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LETTERS FARRAGOMAGAZINE2015@gmail.com / W FARRAGOMAGAZINE.COM / @FARRAGOMAGAZINE / @FARRAGOMAG HELLO I AM VERTY ANGYR.

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EAR FARRGO “LETTERS TO THE T9Q<dE` I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS MY STERN DISTASTE AT YOUR LATEST ISSUE. AND INDERD EVERY ON OF YORU ISUES> THERE WERE FAR TOO MANY SPELING AND GRAMMAR ETC MISTAKES IN YOUR “LETTERS TO THE EDITOR” SECTION. AS A PROFESIONAL EDITOR OF A REPUTBLE PUBLICASION I WILL NOT STAND FOR YOUNG UPSTART JOURNALIST F*CKHEA*S RUINING THE REPUTATIOM OF THE PRINT MEDIA INDUSTRY WITH THEIR SHODY FACT CHEKING AND THEIR Q0ZEL00L<QOL7*LE<QO7T5R UNSUBSCRUBE PLEASL> YOURS>

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AVIAN DISGRACE.

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GRAND COALITION SWEEPS UMSU ELECTIONS

by MARTIN DITMANN

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L6;-J-;-34*,./*0D5D7*+',)/K*7,8')*E-@=;*Y-6I-.@*(Y*T/(6,;-'.* (Academic) and half of Environment, and Grassroots Left picking up P'Ci.\4K*9-4,8-2-;-34K*O)3,;-J3*L);4*,./*=,21*'1*T.J-)'.C3.;R Crucially, the deal would give Labor Left all NUS positions on the C,-.*;-6I3;K*:=-6=*;=3N*6'J3;3/R Negotiations saw several tweaks to the deal offered – Wom*n’s and Queer were swapped between Labor Left and Grassroots Left, More Activities! agreed to allow Labor Left to pre-select the NUS /323@,;3*)(..-.@*'.*;=3*0')3*L6;-J-;-34c*;-6I3;K*,./*,.*,@)33C3.;* was made to increase the amount of affiliation fees given to NUS (which Labor Left sought).

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13C,23*6'223,@(34*'J3)*,*2-J32N*/-4,@)33C3.;*-.*,* C33;-.@K`*'.3*,.'.NC'(4*6'223,@(3*62,-C3/R With advice from the National Tertiary Education D.-'.K*;=3*;=)33*Y)'1344')4*C,/3*,*1')C,2*6'CY2,-.;* ,@,-.4;*L/)-,.*7-;;23*;'*;=3.*S)'J'4;*f'=.*93:,)K* ,223@-.@*7-;;23\4*6=,-)-.@*'1*;=3*C33;-.@*1,-23/*;'* Y)'J-/3*,*4,13*:')IY2,63*836,(43*'1*=-4*8-,4*-.*1,J'()* '1*=-4*62'43*1)-3./*L..*O,Y2-.@R*L;*;=3*;-C3*'1*:)-;-.@K* !"##"$%*:,4*(.,823*;'*/-463).*;=3*'(;6'C3*'1*;=-4* complaint. However, !"##"$% can confirm that Dean of Arts Mark Considine hired a consultancy firm Australian Workplace Mediations (AWM) to run an -./3Y3./3.;*-.U(-)N*-.*GBFBR* 0(2;-Y23*6'223,@(34*'1*O,Y2-.@*/()-.@*=3)*;-C3* ,;*;=3*D.-J3)4-;N*'1*0328'().3*=,J3*3MY)3443/*;=3* J-3:*;=,;*,YY'-.;-.@*O,Y2-.@*:=-23*4=3*-4*4;-22*(./3)* -.J34;-@,;-'.*-4*8N*.,;()3*6'.;)'J3)4-,2K*,)@(-.@*;=,;* 7-;;23*-4*6'CY)'C-4-.@*;=3*-.;3@)-;N*'1*;=3*D.-J3)4-;N* -.*')/3)*;'*Y)';36;*,*1')C3)*4;,11*C3C83)*=3*=,4* Y)3J-'(42N*833.*,22-3/*;'*-.*:')IY2,63*/-4Y(;34R*d.3* ,.'.NC'(4*6'223,@(3*'1*O,Y2-.@\4*C,/3*;=3*6'CC3.;* ;=,;*_O,Y2-.@*=,4*1')*,*2'.@*;-C3*Y(223/*;=3*4;)-.@4*'1* L/)-,.*7-;;23K*,4*=-4*,6;-'.*,@,-.4;*;='43*:='*/,)3/* disagree with her at a School meeting reveals. His -.J'2J3C3.;*-.*)3,YY'-.;-.@*=3)*;'*,*Y'4-;-'.*:-;=-.* ;=3*56=''2*-4*(.4()Y)-4-.@R` <=3*,.'.NC'(4*-.;3)J-3:33*;=3.*:3.;*1();=3)K* 6)-;-6-4-.@*L/)-,.*7-;;23\4*_Y36(2-,)*,YY'-.;C3.;* Y),6;-634`*C')3*@3.3),22NR*L223@3/2NK*_3,)2N*-.*GBFG* =3*Y)34-/3/*'J3)*,*43236;-'.*6'CC-;;33*Y)'6344*;=,;* ,YY'-.;3/*=-4*Y,);.3)\4*;:-.*4-4;3)*;'*,*6'.;-.(-.@* Y'4-;-'.R*9()-.@*;=-4*Y)'6344K*=3*6=,-)3/*,*C33;-.@*,;* :=-6=*56=''2*C3C83)4*'113)3/*;=3-)*,44344C3.;4*'1* ;=3*)32,;-J3*C3)-;4*'1*;=3*4=');?2-4;3/*,YY2-6,.;4*,1;3)* =3,)-.@*Y)343.;,;-'.4*1)'C*;=3CR*56=''2*C3C83)4* 6'(2/*.';*1),.I2N*,./*13,)23442N*'113)*;=3-)*'Y-.-'.4*'1* ;=3*6,./-/,;34*;'*4'C3'.3*4'*62'432N*)32,;3/*;'*'.3*'1* them. Even if Adrian Little fully declared his conflict of -.;3)34;*:-;=-.*;=3*43236;-'.*6'CC-;;33K*=-4*6=,-)-.@* '1*;=-4*133/8,6I*4344-'.K*:=-6=*6'(2/*,./*4='(2/* =,J3*833.*6'./(6;3/*8N*4'C3'.3*3243K*3.4()3/*;=,;* ,YY2-6,.;4*:3)3*.';*;)3,;3/*3U(,22N*,./*1,-)2NR` !"##"$%*,4I3/*L/)-,.*7-;;23*;'*6'CC3.;*'.* Caplingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appointment. His defence was that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Professor L..*O,Y2-.@*-4*,*=-@=2N*/-4;-.@(-4=3/*Y'2-;-6,2*46-3.;-4;* ,./*,*>322':*'1*;=3*L6,/3CN*'1*;=3*5'6-,2*56-3.634* in Australia. She has published widely in the field of -.;3).,;-'.,2*Y'2-;-6,2*36'.'CN*,./*;),/3*Y'2-6N*-.* Y,);-6(2,)RRR<=3*>,6(2;N*=,4*,YY'-.;3/*=3)*;'*,.*(.Y,-/* Y'4-;-'.*,4*,.*='.'),)N*Y)'1344')-,2*1322':*,4*4=3* :')I4*'.*=3)*6())3.;*LEO?1(./3/*Y)'^36;K*[<=3*P')2/* <),/3*d)@,.-a,;-'.*,./*;=3*>(;()3*'1*;=3*0(2;-2,;3),2* <),/3*5N4;3C\R*Q.*)3@,)/*;'*0()/'6=*D.-J3)4-;NK*:3* :'(2/*C,I3*.'*6'CC3.;*'.*(.Y)'J3.*,223@,;-'.4*'1* 4(6=*,*Y'2-;-6,2*.,;()3R`

