Vote 1 Culture JAMmers for SRC! Vote 1 JAM for Honi!

Rafi Alam International & Global Studies III

Honi Soit is awesome – heck, that’s why Rafi and Mason are running for it – but the SRC should use more of its money to fund culture on campus and not just leave it to the USU, which is great, but is different. Maybe more zines? They’re awesome. The SRC used to publish heaps, but has kind of given up. Also, we should use the SRC to get one of JAM’s other great ideas up: anthologising the year’s best articles into a journal, to make sure those great articles aren’t lost in time. Let’s also use some of that money to reimburse reporters for the work they do. The SRC used to in a time long ago, so lets bring that time of exciting new writing and controversy back with some incentives for writers to, well, write.

PEANUT BUTTER, HONEY, NUTELLA: OTHER GOODIES

MORE JAM: FUND SOME CULTURE

Curriculum Vitae

Phoebe Lina Moloney Arts I

though? We think we remember making something similar on Geocities. Yeah, it’s frightfully disgusting, inefficient, and doesn’t take you where you want to go. Other university’s have much better (read: functioning) websites. Why can’t we? Even SRC officers get stomach aches when looking at the website. Let’s give students something they can digest. JAM wants you to JAM away with a working website that gives you real information about things like Centrelink, safe spaces on campus, and what you can do if you’ve totally fucked up Uni.

@honi_soit

Curriculum Vitae

• SRC Welfare Officer, 2012   • SRC Councillor, 2012   • SRC Director of Student Publications,

2012

• Once SLEPT in the SRC office, actually, 2012  •  Environment Collective member

Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

“Rise” For 1st Years • Education Action Group member   • Want seconds? Not content with just a

Lucinda Bradshaw Arts/Law IV

Policy Statement The RISE Team has seen the waste, incompetence and blatant politicisation of the SRC. For years, the political factions in the SRC have focused on their own self-serving agendas, wasting student money, ignoring student services and getting paid for cushy jobs. No one knows what, if anything, the SRC has done for students in years.

nibble? Flip to JAM in the Honi section for more

Grace Smith-Davies Arts II

RISE is here to stop this. RISE to cut the Waste!

Curriculum Vitae

• Law Reveue, 2009-2010   • Assistant Director, Law Revue, 2009-

2010

Curriculum Vitae

Divya Chaddha Law V

•  SULS Campus Committee, 2009   • Honi Soit Reporter, 2010-2012 Isobel Yeap Economics IV

Expenses for the SRC over the past few years have included candlelight vigils outside detention centers, political campaigns for the Carbon Tax, campaigns against sniffer dogs and the police. This reflects an increasing politicisation of the SRC, preferring to debate and pass motions about supporting Euthanasia and legalising all drugs. This is not the SRC’s role! Applications for funding from collectives, rather than handing over blank cheques for campaigns on federal policy, which make no difference for students, and leaves them out of pocket for their Student Services and Amenities Fee! Cut our affiliation fees to the National Union of Students Affiliation fees until they prove value for money for Sydney University Students, instead of enabling the NUS to pay their executive of twelve over $301 000 in benefits including travel expenses, mobile phones and superannuation.* RISE to improve Student Services! For too long, the SRC has neglected its core role to students in providing real, effective support services! We will use the money saved from cutting the waste and divert it to SRC initiatives that have tangible effects on students.

• Psychiatric support services provided by the SRC to the student community to address mental health problems early!  Curriculum Vitae

Mikaela Squirchuk Arts/Law IV

Curriculum Vitae

• AusStudy officers to support students

through the complex applications to gain approval for the AusStudy funding and programs!

• Language services for International Students!  • More funding for the SRC Legal

Service to help students with domestic violence concerns, employment law, tenancy complaints,, discrimination and harassment issues and much more.

an SRC that RISES for you! An SRC that cuts the waste, improves your services, and gets your cash back! Vote RISE for Students’ Issues! There are so many issues that affect students so much more than academic and ideologically driven debates over drug legalisation or euthanasia. RISE will drive the SRC away from these politicised issues to focus on issues relevant for students! RISE will…

• Get your lectures recorded online and have PDFs of your • Readers available on Blackboard to avoid extravagant Copy Centre expenses.  • Lobby for your textbook costs to be attached to HECS, so that a single semester’s bookload is easier on the pocket • More Library spaces and longer library hours, to accommodate for student’s educational needs  • Fight the State Government for Student concession cards for International students  • Institute renewable and efficient energy options for SRC facilities *Figures taken from the National Union of Students 2011 Annual Budget

Angus Knoblanche Business School/Bachelor of Commerce Curriculum Vitae

Elliot Hunt Science/Bachelor of Medical Science Curriculum Vitae

Jack Johnston Science Curriculum Vitae

Marni Lysaght Business School/Bachlor of Commerce (Liberal Studies) Curriculum Vitae

Nemanja (Neville) Radovic Arts Curriculum Vitae

RISE to get your Cash back! The University, SRC and Union have collected over $12 892 260 from the money you paid in SSAF fees this year. Have you noticed a $12 million increase in student services? The University sets the level of SSAF fees – we will campaign to reduce the $263 SSAF on students, saving you REAL money!

Curriculum Vitae

Return all SSAF money received from the University to the SRC back to YOUR bank account! So for your SRC, vote RISE to provide

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Grassroots for Bush Kids Policy Statement Sons and Daughters of the Soil, There’s been an attempt to chuck the doona over rural students by the cosmofucking –politan type: the type that take soy milk in their latte; the type who haven’t put a toe outside the Inner-West since the primary school excursion to Canberra in 2003; the type that book in advance for a haircut; the type that take one sip of your home brew, declare it sensational, then not even go near again and ring out a bottle of Swedish raspberry cider; the type who’s notion of a hard days work is walking up eastern avenue all day in a bright t-shits nagging the ear off punters to vote for someone they know nothing about, and if they did, they’d probably openly despise; the type who’s idea of roughing it in the elements is stepping in a jack russell turd in Sydney Park. If you’d like to see any of these people, a quick eye over the presidential ballot should suffice. This lot have tried to typecast the rural student into a single entity. Rural students are a diverse bunch. And many rural students do not find the transition to University and urban life quite as smooth as some would have you believe. Bush kids come down here to Steak and Kidney and are made uneasy by, what may seem to many the mundane: traffic, nightlights, crowds. These feelings are only accelerated by the grief of being so far from the people and places you love so well. As such a lot of rural students feel isolated and displaced in this, a city full of people.

Voice for Commerce

We, being the proud country folk we are, would love to see a celebration of rural NSW on campus. We aim to push the council in endorsing an ‘Explore the Regions Day’. This will entail regional students, hopefully, in conjunction with local commerce chambers and other community groups spruiking the fruits of their homelands to an interested student populace. It will present an opportunity to flog some local produce on campus. With a bit of luck, such an event may encourage students, particularly international students, to view Regional Australia not as a wasteland of xenophobes and venomous snakes, but for the cracking culture, natural beauty and social and economic importance it has in fist fulls. Maybe a few might even pass up on their planned holiday to Melbourne, or Surfers Paradise or god forbid Paris, and take a good old wholesome road trip through the towns and communities that make this country tick. The SRC has a long and great history of activism. Wouldn’t it be great to see them roll up their sleeves and get stuck right in to some campaigns concerning environmental and rural issues? While the SRC sits and twiddles its thumbs, the Shanghai Boys Club is scoffing up our precious agricultural land and mineral deposits for the price of a sausage roll and a bag of twisties and doing Christ knows what with it. How about those pricks in hardhats and reflectors, going around our paddocks looking for gas wells and playing silly buggers with our soil and water tables? And, that sleazy hand of the free market that gropes our dairy industry?

We here have warmed quite kindly to the idea of a rural support brigade. This will enable students battling the curses of urban livelihood to pop in and have chinwag and build a support network with people who are in or have gone through similar experiences. Students will be able to swap stories of their cherished homeland and tales of despair from Sydney Town.

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The chasm between Sydney University and most of rural and regional NSW is apparent and seems to be widening. Many of our high school chums, despite attaining marks easily able suffice entry to this, the finest higher educational institution in the state, peeled off elsewhere- citing this university as a rusty spittoon of elitism, exclusivity and pretention. This is an image in sore need of remedy.

• Cried during ‘Beaches’  • Knows when to hold ‘em  • Knows when to fold ‘em  • Knows when to walk away  • Knows when to run  • Often told he looks just like his

Engagement: The SRC should encourage the University to engage with rural/regional communities. At present, barring the relationship of the Faculty of Agriculture with Big Agri-business, frankly, there’s fuck all. More should be done to interact with rural schools and other pillars of rural communities. Access: Rural students, particularly those from LSE and indigenous backgrounds should be in for a bigger chunk of the scholarship cheese. The same students should be near the top of the list when it comes to student housing.

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Tim Hodge Eng/IT Curriculum Vitae

Sam Henderson Science Curriculum Vitae

Sophie Holt Arts Curriculum Vitae

Paddy Holt Law

Curriculum Vitae

• Once got zapped by Max Schintler.

Zac Shore Agriculture Curriculum Vitae

• Can tell shit from clay  • Can produce impressive volumes of

• Shows blatant disregard for spelling and grammar

• Prioritise working with the University to increase the quality of your education: decreased class sizes; stop course cuts; publish the results of Unit of Study evaluations. • Help you get the most out of your subjects: expand the PASS Mentoring Program (Peer-Assisted Study Sessions) into every faculty; more 24 hour learning-hubs • Student-centered University administration: working with the University for increased flexibility in timetable scheduling; a University Help line (for out of hours assistance); and • Increase the affordability of your subjects: running an SRC secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks for loan • Eliminate ancillary course costs: partner with the University to establish a regulatory committee and prioritise compliance in course design

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• Only very occasionally mistaken for his mother  • Likes the bubbler across from Eastern Avenue Lecture Theatre • Fought the law and won on a points decision  • Well learned in the field of freshwater eels  • The only boy that could ever teach him was the son of a preacher man  • That guy

• Bring the University into the 21st century: advocating for a Universitywide policy on lecture recording; working with the University to improve WiFi coverage. An Effective VOICE for Diverse Representation Too many students don’t feel represented by their SRC. We want to build a representative organisation that is open and transparent, that communicates clearly with students and the University, and that takes into account the diversity of beliefs and experiences within the University community. We will be an effective VOICE by:

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Maccas On Campus transparency of Council meetings and decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app

Sarah Marriott Business

Guang Li Business

Ever felt like a Maccas hairnet was the missing accessory in your hipster wardrobe?

Better representation for satellite campuses: expand the SRC’s Legal Service onto satellites; increase SRC President consultations on satellites; work closer with satellite student organisations

Do you like Maccas? No? THEN FUCK YOU! FUCK free trade. FUCK ethical farming practices. FUCK the 99%. GO Maccas!

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Smarter lobbying: clear strategies that work with the university; broader integration of student representatives in the University structure

A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare

• Students obviously have broader

concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand that their SRC does more for them in this regard. We want to work with the University to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decision-making. We will be your VOICE on these issues for:

Ever felt like shoving 14210kJ of a Maccas dinner box down your throat while you pull an all nighter at the students study centre? Ever wanted to know what a Triple Cheeseburger smelled like seeping through the walls of Wentworth?

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• National collaboration: recycle successful campaigns on campuses across Australia.

Policy Statement

Curriculum Vitae

• Assistant-Director, Commerce Revue  • Lover of numbers, 2008-Present

Curriculum Vitae

Alex Meekin Science/Commerce

Emma Marriott Business

You’ll Grimace® when Ronald Mcdonald® Hamburgles® a Soft Serve® of his Big Mac® into your Chicken McNugget®. Vote for us! You can’t spell “Maccas” without “Vote for us!”

Luke Liang Music/Law Curriculum Vitae 2 x Big Mac® 2 x Cheeseburgers 4 x Small Fries 2 x Medium Soft Drinks 2 x Small Soft Drinks 1 x 6 pack Chicken McNuggets®

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International student-specific casework services within the SRC: accommodation; visas; University-matters and more.

• A roof over your head: establish connections between the NSW Government, University and SRC to better coordinate housing and rental assistance for students.

Curriculum Vitae

Art Zahar Business

Katherine Marshall Arts

Curriculum Vitae

• A safer campus: increased late night shuttle bus services; better lighting throughout campus; install panic buttons MAKE VOICE HEARD! Vote [1] VOICE for Commerce SRC!  Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!  Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Stand Up! For Arts

Policy Statement Arts students at the University of Sydney need strong representation and a team of students ready to fight and maintain the integrity of the Arts Faculty’s diversity. But the University is moving to generalise our courses and silence our voices!

‘Handsome’ John Harding-Easson Arts

Blake Adair-Roberts Arts Curriculum Vitae

Crystal Validakis Arts Curriculum Vitae

STAND UP! for Arts wants to put an end to tutorial and lecture crowding.

Leo Nelson Arts

MORE tutorial and lecture times are needed. With a surplus of $11 million there is no reason students should be crammed into small, decaying rooms. IMPROVE facilities and access for students; DON’T plug our money into other faculties. STAND UP! for Arts believes in TEXT ON HECS. Every semester students are forced to buy dozens of expensive textbooks and readers. We have to fork out hundreds of dollars to pay for these essential items. STAND UP! and fight for the implementation of an option to defer these costs until students finish uni and alleviate the financial pressure students are under. STAND UP! for Arts will fight against any moves to purge units of study. The excuse that ‘We Don’t Have Enough Money’ doesn’t cut it.

Curriculum Vitae

• 2012 USU Board Director   • 2012 SRC Exec  • 2012 SRC Rep

We separate the handsomes from the handnots bringing genuine leadership to a genuine ticket. We’re running for SRC because we have a plan for PASSIONATE, EFFECTIVE and DIVERSE representation for all students on this campus. We want to create a more effective advocacy organisation, that all students trust as their VOICE to the University. We know that the SRC is capable of reaping tangible benefits for all students in terms of a higher quality education in the classroom and out of it.

MAKE voice heard for: A Clear voice for High Quality Education

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Emily Rayner Arts Curriculum Vitae

STAND UP! for Arts wants to see a common room that all students enrolled in Arts subjects can use.

Madeline Scott-Murphy Arts

STAND UP! for Arts will fight for a research space for all Honours students in the Arts faculty to work in, use computers and have discussions.

Curriculum Vitae

William Duff Arts

We don’t promise anything we can’t deliver but as a team of brutal good looks and rugged indvidualism, our strengths are clear.

Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

Daniel Hickie Arts

Curriculum Vitae

Putting faces to Sydney Uni’s long tradition of handsome excellence.

Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!

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STAND UP! for Arts will work for a $2 a day printing quota to make your education more accessible and more affordable.

Policy Statement

Vote [1] for Handsome for SRC!

Ina Hoxha Arts

STAND UP! for Arts will fight against the integration of the Department of Political Economy under Government. This is the fastest growing department and its integrity must be PROTECTED.

STAND UP! for Arts will work to ensure students who volunteer with an NGO receive credit points.

Domnic Ofner Arts Curriculum Vitae

STAND UP! for Arts will work for an internship program abroad in volunteer NGO groups.

Your SRC is your only avenue to voice your concerns about your education to all levels of University bureaucracy, on all major University committees and to the Government. That’s a responsibility we take incredibly seriously. Your expectations of a high quality, flexible, relevant and affordable education have to be met by the University. You deserve experienced advocates who will be your voice to: Prioritise working with the University to increase the quality of your education: decreased class sizes; stop course cuts; publish the results of Unit of Study evaluations. Help you get the most out of your subjects: expand the PASS Mentoring Program (Peer-Assisted Study Sessions) into every faculty; more 24 hour learning-hubs Student-centered University administration: working with the University for increased flexibility in timetable scheduling; a University Help line (for out of hours assistance); and Increase the affordability of your subjects: running an SRC secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks for loan

NO MORE CROWDED TUTORIALS! NO MORE UNIT OF STUDY CUTS! NO MORE GENERALISING OF AN ARTS DEGREE!

Eliminate ancillary course costs: partner with the University to establish a regulatory committee and prioritise compliance in course design

Vote [1] STAND UP! for Arts

Bring the University into the 21st century: advocating for a Universitywide policy on lecture recording; working with the University to improve WiFi coverage.

