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Happy Mardi Gras everyone (albeit our issue is not in time for the parade)! It’s still a great time to celebrate equality for all and the prevalence of love. This Hungappa has a focus on LGBTIQ issues and why challenging stereotypes, intolerance and prejudice is an important issue to keep in public forum. The importance of these events and their impacts on our society in changing the way people think and act towards all people who are not part of the majority. These events are important in ensuring that our society adjusts to become more inclusive and equal. Importantly, we also welcome back all of our returners for another year of fun times on campus, it’s great to see everyone again for another year as we slog it out in a tedious marathon to adulthood. Recently there has been a spotlight on how we as a community view and respect people from other backgrounds, this has arisen to the surface in the form of a photograph that portrayed a student as “Miss Nigeria”. This photograph sparked a storm on Rivcoll SRC social media and soon was taken down in lieu of it going viral and harming the identity of the implicated student. This post stirred a controversy and showed the differing sides of society and the ideas we hold around race and on offence. I am interested in other people’s opinions on this subject and offer to the readers of Hungappa the opportunity of Letter of the Editor on this or any other topic. On a lighter note there are some amazing events that are being brought to you this term by the Crow Bar and Rivcoll SRC, so get keen and get creative. I think that the best way for me to advertise this is in my own Editorial because the person who would be good at this job would read what I have to write. This is my last year at CSU, and that means that the Hungappa will be without an Editor-in-Chief. So therefore, I am asking for expressions of interest of the position of Editor-in-Chief for 2016, those who are interested please contact me via the below contacts. See you all at the Crow! Brandon Harry Editor-in-Chief | Hungappa hungappa@rivcoll.com wwwfacebook.com/rivcollsrc
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By Ashleigh Castles Sometimes you wake up hungover and there’s no bacon in left in the fridge. This situation may not seem too dissimilar to what the end of the world might be like. You feel pretty darn sick and you can imagine there’s a new colony of microscopic trolls mining away inside you’re head. SURELY, nobody else feels like this today, right? Nobody else could possibly feel this bad. In actual fact, people get hangovers all the time and have all different reactions to them. And admittedly it’s hard to sympathise with somebody else when you have no idea that are most definitely hungover too! And boy, isn’t it great to not feel alone? Being yourself can sometimes be one of the hardest things to express. And can be something that really makes you feel alone. Sometimes it can be easy. At the end of the day it’s different for all of us. In particular, expressing your sexuality can be something that’s pretty scary, especially coming from cultures that may, or may not, be particularly accepting of you. It’s important to know what you’re going through is not an isolated event. And more so it’s important to know that sometimes things can be a little harder for others. All over the world, people from the LGBTIQ community are just trying to be themselves; and all their experiences are different.
JACOPO, 21 (Italy) Did any of your friends or family react negatively to you coming out?
CHRIS, 23 (Scotland)
No, none of them. They were all really nice about it and
What was your experience like coming out in Scotland?
supportive.
I was born in a small town called Dumfries near the border
How accepting is Italy of the LGBTIQ community?
between Scotland and England, and lived there until I was 17. Up
Italy is weird. One side is really open-minded and
to that point, my sexuality had generally been a non-topic, save
accepting, one side totally against it. I was lucky to be
for one incident at a party where one of my friends compared
born in the North, where people are more open-minded
me to quirky gay singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf… cue general
about sexuality than in the south. The only problem
awkwardness from everyone within earshot. I had already come
LGBTIQ people have got in the North are immigrants
out to myself (which is 100% the hardest part!), but to everyone
because they are not used to the gay culture, in the South
else I remained evasive.
are the Italians themselves the problem as they are not
In my final year of school I suffered a lot with panic attacks and
accepting this culture and still really attached to religion
anxiety. My parents put this down to feeling nervous about
beliefs.
moving away and starting university, but I knew it was about
How do would your experience be different in
feeling I wasn’t strong enough to come out and deal with the
another country?
type of daily scrutiny you would expect from a town where
I don’t think it would be any different if it was in another
everyone’s private lives are public property. The reality was that I
country. Every developed country has got its own beliefs
couldn’t wait to move away! I had seen people in years above me
and people against homosexuality, but I’m glad I’m from
who had moved away to one of the bigger cities in Scotland and
Bologna, where people are very open-minded and the
came out… and judging by their Facebook photos, were having
LGBTIQ community is very big and supportive.
a gay old time. It just seemed like the done thing. I also assumed
You
live
in
Scotland
I would be better accepted
now, are there many
and supported in a bigger city,
OLEG, 24 (RUSSIA)
which I still agree with to a
Italy and Scotland?