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-E-L-I-E-V-E.” It’s popped up in plaques across the Professor’s P,2I*'(;4-/3*;=3*+,-22-3(*7-8),)NK*-;\4*'.*;=3*1)'.;*Y,@3*'1* 3.J32'Y34*43.;*;'*3J3)N*4;,11*,./*4;(/3.;K*-;\4*;=3*4=-.N*:)-;-.@*'.* ;=3*:,22*'1*,2(C.-*/-..3)4*='4;3/*-.*+3-^-.@K*5=,.@=,-K*5,.*>),.6-46'* ,./*7'4*L.@3234K*-;\4*3J3.*,463./3/*-.*43J3),2*C3;)3?=-@=*23;;3)4* ,6)'44*;=3*5'(;=*7,:.R*P=,;*/'34*-;*C3,.e*+32-3J3*-4*;=3*42'@,.* '1*;=3*D.-J3)4-;N\4*)363.;*6,CY,-@.*;'*)3,6=*'(;*1')*m#KBBBKBBB*-.* philanthropic donations by January 2017. According to Vice-Principal 5(3*O(..-.@=,CK*;=3*O,CY,-@.*:-22*,-/*;=3*D.-J3)4-;N\4*_2'.@? established mission of educating tomorrow’s leaders, finding answers ;'*;=3*:')2/\4*@),./*6=,223.@34*;=)'(@=*)343,)6=K*,./*3.)-6=-.@*;=3* :-/3)*6'CC(.-;NR`*<:3.;N*Y3)*63.;*'1*/'.,;-'.4*:-22*83*4Y3.;*'.* scholarships, 14 per cent “to affiliated colleges and associates”, 40 per 63.;*;'*)343,)6=K*F$*Y3)*63.;*;'*6'CC(.-;N*Y)'^36;4*,./*FB*Y3)*63.;* to “unrestricted gifts”, which means areas the donor has not specified ;=,;*;=3N*:,.;*;=3-)*C'.3N*;'*83*,22'6,;3/R* Half a year from the deadline, the campaign has already reached m"KBBBKBBBR*Q;*-4*;=3*8-@@34;*1(./),-4-.@*6,CY,-@.*-.*;=3*D.-J3)4-;N\4* F$B*N3,)*=-4;')N*,./*;=3*L(4;),2-,.*=-@=3)*3/(6,;-'.*4N4;3C*,4* a whole. A culture of universities being financially dependent on /'.')4*=,4*3M-4;3/*-.*;=3*DR5*1')*/36,/34K*:=-6=*-4*:=N*;=3*+32-3J3* O,CY,-@.*=,4*833.*J-3:3/*8N*4'C3*,4*,*4NCY;'C*'1*;=3*D.-J3)4-;N\4* 6'CY23M*)3,6;-'.*;'*/362-.-.@*@'J3).C3.;*1(./-.@*R Q.*;=3*C-/*FHXB4*g*(./3)*P=-;2,C\4*Y)3C-3)4=-Y*g*@'J3).C3.;* 1(./-.@*,66'(.;3/*1')*HB*Y3)*63.;*'1*(.-J3)4-;-34\*-.6'C34R* 5-.63*;=3.K*,66344*;'*(.-J3)4-;-34*=,4*:-/3.3/K*^'84*-.6)3,4-.@2N* require university qualifications, more institutions have received ;=3*-CY)-C;()*[D.-J3)4-;N\K*,./*>3/3),2*@'J3).C3.;*1(./-.@*=,4* /:-./23/K*Y)343.;2N*,66'(.;*1')*'.2N*G!*Y3)*63.;*'1*,*D.-J3)4-;N* '1*0328'().3\4*)3J3.(3*Y''2R*<=3*Z)'(Y*'1*T-@=;*g*,*6',2-;-'.*'1* L(4;),2-,\4*)343,)6=?=3,JN*(.-J3)4-;-34*,./*'1*:=-6=*;=3*D.-J3)4-;N*

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'1*0328'().3*-4*,*C3C83)K*=,J3*2'.@*,)@(3/*;=,;*4='(2/*,/'Y;* policies to make universities financially autonomous and self4(4;,-.-.@R*<=-4*,;;-;(/3*:,4*3.4=)-.3/*-.*;=3*D.-J3)4-;N*'1* 0328'().3\4*)363.;*GBF#?GBGB*5;),;3@-6*S2,.*'#%;+*$&A./--4K*:=-6=* 4;,;34*;=,;*;=3*D.-J3)4-;N*,-C4*;'*_)3/(63*)32-,.63*'.*@'J3).C3.;* 1(./-.@K*,./*8(-2/*,*C')3*/-J3)43*,./*4(4;,-.,823*)3J3.(3*8,43R` However, as treatments to funding cuts go, the $5 million that ;=3*D.-J3)4-;N*Y2,.4*;'*),-43*;=)'(@=*;=3*+32-3J3*O,CY,-@.*-4*^(4;* ;=3*4Y''.1(2*'1*4(@,)*;=,;*,66'CY,.-34*;=3*C(6=*1'(23)?;,4;-.@* C3/-6-.3R*Q.*;=3*Y,4;*N3,)K*Z2N.*9,J-4*=,4*836'C3*'.3*'1*;=3*C'4;* outspoken advocates of fee deregulation. He has written articles ,./*/32-J3)3/*Y(82-6*236;()34*,)@(-.@*;=,;*;=3*/362-.3*-.*13/3),2* @'J3).C3.;*1(./-.@*1')*;3,6=-.@*C,I34*,22':-.@*(.-J3)4-;-34*;'* 43;*;=3-)*':.*;(-;-'.*1334*;=3*'.2N*J-,823*'Y;-'.R*dYY'.3.;4*'1*133* deregulation allege it will intensify social stratification, worsen the @3./3)*Y,N*@,Y*,./*4Y2-;*L(4;),2-,\4*;3);-,)N*3/(6,;-'.*-.;'*,*;:'* ;-3)3/*4N4;3CK*-.*:=-6=*32-;3*(.-J3)4-;-34*Y)'4Y3)*,4*2344*Y)34;-@-'(4* ,./*)3@-'.,2*(.-J3)4-;-34*836'C3*2':?6'4;*,2;3).,;-J34*;=,;* 4;)(@@23*;'*6'CY3;3R* TJ3.*C')3*6'.;)'J3)4-,22NK*-.*2,;3*GBF!K*;'*,.*,(/-3.63*'1* University of Melbourne staff, Vice Chancellor Glyn Davis unveiled the Business Improvement Program (BIP). The BIP consists of cutting 505 professional (non-academic) jobs by January 1st 2016 ,./*)3')@,.-4-.@*4;(/3.;*43)J-634*;'*83*-.6)3,4-.@2N*,(;'C,;3/* ,./*63.;),2-43/R* The BIP was architectured by a management consultancy firm called Booz and Co (now Strategy&), with whom the University 3.;3)3/*,*mG!*C-22-'.*6'.;),6;R*L66')/-.@*;'*;=3*+QS*O'?')/-.,;-.@* Z)'(YK*;=3*6'CC-;;33*)34Y'.4-823*1')*,/C-.-4;3)-.@*;=3*+QSK* convened by Vice Principal Ian Marshman: “Once fully implemented, 4,J-.@4RRR*'1*mXBC*Y3)*,..(C*:-22*83*)3,2-43/R`

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UMSU OFFICE BEARER REPORTS PRESIDENT rachel withers email: President@union. unimelb.edu.au instagram: @umsu_president

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Taipan Tiger Girls

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ì ...this journey is narrated in such a zany, caustic voice that if you donít identify with it, you might be pretty put off.î

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melanie basta and the deathly books young adult fiction with melanie basta

