Scope - Week 3 101, Issue 9

Issue 9 Week 3

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Editor’s Report Shuba Krishnan Welcome to a wonderful week 3 Scope.

In this issue we look into the food at Bond with Food and Beverage manager, Anthony Spegel. We hear from our very own Bond University Winter Olympic correspondent, Brad Ramsden, who will be writing a weekly column during the games. And lastly, our sub-editor Ben Strick has covered the controversial issue of privacy on Facebook. Also, don’t forget all the usual favourites, Scope sport, the photos, reviews and bits & pieces. Well that’s Scope in a nutshell for this week and all that’s left to do now is sit back, relax and enjoy.

Cover: Med Ball

CONTENTS Spegel’s Kitchen 03 A Message from BUSA 06 Letters to the Editor 07\ Bondcouver 08 Get Back on the Horse 09 Scope Sport 10 Photos 12 Scope Review 14 User gets used - Facebook privacy 16 Bits & Pieces 18

Scope Team Benjamin Strick Sub Editor Emma Lago Sub Editor Vinnie Rugari Sub Editor Annalise Blackshaw Photographer Julian Jantos Photographer Ivy Chai Designer

Spegel's

Kitchen Alan White

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Student Politics Whether you are an on-campus resident and rely on Bond for breakfast, lunch and dinner, or simply a casual customer of Bond CafÊ, the Food and Beverage team at Bond are working hard to keep the hungry‌ happy.

Alan White spoke to F & B manager, Anthony Spegel about food at Bond.

“And where else can you get a steak and mash for $12.90 with a 5 per cent discount. We will always strive to offer value to the students.”

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Anthony, you started here some ten years ago, how has your role changed in these years?

I began as the manager of food and beverage about ten years ago. The team was very small, as we were catering for a far smaller amount of students than we do today. They (Senior Management) then added accommodation to my responsibilities about five years ago, so I’ve been very busy!

What are some big projects you have undertaken as General Manager?

In short, we have changed everything.

Every building you see on campus has been refurbished or removed for new construction.

We are constantly updating, and in 102 the Accommodation Centre is next on the hit list.

The dining plan has also changed considerably. Where has it come from and where is it going?

The dining plan is so far apart from where it was ten years ago. The students would be amazed if in 2010 they had to use paper tokens and there was no menu, just a buffet.

The system used to involve a paper list, where your name would be marked off for one of your 14 meals for the week.

And the food?

I guess you could describe it as… different to what the students eat now. We work hard to show constant refinement and improvement.

There was a bad perception of food at Bond a number of years ago, and I’m happy knowing

that what we now produce is of a high standard.

What about costing for students, and value for money?

Unfortunately, my team and I also have to look at everything from an operational point of view.

Contrary to popular belief, we don’t make a profit from the dining plan, and we don’t make a loss. I’m one of the departments that stays pretty neutral with expenditure.

And where else can you get a steak and mash for $12.90 with a 5 per cent discount. We will always strive to offer value to the students.

“In short, we have changed everything. Every building you see on campus has been refurbished or removed for new construction. We are constantly updating, and in 102 the Accommodation Centre is next on the hit list.”

How have you found the student response?

Is the hard work paying off?

Oh! The complaints are so few and far between now, it is a huge improvement. Obviously, comments and complains are valuable to us as I consider F & B a retail environment. We will constantly try to improve our services.

Do you like the relationships that students build with your staff?

It’s very important that that the staff and students get along well. In some circumstances, the students are here for around five years, so its nice to know that they look at Bond as their home.

You could go to McDonald’s and be served by someone, and they wouldn’t care if you lived or died. That isn’t the case here at Bond.

For continued growth, what avenues do students have to give their opinion of F & B? Working with the Campus Life Director of BUSA, Andrew Dennis, we have set up the email food@bond.edu.au. Andrew works very closely with me to ensure all student concerns and complaints are listened to, and we will often act upon them as fast as possible.

We also have a food forum held every semester.

Again, this is a great avenue for students to meet with me face to face and share their concerns.

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My commitment is for constant improvement at Bond, and so simply: I am happy to listen.

Finally Anthony, tell us about what you do outside of Bond, where the student complaints cant find you?

Well, believe it or not I am actually studying here. It is a masters degree in National Resort and Hotel Tourism management, and I’ve only just started. I’ll be doing one subject a semester, so who knows, I might sit in one of your classes sometime soon.