What was your experience like coming out to your
certain extent.
The only difference would
parents?
So you moved to Glasgow,
be that in the UK and
I grew up in Moscow. My parents, as all from Russia, were
what happened from there?
Scotland in general there
very harsh on this topic. It’s hard enough to be gay in
I moved to Glasgow, Scotland’s
are laws in place against
Russia, let alone transgender. I struggled with it for years
biggest city, in 2009, and I
homophobia, in Italy there
before I told them. At first I started to grow my hair long
made a conscious decision to
aren’t. This said, I’ve had
and dye it blonde. They thought this was strange. And
no longer deny that I was gay
homophobic
in
then I told my parents that I felt like I was a woman. They
to people. Despite being fit to
Scotland that in Italy I hadn’t.
haven’t spoken to me since then. I hate Russia for this
burst, I felt strongly about not
Like being called fairy by old
attitude.
making a big deal about it to
people, been rejected to get
That’s terrible. So what did you do next?
every new person I met. It’s the
into some club cause of my
I got a job, lived out of home. It was hard and shocking
21st century, I shouldn’t have
sexual preferences, been
to me. But I kept going. I saved up a lot of money and
to! Plus, and I’ll be the first to
insulted etc.
started to travel a lot. Mostly to stay out of Russia as often
admit, that it would be difficult
as I can. I am a professional blogger, so usually I can make
to mistake me for a hetero
money on the road.
anyways. But still it remained
Of everywhere you’ve been around the world, where
a non-topic… perhaps out of
did you see the most discrimination against the
politeness? It must be a British
LGBTIQ community?
thing. It wasn’t until a few days
Aside form Russia (most in Russia don’t even recognise
after I moved into my halls
transgender people, they just see me as homosexual) the
of residence, when a drunk
hardest was maybe India. I got a lot of negative reactions
Danish girl asked me if I was
there. A lot of violent threats too. It has been scary at
“the man or the woman”, that
times on my travels.
everyone could breathe a sigh
What are your hopes for the future?
of relief… more so me! Thank
As any child, I wish my parents would accept me for who I
God I’ve got a good sense of
am one day. But I don’t have a lot of hope for the Russian
humour.
differences
between
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KAt, 22 (AUS) What was your experience like coming out to your parents? It was pretty good actually! Telling dad was, well it wasn’t easy, I was so nervous! But it went well. He just reminded me that I am in Wagga to study, not to go on dates and stare at cute girls! Telling my mum And how did your parents react when the
scared the absolute crap out of me. I had convinced myself that she
found out?
would refuse to accept me and I wouldn’t be able to be close to her
When I decided to come out to my parents a
anymore. I have never been so glad to be wrong.
year later, I decided it would be announced
How do you think Australia views the LGBTIQ community?
under the headline of “I have a boyfriend”, rather
For the most part, I think Australian views are pretty positive,
than “I’m gay!” In other words, through natural
especially amongst young people. Exposure to the Internet from
conversation, rather than cliched revelation.
a young age has made for people who are far more tolerant and
However, the bastard dumped me a week before
educated than previous generations. It is rare for me to encounter
I was due to go back to Dumfries for Christmas,
people with an outright hate for LGBTIQ people, though there is a lot
thwarting my plans. I decided to come out to
of ignorance floating around.
them anyways as it was making me feel really
What would be something you would say to someone battling
sad that I had condemned myself to a double
with his or her sexuality?
life… gay for Glasgow, but not for anywhere
The 1st thing I would want them to know is that they are not alone.
else. As a teenager I remember watching an
There is a whole community waiting to help look after you. The 2nd
episode of Eastenders, a hugely popular British
thing I would say is that sometimes you need to learnt to accept
soap opera, where a mother kicked her son out
you as you. It is ok to be gay, bi, trans, non-binary, ace, or aro; there
after he revealed he was gay. My mum stood
is nothing wrong with you. Do some reading online and learn about
up and made an impassioned (and in hindsight,
the whole shebang. If you decided that you are not of the LGBT (etc.)
