Welcome to the sixth instalment of Honi Soit’s student media spotlight — a series where we sit down with student publications around Australia to discuss the triumphs and tribulations of student media.
Author: Simone Maddison
Writing this article has reminded me to complete a routine STI test — checks are discrete and it only takes one week to receive results. Rather than putting off this essential aspect of your sexual health, you Should Test Immediately!
Attempts to convince students that the Colleges are ‘progressive’ or ‘liberal’ are the latest in a series of University PR stunts to elide the colonial, elitist and capitalist foundations which have entrenched sexual violence, misogyny and classicism in its halls today.
To only peer into the Chancellor’s Office over the past decade provides a myopic and warped perception of its history. Colonialism, corporatism and militarism — alongside all the racism, elitism and misogyny they bring — are etched into the Quadrangle’s original mahogany desks.
Often the statement, “no, my parents didn’t go to uni” is met with an uncomfortable glance, as if one has just bared their soul, or at the very least, their income bracket. Aside from social stigma, structural prejudice means that adjusting to university administration and bureaucracy proves an additional challenge.
Honi Soit will continue to follow Noise’s aims “to question and scrutinise Arc’s initiatives so that transparency and accountability may be demanded of the Arc Board and its corporate executives”.
Consequently, the pill has provided me with a sense of agency and independence which would simply not exist if I continued to struggle with debilitatingly heavy periods and painful cystic acne each month. So why now, at 21, do I feel that being taken away from me?
For these three and a half hours, Honi Soit watched on with shock, horror and some admiration for the 37 councillors gathered in New Law Lecture Theatre 026.
There is only one thing left to do — apply for every piece of funding that you can. At least then we will know where it has gone.
When asked for comment, a spokesperson from the University informed Honi Soit that “the safety of our community is our first priority. The University’s current travel advice is ‘do not travel’ to Israel so this unit isn’t available.”