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from the Postgraduate Liason
Hi Bondies!
from the editor Caroline Stanley
Thinesh Thillai
Welcome to Week 7. Yes, it’s Week 7. I feel as though the weather is very appropriately reflecting the general mood around camSometimes, all you want to do is get your face painted, even if you are 33…. pus. Exams are tough, study sucks, and wait! Let me start from the beginning. you can’t even go to the beach to take the edge off. I wrote my “postgraduate” ethics exam on Monday and to prepare for it I decided to have a bottle of Amstel along with my template. Yes, I am serious. It is that time of the semester where I am apathetic towards all my grades and that elusive HD that Harriet always talks about seems to be nothing but a pipedream.
On a positive note, there is mid-semester bash next week to provide a release after all the stressful times! In the meantime, I hope everyone is stocking This year has seen the introduction of many new clubs and societies on campus up on appropriate amounts of feelbut I always get the same question from the postgrads-What’s in it for us? good junk food and trashy box sets to Apart from the fact that you have an awesome Sri Lankan/Canadian Postgraduate get you through the long, dark nights that constitute exam week. President, there are a multitude of events to meet your postgraduate needs. This Friday is Harena*, our second postgraduate student dinner. For $10, you get an awesome 3-course gourmet dinner at the Burleigh Heads Surf Club. With good company, great food and a beautiful sunset view, this is a great alternative to the goon-sack orgy that happens to follow every one of my 18-year-old homies.
In a study-induced panic earlier last week, I decided to take the plunge (literally) and try my very first coffee. Shocking, I know. I was amazed at the effect it had If a dinner is not your thing, and you are looking for something a bit more exciting to on me (but not surprised). My make your semester worthwhile, Week 9’s Black & White is the perfect answer to your longing need for a night out. This is the hottest postgrad event with the coolest people motivation increased ten-fold, as and always feels just right when looking down from the Observation Deck at the Q1. did my energy levels. My hands For $45, you get a bus to the Q1, amazing canapés and a massive bar tab to satisfy your were shaking from the caffeine, postgrad thirst. This is a classy cocktail event with only 100 VIP tickets available. To get and I was excited about propin on this event, head to the BUSA office on Monday Week 8 to grab your tickets-we sell erty law (when does that ever out very quickly every single semester and this semester will be no different. happen to anyone!?). This disSometimes, all you want to do is get your face painted, even if you are 33. This is why I take covery got me thinking about my little cousins out to Dreamworld. Children give you the perfect excuse to be a goof. If energy, and more specifically, you are one of those people, the PGSA Family BBQ is the spot to be. This is your chance to energy drinks. I then read a question your parenting skills with other parents, be a hipster dad, have some snags and play very disturbing article about with some reptiles if you are ever so daring. how damaging red bull is If you have any feedback, questions or concerns, please please please shoot the PGSA an email. to our brain cells and overall general health. I won’t We are here to service all postgraduate and mature age students. For those postgraduate/mabore you with details, but ture age students who want to get involved, please get in touch with your respective FSA and let them know that you exist and that you have needs. If you have a grand overarching vision moral of the story is - refor the postgraduate/mature age student experience at Bond, consider getting involved with the sist the promise of wings PGSA! (as hard as that is in these troubled times). From the legendary desk of Thinesh Thillai! Good luck! * There is no particular relevant information in this footnote. Haha! Made you look.
Love, Caro x
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In Semester 123 I was lucky enough to score myself a Law/Criminology Internship with the Urban Justice Centre, located in the heart of Down Town New York, which is seconds away from the iconic Wall Street. At the Urban Justice Centre, I primarily worked on the Police Reform Organising Project (PROP). PROP is a citywide advocacy and organising coalition comprised of New Yorkers of diverse ethnicities, ages, genders, sexual orientations and occupations. Through research and analysis, public education, policy advocacy, and coalition building, PROP aims: To stop the current wasteful, ineffective, unjust, illegal, bullying, homophobic, transphobic, and racially biased practices of the NYPD; To establish an outside independent agency that will investigate police priorities and punish abusive conduct; and To implement local problem solving measures that strengthens communities while reducing crime. PROP has identified a number of issues with the NYPD’s policies and practices that results in vulnerable New Yorkers being subjected to police harassment. One such practice is the controversial Stop and Frisk regime, whereby police stop and frisk people in public because they look “suspicious”. The controversy here is the overwhelming majority of people stopped are either Black or Latino. Another police practice that has been widely criticised is Operation Clean Halls. This is where the police will enter a private building and arrest anyone who is not carrying ID (that confirms they live in the building) and arrest them for trespass. These NYPD practices are obviously causing damage to the citizens of NYC, however, the ultimate problem is not that the police officers are ‘bad people’ but that they are subject to a quota system. This means they have to make a certain number of stops and arrests per month otherwise may themselves face penalties such as being demoted or reassigned.
