IL VITTORIANO
TOP JOURNALISM FROM TOSCANA TO TĀUPO… KIND OF…
FOURTH QUARTER 2015
Habemus exsecutiva!
What’s On? D-Day: Dante @ 750 Friday 23 Oct 10-2 von Zedlitz 606 All welcome. ____________________ Mambo Italiano 2016 Play Auditions Saturday 24 Oct
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EXCLUSIVE The 2016 Executive Board has been elected, with the return of some familiar faces and the addition of a few new hands to the team. On Wednesday 16 September, the society voted to return both Jayden Èvett and Miia Korpela to office for another term as President and VP for the Treasury. Likewise, Anastasia Roberts – outgoing VP Society has been returned, although this time as a
IL TEMPO:
Avanti!: The Executive-elect, left to right; A. Roberts, J. Ruddock, J. Èvett, M. Korpela and A. Zelensky.
an Executive Officer, to allow her to be allocate more time to next year’s play, Mambo Italiano (more on page 5). New to the Board is student of Italian Josh Ruddock as the new VP Media and actual-Italian Alexa Zelensky as VP Administration. The addition of these two to the Board has now making our Italian to Kiwi ratio a nice 2:3! The AGM was a great review of the activities of the year, which
were discussed and society member feedback was taken so that we can provide better and more tailored events next year. The Executive has resolved to deal with a wider variety of issues and partner with a wider array of clubs and schools to make this happen.
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ELECTION RESULTS Evett, J. Zelensky, A. Ruddock, J. Korpela, M.
Pres VPA VPM VPF
Unopposed, unanimous
Roberts, A. Wilson, A.
EOf EOf
Roberts returned, 12-1
Non lo sappiamo - la primavera è imprevedibile!
ESECUTIVO New exec sworn in
I swear…: Alexa Zelensky is sworn into office on a copy of L’Inferno by Jayden Èvett at the 2015 AGM
Who to contact? If you’ve got any questions, here’s who to talk to:
The Society had a new, more unique tradition introduced this year with all serving Executive Officers being required to be sworn in before taking office from their predecessor. Using a copy of what is commonly considered the ‘bible of academic Italian,’ members-elect swore on Dante Alighieri’s l’Inferno to uphold cats
their office, do their best for the Society and uphold the good name of Italian at Victoria. The brief ceremony was quite amusing, with certain members of the Executive getting confused between swearing an oath and swearing in general. Nevertheless the Society is on a fantastic footing for 2016 with a strong and dedicated team
Revised vice-presidencies a welcome change
In a move to tidy up and further the efficiency of the Society, two of the Jayden Èvett three vice-presidencies President www.fb.com/j.j.evett have been altered to In charge of Il Vittoriano, allow for more time to Mambo Italiano as be dedicated to Producer and all relations. certain important areas Miia Korpela of the Society’s Vice-President (Treasury) running. They are www.fb.com/miia.korpela.14 detailed beside: In charge of finances and
VP Media - Manages the social media accounts for the Society - Is in charge on online promotions and marketing - Tweets a lot.
VP Administration - Is in charge of making sure all meetings have adequate minutes written of them - Manages the use of the Brand
membership fees.
Alexa Zelensky
Vice-President (Admin)
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In charge of minutes and branding compliance.
Joshua Ruddock
Vice-President (Media)
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In charge of social media (Twitter, Instagram, etc.) and marketing
mambo italiano cast auditions 24 october
10 am-1 pm
student union building
Anastasia Roberts Executive Officer
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In charge of Mambo Italiano as Director, and academic event planning.
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SUCCESSI What is Successi?