I also spend as much time with my two children Christie (9) and Nicholas (6) as much as possible, being a parent is definitely a second full time job, but family time is extremely important.

The food forum will be held this Thursday. Look out for service desk emails for more information.

A Message from BUSA

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Bond University Student Association

To clarify the Palaver ticket pricing structure and BSA Membership for 101; All students studying a degree program in the Business, Information Technology, Hotel Tourism and Resort Management or Sustainable Development Schools are automatically constituents of the BSA. The Business Students’ Association Membership is a BSA run initative to provide an added incentive for Business students to get involved in the BSA and Palaver. As a result of this pricing structure, the BSA will not receive any SAM funding for events where the SAM price is not the lowest ticketed price for the event. However, the BSA is prepared to forego SAM funding and through external sponsorship, the BSA is subsidising Palaver tickets by $5 for all BSA Members.

A BSA Membership is free for all BTSD enrolled Students and can be collected from the BSA Office during office hours.

Clubs and Societies are reminded that applications for Funding are due on Friday at 5pm. Please contact Rupert Pedler (rupert. pedler@student.bond.edu.au) if you have any queries.

Dear Students, The 2010 Student Diaries have finally arrived.

The diaries can be collected from the BUSA office between 9am and 4pm.

SAM: Free NON SAM: $10

Letters to the Editor

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Do you want to contribute?

Have something to say?

Any comments?

Have something you want published?

Don’t be shy!

Just write in to: studentpublications@bond.edu.au

Could the young Bond lady that was wearing the white dress at the post-Palaver party at Shooters bar please call me. I gave my number to you and you said you would call me.

Yours truly, Ian Gillespie.

Dear editor, Congratulations on the academic issue last week. It’s great to see wellresearched content in Scope rather than mindless opinionated articles here and there.

Keep it up, Varsity Lakes resident, Arch Stanton.

Letters to the Editor

Send us your letters Dear editor,

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Australia’s Winter Olympic Games... kinda Brad Ramsden Oh Canada, the land of igloos, maple syrup, hockey and ... Aussies? Believe it or not, when the world’s best athletes gather in Vancouver on February 12 for the 21st Winter Olympics, this will likely be the closest thing Australia gets to hosting its very own Winter Games.

How so you may ask? Well consider the fact that nearly a third of employees currently working at Whistler, the resort village hosting sliding, cross-country and ski jumping, are Australian. Or the fact that Australia will be sending its largest number of athletes to a Winter Olympics. Or the fact that British Columbia is a second home to several of Australia’s winter Olympians. Or the fact that Vancouver is the number one tourist destination in Canada for Australian visitors.

And if that isn’t enough, the Vancouver Olympic Organising Committee has employed hundreds, yes hundreds of Australians as members of their workforce, including Australian David Atkins. He and his Australian company will be producing Vancouver’s opening and closing ceremonies.

Now if that name sounds familiar, it’s because he was the man behind Sydney’s spectacular Olympic ceremonies.

And to top it all off, Vancouver is experiencing

its warmest winter ever recorded (14°C last week). And dare I say, similar to an Aussie winter.

Okay, still not convinced? Fair enough, I agree, it’s somewhat of a stretch. But the bottom line is that Australians and especially Bondies should get into the spirit of these Olympics. And with so many Canadians on campus these days who will undoubtedly be watching the Games, there’s really no reason to not join in on the excitement.

And this is where I come in, drum roll please... your Official Bond University Olympic Correspondent (yes, I gave myself a title). For those that recall, in 093 I dressed up as the “Vancouver 2010 logo” for Halloween – best male costume may I add. I have deferred this semester to work for the Olympic Committee.

So for the next four weeks, I will be making weekly contributions to Scope direct from Vancouver, all to give you a unique perspective to these truly “Aussie” Games.

Until next week – With Glowing Hearts (my sign off and Vancouver’s Olympic motto) If you have any questions or comments, please send me an email: bramsden@student. bond.edu.au

Get Back on the Horse

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Dan Pierce So begins a New Year fellow Bondies, and it’s off to a roaring start with a swag of exciting events coming your way courtesy of the Bond Horse Riding Club. The Club itself is renowned for its variety of quality events, which range from weekly lessons for learners to beach and trail rides for the more experienced members.