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Caitlin Murdoch tells of her internship at the Urban Justice Centre, New York...
The Illegal Quota System
Overcoming the Corruption
The NYPD’s quota system forces officers to crack down on the very people they are supposed to serve and protect.
In order to stop the NYPD from continuing to harass innocent people, PROP educates community groups about what is going on and how it can be stopped. Ultimately, PROP hopes to see New Yorkers vote in the upcoming election for a new Mayor and Police Commissioner. PROP continuously applies pressure to politicians so they address the issue of police abuse and vocalise how they propose to resolve the issue.
The quota system is an agency wide illegal system police use to evaluate the performances of officers on the street. It is ultimately what drives the harsh, aggressive approach to law enforcement, in a misguided effort to keep a lid on crime, which results in the targeting and abusive treatment of our city’s most vulnerable groups. Every day the city’s police engage in objectionable practices that waste government resources and result in more, rather than less, social disorder. Black and brown young men stopped and frisked for no apparent reason, at times arrested and ticketed for trespass while standing in front of their own buildings; drivers pulled over and ticketed for not wearing a seat belt even though they were using the device; people in psychiatric crisis, clearly disoriented and confused, thrown to the ground, handcuffed, and locked up; LGBT persons called derogatory names, questioned rudely and inappropriately touched as they enter a local community center or gather in a group on a neighborhood street corner.
It is a hard fight for PROP to win as the NYPD consists of over 30,000 officers and is the worlds biggest police department. However, they are hopeful change will occur as the project is continuing to gain more public support.
The list goes on: Sex workers arrested for simply carrying condoms or forced to provide sex in return for their release; street vendors hassled, fined and arrested for violating minor rules that are arbitrarily enforced; homeless people roughed up – their belongings often destroyed – and apprehended for begging on the subway or sleeping on a park bench; officers apologising to the people they are handing a summons to, and explaining they are under pressure to fill their quota. NYPD officials use the term “productivity goals” as a poorly veiled euphemism for the department’s quota system. It is a thin cover for the pressure placed on street officers to make an expected number of arrests, or to issue a sufficient number of summonses. The department denies its use of such measures because they are illegal under state law, a law that, over six years ago, a state arbitrator concluded that the NYPD had violated. The state arbitrator found, among other things, that “one officer . . . was singled out by at least one of his supervisors for his high number of felony arrests, (but) was nonetheless given low marks on performance evaluations for not writing traffic and ‘quality of life’ summonses.” An officer told a PROP representative: “If I break up a fight between two boys and send them home, I don’t get credit. If I help deliver a baby in an emergency, I get no credit. But I score points if I issue a seat belt summons or record two stop and frisks.” A flustered New Yorker reported the words of an officer who just gave him a summons for moving between two subway cars while the train was stopped. “Sorry, but it’s the 26th of the month and I have to hit my number.”