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he Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time*8N* Mark Haddon is about Christopher Boone. He is F#*N3,)4*'2/*,./*L4Y3)@3)\4*5N./)'C3R*P=3.*=3*4334* five red cars in a row he will have a super good day and :=3.*=3*4334*1'()*N322':*6,)4*-.*,*)':*=3*:-22*=,J3* ,*8,/*/,NK*:=3)3*=3*/'34.\;*3,;*')*4Y3,I*;'*,.N'.3* or take risks. His favourite book is The Hound of the B".?-#,+99-. and he likens himself to Sherlock Holmes. _D5-&;%#9(&+.&8099&%8&%>,+%0.&/5+*$.&;5+65&*%>%(:&>:& "*:&65"*6-&-,-#&%>.-#,-.R` O=)-4;'Y=3)*,-C4*;'*/'6(C3.;*,./*/-46'J3)* ;=3*CN4;3)N*83=-./*:='*I-223/*=-4*.3-@=8'()\4*/'@K* P322-.@;'.R*L4;(;3*,4*=3*C,N*83K*O=)-4;'Y=3)*C,I34*,* )''I-3*C-4;,I3R He notes on several occasions that most murders ,)3*6'CC-;;3/*8N*4'C3'.3*I.':.*;'*;=3*J-6;-CK*:=-6=* -4*:=N*=3*4()C-434*;=,;*=-4*.3-@=8'()\4*3M?=(48,./* I-223/*;=3*/'@R* L4*Y3)63Y;-J3*,4*=3*C,N*83K*O=)-4;'Y=3)*6,..';* actually solve the mystery. His strengths lie in 2'@-6*,./*C,;=3C,;-64*),;=3)*;=,.*-/3.;-1N-.@*,./* (./3)4;,./-.@*=(C,.*3C';-'.4R Z),/(,22NK*:3*23,).*;=,;*O=)-4;'Y=3)\4*1,;=3)*=,4* lied to him. His mother is not really dead. She has :)-;;3.*23;;3)4*8(;*O=)-4;'Y=3)\4*1,;=3)*=-/*;=3CR* 5=3*231;*;=3*='(43='2/K*,1;3)*=,J-.@*,.*,11,-)*:-;=*;=3*

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.3-@=8'()\4*3M?=(48,./R*5=3*6'(2/.\;*=,./23*),-4-.@* Christopher, a difficult child who needed more care ,./*,;;3.;-'.*;=,.*4=3*6'(2/*Y)'J-/3R*O=)-4;'Y=3)\4* 1,;=3)*I-223/*;=3*/'@R Christopher litters his book with scientific 1,6;4*,./*'843)J,;-'.4K*,./*'1;3.*;=-.@4*=3*/'34.\;* (./3)4;,./*4(6=*,4*;=-4*3M63)Y;*1)'C*The Hound of the B".?-#,+99-.V _H-"#*&/5-*&8#%4&/5+.&./%#:&*%/&/%&8-"#&/5-&8#0+/.&%8& /5-&7"./=&>0/&#"/5-#&/%&>-&6+#604.7-6/&+*&/5-&80/0#-=&/5"/& /5%.-&8%09&7"..+%*.&;5-#->:&%0#&8"4+9:&5".&.088-#-(&.%& $#+-,%0.9:&4":&*%/&"$"+*&>-&9%%.-(&/%&%0#&0*(%+*$R` <=3*;=-.@4*;=,;*O=)-4;'Y=3)*/'34.\;*(./3)4;,./K* :=-6=*,)3*;=-.@4*;=,;*C'4;*'1*(4*:'(2/K*23,/*;'*=-4*':.* (./'-.@R*P3\)3*,22*J(2.3),823*;'*4'C3*I-./*'1*(./'-.@K* .'*C,;;3)*:=,;*:3*:'(2/*2-I3*;'*832-3J3R L2;='(@=*;=-4*8''I*:'.*;=3*P=-;8)3,/*8''I*'1*;=3* N3,)K*)3,/3)4*,)3*/-J-/3/*'J3)*:=3;=3)*-;*-4*,.*3M63223.;* 8''I*')*,*='))-823*8''IR*f(4;*8N*;),:2-.@*;=)'(@=* Z''/)3,/4*N'(*6,.*433*;=,;*;=3*;'Y*;:'*)3J-3:4*),;3* the book five stars and one star respectively.

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Fake It ë Til You Make It: A Laymaní s Guide to Cinema Appreciation

by Zoe Moorman

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he film ends, the credits roll, and the lights come up: discussion begins. What did you think? How cool was that scene? Wasn’t 4=3*1,.;,4;-6e*5''.*N'()*1)-3./*C,I34*,*6'CC3.;*,8'(;*;=3*/-)36;')* (who?) and one of their other films (what?), someone else goes off about their oeuvre (huh?), and you quickly find yourself knee deep in a conversation about films you’ve never seen, people you’ve never =3,)/*'1K*,./*^,)@'.*2-I3*["0/-0#\K*[4+.-&-*&.6-*-\*,./*[6+*-4"&,-#+/-\R* &'(K*CN*1)-3./K*=,J3*(.-.;3.;-'.,22N*3.;3)3/*;=3*:')2/*'1* 6+*-75+9+": love of film. While you may not know anything about film, in five easy steps you will at least be able to save face. With a sprinkle of confidence and some fancy words, you can argue about some film you’ve never seen over a single origin cold-drip as well as ;=3*.3M;*=-Y4;3)R Z-J3.*;=,;*I.':23/@3*-4*Y':3)K*4;3Y*'.3*-4*;'*,)C*N'()4321* with the facts and consensus on whatever film it is you’re seeing or /-46(44-.@*g*:=3;=3)*Y)3Y,)3/*831')3*,.*'(;-.@K*')*4.3,I-2N*@''@23/* (./3)*;=3*;,823*:=-23*N'(\)3*_;3M;-.@*N'()*='(43C,;3`R* Your first stop is IMDb, a.k.a. the Internet Movie Database. While ='C3*;'*(43)*6)3,;3/*2-4;4*;=,;*@-J3*;=3*-.,.-;N*,;*+(aa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sentence summary of critical opinion on any film and essentially 23;4*N'(*I.':*:=3;=3)*')*.';*4'C3;=-.@*-4*,:1(2R*>')*3M,CY23K* LCN*56=(C3)\4*D#"+*;#-6? currently has an 86% approval rating g*:=-6=*-4*:=N*N'(*,)3*@'-.@*;'*)36'CC3./*-;*;'*,*C,;3*,4*-1*N'(* ,6;(,22N*8';=3)3/*;'*433*-;R*&'(*6,.*3J3.*)313)3.63*73+)'.*f,C34\* =-2,)-'(4*6,C3'*)'23]*;=,;*N'(*1'(./*'(;*,8'(;*1)'C*;=3*Y)3J-'(4* Q098*43,)6=R 5;3Y*;:'*-.*Y)3;3./-.@*;'*83*,*6-.3Y=-23*-4*;'*4;,);*,6;-.@*2-I3*N'(* =,J3*433.*,22*;=343*C'J-34*;=,;*N'(*)3,/*,*'.3*2-.3*)3J-3:*'1*-.*;=3*