quite blatant) speech about how it’s OK to be
persuasion, then at least you are better educated. And finally: IT IS OK
gay, and that she was disgusted that a mother could do that… so I guess I always knew that my parents would be more than fine about it when I eventually did come out. And I was right to think that. I’m very lucky. Have you had any negative experiences in Glasgow? Any negative experiences I have encountered in Scotland because of my sexuality have been relatively minor, and I have always felt supported by people and protected by the law. I know a guy who was called a poof in a noodle bar after a night out once… and he was drunk enough that he reported it to police then and there to make a point. Upon waking up the next morning he decided it was ridiculous to take it any further, but the police were adamant on a home visit and full follow-up interview! That says a lot about the attitude towards discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in Scotland.
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By Ashleigh Castles It can be a pretty debilitating condition to suffer when you’re not a natural cook. You’re hungry and you’re tired. What do you do? Burn the kitchen down? Probably. Give yourself food poisoning? Most likely. Cut your fingers off? Been there! Have no fear, I too am awful when it comes to the culinary arts. And unfortunately I happen to enjoy eating. So I’ve gone out in the unknown, unnatural habitat that is the kitchen. These are my supremely average recipes to get you through your time of need.
Bacon Salad (Gluten Free) Watcha Need;
Milo Heart Attack (Vegetarian) Watcha need;
1x avacado
1x can of milo
1x tomato
1x jug of milk
3x slices of bacon Watcha do;
1x can of whipped cream Watcha do;
Cut avocado in half
Fill up your glass with about three times the
Scrape out fruit flesh
amount of milo you would normally have
Cut it into delicate slices (delicacy is
Add milk
everything)
Stir and make sure you have about 2
Wash tomato
centimetres of mil floating on the top
Slice tomato
Microwave to warm milk and crust milo top
Open packet of bacon
Add whipped cream
Grease pan
Try not to die upon consumption
Fry bacon (lightly brown on each side or crisp into next week if you like charcoal) Slice the bacon
Naughty Nachos (Vegetarian) Watcha need;
Mix it all together
1x packet of pita bread
Eat it like it’s 1999
1x bottle of vegetable oil
Baked Beans in Breadcups Watcha need;
1x loaf of bread 1x can of baked beans 1x packet of shredded cheese Watcha do;
1x packet of cheese 1x can of baked beans, or mashed kidney beans 1x jar of salsa Watcha do; Preheat oven to 180°C (fan forced) Heat up the vegetable oil in a pan
Preheat oven to 180°C (fan forced)
Tear up the pita bread into pieces
Grease a muffin tray
Fry lightly on both sides
Cut crusts off slices of bread
Drain oil off and dry
Press slices of bread into muffin tray to form
Make a layer of pita pieces in baking tray
cups
Add beans
Spoon baked beans into each cup
Add cheese
Sprinkle cheese on top
Make another layer of pita bread
Leave in oven until cheese has melted
Add beans
Enjoy eating super cute little bread cups
Add cheese (yes, this a multi-level meal)
(Take out of muffin tray to consume)
Bake for 10-15 minutes. facebook.com/rivcollsrc
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Written by: Leah Ellis Written by: Leah Ellis So, you’ve made it to 2015 and you’ve decided to celebrate that by coming to CSU – well you won’t be disappointed. Not only is it the land of great education, So, you’ve made it to 2015 and you’ve decided to a sea gigs, happydecided hours, clubs, So, you’ve madeit itisto 2015ofand you’ve to celebrate that by coming to CSU – well you won’t be socialising and affordable lunch specials celebrate that by coming to CSU – well you won’t be disappointed. Not only is it the land of great education, that’ll youland forget disappointed. Not