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CONTENTS Editor’s Report Happy Australia Day! We at Scope are proud to present to you the most patriotic edition of the magazine ever. If you haven’t already figured it out, the front and back covers spread out to form an Australian flag. Win. Sub-Editor Jorja Wallace returns in fine form with her article, ‘You know you’re Australian when...’ as well as some advice on which beastly Australian creatures must be avoided. International students, read this carefully. Elsewhere, we’ve got photos from last week’s Clubs Sign On Day, Illegally Bond, and of course, the legendary Pub Crawl. Try to spot the one photo that’s sure to have people talking and/or complaining. Two HSA tickets, Bondbook and Piece, are set to lock horns today under the arch. Have a sneak through their policies in pages 12 and 13 and come down to vote under the arch if you’re an HSS student. Last but not least, a big shout out to our designer, Ash Adams, who turned 20 yesterday. My head is pounding as I write this, so thank you Ash. Enjoy. --Andra Nasrie
Weekly Busa Report
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Whitehouse
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LifeOne
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Photos
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HSA: Bondbook
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HSA: Piece
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You know you’re in Australia when...
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Reviews
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Trivia
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Scope Sport
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Scope Team
Jorja.Wallace .................Sub Editor Milly.Arsic................. Sub Editor
Jen.Phan ........... Photographer
Kat.Kaliviotis ...........Photographer
Sultan.AlSaheal ..........Photographer Mitch. Hammer..........Photographer
Ash.Adams..................Designer
Jacqui.Ward ..................Designer
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Weekly BUSA Report
Alumni Student Excellence Medals --Henry Norris, Vice President (Education)
BUSA is proud to be bringing a valuable new dimension into your educational experience at Bond in 2011: the Alumni Student Excellence Medals.
controversial issues in contemporary society. I encourage you to challenge yourself, voice your opinion, showcase your talents, and get involved in these new and exciting competitions.
The Alumni Student Excellence Medals aim to promote a greater sense of academic culture at Bond, where your learning experience goes well beyond the four walls of the classroom. The Medals also aim to promote a greater sense of connection between current students and alumni, and positively reinforce that the Bond experience continues well beyond your Graduation Ceremony.
The fundamental reason we come to university is to get an education – to expand our knowledge and skills set, to make us more attractive to potential employers and help us get that job we’ve always dreamed of. The Alumni Student Excellence Medal will allow you – whatever your background is or wherever your talents lie – to become involved in the academic culture at Bond and to build your CV.
The Medals will comprise of three separate academic competitions, which will run on a semesterly basis. The January semester will host the Opinionated Writing Medal, the May semester will host the Creative Arts Medal, and the September semester will host the Public Speaking Medal. These competitions will be prestigious and competitive, with esteemed alumni making up the judging panel and the prize for first place in each competition coming in at a whopping $1,000.
Topics and rules of entry for the Opinion Writing Medal will be released in Week 3 by an all students email.
The Medals will be open to all Bond students, making them unique compared to existing Faculty Student Association competitions. The competitions will deal with issues that are of interest to students of all disciplines, concerning
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Parties where you wear white are cool. Diddy thinks so, and everyone knows Diddy’s never wrong. Whitehouse is an event held by the Humanities Students’ Association every semester. It is on this Friday. If you are new, read below for all the information you’ll need on the event. What do you wear? You wear predominately white cocktail attire. This is a classy sophisticated event so DO NOT rock up casual. Guys, no jeans. Black pants and a white shirt is perfectly acceptable. How much does it cost? Tickets are $45 for SAM students, but it is well worth the cost. Buses from Bond take you to the venue, where everything will be provided so you don’t have to spend anything during the night (unlike Pub Crawl which has often be known to escalate into a mini fortune). Hot, gourmet canapés will be brought to you by waiters. Buses will then be provided for you to head to Platinum Nightclub (located in Broadbeach) where top DJs will be playing.
How many tickets are there? We cap the event at 250. This ensures the event keeps an intimate and exclusive atmosphere…. and you don’t have to wait in line for drinks. It does however mean you have to be quick to snap up a ticket. Where will it be held? We are keeping the venue a surprise. This venue is different in many ways to any party held before at Bond. Open spacious balconies overlook a spectacular forest view. Fairy lights adorn the roof and creative decorations serve to create a magical and enchanting atmosphere. What time do you have to be there? You need to be there at 7.15pm, Don’s Taxi rank to catch the bus! Don’t be late. Tickets are on sale from Tuesday in Week 2. Get your tickets early so you don’t miss out on the VIP night in white. Please be sure to eat dinner beforehand so the drinking doesn’t go straight to your head.