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IN THE MOOD FOR MOVIES

by Candy Zoccoli

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L24'V*The Two Mrs Carrolls*,./*East SideK West SideR*S'')*+,)8,),* 5;,.:N6I*433C3/*;'*@3;*=3)4321*-.;'*,*8-;*'1*;)'(823*:-;=*;=3*C3.*-.* =3)*2-13R*5=3223N*P-.;3)4*,24'*433C3/*;'*1,22*(./3)*;=3*4Y322*'1*;=3*.';* quite right partner (see: The Night of the HunterK*A Place in the SunlR* dW5.&'8,1V=.'e1*$'/,$',00'8,1#'H*'"&6'"#.'#."68'$,'.)7"#-',&'"' ),&$5K9,&/'7.&6.#I'!"#$%&'($)##*#+, Another film to prepare you for the dark road ahead. You may think N'(*6,.*U(-;*,.N*;-C3K*8(;*4'*/-/*9'.*+-).=,CR*P,;6=*=-C*/3463./* -.;'*,*:33I3./?2'.@*8-.@3*g*-1*;=3*)34'.,.63*-4*;''*4;)'.@K*N'(* C,N*=,J3*;'*)3;=-.I*N'()*83J3),@3*6'.4(CY;-'.*=,8-;4R*&'(*6,.* ;=,.I*C3*2,;3)R dW5.&'$5.'*%79%&/'#%="9#8'%&'8,1#'5,1*.'%*'#."25%&/'%$*'+."-I' )"-(#.#/$0-11#+#,$(&$2-34$5-+#f It’s the film that sparked the ‘psycho biddy’ sub-genre of horror films about old women going crazy and resorting to armed violence. +3;;3*9,J-4*I33Y4*,*/3Y3./3.;*f',.*O),:1')/*2'6I3/*(Y*-.*;=3-)* Hollywood mansion, the result of bitterness that stretches back ;'*:=3.*;=3N*:3)3*6'CY3;-.@*4;,)23;4R*&'(\22*3-;=3)*@)':*C')3* @),;-;(/3*1')*N'()*1')4,I3.*4-82-.@4*')*=,;3*;=3C*3J3.*C')3R*Z'*'.K* ;,I3*,*6=,.63R L24'V*+3;;3*9,J-4*-4*4'*@''/*,;*:=,;*4=3*/'34K*N'(\/*;)(2N*83* C-44-.@*'(;*-1*N'(*/-/.\;*^(4;*=,J3*,*C,),;='.*:-;=*Hush HushK*Sweet CharlotteK*D5-&I**+,-#.":*,./*Dead RingerR

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Das Geschlecht etymology by adriana psaltis

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agony agatha Alistair baldwin solves your relationship woes with the help of the mistress of mystery herself (."#'G/,&8'G/"$5"3'%$V*'2,)%&/'1+'$,'$5.'+.&19$%)"$.'.6%$%,&',0'?"##"/,]'Y'4#%$.'"' #./19"#'2,91)&3'"&6'"0$.#'*.$$%&/'"*%6.'$5.'9"*$'.6%$%,&'0,#'"'*%&2.#.'"&6'*,9.)&' goodbye, this edition is my last chance to break the confines of the structure I’ve 71%9$'"#,1&6')8*.90'$5.*.'+"*$'0.4'),&$5*:'W5"$V*'"'01&3'-,,-8'4"8'$,',+.&'1+' the scope for meta-commentary and abstracted self-reflection?

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CHARLIE IN THE WHITEHOUSE by peter kelly

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Disclaimer: Charlie in the Whitehouse is an imaginined text! Sorry if we got your hopes up – we’re sad too.

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neighbourhood watch / spotswood by jack fryer

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L4*C(6=*,4*5Y';4:''/*=,4*6=,.@3/K*4'C3*'1*-;4*2344?Y'2-4=3/* past thankfully still remains. Foremost is the Al Nada Lebanese Y-aa,*4='YK*Y),6;-6,22N*,*5Y';4:''/*-.4;-;(;-'.R*936'),;3/*-.4-/3* :-;=*.3:4Y,Y3)*6(;;-.@4*'1*1,J'(),823*)3J-3:4*,./*4-@.3/*8,./* merchandise from The Living End, Al Nada is the tastiest, probably 6=3,Y34;K*,./*63);,-.2N*1(..-34;*Y2,63*;'*3,;*,;*'.*N'()*J-4-;*=3)3R* O'C3*1')*;=3*/32-6-'(4*6=3343*,./*4Y-.,6=*Sujuk Y-aa,K*4;,N*1')* ':.3)*0-6=,32\4*'(;),@3'(4*^'I34*,8'(;*=-4*C';=3)?-.?2,:R*5;,N*,24'* 836,(43*=3\22*Y)'8,82N*Y),.I*N'(*8N*@-J-.@*N'()*6=,.@3*-.*(432344*G* 63.;*6'-.4K*')*.';*,;*,22K*-.4-4;-.@*;=,;*;=3*Y)-63*'1*N'()*4-.@23*Y-aa,* =,4*4(//3.2N*)-43.*;'*mGBR*TJ3.;(,22N*N'(\22*83*1)33*;'*23,J3*:-;=* your change and generously sized lunch, but you might just find N'()4321*4;,N-.@*-.*;'*3,;K*:'.*'J3)*8N*;=-4*),46,2*,./*=-4*4,2-3.;* advice on marriage (I’ll let you find that out for yourself), but above ,22*=-4*1)-3./2-.344R**Q;\4*;=3*4='Y*:-;=*;=3*=(@3*;'N*/'@*'(;*;=3*1)'.;K* the one inexplicably wearing a Vietnamese rice farmer’s hat. You 6,.\;*C-44*-;R d.63K*;=3*'.2N*)3,4'.*;'*6'C3*;'*5Y';4:''/*:,4*56-3.63:')I4* (a fun and interactive science museum still well worth a visit), and ;=3*'.2N*Y3'Y23*;=,;*:'(2/*J3.;()3*-.;'*;':.*:'(2/*83*;'()-4;4*:='* had taken a wrong turn from the train station looking for it. Now, Spotswood is notable on its own merits, and you should definitely 6'C3*'.*/':.*,./*433*:=NR*d1*6'()43K*-1*N'(\)3*^(4;*=3)3*1')* 56-3.63:')I4K*,./*/'*3./*(Y*@3;;-.@*2'4;K*Q\22*83*=,YYN*;'*Y'-.;*N'(* in the right direction, but not before I shout you a coffee (I work at '.3*'1*;=3*6,134*,./*@3;*1)33*4;(11lR*L*C3)3*G#*C-.(;3*;),-.*)-/3*1)'C* ;=3*6-;N*-4*,22*-;*;,I34*;'*3MY3)-3.63*;=-4*2-;;23*:34;3).*4(8()84*@3CR**

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In Soviet Russia, games play you

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As for the libertarians? Well, there’s Cards Against Humanity…

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your brain and mindfulness with ruth de jager

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drawn to science Opening the trapdoor: Frogs and artificial wetland traps with kate cranney

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eet Michael Sievers, PhD candidate with the School of Biosciences, who researches artificial urban wetlands and the frogs that call /5-4&5%4-1&2+65"-9&".?.S&"#-&/5-.-&;-/9"*(.&"6/0"99:&-6%9%$+6"9&/#"7.& 8%#&*"/+,-&8#%$.O L4*,*8'NK*0-6=,32*5-3J3)4*:'(2/*4Y3./*='()4*-.*:3;2,./4K*)'6I*Y''24* and rivers. He says he’s kept “almost every aquatic pet you can think of,” including countless fish species, axolotls, starfish and a crayfish called Pinchy. As a teenager, he had six fish tanks in his bedroom. &3,)4*'.K*=3*4;-22*4Y3./4*='()4*-.*:3;2,./4*]*,4*,*Y)'1344-'.R*

What trapped Michaelís interest?