onlymake is it the of that great2-minute education, it is a sea of gigs, happy hours, clubs, socialising and noodles exist (thatsocialising joke will become it is a sea of gigs, happyever hours, clubs, and affordable lunch specials that’ll make you forget that relevant longer live that on a affordable lunchmore specials that’llthe make youyou forget 2-minute noodles ever exist (that joke will become more student budget andjoke have to become provide more your 2-minute noodles ever exist (that will relevant the longer you live on a student budget and own you meals). you’rebudget fresh out of relevant the longer live Maybe on a student and have to provide your own meals). Maybe you’re fresh out maybe you’re mature aged andout have to provideschool, your own meals). Maybe you’re fresh
So So what what will will 2015 2015 look look like, like, (besides (besides aa wash wash of of togas, late nights, thesauruses, mi-goreng and togas, late nights, thesauruses, mi-goreng and buying buying shares shares in in instant instant coffee coffee companies), companies), II guess guess we we don’t don’t really really know know but but we we can can take take aa good good crack at guessing. crack at guessing. starting that education you never got of school, maybe you’re mature aged and starting that theyou’re chance to pursue, you had of school, maybe mature aged maybe and starting that education you never got the chance to pursue, maybe a gap got year,the maybe you’ve lived wild education you never chance to pursue, maybe you had a gap year, maybe you’ve lived wild adventures, adventures, been a lived mercenary, punched you had a gap year, maybe you’ve wild adventures, been a mercenary, punched sharks, saved babies or come sharks, saved sharks, babies saved or come to usorfrom been a mercenary, punched babies come to us from a possibly larger university in a possibly larger a possibly larger university in a possibly to us from a possibly larger university in a possibly larger populated area that doesn’t give a fruitcake about you; populated that doesn’t populated area larger that doesn’t give area a fruitcake aboutgive you;a whatever the reason, you’ll enjoy it here. fruitcake about you; whatever the reason, whatever the reason, you’ll enjoy it here. So what will 2015 look like, (besides a wash of togas, you’ll it here. a wash of togas, So what will 2015 lookenjoy like, (besides late nights, thesauruses, mi-goreng and buying shares in So what will 2015 look (besides a in late nights, thesauruses, mi-goreng andlike, buying shares instant coffee companies), I guess we don’t really know wash of togas, late we nights, instant coffee companies), I guess don’tthesauruses, really know but we can take a good crack at guessing. Between andatbuying shares in instant but we can takemi-goreng a good crack guessing. Between facebook, google and twitter many issues have come with coffee guess we don’t really facebook, google and companies), twitter manyI issues have come with us into the new year. Let us take a look at what we’ll need wetake can atake good crack us into the newknow year. but Let us looka at what we’llatneed to think about in 2015 (and by think about I mean it won’t guessing. Between facebook, googleitand to think about in 2015 (and by think about I mean won’t change our lives and we don’t really need to think about many issues come withabout us into change our livestwitter and we don’t reallyhave need to think it, but let’s have a look anyway). newanyway). year. Let us take a look at what it, but let’s havethe a look
we’ll need to think about in 2015 (and by think about I mean it won’t change our lives and we don’t really need to think about it, but let’s have a look anyway).
American Apparel and American Apparel and Abercrombie&Fitch may not make it American Apparelmay andnot make it Abercrombie&Fitch through the year! Abercrombie&Fitch may not through the year!
