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CAMPUS NEWS With the failed motion to censure ANUSA President Cam Wilson at the last Wednesday’s Ordinary General Meeting fading into the distance, new allegations have emerged surrounding Wilson & Treasurer Nick Barry’s conduct in early 2014.
ROSS CALDWELL, DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The
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to them. A source intimately involved with the operation of GAC in 2014 informed Woroni that “GAC never ceded it’s power to any member of the executive to make decisions on
Sources familiar with the operation in the Constitution, those documents are required in order to renew the
requests for minutes made over several weeks. Numerous sources familiar with the operation of GAC in 2014 told Woroni that no minutes in 2014. By the time this article was sent to print, Committee Chair Ladd had not responded when asked to In April 2014 Woroni attempted to
ANUSA. Barry admitted that in Woroni attempted to verify the allegations made against Wilson & Barry, and attempted to get minutes from GAC meetings in 2014 in order to do so. It was hoped that these minutes would include details of
on ANU Campus Life “without the proper documentation.” showing that Wilson & Barry approved the applications for
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Law Students Society (LSS). This application did not include a copy of the LSS’s constitution, a details. Under Section 3.1.2A of the
Committee (GAC) have alleged that Wilson & Barry violated the ANUSA constitution when they
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LSS President Alexa Milosevic told Woroni that she was aware that their application was incomplete & had
Campus Life. Wilson & Barry’s societies on this list. minutes
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GAC had delegated its power to Life, also known as ‘OrgSync’. The to receive no response. Neither the statement Under the ANUSA Constitution the
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Wilson or Barry to approve the applications. At the time this article was sent to print, the Committee had not responded to multiple
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Woroni. The President of the GFFC Ashwin Rajesh told Woroni that they
weeks. of the Committee. ANUSA Executive, Barry told Woroni that numerous applications were approved on the 3rd & 4th of He alleged that those organisations were informed that they would need to apply again with the proper documents at a later date.
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approved. When asked why this was the case, Ladd replied that “if a club or society folds ANUSA gets the job of cleaning up” address on it they can “more easily prove that we have the authority to take over the account and sort out
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BUSINESS AND IDEAS
4. PRETTY ORDINARY AFTER ALL
32. DR SAM PRINCE By Abigail Widijanto
By Janis Lejins and Polly Mitton
P OW E R P L A Y
5. SCIENCE SOCIETY LACKS CHEMISTRY By Nina Haysler
LIFE & STYLE
5. SASS BALLIN’
33. CAMPUS STYLE! ! ! !
By Linda Ma
Captions by Nikita Holcombe! Photography by Adriana Cleaver
5. UNION VACANCY Announcement by Woroni
11. MEET THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
CREATIVE WRITING
6. WILL YOU TAKE THE PLEDGE?
12.POWER BROKERS
34. HOROSCOPES
By Erin Gillen
! ! ! ! By The Retrograde Mystics 7. COMPUTER SCIENCE & STUDENT POLITCS
14. THE MOST INFLUENTIAL INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CLUBS AT ANU By Andaleeb Akhand
3. EAGLES
! ! ! ! Winner of the Interhall Poetry Slam.
By Abigail Widijanto 8. CAMPUS COMMENT: ANUSA WOMEN’S DEPARTMENT RECEIVES $5000 IN UNTIED FUNDING. By Tara Shenoy
LIFE & STYLE
16. “IMITATION IS THE BEST KIND OF FLATTERY...” By Callum Forbes
35. PROCRASTINATION IS THE DEVIL! !
SCIENCE
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MORONI
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! ! ! ! By Xenia Weber
17. A TINDER AFFAIR By E.L. Jamieson
36. LOL MY THESIS
PROFILE
36. CARTOONS By Alex Catalan-Flores & Rocky Hammer
30-31. FACE OF ANU: MARGRET THORTON
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Thank You SWEDEN For celebrating your 200th year of peace on Thursday, August 14, whilst remaining one of the largest exporters of arms in the world. We couldn’t do it without you.
Fuck Off.
ANUSA TICKETS IN UNION COURT Please leave me alone in Union Court. I understand you want to be with an innate right to be annoying. Politicians are meant to act in the interests of the people they represent – When I am walking through Union Court I am far more interested in getting to class on time than listening to you tell me how great you/your party are.
MONDAY 18 The Deregulation and University funding debate. 18 August 2014 at 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Auditorium, China in the World Building (188). History Learning Community: Scotland at the Crossroads, 5:006:30pm @ Centre for European Studies ANUSA and Woroni go to Begin Again. 6:15pm, Palace Electric, NewActon.
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TUESDAY 19 Mnemonics: Ross Byers, School of Art Foyer Gallery, until the 23rd of August. Public Lecture: When galaxies collide: Snapshots of the universe’s largest battles, ANU Black Hole Society, Chem T1, 6-7pm Public Lecture: The Hon. Michael Kirby on Human Rights in North Korea, Audotorium China in the World, 6-7pm.