Michael’s affinity for aquatic animals has taken him to some -.6)3/-823*Y2,634R* After studying a Bachelor of Science (majoring in Marine +-'2'@NlK*=3*6'CY23;3/*,*0,4;3)*'1*56-3.63*,;*;=3*D.-J3)4-;N*'1* Melbourne. His Masters project helped the cultured mussel industry -.*S');*S=-22-Y*+,N*(./3)4;,./*;=3*-.;3),6;-'.4*83;:33.*C(44324*,./* biofouling (when unwanted organisms grow on mussels). Following ;=-4K*0-6=,32*4Y3.;*;:'*N3,)4*(Y*,./*/':.*L(4;),2-,\4*3,4;*6',4;*,4*,* )343,)6=*,44-4;,.;K*4,CY2-.@*;=3*-.;3);-/,2*a'.3K*6'2236;-.@*/,;,K*,./* /34-@.-.@*,./*6,))N-.@*'(;*3MY3)-C3.;4R* In 2013, Michael travelled to Norway where he worked in a ;-.N*2-;;23*;':.*6,223/*0,;)3K*,;*,.*-.;3).,;-'.,2*C,)-.3*)343,)6=* station called (take a breath) Havforskningsinstituttet researching L;2,.;-6*4,2C'.R*L1;3)*;:'*C'.;=4*;=3)3K*=3*)3;().3/*;'*L(4;),2-,*;'* work with Tasmania’s Huon Aquaculture, tutor at the University of 0328'().3*,./*4;,);*=-4*S=9R* P-;=*;=-4*-CY)344-J3*8,6I@)'(./K*-;*-4*2-;;23*4()Y)-43*;=,;*0-6=,32* recently won The Nature Conservancy Applied Conservation Award 1')*=-4*S=9R*

Suspicious ponds: caught in an ecological trap

Have you seen artificial wetlands in your suburb or town? Maybe you 6,.*Y-6;()3*,*4=,22':K*/3.432N*Y2,.;3/*:3;2,./*-.*,*2':?2N-.@*,)3,e*Q1* .';K*;=3*.3M;*;-C3*N'(\)3*-.*E'N,2*S,)IK*4;'Y*8N*;=3*<)-.*P,))3.*<,C? boore artificial wetland – a five-hectare haven for water birds.

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Michaelís PhD research: frogs in planted ponds

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First, Michael will figure out the pros and cons of artificial wetlands for frogs. He says the likely pros are permanent habitat, 1''/*,./*Y23.;N*'1*J3@3;,;-'.R*L./*;=3*2-I32N*6'.4*,)3*Y)3/,;-'.K*2':* @3.3;-6*/-J3)4-;N*,./*Y'22(;,.;4R* S'22(;,.;4*2-I3*=3,JN*C3;,24K*Y34;-6-/34K*,./*=-@=*23J324*'1* salinity and nitrogen can reduce fitness and cause deformities in 1)'@4R*S'22(;,.;4*C,N*,24'*)3/(63*,*1)'@\4*,8-2-;N*;'*)3Y)'/(63*,./* /3;36;*Y)3/,;')4R*<=-4*-4*,*43)-'(4*-44(3*@-J3.*;=,;*"F*Y3)*63.;*'1*,22* ,CY=-8-,.*4Y36-34*1,63*;=3*;=)3,;*'1*3M;-.6;-'.R 0-6=,32*:-22*,24'*6)3,;3*C,.,@3C3.;*@(-/32-.34*;'*,44344*;=3* 6'./-;-'.4*'1*:3;2,./4*,./*-CY)'J3*:3;2,./*/34-@.R*>-.,22NK*=3*:-22* /3J32'Y*.3:*:,N4*;'*;34;*=':*Y'22(;,.;4*,1136;*1)'@4\*83=,J-'()*,./* ;=3-)*43.4')N*/3J32'YC3.;R* Therefore, the ultimate question of Michael’s PhD is: are artificial :3;2,./4*36'2'@-6,2*;),Y4e*

What is an ecological trap?

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This spring and summer, you can find Michael surveying urban :3;2,./4*,)'(./*;=3*Z)3,;3)*0328'().3*E3@-'.K*C'4;2N*-.*;=3*&,)),* ,./*9,./3.'.@*6,;6=C3.;*,)3,4R* And when Michael’s not chasing frogs, you can find him diving and snorkeling. He says, “During my last dive off Rye pier, four /'2Y=-.4*6,C3*'(;*'1*.':=3)3*,./*=(.@*,)'(./*Y2,N1(22N*6=,4-.@*,* huge school of salmon for ten minutes.” However, his favourite dive is The Cottage by the Sea in Queenscliff, where he has dived with giant cuttlefish and the iconic blue devil.

I ask Michael what he’d like to do after his PhD. He talks ,8'(;*;=3*C3)-;4*'1*,6,/3C-,K*831')3*43;;2-.@*'.*,.*,YY)'Y)-,;32N* ,U(,;-6*;().*'1*Y=),43R*_Q.*C,.N*6,434K*N'(*=,J3*;'*;,I3*:=,;3J3)* opportunities come your way … you just have to go with the flow.”

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The Future of Food: itĂ­s not what it used to be

by Ghill De Rozario

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Her family’s story is conveyed by word of mouth and becomes 3C83//3/*;=)'(@=*)3;322-.@4R*<=3*Y)343.63*'1*/3;,-24*3MY3)-3.63/* first-hand means the story surpasses objective facts to become an 3CY,;=3;-6*.,)),;-J3R >')*4'C3*Y3'Y23K*=':3J3)K*;=-4*.,)),;-J3*-4*,843.;R*5'C3;-C34* -;\4*4-CY2N*/-4-.;3)34;R*+-'2'@-6,2*)'';4*6,.*83*,C8-@('(4*1')* J,)-'(4*)3,4'.4K*1)'C*6-)6(C4;,.634*'1*8-);=*')*,/'Y;-'.R*Q.*';=3)* 6,434K*.,)),;-J34*6,.*83*)3Y)3443/*'(;*'1*@)-31K*')*/-4C-443/*,4* -.6'CY,;-823*:-;=*4=-1;4*-.*.,;-'.,2-;NR*7,.@(,@3*-4*,24'*,*8,))-3)* :=-6=*6,.*/-J-/3*@3.3),;-'.4R*032,.-3*-4*,*436'./*@3.3),;-'.* L(4;),2-,.*:-;=*O=-.343*,.634;)NR*5=3*=,4*,.*-.;3)34;*-.*=3)*1,C-2N\4* Y,4;*g*8(;*-;\4*.';*,2:,N4*,66344-823R _Q;\4*I-./*'1*,C,a-.@*N'()*@),./Y,)3.;4*:3)3*8').*4'C3:=3)3* ;';,22N*/-113)3.;*;'*N'(*,./*,;*N'()*,@3*:3)3*;';,22N*/-113)3.;*n]o*4'* ;=3N*/'*=,J3*,*2';*'1*4;')-34*;'*;322R*+(;*;=3*2,.@(,@3*8,))-3)*:-;=*CN* @),./C';=3)*-4*1)(4;),;-.@*-.*@3.3),2R` 5-;34*2-I3*"*6-./#:16%4*Y)'J-/3*,*C3,.4*;'*8)-/@3*@,Y4*-.*1,C-2N* =-4;')NR*<=3*4-;3*'113)4*,66344*;'*/'6(C3.;4*2-I3*:,)*)36')/4*,./* marriage certificates. However, these seemingly neutral documents can facilitate the conflation between national and personal history.

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Savers, Anxiety and the Mohair Cardigan of My Dreams