I can see all the hipsters laying around itallthrough thelaying year! Imake can see the hipsters around crying as I type each of these words. I can see the each hipsters layingwords. around crying as all I type of these It seems the store is in giant amounts crying asthe I type each theseamounts words. It seems store is inofgiant of debt, more than $300 million to be It seems the store in giant amounts of debt, more thanis$300 million to be more specific. The company is looking at of debt, more The thancompany $300 million to be at more specific. is looking strategic options to keep itself alive but more specific. The looking strategic options tocompany keep itselfis alive butat it looks like a lot of the solutions point strategic options to the keepsolutions itself alive but it looks like a lot of point to a return of the store’s former CEO who it looks likeofa the lot of the solutions point to to a return store’s former CEO who is currently sleeping on a friends couch. a return of sleeping the store’sonformer CEO who is currently a friends couch. Things are not looking promising for the is currently sleeping onpromising a friends couch. Things are not looking for the store whose rival store Abercrombie&Fitch Things are not looking promising for the store whose rival store Abercrombie&Fitch is also not looking too optimistic about store rival store Abercrombie&Fitch is alsowhose not looking too optimistic about 2015. We were all having celebratory is alsoWe notwere looking too optimistic about 2015. all having celebratory drinks of Mike Jefferies’ announcement 2015. We wereJefferies’ all having celebratory drinks of Mike announcement that he would be retiring after he ruined drinks Mikebe Jefferies’ that heofwould retiringannouncement after he ruined the store with snide comments about thatstore he would retiring after he ruined the with be snide comments about exclusively selling to cool people and the store with snidetocomments about exclusively selling cool people and hiring one too many topless male models. exclusively selling to topless cool people hiring one too many maleand models. But even though share prices rose after hiring onethough too many topless But even share pricesmale rosemodels. after this announcement it looks like the store’s But announcement even though share priceslike rose this it looks theafter store’s independent days are numbered with this announcement it looks like the store’s independent days are numbered with sales declining. Looks like the days of independent days are like numbered with sales declining. Looks the days of sales internet shopping from these big name declining.shopping Looks like thethese days of internet from biginternet name stores is numbered, stock up while you shopping from thesestock big name stores is stores is numbered, up while you can kids – in the future these brands will numbered, up while youbrands can kids can kids – instock the future these will– be obsolete and vintage, invest now! in the futureand these brandsinvest will benow! obsolete be obsolete vintage, and vintage, invest now!
Brangelina’s child gender thing. Brangelina’s child gender thing.
If you read any magazine that can be Brangelina’s child gender thing If you read any magazine that can be bought at your local grocery store, you’ve If you read any local magazine that can you’ve be bought at your grocery store, heard about Shiloh Pitt identifying as a boughtabout at your localPitt grocery store, as you’ve heard Shiloh identifying a male. This isn’t a new fact to the world, heard This about Shiloh as a male. isn’t a newPitt factidentifying to the world,
male. This isn’t new fact to theinworld, Pitt brought it upa on Oprah back 2010 Pitt brought up on Oprah back 2010 saying that asitwell as dressing like in a boy saying demanded that as welltoasbe dressing like a boy Shiloh called either Shilohordemanded to be called either ‘John’ ‘Peter’. It’s all come back into the ‘John’ or ‘Peter’. It’swith all come back into foreground recently Shiloh appearing thepremiere’s foreground recently with Shiloh at with her mother and at appearing premiere’s mother her parent’satwedding in awith suit.her Now the andaround at her parent’s in aI suit. talk town is, wedding (and by that mean Now thethe talk around town is, (and by that around web psychologists), is that I mean around web psychologists), children should the be allowed to embrace is that children be allowed to whatever gendershould they feel comfortable embrace whatever in. But it seems thatgender most ofthey the feel internet in. that But it seems that most iscomfortable in agreement 8 is too young to of making the internet is inchanging agreement that 8 isin be any life decisions too young to be makingSimply any lifebecause changing regards to sex changes. in regards sex mind. changes. adecisions child might changetotheir Now I Simply because a child might change know this is a hard one for all the protheir people mind. Now I know is a hard trans of the worldthis (of which I one for all the pro-transwas people the world am), but I definitely veryofhead strong (of which am), but in I definitely about a lotIof things my youthwas thatvery I am headI strong about a lotback of things in my glad was able to take and change youth that I am ‘Is glad was able to take my mind about. thisI even on the same back though?’ and change ‘Ismy this level yellsmy themind otherabout. side of even on the same though?’ yells the brain. I don’t claimlevel to have the answer, other sidedefinitely of my brain. I don’t claim and to but it will be an interesting have the answer, buttoitwatch will definitely be educational debate throughout an interesting and educational debate to 2015. watch throughout 2015.