This time around, the BHRC is looking to take it up a notch, so it is with great pleasure that I introduce several new events for semester 101!: Sunshine Coast ‘Adventure’ Trip When? – Weekend of the 19th-21st March (week 9).

Where? – Cattle Property on the Sunny Coast What? – A tour-de-force which will take participants to a 1000-acre working cattle property in the lush Sunny Coast hinterland and see them partake in swimming, canoeing, horse riding and a luxurious winery tour.

With an adventure like this, you’d be tossin’ possums not to give it a go!

Byron Bay Beach Ride When? – 19th-20th February (week 5).

Where? – Byron Bay What? – Trotting and cantering on the beach has never been so much fun! The flag-ship event of the BHRC is infamous for the loose antics which begin when the thirsty riders dismount and head into town for few cold ones... A great way to see Byron and appreciate horses and the beach – at the same time!

Bond Polo Championships When? – Starts Saturday of week 6 (continues weeks: 8, 10 and 12).

Where? – Gold Coast Horse Riding Pty Ltd. What? – Due to popular demand, the BHRC has seen fit to implement a polo competition for all interested members. The first three sessions will effectively teach participants how to play, with each session capping off

with food and drinks. The final session will see a match of the two teams that would be formed throughout the prior sessions. We encourage experienced riders to sign up for this must-do event!

Australian Outback Spectacular When? – 4th April (week 11).

Where? – Australian Outback Spectacular What? – The name says it all! In actual fact, the BHRC is organising a trip to one of the Gold Coast’s premier attractions – The Australian Outback Spectacular featuring the Australian Lighthorse! Dinner and a show, with transport provided – hit it up folks!

Tickets for all events will be sold under the arch during week 4. Prices will be provided at these times. Anyone with an interest in any of these events should email bondhorseridingclub@gmail.com Thankyou and from all of the BHRC executives.

Sport Liam Auer

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Opinion: Bond University should take the Crawford Report to heart For those of you who follow sport, and particularly the politics of sport, you would remember businessman and AFL reformer David Crawford released a somewhat controversial report last year. Informally known

Training/Event Times Sport Touch

Event

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Weekly games

6:15 - 8:00 PM

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Weekly games

Water Polo

Training

7PM

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Weekly games

Weekly Game

9PM

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Training

7PM - 8PM

Wednesday

Training

5PM - 6PM

Friday

Social game

6PM - 8PM

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Sports hall

Weekly Competition

6PM - 8PM

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as the Crawford Report, it recommended that less money should be directed into elite Olympic programs and more into grassroots infrastructure.

Really, it is a bit of a no-brainer. Australia faces massive spending increases from countries such

AFL

as China that we simply cannot compete with.

This is reflected by our slipping down the medal table rankings – 4th in Sydney and Athens to 6th in Beijing. It is not a dichotomy between

Netball

Weekly games

completely funding elite sport or only funding grassroots; rather, it is a simply a question of

The current precinct was built when Bond

getting the most bang for our taxpayer dollars.

University had less than 1000 students and a

Bond University, to a degree (get it – University and degree; I’m here all week, folks), has woken up to this on a micro level. Ryan “Rhino” Lenegan has been appointed as the Students Sports Officer, allowing the University and BUSA

Waterpolo: Bond vs Apprentices

by Will Cundy

handful of sporting clubs. We are now bursting at the seams with more than 4200 students and

We played a wicked first half but the speed

dozens of clubs. If sport at Bond is to be self-

of these steroid enhanced pre-pubescent

sustaining and give students the opportunities

boys got the better of us in the second half.

they deserve, then a redevelopment is in order.

Welcome Hugh, a great addition to the team.

He displayed phenomenal accuracy sending a

to better coordinate and help our sporting

So I implore those on Level 6 to listen

clubs out. This is an enormous step forward that

few heat seekers from half way. Highlight was

and seriously consider fast tracking a

will minimise overlaps in operations and money

a miraculous lob goal from deep in the corner

redevelopment of the sporting precinct.

from one of the new girls - you can’t teach that!

spent, and ease the burdens on clubs.

However, this is still not far enough. A critical component of improving grassroots sport is having adequate infrastructure in place. For anyone who has seen the state of our fields and facilities over near the Clubhouse would know that they are simply not up to scratch. Fields are uneven, cricket pitches are horrendous and there are not even full size fields for some sports. How can we ever expect to host a Uni Games with that?