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“It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.” - Joseph Joubert Whilst there are some viewers of parliamentary Question Time that may dispute that statement, it is exactly that right of dispute that makes me a foolish lover of the archaic, fallible and innately inefficient system we affectionately call democracy. Debate, unlike voting, is a voluntary practice of the people’s power to decide for themselves where they fall on the issues that mould society. Despite its lack of constitutional validation, this power is the keystone of democracy and the greatest right that any actively thinking citizen can exercise. Period. Your fellow Bondies have exercised this right in a blinding display of enlivened debate. In Week 3, the Bond Debating Union (BDU) kicked off its seasonal Summer Warm Up Competition. Designed for all levels of debaters, this competition combined entertaining topics with solid feedback, and the competitors responded with flair. After more than doubling its members at Club Sign on Day, the Warm Up Comp was an excellent demonstration of the growing interest in debating at Bond. But it was only the beginning… Starting next week, Scope will run a weekly segment facilitated by the BDU known as ‘Will Argue For…’. In this segment, any student can write a 100-word response either for or against a designated topic and submit it to the BDU. The best response for each side will be published and the author recognised. Next week’s segment will be titled ‘Will Argue For Food’ and the topic will be “That we should be eating more horse meat”. Topics will be released every Sunday on the BDU and Scope Facebook pages along with the segment itself in Scope. Submissions should be made to bonddebatingunion@gmail. com. Week 8 will see the return of the annual HSA Chancellor’s Debate. This is a competitive debating competition hosted by the HSA and run by the BDU. The topics will be contemporary, serious and stimulating and the debates will be of magnificent quality. This is a must-do event for all Bondies. Whilst it is hosted by the HSA, it is open to students of any faculty and we encourage everyone to get involved. The winning team prize is all-expenses-paid entry into the huge and prestigious Australian Intervarsity Debating Championships, commonly known as ‘Easters’, thanks to the generosity of the HSA. The winning team will also be competing as ‘Bond University One’, a high honour.
competition should compete, as competitors’ performances in the Chancellor’s Comp will be assessed by the BDU to decide the formation of the other teams. Easters will be hosted by Griffith University Gold Coast Campus this year. Last year Bond only sent one team, with other universities sending six or more: the BDU aims to change this. If you missed our Easters meeting last night contact us ASAP and we will pass on the information to you. Any questions on Easters should be sent to our email. In the interest of continuously improving the skill level of Bond debaters, the BDU presents Master Class. Run every Tuesday from 6pm, these sessions focus on a new skill every week and combine theoretical knowledge with practical application to up-skill the abilities of debaters. These sessions are available to all, however as different tactics will be addressed each week you should make sure to attend as many as you can. For more information on Master Class contact the BDU and keep a weather eye on the Facebook page. Like Mentos in Diet Coke, exciting things are happening. Assessments are coming up or have already begun, the semester is half-finished (not half-started) and now is the time when you regret all those Thursdays at Don’s and the readings you would ‘get to later’. If at any point you, like me, feel the urge to scream into a pillow or punch a wall (not recommended), pause for a second, and instead of maiming yourself, seek out a BDU member and argue the crap out of them. Like a pig in mud, we enjoy the scuffle, and you could benefit from the stress release. If you’re not sure who we are, pick the sexy one. I leave you with this thought: ‘Vox populis vox deis’. That is Latin for: ‘the voice of the people is the voice of a dog God’ (I’m pretty sure it’s God….). Raise your voice. ----Like us on Facebook, ‘Bond Debating Union’, to keep up to date with debating news and competition information. Contact us on bonddebatingunion@gmail.com with any questions, comments or tipsy elucidations. by Luke Lovegrove
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HUMANITARIAN THINK TANK DATE: Wednesday 6th March (Week 8) TIME: 12:00 – 2:00 PLACE: ADCO Amphitheatre (Outside Don’s if raining)
