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ISSUE 32WEEK 12 Bond University's Weekly Student Publication

The Last 1 of 112We're really cut up about it

Andra.Nasrie..............Chief of Staff

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Liam.Byrne...........Photographer

Alan.White...........Photographer

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BUFC - 1st Final

Why I Don’t Use Facebook

Love ... With No Strings Attached?

A Letter To Leslie Cannold

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Late nights, early mornings, Red Bull, coffee, skitz outs, Au-toRecovery, Macca’s runs, panic attacks, hopelessness and delirium. A few things to look forward to over the next three weeks ...

In the meantime, here’s Scope. While we don’t have the an-swers to your exams (or do we ... (we don’t)), we do have some serious procrastination for you (or ProTRACKstination if you want to save it for next Tuesday). Content heavy and mildly (read extremely if the time on your clock says 2am) entertain-ing; the pages of your beloved student magazine are plagued with diverse and interesting articles that are sure to titilate your senses.

In true Week 12 laziness and corner cutting, you can see the names and locations of what we have on offer off to the left. I’m not going to list them. CBF brooooooooooo.

Other things worth noting ...

TEVALS have changed. Yes that’s right, if you’re not in your first semster you would have noticed they’re only one page now (win: more writing space on the back to fill up with rage (or love)). But did you notice that Strongly Agree and Strongly Disagree have switched sides? If you didn’t you’re going to kick yourself because you’ve just given your most loved teacher a horrible review, and most hated the most flattering. Whoops. Keep this in mind for any remaining TEVALS slash next semes-ter.

While this is the last Scope of 112, it isn’t the last Scope. We’ll be back in Week 1 of 113, so if you whip up any lyrical gems over the holidays - feel free to send them our way. Kergunayh is a pretty happening place (LOL JKS) so I’ll try to take time out of my hectic holiday schedule to read any submissions sent through.

Finally, get well soon to all Bondies who have come down with the pre-exam cold. Congrats to those who have only a mat-ter of days left at Bond (good riddance (KIDDING!)). And, most importantly, GOOD LUCK for all remaining assignments and exams.

Happy Scoping! XOXO Gossip Goat.

Edna

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Can you imagine an online program that allows you to interact with all of the Bond Community? A program that lets you share posts, messages, photos, videos with your friends, clubs, FSAs and BUSA, in a closed community just for Bond students?

A program that gives you an interactive calendar of upcoming events that you’re interested in?

A program that knows what information you want to recieve, and what information you don’t.

Can you imagine a program that automatically links you to the pages of the clubs, societies and FSAs that interest you and sends you updates of their activities, services and contacts?

A program that makes campus associations more organised, efficient and fiscally responsible to provide better services for you.

Imagine a campus connected online.

Change is coming. 113.

G’day fellas!

First thing I’d like to say is MINOR PREMIERS! How about it boys; we all know where this journey started and we all know where it’s going to end. It’s all been said be-fore, so I’ll leave it at that.

As for the last game, it was great to see a few of the usuals out to watch and sup-port us. Haysey brought along some girls for the second week running (Cundy included), looking like he’s not just BOG but the best off the ground too. Also, for those that were worried, Jakey Whitfield did dislocate his hip but after a big hit of what is known as ‘special K’ on the street, he was out of pain and should remain so until he is about 50 when the arthritis kicks in. I guess that’s just what happens when AJ’s fat ass lands on you just after coming on ground because Puhle had to come off with a broken finger nail. Other highlights were Duddy, with his great perspective on life dropping **** on the ball, Fizza talking to the umpires for an hour after the game (has the B&F in the bag), and Rhino looking like a dog rooting a cricket ball when kicking the ball. All these actions placed them in the best play-ers, well done boys - much deserved!

The season was filled with ups and a down and I cannot express how proud I am to have played with this group of great blokes. There is no doubt in my mind that this is the best club at Bond and that it will go from strength to strength in the future and develop into the best club in the AFLQ.