Sport. I hope you enjoy.

Ben was his usual brilliance in goals and Cat provided much needed defense by controlling the centre. Certainly our toughest competition so far, hopefully we can seek revenge next time we meet.

Final result: Apprentices defeat Bond.

ATHLETE PROFILE: Annie Williams Did They Just Say That?!

What is it with athletes, and cricketers in particular, talking about themselves in third person? As the risk of sounding like a Jerry Seinfeld routine, seriously – what’s up with that? Michael Clarke is the worst offender. Here are some of my favourite Michael Clarke-isms of late: “People still remember how the young Hayden would poke grimly round his front pad.”

Matthew Hayden talking about Matthew

“I’ll always be Michael Clarke and I hope I can be successful being me.” Michael Clarke on, you guessed it, being Michael Clarke. The switch between first and third person is masterful.

“I would be surprised if the guys in the team Annie when we last spoke to you, you

didn’t say, ‘That’s the way Clarkey is anyway;

were about to head to Rio for the World

he’s upfront’.” Michael Clarke on being either

Championships – how did you go?

upfront or up himself.

I swam very well, the whole team swam well. It

Greg Inglis showing that leaguies can be just as

was a bit of a mission getting there, I had a 51

big as wankers as Australian cricketers, “People

hour flight over there and only a couple of days

say that when big stages come, G.I. comes out,

to acclimatise. I competed in more events than

G.I. comes out to play.”

I usually do. I competed in my pet events which

And it took a British cyclist Chris Hoy at the

are the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and 100m

Beijing Olympics to show everyone how

butterfly and I also swam (not my choice) the

twatish speaking in third person really sounds,

individual medley and the 100m backstroke. In

“Chris Hoy thinks that the day Chris Hoy refers

the 100 butterfly I came second and the 50m

to Chris Hoy in the third person is the day

freestyle I came third, but it was an exciting race

that Chris Hoy disappears up his own arse.”

because the person who came first touched

Very zen, but shame on Australia’s athletes

0.02 seconds ahead of me, and the person who

for letting a whingeing Pom show you what

came second touched 0.01 seconds ahead

tossers some of you have become.

of me, so it was a very close finish and I also finished on my left arm, which is disappointing.

What is next on the swimming calendar for you Annie?

I have trials for Commonwealth Games and

if you’d call that managing – it’s more crashing

World Championships coming up in mid March

and burning.

and so hopefully if I make that team I will be able to go to the World Championships, which are in the Netherlands in August and the Commonwealth Games which are in New Delhi in October. But my coach thinks that there is under a 50 per cent chance that Australia will send a team to New Delhi at the moment.

How are you managing school and swimming at the moment?

This semester I’m doing four law subjects and I’m missing weeks 6, 7, 8 and 9 – so I don’t know

What is your most favourite summer activity to do?

Well, summer is my favourite time of year, I like going to the beach and doing ocean swims, I have one coming up in Sydney soon actually.

I also really like going to the cricket.

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Hayden as Matthew Hayden.

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The Ugly Truth “Is this movie any good?” I asked my friendly video store staff member. “I just want to watch something easy.”

“Yeah,” he replied. “There’s a really funny scene in it, you’ll enjoy it.”

The video store guy lied. I did not enjoy this movie, and there were no funny scenes. This movie was 92 minutes of pure torture, made even worse by lead actress Katherine Heigl’s excruciatingly bad acting.

This movie attempts to update the wornout stereotypical “battle of the sexes” style of romantic comedy. Boy (Gerard Butler) dishes out profane and crude advice to desperate women on a late night TV show.

Boyfriend-less, desperate and neurotic girl (Heigl) is offended by him. As any good romcom would have it, the boy gets employed at the girl’s work, and they embark on an egotistical tug-of-war. The movie is as predictable as it is lackluster, and by the end of the movie, the boy is professing his love for the girl atop a mountain in a hot air balloon.