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Woroni Radio Live On Air 5:30 - 10:00pm
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International S t u d e n t s Presidential Debate, 5-630pm, Haydon Allen G.052
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Canberra Refugee Action Committee: Recycling for Refugees @ Housing Co-op, 10:00am4:00pm
Silent Auction for Art School Ball @ ANU Bar, 3:306:30pm Woroni Presents: The Great Presidential Debate - MCCT3, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Interhall Ball: Alice in Wonderland @ Hellenic Club Canberra City, 8:30pm
Inter-Hall AFL @ South Oval Bronze Medal B 9:00-10:30pm Bruce vs. Johns 10:30-12:00pm Gold Medal B 12:00-1:30pm Curtain Raiser 1:30-2:30pm Grand Final 2:30-4:00pm
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CAMPUS NEWS PRETTY ORDINARY AFTER ALL FEATURE Last Wednesday, the 13th of August ANUSA held it’s third OGM for 2014. During the meeting a constitutional amendment, a funding request, and a motion of censure against the president where all moved. Last Wednesday, the thirteenth of August ANUSA held it’s third OGM for 2014. During the meeting a constitutional amendment, a funding request, and a motion of censure against the president where all moved. The third ANUSA OGM had the highest turnout of any OGM in 2014. The crowd was drawn because of the momentous nature of four key items - The three agenda motions and a widely expected surprise motion. amendment to allow referendums to be held. This amendment would allow Fossil Free ANU (FFANU) to propose a referendum to ask ANU to divest from fossil fuels in the forthcoming ANUSA election. ANU Union Chair Josh Orchard proposed an amendment to the motion; changing the minimum number of students required to call a referendum from 1% to 2% of the student population. The amendment was accepted and the motion was passed without objection. The second was a motion to give $5000 to the ANUSA Women’s’ Collective. The third motion was protesting against the changes to higher education, particularly fee deregulation. Laura Wey, the ANUSA motion was passed. The National Union of Students have called a National Day of Action which will be happening this Wednesday,
POLLY MITTON & JANIS LEJINS, EDITORS the 20th of August. The Vice Chancellor of ANU, Professor Ian Young, lobbied for fee deregulation and a student forum will also be held at the Chancellery at 1pm on the same day. forward by a senior member of Education Action Group, Connor Drum after the chair, ANUSA General Secretary Gowrie Varma, opened censure motion on ANUSA president Cameron Wilson. Drum’s motion asserted that Cameron obligation to represent the interests of students, acted unconstitutionally when he dissolved did not pursue the policies of consultation and openness upon which his ticket was elected. Drum’s motion was the most anticipated event of the meeting, a preliminary report by Woroni a day earlier had broadcast the possibility of a censure motion. The motioned seemed to be a draw card for many students who had apparently come explicitly to support Wilson. After Connor Drum the motion forward Varma ruled that the motion was inadmissible due to an incorrect interpretation of the Constitution. Treasurer Nick Barry moved to amend the motion so that the Chair could accept it. The major gripe that Drum appeared to hold was that Wilson had acted unconstitutionally in dismissing the ANUSA Communications countered that the ANUSA Constitution does not protect this position. This caused Drum to dissent, prompting several members of the audience to move for a gag order against Drum. Faced with the possibility of a gag almost
Those who remained in the comparatively skeletal crowd eventually received the motion that was moved by Erin Gillen, head of the Women’s Collective – a department of ANUSA. The Women’s Collective had earlier tweeted that they’d come en-masse to support the move. the motion proposed that the Women’s its tasks for the rest of Semester 2 despite not presenting a budget, possessing an ABN, or having conducted an internal expenditures audit in the last three years. Erin Gillen explained that the Women’s Collective had refused to submit a budget to ANUSA for Semester 2 in objection to a new funding model introduced by the 2014 ANUSA executive. As a result, the women’s collective have received little funding from ANUSA. As Gillen and her seconder, Loren Ovens, explained, their objection to the model was rooted in concerns of the department’s ‘autonomy’. The new model requires the group to submit a budget in order to receive funding which the collective believed limited their autonomy from ANUSA by limiting their ability to make discretionary expenditures. The changes to the funding model were clearly a bone of contention between the ANUSA executive and the Women’s Collective. Question time proved quite eventful as many students got up to ask Gillen questions about the motion. There was a palpable tension and a motion to proceed to a vote on was eventually cast and the result was close enough to warrant a head count by the ANUSA Executive. The motion was passed and the two and a half hour long
With additional reporting by MADDALENA EASTERBROOK.
proportion of the meetings attendees left.
Photographs: Above Conor Drum proposes the motion to censure President Wilson, right Gowrie Varma defends her judgement. Photography by ABIGAIL WIDIJANTO.
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SCIENCE SOCIET Y L ACK S CHEMISTRY CAMPUS NEWS The Science Society held a Special General Meeting on the 8th of August after almost a year
The Science Society won Best Ball at the ANUSA Clubs and Societies Awards Night last year. The Society held the ball at Old
Special General Meeting was held in order to elect a new
Oscar Morgain told Woroni that “I personally take responsibility”
Laura Wey, treasurer for the Science Society in 2013 and
Morgain stated that “The lack of momentum of the science society now occurred because I faced some personal circumstances.”
ANUSA was elected President at the meeting.
The afterwards the society held no a science careers night in the September of 2013 . There was also no General for 2014 at the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2013. The August
Science
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problems with the 2012 Science Society President, Adam Da trusteeship of the Science Society
SASS BALLIN’ CAMPUS NEWS
LINDA MA Law Ball, resulted in a rise in attendance This increase in numbers showed itself in the logistical problems which faced SASS committee members, with speeches going unheard by the back half of the tables,
at the War Memorial, with about 180 in attendance and a ‘40s theme, word of mouth about SASS Ball has seemed to spread. Last year’s reputation, combined with the ticketing problems plaguing this year’s
as possible so nobody has to face the same issues relating to an Oscar Morgain is running for ANUSA president with the ticket ‘Fetch’.
UNION VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
wishing to apply must submit a bio of no more than 200 words. Please email your bio, along with any questions you may Joshua Orchard at chair@anuunion.com. au. Applications will close midnight on Wednesday 20th August.
The theme was Secret Garden Party, a somewhat ironic theme when the mercury hit no more than four degrees at the scheduled start time of 6:30pm, after a day where sleet
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strongly but loose momentum as the year progresses or are
last year as $3000 was locked into
students or science society members to make quorum. Quorum for the Science Society constitution is only 10 students or members.
still growing after the Arboretum’s 2005
to many student and organisations.
also
could not access. Woroni was told
Canberra suburbs, snow falling in abundance across the Brindabellas and in Corin Forest.
endemic societies
consistently
of the Science Society is to try to
Morgain, two annual general meetings were called at the beginning of the year. There were,
The ball season is well and truly underway at the ANU, albeit at a rather inopportune time for those desirous of wearing light fabrics and short skirts. The day after the Actuarial, Finance, Economics and Commerce (AFEC) Students’ Society Ball on Thursday, the Society for Arts and Social Sciences’ (SASS) Ball was held at the National Arboretum on Friday, 1 August.
although being requested to do so.
tables seem slight by comparison. Good food and great company made up for these imperfections. SASS Ball’s 2014 edition has reinforced its with great themes and locations and attendees who are willing to get into the spirit of the night (this writer was most impressed by beard). SASS Ball will continue to be one of the best balls of the season. The only thing the organisers need to worry about is the weather.
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WILL YOU TAKE THE PLEDGE? FEATURE
ERIN GILLEN compromised by concerns about safety on campus. Unfortunately, we know that interpersonal violence occurs on our campus to students from all walks of life and that this violence often goes unreported.
1. I believe everyone should be safe from interpersonal violence, sexual harassment and assault 2. I believe harassment and assault are the fault of the person using violence, not the person subjected to violence 3. I pledge to help my campus be a safe place for everyone to gain an education; it is unacceptable that anyone would have their education
The Pledge is a campaign being run by the ANU Women’s Department and ANUSA this week, based on the simple idea that if we all pledge not to use violence, campus will be a safer place for everyone. It is a reminder that if we do not support the use of interpersonal and sexual violence, we to it. It is saying that we are all capable of controlling our own actions, and that the use of violence is a choice. There is a common misconception that an individual’s circumstance or behaviour correlates to their likelihood of experiencing violence. What a person wears, how they act, or where they are has no bearing on the
use of violence against them. Instead, the responsibility lies with those who choose to use violence, and the community which allows this to occur. The Pledge is also about expanding our understanding about what violence is. Violence is not limited to assault - it also includes verbal harassment, comments or noises, groping and other unwanted contact. We must stand together to say that these violent behaviours will not be accepted on our campus. We can achieve a safe campus together, by promising not to use violence, by promising to stand up to violence and victim – blaming behaviour, by treating others with respect. It is a shared responsibility. Imagine if everyone who used the ANU campus pledged not to use violence. Will you take the Pledge?
