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jJ ·Affiliation offers new dimension in learning In his speech at the affiliation ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor, ProfessorLogan, said it gave him great pleasure to announce the merger, which wouldeventually lead to the designation of the Gippsland Institute as a College ofMonash University.In taklna tbis step, Monash has recognisedsome important new directions intertiary educ.tlon at the national level,especially those involviol efforts to increase.he overall participation of tbepopulaCion in tertiary education.The affiliation of Monash and Gippslandcan achieve that through a range ofopportunities in distance education, increasedflexibility in credit transfer andaccess to greater resources in terms ofspace and staff.In panicular. the affiliation will improvethe access of both young andmature students to Monash's courses inscience and technology and the professions,another key concern of Government.In negotiating the affiliation withGippsland, at Monash we have recognisedthe important areas of common interestbetween us and GippslandInstitute.We both serve the population of thesouth...eastern part of the state, not onlyin terms of student demand, but in otherways like hospital services where theMonash Medical Centre acts as the keyelement in the state's medical infrastructurein this part of Victoria.The energy and technology base of theGippsland economy has attracted the attentionof Monash staff in recent years.We have a major interest in coal to oiltechnology and offshore engineering; inother courses across the university,Gippsland figures prominently in bothMONASH REPORTERresearch and teaching.The links between us will be facilitatedby present-day improvements tothe road system, which will eventuallyprovide a direct freeway link almostdoor-to-door.In more general terms we also shareother characteristics in common.Both Monash and Gippsland have putconsiderable effort into attracting disadvantagedgroups into tertiary study,with special attention to mature·agestudents, Aborigines and students fromdisadvantaged schools.Monash has also been conscious thatGippsland is a college with considerablesupport in its regional community. Thi~will become a most important dimensionin the immediate future as tertiaryeducation moves closer to its variousclient groups.The Gippsland Institute has heen aleader in this activity, and its experience will be valuable to the development of Monash. Perhaps the most important potential in the affiliation lies in the experience and resources that Gippsland can pro­vide Monash in distance education. StrengthenDistance education is critical to nationalobjectives in improving the participationin tertiary studies. as it providesopportunities not only for those inrural areas, but also those whosechances to, attend standard tertiary institutionsare limited by work or homecommitments.Monash can make a major contribu·tion through distance education, as itcan offer a broad range of courses,especially in professional areas and inscience and t,echnology.An important contribution will be in continuing education, through profes­sional upgrading in areas such as law, medicine and management. as well as specialised courses in new and emerging areas like Asian languages. tourism and information science. In this way, the affiliation betweenMonash and Gippsland Institute providesa new direction in distance education,as Monash's breadth in subject offeringshas not previously been available,to students t,hroughout Australia.This will strengthen the contributiontertiary education can make to therestructuring of Australia's economy.Work for this approach has' alreadystarted with new courses in social work being available this year across Victoria, through the collaboration of tbeMonash Social Work Department and /Gippsland Institute.JFinally it is important to see thisaffiliation as a step towards improvingthe links between the various componentsof tertiary education in thisslate.For too long each institution has beenplanned separately and operated independently.which has not been to thebenefit of students.The latter often need more flexibilityand the confidence they can start at onelevel and if successful move on toanother level at another institution.This is especially important foryounger rural area students who maywant to study closer to home for, say.first and second year, but then look for abroader set of options and perhaps thescope to go on to honors or even a­higher degree which may only be availableat a metropolitan university.At the same time, some students maya course by distance e4ucation~but then move over to finish the courseat another location.. The affiliation we have. negotiatedwith Gippsland Institute provides: thescope to set out conditions'so these new 'approaches can he followed and so wiD,provide an important new developmentin the organisation of tertiary educationin Victoria.Pqe6....