Most of the ‘comedy’ in this movie hinges on the leading lady, a morning show news producer played by Heigl without a shred of complexity. The worst part of this movie, (and the ‘funny scene’ to which my video staff member referred, I assume), is where Heigl puts on a pair of vibrating underwear before going out to dinner with her work colleagues. The producers have surely tried to emulate the infamous Meg Ryan-Billy Crystal “I’ll have what she’s having” moment in When Harry Met Sally. Instead, we are only reminded of Heigl’s shrill way of painfully overacting, and are left cringing. Unlike in When Harry Met Sally, there is nothing remotely entertaining about this bland exercise in romantic cheese.

My conclusion: the ugly truth is that this movie is, well, just plain ugly.

--Annabelle Cottee

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Beach House: Teen Dream As I listen to this album, in an attempt to review it; I can’t help but think, ‘When is something interesting going to happen?’ The answer is never.

I generally don’t listen to such peaceful music. I like Metal, Rock, essentially anything that is heavy, and increases my heart rate to dangerous proportions. Teen Dream definitely doesn’t do this.

When listening to Beach House’s third album, officially released within the past fortnight; I feel like every song is the same. Nothing is happening.

The music itself is quite simple, nothing more than a few guitar riffs, chordal piano, and the voice of Victoria Legrand. Legrand has a soothing voice, and is perfect for this kind of music. However, I find her hard to listen to, as I don’t have a clue what she is saying. Her voice is over programmed, which makes it difficult to distinguish what she is actually singing. That is quite odd; as I can understand about 90% of what metal singers are saying; so, in theory, this music should be a cake walk. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

I believe that Beach House’s music is designed for two purposes. First, it is for people with a raging comedown, after a hard night on the disco biscuits, and in need of something peaceful to take their mind off their debilitated

state. Second, it is written as ‘soundtrack music’.

This music would fit perfectly in an American coming-of-age movie, any movie that encompasses drugs or drug addicts (think Trainspotting, when Ewan McGregor is ODing to Perfect Day by Lou Reed); in fact, any movie that attempts to have something melancholic take place.

Another thing, I can’t actually give you a scenario where this music would be appropriate for the occasion. It is too slow for an afternoon BBQ, and somewhat distracting to study with.

By all means, acquire this album, and let me know if there is an appropriate setting for Beach House’s Teen Dream. I am willing to hear any suggestions you may have. [Since the initial draft, I have been informed that this music is apparently excellent after a grueling soccer training session.]

I was told this album was, ‘remarkable’ and ‘beautiful’. I must disagree, but I put this down to the fact that I don’t really derive any pleasure from listening to such sedate, sombre music.

But, hey, what do I know.... I listen to metal.

--Peter Clayton

6.5/10.0

Laneway Festival Saturday marked the fourth year St Jerome’s Laneway Festival was held at Brisbane’s RNA Showgrounds. Founded in Melbourne’s Caledonia Lane in 2004, the festival has evolved from a one-day concert into an international festival, playing five Australian cities and Auckland. Laneway focuses on up and coming acts, with an emphasis on local and independent bands.

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Three stages were in use all day; one at the end of Alexandria Lane, one inside a large Ekka exhibition hall and one called “The Carpark”. It was here that Melbourne twopiece Kid Sam were playing. The crowds were fairly thin early on, and we were able to get to the front row relatively easily.

Particularly good was Kishore Ryan, who officially plays “drums and kitchenware”, crashing away on an upturned pot.

Next up was Whitley on the Alexandria Lane stage. Having been named one of Rolling Stone’s Top Ten Breaking Artists, Laneway was the perfect opportunity to showcase his catchy indie-pop. Someone asked him to take off his shirt. “I’m too fat... but at least I’m not as fat as Alex Lloyd, so that’s all right. I am annoying though, but I’m not as annoying as Ben Lee, so that’s all right!” he said, and the crowd loved it.

which point the audience was going absolutely nuts.

The Middle East, the seven-piece Townsville indie-folk band, were on next. The band has recently signed to play at the massive Coachella music festival in the US, and the buzz around them is huge. They didn’t disappoint. By now the rain had started to bucket down. There’s something almost magical about seeing beautiful, delicate folk harmonies to a background of thunder and lightning, when two thousand other people are singing every word.

English band The xx were next. The smell of marijuana was particularly thick around their stage, although that is a little like saying “the Atlantic is wetter than the Pacific”. They played their songs well, but that was all they did; they could have been replaced by a CD player. When seeing an experimental band, there is some kind of expectation they will, well, experiment, or do something different from simply playing the album through.