-- Ashleigh Gleeson
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University life can be challenging – balancing work, study, classes, rela8onships, health and fitness and some kind of social life. Bond’s new ‘Life One’ life skills course will ensure you have the skills you need to bring your ambi8on to life, even when life gets stressful. The program has six modules of one hour each and is free to all current Bond students. Register now to reserve your place.
New life skills program: • dreams & goals • know your mind • health and nutri8on • resilience • wellbeing • stress management
register now
starts week 3, free for Bond students
www.bond.edu.au/lifeone
One life. You have dreams, you’ve set goals, but are you struggling with bringing your ambition to life? Hear what Bondies have to say about uni life, studying, health and their thoughts on the exciting new program‘LifeOne’. How do you manage stress? • I find it really hard to manage stress, especially around exam times, but I would like to learn more techniques about how to manage stress. • I’m terrible about managing stress, I leave everything to the last minute. • I like to hit the gym, go for a run, anything outdoorsy, hang out with friends. • Sleep is important, but I find I don’t get enough! • I’m a new student and I’m worried about the workload because I’m bad with managing time, it will be so different to high school. • In class, some students can be so combative and there’s always the stress in class of being shut down. • A lot of the stress is also the stress we place on ourselves, and it’s sometimes hard to handle the expectations we put on ourselves • Sometimes aiming less than perfect can help, it’s more about trying your best. • I find that when I don’t perform to my best I have a tendency to give up, whereas I should push myself and persevere. • I am ambitious, and set a lot of goals for myself, but I think a lot of Bond students are very highly driven, there seems to be motivation around Bond too which helps others. Do you find it hard to balance uni, social life, staying active? How do you balance everything? • This sem I drew up a timetable, but sometimes I get too consumed with university work, and seem to neglect everything else, especially my health. • For me, I just have learnt to adapt to uni life and balancing as much as possible • It’s all about balancing, but I feel for me it’s more social, I just need to knuckle down. • I need to go and blow off steam, I guess over time I have developed pretty decent time management. I make ridiculous calenders, colour coordinated and everything. • I find I fit no time for exercise and eating well, I find a lot of students just live off redbull and coffee. • Procrastination is a big thing at university. Facebook doesn’t help too much. What is your response to the Life One program? • I certainly think something like this would be a great opportunity to learn techniques about how to handle stress.
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Also being amongst others helps, as you know you’re not alone in this. • Stress is such a common problem, but it’s not really addressed or broadcasted, many students don’t know where to go for help or how to handle everything. • I definitely see the worth in such a program, I mean one hour a week is nothing. • I really like it, but one of the problems I think this program will encounter are sceptics, people who will dismiss this too quickly, they may see it as being a bit too ‘hippy’ but definitely something people should try. Do you think the university encourages students to adopt ways to manage stress? Do you think they accommodate enough for students? Do you think it’s just expected that uni students know how to handle everything? • A program like this is lacking, it certainly would fill the gap for a lot of students who are struggling with everything • No I don’t think I’ve heard of anywhere doing this before, it sounds great! • Definitely think the university should provide more opportunities where students can develop better understanding of stress and the effects of stress on the body. I mean so many people get sick as a result of stress, it’s crazy. • I think it’s definitely expected, they just push it on you and basically leave it up to you to handle yourself, which can affect students in different ways, some can handle it, some can’t. Everyone is different like that. Launching at Bond in Week 3, ‘LifeOne’ is a never-beendone-before life skills program, designed to help you understand more about your own mind, emotions and physical wellbeing. The program aims to strip you back to basics and help you decide where you are at in your life, your studies and your health. Life One is about learning new skills, adaptation, selfreflection and discovering how to more efficiently turn dreams into reality. The program will run for one hour over six weeks, and will focus on the following areas: ambitions, body and balance, knowing your mind, stress and emotions, mind and relaxation and connections. Uni can get stressful. Unexpected things happen. Take control of your life, take it to the next level with the help of ‘LifeOne’. Register now at www.bond.edu.au/lifeone
Clubs Sign on Day Photographer: Matt Munce
Photographer: Bella Baldwin
Illegally Bond Photographer: Katerina Kaliviotis
Pub Crawl Photographers: Katerina Kaliviotis and Rashel Noginsky
You know you’re australian when...