EM ROBERTS and ABIGAIL WIDIJANTO.
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COMPUTER SCIENCE AND STUDENT POLITICS CAMPUS NEWS
ABIGAIL WIDIJANTO from the event are as follows:
On Thursday, 14th of August, Computer Science for ANUSA 2015 held its policy consultation event. They were the only ticket thus far to run a public event to canvas ideas from students for better university governance.
1. Greater and more ongoing student consultation; this objective is pertinent considering the restructuring of the computer science and engineering degrees, courses.
The Computer Science ticket consist of one College of Engineering and Computer Science Representative candidates - Jen Taylor - and three General Representatives. Computer science students are known throughout the university as being more engaged in student politics than students of other sciences and mathematics thanks to their tightly knit community. In 2013, they were the only other ticket to run against Bounce on CRC for the only contested position of CECS Representative - which was won by Robert Probie and Alan Babaei. According to Jen Taylor, Computer Science for ANUSA 2015 “will give a perspective that is not generally represented by an ANUSA that is traditionally dominated by Arts and Law students�. They will run on four major CECS policies and four major general policies. Their four major CECS polices that emerged
2. Address the underrepresentation of women in computer science and engineering; as one of the few female undergraduate tutors in computer science, Jen Taylor wants to implement more networking and pathway initiatives for women in the discipline. by connecting
department hires many undergraduate tutors and do not need lab demonstrators to be at the PhD level. If voted in, Computer Science for ANUSA will work to implement standard tutor training and induction to assure greater consistency in teaching, marking and assessment. Computer Science for ANUSA will campaign on four general policies. Firstly, they will revamp the Grants and an organisation that trains and promotes clubs and societies, instead of being an after-the-fact reimbursement mechanism.
postgraduate students. events such as O-Week and Bushweek, and 3. Better college administration; Computer Science for ANUSA would like to see the implementation of one streamlined system at the college level through which students can also collaborate on and submit assignments and code. Students currently
Thirdly, they will promote the recognition produced by ANU and other universities to make them count as courses towards the endemic outages and downtimes
4. Improve the quality of computer science tutor training; due to the nature of the discipline, the computer science
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ANUSA’S WOMEN’S DEPARTMENT RECEIVES $5,000 IN UNTIED FUNDING During ANUSA’s OGM on the 13th of August, the ANUSA Women’s Department were successful in putting forward a motion that the Australian National University Students Association must grant the Department a full $5,000 without the requirement of a budget. The motion was moved by the was supported by a consensus of the Women’s Collective. The Women’s Collective was repeatedly asked by students why it did not have to provide a budget for the money that
Women’s Department were in the process of getting an Australian Business Number (ABN). This would mean that the Collective would be required to complete audits, Business Activity Statements, end of year
of money without having to
elected body and our vote is our symbolic statement that should allow us to rely on representative democracy. Collectives and ANUSA should engage in a consultative process.
Australia.
views of the ANU Student Media Organisation.
Dallas
arises from a Collective simply asking for a substantial grant
was requested. The argument put forward by Gillen was that having to provide a budget would impede its autonomy since it would mean the ANUSA to dismiss items. Although student governance is fallible,
Proctor,
The Women’s Collective is meant to be a representative body. As a woman and as a student, when I weigh up the complete lack
bookkeeper
honestly say that I do not feel that my interests are being protected.
Tara Shenoy is the Editor in Chief of Woroni. However, the opinions expressed in this article
Experience ANU events.anu.edu.au
Featured events Thursday 21 August, 1.15-2pm
Art forum Olivia Welch, founding member of YOLK Collective
Wednesday 20 August, 3-5pm
Thursday 21 August, 5.30-7.30pm
ANU Computer Science Students’ Association Careers Fair
China’s 3 Dreams
This careers fair will host tech companies who are interested in hiring ANU students.
The screening of this documentary will be followed by a short discussion with the director Nick Torrens. Auditorium, Centre on China in the World, Fellows Lane
Melville Hall, Ellery Cres
School of Art Lecture Theatre, Kingsley St
A panel discussion examining the implications of Australian refugee policy and practices.
Thursday 21 August, 4-5pm
Theatre 1, Hedley Bull Centre, cnr Garran Rd & Liversidge St
A new vision for Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo Professor Peter Tregear, ANU Lecture Theatre 3, Level 5, ANU School of Music Monday 25 August, 5.30-7.30pm
Why do we not have a vaccine against HIV or TB? Nobel Laureate Emeritus Professor Rolf Zinkernagel Finkel Lecture Theatre, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Garran Rd Wednesday 27 August, 6-7pm
The Climb: Conversations with Australian Women in Power Tuesday 26 August, 9.30am-12pm
Wednesday 27 August 6-7.30pm
Crowd fund your research
The mind transparent: Reading the human brain
Got a great idea for a project? Thought about crowd funding but don’t know where to start? Auditorium, Centre on China in the World, Fellows Lane
Professor Nikolas Rose, King’s College, London
Friday 29 August, 12.30-2pm
Manus and Beyond: The security terrain, gender violence & economic development in PNG
ANU/Canberra Times meet the author series with Geraldine Doogue Law Theatre, ANU College of Law, Fellows Rd
Exhibitions Wednesday 20 August - Saturday 13 September
Articulate Objects Exhibition by ANU Emeritus Fellow Janet DeBoos ANU School of Art Gallery, Ellery Cres Open 10.30am-5pm, Tuesday to Friday & 12-5pm Saturday. Closed Sundays, Mondays & public holidays
Other Wednesday 20 August, 6-8.30pm
Anime screenings ANU Anime and Gaming Society Theatre 3, Manning Clark Centre, Union Court
The ANU campus is always alive with plenty to see, hear and do. All events held on the ANU campus unless otherwise indicated. Schedule is subject to change, please check website closer to the date to ensure event information is correct. youtube.com/ANUchannel @ANU_Events
Allan Barton Forum, Level 2, Building 26C, Kingsley St
facebook.com/TheAustralian NationalUniversity
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This Power Play infographic summarises the information you need to know about the most powerful student organisations at the ANU. Firstly, we have included the respective responsibilities of the organisations. Secondly, we have a summary of the total Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) funding allocations for 2014. Remember, each student pays $140.50 in SSAF fees each semester - this is where it goes. All SSAF reports are available online.
anu students’ association anusa
total ssaf allocation 2014
ANUSA is the undergraduate student representative body, advocating the interests of students to the University and to the Government. All undergraduate students are members of ANUSA through compulsory student unionism. ANUSA consists of several departments, including: The Women’s, Queer* and Indigenous Departments and the Environment Collective amongst others. They are also responsible for running events such as O-Week and Bush Week.