• •~A·FRIDAY, • . 'You are not losing an institute, but gaining a universCLOCKWISE FROM LEFT:• Student representatives Fatima Alisak(chairperson. Monash Association ofStudents) and Peter Shacldock (president),Gippsland Institute Union) sign the affiliationdocument.• Mr Crofton Halsell, President of theCouncil of Gippsland Institute, left, and theDeputy Chancetlor of Monash University, MrAmotd Hanoock, eicCha~ documents at thecompletion of the formal~ie•.• The Vice-Chancellor of Monash. ProfessorMal Logan.• Mr John Dawkins, Minister for Education,Employment and Training.._ Part of the Gippsland campus.• The Director.of the Gippsland Instnute, Dr:rom I\:ennedy. .• Staff from . Monash . and Gippslandattended the ceremony. .• Above' Gippsland students . could notresist the opportunity to remind Mr Dawkinsof their dissatisfaction with the tertiary tax.Photos ­ Tony Mf.....MARCH 1919

1ER.SITYV'ANC::ED EDUCATIONEREMONY KUM. I 1989'Major outcome of Green and White Papers' The Director of the Gippsland Institute, Dr Tom Kennedy, said he believed the association with Monash was in the "regional, state and national" interest. Tbis Affillallon Ceremony Is a majorand positive outcome of the Green andWhile Papers released by Mr Dawkins.In these papers a new vision has beenoutlined for a Unified National Systemwhich will take us into the next centuryand beyond.Mr Dawkins has argued that highereducation, among its many roles, has tomake a more dynamic contribution tothe development of a more highly skilledand nexible workforce to assist in therestructuring of the Australianeconomy.He has also argued that the distinctionbetween universities and colleges of advancededucation should be less apparentand, by preserving the strengthsof both systems, there should be a processof bringing together the importantwork of our higher education institutions.We essentially agree with the majorthrusts of these papers.society. must respond to this pressingneed, and we support the bringingtogether of the university and collegesystems.Research undertaken by the GraduateCareers Council of Australia has shownthat college graduates have beenwelcomed and accepted by industry andprofessional bodies. This is important.as not many people fully realise that themajority of higher education studentstoday are presently in the advancededucation network.Colleges such as the Gippsland lnsti.­tute have also been involved in appliedresearch and have been making animportant contribution to industry andeconomic development.Mr Dawkins' plan has called for therationalisation of external studies inAustralia with the proposal that the present40 or so providers of externalstudies in Australia be significantlyreduced.As the sixth or seventh largest providerof external studies in Australia, wehave carefully considered this part of hisplan.this institute to open up higher educationto the wider Gippsland community.The success of this program wasrecognised when, in 1982, the StateGovernment directed the GippslandInstitute to become a state-wide providerof external studies in Victoria.We have been committed to openingup higher education to the rural populationof Victoria. to shift workers, and tothose who - because of family or worksituations - have not been able to attendtraditional on-campus courses.The Gippsland economy, with itsenergy. timber and agricultural industries,is very sensitive to the worldstudies in Victoria has been acknow­. Our pioneering work in externaleconomy, and we share the understandingthat Australia has to improve itsWithout external studies the Gippsledgedthroughout Australia.competitive position.Given the dispersed population of the land Institute could not fulfil its mission.and a major factor in our decisionWe