There are a few people to thank for this season; it is said a lot, but this team really wouldn’t exist without the devotion of these guys. Like him or not, think he is a racist or not, agree with his coaching style or not, but Rob Libeau stands at the heart of the BUFC and his commitment to this team is, I think, half of the reason why we are Premiership favorites and I thank him on behalf of the club for this! Rhino (short for Rhinoceros) Lenegan has also been a massive contributor. His off field help, however, is almost overtaken by his on-field performances. I noticed

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today that he has been in the best players eight times this year, second to Fizza, making him most likely to be the best all-round club contributor. Also, Andrew Wood gets a special mention for his behind the scenes work with the manage-ment of the club and his talk at training is second to none. Other special mentions go to Clive Wright and Josh Ward for their game day support.

In wrapping up, it’d be great if we could get as many down to the SharkTank this Saturday for the first final, which, if we win, will see us in the Grand Final!

Up the BullSharks and here’s to flogging the **** out of those Jimboomba red-necks!

Over and out,

Tubby (AKA Taylor McPhail)

Bond University Football Club - 1st Final

Get down to The SharkTank this Satur-day to show your support for the BUFC BullSharks as they take on Jimboomba

in the first final of the season.

Time: 2.00 - 5.00pmLocation: The SharkTank, Scotsdale

Drive Robina

UP THE BULLSHARKS!!!

A win means they’re straight through to the

Granny!

Before I start, I come bearing a disclaimer: I do not mean to insult anyone who uses Facebook, and I don’t even plan on convincing you not to use Facebook. The only purpose I want this article to serve is as an explanation of why I don’t use it.

Facebook have run a very successful operation for a few years now. A few years doesn’t sound like all that much, but in the tech world, for something to continue for a few years without being completely superseded is somewhat impressive. Google has tried and failed. They are trying again with ‘Google +’. How they fare will be interesting. What is quite interesting though is that while there is a boom in Facebook use worldwide, at its roots in the US, its popularity is waning. People are opting to disconnect. I have followed suit, having disconnected around four weeks ago. Some of you might be reading this thinking I am slightly deranged. Fair enough. Facebook has become such a fundamental facet of our social lives: we organise real-life events, we talk to our friends though instant messaging, and, to an extent, email has been superseded with the personal message function. Surely disconnecting from such an outlet would severely impair my social life. So, why would I do this?

I will present my many reasons why I disconnected:

1. It irritated me

One thing I noticed about Facebook was going through my ‘friends’ list and realising how many people were, in fact, not my friends. I had some of the following:

• People who bullied me in high school• People whom I have never spoken to, and have only seen once (if that)• People who spam me to go to lame events that are not even relevant to me or my real-life social circle• Enemies: people whom I probably don’t have a single nice thing to say about (and so opt to say nothing)• People I don’t know• School friends who have only talked to me once since high school to confirm the juicy rumour that I was getting married (needless to say, they were not really invited to the wedding)

I will admit, when it comes to face-to-face friends, I don’t have heaps. Definitely not what my friends list would indicate on Facebook. The false nature of a lot of ‘friends’ (who wouldn’t be seen dead with me in real life) irritated me. The fact that some people wouldn’t talk to me if it weren’t for Facebook irritated me. If someone wants to be my friend, they can put in the effort to talk to me properly in real life. Or at least spare a phone call. I know I sure make the effort, and if others aren’t going to, then they are probably not my true friends. Seeing a lot of people who I frankly do not like on my feed put me in a bad mood. What is the point of being on a site that puts me in a bad mood? Seems like a waste of time to me.

Why I Don’t Use FacebookLauren Kennard

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2. It is a waste of time (at least for me)

I looked at the hours I spent on Facebook every week, and I cringed. Statistics say that those with Facebook do about one-six hours of uni work outside of class every week. Those without Facebook do around 11-15. I’d say I was probably in the first category when I had Facebook, but without it, I have probably surpassed even the sec-ond category. I am not saying this to say that I am an excellent student. Actually, truth be told, I am a pretty dodgy student. Not that this is really relevant, but the notion of me doing around 20 hours of work outside of class each week is pretty laughable for those who know me.