by Ayu Astrid Maylinda

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,2I-.@*;=)'(@=*5,J3)4*'.*5N/.3N*E',/*-4*,.*-.;3.432N*Y3)4'.,2* 3MY3)-3.63RRRY3)4'.,2*-.*;=3*43.43*;=,;*-;*-4*8';=*43.4')-,22N* ,./*4Y-)-;(,22N*3.@,@-.@*1')*;=3*-./-J-/(,2*4='YY3)R*<=3)3*-4*;=3* familiar smell of your grandmother’s kitchen and closet all at once; ;=3*)':4*,./*)':4*'1*C(2;-1,)-'(42N*6'2'()3/*,./*;3M;()3/*62';=-.@* ,./*;=3*.'./346)-Y;*6=,.@-.@*)''C4*4'C3=':*)3C-./*N'(*'1*;=,;* ;-C3*N'(*4Y3.;*-.*,.*3C3)@3.6N*/3Y,);C3.;*6(8-623R*<=3*=(C'()* of finding a sateen 80s dress with a ridiculous amount of shoulder 1,8)-6*-4*.';*2'4;*'.*;=3*4,JJN*5,J3)4*4='YY3)R*<=3*@-4;*'1*;=3*5,J3)4* C'/32*-4*;=,;*;=343*62';=34*,./*8)-6?,?8),6*'.63*832'.@3/*;'* 4'C3'.3*3243*,./*:3)3*@-J3.*,:,NK*Y3)=,Y4*,4*Y,);*'1*'.3*'1*;='43* .3:?1,.@23/*0,)-3*b'./'*C,;3)-,2*623,.434*'1*;=3*C-./K*1')*;=3* 83;;3)C3.;*'1*4'C3'.3*3243\4*2-13R*d)*-4*-;e* L4*,*=(C,.*83-.@*:-;=*C')3*;=,.*C'/3),;3*23J324*'1*,.M-3;N* -.=-8-;-.@*CN*3J3)N/,N*3M-4;3.63K*Q*;3./*;'*J-3:*;=3*,6;*'1*Y()6=,4-.@* -;3C4*,4*,*/'(823?3/@3/*4:')/*-.*;=3*U(34;*1')*4;)344*)32-31R*d.*;=3* '.3*=,./K*-;*13324*@)3,;*;'*=,J3*4'C3;=-.@*.3:*-.*N'()*C,;3)-,2* -.J3.;')NK*4'C3;=-.@*;'*Y2,N*,)'(./*:-;=*:=3.*N'(\)3*/36-/-.@*:=,;* ;'*:3,)*;'*(.-*'.*,*6'2/*0'./,N*C').-.@K*')*4'C3;=-.@*;'*42,Y*'.* N'()*2-Y4*:=3.*N'(\)3*1332-.@*/36-/3/2N*C-43),823*,8'(;*;=3*4;,;3* '1*N'()*1,63R*d.*;=3*';=3)*=,./K*:=3.*N'()*8,.I*,66'(.;*8,2,.63* ;33;3)4*/,.@3)'(42N*62'43*;'*mBK*/3Y23;-.@*-;*1();=3)*/'34*.';=-.@* C')3*;=,.*6,(43*,*)34()@3.63*'1*;=3*,.M-3;N*;=,;*:,4*U(3223/*:-;=* ;=3*Y()6=,43*'1*4=-.N*.3:*C,;3)-,2*;=-.@4R* <=3*5,J3)4*C'/32*,YY3,)4*;'*83*Y)'C-4-.@*-.*-;4*C3/-,;-'.*'1* ;=3*3J3)N/,N*4;)(@@23*'1*;=3*4;)344?4='YY3)R*O=3,Y*436'./?=,./* clothes assuage your financial anxiety, the need for material comfort, and that part of your soul that is still firmly lodged in the long-form ,);-623*N'(*)3,/*C'.;=4*,@'*,8'(;*;=3*4-.4*'1*1,4;*1,4=-'.R*Q*=,/*;=-4*

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insane experience with a fifties cashmere jumper once, just by the 4=33)*Y':3)*'1*-C,@-.-.@*4'C3'.3\4*@),./C';=3)*=,J-.@*'.63*:').* this. The garment and the age-related scars (read: holes) it bore Y)'(/2N*132;*2-I3*,*Y,-)*'1*-C,@-.,)N*=,./4*3.6,Y4(2,;-.@*C3*-.*,.* emotion that I can only describe superficially as ‘graciousness’. The @),6-'(4.344*'1*,@3R*<=3*@),6-'(4.344*'1*:,)C;=R*<=3*@),6-'(4.344* '1*4'C3'.3*=,J-.@*=,./3/*;=-4*'J3)*;'*;=3*Y'44344-'.*'1*4'C3'.3* 3243R*<=3*@),6-'(4.344*'1*;=3*,1;3)2-13*'1*;=3*C,;3)-,2R* My mother finds the smell of my mohair cardigan off-putting.

5=3*/346)-834*-;*,4*_.33/-.@*C')3*;=,.*,*6,);'.*'1*C';=8,224*;'* neutralise”. But it’s really not that bad— it’ll probably only take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fifteen, into which I can no longer fit more than one and a half thighs.

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chlorine dreams by edie bush

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.2-I3*'()*6',4;,2*6'(.;3)Y,);4*823443/*:-;=*,.*,8(./,.63*'1*4=,)I4*,./*4,./* ),4=K*'()*6=-2/=''/*4(CC3)*/,N4*63.;3)3/*,)'(./*;=3*Y(82-6*Y''2R*TJ3)N*N3,)* the first lungful of fresh chlorine was a blast of memories of summers passed. Every N3,)K*;=3*6)N4;,2*623,)*:,;3)*:'(2/*42':2N*836'C3*;3Y-/*,./*62'(/N*:-;=*/3,/* 4I-.*63224K*,./*'()*3N34*:'(2/*836'C3*Y3)C,.3.;2N*82''/4=';K*N3;*-;4*CN4;-6-4C* endured. Houses with air-conditioning were few and far between. Restless kids :3)3*43.;*'(;4-/3*(./3)*;=3*:3,)?;=3C?'(;*/'6;)-.3R*9)':.-.@*)-4I4K*4(.4;)'I3* ,./*@3.3),2*Y,),.'-,4*,8'(;*8,4-6*=N@-3.3e*S11;K*4=3\22*83*)-@=;*C,;3R*+)(-43/*4=-.4* 1)'C*,*:,2)(4*)3?3.,6;C3.;*@'.3*:)'.@ie*T,4-2N*Y,;6=3/*(Y*:-;=*+,./?L-/4*,./*-63* Y,6I4K*.';*23@,2*,6;-'.R* E'C,.;-6-43/*,./*)-.@-.@*:-;=*;=3*4;)3;6=3/*'(;*J':324*'1*)(),2*L(4;),2-,K*;=-4* -4*CN*'/3*;'*;=3*Y(82-6*Y''2R <=3*S''2*:,4*;=3*4=)-.3*'1*4,2J,;-'.*1)'C*,*/)'(@=;?4;)-6I3.*6=-2/=''/R*>)'C* the October long weekend until ANZAC day, we crossed barren sheep paddocks and Y,)6=3/*6)33I4*433I-.@*-;4*;:-.I2-.@*:,;3)4*'1*)34Y-;3R*<=3*S''2*:,4*,*;NY-6,2*FHXB4* council build: squat and symmetrical. In fact, take away foam pool noodles and first ,-/*I-;4K*,//*4'C3*)(@8N*Y,),Y=3).,2-,*')*4'C3*=,N*,./*/(4;*,./*N'(*6'(2/*^(4;*,4* :322*83*-.*;=3*1'';N*6=,.@3*)''C4*,;*;=3*'J,2*')*;=3*;'-23;4*,;*;=3*)'/3'*@)'(./R <=3*S''2*:,4*4C,6I*8,.@*-.*;=3*C-//23*'1*;':.R*Q;4*)3,2*.,C3*g*0())()(./-* 03C')-,2*+,;=4*g*:,4*:)-;;3.*-.*6'.6)3;3*23;;3)4*'.*,*/36'),;-J3*8)33a382'6I*:,22R* Its covered entrance was flanked by the pool manager’s office and the Kiosk, and depending on what job Mr Russell was performing, this office also doubled as an office for the lifeguard, swimming instructor and squad coach.