Does humanitarian aid limit a nation’s ability to develop individually? Is money the main thing standing in the way of aid efforts or are the issues much deeper? We get asked to give money and support to so many humanitarian groups, but do we really know what they do, how they run and what issues they face? Well this is your opportunity to find out! At Week 8 ‘Wednesday By the Water’, Making A Difference (MAD) is collaborating with other humanitarian minded clubs to present: Humanitarian Think Tank! Our speakers are here to answer YOUR questions in the ‘open mic’ component of the Think Tank so get excited and get thinking! We have a diverse panel, who represent the huge range of people who work in aid efforts. They include: Dr James Fink MD MPH Dr James Fink is currently working as a physician at Robina Hospital. He is an Associate Professor within Bond University Medical School and serves as Clinical Lead for the 4th year medical students. Founder of the university’s Solomon Islands outreach program ‘Iumi Togeda’, which is currently in its pilot year and dedicated to helping improve the medical conditions in the Kirakira community; Dr Fink has a vested interest in Global Health. Dr Fink received his MD at University of Queensland and his MPH from Thomas Jefferson University. His interest in public health and past experience working as a consultant physician for Jeffhope, Wallace Medical Concern program and volunteer service with the International Service Program for poor/orphaned boys in Mexico City makes him a fantastic speaker from the medical angle of international aid issues. Paul Pholeros AM
Paul Pholeros is currently based in Sydney and is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Sydney and Director of Healthabitat. Mr Pholeros trained as an architect at the University of Sydney, and has run a private architectural practice working on urban, rural and remote are projects throughout Australia. He is also a partner of Healthabitat, an initiative that has worked to improve the health of Aboriginal people, particularly children, by making healthier living environments in many remote, and more recently rural and suburban, areas of Australia. Paul also has extensive experience working on sanitation projects in remote Nepal; this, along with his Healthhabitat work, makes him an excellent speaker from the structural side of international aid issues. Michael Hayworth (to be confirmed) Mr Hayworth is currently based in Brisbane, working for Amnesty International Australia as their Crisis Response Campaign Coordinator. As such he works to defend the rights of people in emerging or worsening human rights crises throughout the world, in places like Egypt, Israel, Syria and Libya. From 2008-2011 Hayworth was the Activism Growth and Development Coordinator and from 2008-2009 he was a Community Campaigner QLD/NSW. Before he worked for Amnesty International, Michael filled multiple roles in the union movement and many other community organising roles. Alexandra Blaise Balmer As the Senior Programs Officer at CARE Australia, Alexandra Blaise Balmer is responsible for the management of projects as part of their international program department. With a particular focus on Africa and the Middle East, Balmer has contributed extensively to humanitarian aid and development in South Sudan, Afghanistan, and Zimbabwe. Having been on this journey to effect change from a young age, Balmer has a passion for development and hopes she can bring about change in the world.
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One moment, we’re making fabulous happen Written by Anita Nielsen
For all those creative students out there, here’s a little bit of a design inclined topic that will give your mind a rest over these busy mid-semester exams. A quick visit to Melbourne led to an invested interest into the world of windows. With the economic climate copping a bit of a beating the last few years, the pressure has been on for retailers to get a bit more imaginative: and that’s where visual merchandising comes in. VM’s (visual merchandisers) are a bundle of creative energy, and are the masterminds behind the reason you stop and admire a window display and think ‘WOW!’ A VM’s role is to not only install windows and three-dimensional concepts in-store, but to also be involved in photography, photo styling, organisation’s identity, advertisement banners, events and so on. Everything is based on design: brainstorming, generating ideas and developing them to a completely rendered concept, which is approved and then installed. With online shopping creating a competitive market, there’s a lot of pressure for people in VM to make it enticing for consumers to want to walk into a shop. Lily Cribbes, a VM RMIT University student says VM is everywhere. “People still want the experience, and it’s our role to make sure they do,” she said. “Which is why there are so many interactive displays now.” A recent Sportsgirl installation had people in the streets of Melbourne with a little button saying push me. The public was encouraged to press the button, and a photo was taken and displayed in the window, a bit of a twist on the ‘window display’. This idea is unique and it’s what retailers, events and organisations are after. It’s a competitive market, and they want creative, fresh and innovative ideas that engage consumers. At the moment, there is demand for VM’s to construct a concept inspired by the Melbourne Zoo, and to create an awareness campaign in the windows outside of RMIT’s design faculty.