I know a lot of people who say ‘I waste a lot of time on Facebook’. I wonder if they know how much time they waste. I sure didn’t. This was because I would often be ‘working’ while I was using Facebook. And by working, I mean I would have a tute window open while I was in-stant messaging my friends. Reality was that by the end of it, I ended up spending about three or four hours on a one hour tute. With absolutely no satisfaction out of using Facebook. This basically meant that I was ‘busy’ all the time, but got very little done. In opposition to this, now I have more time than I know what to do with. Even in my worst assignment weeks, I felt very little stress in comparison to what I have in other semesters, because I was far more productive. It was only after I disconnected that I realised how much time I wasted on there.

It would be interesting to conduct a study on the effects of Facebook on concentration, because I am quite sure that it had a negative impact on mine, which probably led to lower productivity. The site is designed for users to jump from one thing to another, paying minimal at-tention to each thing. Each contribution is limited to a certain amount of characters and so the most we have to pay attention to at one time is a few lines.

3. I was giving away my privacy

People whine a lot about how they have no privacy on the internet. I find it pretty hard to have sympa-thy for these people because for any information about you to be available on the World Wide Web, you have to put it up. That being said, Facebook pro-vides a very quick and easy way for you to kiss your privacy goodbye. You can put up your full name, lo-cation, your hopes and dreams, university, contact details, and your pet dog’s name for all to see. This may not sound like much, but for the bad guys of the internet, it is a lot. You can put up compromising photos such as your latest table dancing stunts or wild night out for all people (including prospective employers) to see. You get the drift. I implore you all to go on your Facebook, and see if there is anything on that which would give away your address, impli-cate you in any illegal or just plain stupid activities, or that would offend a potential boss. I will bet there is at least something on everyone’s Facebook. And before you say, “but I have privacy settings”, it might be in your best interest to look at your profile page from an outsiders’ point of view.

I am not some kind of paranoid nut, but it is so easy to give up so much privacy for the sake of conven-ience. Just bear in mind it might come back to bite you, so make sure you know what others can see.

These are the three main reasons that I gave up Fa-cebook. And do I regret it? Absolutely not. I have been far more productive, been in a far better mood and had a lot more time on my hands. And here is the million dollar question. Has it affected my social life? Yes indeedy. It has actually made it BETTER. Whilst there are some people I don’t talk to any more, I have been to far more social encounters in the real world than I ever did online, and I have just spoken to people face to face more, even some I didn’t normally talk to until I disconnected. So that might be a bit of food for thought for those keen to try life without Facebook with that particular reser-vation.

At the end of the day, I only gave it up for an experi-ment, to see if I actually could. Turns out the results were nothing I could anticipate. Try it if you want. You might be pleasantly surprised. For me, it was one of the best things that I could do for myself. But at the end of the day, we are all different, and have different experiences and different values. But at any rate, I hope that this has given you something to think about, or at the very least, something mildly interesting to read for the past few minutes.

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I often stop for a minute and worry about our actions in this world. I mean, here at Bond we spray-paint the grass and spend untold amounts on advertising our great university, yet, children are starving in Africa. I sit and stare at the uto-pian campus we have found and helped create: sunshine, controlled temperatures, perfect lawns and precision cut hedges, spotless walkways and readily accessible foods and drinks at our disposal.

Yes. This stiflingly perfect university makes me feel a little guilty when we constantly criticise the coffee and make ex-cited statements or accusations about Café Bond food. But I digress. I do not want to sound as though I am embarking upon a ‘defeat world hunger’ sermon (as important as that task is). No. Today, I was witness to an incident much closer to home.

On Thursday last week I came across this poor lady spread-eagled on the bricks of the walkway between the belltower and the Clocktower. Her books, pens and papers were scat-tered all over the pavement and flying away as she tried to sit up. She had fallen off her wheelchair after the front wheel had fallen through the grating of the gutters. I was very proud of three fellow Bondies who came to her aid and we all helped the lady back into her chair. But I was more than disgusted by three other Bondies standing under the Belltower having a chat. Not only did they casually glance straight over at this poor lady – they ignored her cries for help.