Curriculum Vitae

An Effective Voice for Diverse Representation

• Too many students don’t feel represented by their SRC. We want to build a

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Stand Up! for StudentHousing representative organisation that is open and transparent, that communicates clearly with students and the University, and that takes into account the diversity of beliefs and experiences within the University community. We will be an effective voice by:

Alex Hanbury-Brown Engineering

Curriculum Vitae

Patrick Ditchfield Engineering

• Open the doors of your SRC: more transparency of Council meetings and decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app • Increased support for SRC Departments and Campaigns: spend a greater portion of YOUR money on YOUR campus; more marketing and material support to SRC Collectives; bring back Growing Strong (Womens’ Publication) • Better representation for satellite campuses: expand the SRC’s Legal Service onto satellites; increase SRC President consultations on satellites; work closer with satellite student organisations •

Smarter lobbying: clear strategies that work with the university; broader integration of student representatives in the University structure

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National collaboration: recycle successful campaigns on campuses across Australia. A Passionate Voice for Better Student Welfare Students obviously have broader concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand that their SRC does more for them in this regard. We want to work with the University to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decision-making. We will be your Voice on these issues for:

• The establishment of a student rep-

Curriculum Vitae

• Really really ridiculously good look-

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• Good with his hands, 2009-Present • Engineer, Conception-Present • Olympic Rhythmic Gymnast, London

Zak Vickers Engineering

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resentative position to the board of University Investment and Capital Management to make sure students’ rights and interests are upheld and represented in management decisions. * Increased temporary accommodation places for newly arrived international students.

• Workshops on tenancy rights and ob-

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ligations.

• Too busy being beautiful to write this CV

Elenore Cooper-Levi Arts

Cameron Creigh Engineering

Curriculum Vitae

Jack Rafferty Arts Curriculum Vitae

Dylan Parker Arts Curriculum Vitae

Jacky Chen Engineering

• Improved Youth Allowance: lower the

age of independence; improve independence criteria; easier application process.

• A roof over your head: establish connections between the NSW Government, University and SRC to better coordinate housing and rental assistance for students.

The University of Sydney has a student body of over 45 000, but oncampus accommodation is restricted to around 2500 students, a large percentage within the residential colleges. For those of us who live too far away to commute and cannot afford college, little option is left but to rent privately. This should not be the case. What I will support and work for is:

• A large-scale alternative to outside private rental provided by the University with accommodation leased to students for the academic year. Provision of accommodation at least on par with the Sydney University Village or a residential college would be an initial goal.

Better on-campus mental health support: collaborate with organisations such as the AMA and Headspace to establish a Director of Mental Health Strategy and Services; revamp counseling services on campus

• International student-specific casework services within the SRC: accommodation; visas; University-matters and more.

Policy Statement

Curriculum Vitae

Tom Connell Engineering

• A safer campus: increased late night shuttle bus services; better lighting throughout campus; install panic buttons

Curriculum Vitae

MAKE VOICE HEARD! Vote [1] for Handsome for SRC! Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!

Curriculum Vitae

Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Grassroots for Queer Action

Policy Statement Grassroots for Queer Action is a cooperative of students involved in queer (or LGBTI for the uninitiated!) issues who care about having a say in the SRC. The SRC is essential to supporting our communities on campus and to fighting to ensure everyone has access to education regardless of their sex, gender or sexuality. Students in Grassroots for Queer Action have been consistently active in building our student community through QuAC, fighting homophobia in education and making your campus safer and now we’re taking up the fight in the SRC. Creating a Community on Campus We believe collectives like QuAC play an important role in making the university an engaging experience - this is the time of our lives where we learn, grow and meet people from different walks of life. If elected, we will advocate for greater support for a more active campus to engage people of every gender, sex and sexuality. We will advocate for increased support for large campus projects like the Queer Collaborations conference to be hosted at the University of Sydney next year, the amazing student float at Mardi Gras and more funding for student collectives to make your time at university something to remember. Safer Spaces on Campus Safe and autonomous spaces on campus are an important part of organising for a number of collectives; it gives vulnerable people a safe space in which to connect and it allows for us to have an organising base from which to run campaigns. Unfortunately, our spaces are not always supported by everyone in the USU or the SRC - pushes to abolish or fundamentally alter Queer Spaces and Women’s Rooms are almost a fact of life for collective members. We believe our student community should be properly consulted and not overridden by distant organisations and until that happens, our spaces should remain autonomous. We also recognise that our campus is not always safe. Last year, there was a survey which found that high rates of violence against women in housing and on campuses; LGBTI NGOs have also been tracking a disturbing rate of homophobic violence which evidence suggests is not just on the streets but on our campus too. This is unacceptable - it is time for us to speak out! We will advocate on the SRC for campaigns to increase safety on campus!

the SRC has to campaign on behalf of students but we also want to provide students with the support and skills to fight for change - not just speak on their behalf. We think that office bearers should be elected by student collectives, that the Queer Officer should be elected by QuAC, and that these office bearers should be directed by collectives of real students campaigning around their issues so students are consulted around the year. If you’re queer and want to get involved and have your say then go to QuAC on Mondays on 1pm in the QueerSpace. We don’t just want your vote! For Fair and Accessible Education

• Cafe founder and manager 2010 2011  • Queer Collaborations nation conference delegate 2010 & 2011  • Active QuAC member 2012  • Roller Derby executive 2012  • Queer Collaborations 2013 confer-

ence organiser

• Awesome at photography!  • Spectacular cat lover Nazim Ryall-Dincer Arts

However, for some people, the state of our education system is truly devastating. Education can easily become exclusive and inaccessible if you’re from a minority; how can we afford law textbooks if we get kicked out of our homes for being queer? How can we pay for lab coats and do unpaid internships when discrimination sometimes knocks us out of stable jobs? It’s time for us to make education accessible for EVERYONE whether they’re gay, straight, black, white, man, woman, rich or poor. It’s for this reason that we support the increase of scholarship programs for those in need, like Pinnacle, and will advocate for further student support in education. Let’s make education fair, let’s protect our courses and let’s make this a uni for everyone! Vote 1 GRASSROOTS for Queer Action for SRC! Vote 1 GRASSROOTS for NUS!

• Active QuAC member 2008, 2009 & 2012  • Queer Collaborations 2013 conference organiser Rebecca Alchin Science Curriculum Vitae

• Active QuAC member 2011  • SRC Queer Officer 2012  • SHADES member 2011 - current Jamie Meland-Proctor Science Curriculum Vitae

• Active QuAC member 2011 Audrey Cremer Arts Curriculum Vitae

• Stucco resident 2012  • Active QuAC member 2012  • Queer Collaborations 2012 confer-

ence delegate

• Queer Collaborations 2013 national conference organiser Eleonora Tsiknas Kazantzis Science Curriculum Vitae

• SRC Queer Officer 2012  • Active QuAC member 2012  • Queer Collaborations 2012 confer-

ence delegate

• Queer Collaborations 2012 conference organiser

Participation - more than just representation We don’t think it’s fair that two days of elections decide how the SRC represents your views for an entire year; it doesn’t make sense for about 30 (mostly straight, white, cisgendered and well off) student politicians to make decisions for ALL of us. We recognise the power

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Jaya Keaney Arts

Curriculum Vitae

Obviously our education is under attack. We don’t just know this because we’ve seen the recent staff cuts; it’s been happening for years. Our classes are too big, our departments and courses get shut down (how long until they cut Gender & Cultural Studies?) and we get treated as nothing but a number by the University.

Charlie Jackson-Martin Medical Science

• Active ANU Queer Collective member 2010 - 2011

Curriculum Vitae

@honi_soit

Curriculum Vitae

• Women’s officer 2011  • Part of the organising collective

for Reclaim the Night 2010 and 2011

• Editor for Queer and Women’s Honi 2010 and 2011  • Member of Queer and Women’s Collective 2010 and 2011  • Vice president of the Sydney Uni Roller Derby Society  • Member of the White Ribbon Society  • Queer Collaborations national confer-

ence delegate 2011 & 2012

• Queer Collaborations 2013 national conference organiser  • NOWSA delegate 2011  • USyd Feminist Discussion group facili-

tator 2012

Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Voice for Government

subjects: running an SRC secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks for loan

• Eliminate ancillary course costs:

partner with the University to establish a regulatory committee and prioritise compliance in course design

• Bring the University into the 21st cen-

tury: advocating for a University-wide policy on lecture recording; working with the University to improve WiFi coverage.

decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app

Felix Donovan Arts

Angud Chawla Arts

Curriculum Vitae

2012

Lucy Connell Arts

• Better representation for satellite campuses: expand the SRC’s Legal Service onto satellites; increase SRC President consultations on satellites; work closer with satellite student organisations  • Smarter lobbying: clear strategies that work with the university; broader integration of student representatives in the University structure  • National collaboration: recycle successful campaigns on campuses across Australia. A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare  Students obviously have broader concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand that their SRC does more for them in this regard. We want to work with the University to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decision-making. We will be your VOICE on these issues for:

• Honi Soit Contributor 2012 • The Sydney Globalist Contributor • USU Debates 2011-2012 Annie Gribble Arts

Curriculum Vitae

• A roof over your head: establish connections between the NSW Government, University and SRC to better coordinate housing and rental assistance for students.

Curriculum Vitae

• A safer campus: increased late night shuttle bus services; better lighting throughout campus; install panic buttons

Angus Abadee Law

Tim Asimakis Arts

MAKE VOICE HEARD! Vote [1] VOICE for Government!  Vote [1] VOICE for NUS! Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

• Open the doors of your SRC: more

Curriculum Vitae

transparency of Council meetings and

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Voice for Diversity

Policy Statement We’re running for SRC because we have a plan for PASSIONATE, EFFECTIVE and DIVERSE representation for all students on this campus. We want to create a more effective advocacy organisation, that all students trust as their VOICE to the University. We know that the SRC is capable of reaping tangible benefits for all students in terms of a higher quality education in the classroom and out of it. MAKE VOICE HEARD FOR DIVERSITY A Clear VOICE for High Quality Education Your SRC is your only avenue to voice your concerns about your education to all levels of University bureaucracy, on all major University committees and to the Government. That’s a responsibility we take incredibly seriously. Your expectations of a high quality, flexible, relevant and affordable education have to be met by the University. You deserve experienced advocates who will be your VOICE to: • Prioritise working with the University to increase the quality of your education: decreased class sizes; stop course cuts; publish the results of Unit of Study evaluations. • Help you get the most out of your subjects: expand the PASS Mentoring Program (Peer-Assisted Study Sessions) into every faculty; more 24 hour learning-hubs • Student-centered University administration: working with the University for increased flexibility in timetable scheduling; a University Help line (for out of hours assistance); and • Increase the affordability of your subjects: running an SRC secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks for loan • Eliminate ancillary course costs: partner with the University to establish a regulatory committee and prioritise compliance in course design • Bring the University into the 21st century: advocating for a Universitywide policy on lecture recording; working with the University to improve WiFi coverage. An Effective VOICE for Diverse Representation

Departments and Campaigns: spend a greater portion of YOUR money on YOUR campus; more marketing and material support to SRC Collectives; bring back Growing Strong (Womens’ Publication)

Sama Rahman Arts & Social Sciences

Maxwell Rigby Business

Curriculum Vitae

• Better representation for satellite campuses: expand the SRC’s Legal Service onto satellites; increase SRC President consultations on satellites; work closer with satellite student organisations • Smarter lobbying: clear strategies that work with the university; broader integration of student representatives in the University structure • National collaboration: recycle successful campaigns on campuses across Australia. A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare Students obviously have broader concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand that their SRC does more for them in this regard. We want to work with the University to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decision-making. We will be your VOICE on these issues for: • Better on-campus mental health support: collaborate with organisations such as the AMA and Headspace to establish a Director of Mental Health Strategy and Services; revamp counseling services on campus • Improved Youth Allowance: lower the age of independence; improve independence criteria; easier application process.

• Economics I • Professional Gentleman 2009 – Present • Described as a ‘chap’. • One of the many harassers for Union Board Elections. • Volunteer staffer at State Parliamentarian’s office. • Part-time legal secretary. • Ran for VP of Ecosoc but got stacked out by the Conservative Club.

Jananie Janarthana Arts & Social Sciences

• International student-specific casework services within the SRC: accommodation; visas; Universitymatters and more.

Curriculum Vitae

• A roof over your head: establish connections between the NSW Government, University and SRC to better coordinate housing and rental assistance for students.

Alberta McKenzie Arts & Social Sciences

• A safer campus: increased late night shuttle bus services; better lighting throughout campus; install panic buttons MAKE VOICE HEARD! Vote [1] VOICE for Diversity SRC! Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!

Curriculum Vitae

Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

Curriculum Vitae

• Open the doors of your SRC: more transparency of Council meetings and decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app • Increased support for SRC

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Marc Stanghieri Business

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Jammin’ Kevin Shum Science

Policy Statement

Curriculum Vitae

JAMMIN’ for SRC! As the world’s favourite JAMaican and patron saint of JAMMIN’ Bob Marley would say, we want to JAM with you! JAMMIN’ the SRC Sandwich

Curriculum Vitae

Chitra Das Business

Some people say it’s good to have a man on the inside, we say it’s better to have a JAM on the inside. We need Honi editors and reporters who have full access to the SRC, we need them in the stomach of the beast! We need them to churn things up, keep the bastards honest and the policy bread well buttered. JAMMIN’ will take the funky sounds of the student voice, distil them into one sweet mixture, and spread it all over the SRC—like a good Bob Marley JAM on toast. We’ll be the JAM in the student-SRC sandwich, keeping the SRC firmly stuck to its student members. We’ll tell you what they have to say and we’ll make JAM sure they hear what you have to say too.

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BULL Magazine Contributor, 2010.

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Honi Soit Reporter, 2011-2012.

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Education Action Group Member, 2012.

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Fred Hollows Society Subcommittee Member, 2011.

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Inner West Independent Staff Writer, 2012.

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City Hub Staff Writer, 2012.

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Once had his bedroom filled to the roof with three months worth of unwrapped Sydney Morning Heralds.

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Bondi View Reporter, 2012.

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City News Reporter, 2012.

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First Honi Soit Reporter to report on Sydney University’s staff cuts.

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First Honi Soit Reporter to try to use being the ‘First Honi Soit Reporter’ to do something as a C.V. point.

Anirudh Yadav Law IV

JAMMIN’ Together Putting some JAM in your SRC will also help Honi keep an eye on the University. Fourth estate? More like fork estate! JAMMIN’ will help the different branches of the student body work together. United, we can pressure the University to channel revenue to student needs. If we stick together we can stop staff cuts and get a bigger piece of the pie for student services. We’re not afraid to stand up to the university; we’ll shoot the sheriff and the deputy. Vote JAMMIN’ to help the SRC perform its watchdog role alongside Honi. We’ll turn the SRC into a regular JAM beagle.

Lachlan Gell Law IV

Fayzan Bakhtiar Law V

Spread the Love

Curriculum Vitae

Like a good strawberry JAM, Honi should be red all over. No, it should be read all over. NO! It should be both! Honi needs more colour AND better distribution. We can do both these things, but it will take reps on the inside of the SRC pushing for more funding. To get an Honi JAM packed with colour, we need the SRC to spread the fiscal love. Don’t let Honi get stuck in a colour paper JAM, vote JAMMIN’ for SRC! Fuck electing more Admin, vote [1] JAMMIN’! Vote [1] JAMMIN’ for SRC!

Curriculum Vitae

Joe Smith-Davies Law V

Jack Dwyer Law IV

Vote [1] JAM for Honi Soit!

Max Chalmers Arts III

Curriculum Vitae

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Policy Statement

Stand up! for student rights

We need a National Union of Students that will STAND UP! for a high quality education through actively engaging with the newly established Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Association. We need a National Union of Students that will STAND UP! for a well funded education. We need to ensure next year we have a National Union that will STAND UP! against further HECS increases! We need a National Union of Students that will STAND UP! against illegal course costs such as lab coats, dissection kits, textbooks, and software. We need a National Union of Students that will STAND UP! for equality of access to higher education, through a fairer income support system. The STAND UP! team believes that all students who have to move from home in order to study should be eligible for income support through Youth Allowance, AusStudy, or AbStudy. We need a National Union of Students that will STAND UP! for social justice: the rights of International Students to access transport concessions, the rights of students from a diversity of backgrounds to access higher education, and the rights of all students to undertake their studies without fear of harassment or discrimination.

Jennifer Light BLAS/science

Rochelle Wallace Science

Bosch Hunting

Like water cascading down the Bosch stairs during the floods...

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Like watching lonely first years passing out after the walk from Eastern Avenue...

Nicholas Stotz Science

Like the radioactive food at Bosch Cafe...