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And this coming week the L’Oreal Fashion Show window displays are being installed for it’s March debut. There certainly isn’t a shortage of demand for visual merchandising teams. An inspiring and imaginative woman, Amanda Henderson of Gloss Creative is an icon for visual merchandising. She began her career after realising university wasn’t her thing, and began doing installations at her part time job at Sportsgirl. Amanda is now renowned for designing and installing marquees at events such as Melbourne’s Spring Racing Carnival, as well as her out-there Sportsgirl displays. They are insanely creative. A little marquee at a racing carnival will be transformed into a whole new world. With luxury intention, it is design that has its own design: just magnificent. VM is an industry based entirely on what people see. Generous time and effort is put into producing a concept that is only there for a short time. A magical environment is soon pulled down to make way for the next. This brief amount of time calls for designers who are dedicated and absorbed in crafting exorbitant ideas. Displays need to have an immediate effect on a person, which is striking and leaves an instant yet lasting impression. This field of work shows success, and works best with clients who are brave enough to take the risk to create something new and exciting. VM can move brands forward and deliver something that rewards everyone. A nice quote that will stick with people in all areas of work and study: “Remember you don’t have the answers all of the time, if you’re truly making something original, you’re making it up as you go along. Embrace precious unformed ideas and teach those around you to be comfortable with incomplete ideas until they develop.” (Amanda Henderson) As well as an inspiring site to gain some fresh ideas: https://www.lsnglobal.com
Ten Commandments from the Gospel of Hick by Georgia Hick
In our modern world, filled with vice and avarice, many of us struggle to adhere to the original Ten Commandments as strictly as we perhaps ought to. Fortunately, the latecoming thirteenth disciple has whittled them down to their essence, ensuring they are applicable and practicable for even the most immoral of Bondies. Though shalt be chaste and modest If you’re wearing a shirt right now, and there is visible nipple, you’re not actually wearing a shirt right now. I don’t care how perfect your pecs, how big your bi’s or how tremendous your tri’s, there is no scenario that has arisen ever where the constraints of a more traditional shirt style, one with sides and possibly even sleeves, have proven too restrictive. Every time your nip slips you shame your ancestors. Thou shalt love thy neighbour Most of the time loving thy neighbour means sharing everything with them, but there is one notable exception. The paper thin walls of student residences may provide an effective visual barrier between your neighbour and ye, but let me assure you, sound travels. You know what I’m talking about, keep a lid on it. And please don’t giggle. Thou shalt have thy drunken neighbour’s back If your friend is one drunk mess you take care of them. If you fail in this simple charge you are a shitty friend. If you hold back their hair and take them home you are a good friend. That simple. (Note: This does give you the unreserved right to bag the shit out of them the next day.) Thou shalt not abuse the above commandment Just because your friends are good people, don’t abuse that. If you’re being scooped off the pavement and dragged kicking and screaming home to bed too often you cease to be the amusing drunk friend and start being the pain in the ass who needs a good slapping and will not be entering the Kingdom of our Lord any time soon. Keep it together. Thou shalt not conduct annoyingly loud phone conversations in public places Does this one really require that much explaining? If you’re noisy on your phone and the people around you are not, shut up. Thou shalt not push in the line at Don’s It wasn’t acceptable in the canteen line at school it’s not acceptable now. Yes I know you’re going to keep doing it anyway. Yes I know I am too. But let’s at least take a moment to reflect on what terrible people we are… Moment’s over. It’s a dog eat dog world. Thou shalt not try to get in the elevator without letting people out first If you do this you are a degenerate piece of subhuman filth. I hope you get lost in a desert and crows peck out your eyes. I hope that upon your return to society a bull-shark bites off your leg, forcing you to take the elevator in every multi-story building you ever enter. And I hope that in each of these elevator journeys someone tries to get in without letting you out first so that you can appreciate just how annoying it is and how greatly you have erred in the past. Thou shalt not make terrible Bond puns Bondage, bonding, a special bond? Don’t embarrass yourself. Just don’t. Think hard before opening your mouth, because if you want to get away with a Bond pun it’s going to want to be bloody good. Best not to risk it, trust me. Thou shalt only frape creatively “Keen to get laid tonight, pm if interested, boy or girl #nofatties” All this frape says about the frape victim is that their friends are lame, crude and unoriginal. The truly great frapists of our generation know that the key to any good frape is to create something that is plausibly the frape victim revealing their true, loser qualities. Don’t be lazy, get creative and obscure. Thou shalt not kill No but seriously. This was a good one from the original ten, that you should ideally try to stick to. And quite possibly I can’t be bothered thinking of a tenth.