Perhaps these people felt they were too good to help, or maybe they felt as though they were too far away for any-one to witness their disgusting act of inhumanity, or per-haps (and I suspect) they simply could not be bothered. When I travelled to Papua New Guinea last year I was blown away by the generosity and the giving nature of the people. These people gave their homes, shared their food (when they could barely spare it), offered their stories and helped each other survive. These people lived in wild, unforgiving landscapes and their ‘worlds’ were far from utopian.

We live in this perfect, plastic world created by Bond Uni-versity – a place where money flows rampant and the good times roll. Why is it that the more we have, the less we give others? Why is it that the more we dwell inside and obsess over our own perfect little Bond bubble, we care even less about the people outside and inside this exclusive commu-nity?

Bond University is said to be a University for leaders and in-telligent people and I am glad that, for the most part, we are. But it makes my blood boil when the future of our country rests in the hands of people who can’t take five minutes out of their meaningless conversation about last Friday night to help a poor lady sprawled over the ground to get back into her wheelchair. Shame on you. You’re not that important.

By the way, this article has nothing to do with sex or love. Just simple human compassion.

L ve... ...with No Strings Attached?

- Robert Rooney

An Act Of Compassion

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Hi Leslie

I started out jotting down a few of my personal observations and be-liefs about Chaplains and then asked for input from my colleagues. Now I think I have written a pronunciamento (Ed note: a pronuncia-mento is a formal announcement or declaration)

To keep this as objective as possible I thought it important to inform you of my background.

Raised a Catholic I am now at best agnostic... more likely atheist. I do like the idea of having a handy guide book for living an empathetic and compassionate life though - be it Bible, Qur’an, Torah, Bhagavdg-ita, Dhammapada or a Robert Fulghum novel.

My primary concern is that our State school is not secular. My con-cern is compounded by the government then selecting what religion they will put into our school. I strongly believe this act alone devalues other religions. What message does this send to my Muslim students and peers? My Hindu students and colleagues? Your beliefs are not valued? You are not valued?

The funding used for the Chaplaincy programme could be used to provide teacher aides to assist students with special needs in the classroom, or spent on closing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous students. I have worked in a school where the indigenous liaison officer’s office was a cupboard and where the indigenous of-fice was on the far side of the oval. In contrast, the Chaplains’ offices are always in prominent locations. Again, what message does this send our Aboriginal students and staff?

Liaison officers and teachers contribute countless hours to profes-sional development and extra-curricular activities. While there are always exceptions to the rule, in my 14 years of teaching, I am not aware of a single Chaplain who has contributed any time to either PD or extra-curricular activites. Nor am I aware of a Chaplain completing a 4 year degree as we do. Yet, Chaplains are afforded all the priveleges of a teacher without the responsibilities.

These responsibilities include the Child Protection Policy. As a male teacher I am not permitted to sit with a female student one-on-one with the door closed to my office/room. I must keep the door open and must be in clear sight of other students or staff.

School Chaplains do most of their ‘counselling’ one-on-one, out-of-sight and behind closed doors. This implies that while teachers can-not be trusted, those attached to a Christian church can be, despite the mounting number of sexual assaults on children perpetrated by the clergy.

Chaplains have ‘recruited’ students for their church at every school I have worked at. Recruiting can be as discreet as letting the students know there will be a rock band or fete on at their church, or as overt as handing out flyers inviting students to join their church.

The students who are attracted to the chaplaincy centre tend to be the special needs children. Also Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) kids who love getting biscuits and Milo in the morning.