accept that higher education, Gippsland region. external studies wasalong with other institutions in our adopted by the foundation Council of to seek an association with Monash Universitywas the commitment by Monashto distance education.This commitment enables the GippslandInstitute to join with Monash Universityto extend the range of educationalopportunities. not only for thepeople of Gippsland and of Victoriabut. as a Distance Education Centre. forthe resi of the· nation.It. will also enable the two institutionsto extend their role in the Asia/Padficregion.MoriaSh offers Gippsland a depth andbreadth of experience, ·resources andexpertise that will enhance our role.Above all, Mo:nash has ·a richly:deserved international reputation forlearning and research that will · place ushere in Gippsland in the forefront ofhigher education in Australia.MONASH REPORTER Page' MARCHI,",/

Haute cuisine down the centuries goes on show at Monash A selection of rare cookery books spanning four centuries, Including abook of recipes published In 1654 and a compilatioa of dishes written by asoldier ia a Japanese prison camp, forms the current exbibltlon la tbe MainLibrary.Penny Fisher: star archivist Penny Fisher died .fter • lon& illnesson Tuesday, 3] January 1989; she was35.She had graduated in Economics fromthis university in 1974 and in the sameyear joined Australian Archives (VictorianBranch). There she came underthe tutelage of Margaret Jennings(Records Management Officer. Universityof Melbourne) whom she was to succeedas officer in charge of the Surveyand Disposal Section in 1978.A foundation member of the AustralianSociety of Archivists (1975), Pennywas secretary of the ASA MelbourneBranch in 1979 and convener in 1980.' During 1980-1981 she also led thecommittee responsible for the biennialnational conferenceof the ASA in 1981.The success of this conference confirmedher place in tbe resj>ect and affectionof her professional community.Penny succeeded Doug Bishop asMonash University Records.Officer andArchivist in November 1981 .Always charming and astute, sheworked hard to improve conditions forher staff and raise the status of herdepartment.She solved a most pressing short·termstorage difficulty by converting currentrecords housings from over SO fourdrawercabinets to lateral filing unitswhich effectively doubled storagecapacity within one-third of the spaceoccupied by the old cabinets.At the same time she reviewed thewhole of the administrative correspondenceseries, retiring hundreds of inactivefiles and restructuring others,pending long-looked-for conversion toMONASH REPORTERthe computerised file registration systemrecently implemented by Kerry Gordon.Amongst other things, Penny played aleading role in developing universityprocedures relating to the implementationof Freedom of Information legislationafter 1982.Tragically, her health began to deterioratein 1985. She left Monash inMarch 1986 but continued to work as aconsultant for more than a year.In the firmament of records adminis~tration specialists working in Australiantertiary educational institutions, PenntFisher was a star.ADa MitdlellRecords M ....(IH/ ArehivistMo...... UniversityLock up yourgarden shedOne of Australia's most unusualsc.lpt.~ competitions Is OR aaua.The IPEX Sculpture Award '89 hasonly one requirement: the sculpturesmust be made from plumbing materials- anything from plungers, taps andgratings to piping. traps and toiletbowls.The competition is open to all tertiaryart and sculpture students. First prize is$1000 cash.Application forms are available fromBruce Pollack Management, 47 ElizabethSt, Paddington, NSW 2021, telephone(02) 331 5276. Applications closeon 21 July.PaceSThe valuable collection was donatedto Monash by Sandy Michell, a wellknownMelbourne cookery expert whois also an honors student in history alMonash. (Her thesis? Bread in the 18thcenlury in Paris, of course.)The exhibition includes five books byCareme, a French chef who made hismark on his country's culinary hislory inthe early 19th century when he startedusing sophisticated menus matched byelaborate table centrepieces made entirelyof food .Haute cuisine, says Ms Michell , beganwith Careme, who was known at thetime as "the king of cooks and the cookof kings".Another book in the display reneclsthe less fortunate side of life. Publishedin France in 179S