$1,241,242
MAJOR FUNDING ALLOCATION PROPOSALS $393,819 to support the administration of a club whose members are students $146,400 to provide food and drink to students $124,450 to support sporting or recreational activity
postgraduate & research students’ association parsa
PARSA is the postgraduate student representative body at the ANU. This is all that anyone knows about them.
total ssaf allocation 2014
$815,000
MAJOR FUNDING ALLOCATION PROPOSALS $158,300 to support the administration of a club whose members are students $141,000 to promote the health or welfare of students $93,600 to support sporting or recreational activity
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$570,000
The ANU Sport & Recreation Association (ANU Sport) is an incorporated, not-
MAJOR FUNDING ALLOCATION PROPOSALS Supporting a sporting or recreational activity $570,000
anu student media association woroni
total ssaf allocation 2014
$192,288
Student Notes: Canberra University College Students Association.
MAJOR FUNDING ALLOCATION PROPOSALS $192,288 to support the production and dissemination to students of media whose content is provided by students
anu union anu union
total ssaf allocation 2014
$8,000
In the past, their only source of revenue was through rent,
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THE MOST INFLUENTIAL INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CLUBS AT THE ANU FEATURE Welcome to the ANU, where the dynamic of the international clubs and societies are essentially small. Andaleeb Akhand analyses the status quo
If there is a nationality with more than 10 people at the ANU, then you can bet that there will be a national club or society representing them. Whether it is ANUChile or the Bangladesh Students’ Association, New Zealand Students’ Society or the Chinese Scholars and Students’ Association, national clubs form an integral part of the social, cultural and academic fabric of our university. However, much like the countries they A number are quite insular, tending to focus on students from their own country. Others however, have scaled the heights of renown to become some of the biggest names on campus. In the spirit of the theme of this week’s ‘Power Play’ edition, this writer will endeavour to give you a list with the biggest powers on campus, those who are rapidly climbing the ladder and those who while still quite small at the moment, we should keep our eyes on.
THE SUPERPOWERS Singapore Students’ Association (SSA) clubs at ANU would be incomplete without the SSA. Their rise to power started at the beginning of 2012 when a new executive, driven and determined, decided it was time to take SSA to loftier heights. SSA’s ascension to the top culminated with
ANDALEEB AKHAND winning Best Club of the Year and Joint Event of the Year at the ANUSA Clubs and Societies Awards Night 2013. Under the leadership of President Muhamad Iswan, SSA has continued their drive for excellence in 2014. While continuing to take care of Singaporean students with careers fairs, orientation activities and their 49th National Day celebration, they have also been heavily engaged with the wider community, especially organising ANU’s biggest multicultural food festival ‘Night Market’, which brought together
RISING POWERS ASEAN Society ASEAN Society promotes Southeast Asia in the university community through academic, social and cultural events. While relatively young, having only been founded at the beginning of 2012, it has quickly gained ground and is now considered a rising power among national clubs at always been smooth however, with one of
several hundred people attend.
Hong Kong Student Society (HKSS) If you want people to come to your party, get HKSS to organise it for you. HKSS is one of the biggest players on campus because the size, enthusiasm and professionalism of their committee is without parallel. Planning for any event will commence months beforehand, with each event immediate few weeks leading up to their events, their marketing resembles an aerial bombing campaign: their posters will be seen absolutely everywhere. When the has been left to chance. For this reason, HKSS events – from their Welcome Party to Hotpot, Singing Contest to Cocktail Party While amazing social events are their specialty, HKSS has never been afraid to take the lead in speaking out on political issues or issues concerning Hong Kong. This has included a vigil for victims on the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre and a protest against Chinese National Education lessons in Hong Kong secondary schools.
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its biggest challenges in 2013 overcoming the perception that its events were heavily academic or intellectual. To combat this, ASEAN Society has undergone a makeover in 2014, actively working with other clubs in large-scale and engaging social and cultural events including Lunar New Year, Night Market, the Eid al-Fitr Festival and Holi & Songkran. successfully organised the Asia Singing Contest, its answer to Eurovision, and will Party with the Hong Kong Student Society and Taiwanese Students’ Association on Friday 10 October. However, it has not lost sight of its original mandate of organising academic events as well as social and cultural. It is currently organising a public
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International Student Clubs (Beginning from top left, going clockwise) Singapore Students’ Society, ASEAN Society, Indonesian Students’ Society, Pakistan Students’ Association, Vietnamese Students’ Society, Japan Club and Hong Kong Student Society. Photos courteusy of ANDALEEB AKHAND.
lecture on democracy in Thailand with the ANU Thai Association.
Indonesian Students’ Association (ISA)
ASEAN Society’s journey has still some distance to cover. But it is well on its way up.
The Indonesian Students’ Association’s rise to prominence in 2014 has been akin to a complete revolution. Last year it was very insulated from the rest of the university. No one outside the Indonesian student community could tell you what was happening with the ISA.
Japan Club Japan Club’s rise in the ANU student community can be traced back to the leadership of former President Akira Kinefuchi in 2013. His determination and quest to make Japan Club an outstanding club has been continued under current President Joshua Pako in 2014. “Active” is probably understating Japan Club’s calendar of events. Japanese language exchange and movie nights are held every week, and it is no accident that their events, including its Semester 1 Welcome Party, Cosplay Party and Trivia Night, have seen attendance in the hundreds. The success of their events are always the result of long and deliberate planning, innovative marketing and a keen appreciation for what their members want. What most distinguishes Japan Club from other clubs however, is the sheer diversity itself to merely doing social events, as safe as that would be. Whether it is playing in softball tournaments or conducting public lectures on Japanese militarism in the 1930s, Japan Club is willing to do unusual events “peak student-run Japan-related interest group at the ANU”. And you know what top. Watch out for Japan Club, these guys are going places.
This year under the leadership of President Gatra Priyandita, it has rebranded itself to its Indonesian constituency, but also to promote Indonesia to the wider ANU community. With a lot of ground to cover, ISA has wasted no time. ISA has hosted two large-scale events: the Indonesian Charity Festival and ISA Talent Show. It has regular Indonesian language exchange, academic lectures and screenings of award-winning other student organisations in joint events, including the Eid al-Fitr Festival and the upcoming Southeast Asian Cultural Festival. Much like the actual Republic of Indonesia, we should expect great things from ISA in the near future.
CLUBS TO KEEP AN EYE ON Vietnamese Students’ Association (VSA) The VSA has been around for some time now, having been formed in 2012. However, was rather limited, due mainly to a small committee.
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However, in 2014 the VSA has regrouped, determined to give Vietnam a stronger voice at the ANU. Their executive now comprises 9 passionate individuals. It has had a complete rebranding, with their committee shirts and new banner making even established clubs envious. They World Cup, and have participated or are participating in joint events like Lunar New Year, Night Market and the Southeast Asian Cultural Festival. Their Vietnamese language exchange program has just been launched and VSA will be hosting Universal Lunch Hour in Week 5. If you haven’t heard of VSA yet, take note now, because these guys are going to bring the best of Vietnam to ANU.