I have asked other teachers at my school for any criticisms, recom-mendations, and/or commendations of the Chaplaincy Centre at our school. They have contributed the following:When students have emotional concerns and they want to discuss them they consult their favourite teacher. If not, they see the guid-ance officer (who is trained and secular). Very few, if any, consult the chaplain unless they want to ‘skip’ class;Trusting Chaplains in a closed environment is a concern for every teacher I consulted (8 in total);Most teachers did not like that students could use the Chaplain as an excuse to ‘dodge’ classes - as compared to meeting with the guidance officer who is part of the school hierarchy and therefore accountable.Obviously, Chaplains have provided some much needed assistance to some students. But we contend this advice/support should have come from the guidance officer or a qualified counsellor, not a pseu-do-trained Christian chaplain.

I was pleasantly surprised to learn how strongly other staff and admin are opposed to this programme.

Thank you for your interest. I admire not only what you do but the grace, dignity and intelligence with which you do it.

Kind Regards,

Paul Grealy

The following is an excerpt from the blog of Leslie Cannold, one of Australia’s Top 20 Intellectuals (as voted in The Age) …

Paul Grealy teaches in a Brisbane state school with over 2000 students from prep to Year 12. The Chaplain ministers to them all. Paul sent me his story in an email. I am publishing it here - with minimal editing - with his blessing.

The Australian government introduced the National School Chap-laincy Program (NSCP) in 2006 to ‘support schools and their com-munities to establish school chaplaincy and pastoral care services, or to enhance existing services’.

The program has been slammed by many outside church authori-ties, as these chaplains are to be found in what should be secular environments- public schools. Much of the debate centres around the fact that $222 million of tax payers’ money would be better spent on trained and qualified psychologists or counsellors.

A High Court challenge (Williams v Commonwealth of Australia) mounted by Ron Williams (a concerned parent) to the chaplaincy program is to be heard in Canberra on 9th, 10th & 11th of August 2011.

To learn more about this issue, BURST recommends you read …• Information about the high court challenge: http://highcourtch-allenge.com/• The government website about the NSCP: http://www.deewr.gov.au/schooling/nationalschoolchaplaincyprogram• Commentary by Leslie Cannold (Sun Herald columnist, ethicist, top 20 public intellectuals by The Age 2005 and Humanist of the Year 2011: http://cannold.com/

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Exec Drinks 112Photographers: Alan White & OJ Lesslar

Executive Awards 112Alan White

Each semester – the Bond University Student Association (BUSA) hold the Executive Awards for all clubs, socie-ties and individuals that have actively contributed to the Student Experience this semester.This is an opportunity for BUSA to both thank the aforementioned parties, but also to congratulate the win-ning clubs , events and people as voted by the student body in weeks previous who have made an outstand-ing contribution to Bond.This semester – Executive Awards were held in the University Club on Friday 29th July – and the event resulted in a formal but relaxed evening for students to mingle and unwind after what has been a very busy semester.

Best Sporting Club – Bond Cheer ClubBond Cheer was awarded the best Sporting Club trophy for the second time in two years for what was their most active semester yet. The cheerleaders train twice a week to allow them to produce outstanding perform-ances for Bond University such as the 2011 flash mob. Further to this, in 2011, the squad competed at their first external competition in Brisbane, placing a very credible 3rd place. One of the residing factors for Bond Cheer’s award was the fact they opened up their student engagement activities through allowing any student of any dance style or capability the opportunity to be trained professionally at the star of semester.

Best Cultural Club – Bond Investment Group (BIG)For the second consecutive semester – BIG won the Best Club award at Executive Awards. The overarching rea-son for this win was a very clear cut one: constant improvement. BIG services their members very well through an outstanding publication, guided information sessions such as the Beginners Series and networking events both on and off campus. Further – their Investment Banking Competition, run for the first time was another prime example of BIG’s wiliness to partipate.

Best Small Event – HTSA’s ‘Escapade’The Hotel and Resort Tourism Students Association won the best small event title for 112 as theymanaged to successfully hold an event with just less than 40 patrons, but also ensured it was cost-efficient event for both students and the organisation. The choice of location and theme was excellent, and with col-ourful promotion all around campus – it would have been hard not to know about this fantastic new event!