during a bread shortage,it is devoted entirely to recipes usingpotatoes.Ms Michell began collecting earlycookery books when, as a student at theEcole Cordon Bleu in Paris, she chancedupon a small bookshop in Paris whichhad cornered the gastronomy market.Many titles later, Ms Michell decidedto donate part of the collection (0Monash after it was threatened withdestruction during some homerenovations.The rescued books provide an inlerestinglook at cookery through 'he ages."Many recipes haven't changed overhundreds of years, although they havegenerally become more specific," MsMichell says."In the 17th century, for instance, theauthors would suggest you take a pieceof veal. but if that wasn' t available.lamb or pork would do."The display of 69 books, 42 from MsMichell's donation to the library and (heremainder from her own collection, canbe viewed in the library's exhibhion sectionon the first noor until 30 April.• Top. Frutt and preserves 88 presented inNouvelle Instruclfon pour Les Confitures(1726).• Above. The redoublable Mrs HannahGlasse's Aft of Cookery was a best seller inthe 18th century.• Left. Mrs Isabella Beeton (1836-1865),author 01 the Book of Household Management,one of the most influential cookerybooks 01 her time.MARCH t989

Honorary doctorate for Monash graduate For tbe nnl time 81 Mo...... aD .0........, dodod'" has beea ........... to the International Wildlife Photo­ authored ·a hook on the Australian_ 01 tk aalvenhy's 0... gradat... • graphers' conference in Bristol). Antarctic explorer. Douglas Mawson.Cinematographer and scientific film _ for filming and producing three of tho He has produced and contributed to a Professor Muntz said.maker. David Damien Parer. who six programs making up the ABC large number of other rUms on a wide David Parer is tbe son of the distinguishedAustralian war cinemato­graduated B.Sc from Monash in 1967. Bicentennial ..ries. The Nature oj Aust11JiitJ(which recently won an award at awards. He and his wife also have co­ grapher. Darnien Parer.variety of topics, and has won manywas last week admitted to the desree ofDoctor of Science honoris CQUSQ at aScience graduation ceremony at RobertBlackwood Hall.In presenting him to the Chancellor,• David Parer on location.the Dean of SCience. Professor Muntz.said David Parer had a rare talent in thathe could communicate "the importarice~the interest and the eiegan,te" of scienceto the wider public.He had ""hieved distinction in Australiaand overseas ~ ~ producer andmaker of scientific films.Antarctic..After completing his first degree.majoring in Physics. David Parer workedas a cosmic ray physicist with the AnlarcticDivision of the Department ofScience at MawsOD until 1973. nProfesSorMuntz said.During his time in Antarctica. he alsoserved part-time as the offici.1 moviephotographer at the base • . making aseries of films on the·geological and geo"physical activities there and'"on the wildlifeand ecology of the region.He began his association with theABC when he was seconded to, itsNatural History Unit to superviseediting and post-production of two filmsin Antarctica, 'one of which won anaward from the Australian Film Institute.David Parer is perhaps best knownfor photographing tbe Australian andNew Guinean segments of the BBCdocumentary series Life on Earth. andStudentson exchange• The Education Abroad Pmgram at_this year attracted eighl_from .....-- univenlllies ­ stx from the.Un_oily 01 C8IIIomIa. one from RikkyoUniversI1y. Japan. and one from theUnNersIIy of llinolo. ~ forward to~ a year on campus 818. from left.Lara Oeraaary (Ber1

, , , Parking problems ... impllc:atlon of lb. beadU.. inT~eMolltlSh Report" 1-89 concerning parkiDawas allat the pressure 08 permit-oDIyareas IMt year was lueb ..... tbe committeeHhad Htde choice" but to CODvert the....... 11ft porklng area north of tbeM.tkm.tks bulldlnl to permit-onlydosiln••lon•Approximately _one·third of thatparking area in )988 was designatedpermit·only and the remainder as free·parking. The facts are that at no timeduring 1988 was the permit-only sectionfilled (generally during term it was lessthan SO per cent occupied), whereas, asone would expect, the free· parking sec·tion was invariably filled to capacity.During the year people who decidedthat the regular search for a free·parkingspace was not worth continuing foundthat, despite the fact