Signing her way to an equal tomorrow
We are really lucky to have so many talented members in the Italian Society that Il Vittoriano thought it was time we started recognising the work they do outside of the Society sphere. Each quarter we’ll feature a new story about a member or ITAL student who has done something pretty remarkable! If you have know of/have a story we should cover, email us here
VUW electoral success for Wilson
Winning a universitywide election is no easy feat, but it appears that Annaliese Wilson has pulled off the impossible and been elected to the VUWSA Executive for 2016 as Education Officer. The Society offers her our warm congratulations and wishes her the best of luck for the year ahead
Madam President: Tanya Kotzé, above, is the coPresident of the new NZSL Club here at Victoria
In a first for Victoria University, Italian student and Society member Tanya Kotzé has helped establish the first New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) club on campus. Speaking to Il Vittoriano, Tanya said that the club was established to allow those who had completed all 4 of the DEAF papers at Victoria to keep up their giantcat
The green heart of Italy beckons for songstress The hills are certainly alive with the sound of music as Luana Howard gets set to take Perugia by storm when she visits for a month over the summer break. The recipient of the highly prized Perugia Scholarship, Luana is off to ‘the green heart of Italy’ later this year to undertake short-term study at l’Università per Stranieri di Perugia – the University of Foreigners of Perugia. A stellar operatic singer, she told GayNZ.com that she never thought she would make it as a mezzo-soprano, however now in her third year of a conjoint BA/Bmus at Victoria and the New Zealand School of Music it appears
language skills by hosting a club that would provide events for such a purpose. There has been a groundswell of support, with initial membership at 25 and set to grow in 2016. At their IGM in October, she – along with Ms Ashleigh Fedorenko – was elected as co-President of the NZSL Club. We wish her and the NZSLC all the best for 2016! Check out NZSL Club
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Luana had nothing to worry about! We are sure that Luana will do ridiculously well over in Perugia and are so stoked for her. Keep your eye out for the first quarter issue of Il Vittoriano as we follow up on her time away and hear about her ventures over in Italy. From the team at Il Vittoriano and the Executive Board of the Society, we wish Luana all the best for her amazing trip and are looking forward to seeing her career grow as she progresses on.
La donna bella: Luana Howard, Italian student and graced with one of the most amazing voices ever.
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ERUDITO Sonzogni’s Swiss bliss the Weight of Being, translated from Italian to English.
McKenzie, Benocci to Vancouver
At his book launch, selected poems were read in both Italian and English, including at the end the reading of one of the poems in Italian, UBC: Slightly fancier than Vic English and Te Reo Translation Studies PhD Māori (to mark Te Candidate Francesca Wiki o Te Reo Māori.) Benocci and Honours Pensive: Dr Sonzogni reads from his new joint publication with Dr Ross Woods at VicBooks
The latest publication by Dr Marco Sonzongni has been released, launched at a special event held at VicBooks in early August. The new
work, co-authored with colleague and friend Dr Ross Woods, is a collection of the poetry of renowned Swiss poet Giorgio Orelli titled Pondering
To mark the 750th birthday of the father of Italian language, Dante Alighieri, the Italian programme are hosting a spectacular day on 23 October. Focused around his 14th Century masterpiece La Divina Commedia, the half day event features some of the top minds in Wellington talking about Dante’s work and
In a fascinating series of panel discussions, roundtables and speeches.
Pondering the Weight of Being Sonzogni, M & Woods, R
$20.00
student Rory McKenzie have been invited to attend the ‘Translating “Local” Flavor for Global Audiences’ conference at the University of British Columbia in April 2016. We wish them well on their journey overseas!
Dante: 750 years and still relevant
The event is free and open to all as a part of the 25th annual Italian Language Week. Queries about the event should be directed to Dr Marco Sonzogni via email: marco.sonzogni@vuw.ac.nz
FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 10.00am – 2.00pm vZ606, Kelburn Speakers include: Claudia Bernardi, Alfio Leotta Marco Sonzogni, Giacomo Lichtner Tim Smith, Barbara Pezzotti, Giovanni Tiso, Phyllis Mossman Daniel Brown, H.E. Carmelo Barbarello 5
SOCIALE
Social GETTIN’
WITH ALEXA ZELENSKY
Italian Society: best dressed on campus The annual Languages and Cultures Ball took a turn for the better in August with both best dressed awards going to Italian Society members!