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Written by Rose Marel
Home sweet home. No place like home. Home is where the heart is. Yes, there’s something unique about home. Whether it’s the familiar smell, or the company, or the sweet softness of your childhood bed. Coming home is supposed to be comfortable and safe. It’s lived in like a pair of favourite shoes, that have been moulded to the shape of your feet. In my opinion, this is what makes a house a home. The real clincher though is that a home is constructed from memories. Every piece of furniture, every rug, every cup and saucer has its own history. For me, a glance at our old, wooden chair evokes memories of Christmas mornings and family festivities. It may be just a wooden chair, but it once had a crucial role in our Christmases as the famed “Present Chair.” Throne-like, we would take turns in the chair to unwrap a present, one at a time. In the same way, the tablecloths, the bench top, and the couches are all inextricable building blocks of my home. Why then, if a home is so seeped with memories and familiarity, do we find it so easy to create a new one? It usually takes a mere few hours on holiday before you refer to the hotel room as ‘home.’ Think about it: you’re somewhere exotic, reclining by a turquoise pool, drying off in the tropical sun. A couple of cocktails are had. The sun sets, and it grows cool. “Let’s head off to dinner,” someone says. That’s when it comes from your mouth – automatically and easily: “Let’s go home first.” No one blinks, questions or scoffs. Everyone knows you are talking about the hotel room. Home. I suppose then, a home doesn’t always have to be a cocoon of the past, but simply a private space. Even a single room can become a home. Whether large or small, bare or ornamented, cluttered or immaculately clean, it feels like a home if it’s a space of one’s own. Living on campus, students grow sentimentally attached to their shoe-box dwellings. The aesthetics become unimportant and the infrastructure even more irrelevant. What does matter is that your name is on the door and the key is in your pocket. The freedom to come and go as you please, and without explanation or interrogation is a bliss beyond compare. Of course, for some a childhood home is haunted by memories that are best left in the corners of your mind. Campus accommodation, or a friend’s house, or a shared flat could be brightened with more happiness than the dwellings of the past. Nevertheless, I believe it’s innate within us to seek a setting to settle. Even if there never was a childhood home, do we not crave one for the future? Or the present? It seems then, that it all leads back to an intrinsic desire for a place of familiarity and – some semblance of – ownership. The majority of us crave a sense of stability and the faster we build this haven, the faster we feel ready to tackle our daily lives. So, could it be that we are quick to build a home and quick to adopt one all for a peace of mind? And while we embrace makeshift homes (hello hotel room!), we’ll always be waiting and willing to revert back to our main base. Like a bird we’ll construct standby nests that are scattered throughout the woods for different days and seasons. Some may be merely transitory with hastily assembled twigs and leaves, constructed to later blow away in the wind. All the while, flitting between the trees we’ll know that there is that one nest – softened, warm and ready.
A Guide tio being cheap and nasty by Ashleigh Castles
I’m a new uni student myself. I’m fresh (Or
‘phresh’ as all the kool kidz are calling it) out of the bag. The bag in question is high school or in some cases a gap year… Or five. And like myself you’re most likely feeling the pressure of being dirt poor after buying a single text book. Being homeless may seem to be the most appealing and realistic option. It would be great wouldn’t it? Any patch of grass or park bench is essentially yours for the taking, and it’s all rent free! And yes, while chicks definitely dig a hobo there are other delightful ways to get around a seemingly crippling lack of funds. And no noodles needed. 1. The Frozone I made that title up and most definitely didn’t steal it from the Incredibles. Just in case any of you were going to ask. Anyway, the Frozone is the area in your shared freezer in your shared kitchen that you get all to yourself. Buy sausages in bulk, pair them up, and stack them in your freezer. Not only do you have meals set for yourself for quite a while, but you’ll save money on petrol or bus fares as you’ll almost never have to get to the supermarket again! And that’s not all, the sausages come in really handy for tip number number 2. 2. Camel Syndrome When eating mystery meat sausages all the time you’re bound to put on at least a couple of kilos if you’re lucky. I say lucky because this is a blessing in disguise. Let me explain; to execute the Camel-Syndrome plan you would aim to put on at least 20 of those sweet kay-gees for the winter. Wagga gets pretty cold in those winter months, and why waste money on a coat when you could just bulk up? Heating your room up will also be a thing of the past with the Camel Syndrome plan! And when you can’t afford to buy sausages anymore, you’ve still got a delicious fat store for your body to live off. Just like a real camel! Hump is optional, but preferred.