that there wasalways considerable unoccupied space,they were not allowed to purchase a permitbecause "they had all been sold".What then has been done to resolvethe problems in the area and to ensurethat the space in this car park is moreeffectively used?DividedMy observations suggest that thechange in designation of the previouslyfree-parking section will result in the carpark being less utilised than in 1988, andtherefore pressure on other parkingareas will \)e increased.The change has increased the. avail·ability of a resource which was previouslygrossly under·utilised and at the sametime totally removed a resource forwhich demand far exceeded the supply.Rather than simply criticise what hasbeen done without offering some alternative,let me suggest an idea which thecommittee.might consider for the futureto try to overcome the general problemof balandng the varying demand withthe geographically distributed resources.Each sealed parking area should bedivided into four possible areas accordingto demand - numbered spaces,permit area, pennit overflow area, andfree·parking. Two classes of permitsshould be sold - designated space permit(at a premium price, say 52(0) anddesignated car park permit (at current orpossibly reduoed prioe).The premium permit would allowparking in 'the designated space, any permitarea, overflow pennit area or freeparkingarea.The designated car park permit wouldallow parking in the permit area of thedesignated car park or in overflow per;.mit areas of specified adjacent carparks.Permit requests will therefore have tonominate one or more ear parks andmaximum numbers of both types of permitwill be available for sale on a firstcome-first-servedbasis. The limits onthe permits sold for each car park wouldbe set according to demand so as to provideas far as possible an equitable servicefor each permit type irrespective ofthe location.[ believe that a scheme such as thiscould provide a much better balanoedparking environment around campus,would provide a premium service formany who would be prepared to pay forit (realising more finance for generalimprovement in parking facilities) whilemaintaining the low cost parking for thegeneral population of staff andstudents.Peler Howel[Computer Centre...and again Before work begins on the S10 milUonmulll..torey

a Upfront image for revue Whoa lb. nlal curtain f.U on Ill.Monasb PI.yen' production of Don'IWO"y /U Yuppie al lit. Alexud.rTII..tre, IN... ZnJlnd 1.I.vlslon I ..mmo.ed In 10 caplure lhe casl OD fUm.The team, from the current affairsprogram, Frontline, was putting ·together a program on tertiary tax - atopic which comes under heavy fire inthe show.According to Monash Players'spokesman, Ross Mollison, Don'/Worry Be Yuppie is "the most successfulMonash Revue to date"."We attacked the tertiary tax and itsinstigator, John Dawkins, in a conglomerateof sketches which were well received,"he said.··But we hadn't realised just how relevantundergraduate humor could be untilwe were approached by Frontline."After the curtain fell , the castprepared for another in-house performancewhich involved running aroundtrying to perform political parody whileignoring a cameraman and boommike. "Although the curtain has come downat Monash, Don', Worry Be Yuppie iscertainly not out. Apart from the Frontlineappearance (on a Sunday nightsoon) the show is now on a "TertiaryTour" of nine other Melbournecampuses.Historic autumnal visit to China AustnlU.'s springtime heralds anblsloric autumnal .1s11 to Chino byMonash University.In association with Nanjing University.Monash is organising a visit toChina from 16 September to 6 October1989. It's open to any graduate or staffmember of Monash or Gippsland Instituteof Education. and others associatedDegrees of safe sex EDITOR - In Gut Feelings (6 Jan·uary) John Hughes condemns thelabelling of sex with condoms as"safe sex", and states that sex with alifelong mutually monogamous partnershould be regarded as the onlyform of sex that is "safe" withrespect to the spread of HIV.However, even John Hughes' versionof safe sex is not entirely safe asthe lifelong partner may acquire HIVby a non-sexual route and thentransmit it sexually.Clearly, there are degrees of safetyand John Hughes' version of safe sexis safer than the condom version. Thereal question is how much safety dowe need? A simple answer is that