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Max Ford Arts

We think that BOSCH is BOSS. Sean Connery loves it. So should you. It’s time to make your SRC go... BOSCH HUNTING.

Edward Miller Business/Law

Stop The Cuts VOTE 1 STOP THE CUTS VOTE 1 FREYA for President

EDUCATION NOT FOR PROFIT A BETTER UNIVERSITY IS POSSIBLE WE NEED A FIGHTING SRC STOP THE JOB CUTS

• We need more lecturers, not less!  NO MORE COURSE CUTS

• Diversity, not mainstreaming!  SAVE THE KOORI CENTRE

• Indigenous students deserve support!  OUT WITH SPENCE Management must be accountable! FUND OUR EDUCATION

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Education is a right, not a business!

Charles Hartwig Science Curriculum Vitae

Madeleine Reed Science Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae I am totally BOSS. I model my life on Sean Connery. What more do you need to know?

Ian Ferrington Michaelis Business

Last semester thousands of students were active in a vigorous fight against job and budget cuts. It was the biggest campaign that Sydney University has seen in years. Students held open meetings, petitioned the campus, passed motions in lecture theatres, and organised mass rallies, speakouts, sit-ins, walkouts and pickets. The campaign saved 47 academic jobs and the Refugee Language Program. But as cuts to jobs and courses continue we need to ramp up the pressure on the Vice Chancellor and the management, demand more federal funding for education and show that the student body will not put up with further cuts. Right now the Koori Centre is being disbanded, biology courses are being cut, and 190 general staff still stand to lose their jobs. We need to make sure the fight against the cuts translates into a fighting SRC – one that will lead future struggles against attacks on our standard of education, and not be afraid to speak out against management decisions or government policy. EDUCATION NOT FOR PROFIT

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Efrem Blackshield Law

Around the country La Trobe, ANU, Macquarie, Swinburne and UNSW face similar cuts. Without adequate government funding, Universities compete for students, corporate funding and government grants. This has resulted in a corporate logic of profit and competition driving money

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Higher education is being driven by the dollar sign. Even while Sydney Uni sits in surplus, hundreds of staff were threatened with redundancy in order to fund new building projects. These included a new swimming pool and a grandstand, as well as a single research centre costing $385 million. There should be no contest between staff and buildings. But management has refused to postpone building works instead of cutting jobs. Sydney is the third wealthiest University in Australia, and plans to increase its surplus by $50 million before 2013. This extra surplus could save every single staff member. At the same time the Vice Chancellor Michael Spence was just paid a $167 000 bonus, which contributes to his million-dollar pay packet!

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

away from staff and from many smaller departments, and into those areas that are able to attract private funding. These cuts will continue so long as management can get away with it. Decades of funding cuts to higher education lie behind this sorry state of affairs – but the government won’t even follow the recommendation of its own Bradley Review and increase base funding by 10 per cent. Raising the corporate tax rate by just 1% could fund free education, yet the government is instead cutting corporate tax. Students pay more, while receiving less staff and less support.

Erima Dall Arts IV

Bjorn Wallin Arts III

Mirna Zeini Arts I

A BETTER UNIVERSITY IS POSSIBLE Last semester hundreds of students were willing to put their feet on the ground and fight for a different kind of University – in which the value of academics and teachers are not determined by crude output measures; in which programs like the Refugee Language Program are valued and supported; in which students and staff are treated with respect and have a democratic say over the priorities of our education. When thousands of students voted in over 70 lectures against the cuts, we sent a clear message that we reject the logic behind these cuts, and that the opinions of staff and students should trump those of an out-of-touch and overpaid management. It was the determined action of large numbers of students and staff that won back 47 jobs. We need to build on the momentum of last-semester’s fight-back, and reverse the decades of cuts and corporatisation that have turned our Universities into degree-factories. WE NEED A FIGHTING SRC When news of the job cuts leaked out last year, the SRC dragged its feet. Too often our student representatives were found inside Spence’s office and Christmas party, instead of with the staff and students protesting outside. When University management turns against the interest of students, a student-controlled union is vital. We can strengthen our union by making sure we have student representatives who are serious about defending our education, who are ready to lead the fight against further cuts, who are willing to stand up to management: We need a Fighting SRC!

Curriculum Vitae Hi I’m Erima and I’m running to STOP THE CUTS. This year I was active in the Education Action Group to fight against job cuts by organising meetings, rallies and actions. I chaired a speak-out against the cuts in o-week, got motions passed in many lectures, participated in a student occupation, helped organise lecture walk-outs, and picketed meetings of the Vice Chancellor Michael Spence and management. At the Education Conference I spoke at a meeting about Neoliberal Universities and the campaign at Sydney Uni. I am also: -2012 student Environment Officer -Active member of the Climate Action Collective 2009-11 -Participant in the Save Political Economy Campaign 2011 -Member of Solidarity

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• Occupy Education, California; organ-

iser

• Education Action Group; writer and organiser  • •

Anti-Racism Collective; organiser

NUS Education Conference 2012; delegate

• NSW Council Election 2012; • Marrickville Greens Campaign Com-

mittee

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• Active member of the Education Action Group; attended and helped organize the rallies, voted to pass the motion, and helped occupy the Dean’s office. • Activist for a free, fair, and equal education.  • Member of the Anti-Racism Collective and Refugee Action Coalition. • Frequenter of rallies, demonstrations, and forums. Advocate for refugee rights.

Member of The Greens and Solidarity

Imogen Szumer Arts/Law II

Georgia Lowe Arts III

Danny Hardiman Arts III

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• One of the SRC environmental officers 2011/2012  Curriculum Vitae I was heavily involved with the anticuts movement and last semester, in lecture-bashing, leafleting, helping run the stall and organising for a lecture to walk-out. I have also had experience with activism as a supporter of the anti-racism collective. I believe activism and the ability to organise with students on the ground is very important and something I wish to bring to the SRC.

• Participated and through the EAG helped organise the anti-cuts campaign during semester 1  • During the campaign, helped organise student walk-outs, occupations and demonstrations  • Member of the Climate Action Collective and the Anti-Racism Collective

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• At Usyd since 2010 and always taking part in progressive movements on campus - Member and Organiser in the Education Action Group - Advocate for increased Federal funds for universities Campaign Manager for anti-corruption Independent Candidate for Maitland, Kellie Tranter, in the 2011 NSW State Election. • Ambassador for Make Poverty History 2010 Roadtrip. • Active in GetUp!, lobbying Federal MPs in 2009 for stronger action on climate change, and; organiser and media spokesperson for the Maitland climate rally sponsored by GetUp! and 350.org in 2010.

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Eliot Hoving Arts III

Freya Bundey Arts V

Caitlin Doyle-Markwick Arts II

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• 3rd Year Arts Student – studying Po-

litical Economy  Involved in the fight against the staff cuts 2012-ongoing

• Included being manhandled by riot police at a peaceful protest thanks to our beloved CEO Michael Spence o Biggest rally of students that I have been part of – 1500+  • Occupying the Dean of Arts office with 150+ other students  Organiser for the Climate Action Collective 2010-2012, SRC Environment Officer in 2011 o We fight for a just solution to climate change involving direct government investment into renewables  We need an SRC that holds management accountable, and is not afraid to organise big protests, occupations, and rallies etc. This is the only way to force management to listen to students and staff and to get them to run our University for students, staff and educational quality. If we do nothing then we are left with higher student fees, less staff, fewer courses and huge profits and salaries for management.  We need more funding for education, and an approach to the running universities that puts accessibility, student-staff democracy and quality above crude economic efficiency, and profit making.

• Active member of the Education Ac-

tion Group, formed in 2012 to campaign against university staff and budget cuts. In this campaign, I initiated a petition, contributed to EAG bulletins, Honi Soit and the Sydney Morning Herald, formulated and organised a student motion that was passed in 70 lecture halls of students, chaired forums, organised speak-outs, rallies, sit-ins and blockades and led a student occupation of the Dean of Arts office to deliver a ‘stop the cuts’ ultimatum.

• SRC Councillor 2012 Active member of Anti-Racism Collective and Refugee Action Coalition Active member of Solidarity Honours student in political economy Maddie Davey Arts IV Curriculum Vitae

• Member of Education Action Group • Honours student in Geosciences

In my time at Sydney University I’ve been heavily involved in the campaign against staff cuts as a member of the Education Action Group. I helped organise a number of rallies, walked out of lectures with my fellow students and participated in an occupation of the Dean of Arts’ office last semester. I continue to be staunchly opposed to this all-out attack on our education; I believe students and staff should always be put before buildings and profits and want to see this university become a much more democratic institution. I would also like to see the Koori centre saved, along with all its staff and every single one of its courses and sevices. I’ve also been involved in the past in campaigns around Indigenous rights and the anti-intervention campaign; refugee rights and the fight against off-shore processing and to end mandatory detention; as well as various environmental campaigns around climate action, coal seam gas, gold mining and forestry. I’ve participated in capaigns for women’s rights and equal pay and for equal marriage rights for same sex partners. I believe we need a fighting SRC that supports and organises student activism around a range of issues and will fight to save jobs and our education.

Laura Hopkins Science III

Curriculum Vitae Third year Biology student passionate about a quality education, part of the fight to stop the cuts to the Biology department, shattered by the now laughable ‘degree’ people from the current biology cohort onward will be receiving. Biology is a very fundamental field of science but isn’t lucrative so the University’s financial planning has left the department to fend for itself - to the point that we have to pay to hire teaching rooms in our own buildings! I value knowledge and participation over money-making industries and think that the university and government should too. We live in a time when people who were afforded a free, autonomous and quality education are now making business-based choices for our futures, and the future of Australia. In a time when we should be looking at innovation to deal with global climate change, and public discourse to ensure the rights of vulnerable people such as refugees and Indigenous people, who will be hit hardest by climate change. Our government needs to invest in our education in order to invest in the future, and its our role as students to hold the government to account for its mis-financing, hold our management to account for its inability to put students first, and hold students to account so we take the fight into our own hands.

Daisy Farnham Arts V

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Grassroots for Arts

Curriculum Vitae I have been a student activist at Sydney Uni since 2008, participating in the campaign to stop climate change, and social justice campaigns such as the fightback against the Northern Territory Intervention, and the movement for refugee rights through the Anti-Racism Collective. I stand against racism and vehemently oppose the recent announcement of the closure of the Koori Centre and the cut to the funding of AIME. Last semester I was actively involved in the Education Action Group, which organised the campaign to stop the staff and course cuts at Sydney Uni. I am against the corporatisation of universities and a management that treats staff and students with contempt. I am for an SRC that stands up for social justice and students’ rights, and is proactive in fighting to reclaim quality free education. Last semester I helped organise the occupation of the Dean of Arts’ office, the siege on the University senate building and the massive 1500 strong demonstration against the cuts, I led a class of students who walked out of their lecture to lay siege on the Vice Chancellor’s office in protest of the cuts, among many other actions. I am for bringing the vibrance and energy of the campaign to stop the cuts to the SRC and creating a council that is truly representative of students’ interests.

Patrick Harrison Arts I

of Wollongong I was involved in the highly successful Repower UOW campaign, and I was also involved with the Wollongong Undergraduate Student Association, holding the roles of Social Justice Representative in 2009 and Environmental Representative in 2010. I’m also the current Mature Aged Student Officer of the SRC.

Duncan Roden Arts I

Policy Statement Are you tired of the SRC and student politics being filled by career-driven and political party-aligned hacks? Want a friendly port of call and consultation when you are feeling an injustice to the your faculty and degree? Just like you and many Arts students, we know the common derision felt towards us when explaining that we do ‘just arts’. Or the feeling among BPESS and INGS kids that their degrees are simply ‘glorified’ degrees with no substance, And the feeling of impending doom-as one grows ever closer to graduation-that our degrees are worthless and will lead us to work in retail for the rest of our lives.

Jacob Radowski Arts (BPESS)

This is precisely why Arts students need stronger and courageous representation on the SRC to fend off the constant crusade against the legitimacy of our degrees and the subjects we study--in the form of GRASSROOTS for Arts!

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• Member of Student Environment Action Collective • Member of Parramatta Climate Action Network; helped organise Australia Climate Action Summit 2012 • Have also been involved in: Gaza De-

• National Co-convenor of Resistance

University management has done its best in recent years at USYD to attack a broad swathe of faculties ranging from the proposed amalgamation of the Political Economy department with Government; to the careless removal of History pre-honours units; leaving many Arts students feeling helpless and unknowing where to go to fight back. Right NOW, the student body needs a progressive representative on the SRC who is willing to go all the way to protect the legitimacy of Arts as a discipline and a degree. GRASSROOTS for Arts for a truly progressive candidate that makes a concerted effort to represent the annoyances and struggles you face as an Arts student. GRASSROOTS for Arts For representation by a first year who hasn’t capitulated to the wanky, hacky abyss of student politics. GRASSROOTS for Arts for representation that stands firmly on the principles of reason and rationalism incorporated with a passionate defence of social justice.

Hi, I’m Patrick Harrison, and I’m standing for (the Stop the Cuts Ticket). I’m a first year Arts student at the University of Sydney. I’ve been an active participant in the Education Action Group this year, helping to organise the EAG referendum on the staff cuts in week 8 of first semester, and I’ve also participated in other EAG events, like the siege on the Vice Chancellor’s office, the picket against Spence at Education Conference, and the blockade of the Senate. I’m also involved in campus clubs such as Students for Justice in Palestine, and I’m a member of the SU Resistance Club. I’ve got experience representing students and leading campaigns; during my previous studies at the University

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Guys: we know that feel!

fence Committee Refugee Action Coalition Westies Welcome Refugees Occupy Sydney

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political party and exist solely as active members of the student body, but who do take political interest in defending our student rights--detached from a ‘party line’. So you know what to do:

GRASSROOTS for Arts for an activist student who will take the time to listen to YOUR grievances as an arts student on a personal basis. GRASSROOTS for Arts for a proper distribution of faculty budget surpluses to improve the quality of units and subjects

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• Amnesty International member and campaigner  • Human Rights Watch campaigner  • Accumulated playing time of 103 days

and 17 hours on level 85 Troll Shaman

• SASS member  • EcopSoc member  • ASOC member  • Read War and Peace within a year  • Don’t own Ray-Bans and cinos Emelia Garwood Arts (BPESS) Curriculum Vitae

• Moshlord

Greg Mclellan Arts Curriculum Vitae

Steven Kwon Science Curriculum Vitae

GRASSROOTS for Arts to fight against arbitrary cuts to units of study SAY YES TO THE MAINTAINING OF THE EXISTENCE AND LEGITIMACY OF YOUR UNITS OF STUDY SAY YES TO A DEGREE THAT MEANS SOMETHNING AND NO TO DEGREE GENERALISATION SAY YES TO A REDUCTION IN TUTORIAL SIZES We are called GRASSROOTS for a reason! We aren’t aligned to any

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Can’t stop the Beat

Policy Statement Hi. Did you know that you ‘can’t stop the BEAT’. Oh yeah that’s us.

Grassroots for Social Justice

Sarah Segal Arts

Policy Statement Social Justice is important because students are constantly fucked over.

BEAT is more than just a catchy name. BEAT is the secret that turns this uni from glorified degree factory into glorious dream-factory. BEAT is people discovering the passion or talent or drive they never knew they had. BEAT is why Theatresports and SHADES parties and SUDS plays are so damn good. BEAT is why students fight for their Union and Manning and their lecturers. BEAT is why people give up their weekends and their grade average to run obscure societies about Rubix cubes and Jane Eyre and Ultimate Frisbee. BEAT is the heart of this uni. But BEAT is hard to find for a lot of people. It’s tough to come by if you’re shy or a bit kooky, and it’s sure as hell not in sardine-packed tute rooms. That’s why we’re BEAT for Honi – we’ve directed Revues, got up on stage at Theatresports and Project 52, lead clubs and societies and done all sorts of things..

Many students face incredible financial strain in every aspect of their day to day life. Whether it’s paying extortionate Sydney rent, being forced to buy overpriced textbooks or working sporadic casual jobs with poor conditions and pigs for bosses, we students often bear the brunt of all the crap society throws at us.

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• Feelin’ the BEAT - 2002-04 • BEAT boxer - 1999-2009  • Refusing to stop the BEAT - Birth-

Present

First up, we’re going to represent you like the lovely chap and chapettes that you are. That means grouping great people together, getting on the BEAT bandwagon and making sure you get the representation that you deserve. We’re bringing the BEAT of the campus into your SRC!