3. Wipe it up Baby wipes (The classics), aloe vera for those with sensitive skin, or those antibacterial bad-boys for those students who need a bid of edge to their wipe. Whatever your wiping game is, I guarantee there’s a wipe out there for you! They’re pretty cheap too, a home brand packet of around 60 wipes will only set you back about $2. And the best part is they’re portable. Use wipes instead of the shower. The shower uses electricity and water that quite frankly none of us have the money to pay for. I pay about $20 a week in utilities, and why pay that when you could simply wipe-it-up? “Baby wipes are a girl’s best friend” - Marilyn Monroe 4. The Costume Craze So you’ve bought a costume for every themed night in the O-Week book. Now you realise you shouldn’t have. You have no money left and you probably can’t afford to eat again until April. But it’s okay; really, you’ve just bought yourself a brand new wardrobe for the university year! Togas are a particular favourite of mine because you can see boys’ legs, and I’m a leg woman through and through. And hey! Hawaiian shirts may be an eyesore, but they’re shaped just like real, live, regular shirts! Just you wait, everybody will be doing it. 5.Steal Things Sorry petty theft lovers, it’s not really crime! It’s more just taking advantage of your local shopping centre, or any public bathroom. Bring a tote bag with you, it’s best to always be environmentally friendly when being scummy. The idea here is to steal toilet paper offered to members of the public for free use when “dropping the kids off at the pool.” Students with long fingers trained for delicate manoeuvres are best for removing toilet paper rolls from their holders. Bass players and pianists are desirable for such work. And bring a long a snap lock bag to drain all the soap in the soap dispenser into. You’re not paying for hand wash anymore! Sometimes, if you’re lucky, bathrooms at restaurants will also offer tissues. But if you’re really desperate for a nose blowing, don’t hesitate to steal bulk napkins from your local McDonalds or KFC. For the record, Sturt Mall uses 2 ply toilet paper in its bathroom. Now that’s Iggy Azalea fancy. BONUS TIP; Sell an organ The well loved Wagga Wagga blackmarket is always on the look out for juicy student kidneys.
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SUBMIT Have a burning question for Patty...? anonymonkey.com/moderators/pages/14934/new/
Mrs P, I’m just wondering if you’d be able to explain something to me? I have heard the phrase “block incest” a few times and I’ve kind of gathered what it means but I’d really love someone in the know to clarify it for me. Dear Patty,
Hi there,
I have a problem with slut dropping, every time a song comes on with
I’m not sure of this term you mention,
a solid drop, boom, my arse has dropped and accentuated. I’ve now got
so I did some research and found out
booty for days and it’s started attracting attention from the boys. Do you
that it means a relation between two
think this is an issue? I’m just a little torn – I like the attention but I don’t
people who reside in the same block.
know if it’s all for the right reasons.
Now the nature of the relationship
Cheers,
is not usually platonic or emotional
Bae.
but apparently exclusively sexual. My advice, as always, is to wait till you’re
Dear Bae,
sure he/she is the one and then living
I think dancing, expressed in whatever means, is a beautiful art. If your
in the same block would not only be no
way of expressing yourself is to ‘slut drop’ as you call it, then go for it.
problem but a blessing to spend each
Just make sure the ‘slut’ connotation stays in the dance and you don’t find
day together looking at each other and
yourself dropping on things other than the dance floor, one doesn’t want
remembering the memories you have
to get a reputation now.
made.
Patty,
Dear Patty,
I stole something from Yellow
I have an issue, I came to uni with a boyfriend, who isn’t in Wagga, and
Block and it’s started a little bit of
it’s getting really hard keeping the relationship alive. Do you have any
controversy… Is it unethical to hold
ideas how I can keep this going? I know some people have said it is really
things ransom? Or is it illegal to have
hard to keep it going and that if it doesn’t work out it might even be
this much fun times?
for the best? What do you think? I am actually asking for some real life
Yellow, we accept all major credit cards
advice.
or Rommie dollars, just an idea. Yours, Purple
Hi there, Well look, this is a contentious issue. The best advice I think I can give
Purple,
you is, if you know he is the one, you work harder than you ever have
Holding items for ransom can lead to
before to keep that flame alive! However, there is of course the other side,
some serious street cred, as the hip kids
if you find yourself straying or playing the field, or if you’re not feeling
say, but more importantly could also
the spark anymore then I’m sorry to say but it’s time to drop it like it’s
lead to jail or death. My contact in
hot – both him and on the d floor.
Yellow mentioned something about a
The best thing you can do at uni is to make memories and to have no
siege and claymores. Be careful.
regrets! So have fun chick!
Pat.
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