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That girl, Grimes By Emily McGregor
Q. What do you get when you mix an ethereal soprano voice, steady but unique rhythms, alternating electronic melodies, vocal distortion and of course, some confronting music video scenes? A. Grimes, Grimes, Grimes. Who? If any of you have picked up the most recent Frankie Magazine, you would have noted the green-haired, goth-indie woman staring you down. This goth-indie babe is the elusive Claire Boucher, better known as ‘Grimes’. Hailing from Vancouver, Canada, Grimes has been singing, synthesising and directing her way to stardom since her debut, Geidi Primes (2010). Grimes is an experimental singer-songwriter, artist and music video director, and at the epicentre of the underground experimental music scene. Whilst you may put your nose up disgust and utter the vitriolic phrase “hipster”, Grimes isn’t your typical synth-addict-hipster, donning boat shoes and a retro necklace. Grimes is the artist of her own identity, and she’s doing a beautiful job. Her most recent album, Visions (2012), was stated to be “one of the most impressive albums of the year so far” – The New York Times. Origins Grimes began experimenting whilst she studying at the University of Montréal, where she became attached to the epicentre of the underground industrial arts and electronic music scene. Working so hard on her music and attending
regular gigs at Lab Synthèse (abandoned textile factory), she was expelled from her university for being absent from class & exams. However, this badass uni drop-out went onto record Geidi Primes (2010), Halfaxa (2010), a collaboration with d’Eon, Darkbloom (2011), and most recently Visions (2012). Now She has since been described as the “alien love child of Aphex Twin and ABBA” (Tastemakers Magazine). Some of Grimes’ musical influences include the likes of Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Beyoncé, Aphex Twin, Outkast, medieval music and Enya. When listening to her music, you can definitely hear influences of other genres, particularly electronica, pop, hip-hop, however, the result sounds like nothing you’ve ever heard before. Go to find your lappy. Hit up YouTube, and type in ‘Oblivion– Grimes’. You’ve heard it somewhere haven’t you? See? She’s got that eclectic mix of things you know, juxtaposed with everything else you don’t.
Genesis, Grimes (Visions, 2012) I’ll let you decide Oblivion for yourselves. Meanwhile, I am going to take the opportunity to review the song & music video for ‘Genesis’ while I can. If you haven’t seen the music video yet, I encourage you to do so, because it’s pretty strange but cool, in a really interesting way. The song (and video) begins with a Grecian vocal distortion. It almost reminds me of Troy. And there she is, Grimes, dancing in the desert at night. It’s mesmerising, because everything about this scene is so familiar, but at the same time, bizarre. The shot fades to black and the electronic beat comes in. There’s a girl dressed entirely in pink, with long pink hair playing in the sea. Grimes is in a car with a yellow python, and the pink lady is walking the streets in a new age, silver, gladiator costume, ghetto dancing. It’s confronting, but you can’t look away. It must be the austere combination of beautiful music, strange scenes and lyrics, fraught with meaning.
“My heart, I never be I never see I Never know
Oh, heart, And then it fails And then I fall And then I know” Stirring. I’m not Grimes, nor a year 12 English teacher, so I won’t try to deconstruct the value or the deep-seated meaning of these lyrics, but I’ll give you my interpretation. After all, art is all about interpretation. To me, Grimes is exploring the conduit between the heart and the mind, and how they are not interchangeable, but co-exist, simultaneously. It’s a simplistic understanding, but it’s interesting, and that’s exactly what Grimes’ music is.
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Hamish Ludbrook A tune I hadn’t heard before started up while I was patiently waiting in my car while a friend was hitting up a mechanic to get his own fixed. A little hip-hop beat, nothing crazy, then suddenly a smashing horn riff burst through the speakers. With attention grabbed I turned it up and next thing a voice that took baritone to another level proclaimed “I’m gonna pop some tags”. That was my intro to Wanz and the duo of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Around six months later, Thursday the 14th (valentines day nawww), I found myself on a Brisbane sidewalk, talking to that very man whose chorus is dominating charts around the world. Now I’m not going to dwell too long on the concert, it was quite simply insane. If you’ve seen videos of them live I can tell you that that is exactly what it was like. Despite it being their 4th straight night of performing, Macklemore, Ryan and their trumpeter Owuor all went crowd surfing, Macklemore twice. This was also despite the venue being so hot that at the end most gents’ shirts looked like they had literally been swimming. The energy they brought was a testament to their dedication to their work; it was mind-blowing Have no doubt there’s something special going on. These guys know how to connect with people. How many singers would happily hang out the front of their venue right before a concert just to meet and greet the die-hard, early arrival fans? It isn’t any one-off either, photos of these guys hanging out with their fans are all over facebook. Nobody gets as big as they do without fan support, and without
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This is F__king Awesome a doubt these guys have it for good reason. Their song Ten Thousand Hours is about dedication to their music and work, but what they also clearly have is dedication to their fans.