Lawrence Muskitta Arts

Secondly, we’re supporting that kooky group of editors running for Honi called BEAT. They, with us are going to make sure that you get a paper you deserve and some reppin’ you want.

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Joel Einstein Arts

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All of this pain is multiplied if you happen to be Queer, female-identifying, Indigenous, (dis)abled, culturally and linguistically diverse, from a rural/ regional area, an international student or a student from a low socio-economic background. This is why we in Grassroots support the autonomous organising of the SRC collectives (that support these groups) and will fight for increased funding to these invaluable activist bodies. Without a strong voice for these collectives on council, their ability to engage in passionate activism for those they represent will be severely diminished. GRASSROOTS for Social Justice will:

• Fight the abhorrent tendency of federal governments, both past and present, to treat Youth Allowance recipients as parasites and award them an allowance far below the minimum wage and far below the poverty line. • Fight for affordable student housing

for both international and domestic students.

• Fight for a campus free from sexual harassment and rape culture Fight for a campus that is 100% accessible for (dis)abled students in every building and classroom.

• Fight for an SRC that supports a

woman’s right to choose abortion, and oppose any group that actively lobbies against this bodily autonomy.

• Fight for a university that lives up to

its moral duty to the world by ONLY selling fair trade coffee, chocolate, sugar and clothing.

• Fight for a University that doesn’t sack its academics and general staff while erecting unnecessary buildings and over paying its incompetent ViceChancellor. We need a left-wing SRC that will fight for YOUR social justice and won’t back down against the slimy conservatives who want to trample on your wellbeing. The only way you can make this happen is to: Vote [1] GRASSROOTS for Social Justice Vote [1] GRASSROOTS for NUS Vote [1] David Pink for President

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Brigitte McFadden B Liberal Arts/Science, III

Setting aside massive cuts to the quality of education that students have had to endure, life outside our lectures continues to whittle us down into soulless husks of human beings.

So how are we gonna do that?

So help us help you. Tune into the campus BEAT to get a great SRC and an even better Honi. Vote BEAT for Honi Soit! Vote BEAT for SRC!

Vote [1] JAM for Honi Soit

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• SRC Welfare Officer (2012) • SRC Sexual Harassment Officer

(2012)

• Student Representative, Department of Gender and Cultural Studies (2012/2013) • Co-Convenor, Greens on Campus (2012) • Campaign coordinator, Feminist Society (2012) • NUS Education Conference delegate (2010 & 2012) • NSW Young Greens Delegate, Australian Young Greens National Conference (2012) • Campaign co-ordinator for Tom Raue, USU Board Elections (2012) • Cast member, SU Queer Revue Society (2011) • Broadcaster, SURG (Sydney Uni Radio Group) (2011) • Education Action Group activist (2010 & 2012) • Queer Collective member (2010-2012) • Member, SU Roller Derby Society

(2012)

• Member, Vegetarian Society (20102012) • Member, Atheist Society (2010-2012) • Contributor, Women’s Honi (2011) • Contributor, Queer Honi (2011) • Volunteer tutor for Indigenous youth,

Weave (2011)

• UTS Easters debating team (2009) • UTS Peer Network Leader (2009)

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Nina Hallas B Liberal Arts/Science, II

(2008)

• Went on exchange to L’Università degli Studi di Torino semester 2 of 2011 on a mobility scholarship

Paige Oaker B Social Work, II

Levent Sahindokuyucu B Arts, II

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Sara Amorosi B Arts/B Science, VI

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• IT/Publicity Officer, Greens on Campus (2012) • NSW Young Greens Delegate, Australian Young Greens National Conference (2012) • Member, Atheist Society (2012) • Member, Russellian Philosophy Soci-

ety (2011-2012)

• Member, Politics Society (2011-2012) • Member, Vegetarian Society (2011-

2012)

• Member, Greens on Campus (2011-

2012)

• BWB Debating Team Member (2012) • Peer Councillor (2009) • High Resolves Leader (2008) • Peer Tutor (2007-2008) Kane Hardy B Science/B Arts, IV

• SRC Global Solidarity Officer (2012) • Secretary, Sydney University Greens

on Campus (2012)

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• USyd: • Secretary and Assistant Stage Man-

• Active Member of NSW Young Greens (2011-2012) • Selected for Cadetship with Housing

NSW (2010)

• Cast Member, Arts Revue (2012) • Cast Member, Queer Revue (2011) • Member, SUDS (2011-2012) William Fawcett B Psychology, II

ager, Science Revue Society (2012)

• Clubs & Societies Office Assistant (2011) • Treasurer, Queer Revue Society (20102011)

Kecili OGorman B Social Work, I

• Treasurer, SU Shades (2010-2011) • Campaign Manager, Just Add Tang

(2010)

• Treasurer, SU Comedy Society (2009) • Active Member of SUDS (2008-2009) • USU Club Membership: • SU Science Revue Society (2011-2012) • MUSE (2012) • Quidditch Society (2012) • SU Queer Revue Society (2010-2012) • SASS (2011-2012) • SU Shades (2010-2011) • SU Comedy Society (2009) • SUTEKH (2007-2012) • SUDS (2008-2011) • Circolo Universitario Italiano (2007-

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• Member, Greens on Campus (2012) • Member, Vegetarian Society (2012)

• Cast member, Queer Revue (2012) • Member, SHADES (2012) • Member, PhotoSoc (2012) • Member, PsychSoc (2011-2012)

2010)

• SU Science Society (2007-2012) • Miscellaneous: • Subject Specialist, Tutoring Australa-

sia (2011-2012)

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• Café Manager/Waiter/Barista (20102011)

• Triple major in Pharmacology, Italian and French

• Realised she is an awful waiter (20102011)

• Member, Greens on Campus (2012) • Member, SciSoc (2009-2012) • Member, Italian Society (2009) • Member, French Society (2012) • Volunteer, Clean Up Australia Day

• Realised dresses were okay, YR12 formal (2006) • Can make most kinds of pasta from scratch

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Stand Up! for Fair Education

Policy Statement Vote 1 STAND UP! for Fair Education for SRC Vote 1 STAND UP! for Fair Education for NUS Vote 1 DAVID for SRC President We believe education is a right, not a privilege. We also believe that all students should have access to a high standard of teaching and learning! This is why we are committed to STANDING UP! and fighting for a fair education! If elected we will STAND UP! for the following: A DIVERSE education We strongly believe that subject diversity is a fundamental part of the university experience. This is why we will continue to STAND UP! against the course cuts that are taking place as a consequence of deregulation. We will also STAND UP! and fight any attempts by the University to get rid of Honours. We believe Honours offers students an invaluable opportunity to delve into an area of study, which interests them. FLEXIBLE learning Our team has campaigned for longer library opening hours and is committed to STANDING UP! for improved access to USyd libraries, particularly during exam times. We will also STAND UP! and campaign for increased opening hours for the learning hubs on campus, specifically Carslaw and PNR. We know students juggle work, study and other commitments, which can cause much stress. Having somewhere safe to study late at night on campus is consequently an imperative and we will STAND UP! and campaign to see this happen. Our team will also STAND UP! for a $2 photocopying and printing quota each day. Do you hate running out of money on your student card ten minutes before an assessment is due? We believe a minimum amount should automatically be placed on each student’s card per day and we are committed to working in collaboration with the University to see this happen. We will also continue to STAND UP! and fight for scholarships for students on placement! We know many students cannot work whilst they are on placement and consequently we believe all students should receive some level of subsidisation. We will work with the relevant committees in the University and STAND UP! for a more flexible education. ACCESSIBLE education Education should be accessible for all students and this is why we will STAND UP! and fight against the deregulation of university fees. We believe in a fair education and we hold grave concern over any university being in a position to set their own fees. We know, this

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will amount to an increase in HECS, and we are committed to STANDING UP! against the introduction of the deregulation of fees.

Julia Robins Arts

Casey Thompson Arts

We are also committed to STANDING UP! against illegal course costs. For too long universities have gotten away with hidden fees- charging students ancillary costs such as labcoats and goggles, which is actually illegal. Students cannot afford these costs, which is why we will STAND UP! to the university and demand the abolition of all illegal course costs. We will also continue to campaign for a fairer Youth Allowance system, and advocate for the Age of Independence to be lowered to 21 in 2013. Additionally, we will STAND UP! and fight to see more changes to the legislation so that any student who relocates to attend university can receive Youth Allowance. Our team will also continue to STAND UP! for more scholarships for students, and will work in collaboration with the Scholarships Office and specific faculties to see this happen. Additionally, our team supports the introduction of a National Travel Concession Card Scheme, which will see all students receive travel concession. Currently, part- time students, students with part-time jobs and international students are ineligible. We believe this is grossly unfair and will STAND UP! and continue our campaign for a fair fare system.

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• Activist, Education Action Group • Member, SUDS • Member, History Society • Performer, MUSE • Member, Vege Soc • Member, Ancient History Soc • Member, Jazz Soc • Member, ECOP Soc • Member, Quidditch Soc Vivian Huang Engineering (aero)/ Arts

EFFECTIVE student representation Effective student representation yields great results. We believe more can be done to foster the leadership potential in students on campus.

• Member, Education Action Group • Delegate, NUS Education Conference • Organiser, Student Referendum • Member, Debating Society • Member, UN Soc • Member, Spanish Society • Member, Vege Soc • Member, Amnesty Society • Member, Oxfam Society • Member, Women’s Collective • Member, Archery Club • Member, Politics Society • Member, ECOP Soc Tonya Rushmer Science

This year the SRC has worked hard to see the introduction of the Students Representative Network, which aspires to give faculty and departmental reps training and skill sharing opportunities. We will continue to build this network, and work to include Faculty Clubs and Societies as well. We will also continue to STAND UP! and support the collectives. Collective organising is an integral part of the SRC and we are passionate about ensuring collectives can continue to run their campaigns.

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• Member, Russellian Society • Member, Atheist Society • Member, Mr Darcy Appreciation

Society

• Women’s Officer, Labor Club • Treasurer, Feminist Society • Member, Politics Society • Member, Windsoc • Member, America Institute of Aero-

nautics and Astronautics, USYD Student Branch

• Delegate, NUS Education Conference

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• 2012 • Global Solidarity Officer, SRC • Grievance Officer, SRC • 2011 • Member, Labor Club • Fair Fares Campaign • Students Money to Students SRC

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Beat for SRC

Max Schintler Arts

Sophia Stavropoulos Science

Jarrod Bradley Engineering/Science Curriculum Vitae

• Member, MUSE • Queer Action Collective • Member, Shades • Queer Revue Society • Member, ChocSoc • Member, MESSY • Member, MathSoc • Member PhySoc • Member, SUABE

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• Activist, Education Action Group • Student Ambassador • DSP, Honi Soit • Radio Host, SURG FM • Member, Labor Club Tristan John Ofner Arts

Davis Murphy Arts/Education Curriculum Vitae

• Member, SUGS • Member, Russoc • Member, Psych Soc • Member, Sci Soc • Member, Cumbo Soc

Curriculum Vitae Member, MUSE Member, SUDS Science Revue Education Revue Mr Darcy Society Fine Food Society

James Northwood Arts

History Society Science Society

Policy Statement Hi. Did you know that you can’t stop the BEAT. Oh yeah that’s us, we’re BEAT for SRC. BEAT is more than just a catchy name. BEAT is the secret that turns this uni from glorified degree factory into glorious dream-factory. BEAT is people discovering the passion or talent or drive they never knew they had. BEAT is why Theatresports and SHADES parties and SUDS plays are so damn good. BEAT is why students fight for their Union and Manning and their lecturers. BEAT is why people give up their weekends and their grade average to run obscure societies about Rubix cubes and Jane Eyre and Ultimate Frisbee. BEAT is the heart of this uni. But BEAT is hard to find for a lot of people. It’s tough to come by if you’re shy or a bit kooky, and it’s sure as hell not in sardine-packed tute rooms. That’s why we’re BEAT for Honi – we’ve directed Revues, got up on stage at Theatresports and Project 52, lead clubs and societies and done all sorts of things.. So how are we gonna do that? First up, we’re going to represent you like the lovely chap and chapettes that you are. That means grouping great people together, getting on the BEAT bandwagon and making sure you get the representation that you deserve. We’re bringing the BEAT of the campus into your SRC! Secondly, we’re supporting that kooky group of editors running for Honi called BEAT. They, with us are going to make sure that you get a paper you deserve and some reppin’ you want. So help us help you. Tune into the campus BEAT to get a great SRC and an even better Honi. Vote BEAT for Honi Soit! Vote BEAT for SRC!

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• Member, USyd History Society • Member, United States Studies Society • Member PolSoc 2010

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• President, French Soc • Member, Labor Club • Member, USyd Drama Society Natalie Sareff Arts Curriculum Vitae

Robert Pattinson Arts Curriculum Vitae

• Member, German Klub • Member, LingSoc • Member, Food Co-op • Member, SUTEKH

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Beat it, just Beat it

Margaret Zhang Comm/Law

Policy Statement Hi. Did you know that you can BEAT it. Just BEAT it. Yeah, you can. And so can we, because we’re BEAT it, just BEAT it for SRC.

Adam Chalmers Engineering

• Appreciating the SRC - 2007-2011 • Not BEAT for the SRC - Birth-Present • BEAT for the SRC - 2013 (PLEASE) Lovelle DSouza Arts

But BEAT is hard to find for a lot of people. It’s tough to come by if you’re shy or a bit kooky, and it’s sure as hell not in sardine-packed tute rooms. That’s why we’re BEAT for Honi – we’ve directed Revues, got up on stage at Theatresports and Project 52, lead clubs and societies and done all sorts of things..

Secondly, we’re supporting that kooky group of editors running for Honi called BEAT. They, with us are going to make sure that you get a paper you deserve and some reppin’ you want. So help us help you. Tune into the campus BEAT to get a great SRC and an even better Honi.

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• Not Billie Jean’s lover  • Won’t stop till he gets enough  • Certified PYT  • Knows his ABCs  • The Man in your Mirror Alex McKinnon Arts Curriculum Vitae

Michael Richardson Arts Curriculum Vitae

Jim Fishwick Arts Curriculum Vitae

Vote BEAT for Honi Soit! Vote BEAT for SRC!

Lane Sainty Arts

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Policy Statement Vote 1 GRASSROOTS against the cuts Vote 1 GRASSROOTS for NUS Vote 1 JAM for Honi

Voting (1) GRASSROOTS for education – means voting for the student right to a quality education, a voice in that education and the support needed to finish education.

So how are we gonna do that? First up, we’re going to represent you like the lovely chap and chapettes that you are. That means grouping great people together, getting on the BEAT bandwagon and making sure you get the representation that you deserve. We’re bringing the BEAT of the campus into your SRC!

Grassroots against the cuts

Vote 1 David Pink

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@honi_soit

In the current neoliberal context education has become casualty to government and corporate policies, which seek to underfund, undermine and privatize the University of Sydney. Epitomized by Vice Chancellor Micheal Spence ‘strategic vision’ cuts to staff (general and academic), faculties (biology for e.g.), the Koori Centre and proposed cuts to Honors degreeeducation seems less about the quality and equality of education and more about the corporate bottom line. What this means for education at Sydney University is that business values and interests are increasingly substituted for democratic accountability and the collective voice. The university must make better efforts to keep students informed and creating checks and balances for corporate power. This means that the SRC through collectives like the EAG should continue to distribute information and raise awareness about cuts to education if the administration is unwilling to do so. Grassroots Education will push to publish SRC agendas and decisions in Honi Soit and on the SRC website to ensure information concerning their education is accessible to them. We will also push for more openness in the University Senate with an aim to publich its agenda in the university E—bulletin. Grassroots for education believes the SRC to be a focal point for student activism aims to advocate around issues dealing with the equality and quality of public educational services which is fundamentally linked to the rights of tutors and academic staff. Cutting stuff and uncapping student admissions means staff will be faced with less time to prepare, larger class loads, almost no time for research, and excessive grading demands, many adjuncts run the risk of becoming demoralized and ineffective. Moreover, these contingent faculty are granted no role in the university governance process, are detached from the intellectual life of the university, rarely have time to engage in sustained scholarship, and appear largely as interchangeable instructors acting more like temporary visitors. With University courses costing domestic students (on average) $1000- 4000 per unit of study; and administration recording a 113.1 million dollar surplus last year students - Grassroots for education believes the Budget cuts are seem more about the prioritization of non-essential building projects: and less about the quality of teaching, creative research and public service the academic staff at University of Sydney have historically provided.

Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Stand Up! for Engineering

s Grassroots for education also realizes that disadvantaged students (including illness or disability, language barriers, homelessness) are likely to bear the brunt of the education cuts. Fairer welfare from the government is part of the solution, but so are equity scholarships from the university. Grassroots for education aims to lobby for more funding to provide casework services to disadvantaged students on Camperdown, Cumberland, SCA and the Con. The collectives provide among the best spaces for students to take part in broader social movements. Grassroots Education will push for more funding and more training for collectives to ensure that they realise their full potential. Grassroots Education will push for more funding and more training for collectives to ensure that they realise their full potential.

Tenaya Alattas B.I.G.S

The Voice

Policy Statement

Engineering

Policy Statement

Engineering students are underrepresented, and ignored by . My motivation as an SRC candidate is to give a face to Engineering, and to advocate for quality services provision throughout all faculties. Having grown up in a rural environment with a religious minister and a scientist as parents, I believe my balanced views on the world give me a strong ability to relate to others, and I am therefore honoured to be representing Engineering. If elected, I will aim to:

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Are you sick of ineffective student leaders who care more above stacking their CVs and their political alignment than addressing the issues we face on campus?

Shahriar Hussain Engineering Curriculum Vitae

William de Ferranti Science Curriculum Vitae

1) Introduce an independently monitored online review system of each course, and all. This is to generate accountability of the academic services students pay large amounts respective academic members involved in its teaching of money for, and recognise ineffective or below standard course delivery. 2) Work to ensure lists of required course materials are up to date and available well in advance of course commencement. It can be very difficult acquiring such expensive materials at short notice. 3) Lobby to make course materials free or have these costs deferred to HECS.

• We will campaign for the following policies: • Longer library Opening Hours and more desks. • Fixing the slow Wi- Fi - Improving recycling around campus - Recording ALL lectures in ALL faculties.  • Improving the rapport between the colleges and the University Student governing bodies.  • Upgraded lecture theatres (E.g. Bosch), improved AV equipment etc. • Better Night time security • Improving Student Housing manage-

ment, aiming to fix the student housing crisis.

• Condom Vending Machine! We are a ticket from all faculties supporting the interests of all the greater community at large. We are after pragmatic, practical achievable goals rather than those that are there for political posturing. Vote [1] for “The VOICE!” for SRC Vote [1] for Sam Farrell for president

Nikhil Mishra Engineering

Vote [1] “Voice” for NUS

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Peter Gregory Arts/Laws II

Harry Warnes Engineering Curriculum Vitae Curriculum Vitae

• Active member the of Education Ac-

tion Group

• Member of ECOPSOC • Member of Anti-Racism Collective • Contributor to Honi Soit (2012) • Winner of ‘engaged enquiry’ (2011)

student writing prize

• Tutor, Tall Poppy Tutors Alice Appel-rorke Arts III Curriculum Vitae

Sophie Gillfeather-Spetere Arts III Curriculum Vitae

Melissa Oey B.I.G.S Curriculum Vitae

Janan Satkunanathan Engineering/Commerce Curriculum Vitae

Jay SnguanwongchaI Engineering Curriculum Vitae

Archuthasingam Abayasingam Engineering

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• MacKillop Senior College, Port Macquarie, Award for Academic Excellence and Dux, 2010

Shivanth Sanmuganathan Enginerring

• PricewaterhouseCoopers Economics Competition Winner

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Alex Sheiban Science

• Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) Advanced French Language Course, 2012 • Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award • St John’s College, Award for Academ-

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ic Excellence 2011, 2012

• SydMUN 2011, Diplomacy Award • Scandinavian Society, Treasurer and

Sharan Gopal

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Co-founder, 2012

• FrenchSoc • EcoSoc  • Young Vinnies  • Fencing  • St John’s College Volunteer Program • Top bloke!

Kurtis Lamond Arts I

Freya Jansens Arts I

Zi Yi Lim Veterinary Science III

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Isabella Edinger-Reeve Economics/ Law I

• Volunteer Network St John’s College  • Dux of School Coff’s Harbour Senior

College!

• Campaign Volunteer i-Voice 2011  • Genuinely Good Bloke!

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• School Captain, Smith’s Hill High School, 2011 - Gold Medal Award at SHHS for Academic and All-Round Brilliance • State Netball player, 2006-present • Principal’s Award for Creativity and

Open-Mindedness in Textile Design, 2011

Robert O’Grady BIGS I

• Museum of Contemporary Art Vol-

unteer

• St. John’s College Choir • Young Vinnies  • Volunteer Network of St. John’s Col-

• Sydney University Compass Volunteer  • First Place in the Japanese Language

Olympiad, 2010

• Avid public speaker!

lege

• Founder and President of the Scandinavian Appreciation Society

Tendai Angela Jambga Arts/ Law II

• French Society  • Torts Moot  • Client Interviewing Competition  • National Eisteddfod Gold Medal,

ship

• Bronze Duke of Edinburgh  • Fencing Sydney Uni

• Photography Secretary, St John’s College  • Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award • University Games, Fencing Represent-

ative, Individual Foil and Sabre 2011

• Faculty of Veterinary Science Year II Representative 2011 • Sydney University International House Alumni Committee Member 2011 • Secretary, Sydney University Vets Beyond Borders, Student Chapter 2011 • Treasurer, Sydney University Wildlife Society 2011

• AIME College Volunteer  • Young Vinnies Volunteer Member of

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SUAMS 2007

• Auckland Grammar School Headmaster’s WElfare Committee 2005-7

• Graduated, second in class, from Marist College Canberra 2010 as a House Captain and multiple time member of the school SRC. • College Half Colours for Academic Excellence, College Half Colours for Service, House Proficiency award for 2010, House Spirit award 2010, Parents & Friends Association Award 2010, -Marcellin Champagnat Award for contribution to college life.

• Scholarship for law at Bond University. • Participation in mooting, model UN and debating events.

• Pacific Badminton Club Erica Smith Arts Curriculum Vitae

• - Founder of the Utunga Project  • Committee member of SIFE  • St. John’s College Choir • Tough Mudder  • International Student from Zimbabwe

• A strong interest in travel, film and politics. • Looking forward to supporting the independents of SRC. honi soit

• Vice-President, Sydney University Wildlife Society 2012

• Volunteers Coordinator, Sydney University Oaktree Society 2010

• Involved heavily in various charities in fundraising and awareness raising activities both through the school and college.

sity Veterinary Society 2012

• Delegate, Australasian Students’ Conference 2010

First Place

• Berlin Philharmonic Master Class  • UN Youth Forum  • UN Herb Evatt Competition  • Sydney Symphony Playerlink  • Lawnbowls Team  • Linguistics Olympiad First Place  • BlueScope Steel Woodwind Scholar-

• 2012 Councillor, the 84th SRC 2012 • Assistant Treasurer, Sydney Univer-

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Policy Statement

The colleges are a very important element of the University of Sydney. They are home to a significant population of the students and are a dynamic factor of University life. Colleges put on many events, provide bars, run sporting and cultural competitions, as well as functioning as centers of research, all of which contribute to the vibrancy and dynamic of the greater University.

Yolo! for College

It is vital that colleges are able to have a voice on issues affecting them on campus, as well as non-college students having individuals who are able to facilitate their involvement with the unique atmosphere of campus life. This ticket consists of representatives from the colleges who aim to bring about these important goals. In this year of confusion between the college community and various factions on campus, it is of particular importance to grant the colleges a greater input in to the dialogue of university life. This ticket believes that a good relationship can exist, and that it would profit students from both groups.

Jordan Smith Science/Law

Grassroots for the Con Stand Up! for Real Student Issues 1. STAND UP! FOR EDUCATION

The Conservatorium is one of the leading institutions of musical education in the world. Many of us truly treasure our experience here. We have a close relationship with our faculty, and truly value the staff that give us a love for the craft. Nonetheless, much of the quality of our learning experience is dependent on the central decisions of the university. The cost of our courses is probably the most glaring, with performance students often struggling to pay for accompanists. Another is the presence of many services on our campus. It is shocking that with so many students, there is no counselling service at the Con. If students want to access the universities free counsellors, they must make the trip over the Camperdown. With our often busy schedules and demanding class hours, this is a difficult task. We are a group of students from the Con who wish to be on SRC to give students at our campus a great voice. By being on SRC, we will fight for the following: 1. A counselling service at the conservatorium, so that you don’t have to go all the way to main campus to get support; 2. Costs of accompanists for assessments to be put on HECS; 3. More flexible degree arrangements that allow students at the Con to take up subjects at camperdown; 4. More student representation at the Con; 5. Recorded lectures.

James Domeyko ARTS (Music) Curriculum Vitae

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Harrison Steel Engineering Curriculum Vitae

Edward Burrowes Engineering Curriculum Vitae

Lucy Cowman Health Science Curriculum Vitae

Emily France Arts

Our education is a right, not a privilege. Each year, students are forced to buy critical and expensive textbooks, readers and lab equipment. This can be a hugely inaccessible and unaffordable system. This is a Real Student Issue and one we will fight through the SRC. STAND UP! Real Student Issues will stand up for our right to a fair education that is more affordable and convenient by implementing: - A TEXTS on HECS program where you can defer the costs of textbooks until after you graduate. - Longer library hours - $2 printing a day quota - More accessible Wi-Fi system on campus & power plugs for laptops - Online lectures for all courses 2. STAND UP! FOR WELFARE STAND UP! Real Student Issues believes there should be greater support for student welfare on campus. We will ensure students can live and learn on campus free from discrimination and financial stress, so students can enjoy a positive and vibrant university experience. STAND UP! Real Student Issues will protect your welfare by implementing: - Greater accessibility to the SRC councilors, legal advisors, career advisors, and financial support - More frequent Security Buses More assistance for low cost housing & employment

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Kenzie Rice Arts

3. STAND UP! FOR STUDENT INCLUSION STAND UP! Real Student Issues believes all students should have the knowledge and power to stand up for their own rights. We strive to empower those who are underrepresented on campus through: - Leadership programs encouraging students to apply for representative positions - Student volunteer mentor programs - An independent advisory organisation for international students which provides assistance in employment, study and housing

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Jessica Hresc Arts/Science

4. STAND UP! FOR THE RIGHT THING STAND UP! Real Student Issues also believes in the protection of rights ofcampus that cares for the environment and makes ethically responsible choices. We are campaigning for:

• More recycling bins on campus  • A carbon neutral campus • More volunteer and humanitarian

programs on campus

Vote [1] STAND UP! Real Student Issues for SRC. We want a socially conscious campus

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Zachary Hanna Engineering Curriculum Vitae

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Grassroots ToLegaliseDrugs Todd Pinkerton Arts

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Cherise Daly Arts Curriculum Vitae

Emily Carpenter Arts Curriculum Vitae

Ronan Kelly Engineering Curriculum Vitae

Molly Wilcox Arts Curriculum Vitae

Alice Morgan Science Curriculum Vitae

Mariana Sena Board Arts II Curriculum Vitae

Policy Statement Australia’s laws adversely affect drug users and the SRC should advocate for change. Members of GRASSROOTS have already pushed through policy changes to ensure that the SRC supports drug legalisation. In 2013 the SRC needs to actually fund activism.  Australia’s drug regime spends ¾ of its money on law enforcement, and ¼ on education, rehabilitation, and harm reduction combined. Legalising drugs would allow all of these funds to be redirected into programs that actually help people, like needle exchange and counselling. We could regulate to production of recreational drugs to ensure safe dosages and ingredients. Legalisation would do away with the organised crime that goes hand in hand with the current illicit drug trade.  The prohibition of drugs is most harmful to the poor, indigenous people, immigrants and students. Entire communities are ruined by overzealous police actions and prison terms for victims, not criminals. We believe that an adult has a right to do what they want with their body. If you want to eat too many cheese burgers, go base jumping, or smoke a joint that’s up to you.  GRASSROOTS To Legalise Drugs will fight for:

Tom Raue Arts

Felix Hubble Arts

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• Board Director, University of Sydney Union 2012-2014 • Vice President, USYD SRC 2012 • Education Officer, NUS NSW 2012 • Member of Education Action Group Harisson Jewson Arts

• The SRC welfare department to fund pro-legalisation activism.  • The distribution of information about safe drug use.  • No change to the current SRC policy supporting the legalisation and regulation of drugs.  • We recognise that the SRC has many non-drug related responsibilities. In general we will fight for a left wing, activist SRC supportive of the environment, queer rights and stopping cuts to our education.  Vote GRASSROOTS To Legalise Drugs and support a rational approach to drug policy. Vote JAM for Honi Soit  Vote David for President  Vote GRASSROOTS for NUS  Vote GRASSROOTS To Legalise Drugs.

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Marcus Raue Arts

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Voice for Queers Policy Statement We’re running for SRC because we have a plan for PASSIONATE, EFFECTIVE and DIVERSE representation for all students on this campus. We want to create a more effective advocacy organisation, that all students trust as their VOICE to the University. We know that the SRC is capable of reaping tangible benefits for all students in terms of a higher quality education in the classroom and out of it. MAKE VOICE HEARD!  Vote [1] VOICE for Queers!  Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!  Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!  MAKE VOICE HEARD FOR:  A Clear VOICE for High Quality Education  Your SRC is your only avenue to voice your concerns about your education to all levels of University bureaucracy, on all major University committees and to the Government. That’s a responsibility we take incredibly seriously. Your expectations of a high quality, flexible, relevant and affordable education have to be met by the University. You deserve experienced advocates who will be your VOICE to:

tration: working with the University for increased flexibility in timetable scheduling; a University Help line (for out of hours assistance); and

• Increase the affordability of your

subjects: running an SRC secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks for loan

• Eliminate ancillary course costs:

partner with the University to establish a regulatory committee and prioritise compliance in course design

• Bring the University into the 21st century: advocating for a University-wide policy on lecture recording; working with the University to improve WiFi coverage.

• Open the doors of your SRC: more transparency of Council meetings and decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app

Eden Tollis Arts

Chris Denes Science/Arts

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• Queer Revue 2012: Cast Member

Josh Hunt Arts

• Increased support for SRC Departments and Campaigns: spend a greater portion of YOUR money on YOUR campus; more marketing and material support to SRC Collectives; bring back Growing Strong (Womens’ Publication)  • Better representation for satellite campuses: expand the SRC’s Legal Service onto satellites; increase SRC President consultations on satellites; work closer with satellite student organisations  • Smarter lobbying: clear strategies that work with the university; broader integration of student representatives in the University structure National collaboration: recycle successful campaigns on campuses across Australia.   A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare  Students obviously have broader concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand that their SRC does more for them in this regard. We want to work with the University to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decision-making. We will be your VOICE on these issues for:

• Sydney Arts Student Society: First Year Representative 2012

Michael Koziol Arts (MECO)

• Better on-campus mental health support: collaborate with organisations such as the AMA and Headspace to establish a Director of Mental Health Strategy and Services; revamp counseling services on campus   • Improved Youth Allowance: lower the age of independence; improve independence criteria; easier application process.  • International student-specific casework services within the SRC: accommodation; visas; University-matters and more.  • A roof over your head: establish connections between the NSW Government, University and SRC to better coordinate housing and rental assistance for students.   • A safer campus: increased late night

shuttle bus services; better lighting throughout campus; install panic buttons

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Harriet Griffin Arts

Lillian Shaddick Arts

MAKE VOICE HEARD!  Vote [1] VOICE for Queers!  Vote [1] VOICE for NUS! Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

An Effective VOICE for Diverse Representation  Too many students don’t feel represented by their SRC. We want to build a representative organisation that is open and transparent, that communicates clearly with students and the University, and that takes into account the diversity of beliefs and experiences within the University community. We will be an effective VOICE by:

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Christians on Campus Policy statement  We stand for Christians on Campus. The Christian students have been quiet when it comes to deciding how our uni operates, and we need to change this. On this ticket we have a Catholic, an EU student and other groups that will deliver a stronger Christian ethos on the SRC. The current group of students deliver a socialist campaign aimed at protesting, or giving money for antitraditional marriage campaigns or pro abortion activities which stand against everything we united Christians believe. All students should benefit from the fees they pay to the SRC (including $1.25 million of the SSA), not just narrow and questionable agendas. So, lets show that Christians do in fact have a voice at Sydney University and turn this into a morally upright SRC for the good of every student.