5;3YY-.@*'(;*1)'C*;=3*4=,/':?6'2/*;=)34='2/*'1*;().4;-234K*'()*3N34*:'(2/*;,I3* ,*)3J3)3.;*;=)33*436'./4*;'*,/^(4;*;'*;=3*82-./-.@*2-@=;R*5Y)3,/*831')3*(4*-.*Y3)136;* J-4(,2*=,)C'.N*2,N*;=)33*Y''24V*;=3*+,8N*S''2K*;=3*b-/4*S''2K*,./*;=3*+-@*S''2R* This was Nirvana. An oasis of rippling green fields and the pools glimmered alluringly under a radiant sun. Nothing could muddy our wide-eyed wonder. Not even the threadbare bindi-infested grass. Not even the scorching hot concrete ;=,;*46,))3/*:,;3)?4'1;*4I-.R*<=3*,U(,*82(3*'1*;=3*Y''24*231;*Y,;6=N*6-)6234*'1* questionable paint powder on our fingers and feet after a long day of duckdives and handstands; our marks of holy ritual. +-@*3M-4;3.;-,2*U(34;-'.4*:3)3*Y)'CY;3/*8N*<=3*S''2R*7-I3*:=,;*+.&;=3*)3,2* flavour of rainbow paddlepops? Is cola slushie colder than raspberry? How many times can you use the ‘fish out of water’ rule in Marco Polo? And is it justifiable by ;=3*6'/3*'1*,*/363.;*@,C3e

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Z'-.@*;'*<=3*S''2*C3,.;*Y3)-4=-.@*5Y33/'4K*)'6I=,)/*b-223)*SN;='.4K*d63,.*Z-)2* re-enactments, floating bandaids, prune fingers, sunscreen, and sunburn. It was defiance of authority: broken no diving rules, broken no running rules, broken no swinging on lane ropes rules. And it was survival of the fittest: swimming club races, 4U(-.;-.@*;=)'(@=*23,IN*Z'@@234K*@),/(,;-.@*;'*4:-CC-.@*6,Y4K*'.3*8)3,;=*1')*;=3* :='23*G#*C3;)34K*/)N*=3,;*4;)-YY-.@*;3./3)*.'4;)-24K*;(C823*;().4K*,./*-.6=?:-/3* Y'2N34;3)*)-88'.4*Y-..3/*Y)'(/2N*;'@3;=3)R* Q;*,24'*Y)'J-/3/*(4*:-;=*(.?4(8;23*,.4:3)4*;'*;=3*U(34;-'.4*'1*2-13R*P=3)3* CN*Y,)3.;4*,./*;3,6=3)4*1,-23/*;'*3/(6,;3*C3*,8'(;*;=3*@)'442N*6'.1(4-.@*:')2/* of puberty, The Pool valiantly filled in. Boobs began to bulge under lycra and @''438(CY4*6,C3*:-;=*.-YY23*2(CY4R*0N*1)-3./4*4;,);3/*:3,)-.@*8',)/4=');4* ,./*,J'-/-.@*;=3*Y''2*1')*,*:33I*,;*,*;-C3R*O2,-)3*>)-3/C,.\4ii*N322':*'.3?Y-363* :,4*433?;=)'(@=*,4*4=3*4;''/*'.*;=3*82'6I4*1')*;=3*:33I2N*5:-CC-.@*O2(8*#BC* 1)334;N23R*>');(.,;32NK*;='(@=K*/34Y-;3*;=3*:,).-.@4*'1*,*6,);''.*43M?3/*J-/3'*Q*4,:* at Healthy Harold, I never once saw an untimely erection. Nonetheless, hormones ),.*,C'I*'.*;=3*J36;')4*'1*4:3,;*,./*6=2')-.3R*d()*82'44'C-.@*43M(,2-;-34*=,/*(4* ='2/-.@*=,./4*(./3):,;3)K*4-;;-.@*'.*4='(2/3)4*1')*;,6I2-.@*C,;6=34*,./*I.334* ;3.;,;-J32N*;'(6=-.@*:=-23*:3*:,;6=3/*62(8*),634R By the time my puberty hit, I was safely in the North Coast, swimming at +N)'.*+,N*:=3)3*Y(834*,./*8''84*4',I*(Y*4(.*:-;=*)36I2344*,8,./'.R*+(;*Q* still wonder how I would have dealt with the fierce embarrassment of everyone I.':-.@*3J3)N;=-.@R*P,4*;=-4*,*)-;3*'1*Y,44,@3e*O'(2/*=,J3*Q*I.':.*;=3*436)3;4*'1* 4())3./3)-.@*;'*6=,.@3K*')*;'*3C8),6-.@*CN*8'/N*1')*-;4*),:.344e*Q*:-22*.3J3)*I.':R <=343*Y(82-6*Y''24*,)3*,2C'4;*2'4;*-.*;=3*.'4;,2@-,*,8N44K*,*Y2,63*^(4;*83N'./* our living realm where all ‘back in my day’ things go. A kind of Harry Potter Room of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y best friend insisted it didn’t hurt. It definitely hurt. ** Name concealed for belated dignity.

illustration by lucy hunter

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trigger warning by ava k.

Trigger warning: references to rape and sexual violence, PTSD, depression, anxiety and suicide

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cyclord / CYCLING SAFETY with alexander sheko

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farrago 2015 / edition seven / 49

/ Society

In the Wake of the Earthquake

by Clara ng

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am writing this in the wake of the earthquake in Nepal. It was deadly: 7.8 on the Richter scale, five countries shaken, death toll '1*,2C'4;*;3.*;='(4,./R*+(;*=':*/'34*'.3*Y(;*,*.(C83)*;'*=(C,.* suffering, chart a terror still unfolding? It’s hard to find words – like /-@@-.@*1')*C3,.-.@*83.3,;=*;=3*/38)-4K*.,C34*'1*Y3'Y23*,./*Y2,634* .':*8()-3/*-.*;=3*)(8823R Q\/*4Y3.;*;=3*4(CC3)*-.*b,;=C,./(R*Q*/-/.\;*2-I3*=':*-;*2''I3/* ;=)'(@=*;=3*23.4K*')*Y)-.;3/*-.*@2'44N*@(-/38''I*4Y)3,/4R*I&/#-".0#-& /#%,-&%8&.+$5/.=&.4-99.&"*(&.%0*(.c*0')3*2-I3*,*@)-C*^(C823*'1*;'()-4;N* must-dos. I still took pictures: aim, focus, click. Pause to fiddle with the aperture. They turn out nice enough, but are flat, lacklustre.

S-M324*/-/.\;*/'*-;*^(4;-63*g*;=3*6-;N*:,4*,2-J3R*0').-.@4*:3)3*=';K* ,./*;=3*,1;3).''.4*4-CC3)3/R*+(;*/(4I*:,4*,*Y23,4,.;*='()K*,4*;=3* screeching of traffic and the yelling of street-vendors ebbed in the 2(22*'1*3J3.-.@R*Q*6,.*433*-;*.':V*1,C-2-34*3C3)@-.@*1)'C*.3,;*;3)),63* rows. My host father, Nardev, sitting on the porch step, newspaper in =,./R*5=-2,K*=-4*:-13K*62,;;3)-.@*,8'(;*-.*;=3*I-;6=3.*C,I-.@*/=,2*8=,;* 1')*/-..3)*g*;=3*4,C3*/-4=*3,;3.*;=)33*;-C34*,*/,NR*[35"9&>5"/&Y':3)K* ;:3.;N?1'()*='()c\*4=3*4,N4K*,*)313)3.63*;'*;=3*3236;)-6-;N*6(;4*;=,;* '1;3.*Y2(.@3*;=3*4;)33;*-.;'*/,)I.344R Half an hour later we’re gathered in the tiny kitchen, ladling hot curry, lentils and rice. Nardev warbles along with the radio. <=3*I-/4*,)3*8-6I3)-.@*-.*2'6,2*;'.@(3R*Q*4C3,)*4'C3*8)3,/*:-;=* '2-J3*'-2*,./*4,2;K*,*.3:*1,J'()-;3*,;*;=3*;),/-;-'.,2*;,823R*9-..3)*-4* ,*4-CY23K*C344N*,11,-)K*,./*;=3*834;*Y,);*'1*;=3*/,NR*Q;\4*833.*C,N83*