Playing next was the band everyone had been waiting for; Hottest 100 winners Mumford & Sons. Almost everyone at the festival went to watch the four English lads play their brand of indie-folk. It was their first show in Australia, and first since winning the poll, and it was easy to see they were blown away by the reception they received.

Most people were singing every word. The enjoyment the band got from playing caused the audience to get even more into it, which caused the band to love playing even more.

The cycle continued until Little Lion Man, by

Next I saw Daniel Johnston, the genius Texan, who has spent about half his life in mental hospitals, but regarded by fans as one of the greatest songwriters ever. Afterwards, I caught up with Kid Sam frontman Kieran Ryan. All he could say was “that was so fucking awesome.”

It was a very special experience.

Then, everyone headed outside for Florence and The Machine. Florence is perhaps the closest to Ziggy Stardust on stage as our generation may get. At times she was praying, summoning pagan gods, crucifying herself, banging drums, flying through space or conducting the crowd like an orchestra.

I saw the guy from The xx watching sidestage, looking fairly jealous of the crowd reaction Florence was getting.

I left exhausted, but had an incredible day.

The festival limits sales to 4,000 tickets. In combination with the relatively low profiles of the bands, this means unlike other festivals people don’t go because “it’s a good day out”

or “an excuse to get drunk”, but because they genuinely like the acts playing. There were almost no drunk yobbos, and everyone was exceptionally friendly, letting people walk through the crowd freely; I was never further than ten rows back from the stage.

If you’re the type of person who would go to a Britney concert then you’re probably not going to like Laneway. But, if you listen to Triple J or love new music, then it’s a fantastic festival.

--Ike Kutlaca

User gets used – Facebook privacy The following photos were taken from Facebook founder Zuckerberg’s profile when his privacy settings were reset – because of Facebook’s privacy laws these photos went on to be published on websites and newspapers worldwide, he couldn’t do anything about it.

Benjamin Strick

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Social networking privacy - how deep does the rabbit hole go before we realise we are not able to delete any photos or information we type into the wide and wonderful world of Facebook?

The biggest fallback to most Bondies is Facebook, it’s what some call Bondbook. I’m no cynic to Facebook, I use it myself. But while it’s such an innovative communication method it’s also deemed to be as addictive as any inhalant or liquid. If you know Facebook then its addictiveness wouldn’t be a foreign concept to you. But addictiveness is not the problem that you need to be concerned about. No, this time it’s about privacy laws and what you didn’t know about the shady networking site.

It should be of alarm to you when the social networking site underwent recent privacy updates, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg had candid photos unleashed to the world. The system update opened his, and many other users’ photos, wall conversations and even event calendars of upcoming family dinners and outings for the world to see.

Basically the invention backfired in its masters’ face, excuse the pun, which is something that shouldn’t happen. Now, after the media had a field day with photos of the Facebook founder drinking, romancing with his girlfriend and drunk on a couch with a teddy bear, he changed his photos back to private and announced that privacy was “no longer a social norm”.

The first of the two Facebook privacy concerns and the one that Zuckerberg fell prey to is the free-photo setting, which from personal observation is very widespread. Ask yourself if you have ever Facebook’d a person you just met, someone in your class or someone that you have always wanted to speak to? It especially helps when they have the free-photo setting so that you can file through every one of their photo albums and see who they are friends with, what car they drive, what house they live in and where they hang out, there’s a lot you can find out just from a few photos. That’s pretty much fulfilled the need of any serial stalker and for many the addiction of filing through other users’ photo albums is chronic.

Facebook Stalker: (noun); a person who spends large amounts of time on Facebook looking at

other people’s profiles. Often browsing photos, walls (or wall-to-walls), groups, or recent activity posted on the stalked person’s mini-feed.

While there are applications that can be used for Facebook that reveals who has visited your profile and how many times they visit it these are limited in their function and don’t include non-Facebook users. But be warned if you compulsively stalk a person – they might actually know about it.

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There has been a lot of speculation about the exact details of the privacy of Facebook accounts. Armchair commentators believe advertising and marketing agencies rake everything you type into the networking site for your personal information. One small way to test this is to look at the advertisements on the side of your Facebook window – If you’ve recently Googled something categorical such as travel, dieting, dating tips, entrepreneurship or advance education, chance is the advertisements on the side of your profile

It’s should be of alarm to you when the social networking site underwent recent privacy updates, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg had candid photos unleashed to the world. will be advertising businesses from that Googled category. But that’s just innovative consumerism.

