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edition one lot’s wife PRESIDENT MATILDA GREY Welcome one and all to 2017 at Monash University! The MSA is your student union, here to make your university experience as vibrant and as positive as possible! We run a range of social events for our members, provide student advocacy and support, organise activist campaigns around both local and national student issues, and do our best to service the needs of students. I hope you get an opportunity to join a few of our many clubs and societies during O-Week, and gain some insight into the various campaigns our departments will be rolling out this year. I also look forward to seeing you at our Members Week during week 2! We have lots of free and fun filled events planned for you to thank you for being a part of your student union. Because the MSA is run by students for students, I would love to hear from YOU as to what changes you would like to see implemented at Monash, or if you need any assistance whatsoever during your time here. Please feel free to get in touch with me at any point! See you all around! It’s going to be a great year. TREASURER CAITLIN BROWN ‘Ey Lot’s Wife readers! Hope you’re settling into uni and enjoying the blissful first days until the crushing weight of assignments and exams settles in. I’m the MSA Treasurer. I share an office with Jessica, the MSA Secretary, and if needed I can be found on level one of Campus Centre between the President and Education Academic Affairs! Alongside the President, Matilda, we make up the executive of the MSA. Our jobs vary day to day, but mainly I look after the budget and make sure your money is being put to good use! I work alongside the departments to help them plan and budget for projects and campaigns. I’ve been helping with enrolment week and visiting Host Scheme camps, and dispersed information to the departments outlining their financial budgets. I’m extremely excited to be involved in the running of new events and campaigns this year, and talking to and engaging with students in the MSA. Coming up we have O-Week, which we’ve put loads of time and planning into making super fun and rewarding for you guys! Come join me for Members Week from the 6th to the 10th of March! A week all about giving back to our MSA members. Please come to us if you’re having any issues whatsoever, make sure you join some clubs and societies during O-Week, and purchase an MSA card so that you can reap the benefits of supporting your student union! SECRETARY JESSICA STONE Hi everyone and welcome back to another year at this eternal construction site and if you’re new, welcome to Monash (yes it’s always like this)! I’m Jess, the Secretary of the MSA, and I have been hard at work making sure that this year kicks off with a splash. The Orientation Festival is four jam-packed days happening from the 20th to the 23rd of February with opportunities to join clubs, eat tonnes of free food and importantly meet the 2017 MSA Office Bearers (I’ll be the one in orange frantically running around). Come to the big marquee to have a chat to all of us. Also don’t forget to join the MSA! It’s only $20 for the year and you get heaps of cool discounts on food at uni and any MSA run event. If you have any questions about the MSA, feel free to shoot me an email at jessica.stone@monash.edu. WELFARE: NICHOLAS VIRGO & PATRICK STEPHENSON Hey Monash students! Just calling in to introduce this year’s Welfare department and welcome you all back for another semester of torment. Nick and Patrick are your representatives this year, and just quietly, we’re bloody excited about it. If you’ve got a spare moment, here is some insight into what we’ve been up to, and what our plans for the future are. Many of you will not only be aware of, but will have been swept into the vortex that is the Centrelink automated debt recovery disaster. Now, one of the most overused words in political discourse is that of ‘disaster,’ however this has been a bloody train-wreck. We have been involving the Welfare department with campaigns surrounding the inefficiencies and injustices of the current system. On a lighter note, we will be continuing to run our classic Free Food Monday event. There is nothing that students can be more united around than free food, and as such we will be delivering this service with as much conviction as ever. We hope that by the end of the year there will be a functioning Centrelink advisory service on campus, an increased number of asylum seeker scholarships and some weekly yoga sessions for those who need some time to relax. Naturally, if you feel as though your time at university is not up to scratch, please come visit us and we’ll turn over a few rocks and even poke a few bears if necessary. Please contact us at nicholas.virgo@monash.edu and patrick.stephenson@monash.edu. EDUCATION (PUBLIC AFFAIRS): COREY ROSEVEAR & JULIET STEEL Welcome to our first report back in Lot’s Wife - it’s an exciting time to be alive and an exciting time to be reading what your lovely Education Public Affairs Officers have been up to. Corey and Juliet are here to fight for you in regards to university, state and federal policy. Our first campaign for this year, in conjunction with the National Union of Students, is the fight for publicly funded higher education. The government fully funds you to go to school, but secondary education is no longer the minimum required to get a job in society. Make Education Free Again is the 2017 campaign to restore government funding for universities to allow more people to access tertiary education and contribute to our society. Also keep an eye out for our Activate Monash Leadership Program, designed to equip you with the skills to create change at Monash and in the wider community - check out www. facebook.com/ActivateMonash to submit your application! EDUCATION (ACADEMIC AFFAIRS) HARINI KASTHURIARACHCHI & RAPHAEL TELL Welcome to 2017 friends! Especially all the first years! We hope you’re enjoying your time at Monash and that university is everything you hoped it’d be! (How good is the Schnitz on campus??) Over the past month and a half we have been organising student volunteers for Academic Progress Committee Hearings (APC). APCs, for those you who don’t know, are hearings that students have to face if they have failed 50% of their units over the year. The role of the student representative is to listen to the student’s case, and alongside the other committee members, to find the best outcome. Some outcomes include recommending support-services or other assistance to help them lift their academic performance. This year we will be working towards getting more power outlets in lecture theaters as well as furthering the campaign to ensure fairer assessment policies and an university wide ‘opt-out’ process for lecture recordings instead of the current opt-in system. If you have any issues with your studies, teaching staff or assessment policies feel free to email us at msa-education@monash.edu. Everything you say is completely confidential. Enjoy O-Week and the first month back!