But, it’s not just their fan dedication and the amazing live shows; their music is something special. It’s sonically tight, varied, and with the attention to detail that is a sure sign of stellar production. Ryan Lewis deserves his double bill. Furthermore, their music doesn’t just deal with second-hand attire. Serious emotional and political subjects are imbued in their work - they have a message, and it’s really coming across. Where it really got me is on Same Love, that marriage equality anthem that has been pushing up the charts right along with Thrift Shop. What dominates my little recording is the crowd singing along to every word of that melodic chorus, and it seems that just about every person in that hot, sweaty, over-crowded venue was belting it out. Hip-hop might be a stereotypically homophobic genre, but it’s these boys hip-hop that is helping change our culture’s stereotypes about sexuality. Say what you will about the music in the top 40 charts (I know I usually do), but something big is going down right there. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have not only proved to be one of the best acts to emerge in 2012, they’ve proved that pop music in this century can still have powerful song writing, a powerful message, and the power to change.
BUDS REVIEW What did you do last weekend? What makes the perfect day? A good meal? A good walk? How about discounted tickets to a local theatre performance? Yeah, I think we can the stop the search right there. The past Saturday saw some friends and myself sitting on the edge of our seats in the Gold Coast Little Theatre, awaiting the curtains to open for their latest production of Into the Woods. Despite the material being derived from well-known fairytales, the audience were kept in the dark to what would happen next. The set design emphasised the musical’s concept of fairy-tale characters from separate works banding together and interacting with one another. Swept with loose pages and bookshelves, the stage served a setting where fiction jumps from the pages of books into reality. Furthermore, the existence of a slide and cubby-house style doors were reminiscent of a child’s playground where imagination dictates action and holds no boundaries. Restrictions on budget and space never seemed a problem as the director treated the fourth wall like a sugar glass window. For example, the role of Jack’s cow, Milky-White, was played by a stuffed toy. When it came time for the Witch to bring the cow back to life, the Baker leans forward and flips the toy from its back to its front. After a pause, all the actors react as if something amazing has just happened. Also, at each footstep of an approaching giant, parts of the set fall apart. At one point this includes a lighting beam, making the giant seem real because it destroys the actual foundation of the theatre. The casting was superb, with actors flitting their roles like a glove. Both princes’ had deep commanding voices and charming personalities, similar enough to make them seem like brothers yet separate in character. Jack carried a loose jaw that conveyed his slow mind; the Princes’ Stewart provided physical comic relief with many more standout performances from all the cast members. Into The Woods was an emotional rollercoaster bringing tears of laughter and grief to the eyes. Although providing a not-so-timely escape from my impending assignments it was the greatest night out I’ve had in a while and give the musical a high recommendation. Hugo Monotti
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ROWING You see them walking around campus in their sports gear; toned, fit and religiously following a routine‌but who actually are these athletic Gods at Bond and what is it they are training so hard for??
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Meet Lucy Harkin! Lucy has just been selected to be a part of the Bond Elite sports program. This program is designed to support students competing at an elite sporting level with applying for grants for important tournaments and events and with their academics. Lucy has been rowing since 2009 when she was in Year 10 at Geelong Grammar School in Victoria. In Year 11 and Year 12 she was selected to represent the School in the 1st VIII. Lucy has also represented Victoria on a New Zealand tour. Which club are you rowing for at the moment? Griffith University, Surfers Paradise How many time a week do you train? I train 7 days a week training 2-3 times a day. Everyday I have to be doing something active so on my rest days I do an easy row, ergo or go for a cycle recovery. We have a program written by our coach so even if he isn’t there we still have a structured routine. What is a typical day for you? I train 2-3 times a day, so I get up at 4:50am in the morning and either drive or cycle to Bundall near Southport to be on the water at 5:30am. Around midday I usually go for a swim or do a weights session and then do some form of cardio or cross training in the afternoon. What is a typical session on the water? We usually do a big warm up with stretches and a bit of technique, then spend around 1.5 hours on the water doing race pieces or a fitness session, depending on the program, followed by a cool down, before rowing home. What is the next event you are aiming for and what events are you racing in? I competed in the NSW State Championships down in Sydney two weeks ago and am competing in the Australian National Championships in Sydney mid March. I will be racing in 2 doubles, a quad and a single. What advice do you have to students that are hoping to get or keep while balancing their studies? To keep the balance, stay organized and stay on top of things. There is nothing worse than getting behind and becoming stressed and grumpy! Most of all, get enough sleep!