thesafer the better, but the questiondeserves a quantitative answer.Consider the following simplifieddiscussion of the spread of HIVthrough the community.If each individual infected withHIV on average spreads the infectionto more than one other individual,then starting with one case of HIVinfection the numbers will increaseprogressively until eventually thewhole population is infected. Con·versely, if we start with a pool of HIVcases but on average each infectedperson passes the disease on to lessthan one other person, then theMONASH REPORTERwith both institutions.follow. The tour finishes in Beijing withThe tour leader is Mr John Fyfield, the exciting bonus of a two-night SIOpMformer Sub·Dean of the Faculty of over in Hong Kong.Education, who has led previous Because of Monash's close relationsuccessfultOurs to the People's ship with Nanjing University and otherRepublic.Chinese institutions, the group will beThe ancient city of Nanjing is the slar­ warmly welcomed, and will have specialting point, and visits to the neighboring opportunities - not usually available ­cities of Suzhou and Hangzhou will to visit schools and tertiary institutionsand to meet people involved in teaching,research and educational policyformulation.Five pre-departure briefing sessionshave been planned for the evenings of10. 17 and 24 and 31 August and 7 Sep.tember. They will be led by specialists inthe fields of politicoMcconomics. education,Chinese music and opera, art andgeography.Inquiries should be directed to JenniMfer Beck, Director of External Relationsand Alumni Affairs (ext 5(07) or JohnFyfield (tel. 807 3518 until 10 April).epidemic will taPer ··off and thedisease will eventually disappear.The average number of people aninfected heterosexual in the developedcountries infects in his/her remaininglifetime is unknown, but thefigure is thought to be close to thecritical value of one and is probably alittle above one at least for a morepromiscuous subset of the heterosexualpopulation.Given this situation, the widespreadadoption of a method whichresults in even a modest decrease inthe transmissibility of HIV will makean enormous difference to theultimate numbers of people infected.In real life, there are a number ofcomplicating factors and detailedmathematical modelling is requiredto predict the effccts of various levelsof condom use, but the basic conclusionthat increased condom use hasthe potential to abort the AIDSepidemic is likely to remainunchanged .O••id KoullDepartmenl of MatbemotIcsJames Cook UniversityTownsville, Qld- from Australian Dr Weekly. 24 February 1989 (courtesy Monash University Health Service) IMPORTANT DATES The Reaislrar advises the followingimportant dates for students in April:3 Semester 1 resumes.Term 2 Dip.Ed. begins.12 Graduation Ceremony (Economics &Politics).l4 Students may request replacement ofConfirmation of Enrolment form.17 First teaching round Dip.Ed. begins.19 Last date to lodge confirmation of enrolmentform for Semester I. Last date fordiscontinuance of all studies by not fordegree,diploma, bachelor degree andMaster preliminary candidates. and byMaster candidates defined as courseworkcandidates, to be eligible ror 75 per centrefund of the 1989 SlUdent Amenities Feepaid (not applicable to students takingSummer Term subjects).22 Term 2, Medicine 4 ends.Term I, Medicine 6 ends.2S Anzac Day.26 Graduation Ceremony (Engineering/Science).Stranger danger on campus The director of Ih. Unl.erslty H.allhService, Dr John Green, has warnedfemale students and staff against accept.ing lifts from strangers.He is particularly concerned aboutreports of a man driving a white campervantype vehicle, possibly with ladderson its roof. The man may be wearingoveralls and seek directions on how toget to Monash. He may then produce anenvelope with a Monash address and askhis victim to get into his car and showhim the way.Dr Green urges any personapproached by this man to decline hisoffer and note the registration numberof the vehicle.I f anyone has been approached insuch a way, they should contact eitherP.g~ 11Dr Green. ext 3175, or the Student Welfare Officer, saUy Betts, ext 3126. Antigonefor EasterTh. Society of tbe Classical StudiesDepartment (CLIO) will present Iwoplays by Dennis Davison, on Wednesday22 March.Happy Easter, Antigone! is a "serioustreatment of religion and freedom, butwritten in a satirical, comic manner".We Open in Melbourne is a comedyabout a group of third ~ rate English actorsaboard a ship bound for Melbournein 1957.The plays will be presented in RoomS603 at 7.3Opm. Admission is free.MARCH t989