Christian Ellis Economics

Adam Foda Arts

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• High Tory

Jade Mclaughlin 15

Right Direction Policy statement   Most tickets running for the SRC are driven by leftist ideology, in many cases extreme, and not representative of the mainstream student majority. For too long the SRC, driven by leftist hacks, has squandered your money on ideologically driven campaigns, feeding their delusions of creating a Marxist socialist utopia by beginning the glorious revolution of the proletariat here in Sydney University. Those in charge of the SRC pontificate on controversial and complex ethical and social issues through their articles in Honi and motions in the SRC with almost religious fervour, consigning and marginalising the silent mainstream as extremists and by doing so clearly only representing the interests of the trendy leftist activist few; not the mainstream student body.We are here to stand for what you already know, they are somewhat deluded and espouse utter nonsense. Your fees are being squandered on SRC representatives who spend more time getting arrested and getting high than on concentrating on issues that really matter to the mainstream majority; the silent mainstream that does not care about the pet hobby causes of ideological hacks, but simply want an SRC that advocates for their interests and acts as a good steward to their money.  We are the ticket that represents the mainstream; the silent majority who care nothing for the socialist ideals of the left but who simply want better services and an SRC that is fiscally responsible, spending money on ensuring that the concerns of the entire student body is represented; not just the ideological interests of the EXTREME few.

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Michael Todd Commerce

Chaneg Torres Arts/Bachelor of Political Economic and Social Science

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• Saved from sin and death by Jesus Christ. Curriculum Vitae

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Andrej Starcevic Arts

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Raphael Haddad Engineering

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Policy statement

Adam Murphy Arts/Law

“Rise” for Engineering “Rise” for Commerce Stand up! for Commerce “Rise” for Sexytimes We’re your RISE team for SRC Engineers! On top of everything else the RISE team stands for, we’re here to make sure the PNR library stays open for longer and better.

Ali Vandeness Engineering/Commerce Curriculum Vitae

Vahista Bhasin Engineering/Science Curriculum Vitae

Tim Whiting Engineering/Science Curriculum Vitae

Kausthub Krishnamurthy Engineering Curriculum Vitae

Anne Cope Engineering Curriculum Vitae

Andreas Pelosi Engineering Curriculum Vitae

Hey, we’re RISE for Commerce!

STAND UP! FOR COMMERCE Vote [1] Stand up! for Commerce if you want a secure, better funding and more student active faculty. Students studying commerce have a lot to offer the SRC but more importantly there is so much the SRC can do to assist commerce students. If elected, we will work towards;

Luke McAlpin Business Curriculum Vitae

Victor Salman Business

• Recording of all lectures; Commerce is an interesting subject area, why aren’t our lectures available online? Be it a study aid, a way to catch up if you fall behind or to compensate for being away that day, mandatory online lecture recordings across the entire faculty is a simple solution to fixing an all too common problem.

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Maxine Verebes Business Curriculum Vitae

Hannah Marie Makragelidis Business Curriculum Vitae

Arabella Vaughan Business Curriculum Vitae

Gemma Cook Business Curriculum Vitae

• Ensuring all group work has fair par-

ticipation feedback; every commerce student will agree the fair work participation for group work in your first year is pretty bloody lacking. We want to see the 2nd and 3rd year system introduced across the board for a fairer system, one were students are not disadvantaged by inadequate participation feedback.

• Increased faculty support for

first years for carer building opportunities; Commerce is a competitive field, its one where students are driven to get real world experience from the very onset. The faculty has the networks and the capacity to assist first years in getting more involved in commerce through part-time or casual work. We want to see increased opportunities for first year students to get involved in commerce off-campus. Uni is more than just studying.  So if you want a strong, fair and active SRC, vote [1] STAND UP! FOR COMMEECE!

Tom Dominic John De Guzman Business/Commerce

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Abigail McCarthy Arts Curriculum Vitae

Anthony Nedanoski Engineering Curriculum Vitae

Sam Stone Arts Curriculum Vitae

Mitchell Stewart Arts Curriculum Vitae

Julian Chu Arts Curriculum Vitae

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Chiranthani Shanika Jayamanne Business/Commerce Curriculum Vitae

Justin Song Business/Commerce Curriculum Vitae

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Policy statement

I know what you want.   Donuts. On campus.  You want:  DONUTS Chocolate, Strawberry, Caramel Classic Cinnamon - Double Choc Marble - Strawberry & Cream White Choc Marble - Vanilla Glazed  HOTDOGS - Basic - El Grande Chili - Classic Aussie - Original

My name is Grace Roberts and I’m running to be your representative with Grassroots for SCA.

Kira for SRC  Less Faction, More Action! Are you sick of hacks pestering you to vote? They promise an array of policies before being elected and then continuing down party lines. I will make my decision on SRC policies based on how I feel about individual issues not what the party cadres tell me to think.  Don’t vote Liberal, Labor, Socialist or Green - vote for something in between! Vote for a true Independent! Vote Kira for SRC!

Bring Back Donut King!!! Grassroots for SCA Stand Up! for SRC

VOTE [1] BRING BACK DONUT KING!!!

I want to rejuvenate our campus! We’ve been ignored for too long - if elected to SRC, I will advocate for better transports, more subsidised services on campus and more student life for you to participate in!

Grace Roberts SCA

Vale Sloane Arts/Law

Kira Spucys-Tahar Arts (Media and Communications)

Curriculum Vitae

• Member of SCASS (Sydney College of the Arts Student Society)

terests on SRC because I truly <3 donuts and assorted Donut King products.  I’m like a Warm Mini Jam Donut for your SRC.

• Convenor of SCA Soccer Team 2012 for the FA Cup

• I’m best placed to represent your in-

Curriculum Vitae

• VOTE [1] BRING BACK DONUT KING!!!

• Currently Human Rights Defender for Amnesty International

Vote 1 STAND UP! for SRC Vote 1 STAND UP! for Fair Education for NUS Vote 1 DAVID for President Our team is committed to STANDING UP! for you and your university experience. We firmly believe that all students have the right to an accessible education that provides a high standard of teaching and learning. This is why we are committed to STANDING UP! and fighting for the following:

• A 21st CENTURY campus  Sydney University currently lags in technological support for students. We believe it is time to STAND UP! to the university and demand a 21st Century campus. This means, all lectures online, upgrades to wireless across all campuses, increased availability of powerpoints and all new learning hubs available 24/7.  Our team has been working in these areas all year and have made advancements in each area. There is still more to be done, however, and our team is committed to following our projects through.   • A SAFE campus  All students deserve the right to feel safe on campus. We know, however, how dangerous Victoria Park can be and how dodgy the side streets around university are. Considering how late students stay to study on campus, we believe more can be done to improve the shuttle bus service.   We will STAND UP! to the university and demand an investment in Campus Security so that students in surrounding suburbs can be dropped off on their doorstep late at night.  We will also work with Campus Infrastructure to improve lighting around campus.    • STRONG student representation  This

year our team has worked hard to see a fair distribution of the Student Services and Amenities Fee. We are passionate about ensuring that students’ money goes to students and we will work hard to see this continue.  We also believe in the importance of collectives on campus, and are committed to supporting all their activities. We believe more students should get involved with their relevant collective and are committed to increasing funding so that collectives can run more events and campaigns should they wish to do so.

• A SUSTAINABLE campus  STANDING UP! for a sustainable campus is something we believe all candidates should commit to. If elected, we will put pressure on the university to reduce its carbon footprint by installing solar panels where possible and placing more recycling bins around campus.   • A FAIR education  Our team is committed to a fair education for all. This means STANDING UP! to the university and government and fighting against the possible introduction of deregulated university fees. As it stands, our fees are already too high and any further increase will have a crippling impact on students.  We also believe in the intro-

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duction of HECS places for Summer and Winter School. Charging full fees far too often limits students and forces them to take an additional semester to finish their degree. We believe in STANDING UP! to the university and government and demanding a change in legislation so that all students can study at Summer and Winter School if they wish to do so.

• Our team is also committed to STANDING UP! for smaller class sizes. We believe large classes hinder an individual’s capacity to learn and, given the extraordinary fees students pay, we deserve better. This means more staff, timely feedback, and small tutorials.   If elected, we will also fight to see more textbooks in libraries. Many students cannot afford to pay for textbooks (in amongst everything else) and it is essential that resources be available in the libraries on campus so that all students can have the same level of opportunity.   • AFFORDABLE living  In order for a student to effectively learn, a stable living environment is essential. This is why we will STAND UP! for more affordable housing on campus and a fairer Youth Allowance system, so that all students have the capacity to sustain themselves independently.

• Political Economy Society member   • History Society member   • Sydney University Law Society mem-

Phoebe Drake Arts/Media and Communications

ber

• SU Sport member

Daniel Herbert Arts Curriculum Vitae

Clare Angel-Auld Arts/Media and Communications

2011:

• Save Political Economy! campaigner    • National Union of Students • National Day of Action organiser   • Community and Public Sector Union

Curriculum Vitae

Dina Vassilevska Science

member

• Students’ Representative Council member

Curriculum Vitae

• Political Economy Society member   • AUJS member   • SASS member Curriculum Vitae

Samuel De Ferranti Arts

2012

• 85th President, Sydney University SRC   • SRC Councillor  Member, Education Action Group   • Member, Women’s Collective   • Organiser NUS Education Conference,

For and SRC that STANDS UP! for you, vote 1 STAND UP!

2011

• NUS State Branch President   • SRC Welfare Officer   • SRC Councillor  Max Kiefel Arts

For SRC and DAVID for President!

David Pink Arts/Law

Curriculum Vitae

• 2012 SRC Orientation Committee   • 2012 Sydney Uni French Society Ad-

ministrative Officer

• 2012 Sydney University History Society General Executive   • 2011-2012 Sydney University ALP Club General Executive

Curriculum Vitae

Adam Joseph Marks Arts

2012:

Curriculum Vitae

• SRC Education Officer  Education • Action Group Convenor   • Usyd Students Against Staff Cuts

Curriculum Vitae

• 2012 SRC Councillor   • 2012 Sydney University Labor Club

Vice-President

Organiser

• AUJS (Jewish Society) Treasurer   • Delegate to the National Union of

Students Education Conference

Stella Egan BIGS/Arts

• National Travel Concession Card

Curriculum Vitae

• Counter-Course Handbook editor   • Student Welfare Action Collective

Callum Drake Arts

• Community and Public Sector Union member

• Member, Labor Club

Campaign organiser

member

Curriculum Vitae

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Jam for SRC

Stand Up! for Faith Voice for President

Policy statement

Standup for faith and stand up for representation for those students are not afraid to show that are people of faith

JAM for SRC! JAM for SRC! is a progressive ticket who if elected will fight for the rights of students on campus whose needs are not currently addressed. JAM for SRC will ensure that the well trained, career driven student politicians on council will be kept honest. A vote for JAM for SRC is a vote for a fresh perspective. It’s a vote for an honest, progressive and student-focused SRC.

Jackson Busse Arts

Let’s have a multi-faith room an active interfaith officer and a better appreciation for the contribution faith students make to our university.

Lewis Jackson Arts

JAM for SRC! knows first hand the valuable services the SRC provides and how important are its caseworkers. As an additional promise, JAM for SRC will look out for all caseworkers currently employed and will, if elected, attempt to increase the number of caseworkers employed by the SRC.  JAM for SRC will fight for international student rights, including concession tickets, more services, visa and immigration help and rent assistance. JAM for SRC wants to support student media. We’ve seen the inner-working of the SRC when it comes to Honi. We want all restrictions currently placed upon Honi to be removed so it can truly go after the issues that matter.

Curriculum Vitae

• 2012 INGSOC Secretary • 2012 Sydney University ALP Club

Vote [1] VOICE for President for SRC!

• Member 180 Degrees Consulting • Member ALP NSW Branch • (President of High School SRC)

MAKE VOICE HEARD FOR:

General Executive

Curriculum Vitae

Will Haines Arts

MAKE VOICE HEARD!

Jordon Welsh Arts Curriculum Vitae

Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!  Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

A Clear VOICE for High Quality Education Your SRC is your only avenue to voice your concerns about your education to all levels of University bureaucracy, on all major University committees and to the Government. That’s a responsibility we take incredibly seriously. Your expectations of a high quality, flexible, relevant and affordable education have to be met by the University. You deserve experienced advocates who will be your VOICE to:

• Prioritise working with the University to increase the quality of your education: decreased class sizes; stop course cuts; publish the results of Unit of Study evaluations.

JAM for SRC wants a campus that does not tolerate racism, sexism and queerphobia. Sweeten up your SRC. VOTE 1 JAM for SRC!

• Help you get the most out of your subjects: expand the PASS Mentoring Program (Peer-Assisted Study Sessions) into every faculty; more 24 hour learning-hubs

Bebe DSouza Arts/Law

• Student-centered University administration: working with the University for increased flexibility in timetable scheduling; a University Help line (for out of hours assistance); and

Curriculum Vitae

• Increase the affordability of your subjects: running an SRC secondhand book fair and online textbook exchange; working with the library to provide more copies of textbooks for loan

Harriet Semple Arts

• Eliminate ancillary course costs: partner with the University to establish a regulatory committee and prioritise compliance in course design • Bring the University into the 21st century: advocating for a Universitywide policy on lecture recording; working with the University to improve WiFi coverage.

Curriculum Vitae

• Editor, Honi Soit 2012  • Inter-varsity Officer of the Sydney Uni

An Effective VOICE for Diverse Representation

Debates Committee 2011.

• Co-ordinated ‘Fund-A-Lentil’, a

Melbourne based benefit concert to save vegetarian soup kitchen Lentil-AsAnything, featuring the Priory Dolls, Naysayer and Gilsun and Youtube sensation Bangs.

Curriculum Vitae

• Promotions Team for the Australian Youth Climate Coalition 2011  • Lord Mayors Charitable Fund Student Coodinator 2008-2009

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

No Parking Fines! transparency of Council meetings and decisions, regular office-bearer blogs; SRC information on USyd iPhone app

Sam Farrell Arts/Law

Allister Haire Science

Policy statement As a student, you deserve NO PARKING FINES on campus. As your representative, I will fight for NO PARKING FINES on campus. Vote [1] NO PARKING FINES!

Lesi Du Law

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Better representation for satellite campuses: expand the SRC’s Legal Service onto satellites; increase SRC President consultations on satellites; work closer with satellite student organisations

• Smarter lobbying: clear strategies that work with the university; broader integration of student representatives in the University structure • National collaboration: recycle successful campaigns on campuses across Australia. A Passionate VOICE for Better Student Welfare Students obviously have broader concerns than just what goes on in the classroom, and are right to demand that their SRC does more for them in this regard. We want to work with the University to place student welfare and the student experience front and centre in decision-making. We will be VOICE on these issues for:

•

Curriculum Vitae

• Counter Course Handbook Editor,

Christina White Arts/Law

• Education Officer, Students’ Representative Council 2012 Students’ Representative Council 2012

• Director, Law Revue 2012 • Creative Director, College Revue 2011 • Tutor, St Paul’s College 2011-2012 • Australian National Karate Champion

Curriculum Vitae

• Vote [1] NO PARKING FINES

2009

• Tim Matthews Arts/Law

• Improved Youth Allowance: lower the age of independence; improve independence criteria; easier application process. •

Curriculum Vitae

International student-specific casework services within the SRC: accommodation; visas; University-matters and more.

Curriculum Vitae

Vote [1] VOICE for President for SRC!

Olivia Ronan Arts/Law

Vote [1] VOICE for NUS!

Curriculum Vitae

MAKE VOICE HEARD!

Vote [1] Sam Farrell for President!

Isabelle Youssef Law Curriculum Vitae

Ben Coffey Business Curriculum Vitae

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Candidates for REPRESENTATIVES of the 85th SRC

Yes we Jam

Grassroots for a green campus

Policy statement

Thank you, Sydney University. Thank you to the rock of my life, Marmalade. Thank you to Concentrate and Preservative, who haven’t seen their daddy in a week. Thank you to Bread for his outstanding service to our country and being such a great supporter of this campaign. We want real differences between the candidates. We are looking for more than just a change of editors in the Honi Soit office. We’re looking to fundamentally change the status quo in Sydney University. YES WE JAM.

Peter Kennedy Commerce

Curriculum Vitae

Darren Lesaguis Arts Curriculum Vitae

Avani Dias Arts Curriculum Vitae

Sidnie Sarang Arts Curriculum Vitae

Elizabeth Smith Arts Curriculum Vitae

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‘Grassroots for a Green Campus’ is a coalition of student activists from Sydney Environment Action Collective (SEAC) dedicated to the environment and creating a more sustainable campus. We are not student bureaucrats or affiliated with any political parties; we believe in grassroots activism, and participation rather than just representation. Why should you vote for us?