Pakistan Students’ Association (PSA) Under the leadership of former President Iqra Abedin in Semester 1, 2014 and current President Aurangzeb Alam in Semester 2, PSA has been set on a very active path. This has included hosting its Welcome Party, screening of the T20 cricket match between Pakistan and India, co-hosting Holi & Songkran and the Eid al-Fitr Festival, and participating in joint events like Lunar New Year and Night Market. Its committee is small but determined, and PSA is going to make sure the Pakistani spirit continues to stay alive at the ANU.
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“IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY...” CALLUM FORBES Hi Woroni, We came across the FETCH for ANUSA group earlier in the week and were indeed surprised to see such similar campaign branding being used. It is said that imitation is the sincerest form of impressed with the branding and design I election in 2013.
posters using the FETCH design.
Cheers, Callum Forbes FETCH Campaign Manager
A RESPONSE FROM FETCH FOR ANUSA OSCAR MORGAIN Dear Woroni, Woroni understands making a digital campaign with the whole team in the initial stages, I can promise that we came up with the FETCH
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SATIRE One wintery afternoon, Fling through suggestions on its Tinder account when suddenly, SwipeRight #liberal appeared on his screen. Fling just couldn’t resist SwipeRight’s call to do just that.
Fling was presented with the interests, such as ANUSA, power, how the encounter would unfold. heat.
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DIVESTMAN “As a superhero deeply concerned about the future of the planet, my glorious vision for the future of the ANU can be encapsulated in the simple desire for ANU to stop its investments in coal and coal seam gas. I solemnly pledge, if elected, to transform ANU into a paradise of cli-
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mate activism. For if ANU is to preserve its integrity as a leading institution in Australian public life, it must exemplify a commitment to social justice and responsibility. To invest the money of its students in these destructive industries is not merely reckless – it is contributing to the greatest catastrophe of our time. Dearest students, join me in voting YES! in the upcoming the referendum for a Fossil Free ANU! “
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POLICIES CONNECT #1.
Department Funding
Connect recognises and celebrates our campus’ diversity. As such, an important policy to the CONNECT team is the ANUSA Department Funding. Developed in consultation with the Departments’, our policy promotes autonomy ability at all levels of our organisation. #2.
Student Engagement
Woroni brings you a summary of the policy platforms of the ten tickets running in this year’s ANUSA’s elections, to help voters make an informed choice at the ballot box from the 20th-25th of August.
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SWIPERIGHT #LIBERAL
#1 Preserving the quality of YOUR ANU education As it stands, our central concern for all ANU students is a decreasing regard for the value of undergraduate education being provided at the ANU. As ANUSA is the peak advocacy body for students, we are proposing to utilize the enormous number of intelligent and engaged students ANUSA has, as well as students from across the whole campus, to come together and show that ANU students wont stand for a devaluation of their education by running DIY
gether. Student Engagement is keystone policy
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dergraduate student, international or domestic is aware of the services available and sees ANUSA as a reliable body to create change on campus. Connect sees greater marketing, more
#2 An Adult Approach to Alcohol at the ANU
internal structure as a key to making ANUSA
liquor statutes have made this year one of the hardest for many halls, colleges, clubs and societies at the ANU. Students need to feel as if their university can trust them to act as sensible adults and because of this, Fetch supports an Alcohol Policy focused on responsible drinking in a culture where we as a student body can discuss the positives and negatives of our drinking culture, not stigmatise it.
#3.
Education
Education is why we are here, and with the student’s rights but also on utilizing ANUSA’s National Level to ensure that in the face of the reality we end up in, whether fee deregulation is passed through the Senate or not, students’ continue to have their rights and access to tertiary education prioritised. Additionally, we believe there are numerous changes ANU can make to improve the quality of education on campus, whether it be better online services or improved student representation at course and school levels.
At the ANU we’re all adults and as such it’s necessary to ensure the policies we advocate
#3 Improved collective funding model Fetch believes in a collective funding model that respects the autonomous views and values opportunity for funding to be delivered above the existing constitutional minimum. Fetch will implement a funding model, in consultation with our collectives, that will better serve their diverse needs.
1. End Parallel Import Bans on Textbooks: Swipe Right will advocate for the abolishment of Parallel Import Restrictions (PIRs) on textbooks at both the ANUSA and NUS level. Parallel Import Bans are nothing but an extra
Swipe Right supports the establishment of a Regional, Rural and Remote (RRR) Students order to cater for the special needs and wants of RRR Students. 3. Better Student Services and Amenities: Swipe Right believes that all students should have access to high quality services and amenities. This includes services such as advocating for study spaces on campus.
STUDENTS LOVE COAL Students Dig Coal promises to get your burn on. We promise to turn Union Court into an open cut coal mine, rename Bush Week ‘Deforest Week’ and make ANU (and reinvest in tobacco). We’re also promising exciting new social events, such as the ‘Frack Ball,’ we’ll upscale ‘Crash a Country Pub’ to ‘Repossess a Country Farm.’ So your planet is going to hell? Whatever! Let’s all stop pretending there’s anything we can do to keep fossil fuels in the ground percent. And whatever you do, don’t you dare vote YES in the referendum.
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Congratulations! You passed Torts!
You sold your soul for Toga Tickets.
Go to the ANU BAR. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance.
Go to BURGMANN COLLEGE. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance.
Chance Congratulations! You have been selected to represent the ANU in Lawn Bowls at UniGames. Go to ANU SPORT. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance.
Chance Your parents’ income tax threshold has increased. Go JOHNS XXIII COLLEGE. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance.
Chance Campus sucks. Go to FENNER HALL. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance.
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Chance You get sick and don’t have the willpower to write your assignments. Now you’re stuck IN BED. You must roll doubles to recuperate.
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You attend Griffin Hall Commencement. Go to UNIVERSITY HOUSE. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance.
Chance Your Collective just got $5,000 dollars in funding. Go to ANU BAR and buy everyone a jug. Keep the rest to distribute as you see fit ($12.50 per person).
Chance You have an assignment due tomorrow. Spend a turn in HANCOCK LIBRARY. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance.
Chance You just had sex! Now you’re stuck IN BED with someone at a college. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance. You must roll a double six to escape!
Chance Visit a friend at UNILODGE. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance. When you get there pay four times the rent.
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You participate in the Read-In.
Go support your college band at Big Night Out.
Go to the CHANCELRY. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance.
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Chance You ran in the ANUSA elections unopposed and won. Now someone wants to censure you. Go to bed for three turns. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance.
Chance Time for your cello lesson via skype. Go to THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance however pay each of the other players $50 for your squatting rights on Llewellyn Hall.
Chance Time for your 9am Lab. Go to THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance.