Annaliese Wilson took out best dressed girl with a fantastic all-inALEXA ZELENSKY is our social correspondent and the one jumpsuit with Society’s Vice-President of sequined bodice and Administration. huge hair. Jay Evett won best dressed guy Il Vittoriano: What did Allora!: Annaliese and Jay with a split suit, you think of the Ball? with their award sashes on cummerbund and hot Alexa Zelensky: the night at Mac’s Brewbar tartan pants. I thought it was pretty fun. It wasn't quite how I expected, because I thought there'd be more people, but the crowd was a lively bunch and the music was great. I wish it wasn't so short! IV: Who were you wearing on the night? AZ: I was wearing myself… IV: Um… Okay! Well, what was hot on the night? What was not? AZ: Hot: My dress. I wanted to win best dressed so badly and I'll take that bitterness to my grave. Not: the fact that it was dead for like the first hour and a half. Think about money for time, guys.
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SOCIALE Charity event to help kids
Dottore, dottore!: Wellington Regional Hospital, home to the Wellington Children’s Hospital in Newtown
In a twist on the traditional end of trimester social, the Society is transporting Hotel Bristol back to the 1500’s for a charity fundraiser to help
help those doing incredible work at the great Wellington Children’s Hospital. With a miniscule entry ticket price of $10 per person, which gets you
you complimentary snacks, a private room with pool tables, private bar and our own on-site photographer, the night is set to be wicked! So get out those costumes, grab your ticket online and join the fun on the 30th October, 2015 down at Hotel Bristol, Cuba Street. It’s set to be a party to die for! Purchase your tickets for A Night with the Borgias
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Social dining to continue
The Med: Our regular haunt
After the success of the social dining event La Nostra Notte, the Exec has decided that the event will continue on next year. Along with a fantastic caravansary of other events moving into 2016 as a regular item on the society calendar, many will be pleased to see this continue on!
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SPORT La Coppa in faculty hands
POST MATCH WITH
RORY McKENZIE
The Faculty team has walked away from the latest match in the highly contested Coppa dell’Aquila Italiana series, with a monstrous 12-6 win over the Society. There was a high turn out of spectators to this game, which was pitched to be the most ferocious of the year, and players certainly did not disappoint with a rough and tumble match seeing the Society lose control of the cup. A rough game, there were plenty of injuries, bumps and bruises over the course of the hour. The arena being much smaller than your average field meant that personal space was far and few between. One of the more spectacular falls of the match was when Faculty team member Tim Smith went head first into the western wall of the Arena, some how not managing to concuss himself. Spectators put it down to his glorious 8
RORY McKENZIE (the man, not the cat) is an Honours student in Italian Vittoria!: The Cup is hoisted by a member of the Faculty team in the Boyd Wilson Arena on Thursday.
man-bun saving him society also were from a possible K.O. robbed of a football, from which mysteriously Although the society disappeared at the fought hard, it just conclusion of the wasn’t enough to game - understood take the cup back to have now been for another trimester; found by Recreation the newly engraved Services on campus. trophy now resident It was suggested that in the office of perhaps an absent Faculty captain, Dr minded faculty team Marco Sonzogni. member absconded with the football Having been robbed while basking in their of a victory, the new-found glory. society f
MAN OF THE MATCH
Jared Dellows Society, Goal Jared’s game was strong, he was a source of constant strength for the Society throughout the whole match and really pushed through for their defence, regardless of the outcome.
Il Vittoriano: Rory, what would you put your team’s victory down to? Rory McKenzie: Marco’s leadership. His inspirational leadership really pulled everyone together (as well as providing all the players.) IV: So, in your opinion, where did the Society go wrong? RMcK: It was an inexperienced side coming up against the best Italy had to offer it was a real learning curve for the society. IV: Any comment on the post-match missing ball saga? RMcK: I was shocked when I first heard the news and it was a real dampener on our success as a team... It is difficult to know who to put the blame on. It's not like Italians to be disorganised though...