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;:'*:33I4K*8(;*;=3*6-;N*433C4*1)-3./2-3)R*<=3*/,N4*,6U(-)3*,*)=N;=C* of their own; a tempo I’m glad to follow. ‘Nepal time!’ locals would 4=)(@K*;34;,C3.;*;'*;=3-)*1)33/'C*1)'C*;=3*6')Y'),;3*:')2/K*:=3)3* ;=3*C-.(;-,3*'1*/,-2N*2-13*62(4;3)*,)'(./*;=3*'Y3.-.@*,./*62'4-.@*'1* 4='Y4K*;=3*)-.@-.@*'1*,*;323Y='.3K*;=3*4;3,/NK*4'2-/*;=(/*'1*;=3*.-.3? to-five. Here, time is fluid, not pinned to grids on schedules. +(;*;),J32*-4.\;*,2:,N4*=-YY-3*Y,),/-43R*53J3),2*-.6-/3.;4*-.* Nepal had me cursing my general lack of foresight. Momos (cheap /(CY2-.@4l*'.*;=3*4;)33;e*932-6-'(4K*8(;*N'(\/*83;;3)*=,J3*;=3* .3,)34;*Y(82-6*8,;=)''C*C,)I3/*'(;R*0N4;3)-'(4*)',/?62'4()34* ,)3.\;*(.6'CC'.R*L./*8(4*;-6I3;4*,)3*83;;3)*8''I3/*-.*,/J,.63K*234;* N'(*3./*(Y*4;),./3/*'.*,*Y23,4,.;*=-22K*,*/,N\4*/)-J3*,:,NR* Q*1'(./*CN4321*4Y33/-.@*;=)'(@=*;=3*4;)33;4*'.*,*1)-3./\4* C';')8-I3R*_<=3*834;*:,N*;'*@3;*,)'(./*;=3*6-;NK`*E,^*;'2/*C3K* “if you actually want to see it.” And see it I did. Not just heritage 4-;34*,./*;3CY234K*8(;*@2-CC3)4*'1*2-13*:-;=-.R*<=3*C'4;*2(C-.'(4* C'C3.;4*:3)3*;=3*'.34*(.4'(@=;R*d.3*/,N*Q*1'22':*;=3*2':K*/-4;,.;* =(C*'1*Y),N3)*,2'.@*;=3*S,4=(Y,;-.,;=*)-J3)R*P'C3.*-.*)3/K* 32/3)2N*,./*N'(.@K*,)3*@,;=3)3/*-.*Y),N3)*1')*;=3*5,),4:,;-*134;-J,2* ='.'()-.@*;=3*@'//344*'1*:-4/'CR*+)-@=;*'),.@3*Y3;,24*1)'C*:'J3.* garlands dot the water; I smell fragrant incense and hear the sweet 4,4=,N*'1*4-2IR L.';=3)*/,N*Q*;,I3*,*4=');6(;*(./3)*,*8)-/@3*,./*(.6'J3)*,* =-//3.*42(CK*-;4*Y(243*133823*(./3)*;=3*4Y),:2-.@*C3;)'Y'2-4R*<:'* :)-.I23/*:'C3.*6,))N*:,;3)*;'*,*C,I34=-1;*=(;K*4;),N*/'@4*.-Y*,;*CN*

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,.I234K*,./*C,;;3/?=,-)3/*6=-2/)3.*/),:*-.*;=3*/-);*:-;=*4;-6I4R*03.* squat by the river, peering at their reflections as they exchange the /,N\4*.3:4R*Q*:'./3)*-1*;=3-)*4;')-34*:'(2/*3J3)*83*;'2/R Q*,24'*4,:*;=3*Y)'823C4*g*;=3*Y'2-;-6,2*;)3C')4*g*;=,;*4=''I*;=3* city. Roads were often flooded with chanting crowds, blocking traffic within a five-block radius. National strikes emptied the streets.

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The Nepalese flag is uniquely non-symmetrical – indeed, it reflects social and historical imbalances that are yet to be rectified.

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;=3*'YY');(.-;N*;'*4;,);*,1)34=R Hopefully the quake will prove a unifying force, and not a divisive one. The government has to respond efficiently, of course g*2'6,2*3236;-'.4*:'(2/*83;;3)*@)'(./*-;*-.*Y'Y(2,)*4(YY');R*L.* 31136;-J3*.3:*6'.4;-;(;-'.*:'(2/*,24'*8)3,I*;=3*Y'2-;-6,2*/3,/2'6IR* <=343*4;3Y4*6,.*Y,J3*;=3*:,N*;':,)/4*.,;-'.,2*4;,8-2-;NK*:=3)3* Nepal’s people can stand in solidarity instead of sorrow. The path ,=3,/*C,N*83*1),(@=;K*8(;*Q*='Y3*;=,;*;=3*6'(.;)N*:-22*83*)38(-2;*'.* 4;)'.@3)*1'(./,;-'.4K*,./*/-4Y2,N*-;4*Y)':344*-.*;-C3*;'*6'C3R Now, it’s been a week, and some semblance of normal life has )3;().3/R*Q.*;=3*6,Y-;,2K*Y3'Y23*,)3*Y,6I-.@*(Y*;=3-)*;3.;4K*C'J-.@* -./'')4*,./*/-4;)-8(;-.@*1)34=*Y)'/(63*,@,-.R*<=3*:')4;*C-@=;* 83*'J3)*g*8(;*:=,;*/'*:3*)3,22N*I.':*'1*;=343*;3))-823*;=-.@4e*Q* fidget, open new tabs, check my email. After a delayed, one-sided 6'))34Y'./3.63K*;=3)3*-;*:,4*g*E,^K*1),.I*,./*1,C-2-,)*,4*3J3)R*<=3)3* -4*4,/*4');*'1*=(C'()*-.*=-4*:')/4V*[]Q*I.':*-;\22*83*,*@'//,C.*;:'* C'.;=4*831')3*N'(*)3Y2N*4'*4;,N*:322*,./*6'C3*8,6I*4'C3/,NR\ S3)=,Y4*Q*:-22R*L1;3)*,22K*;=3)3*,)3*4'C3*;=-.@4*;=,;*4;,N*;=3* 4,C3V*,*@2-CY43*'1*;=3*J,223N*,;*/,:.K*,*6(Y*'1*5=-2,\4*='C3?8)3:3/* 65+::"*g*:-;=*,.N*2(6IK*;=3*4'(./*'1*2,(@=;3)*,;*;=3*S,./3J4\*/-..3)* table. How is it that the poorest countries have the happiest people? <='(@=*;=3N*I.':*;=3N*/'.\;*=,J3*C(6=K*;=3N*4C-23*,./*2,(@=*,./* .3J3)*433C*;'*.';-63R*<=3*Y3'Y23K*;=3*;=-.@4*,)'(./*;=3C*g*;=343*,)3* ,22*;=,;*C,;;3)4R*Q*:'./3)*=':*-;*-4*1')*;=3C*.':*;=,;*;=3N*=,J3*3J3.* 2344R*<=3N*4;-22*4,N*;=3N\)3*;=3*2(6IN*'.34R

farrago 2015 / edition seven / 51

/ Society

Surfing the New Age by james henshall

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jellyfish

by Cindy Zhou

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umbrella street

by James Macaronas

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“He’s still not back,” mused Phil, returning to the kitchen bench. _S)'8,82N*1322*,4233Y*,;*;=3*8,)K`*2,(@=3/*E'@3)K*3.^'N-.@*;=3*1332-.@*'1*;=3*4',Y*8(88234*Y2,N-.@*,)'(./*=-4* fingers. The breakfast dishes clinked against each other.

“He needs to take more care of himself, I reckon.” _&3,=e` “One of these days he’ll get himself killed. Hit by a car, or something.”

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_Q;*:,4*,*C-4;,I3K`*4=3*4'883/K*=(.6=3/*(Y*,@,-.4;*;=3*;'-23;K*_,./*Q\C*4'))NR` The white tiles on the floor reminded her of the place where it had happened – as cold as the winter C').-.@*,./*:=-;3*2-I3*;=3*4IN*'(;4-/3R* '#0#9R “What else was I meant to do?” she called out to them, pleading. “He left and if he ever came back …”

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