GO, do not collect Youth Allowance.
Chance You have a Refugee Law tutorial at 9AM, sucker!
Chance You took a selfie in Meche! Lose a turn.
Go to the LAW SCHOOL. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance but do $500 tax to stop the boats.
Chance It’s Market Day and you need a second-hand Kafka novel. Go to UNION COURT. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance.
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Chance You finally hookup with that beautiful blonde in your Pols tute. You are now IN BED. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance. Roll a 12 to get back onto Daley Road.
Chance You attend Gold Coin Yoga. Go to ANU SPORT. If you pass GO, do not collect Youth Allowance.
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Pay $150 in parking fines.
Community Chest You attend a 21st at Knightsbridge. Pay $50 for a round of Amaretto Sours.
Community Chest Time to buy your textbooks. Go to UNION COURT and pay $150.
Community Chest It’s ANUSA Election Week. You’ve unsuccessfully tried to dodge candidates in Union Court and are now 10 minutes late for your tutorial.
Community Chest You get kicked out of ANU Bar. Move back 2 spaces... But you’ve developed a cultfollowing of Griffin first-years. Move forward 6 spaces.
Community Chest You participate in a Psychology research project. Collect $10.
Community Chest You were part of a student protest. Nothing has changed.
Community Chest You sell your untouched $450 textbook. Collect $20.
Community Chest You go on University Exchange! Get $1500 from the VC for travel expenses.
Community Chest You get an HD! Move forward 3 spaces.
Continue as you were. Move back two spaces.
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Your parents find your name in your college yearbook’s Hook-Up Tree.
You register as an Independent for the ANUSA elections.
Move Back 3 spaces.
Collect $150 for campaigning expenses.
Community Chest You are elected Union Chair. Move Forward 3 spaces. You fail to bring Brodburger to campus.Move back 6 spaces.
Community Chest You buy coffee from Degree. Move back 2 spaces.
Community Chest You wrote an article for Woroni! Go rejoice in the sense of pride you now feel.
Community Chest You walk into Mooseheads on a Johns’ night. Go back 5 spaces and pay $20.
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Community Chest You download too much porn from DC, your computer is broken. Pay $2500.
Community Chest Your phone gets stolen in Civic. Move back 3 spaces.
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Time for your cello lesson via skype. Go to THE OFinto MUSIC. If You gotSCHOOL accepted you pass GO, do not collect Youth Honours! Move forward 2 Allowance however pay each of the spaces. other players $50 for your squatting rights on Llewellyn Hall.
Community Chest
You have one overdue library book!
You got lost on campus and you are scared.
Go to Johns.
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Call ANU Security to come and rescue you. Pay $30.
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With HOTEL $1275. Mortgage Value $150. Houses cost $200. each Hotels, $200. plus 4 houses
If a player owns ALL the Lots of any Colour-Group, the rent is Doubled on Unimproved Lots in that group.
If a player owns ALL the Lots of any Colour-Group, the rent is Doubled on Unimproved Lots in that group.
$130. $390. $900. $1100.
With HOTEL $1200. Mortgage Value $140. Houses cost $150. each Hotels, $150. plus 4 houses
With 1 House With 2 Houses With 3 Houses With 4 Houses
If a player owns ALL the Lots of any Colour-Group, the rent is Doubled on Unimproved Lots in that group.
With HOTEL $1400. Mortgage Value $160. Houses cost $200. each Hotels, $200. plus 4 houses
With 1 House With 2 Houses With 3 Houses With 4 Houses
RENT $34 $150. $450. $1000. $1200.
RENT $32
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$120. $360. $850. $1025.
PARSA
With 1 House With 2 Houses With 3 Houses With 4 Houses
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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
ANUSA
If a player owns ALL the Lots of any Colour-Group, the rent is Doubled on Unimproved Lots in that group.
$90. $250. $700. $875.
If a player owns ALL the Lots of any Colour-Group, the rent is Doubled on Unimproved Lots in that group.
With 1 House With 2 Houses With 3 Houses With 4 Houses
If a player owns ALL the Lots of any Colour-Group, the rent is Doubled on Unimproved Lots in that group.
$70. $200. $550. $750.
With HOTEL $1050. Mortgage Value $110. Houses cost $150. each Hotels, $150. plus 4 houses
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With HOTEL $950. Mortgage Value $90. Houses cost $100. each Hotels, $100. plus 4 houses
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With HOTEL $1100. Mortgage Value $120. Houses cost $150. each Hotels, $150. plus 4 houses
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With HOTEL $650. Mortgage Value $50. Houses cost $50. each Hotels, $50. plus 4 houses
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bruce hall
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$30. $90. $270. $400.
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WHEN SCIENCE GET S SIC K XÉNIA WEBER If you think you know how to allocate billions of dollars worth of Science and Research funding
if you circled all or none of the above Science Council responsible for devising a National Science Strategy.
Xenia Weber explains the current malaise that despite investing around the OECD
“Funding science without a Imagine you have $8.6 billion sitting in university tuition (even accounting for future fee deregulation), purchasing all the recommended overpriced never-to-beopened mammoth textbooks, binging on
why are we still one of only three OECD countries who are too scared to even attempt
for you and your friends, you still have money left. So, you decide to give it all
a) Environment: e.g. drilling through 1000 years of ice on James Ross Island, Antarctica
(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) average of 2.2% of our gross domestic product on Science
A National Science Strategy should engage best placed to evaluate promising projects and emerging issues to be researched. It should identify a short and targeted list public funding, explicitly outline the role of private industry and the not-forapplied research (currently sitting at 1:4), select priority disciplines for science education funding and outline the policy over the coming decades to achieve our goals (e.g. competitive Australian Research Council grants and institutions such as the CSIRO). A long-term, transparent and clear encourage international collaborative R&D
b) Biology: e.g. tracking the movement of grazing sea urchins (Centrostephanus c) Physics: e.g. continuing the search for exoplanets at Siding Spring Observatory, NSW d)
Engineering:
e.g.
reducing
the
has decided not to devise any long-term project outcomes, so as to prove ourselves
do get the most out of $8.6 billion (total Australian government Science, Research and Innovation support 2013).
Whilst there is undoubtedly a lot of excellent Australia today and a legacy of fantastic
As Chubb commented in his 5th National protein and amyloid in the development of Alzheimer’s
and ex-Vice Chancellor, Professor Ian
f) Other: ______________________
risk by not deciding upon a strategic
the majority of Australians, according to
from committing to a healthy diet rich in evaluations across the sector, the single
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M A R G A R E T T H O R N T O N In this week’s faces of ANU David Tuckwell speaks candidly with Margaret Thornton, Professor of Law here at the ANU. They cover the corporatization of Australian Universities, the homogenization of Australian Law Schools and the serious implications of deregulation. Thornton’s most recent book, Privatising the Public University: The Case of Law, was published by Routledge in 2012.
order to practise law, an individual DT: As well as students, you believe that corporatising universities has institution in Australia teaches these
Students then think in order to get a these basic courses: advanced torts classes and accept this even though
David Tuckwell (DT): In your recent book Privatising the Public University successive governments have forced universities to act more and more like law schools? Margaret Thornton (MT): Because
“Corporatisation encourages self-promotion at the expense of the
DT: What do you make of Joe Hockey’s budget, especially with regards to deregulating fees?
