Lot's Wife Edition 6 2015

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oB REPoRTS
OB Reports
For every report not submitted, a picture
of from Claire’s European holiday has been
inserted for the enjoyment of our readers.
We didn’t want to waste all that space.
President
Sinead Colee
Looking for a healthy snack while on campus, but finding
it to be of extreme difficulty? Its cool - the MSA has you
covered! From now on the MSA will be bringing you Free Fruit
Fridays each and every week during semester. Having study
snacks that can sustain you through a long day of classes is
important! You’ll be able to find a bunch of magical orange
fruit bowls all throughout your MSA spaces very soon.
There is plenty happening at the MSA at the moment. Just
check out all of the reports that follow mine; the semester
ahead is jam-packed! I’m especially looking forward to
events such as Blue-Stockings week, Misfits Ball, Clubs and
Societies Awards night, the Activities department’s Boat
Cruise, Stress Less Week Puppies and the National Union of
Students protest against cuts to Higher Education funding
just to name a few!
Lately I’ve been working on many different projects -
namely organising Stationery Stations (stationery supply
hot-spots around campus) and assisting the university in
looking into better parking options for staff and students at
the Clayton Campus.
Got a suggestion for something you’d like to see happen on
campus? No worries! Flick me an email at president.msa@
monash.edu I’ll see what I can do. Have a great semester, y’all
Education (Academic Affairs)
Amelia Veronese
Hi everyone!
I hope the semester is going well for you all. Remember, if
you feel like you should withdraw from a unit or more and
that you would cope better with a reduced load you can do so
before the initial census date on Monday the 31st of August.
don’t forget! Peer Support has begun and will be running
up until Week 12 this semester in the John Medley Library.
Peer Support runs every Tuesday-Thursday from 10am-2pm
for students who want to improve their English Language in
assignments. So, if you have upcoming assessments and
need assistance with English language proficiency or know
someone who does, come along to a drop-in session. More
information can be found on these websites:
http://monash.edu/students/conversational-english/
http://msa.monash.edu/peersupport
Lately, the disabilities and Carers department and I
have just submitted our proposal based on the support we
received from the Equal Access campaign to the university.
Thank you if you signed our petition, we are hoping that the
university will adopt an opt-system of lecture recordings or
a policy that makes exceptions for students with disabilities
and student carers who do not have their lecture recorded.
Stay tuned for the outcome of this campaign.
Until next time, happy studying!
Secretary
Daniel King
Treasurer
Abby Stapleton
Claire with Pimms at Trafalgar square.
Brighton - weather was lovely, approx. 32 degrees
Education (Public Affairs)
Sarah Spivak & Mali Rea
Mali and Sarah have been industriously preparing for the
August 19 National day of Action as well as the Bluestockings
Week panel and trivia night. For the panel, we’ve organised
speakers Celeste Liddle the National Tertiary Education
Union Indigenous and Torres Straight Islander officer , dr.
Rae Frances the dean of Arts, Jeannie Rea the President
of the NTEU and dr. Swati Parashar lecturer on feminist
international relations. We’ve also held two successful
Monash Education Action Groups where we planned
strategies to tackle deregulation. Get involved and come to
the NdA! Like our ‘MSA Education’ page for more information
on how to get involved.