THE VOICE: Edition Seven (12/09/14)

THE VOICE EDITION SEVEN

ORDER ON THE COURT | THE 40 HOUR FAMINE | F(R)UN | C’DAY | HAAAAVE YOU MET MORGAN? | BOXING + TURTLES

INTERCOLL.

Basketball 30/08/14

Just some of the highlights, which featured Ryan’s coaching + agility, Will C’s consecutive baskets, Andrea’s aggresive defence, Tess drawing in the fouls and Simmo coming onto the court to support the Boys — there was even an appearance from the elusive ,JOX WKLV WLPH VDQV MHDQV Ť Up next:

THE VOICE 3

51, 998

Participated in the 40 Hour Famine this year!

Funds raised from the 40 Hour Famine support World Vision Projects in Malawi, Ethiopia, East Timor, Nepal, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda

Malnutrition and hunger-­related disease cause 60 percent of deaths LQ FKLOGUHQ XQGHU ¿YH LQ GHYHORSLQJ FRXQWULHV HYHU\ \HDU SOURCE: United Nations World Food Program (http://www.wfp.org/hunger/malnutrition)

THE TEAM:

Menzies’ Fundraising Goal: $1,000

$

40

Can feed a family of six for one month

THE 40 HOUR FAMINE

SOURCE: United Nations CFSVANS 2012

THE VOICE 4

AMOUNT ACTUALLY RAISED! $1,000

$2, 000

$3, 000

LIV $789.75 / PRIYANKA $305/ BONNIE $270 / LIZ A. $235.50 IVANA $201 / JULIA J. $190 / SEVANNE $170 / KATIE A. $130.75/ MEGAN S. $107.50 / HANNAH S. $87 / ANNELISE $80.75 / MATT E $57.50/ LIZ P. $36.50 / BENJAMIN $25

YOU CAN STILL DONATE https://40hf2014.everydayhero.com/au/rmc

World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine is a global initiative that aims to raise awareness about hunger in poverty-stricken countries. This year, World Vision’s focus is on Rwanda, with funds raised aiming to help communities to improve their soil conservation and knowledge of good nutrition, learn new ways to earn an income, and to help families improve their decision making in regards to food and spending.

This year, SVF led the charge to engage the College Community, and had a fundraising goal of $1000. We are excited to announce that, by the end of September, The RMC Team will have

raised $3022.85! We would like to thank Paul and College Admin, Simon and Kait, all the sponsors who donated to the various RMC Team Members, and, most importantly, a big thanks and gratulations to the participants of the 40 Hour Famine for 2014 (see above).

We are so proud of the efforts that the participants have gone to to raise money for this important cause — our efforts can help provide food and nutrition to 39 people for Wd [dj_h[ o[Wh Writer Livia Dorai Raj (svf rep)

816: Y 048 INTERVARSITY

Footy#

9.00 am ~ 2.00 pm Sunday 19th October 2km walk 5km run (join the RMC Running Group to prepare — see Simon M/Benjamin S. for more details) Food, entertainment and stalls through the day!

WHY PARTICIPATE? We all know someone who has suffered from depression and anxiety. Participating in the North Ryde Fun Run is a great social event and donations go to Australian Rotary Health — the leading non-government funding and research center for mental health in Australia.

SIGN ME UP! Submit the online form at http://www.northrydefunrun.com.au/entry_form/ Entry donations are $10, or for $20 you also get a cool t-shirt EXTRA BENEFITS? Go in the running to win Gold Class movie tickets by signing up friends and family from outside of college with your online entry (select “add another entrant”) RMC CHALLENGE! Participating and placing in the Fun Run (or walk) is an easy way to gain RMC points against DLC and the Village for the Inter-College Competition.

So, grab a bunch of friends and sign up!

Our goal = 100 RMC Participants

Muddied Footballer: Aaron Wong On Sunday RMC and DLC headed over to UNSW to take on their colleges in a game of rugby. Unfortunately the girl’s touch game got cancelled because UNSW couldn’t field a team (jks - Laura Coleman was too intimidating), so the RMC / DLC team had to wait a few hours for the game.

After about 3 warm up sessions that lasted about 5 minutes each ( in order to save our ‘fitness’ ), eating most of the free bbq and changing fields twice due to the rain, the game was finally ready to kick off. Despite our pre-match observations that UNSW looked like a team of gronks, they scored first with a quick try, and another soon after... and another after that!

Nevertheless, the boys rallied hard to hit back before the break. The second half was better, with tries to Andrew Burton and Alec Palmer putting us back in the game. But, UNSW proved to be too strong and scored another two tries – our only consolation was being able to collectively laugh and yell at the kicker for missing a conversion dead in front.

The free beers after the game made defeat easier to swallow and, overall, it was a great day for all the colleges that participated.

A big thank you to everyone who took to the field and supported from the sidelines -

For more details: https://www.northrydefunrun. com.au/ THE VOICE 5

The Birth of Conception Day

On this day we celebrate MQ’s namesake, Lachlan Macquarie. His birthday happened to fall on an unfortunate day during the uni calendar, so instead, we celebrate his conception!

Source Amy Way (grapeshot.mq.edu.au) Semester Two powers on, and Conception Day—one of Macquarie’s favourite events—is on its way. But how did it all get started?

Unlike other unis that celebrate their foundations, MQ Student Union instead chose to celebrate a person: our namesake Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Often referred to as the ‘Father of Australia’, Macquarie was Governor of NSW from 1810 to 1821 [...] He exists in public memory as a legend, a hero for the poor and oppressed, who fought against bureaucratic elite.