Monash to coach Cambridge Last minute donations from the Vice­Chancellor's fund and Merrill LynchAustralia Pty Ltd made It possible forthe Monash rowing crew to accept aninvitation to train with CambridgeUniversity.The team, now on a four-week visit toEngland. has a string of recent victoriesin Australia including the GrandChallenge Cup at the Australian Henleyand Head of the Yarra.It represented Australia in the inauguralWorld Boat Race at Brisbanelast year. against competitors which includedCambridge."They beat us, but were impressed bythe way we rowed," said Monash teamspokesman, Andrew Cohen."Their coach asked if we would go tothe UK in March to be their trainingpartners for the race against Oxford."(The Oxford-Cambridge boat race hasbeen held annually for 135 years. Cambridge,having lost 13 of the last 14starts, saw the Monash crew as "workhorses"who would help lift its game.)Despite team members' enthusiasmfor the idea, and their fund-raising efforts,there was little hope of gettingenough money together to make the trippossible."The financial burden for students isoverwhelming," Mr Cohen said."With study and training, it is verydifficult to work even part-time."We are very grateful to oursponsors. "Team members include students fromthe faculties of Law, Science, Medicine,Arts and ECOPS, as well as twograduates."With the new semester system, weonly miss 10 days of lectureS," says MrCohen. "And we'll be hoping that deansand sub-deans will treat us kindly."After two weeks at Cambridge, thecrew will be official guests at The BoatRace, to be held on the Thames onMarch 25.The next two weeks will be spent inLondon where Monash will compete inthe Kingston Regatta and the TidewayHead of the River.• Practising near the Swan Streetbridge. The Monash team are DavidWinter, Simon Langenbacher, SimonQuirk, Andrew Cohen, Simon Spriggs,Eugene Kininmonth, Justin Negri,stroke Simon Kay, cox James Reedand coach David Boykett.Childrenat play wit.,'\,: '};.~ hVolunteers are needed to help in astudy on child's play heing conducted Inthe Psychology Department.The study, by honors student Ms SueNeale, requires children aged betweennine months and two years, or betweenthree and four years, to attend fourplaygroup sessions of about 30 minuteseach.The study is being carried out in aspecially equipped playroom, wherebehavior is observed unobtrusivelythrough a one· way mirror.Interested parents should contact thedepartmental general office on ext 3968,or Ms Neale on 561 8462 (AH).PoetryworkshopThe English department's PoetryWorkshop is underway again, providinga venue for writers to read and discusstheir poems.Founded in 1982 by Dr JohnLeonard, the workshop has helpedmany people from within and outsideMonash to develop as poets.It is now conducted by Dr DennisDavison, formerly a senior lecturer inEnglish, and open to students and slaffwho subscribe to the magazine, PoetryMonash ($5 yearly for three issues).If you 3re interested in taking part,you can leave your name and address forDr Davison at the English department'sgeneral office.MONASH REPORTERFreedom for the regiment The Monash University Regiment wasgranted Freedom of the City ofWaverley this month.It is the second time in less than a yearthat a local city has conferred the traditionalhonor on the regiment.In May 1988 the City of Oakleighallowed the regiment to "pass throughthe city with swords drawn, bayonetsfixed, drums beating, colours flying andbands playing".The 9O-minute ceremony in Waverleywas no less spectacular. To the skirl ofbagpipes, the regiment exercised itsFreedom of the City after being grantedthe right by the Mayor of Waverley,Councillor Laurie Ryan.Cr Ryan presented the honorary Colonelof the regiment, Lt Col Peter... PaaeU PRINTED BY SYME MEDIA (INCORP IN VICTORIA) (03) 797 0222 Nattrass, with a Freedom of Entry scroll,incorporating the Armorial Bearings 0the city and the insignia of the regimenThe granting of the Freedom of theCity dates back to the Middle Ages whenthe citizens oJ protected cities refusedentry to bodies of anned men unlessthey were sure those arms would not beused against them.MARC~989