DT:
Whereas
many
people
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‘Ceci n’est pas Margaret Thornton’ illustration by ABIGAIL WIDIJANTO
engendered huge optimism for using law as a means of social change. But in terms of governance structures I think democracy and collective action were important: people got together and made decisions. Well I rarely see that today. Instead we have this top-down management. So VCs are paid huge salaries, which wasn’t the case in the past; they weren’t compared to CEOs of business like they are today. Not only that, but VCs are now surrounded by a bevy of Pro-Vice-Chancellors, Deputy ViceChancellors; the numbers become greater and greater. So a huge amount of money moves to the top and where decisions are made. The notion of line management makes it hard for those at the pyramidal base to play a role in decision-making. Corporatisation for individuals at the expense of the common good. DT: You also argue that a lot of the auditable university metrics – such as output, league tables and citation counts – are not a fair or accurate way of assessing academic work. MT: I think this is an extraordinary change that has occurred, this movement towards league tables. And it has occurred only in the last decade or so in Australia – the idea that you’re going to be able to compare universities all over the world. So you see things like a VC might say, “We were number 49 last year and we aim to reach Harvard and Yale”. But what sort of things do these league tables compare? They only
look at certain characteristics. They don’t look at things like diversity, or how women might be treated within the institution. So if a university has been good at something like community outreach that can be discounted.
“The system encourages termism as opposed to thinking more deeply about the nature of knowledge and the big questions. ” DT: You talk about the idea that academics have plenty of free time as being a bit of misconception. Can you talk about the work hours? MT: Academia, a bit like the legal profession, has become a job that is pretty much 24/7; the monkey is always on one’s back. You can’t really relax because there is so much to do. And you have to perform – this notion of performativity I think is very important. And to show that you’re productive you have to prove that you are doing things all the time. A lot of things academics do there is no evidence to show for it, such as the pastoral care of students or promoting discussion. The notion that prevails is that you’ve got to always have an output. So you’ve always got to be producing 31
things, writing papers, producing Ph.D completions to be able to count them. George Orwell quipped that “the instinct to perpetuate useless work” was driven by the fear that it would be “dangerous if [people] had leisure”. Do you think keeping academics busy is partly strategy for keeping them under control? MT: It probably is. It means that one the situation in which one is working and to be able to make judgments about things and be able to resist. There has been little resistance to what has happened, which I think is disappointing. DT: David Graeber once said: “[academics] have been reduced to the equivalent of medieval scholastics, writing endless annotations of French theory from the seventies, despite the guilty awareness that if new incarnations of Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, or Pierre Bourdieu were to appear in the academy today, we would deny them tenure.” MT: I think that’s probably right where is the tickable box for thinking? Scholars of the past like Aristotle spent a few years thinking about things before writing about it. Now you have to show you’re accountable for what you’ve done throughout the year. The system termism as opposed to thinking more deeply about the nature of knowledge and the big questions. So I agree with that comment.
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DR. SAM PRINCE
ON E N T R E P R E N E U R S H I P, PHIL ANTHRO P Y A N D T H E PHILOSOPHY OF LEADERSHIP BUSINESS IDEAS SERIES If you live in Canberra, chances are you have had a burrito from Zambrero, mexican quick service restaurants. If you are at ANU, chances are you have also heard of Dr. Sam Prince ,the founder of Zambrero.
ABIGAIL WIDIJANTO Katie Radojkovic, who helped develop Zambrero’s products and to this day remains a close friend. On the other hand,
view to philanthropy,” he explains. In Prince’s view, “There is no onus on people operating in free markets to give back.”
“nitwit restaurant manager” who was part of the operation in Zambrero’s early days.
For Prince, his philanthropy tells the story of something “authentic in [his] own experience”. Prince’s family comes from Sri Lanka and their story is “a migrant story and a beautiful struggle”. Prince recognises the importance of human rights, healthcare and the free education that helped his family escape poverty, and these things were “a kindness to my family passed on to me and my sister - and I choose to continue to make it a part of my story. Entrepreneurship and philanthropy, in my world, are linked.”
alumnus, he is well-known on campus philanthropy. His story is one to inspire other young adults to take on the challenge of starting a business. Prince started Zambrero when he was 21 years old. It should be noted, however, that most entrepreneurs exhibit entrepreneurial behaviour long before they embark on tell the story of his 11-year-old self buying two trash-and-treasure bikes at Canberra’s Jamison Markets for $5 a pop. He then went to a bike shop and, with an additional $20, traded the two bikes in for a brand new mountain bike worth $250. His enterprising streak would only continue from there. At the age of 21, Prince was at Medical School and worked as a chef in a Mexican restaurant to pay his way through university. It was in that restaurant that he found his passion for Mexican food and for the customers that came to the restaurant. This passion for the product and service is evident in both Zambrero and Mejico - the latter being his Mexican market-to-table restaurant in Sydney. St, Braddon, in 2005. As Prince tells it, it was a “bootstrap” start-up with only $12,000 of funds, but money was not the biggest issue. “Choosing the right people is the major challenge,” says Prince, “It is an art in itself and is not something taught in Med School.” Sam started Zambrero with
“You can get into bed with the wrong people,” Prince says, “But eventually, you start making more right decisions than wrong decisions.” Prince attributes his success to “structure, discipline, picking the right people and [creating] the right culture.” Zambrero Braddon would eventually gain a cult following and pave way for more restaurants in Canberra and throughout the country.
“Eventually, you start making more right decisions than wrong decisions.” Prince “structure, discipline, picking the right people and [creating] the right culture.” Apart from his fresh Mexican franchise and restaurant, Prince is deeply involved in social entrepreneurship and philanthropy. Prince created The Emagine Foundation - which has equipped rural Sri Lankan villages with IT learning centres to promote education - and is also Chairman of One Disease - which aims to eradicate infectious diseases in Australia and to improve the health of remote Indigenous communities. Nonetheless, Prince argues that entrepreneurship does not necessarily imply philanthropy. “I take an unconventional
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Prince’s advice to students who wish to pursue entrepreneurship is well thoughtout and strongly philosophical. “One lesson that I learnt once from an entrepreneur is that if you’re a smart kid, then you will lead. No question about that. But when you’re in a room full of leaders, who will lead the leaders? “It’s a philosophical thing. It comes down to someone saying, ‘I have a value set. I’ve thought about it, and through introspection, analysis and examination of my life, I have come to a set of coherent life philosophies. I’ve tested them out and I believe them and will stick to them more strongly than anyone else in the room. So when the world is burning and the chips are down, I will stick to my value set. If you believe in me then you will be led by me.’” Prince says that aspiring entrepreneurs need to “understand that the road is hard” and that they will face “competing interests.” In the face of such challenges, “Your compass is your value set.”