Born at the wrong time of year for a good party, however, the Union decided to celebrate Governor Macquarie’s conception – and thus, the birth of Conception Day. When this Day first launched in 1969, MQU was only a few years old, and saw fields of sun-baking bodies, girls grooving in their tie-dyed playsuits, and rock bands in flared pants.

These early Conception Days have a wild reputation among MQ Alumni.

THE VOICE 6

You could take part in the student-held breakfast on the median strip on Epping Road, a cross-campus streaking spree, or even a gnome convention in the early 80s, where students would nick hundreds of garden gnomes and scatter them all over the lawn. Despite frequent shenanigans, the celebrations seemed to be all about the music.

Over the years MQU has consistently played host to some pretty big names: You Am I, Eric Clapton, Bluejuice, Josh Pyke, Violent Femmes, Birds of Tokyo, Gyroscope, Peking Duk, Art vs Science—the list goes on.

The line up in 2014 includes The Preatures, Art vs Science, Hermitude, Kingswood, Hatch, Furnace & The Fundamentals, Fingers, Ember, Will Clarke, and more; set-times now up on the MQ Website!

—————————————— Friday 19th September (12.00 ~ 7.00 pm). Tickets only $27.00! Get ‘em Online or at The MacShop.

Ÿ Ź

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Chilling by the Lake / Bluejuice’s lead-singer crowd surfing / Tiger Lily making the Atrium go off / Em Dolan head and shoulders above the rest / RMC’s annual Slave Day, 2012 / Conception Day Shirts – always a hit (and mildly inappropriate)

MEET THE EXCHANGER Morgan (Virginia Beach, USA), Bachelor Business

What is your name? What are you studying? Where are you from? My name is Morgan Miner. I am from Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. I’m Studying a Bachelor of Business.

Why did you choose Australia to come for enxchange? I have always wanted to come here.

I knew that if I didn’t take the opportunity I would probably never get to come here.

What has been your favourite / most memorable experience in Australia so far? Everything!

I love meeting new people almost everyday from all over the world. The people here at college are awesome. It’s amazing seeing the different wildlife.

Favourite Aussie Slang you’ve heard – what did you initially think it meant? Unfortunately I haven’t heard a lot of slang.

Do you have a hidden talent?

I am double jointed (flexible) and also a massage therapist!

What do you miss most about home? My husband, my two dogs and my three cats!

If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would it be and why would you like to meet them? Robin Williams. He was an amazing person and it would have been awesome to hear him make people laugh in person.

"IT'S AMAZING SEEING THE DIFFERENT WILDLIFE"

it’s really hot outside Ť Dunny: Bathroom Ť Esky: Cold Ť Kindie: A child who is just starting school or someone who is nice. Ť Lippy: Smart mouth / giving attitude. Ť Nipper: It’s really cold outside / let’s go and get a bite to eat. Ť Servo: Serve up a cold one / server (waiter) Ť Snag: To get caught up in something / to get stuck. Ť Spunk: Someone who is tough / someone who doesn’t let anything get them down. Ť Thongs: Flip-flops / Sandals. Ť Trackies: Someone that runs track and field. Ť Wuss: Someone who is scared to do something / a person who posesses no courage Ť U-ie: U-Turn

GUESS THE SLANG Ť Ambo: Ambidexterous Ť Arvo: Afternoon. Ť Bloke: A Guy Ť As dry as a dead Dingo’s donger: Boring / that person is an idiot / not funny / THE VOICE 7

AUG 29 ~ SEPT 15 ‘We [the A Block Boys] had a group session in the shower’ MAX M,

explaining why the Old Blocks have more of a ‘community’ feeling

THE TIME RUGBY TURNED INTO MUD WRESTLING

‘Do you even have a pelvis’ FELICITY B, Questioning whether the leg bone really is connected to the hip bone

!"#$%&'()*+$&#(,&-.$/& GHDG ¿VK DQ\ZD\´ PREYU B, lettuce(ing) us in on the RMC kitchens secret ingredients.

AVANTI: ‘My veggies are cold’ JACK: ‘Like your heart’ AVANTI J, snapped frozen – like the peas on her plate

‘You don’t mess with the priesthood—the priesthood messes with you’ JACK B , on the benefits of not talking with strangers

‘MY MILK IS THE PEOPLES MILK’ PRIYU B.

All boys were brought to the yard that day.

THE VOICE 8

!"#$%&'(&)$&*+,&,-./&0++1& ,+2345&362&.,&73/&8399:2;<& "='(&)=:>&?:*.6/&.6&#-:& !.,8-:6@< !"#$%&'(&)A+B&$&7./-C< KATIE H, There’s cooking, then there’s cooking ...

WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ON SPORT

Dean's Volleyball Competition astro-turf 14 march, 12.30 pm

Join us in the Courtyard for a BBQ lunch (for all residents â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including semi- and self-catered) to witness Block vs Block vs TCM in what promises to be great rounds of volleyball

9

ANNOUNCEMENTS RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS Tell Us Your Stories!

Over the Term you've been collecting Random Acts of Kindness Cards and spreading them through College and the wider community.

Now, it's time to share those stories and ideas!

It's easy to do, takes very little time and paper and pens are alread provided in the Common Room (P.S. We only need 30 stories to get bonus points in the University Department Sustainability Challenge!)

VARIET Y

Spring Festival rmc courtyard 10 october

On the first Friday after break, this highlight of the College Calendar will feature free food and is, in the words of Matt E., "basically a super fun fete-like event that is awesome and swaggy, etc."

CONCEPTION DAY T-SHIRTS! Light, breathable fabric, perfect for festival going, challenging mates to dance-offs, and spotting fellow Collegians in the large crowds.

Get yours for only $5 at the Dean's Volleyball Comp on Sunday!

THE VOICE 9