Best Event – BSA’s Palaver ‘Candyland’The BSA won this semesters overall ‘Best Event’ award for what was a financially responsible, well promoted, organised and executed event that also sold out! While it’s not unusual to have an event that holds some of these elements – to have ticked al the boxes very well – Palaver showed it is still one of the premier student events on campus. The BSA should be congratulated on their thorough preparation and organisation of what will turn a new page for the BSA and its events in the future.

Best Faculty Student Association – Business Student’s AssociationThis semester – the BSA have excelled with a number of aspects of their association. The aforementioned Pa-laver was the best event of the semester, while their push for academic success is second to none – through a strong tutor database, class representative system and the proposal for Honours within the Business Faculty. The BSA also produced an outstanding publication, utilised sponsorship opportunities and also produced some outstanding marketing tools to advise students.

Best General Staff Member – Ryan LeneganThis semester – Ryan Lenegan was awarded the Best General Staff Member award for his continual passion for sport at Bond from both an organisational and performance point of view. Ryan’s organisation of Northern University Games was exemplary and ensured a smooth trip for all. Further – Ryan works continuously hard to ensure that sport at Bond is constantly moving forward – and we thank him for his continual efforts for Bond.

Contribution to Campus Life – James GuinaneIt was with great pleasure that James was awarded this award for his commitment and contribution to Bond student life. Academic Affairs Director on the LSA for two years, James has is also been a member of the Run-ning Club and is the current Vice President of Bond Marketing Group. His friendly, passionate and happy na-ture make him endearing to all those around him, and we wish him all the best as he graduates from Bond this semester.

In this digital era, our generation has had unprecedented access to information and content from all forms of media. Television shows, movies, and songs can all be downloaded through programs such as Amazon, iTunes, and Napster. Neverthe-less, peer-to-peer file sharing programs like Frostwire and Bearshare, compounded by torrent sites such as the Pirate Bay, have resulted in massive amounts of digital content being downloaded illegally at no cost to the consumer. A clash of interest erupts from this. Why pay for something that you can get for free?This is the question that comes from the mouths of many who use torrents, or di-rectly download digital content for free. Spare a moment for the industries from which this content spurs.

Some may argue that these industries are already worth hundreds of millions, so why should we pay them more money? Honestly, this shouldn’t even be a question. Plain and simple, downloading from peer-to-peer programs and torrents is piracy and it is illegal. We are faced with a moral dilemma when given the opportunity to download TV shows, movies, albums or digital content. Just because we can, does that mean we should?

Each time we download one of these forms of media, we steal from the artists who authored them. Indeed, many tech savvy individuals will download this content on a daily basis with only one person missing out: the creator/cast/director or writer of the product. But these industries will not go down without a fight. Last year, peer-to-peer file sharing giant LimeWire was shut down by court order. But what exactly can companies do to prevent their work being pirated?

Besides the punishment dished out to those who have actually purchased DVDs with a constant onslaught of ads about burning the industry with pirated movies, a different approach must be taken. While nearly every blockbuster film released so far this century has been in 3D, the sensation and spectacle of going to the cinema is slightly more appealing than watching on a computer screen. Moreover, companies like Nintendo have created a 3D handheld console, which can be updated to phase out any ‘homebrew’ content or emulation on the system.

Regardless of the changed methods of delivering their content, these companies are still making money somewhere: advertising. Gone are the days when one can log on to YouTube and watch their content ad-free. This is the case with most web-sites and video streaming services which now bombard users with advertising. Also, if one does go to the cinema these days they can prepare to endure almost 30 min-utes of ads before viewing their chosen movie. While more and more people down-load digital content illegally, media companies must find other means to make a profit, be that advertising, raising admission price, or through imperfectly imitable means of play.

As greater bandwidth and broadband speeds are offered to Australians in the near future with a National Broadband Network and 4G networks, we may hopefully come close to America, South Korea or Norway. Then, digital distribution may be-come the number one method in attaining entertainment media. With this comes a responsibility to reach our entertainment ethically, paid for at the source as a proper exchange for an artist’s work at a price.