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Week 7, Sem 131 | Scope Magazine
An in-depth look at Sport and how it impacts our lives The word sport is a contracted form of “disport” which means to amuse, to divert one’s self. It includes play, amusement, entertainments or recreation. It is a word which signifies the outdoor recreations, the athletic work as contrasted with the serious intellectual occupation.
The ancient Greeks deeply felt the indispensability of sports, they stuck to it and it is out of these marvellous Olympian games that Sparta got such renown and reputation. The original Celtic inhabitants of Great Britain were an athletic race and the early Teutonic monuments abound in records of athletic prowess. Neither Ireland nor Scotland lagged behind England in these bodily amusements and work. In America early in the year 1870 people thought of organizing an association for amateur athletes and they succeeded, as we can judge by their present condition, in carrying out their plan and creating interest for sports in the American citizens.
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Sports have existed in the past ages and have played an important role in the history of mankind. Whenever a nation, regardless of its resources and extension, realized the importance of sports and put that realization into practice, she attained a notable stage in the history of the world.
Such organizations soon were established in Canada, in Austria, and in the British Colonies. In American and England people were so convinced of the noble function of sports in life that they started to revive the old Olympian Games. They persevered in carrying out their plan and the result of their work is now deeply appreciated by the whole mass of Orientals. The Romans admired the success of the Greek athletic life, and under Fulvis Nobiler in 186 B.C. professional Greek sportsmen established a series of sports in Rome. The gladiators are nothing but an old revival of the Olympian Games and it is sufficient to say that the influence which these sports exerted upon the Roman citizens cannot be estimated. If we consider sports from a general point of view and consider their relation to the life of the ancient people we must inevitably come to the conclusion that sports if well conducted, have always raised the standard of the nation to a very high degree. Nations which have played an important role in the Ancient History have all felt the necessity of sports and have introduced these athletic contests in their own domains. Our next step is to examine the results of sports or better, their function. The fact that athletics, a branch of sports, is of great advantage to life is evident to the experienced student of modern European Universities. The argument that established the necessity of athletics is opposed by ignorant people, yet it has grown nowadays into an irrefutable fact. Athletics are necessary if not indispensable for the future success of the nation as well as of the individual. “A sound mind in a sound body” was the motto of the Greeks and the model of the strong, healthy and vigorous Spartans. This model in just the same way should be put into action if we wish to have any success in this world. Athletics refreshes the body, tranquilizes and enlightens the mind, and develops moral character. As a concrete example let us take a student in his college activities. The student who does exercise is always fresh and vigorous, he seldom gets sick and tired. His jovial character, his good disposition and his interest in life are his chief characteristics. Moreover in exercising, the student gets animated, his blood is purified and consequently his mind becomes more apt to receive the ideas and thoughts found in his lessons. The health which he acquires will help him to work harder and he becomes more successful. A weak person seldom can endure the hardship of school-life, the trouble of memorizing and persevering in his daily lessons. Lastly when a student is busy with athletics during recess time, his ideas do not deviate any more to the path of impurity, to think of such trivial things, and the health and strength which he acquires will help him in overcoming such temptations. Generally a healthy person is endowed with a will stronger than that of a weak person. We see therefore that athletics ameliorate the condition of a person for the whole of their University course. Sports, in general, have had an important and estimable function in life and will inevitably in future be regarded as the indispensable factor for intellectual and moral growth.
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Name: Anna Lane Age: 18 Degree: Arts/Law Hometown: Melbourne FB relationship status: Single 1. What is your worst or most annoying habit? Being so skinny girls are jealous 2. If you could chose to have a superpower for the day what would it be and why? Xray vision so I could check out the hot second years 3. You’re stuck on a desert island, name one food you would survive off. Dips & biscuits 4. What is your special, secret talent? Catching crabs 5. If a celebrity were to play you in a movie, who would it be? Will Ferrell 6. What has been your most awkward sexual encounter? Getting cum in my eye and having to go to hospital because it burnt the first layer of my eyeball
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