--Jorja Wallace
G’day and Happy Aussie Day from the Scope team. What it means to be an Australian varies from Aussie to Aussie. For me it means hot, dry summers and cold, wet winters; up at the crack of dawn for some hard yakka on the farm; hot pies and cold beers; chiko rolls and potato cakes; yelling ‘CARN THE PIES’ at the TV screen; barbies with the rellies; vegemite smiles; flannies, eskies, blunnies; snakes, roos, kelpies, wombats; backyard cricket and country footy; the smell of Aeroguard and citronella; cruising in a boy’s Ute with the windows down; ACDC, Foreigner, Hunters and Collectors, INXS, Midnight Oil, ZZ Top; and regular trips to the bottle-o for cask wine and Crownies. Yes I do originate from woop woop where you could say I’ve had a dinky-di Aussie experience. I moved to the big smoke in 2009 but I’ll always be a bushie. While you may not have had the same experience as me, there are some things us Aussies have in common. • Your favourite foods include meat pies (with sauce), sausage rolls (with sauce), vegemite on toast, lamingtons, snags in bread (with sauce), Anzac bikkies, pav, egg in the hole, fish and chips, tim tams, chiko rolls, fairy bread, vanilla slice, Fantales, Milo, Weet-Bix, icy poles and steak. • You know what sauce is – no it is not ketchup. • You abbreviate almost every word and add a vowel at the end – arvo, smoko, speedo, righto, servo, ambo, doco, mozzie, brekkie, chokkie, cockie, coldie, barbie, rellie, bewdy, veggies, thingo, truckie, sanger, sunnies, maccas, Shazza, Bazza, Wozza, Camo, Shano.
• You can start a sentence with ‘Yeah, nah’ and end it with ‘nd shit’, and it still makes perfectly good sense. • You drive a Ute, carry an Esky, wear a wife beater, sport a wicked sunburn, play backyard cricket, smell like Aeroguard, watch footy (the real footy aka AFL), don’t mind a bit of hard yakka and carry a stubbie at all times. • You know public holidays and weekends are for barbies and drinking with mates. • You use your Tim Tam to suck up your cuppa. • No worries, she’ll be right, righto, strewth, bloody oath, useful as tits on a bull, true blue, fair dinkum, too right, shit house, spewin, rack off, reckon, ripper, pigs arse, flat out like a lizard drinking, onya, avago, fair go, mad as a cut snake, woop woop, chuck a sickie, budgie smugglers, built like a brick shithouse, bottle-o, bitzer, carn, bush week and Oi are all common and legit phrases in your vocabulary. • You not only have Aussie pride but state pride – with Victoria being the best state of all of course. • You hate Aussie movies publicly but secretly love the classics, using well known quotes to pepper your vocab – ‘You’re terrible Muriel’, ‘That’s not a knife’, ‘This is going straight to the pool room’, ‘Tell him he’s dreaming’. • You’ve been in trouble at least once for being a larrikin, a smart arse or just plain old cheeky. • Everyone is old mate, big fella or mate until you can remember their name. • You value sports higher than intellect, artistic ability or wealth. • You’re not particularly picky about alcohol. Grog is grog. • You know you live in the luckiest country on the planet – this just goes without saying.
Some friendly advice for our visiting international mates The following creatures are extremely dangerous and can be deadly. Typically their existence in Oz is kept a secret so our tourism industry is not detrimentally affected. • Drop Bears: Watch out for drop bears when you go walkabout. They live in trees and are essentially rabid koalas. They are not cute and they do not want to be patted/held. Typically they will drop from the tree and try to scratch your head/face. An easy way to prevent attack from one of our most deadly marsupials is to purchase the vegemite in a tube. This vegemite is not your average brekkie spread, it has been specifically designed like sunscreen as a Drop Bear repellent. By rubbing the repellent on your body and face, you will be protected from freak attacks. For more information go to dropbearaware.com • Hoop Snakes: These reptiles actually originated from the USA. Some idiot decided that bringing them to Oz would be a good idea. Hoop Snakes are cold blooded killers that regularly disguise themselves as hula hoops. They can grow up to 4 metres long and have on the deadliest bites of all our Aussie snakes. Unfortunately there is no known cure for Hoop Snake bites, so keep your wits about you. • Bunyips: These mutant platypi/wombats are highly dangerous. You will commonly encounter these beasties in water in the bush. Like a platypus their claws have a fatal poisonous coating and one scratch will kill an adult easily. To deter these creatures from attacking, place open bottles of beer (preferable Fosters, VB or XXXX) near the bush water you are exposed to.
