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OFFICE BEARER REPORTS MSA PRESIDENT ABBY STAPLETON Hey everyone! Hope you’ve had a good start to the semester and are taking it easy for the first few weeks back. I also hope you got the chance to attend the orientation festival and join a whole bunch of clubs! Our departments were out and about during the week talking to students about a whole bunch of key issues to keep an eye on this semester. One in particular is the Student Day of Protest coming up on April 13th. All of us have been very busy spreading the word about the protest, and I would love to see as many people there as possible. On April 13th students across Australia will gather together and march through the streets of our major cities demanding more funding for higher education. It’s a pretty amazing thing to be a part of so if you’re keen make sure you have a chat to an MSA rep for more details! Another issue that has kept me busy is parking. Last week I released a petition asking the university to ‘Fix the Parking Mess’. You might have seen it on stalkerspace or heard from a friend, but paying $400 for a parking permit and driving around for an hour in the morning trying to find a park is not what I would call fair. The university have also introduced a $75 fee for carpooling! If you think this is as ridiculous as I do make sure you sign the petition! TREASURER MATILDA GREY Hey gang! I hope you’ve all well and truly settled into semester 1 and the university routine.We’ve been flat out here at the MSA, with O-Week and Members Week running in the first 2 weeks of semester. Orientation went smoothly and successfully – we had students piling in to join and engage with clubs and societies and to enjoy the freebies and live entertainment provided throughout the week. It was so wonderful to see students supporting their union, with MSA membership sales smashing those from last year! MSA Members Week, which ran throughout week 2, was also a huge success! Current members reaped the benefits of joining their union with our free food events, twilight cinema, carnival and discount days. Hopefully plenty of others signed up when they saw some of the wonderful things that the MSA does to give back to students! I’d like to sincerely thank all of you divine beings who helped out during the week, sometimes without even being asked. It wouldn’t have been the week that it was without you
OFFICE BEARER REPORTS QUEER Well looks like we’re well underway for a big queer year, with O-week being a huge success and tons of new students in our midst, especially with our highly successful weekly events like the queer morning tea (11am-1pm tues) and Queer Beers (4-6pm wed). Our biggest gathering so far has been our Trivia Night where we tested the knowledge of students from across the board whose winners won rainbow garments and tickets to our Queer Ball but with my excellent cooking everyone was a winner. But our focus now has shifted towards Queer week in week 5, with many events planned like our coming out by candlelight, our guest speaker Sally Goldner from transgender Victoria, and our spectacular Queer Ball at Sir John’s Bar with a Cartoons and Comics theme. If there are any students who want to get involved we have a secret facebook page you can be added to by messaging our public facebook page: MSA Queer WELFARE We’ve had a hectic few weeks organising and running events! Our three Free Food Mondays nights have been a major success, almost too good, with very good numbers coming out to appreciate our food. Massive shout out to all the Volunteers who have helped out thus far – literally couldn’t do it without you. That being said anyone who would like to help out during the semester join our MSA Welfare Volunteers group on Facebook. In Week 2 we also ran our Second Hand Book Fair, over the two days we had some record sales which helped over 70 students recycle their pre-loved books. Survival Week is next week in which we hope to run some interesting events and activities so stay tuned. ACTIVITIES After the success of Luna Park and trivia, MSA Activities is presenting a Boat Cruise! It’s TV and Movie themed thus come dressed as your favourite character or show and chill with us wink emoticon Tickets can be purchased at the MSA reception desk and they are very limited! We are also working on a few more event during this semester, and I know it’s early days but get excited! We are also providing free food every wednesday between 12-2pm on the Lemon Scented lawn. Come say hey and bring your friends! The more the merrier! Hope you’re all enjoying your first few weeks of uni! ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE The Environment and Social Justice department has had a very busy start to the year promoting left wing politics on campus and getting involved in a number of important campaigns. As part of the #letthemstay campaign, we organised a snap protest outside the immigration and border security department which got national news coverage. On campus, we also hosted a political forum on the issue and a group photo to show support for refugee rights and demand an end to deportations. Check out our Facebook page ‘MSA Environment and Social Justice Collective’ for the results.Education is still under attack. The liberals want to cut 20% from federal funding to the higher education sector, which will translate to our degrees costing 20% more. Left wing students need to come out and defend education rights at the student protest Wednesday April 13. There will be free buses into the city for this so see you on the Menzies Lawn at midday. There's heaps more stuff we want to campaign around and discuss so hit us up on FB or pop by our office upstairs in the campus centre if you want to get involved! INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S Hello! So far this semester we have continued our weekly discussion groups (Wed 1-3pm), run afternoon teas (Thurs 12-2pm), attended the International Women’s Day March and hosted a movie screening to celebrate! But oh, we have so much more in store! We are now looking for delegates to attend the <strong>2016</strong>, Network of Women Students Australia’s conference, held at the University of Technology Sydney. It includes speeches from high profile women, workshops and panels on the different oppressions that face women and social events with opportunities to network. It will be held in the mid year break between the 11th and 16th of July. To express your interest in attending contact the Women’s Officer. To raise funds for the trip, we will be hosting our annual fundraiser the Twilight Market on Thursday the 25th of March at 4:30pm in Wholefoods. There will be a bunch of stalls with lots of goodies, live performances, food, drinks and a raffle! So come down for a delightful evening. Just a reminder to all that if you aren’t receiving them already, you can sign up for our newsletter on our Facebook page to stay informed, join the Facebook group to interact with other students and as always, come on in to the Women’s Room on level 1 of the Campus Centre and say hi! The MSA Indigenous Department has been committed over the past several weeks to ensuring that Indigenous students as well as important issues surrounding Indigenous people are highlighted at Monash. This has taken the form of the National Close the Gap day, which emphasises closing the gap in Indigenous and non-Indigenous health. The day will feature guest speakers, entertainment and other valuable resources, which will assist people in understanding the issues at hand. In addition to this, the MSA Indigenous department has been successful in engaging new students and ensuring that events held have had suitable turnouts. Moreover, planning for the National Indigenous Tertiary Education Student Games (NITESG) is already underway. These games provide the perfect opportunity to allow Indigenous students compete nationally in dynamic and engaging games. We look forward to assuring that Monash has a successful time this year competing and having fun. Overall, the MSA Indigenous Department has been focused in fulfilling our goals in creating a better atmosphere on campus that promotes Indigenous topics and helps engage students both socially and academically. Lot’s <strong>Wife</strong> | 17
Page 1 and 2: LOT’S WIFE — EDITION TWO —
Page 3 and 4: CONTENTS Lot’s Wife is entirely w
Page 5 and 6: LISA HEALY Hello! Welcome to editio
Page 7 and 8: STUDENT Rising out of Chaos by Kate
Page 9 and 10: STUDENT It’s as easy as ABC by Na
Page 11 and 12: STUDENT Being a student is like a g
Page 13 and 14: STUDENT Beware the night (exams) by
Page 15: STUDENT F.O.I. - not for you and I
Page 20 and 21: SOCIETY It is simple for government
Page 22 and 23: SOCIETY A leg to stand on: your myk
Page 24 and 25: 24 | Lot’s Wife
Page 26 and 27: OPINION Behind bars: failures of th
Page 28: Wot’s Life with Daria & Quinn “
Page 31: TEAR ME OUT! Mid Semester Break End
Page 36 and 37: On the shoulders of giants INTERVIE
Page 38 and 39: Components and competition: Apple
Page 40 and 41: SCIENCE We put the fun in funerals
Page 42 and 43: CULTURE
Page 44 and 45: CULTURE “Everyone should feel saf
Page 46 and 47: CULTURE What a tragedy would loom u
Page 48 and 49: CULTURE Autumn Adventures by Meliss
Page 50 and 51: CULTURE
Page 52 and 53: CULTURE by Clarissa Kwee Illustrati
Page 54 and 55: CREATIVE Illustration by Karla Engd
Page 56 and 57: POETRY Beware: the choice is yours
Page 58 and 59: FICTION Impossible diplomacy by Jus

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