The second privacy problem is Facebook’s recent revamp of its privacy settings in response to all of the media hype over the issue. This heap-of-nothing privacy update was set out to be a great improvement but privacy settings on every account were rebooted meaning your photos were open to people who weren’t your friends – i.e.: Facebook stalkers. But for some users those privacy settings are still open, so anyone can view your photos right now.

To make this a little more understandable I conducted a small bit of primary research and Facebook’d one of my classes which had twelve students. I was a friend of two already so I left those two out of the practical. Of the 10

remaining, seven had the free-photo setting which meant I was able to view every photo they had ever posted, their friends also had this setting. What’s more, of those seven, five of them had no privacy on their wall-to-wall postings so I could view what they were writing and to who they wrote to. Now I’m not sure if this class was a rare case or not but from these numbers it’s fair to say that 50-70% of university students have their photos and wall information open to the public.

I hope these people realise their settings need to be changed before a potential employer peruses through the shortfalls of their university debauchery. During employment, this remains to be a risk as a friend of mine, a former journalist, found out last year when comments made on his Facebook were somehow accessed, printed out, and read out at a local council meeting. Needless to say he does not work for that newspaper any longer.

At a recent ethics class I attend, a discussion arose about the privacy of Facebook, its photos and written content provided by its users. We already know that Facebook keeps information but, as the former journalist in the previous example proved, statements made by you can affect your life. Those comments are also applicable to law as a 19-year-old Adelaideborne Christopher Cross found out last year when he was convicted of criminal defamation after posting information on his Facebook page about a police officer.

If these stories of Mr Cross and of Facebook’s creator having his own Facebook account’s settings backfire then it might be a wise idea to think before typing status updates and uploading photos you wouldn’t have on your resume in Facebook in the future.

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Brew your own beer Learn to throw a boomerang Ride a giant rollercoaster Surf and snowboard in one day Build a treehouse Take pole dancing lessons Kiss a policeman on New Years Eve Roar at a lion at a zoo Offer a homeless person your lunch View a house you cannot afford Hire a houseboat Go trekking Build something that will outlast you

Meditate for 3 hours at a time Spend a week at sea Get re-married in Vegas Skinny dip at midnight Have a suit tailor made

11. Leave behind a million dollars 12. Learn to play a song on an instrument 25. Spend the night in a haunted house

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13. Plant a tree and carve your name

26. Make a fire the old fashioned way

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Build a giant sandcastle Blow a kiss to a bikie Wear fancy dress for a whole day Spend one hour in a lift Get your fortune told Make a baby laugh Make a snowman Have sex on a beach Help out at a soup kitchen Send flowers for no reason

77. Take tap dancing lessons 78. Write a letter to your grandchildren

HOT OR NOT HOT

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Smile at 100 strangers Read the plays of Shakespeare Do a first aid course Keep a diary for a whole year Google yourself Visit your parents in a limousine Live off the land for a week Listen to the entire contents of your iTunes Fast for 48hours Skip with your kids along the beach Take a vow of silence Finish a crossword or Sudoku Give blood Write to your favourite author Walk a marathon Contact your childhood sweetheart Give an emo a sloppy kiss Pretend to be invisible

Perfect days Signature Dish (Market Square) Banana bread Avatar Meeting friends’ parents Australian open Fairy lights Twister Tom Yum from new Thai place in Market Square Free kebabs NOT Cyclonic winds Praying for good surf Coffee stains My School website Changing the name of the Bra Computers crashing Funding applications Having lights fall on you

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Watch the sun rise Watch the sun set Make a cake for teachers Call in sick to work for no reason Spend Christmas day in Lapland Walk through knee deep mud Rake autumn leaves into a pile, then jump in them 74. Tell your parents you love them 75. Have a night out at the ballet 76. Take evening classes with a friend

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Buy outrageous sunnies Wind up a security guard Send a message in a bottle Make a kite and fly it Test drive a car you cannot afford

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Bits & Pieces

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Research your family tree Go to a bedding store in your pj’s Cut your own hair Get involved in a protest rally Make a crowd sign for the cricket Leave a love note on a windscreen

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