• The climate is changing, • Hundreds of species are going extinct

every day,

• CSG is taking our land and water, • Renewables are still being side-

lined, and children are starving while politicians attend economic summits to discuss non-solutions to the slow destruction of our planet.

• And...There are people on campus, who wish to represent you, who wish to change this. The collectives we’ve been working through to achieve change have been active since the pre 1980s, now known as SEAC. We share inspiration, skills and knowledge in order to participate and help others participate in activism as a way for social change. Recently, activists within our group have facilitated discussion groups, film screenings and forums on issues including Coal Seam Gas, biodiversity reduction and the social ramifications of nuclear energy. In the future we are looking specifically towards issues of CSG like ‘Lock the Gate’ on campus, in solidarity with community and cross campus groups. From large enduring campaigns like “Green Campus Now”; promoting renewable energy on campus, to guerilla gardening, to annual days of Bike initiatives, we’ve worked hard to make this a Green Campus for you and a Greener Planet in general. As a start, we’ve been involved in organising the annual summit – Students of Sustainability (SoS) – where activists can come together, learn, grow and push for change together. With your vote in this election, we can make sure there is funding and resources for an activist SRC which will support these campaigns and your participation in the environmental movement so that you too can help make this a Green Campus and a Greener Planet. Building a Student Community Sydney Uni can feel a bit like it’s own little microcosm. But, my friends, we have the ability to branch out with the roots of change! We have allowed our networks to develop strong links throughout NSW and Australia through activist networks. These networks have been strengthened through spreading skills and issuebased knowledge through awe-inspiring student environment conferences such as Students of Sustainability, which we financially support students to attend

annually. With new savviness and comrades across the country, we are then able to help organise cross campus training camps, skilling up incoming students. To facilitate these national events, and meet other like-minded students about, we organise through the Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN). Our University- Our Education Given climate change, ocean acidification, and the immense social costs of the nuclear chain on Aboriginal Australians’ land and communities, donations and in kind support from coal and uranium mining corporations can only stand in the way of a transition to an environmentally and socially just future. We urge the University of Sydney to take its role as a progressive, ethical and creative institution seriously. Our university has a social responsibility to lead the way – we are more than numbers, universities are more than factories of students – the University needs to foreground sustainability and environmental justice in its research endeavours, rather than conducting industry based research into ‘clean coal’, coal seam gas (CSG), uranium mining and nuclear energy. Our University currently consumes 75, 000, 000 kWh of electricity, which is equivalent to 10,274 households. Ninety percent of this energy is generated by coal. Burning coal is the largest contributor to climate change. If we are serious about stopping run-away climate change, our society- including the University- needs to build and fund renewable infrastructure.

We believe that the neoliberalisation of our education system needs to stop right now; university is not just a place where we should be slotted into industry, we need to be able to learn and grow so that we can make ourselves heard as agents of change. If we are to fight against the destruction of our planet, we need support from the education system at all levels. This means NO STAFF CUTS! Participation – not just representation We don’t think two days of elections should determine how your SRC and our campus community runs throughout the year.We recognise the power the SRC has to lobby on behalf of students, but we also want to provide students with the support and skills to fight for change ourselves! If you wish to participate more actively, consider getting involved in the Student Environment Action Collective (SEAC) which meets at Thursdays at 12pm on the Sunken lawns (near Manning, where VegeSoc has lunch). We have achieved change and will keep fighting for change should you elect us to SRC. A vote ‘Grassroots for a green campus’ is not just a vote for a more environmentally and socially ethical University, but a vote for a more sustainable community. VOTE 1: ‘GRASSROOTS for a Green Campus’ for SRC  VOTE 1: ‘GRASSROOTS’ for NUS

Amelie Van der stock Science/Arts

We believe that our University has a social responsibility, as a place of learning and research, to set a precedent for a transition away from coal, and towards large scale renewable energy. A lack of social and political will is the only barrier to creating a renewable energy society. We believe that The University of Sydney has the technological knowledge and capacity to adopt the above policy, and in so doing, to demonstrate to the wider Australian and International community that these ambitious targets can be met. We believe that the University’s commitment to sustainability should not stop at our energy consumption and the research that our academics undertake. As a leading tertiary education institution, the University of Sydney has the responsibility to create undergraduate and postgraduate courses which cater to the needs of our changing world. The government has recently scrapped sustainability education from primary and secondary schools and our university’s sustainability initiatives are not safe.The University must respond to climate change and other contemporary environmental and social issues by creating opportunities for young (and not so young!) people to acquire the skills, knowledge, and confidence to be able to work effectively towards a climate-safe and socially-just future.

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Curriculum Vitae

• Studying B arts/ B Science, Majoring in Environmental Studies and Government (2nd yr) • SRC councillor for ‘Green Campus Now!’ 2012 • Co-convenor Sydney Uni Student Environment Action Collective (SEAC) 2012 • Active Member of Sydney Uni Student Environment Action Collective (SEAC) 2011-present

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• Active Member of Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN) 2011-present

Sally Stuart Law

2011-present

• Member of Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN) 2011-present

• Active Member of NSW Student Environment Action Network (SEAN) 2011-present

• Member of NSW Student Environment Action Network (SEAN) 2011-present

• General exec of Sydney Uni VegeSoc 2011-present

• Attended 2012 ASEN Training Camp, 2011

• Attended 2012 ASEN Training Camp, 2012 Students of Sustainability (SOS) Conference

• Students of Sustainability (SOS) Conference Volunteer at the Manly Environment Centre 2009-present

• Member of Stucco Housing Co-op • Lover of all things nature (and spar-

• Loves ecology, forests, ants and sunflowers

kles!)

Miriam Jones Arts

Phoebe O’Leary Science/Arts Curriculum Vitae

• Bachelor Arts/Science (2nd yr) • Member of Student Enviro Action

Collective since 2011

• Member of USYD Landcare since 2011 • Environment and Welfare Officer,

International House Members’ Association 2011-12

• Attended National Student Leadership Forum, Canberra 2011 Eloise Taylor Commerce/Arts

Graeme Corbett Arts

Curriculum Vitae

• Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN) training camp organiser

• General exec of Sydney Uni VegeSoc 2010-present

• Students of Sustainability (SoS) Conference organiser

• Volunteer for Sydney Uni Food Coop Active member of Student Environment Action Collective (SEAC)

• Active Member of Sydney Uni Student Environment Action Collective (SEAC) 2007-present

• 2010-present Attended Students of Sustainability Conference (SoS)

• Active Member of Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN) 2007-present

• 2009-2010 Member of Young Greens Amelia Baker Science

• Active Member of NSW Student

Environment Action Network (SEAN) 2007-present

• USU Environment convenor 2007 • Yellow cake collective 2007-present • Songs for social change member 2011-

present

Curriculum Vitae

• 2007: Began Bachelor of Arts (Languages) degree at Sydney University • 2007 - now: Active member of Sydney Uni Enviro Collective (now SEAC) and Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN)

Stephanie Clark Science

• 2007-2009: Member of Sydney University Symphony Orchestra • 2010: Co-convener of SEAC • 2010: Events Manager of Sydney Uni

Spanish Society

• 2011: Finance Officer of ASEN • 2011-now: Fiddle player in anti-capi-

talist bluegrass band The Lurkers

Curriculum Vitae

• 2012: Currently completing Honours degree in Music

• Studying B Commerce/ B Science de-

gree Majoring in Environmental Studies, Chemistry and Economics (3rd yr)

• Active member of Sydney Uni Student Environment Action Collective (SEAC) 2011-present • Member and Volunteer at with Sydney

Uni St Vincent de Paul de Paul society 2011-present

• Social co-ordinator on the executive of Sydney Uni St Vincent de Paul de Paul society at Sydney Conference • Meals on Wheels volunteer 2007 • Soccer coach and player birth-present • Family farm threatened by CSG

Curriculum Vitae

• Studying B Science, majoring in biology and geography (1st yr) • Active member of Sydney Uni Student Environment Action Collective (SEAC) 2012-present • Duke of Edinburgh 2008 • Volunteer with aged persons at Wogga

community centre

Curriculum Vitae

• Studying Bachelor Science, Majoring

in Environmental Science and Geography.(2nd yr)

• From a small farm and vineyard Love wine and passionate about saving the rural environment!

• Environment Office Bearer 2012 • Co-convenor Sydney Uni Student

Environment Action Collective (SEAC) 2012

• Active member of Sydney Uni Student Environment Action Collective (SEAC)

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Policy statement

STOP HONI SOIT FALLING TO INTERNATIONAL PREDATORY FINANCE CAPITAL!

History students at the University of Sydney need strong representation and a team of students ready to fight and maintain the integrity of the History Department. But the University is moving to generalise our courses and silence our voices!

Stop Gina Rinehart!!! Stand Up! for History Aimee Bull-McMahon Arts

Connie Ye Arts/Law Curriculum Vitae

• Honi Soit Editor

STAND UP! for History will fight against the staff cuts that have needlessly and overwhelmingly effected history tutors and lecturers. STAND UP! for History will fight for third year History subjects to once again exist. The excuse that ‘We Don’t Have Enough Money’ doesn’t cut it.

Curriculum Vitae

• 2012: Australian Student Environ-

ment Network (ASEN) training camp organiser

• 2011: Climate Team student organiser at Greenpeace Australia Pacific • 2011: Students of Sustainability (SoS) Conference organiser • 2010: University of Sydney SRC Environment Officer • 2009-2012: Member of SEAC, SEAN and ASEN

STAND UP! for Arts will work for a $2 a day printing quota to make your education more accessible and more affordable.

History and Film Studies Department 2011 - 2012

• Student Representative for the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry 2011 - 2012 • Student Representative for the School of Letters, Arts and Media 2011 - 2012 • KICKS Club PR Officer 2012 - 2013 • Fine Arts Society Vice President 2011 • O Week Director 2013 • O Week Team Leader 2012 William Read Arts and Social Sciences

STAND UP! for Arts wants to see a common room that all students enrolled in Arts subjects can use. STAND UP! for Arts will fight for a research space for all Honours students in the Arts faculty to work in, use computers and have discussions. Vote [1] STAND UP! for History

Robby Magyar Arts and Social Sciences Curriculum Vitae

Elyse Weatherby Science

- Communications Director for USSC Treasurer for History Soc

Katren Rogers Arts Curriculum Vitae

Sophia Bakopanos Arts and Social Sciences Curriculum Vitae

Steph Russell Science

Curriculum Vitae

• Studying Bachelor Science (Advanced), majoring in Biology and Environmental Studies (2nd yr) • Vice-President of Sydney Uni Animal Welfare Society 2011-present • General exec of Sydney Uni VegeSoc 2012 • Animals Australia volunteer 2010-pre-

sent

• World Society for the Protection of

Animals (WSPA) Public Awareness Team 2012

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• History Society President 2011 - Present • Volunteer for the History Department Social Inclusion Program 2012 • Student Representative for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 2012 • Student Member of Academic Board 2012 • Note-taker for Disability Services 2010 to Present

• Emulating My Little Pony hair

• Student Member of the Admissions Sub-Committee 2012

• Loves fluffah animals, rapping to Die Antwoord and tardigrades

• Student Representative for the History Department 2011 - 2012

2011-present

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Sarah Armstrong Arts/Law Curriculum Vitae

Andrew Passarello Arts and Social Sciences Curriculum Vitae

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Pokemon Liberation Front Policy statement It is time for a change. Pokemon have long been the most oppressed group in society; they are tortured by tacky music, sadistic ten year olds with bad hats and hordes of imperialists. We must overthrow the capitalist scum who torment our pokemon friends, we must rise up and fight them! We in the Pokemon Liberation Front plan to march on Dr Oak’s lab and wreak destruction upon his foul and materialistic domination upon the Pokemon proletariat. We shall liberate the slave ring of Chanseys who are abused by the health care system. We believe in a fair trade Pokemon health system! Liberate Chanseys! We urge you to join in a mass coalition of students, workers and residents and smash the Pokemon Master tories and the exploitative Nurse Joys. Prepare for Trouble! And Make it Double! VOTE 1 for POKEMON LIBERATION FRONT for SRC!

Evan Gray Diploma in Law

Curriculum Vitae

• Pokemon Master 2000 – 2004 • Member of Pokemon Alterative 2005

– current

• Has a bulbasaur hoodie 2012

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Culture Vulture Reviews: theatre

PREVIEW: FRINGE

The Lady and the Clarinet

Young, creative, and on the fringe

Honi Soit was a willing voyeur at this salacious SUDS production The Lady and the Clarinet, written by Pulitzer-winning playwright Michael Cristofer, is the work of SUDS newcomer Lucinda Vitek, who gives us a fresh, slightly condensed story of a woman’s inability to find ‘something more’ in her romantic relationships. Coinciding with the opening week of the SUDS major, the show seemed like a chance to do something a little new with a relatively youthful cast while prying eyes were directed elsewhere.

The play opens to a New York apartment, where female lead, Luba, is preparing for a dinner-date at home. As her date becomes increasingly late, Luba begins to confide in the clarinet player, who she has hired for the occasion, as to her disastrous experiences with three male lovers. Madeleine Miller brings us a sassy and irreverent Luba, who has an impressive level of command from the opening scene of the play. Enter Ryan Knight as Paul, 16-yearold Luba’s extremely anxious first lover. As always, Knight brings a palpable awkwardness on to the stage, ensuring that Luba’s first sexual encounter is both hilarious and painful to watch. Miller wields an entertaining authority over Knight, perfectly establishing the warped

dynamics of their relationship. The first flash-back did well in tempering the humour of the situation with a real sense of poignancy. Dominic Barlow conveyed well the distant and confused nature of second lover Jack, though the interactions between him and Miller never really came to fruition. Williams-Brooks as George, while funny, was difficult to relate to. I found it hard to connect with most of these characters. This seems to have been a fault with the script more than anything else. Cristofer seems oblivious to the way in which his reduction of people into single traits and personality types divests them of any human interest or believability. As a result, there seemed to be something missing beyond the immediate humour of the play. This was evident in the funnier moments of the performance, where the actors often slipped into recitation in the anticipation and delivery of ‘punch lines’. The set design provided a fantastic setting, and the lighting was particularly impressive in its capacity to delineate time and place. Vitek showed a lot of promise in her directorial debut; forming the experiences of Luba into a unified, and funny whole. At times, however, I felt as though she could have gotten more out of the actors; particularly the dynamics between Miller and Katrina Todd as the clarinettist. The latter could have been better deployed to record the emotional climate of the play, and to help facilitate the audience’s emotional response to it. While I left wanting something more, overall the play was highly enjoyable, and commendable in its willingness to bring something new to the stage.

This is not an easy city in which to get a creative endeavour off the ground. The audience is small, the funding options are limited, and culturally we still seem to be finding our feet. Sydney Fringe provides some means of redress. An “independent festival for the visual and performing arts”, it supports up-and-coming talent with facets of production such as marketing and insurance, but, as of 2012, is un-curated or ‘open-access’. Within the mix are a number of debut theatrical productions by young startup companies. Boxed In, described by co-director Jack D’Arcy as “dark comedy with elements of farce and heartbreak”, follows three friends who cut their losses in a mundane rural town and move to the city, taking poorly paid jobs as removalists. A surprise discovery uncovers old tensions and personal challenges. D’Arcy, 18, founded Dead Cat Theatre Co, a startup theatre company, with Tom Hawthorne and Tim Quaife. The trio met at high school and was brought together by their love of theatre and performance, and formed Dead Cat as a way to work on wholly original projects. “It’s super competitive and there aren’t really many opportunities for people our age,” said D’Arcy. “In terms of doing something that’s 100 per cent completely new, there’s not many places that will say ‘here, have a stage, have money, put something on’. “I don’t think we’re out to reinvent the wheel, but we want to make something that sticks out.” The idea behind Boxed In was conceived by one of the Dead Cat team during a bathroom break. Written and performed by D’Arcy, Hawthorne, and Quaife, who already have another proj-

ect in the works after Fringe, it is at the King Street Theatre in Newtown from September 7 to 9.