By downloading illegally, many of us may benefit from free content now, but we might just be destroying many industries we may one day wish to work for.

Peer-to-Peer Ross Healy

Australia’s first female Gold Logie winner, Hazel Phillips, is set to star in student film “Edna”.

She will play the title character, a sassy elderly woman who breaks out of her retirement home to fulfil a promise to her late husband.

Film and television student and producer of “Edna”, Jerome Rault, contacted the 79-year-old veteran actress, who recently sang and danced her way to the semi-finals of Channel Seven’s talent show “Australia’s Got Talent”.

“I saw her on the show and thought she’d be fantastic as Edna, so I got in touch with her agent, sent her the script and she loved it so she called me to say that she was on board,” he said.

“We’re excited because she’s an amazing woman – she was Aus-tralia’s first talk-show host and has been performing for over 40 years, in which time she won a Gold and Silver Logie.”

A team of around 10 film and television students and several pro-fessional filmmakers are making the 10-minute short as their final piece for the class Screen Production 3, with a week-long shoot scheduled for September.

Student and director of “Edna”, Jake David Brown, said the film aims to explore society’s attitude towards, and treatment of, the elderly.

“Edna deals with the thorny issue of the wishes of the elderly being subjugated in favour of the wish-es of the young,” he said.

The short film will also feature 11-year-old Arabella Morton, who played Gael in the Holly-wood blockbuster “The Chroni-cles of Narnia: the Voyage of the Dawn Treader”.

Jerome said the finished film will be sent to major film festivals such as Cannes, Sundance, and Berlin.

“With Hazel and Arabella involved, hopefully more people will no-tice and support the film,” he said.

The team has asked for help raising the $15,000 needed to make the film, with costs going towards film equipment, transport, food and accommodation.

To find out more about “Edna”, make a donation, or purchase mer-chandise, visit www.ednafilm.com http://www.ednafilm.com.

Jaymee Mak

Producer Jerome Rault (left), director Jake David Brown and Concept Artist Stanley Zhang.

Narnia actress, Arabella Norton, will also appear in ‘Edna”

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Sorry indie and alternative kids, you need not read further. The seven songs I’m about to comment on can only be characterised as extremely mainstream, for they have all been at the top of the ARIA charts at some point this year. Seeing as we’re just past half way, I think now is an appropriate time to reminisce upon the highs and lows of the popular music industry. In alphabetical or-der, you probably saw the following tunes quoted on your news-feed so often you never want to hear them again:

Friday – Rebecca BlackJokes. However, I’m per-sonally amazed by Black’s ability to cop such an un-precedented amount of abuse. For some chivalrous reason, I’m about to defend this lovely girl. Can we re-ally expect much more depth or sophistication in her lyrics at such a young age? Music in this genre almost always encompasses a form of sexuality or heartbreak and it would be ridiculous for Black to rely on either of these seeing as she has barely reached puberty. Yes, the song does deserve most of its criticism when the days of the week are listed... But otherwise, I hope hypocrites out there realise that they too can’t wait to get down on Friday (or maybe Thursday in our case) after a hard week at university.

Give Me Everything – Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and NayerI realise this isn’t really a comment on the song but what’s with famous peo-ple wearing sunglasses at night? Celeb-rities are far too precious these days... I mean, come on, are strobe lights now so h3ckt1k you need eyewear to protect yourself? This tune also inspired a lot of

Facebook groups, some funnier than others: grab somebody av-erage tell them meh, grab somebody dyslexic tell them ehy, and, why are so many people grabbing me and saying hey?

Just the Way You Are – Bruno MarsAlthough it was released last year, I’m pretty sure it still haunted the charts in early 2011. If you were in a relationship at the time this song became a hit, then it prob-ably elated your feelings for one another. For the rest of us single people, it was downright depress-ing. Enough said.