ACTIVITIES SEAN GLASS & SARAH HARRIS Sarah Harris and Sean Glass are the Activities Office Bearers for 2017! We will be working hard to bring Monash Clayton students fun events such as pub crawls, trivia nights and after exam parties all year round. But the fun isn’t just for after hours events, the dynamic duo will also be feeding the hungry masses with free Hump Day barbecues! So if you’re ever in the mood for a snag or a hash brown come down and see Activities every Wednesday on the Lemon Scented Lawn. Also as an added bonus we’ve lined up live music acts to serenade you whilst you eat for the first 7 weeks of semester, how good is that? INDIGENOUS JAYDEN CROZIER & BRYDA NICHOLS ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL JUSTICE TESS DIMOS & JASMINE DUFF ESJ is a hub of left wing activism at Monash, uniting activists and progressives in combatting oppression and injustice. We organise left wing forums and protest campaigns on campus, fighting the government’s attacks on migrants, welfare, and working class people. As Trump’s attacks on Muslims have escalated, mass opposition has swept the United States. Inspired by that movement, we have organised thousands of people in Melbourne to protest against not only Trump but our own right wing government and their barbaric refugee policies. This year we’re part of the national campaign to Make Education Free Again. On March 22, students in every major city around the country will protest against the unacceptable living standards that students experience and for more accessible education. We want as many people involved as possible – that means you! To get involved, like us on facebook at MSA Environment & Social Justice or email msa-enviro-l@monash.edu. The MSA Indigenous Department exists to represent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Indigenous people are underrepresented in higher education and more likely to prematurely withdraw from their studies. Our department strives to provide support networks and advocacy for these students. This year’s office bearers – Jayden and Bryda – are committed to raising awareness about issues facing Indigenous students such as ITAS funding cuts, closing the gap, creation of an MSA Reconciliation Action Plan and the renaming of the John Medley Library. Similarly we aim to promote Indigenous culture on campus. Our first event of the year will be hosting the Wominjeka Monash Clayton on February 22nd. The event is during O-Week and will feature a traditional Indigenous Welcome to Country, led by Aunty Di Kerr and Aunty Carolyn Briggs. It will also be headlined by prominent Indigenous Australian artist, Dan Sultan, with local Monash student talent. We hope to see you there! WOMEN’S SHREEYA LUTHRA & NIKOLA GUZYTE Hello fellow students, the Women’s Department has well and truly kicked off this year with planning underway for events, workshops and campaigns. Getting ready for O-Week is a heap of work for every department, and while we’ve been doing this we’ve also been preparing for a few post O-Week events, including a movie night for International Women’s Day (keep an eye on the big screen outside of campus centre)! There will be new surprises coming to the Women’s Room, so swing by if you haven’t before and hopefully we can unveil the changes soon. #watchthisspace! If you’re not very well acquainted with the Women’s Department, feel free to swing by upstairs campus centre! We’ve got plenty planned for this year, including NOWSA, a national women’s conference that we will be partaking in, so never hesitate to come along to something or express interest. Thnx v much xoxo ur women’s officers. DISABILITIES & CARERS NAWAMA GREEN & MELANIE LOUDOVARIS Hello from the MSA Disabilities and Carers (D&C) Department. We have been working on plans for this coming semester, including organising a lounge space in our office for students to use, working towards making guides to study and how to get support, as well as working on ways to improve accessibility of MSA events and activism. We will be holding events like morning teas and discussion groups throughout the semester, find us on Facebook for more information and details. We look forward to an awesome year and a great first semester. student affairs QUEER ANDREA DUVAL & DENISE ATZINGER Insert generic welcome. Since we’re always accused of having a gay agenda, Monash Queer Department has gone to great pains to stay on theme. This includes: LGBTea, Queer Beers, plotting discussions and workshops. We’ve already had a great glittery start to the year with our Monash contingent marching at Pride and a picnic afterwards. But the events are still coming. We’d love to see people check out our trivia night in week 2. Keep your eyes open for our Karaoke Night and Queer Ball. Feel intimidated visiting our lounge on level 1 of campus centre? We’re having friendly intro sessions for the first few weeks for new students (or veteran students but new to the lounge). Please check out our Facebook page, Monash Queer Department - MSA. You can follow for all the updates and get in direct contact with the Queer Officers for more info. PEOPLE OF COLOUR JASMINE NGUYEN & KAPIL BHARGAVA It’s the START of something NEWWWW and it feels so right to be here with YOU! Ohhh ~ It’s Jasmine and Kapil, your officers from the brand new People of Colour (PoC) Department! The PoC Department’s main function is to support, unite, represent and empower students of colour. We’ve been busy sorting out the office, regulations and social media. We’ve also been talking to clubs and planning campaigns and events for the year. To name a few, keep an eye out for the Holi festival with the Hindu Society and the United Colours of Monash campaign. Since this is the Department’s first year, our intention is to make sure we start it with a BANG by reaching out to as many people as possible so we can build together a stronger, more inclusive and diverse community. Jasmine Nguyen: jasmine.nguyen@monash.edu Kapil Bhargava: kapil.bhargava@monash.edu OBR Office Bearer Reports 8-9
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