Directors Sepy Baghaei and Ava Stangherlin

Meanwhile at the TAP Art Gallery & Theatre in Darlinghurst, AADA graduates Sepy Baghaei and Ava Stangherlin will co-direct their new company’s first production, Grimm Tales. Only 20 and 21 respectively, Baghaei and Stangherlin formed theatre co. ‘Gretel in Darkness’ to “explore humanity’s relationship with storytelling through the performance of classic tales from a variety of cultures”. Tales is an adaptation of some of the original Grimm Brothers’ fairytales, including Hansel and Gretel, Ashputtel, and The Golden Goose. “It’s rough, it’s raw, and it’s brutally honest: worlds away from the saccharine, sanitised fairytales we grew up with,” Baghaei said. Stangherlin added: “The dark and richly layered stories contained in Grimm Tales strike a chord with audiences of all ages – they tell of the things we value and the things that scare the hell out of us.” Grimm Tales plays from September 11 to 15 at the TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst. The Sydney Fringe festival runs from September 7 to 30, around Sydney. For more information visit 2012.sydneyfringe.com

Music criticism: a love (and hate) story

Sit down, relax, take a Xanax: nobody is as bad as you think they are, writes Adam Disney Pity the Biebers of the world. Seriously, it must be terrifying – imagine you’re the latest pubescent hitmaker at the height of their powers, and just think about all that mental energy being directed your way, all the brain-juices set a-gushing at just the briefest glimpse of your face, at the slightest whisper of your voice. At concerts, even the appearance at the microphone of the obligatory overweight, bearded roadie is greeted with rapturous screams of approval, because soon you will be there. Then there’s the hate; that molten fury that lies pent up in every website’s comments section, just waiting for someone to mention Nickelback or Bieber and let fly a raging torrent of misspelt epithets. It seems remarkable that the same set of stimuli – the same songs, the same haircuts, the same on-stage shimmying – can elicit in people such fierce and divergent responses. Love and hate is fine, but what happened to the middle ground? Admit it – you’re guilty. We all are. When you first get into a band, there’s that wonderful honeymoon phase when they can do no wrong, when you trawl through YouTube for live videos and emerge an hour later with an incomplete

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essay and a stupid grin. In conversation you become intolerable, as every exchange must now accommodate a discussion about what Iggy Pop wore in 1977, or how Johnny Marr is just the most underrated guitarist. It’s that sensation of being filled to bursting with just how awesome your pet artist is, of feeling you’ll just die if you don’t ensure everyone within a ten mile radius knows and fully appreciates the extent of their immortal genius. The best thing about the evangelist phase of fandom is that even flaws can become objects of veneration, allowing one to revel in the very characteristics which stick in the craw of the not-yet-indoctrinated. Yeah, Joy Division is really depressing, and Neil Young isn’t a huge fan of perfect pitch BUT THAT’S THEIR THING, YOU CLEARLY DON’T GET IT, YOU ARE STUPID. See how much fun it is? Similarly, there’s a special satisfaction to be had in spewing great heaps of bile over something you despise. Though instinct tells you to ignore it, when you turn on the TV and are greeted with the simpering blandness of the current tween sensation, there’s a real twisted thrill to just sitting there and hating them, tak-

ing every note and gesture as a grievous personal insult. Ugh, look at that hair; look at how much it sucks. What, he’s smiling? Are you serious? What a fake. Look at him, wearing a hat like some kind of hat-douche. Has he even heard of Talking Heads? Just a glimpse can set off a chain-reaction of gleeful hatred that, like the most ardent fanboy love, lacks any capacity to distinguish between what does and does not warrant use of the full force of your capacity to cherish or mock. But why this tendency to extremes? Well, in matters of taste, as in most things, it is simply easier – and more immediately satisfying – to skip the part where you consider your opinion, and go straight to telling people what it is. But eventually one must come to terms with the fact that no artist is perfect, and that just as those you hate can actually at times manage to not be terrible, those that you love are not infallible. Take Lou Reed; it’s tempting, having fallen in love with The Velvet Underground & Nico, to go ahead and crown Uncle Lou as God-King of the avant garde, to replace your wardrobe with nothing but leather jackets, jeans, and

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black t-shirts. But when Lou is bad, he is bad. The same qualities that make him stand out – the deadpan voice, the arty affectations – can also lead to some truly grating embarrassments, and that’s OK. If you can resist the temptation to idealise your idols then you can get a whole lot more out of the deal. Instead of trying to suppress that nagging doubt you feel when your latest musical squeeze hits a dud note, just admit that they’re not perfect and move on. Sure, it’s fun and easy to love or hate uncritically, but good music sounds better when you know for sure that this time they got it right.

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Top 5 Princesses in History

Princess Grace of Monaco

Princess Grace was originally an Academy Award-winning American actress who went by the name Grace Kelly. In 1956 she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco and became Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco. The glamorous Princess often topped best-dressed lists and had a Hermès handbag named after her. Princess Grace died in strange circumstances in 1982 when she was involved in a car accident. The official story was that she suffered a stroke at the wheel, but conspiracies say her daughter Stephanie was driving and lost control of the car.

Princess Diana

Part of an aristocratic family, Diana Spencer married Prince Charles in 1981 and became a member of the British Royal Family as Princess of Wales. Diana’s wedding was seen on television by a global audience of over 750 million and she was popularly received by the public, lauded especially for her charity work. After her marriage ended in divorce, Princess Diana was the subject of intense media scrutiny. She was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997 which was followed by an intense period of public mourning. Then British PM Tony Blair captured public sentiment when he called her “the people’s princess”.

Princess Anastasia of Russia

decided after one of my frequent trips to Wynyard (bathrooms) that I would patronise one of these so-called “public transports” that my listeners are forever bitching about. Unfortunately I was accosted by a mad woman - or Muslim, I wasn’t quite sure - who suddenly and without forewarning decided to unveil her bosoms to me. I instinctively tried to shield my eyes from this brown-skinned abomination. I raised my hand to cover my face, banging my elbow on a nearby guard rail. Pain beyond pain. Totally destroyed the whole joint. Damn women. Got home and tried to relax with a long bath, a steak tartare, and a bong. Regrettably I was interrupted by Martha the housekeeper, who clearly needs an abrupt reminder of her boundaries. She is a bit of a teetotaller when it comes to drugs. I think she was scarred by the crime rings that killed her parents back in...whatever part of South America she comes from. So she seized the precious bong, a gift to me from my old...friend, Todd McKinney, and threw it in the bin. The audacity of her, destroying my joint! Going to have to get Martha to go buy a bigger chaff bag, I think, before we tow them all out to sea. Maybe Clive can help when he gets Titanic II up and running. Just hope the bloody coastguard doesn’t try to rescue them or call the fucking Indonesians. Meanwhile the feminazis have been out to get me again, and for what? Daring to point out that they are utterly incapable of holding any leadership position above that of canteen manager? Putting that old witch Juliar in her place? Daring to tell the truth? It’s a mess out there people. A bloody mess. Right-thinking blokes of Australia: if you’re with me, assemble noisily and poorly-attired outside Parliament House next Wednesday at midday, and together, we’ll make our overlooked voices heard, and destroy the joint!

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You know you’ve made it when you have a Disney movie made about you. Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess (Grand Princess) Anastasia was the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II of Russia. She is thought to have been murdered along with her family in 1918 when the Bolsheviks overthrew the last sovereign family of Imperial Russia. Rumours of her possible escape and supposed survival were one of the great mysteries of the 20th century.

Princess Rani Lakshmi Bai Princess Rani was born in India in 1835 and spent her youth studying swordsmanship, archery and guns. After marrying at age 12 (it was a different time, remember), her husband the Raja died soon after. The British government decreed the Princess and her son weren’t actually of royal blood so the throne was left empty. Princess Rani decided to take control and became a freedom fighter, reportedly charging into battle with her young son strapped to her back. Gives a whole new meaning to ‘Take your kids to work’ day.

Princess Isabella

Princess Isabella earned the nickname ‘She-Wolf of France’ after she tore through England like the proverbial woman scorned. A French royal, Isabella married her English, gay husband Edward. All was okay until Edward got a new boyfriend, Hugh, and left Isabella to fend for herself at a battle in Scotland. She returned to France to regroup and form her own army before heading back to England in 1326 and unleashing the violence. Princess Isabella had Hugh dragged by a horse, hanged until mostly dead, disemboweled and then decapitated. His body parts were cut up and his head displayed on London Bridge.

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The Quiz-TRONIC 3000 1. In what decade of the 20th century did theoretical physicist Albert Einstein die? 2. “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the world he didn’t exist” is an iconic quote from what Oscar-winning film? 3. Which element is found in all organic compounds? 4. Apart from John Howard, who was the only other Prime Minister to lose their seat in an election? 5. Who, in 1992, famously said that her year had “turned out to be an ‘Annus Horribilis”?‘ 6. Who is the founding father of modern economics? 7. Who was the French-Polish chemist, physicist and shared Nobel Prize winner for physics in 1903, made famous for her pioneering research in the sub-field of radiation phenomena? 8. Who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates? 9. Hosted by India, who won the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup? 10. What is the world’s southernmost capital city? 11. What is the title of the only novel penned by Oscar Wilde? 12. ‘Alexander the Great’ hailed from which ancient civilisation? 13. Which jeweler famously popularised the term that ‘a diamond is forever’ in 1947? 14. Which Stanley Kubrick film famously featured Johan Strauss’s ‘Blue Danube’ in its score? 15. In what year did Kevin Rudd address the nation as Australia’s Prime Minister and apologise to Australia’s Indigenous population for past policies?

16. China is the world’s most populous nation, followed closely by India. What is the world’s third most populous country? 17. Which French philosopher of the enlightenment reportedly uttered “Now is no time for making enemies” when asked to renounce Satan on his deathbed? 18. Pictured right, young Australian of the Year in 1997, Nova Peris Kneebone was famous for representing Australia as a 400 metres runner in the Sydney Olympics, in which sport did she compete at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta? 19. Due to be released in September 2012, The Casual Vacancy is an upcoming novel from which author? 20. Italian director Sergio Leone and Hollywood hardman Clint Eastwood collaborated to shoot a trilogy of spaghetti westerns in the 1960’s – name all three films. 21. Who is Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister? 22. Mario Monti was sworn in as the Italian Prime Minister in November 2011 after whose resignation? 23. How many of the four tennis Grand Slam tournaments (US Open, Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon) are played on hard courts? 24. Bucharest is the capital of what country? 25. Who wrote the definitive American crime novel, In True Blood? 26. If you found yourself at the South Pole, what time zone would you be using? 27. Who wrote and performed the official song of the

2012 London Olympics, called ‘Survival’? 28. Are sound waves less disturbed at night or day? 29. What virus is currently spreading through Nigeria and Uganda? 30. Lisa Marie Presley was the first wife of which pop star? 31. What is the third longest (continuous length) river in the world? 32. Who secured the AFL minor premiership (firstplaced after all the regular season rounds) last weekend? 33. “Yes, she thought, laying down her brush in extreme fatigue, I have had my vision”, is the final line from what Virginia Woolf novel? 34. Iatrophobia is a fear of what? 35. Name the director of the opening ceremony at the London 2012 Olympics? 36. In what decade of the 20th century did the Sydney Harbour Bridge first open? 37. Who directed the films: The Social Network, Fight Club and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (US version) 38. What nation has won the most FIFA Football World Cups? 39. American singer-songwriter, composer and poet Jim Morrison is buried in what city? 40. Name the famous property, now open as a museum, of deceased rock ‘n’ roll star Elvis Presley? Answers below.

Answers: 1. 1950s 2. The Usual Suspects 3. Carbon 4. Stanley Bruce 5. Queen Elizabeth II 6. Adam Smith 7. Marie Curie 8. Paul Allen 9. India 10. Wellington, NZ 11. The Picture of Dorian Gray 12. Macedonia 13. De Beers 14. 2001: A Space Odyssey 15. 2008 16. (The US, 314 million) 17. Voltaire 18. Women’s hockey 19. J.K. Rowling 20. A Fistful of Dollars; For a Few Dollars More; The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 21. Sir Robert Menzies 22. Silvio Berlusconi 23. Two – Australian Open and US Open 24. Romania 25. Truman Capote 26. GMT 27. Muse 28. Night 29. Ebola virus 30. Michael Jackson 31. Yangtze River 32. Hawthorn Hawks 33. To The Lighthouse 34. A fear of doctors 35. Danny Boyle 36. 1930s 37. David Fincher 38. Brazil – five 39. Paris 40. Graceland Brain Teaser: Roosters don’t lay eggs

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The first part of each clue refers to Grid A. The second part refers to Grid B. It’s up to you to decide where the split is. Some are incomplete clues, containing only a definition or an explanation. There are three pairs of answers that are anagrams of each other. The numbers of their clues are starred, but the answers can be in either Grid A or B.

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1. Former queen reviews whistle pop song ‘Punches in Broken Leg’ (9)(3,6) 6. Striking a pose, old storyteller faced up to weak coffee (5)(5) 9. Measures the speed of British paper on the heartless web of principle (5)(5) 10. District Attorney and communist live up to stuntman and heed no adaptation, missing an arm (9)(3-6) 11. Pacifist starts negotiating on colour about North British Prime Minister of the past who arranged beer, petrol. (10)(6,4) 12. On the 15th, Sid eschews hidden regret after model, correct? (4)(4) *14. Move toupee that has poor ending before gale, missing a nanna, it ends morose (7)(7) 15. We eased destruction of kelp, initially threatened, I made protected and nourished in kettledrum (7)(7) *17. To change five hundred is legal wrongdoing for those who mend clothes and tell of their regrets (7)(7) *19. End up inside cheek, for misery is escaping (7)(7) 20. Oddly arms me, or rounds Stalin for revealed wisdom (4)(4) 22. Lay down rails in a rush to get away to adopt our silence in bed (4,6)(4,6) 25. I doubt you like Iranian peeper’s hole (9)(9) 26. A Durbevilles woman overturned benefit: “Get ______ here!” (5)(5) 27. First lady needs extremely equal chances, thus ending lazy creep (5)(5) 28. Sounds like James abbreviated his name and pants – it’s the elephant in the room (3,6)(9)

1. John left British school outside one who despises broken heart (5)(5) 2. The meaning of names brought up before twitches mess up tiny Labor former UK PM (9) (4,5) 3. George does laundry load and puts sentences between sentences (10)(10) *4. Spoil fan looking for sex with the band, for example (7)(7) *5. Misbehave and begin scaling a mountain the night before sleep (8)(8) 6. Supermarket, somewhat economical, displays double praise back (4)(4) 7. Dave’s cocktail: the Lord’s chosen one has queen following detectives for a drink (5)(5) 8. Friend is a small man making a wooden fence, to dig if gent moves and can’t sit still (9)(9) 13. Nonsense! Get away quickly after having lost more hair while studying diseases (10)(10) 14. Hardly asleep at a funeral after broad concept next to cleanliness (4,5)(9) 16. Jogger is thinking right, philosopher tries a lot; it’s all Greek to me(9)(9) *18. Pulling apart gravy mix on top shelf to buy supplies (7)(5,2) 19. Munster breaks chestbone when weird man swallows rodent (7)(7) 21. The French follow plan for syrupy demon with energy in discovery (5)(5) 23. Looks at, it’s said, places with tangible gloom-ending kingdom (5)(5) 24. Love god was sore, got up and, painfully sore, got up (4)(4)

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1. A suspension from readiness wantons maliciously about big cups! (5-4) 6. Allude to referee, back again (5) 9. Even groin oft is call for commotion (5) 10. The German mine after cab for stuffing skins (9) 11. Creatures in nature are slaughtered, if willed (8) 12. Browser of hunting expedition (6) 14. Bay up by the crayfish (5) 16. Leave mess in ring, leaves little to the imagination! (9) 17. Anti-folic acid is all made up (9) 19. Bed we burnt for geek (5) 21. Flaccid kind of disk (6) 22. Remove and undo accommodation! (8) 25. Dietitian poorly introduced… (9) 26. …half-glad, headless ditz to a superficial display (5) 27. Inks & omens (5) 28. E admitted corruption and deliberated (9)

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1. Scandium unrefined; New York gaunt (6) 2. An unfair play into conflict? (5) 3. Present presentation (7) 4. Put tin roof out as no longer available on paper (3,2,5) 5. Together, an extreme following (4) 6. Air data interpreted as a biological classification of symmetry (7) 7. Developing to create a shaken Viet (9) 8. Rhys’ endless Chinese dynasty all sounds the same (7) 13. Wicked middle vein (4-6) 15. Calling on in monarch after Rebecca (9) 17. L’s golden notes (7) 18. Tyrion Lannister deceives and suggests (7) 19. Happiness put in darkness, perhaps (7) 20. Spoiled Ed E. Zebra had no tail, yet sauntered… (7) 23. … if you catch my wood (5) 24. Moat breached by molecule (4)

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