Half the Sky - How to Change the World -- Maddy Cassidy We all want to change the world... myself included. As a frequent reader of Kristof’s work published in the New York Times, Half the Sky was on the top of my reading list this summer holidays. With exams out of the way, when the holidays came I couldn’t wait to read something I wanted to. This book stole my attention from the very first page and satisfied my high expectations. I share with Kristof and his wife Wudunn a passion for Human Rights. That is the very reason I read his work. I always dream of experiencing the field work Kristof gets to be a part of and in his book, he recounts experiences that makes you feel like you’re there alongside him. Let’s face it, the book is about Human Rights, so it isn’t going to be full of beautiful stories and happy endings. It focuses on the role of women in the world and how oppressed they actually are. Prior to starting my university education, I was sceptical of those who advocated women’s rights and my head was clouded with images of Germaine Greer since I learnt of feminism in high school Modern History. However the work of Kristof and Wudunn outlined the importance of empowering women and what that can actually do in the world on a large scale. It was Mao Zedong who proclaimed that ‘women hold up half of the sky’ and it made me realise how important my role is in life. How special it is to be a woman. Although these stories are not always pleasurable to read, they are inspirational and get you thinking of life in general and how much we have to be thankful for, women in particular. It is interesting to note that Kristof explores the development of China, and that no country has made as much progress in improving the status of women. For a country with a historical past of the one child policy, killing female infants and cultural practices like foot binding it is something I particularly found interesting. This book is full of noteworthy information about the world, where it is headed and what we can all do to help. As I said, we all want to change the world and it’s easy to restate that after watching a documentary or seeing a World Vision ad on television. Sooner or later we forget about it and go off to buy a new pair of shoes or watch ‘reality’ television in the comfort of our own homes, but this book is unforgettable. It presents the problems women (and even men to an extent) face, what this can lead to and what each of us can do to change it. Regardless of gender, regardless of our situation in life, where ever we may be, it’s an essential piece to read.
Rating: 9.0/10
Scope Review Prepared Like a Bride - EP
-- Peter Clayton
I have been a fan of metal since my early youth, and have derived much pleasure from listening to artists such as August Burns Red; The Devil Wears Prada and Parkway Drive. These bands have been there for the good times and the bad. I owe my life to music, and I hope that you feel the same. I was at a show late August last year, and I had the utmost pleasure of meeting Ryan Bowles, the vocalist for PLAB. Immediately I was taken aback by his kind persona. Here was a person that, without knowing me from a bar of soap, spent 45 minutes talking with me about his music and his life. I have the greatest respect for that, and it certainly reflects in my love for their music. I am reviewing the EP of PLAB this week for several reasons. Naturally, they are talented musicians. Whilst most people are not fans of hardcore metal, I can only hope that you appreciate the talent required for the genre. The most interesting aspect of this genre is its classification: Christian Metal. Naturally, this may be perceived as an oxymoron. How can metal, a traditionally secular music, be Christian? I often asked myself this question when I was first introduced to Christian metal. I never found an answer, it just simply is. Does this affect the listening pleasure? Not by a long shot. I have not met a person who can, without prior knowledge, pick the difference between ‘standard’ and Christian metal.
The CD is well mastered. One of the great difficulties of the metal genre is making heavy music sound clear. This, for an EP recording, has been completed effectively. Nothing turns a listener off faster than a poorly mastered album. The first track, There’s No Time to Waste, set the mood for the entire album. A slow breakdown encompassing each instrument, beautifully accomplished. Steve Doesn’t Go To Gym Anymore has a memorable intro, with synths introducing the instruments in a massive drop. I saw PLAB play live in Adelaide over the uni break, and absolutely enjoyed this track live. I’m afraid that the CD simply doesn’t do it justice. However, it is still a good track to listen to, and each of the band members get to flaunt their skills. This band is certainly best enjoyed live. I have found that is the case with all metal acts. The albums gives you an opportunity to sample the artists, live shows allow you to experience a band and all they have to offer. I can personally vouch that PLAB are terribly nice people and even better musicians. If you are interested, their EP is available for free on their Facebook page. You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain.