On the Floor – Jennifer Lopez featur-ing PitbullApart from the blatant advertising for Swarovski, this song and its video clip are actually pretty cool. Except that the whole time I was left thinking, ‘Oh god, she’s probably the same age as my mum... why on Earth is she still grind-ing on people in nightclubs?’ Perhaps her recent divorce can be accredited to her newly revived music career (if you can call it that). Or maybe she just spent too much time on the dance floor and not enough time in the goddamn kitchen. Kidding!

Price Tag – Jessie JBitch please. Whilst it can’t buy happiness, the world still revolves around money. Everything we do seems to have some sort of financial consequence, whether it is paying bills, buying clothes, or simply go-ing out for coffee with friends. Only when I have unlimited funds in my bank account will I consider forget-ting about the price tag. Until then, I shall remain a little more practical in order to survive the unrelent-ing demands of Western society.

Someone Like You - AdeleAdele is simply beautiful and there isn’t really anything I want to criticise about her or her song. I don’t really appreciate how people in high school make this their Facebook status as if to say they’ve experienced the love and heartbreak she deals with so delicately...

S&M – RihannaThank god someone finally put Perez Hilton where he belongs: on a leash. Appar-ently, Rihanna isn’t a fetish-obsessed freak, as this song was supposedly about her re-lationship with the media. It’s funny how this song can be so appealing even if we our-selves have no interest what-soever in chains and whips. I guess songs like these work to break down social taboos and misconceptions regarding sexuality. Nev-ertheless, I find it troubling that such promiscuity is played during primetime slots for youth all around the world to hear.

The Year Thus Far and Seven of its Number

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And there we have it folks! Seven songs that you either had on repeat for weeks at a time or despised greatly. So what’s next for the popu-lar music industry in the coming half of the year? Well, I’ve heard Rebecca Black is releasing a new single later this month nd the rest is still unwritten, literally.

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Jack Vigden won Australia’s Got Talent.

Lettuce Saves woman’s life

Forget Captain America, the new hero in town seems to be a common garden vegetable.

In the UK, a 59 year old woman decided that one day she “sud-denly fancied some lettuce.”

After the unusual cravings escalated to wanting four lettuces a day, Elise Campbell’s husband insisted she go to a doctor.

Following the check-up, Campbell was diagnosed with breast cancer. A lump was removed and after months of treatment, she’s been given the all-clear.

“Strangely, since the lump was removed, I haven’t wanted to eat a single lettuce leaf - the craving’s completely vanished,” says Campbell.

Move aside cucumber, the coolest kid in town is definitely ice-berg lettuce.

A snake hitches a ride on the bonnet of a family’s car.

The video has been viewed 464,054 times on YouTube since it was uploaded last week.

while you were studying ...

Myer says its dumping shipping and handling costs for web purchases, in a bid to woo online shoppers.

Doctors find a full female reproductive system in an Indian farmer’s lower abdomen after he was admitted to hospital with stomach pains.

Indian Man Has Hysterectomy

Aussie Woman Sues Surgeon Over Sponge

Helen O’Hagan lived for more than 15 years with a sponge the size of a grapefruit in her stomach after abdominal surgery.

Her surgeon, since retired, is looking at a negligence ac-tion from O’Hagan.

Fugitive Caught Red-Handed On Facebook

A man on Utica’s most wanted list has been caught by police after posting the status: “Catch me if you can. I’m in Brooklyn.”

He also uploaded a video of him walking to a police station, just for that added touch of arrogance.

“We guess that Facebook, with its location tracking, facial recogni-tion software, and privacy shredding features isn’t the best place to issue a challenge to the police, particularly if you might get side-tracked with a game of Farmville when the hunt begins,” says Sergeant Steve Hauck of the Utica Police Department.

A dwarf who appeared in the Harry Potter and Star Wars films has dodged a short spell behind bars for inde-cently exposing himself to a teenager on a train

Two Goldfish Survive 134 Days Without Food After NZ

Earthquake

Shaggy and Daphne spent four and a half months trapped in their tank in the off-limits downtown of Christchurch, without food or electricity to power their tank.

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