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CAMPUS STYLE
Nikita Holcombe & Adriana Cleaver (photos)
Canberra’s winter this year, and every other year has been particularly cold. In this gloomy weather the go-to colours are dark and dismal, but a few have stood against the chill and have worn the brightest pieces of apparel that’s has been buried in the depths of their wardrobes.
Painting Honours student, Cat Mueller, beams in radiant winter woollies in yellows and pinks from head to toe, which provides a grand contrast to her jet-black leggings.
Leonie is currently doing an internship in Canberra from France. Pairing a brilliant burnt orange jumper with a deep green parker, it is no surprise that “winter colours are not (her) colours”.
Roseanna aka Bambi is a Visual Arts student majoring in Photo media. It seems that there isn’t a colour that Bambi wont wear. Balancing a magenta tight and turquoise top, with a more subtle shoe, and a deeper tone jacket.
FA S H I O N I S TA OF THE WEEK. GOWRIE VARMA.
Executive authority was exercised during the selection of the coveted title of ‘Fashionista Of The Week’. Gowrie’s performance chairing the ANUSA OGM showed how the ANUSA g e n e r a l secretary elegantly balances form, function and fun. Here she tone-blocks with peep toe heels, a light grey skirt, a beautifully
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HOROSCOPES
CREATIVE WRITING
THE RETROGRADE MYSTICS
EAGLES
Aries smoking is not good
WINNER OF THE 2014 INTERHALL POETRY SLAM
I wish all my friends could transform into eagles.
get an ash tray now Taurus bullheaded bullshit hemingway hates you
I know it sounds crazy, to wish they could soar high above the spine of the world, a cresting wave of bone and talon above bastions of pine and rock and cold mountain glen. To wish they could become arrowheads in the dawn, raw and torsional,
Gemini opalescent dream a shimmering oasis your barren desert Cancer watch the precipice yearning is unbecoming ice ribbon unspools Leo vikings on rough seas eating pickles and seaweed this is your nightmare Virgo may your spleen shatter eat and choke on your glasses you are so hollow Libra hibernate softly5 swallow idiotic pride please stop reading hobbes Scorpio the work piles up high and topples atlas shrugging organize yourself
and intangible joy for everyone around me. I wish the child outside my balcony, who crushes stray acorns with the roots of his heels, I hope the pretty girl down the corridor, who hums of jezebels and vinyl tracks, converts everyone to veganism with her awkward, waning smile. And I wish you could tell me all your funny little stories, or the reason you collected a hundred cicada shells in the jars on your windowsill. Instead of just the sad ones. Instead of just the lonely ones. Like the time the doctors said your muscles wouldn’t grow, or the time the ballet teacher stretched your knee joints too far, or the time the sun burnt your skin so badly and scoured a hundred hot volts of electricity down your shoulders.
Sagittarius
I wish the lovers could be caught in the unyielding tenderness of their skin
they lick your naked body incineration
And I wish all my friends could transform into eagles.
Capricorn patience is virtue spinning old vinyl records the paint peels from walls Aquarius long walks and bath bombs cold lover always waiting drinking jack daniels Pisces hi hello hello odiferous vagina bad decisions made
I think that’s really all I want, to have been worth a damn to all these people in my life. Wishing and wishing and wishing till everyone I know soar as birds do in the frozen air, washed in the colour play of their feathers. But I think I know the truth, that even if I’m gone, somewhere out there, colonies of birds are screeching through the sky, While I’ll just be sitting here on a park bench, with sparrows circling the bread crumbs in front of me.
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PROCRASTINATION IS
THE DEVIL
SATIRE
GIORDI BORZUOLA
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procrastination however, the temptation to forgo the attainment of your full potential in favour of a cat video on Youtube means that you’re the perfect candidate to be Obama’s faithful worker bee.
I read earlier this week that a satirical Christian website run in America has accused Barack Obama of deliberately spreading the Ebola virus so he can infect Americans, kill Jesus and establish a ”New Age of Liberal Darkness”. It got me thinking, if we’ve missed this obvious fact, what other heinous crimes has Obama committed right under our nose? With that in mind, I would like to talk about procrastination.
“Procrastination is actually a powerful societal force, administered by Obama, designed to keep the status quo in place.”
I will prove to you that the harmless pastime known as procrastination is actually a powerful societal force, administered by Obama, designed to keep the status quo in place. All the hallmarks for a great conspiracy are there: motive, method and even science to back it up. In this scenario where Obama is in fact using procrastination to maintain the status quo, one has to ask themselves... what’s in it for him? Surely if everyone in society used their spare time being productive rather than procrastinating then the economy Basically a society needs workers. It’s no good for everyone to be the best they can be because before long everybody will be too good to do the menial jobs that keeps a society ticking over. By using the power of
After motive, we must establish method. The answer is simple and is a staple in every good conspiracy theory: brainwashing. The only question is, how do you brainwash
a society without them realising they’re being brainwashed? The answer is three words that will chill you to your core: Neil. Patrick. Harris. In How I Met Your Mother, NPH is very rarely, if ever, shown to be working. In fact, up until the last season, no one even knows what he does for a living. He puts until the later seasons, he spends all his spare time in bars destroying the brain cells that he might otherwise use to disturb the status quo, and throughout the show, this behaviour is repeatedly referred to as “awesome”. This pattern is repeated until you, the viewer, subconsciously associate procrastinating with being “awesome”.
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Even his catchphrase is a subliminal message. Ladies and gentlemen prepare yourselves, because I am about to open your eyes. Think back. What is Barney Stinson’s catchphrase? Do you remember? “It’s going to be legen-waitforit-dary”. Wait. For. It. Whatever task you’ve been putting the rabbit hole goes. If you can’t trust Neil Patrick Harris, whom can you trust? You know what the kicker is? It’s so obvious! We’ve all been so blind. In How I Met Your Mother, NPH has a black brother. You know who else is black? Obama. Let that sink in. So we have motive and we have method; now all we need is the science. In evolutionary biology there is a concept known as “stabilising selection”. Stabilising selection is the notion that a particular trait in a population may evolve to become more uniform throughout that population. In this case, the trait in question is time spent procrastinating. As I’ve already discussed, it is not advantageous to have a society that is top heavy, but on the other hand, if too many people are at the opposite extreme well. In this model, procrastination is a middleclass delight for people living hand-tomouth to aspire too, but it is also an anchor that keeps that same middle-class from overstepping their suburban bounds. We have motive. We have method. We have science to back it up. Ladies and gentlemen I give you the procrastocracy.
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