Rating: 8.7/10
brain teasers
trivia Logic Puzzles 1. Which of the following is not an Australian innovation? A) Chiko Roll, B) Lawn Sprinkler, C) Plastic bank notes, D) Dual flush toilet, E) Wine Cask? 2. What creature does Jana Pittman have tattooed on her body? 3. The Idiot Fruit and Darling Peas are poisonous, True or False? 4. What is Kylie Minogue’s lingerie line called? 5. How much of Australia is classified as desert: A) 8%, B) 16%, C) 25%, D) 35% 6. Australia has the world’s largest sand island. What is its name? 7. Who is the only person to have been awarded both the Australian of the Year and Young Australian of the Year titles? 8. Who is on the front of the current issue $100 note? 9. Who painted the Nebuchadnezzar series? 10. Who is the longest serving presenter of Playschool?
Down 2. The _________ General represents the Queen in Australia’s Parliament. 4. Australia’s Capital City. 6. Good or best friend 7. Australian Flightless Bird 9. Australia’s National Gemstone 13. The Emu can’t walk backwards what other Australian animal can’t walk backwards either. 14. Abbreviation for Western Australia 15. Australian Slang for Language 17. The first men to walk from Melbourne to Flinders River and back to Melbourne was ________ & Wills 18. Cathy ________ won the Women’s 400m at the 2000 Olympics 19. Abbreviation for New South Wales 20. What is the aboriginal name for Ayers Rock 21. Abbreviation for Northern Territory 23. Abbreviation for South Australia 24. Abbreviation for Queensland
Across 1. Aboriginal musical instrument. 3. Blanket roll of light bedding. 5. Product made by Kraft, a favourite of many Australians. 8. Famous Australian Poet & appears on the $10.00 note is __________Paterson. 10. Swimmer, Ian ________. 11. Australian slang for fool. 12. Medal of the Order. 16. World’s largest coral formation. 22. Australia’s National Floral Emblem is the Golden _________. 25. Song, Waltzing _________. 26. Inland country away from cities.
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Dave Upton - Member of the Australian Hockey team -- Laura van Stekelenburg How did you get into ice hockey? I lived around the corner from the rink and my family was involved in it overseas. Did you start at a junior level? Yes, I got my first pair of skates when I was three for a Christmas present and I started to learn the technical skills of ice hockey when I was five. I started just skating first and then playing development hockey when I was five and then eventuated into competition when I was seven. Have you had any bad injuries from ice hockey? Yes, I got checked on my hand and had 15 stitches to my pinkie and you could see through to the bone. eight or nine concussions, tore my groin muscle off the bone and I’ll have the knees of an 80 year old man by the time I’m 30. So Ice hockey puts a lot of stress on your body, how do you train to prevent injuries? In terms of preventing injuries, all professional teams do yoga, a lot of core strength and ice baths. Trigger pointing is also used for stretching. Gym work is mainly centred around power-strength training and in terms of fitness we mostly do interval training.
You are playing with the Gold Coast bluetongues, what is your current training regime? 4 x gym sessions 4 x agility sessions 2 x fitness sessions 3 x on-ice sessions 2 x yoga sessions As it is our off season we are training as much as possible to get a solid base before we come into the competition season. Once competition starts we begin to drop a few off those sessions but we maintain the yoga sessions to prevent injury. How do you manage your study with your hectic training schedule? I minimise my subject load (three), cram all my free days. During semester one, I am never able to sit my exams as it clashes with the world champs, so I have to defer them. How does it feel to be named in the Australian team? It felt really good because it is the first time I’ve been able to compete in Australia in the national team. It meant my parents would be able to watch me compete for Australia as they have supported me and paid for all my trips overseas.
Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude Dopplegangers Thigh high stockings Wayfarers Shake Weight Working printers Dresses Flood Appeal fundraising efforts NOT Mature age porn Waiting rooms Feet Sarcasm Studying on Australia Day Elections Hooking up Grinding on the bus at Pub Crawl Sex on Don’s D-floor Girls with sideburns No more All Day breakfast Sunday Night roast meal deal
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